Lesleasays

Small business owner, wife, Mom, Grandma. Very Liberal. Retired at the lake. #Nature surrounding me daily.

[Lesleasays @LesleaRoland]

How about the little thing Elon said about the fact that Trump would have lost the election without his help?
CAN SOMEONE LOOK INTO THIS???
ANYONE?

[Democrats @TheDemocrats]

KILL THE BILL AND RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!

[Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) @adamscochran]

Once again, it is time for @GovAndyBeshear to call the special election.

McConnell’s team ignored the request for a health update.

It is not illegal to call a special an election on a presumed vacancy.

If Republicans have proof of life to halt it, then they can show the court.

[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

Climate change is front and center in the affordability crisis — and Democrats ought to talk about it.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

The greatest threat to America's elections is Donald Trump.

Effectively shutting down the independent organization that certifies voting systems and supports our state election officials is not a subtle move.

Every one of us has to use our voice and our vote to save democracy.

[Leeloo @LeelooJBesson]

Call the special election @GovAndyBeshear

[Rep. Pramila Jayapal @RepJayapal]

Under your watch:
❌ Masked ICE agents just killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo — not even ICE’s intended target and no danger to anyone
❌ Zero consequences for the officers who killed Alex Pretti and Renee Good
❌ Free rein to private, for-profit detention corporations to refuse basic standards

Your DHS is an embarrassment of cruelties.

Accountability is coming.

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

Racist January 6er, Jake Lang, just got the crap beaten out of him.

[Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) @adamscochran]

A reminder to Texas:

Republican Senators refused to take action on ICE under Trump.

They continued to expand their funding unchecked, even after they killed two Americans.

Ken Paxton will not push for ICE accountability in your community.

@jamestalarico will.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: CNN hurls MAGA pundit Scott Jennings under the bus by announcing that they do NOT endorse his claim that Mitch McConnell is alive and making phone calls.

Things are getting VERY fishy, very fast...

“As a CNN Political Commentator, Scott Jennings is not a full-time employee or journalist for the network,” a network spokesperson told The Daily Beast. “His account of a personal conversation with Senator McConnell reflects his experience and is not CNN reporting."

Jennings claimed during an appearance on CNN that he had spoken to his "old friend" McConnell for 20 minutes on the phone. He was trying in vain to tamp down on the spreading speculation that the senator is braindead or perhaps even totally dead.

McConnell was hospitalized three weeks ago after suffering a cardiac arrest and receiving CPR on site. Right after he was admitted, his wife Elaine Chao flew to China to meet with top-ranking CCP officials. Then, earlier today, it was discovered that McConnell's D.C. residence is undergoing dramatic floor renovations.

Something is definitely going on and his office refuses to provide a real explanation.

It would be a simple matter for McConnell to release proof of life. Even a photo of him weak in a hospital bed giving a thumbs up would suffice. Right now, his constituents have no idea if their senator will ever be returning to work.

Scott Jennings is a professional liar who spends most of his time defending Trump's endless crimes, abuses, and dementia-tinged mistakes. Dishonesty is second nature for him. He could be helping McConnell's camp cover up the truth to avoid allowing Kentucky's Democratic governor to appoint a replacement, followed by a special election. Or he spoke to an AI voice mimicking McConnell.

One thing is certain: We are not getting the full story.

Please ❤️ and share if you don't believe Scott Jennings!

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨#BREAKING: An off-duty firefighter is being hailed as a hero after he rescued TWO CHILDREN FROM A TEXAS LAKE WITH NO PULSE...

...PERFORMED CPR ON THEM AND BROUGHT THEM BOTH BACK TO LIFE ON TOP OF THEIR CAPSIZED BOAT!!!!!

His name is Jason Horne.

He was on Alvarado Lake celebrating the 4th with his 12-year-old daughter Emilie when people started screaming and waving them down.

A boat carrying NINE people had flipped and THREE children were trapped underneath it.

Jason immediately dove in to rescue them.

Under that boat, he found a little boy, he saved him, and then dove back in.

He felt a foot, it was a little girl and Jason tore her loose and brought her back, but she did not have a pulse.

He dragged her ON TOP OF THE CAPSIZED BOAT and performed CPR until she began breathing again.

He and others then flipped the boat and found a little boy with anchor rope WRAPPED AROUND HIS BODY.

The boy also did not have a pulse, he performed CPR on the boy until he got a pulse.

Astonishingly, ALL THREE KIDS SURVIVED!!!!

Every single one went home to their families.

His department said it best: "When others needed help most, Jason did what firefighters do. He stepped up without hesitation."

A 12-year-old girl sat in that boat and watched her father dive into a lake and come back up carrying other people's children.

She will spend the rest of her life knowing EXACTLY what a hero looks like.

He looks like her dad.

GOD BLESS JASON HORNE!!!!!!!🇺🇸

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

Exorcisms. Threatening his own psychiatrist. Claiming he was made to kill someone at age seven.

The Republican nominee for governor of Colorado has a unique resume.

@willsommer explains who Victor Marx is to @Timodc and @samstein.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Trump ousted all three members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, a bipartisan agency that works with state officials to ensure free and fair elections.

Nice try, Mr. President.

We won't let you sabotage the midterm elections. This is a democracy, not a dictatorship.

[P a u l ◉ @SkylineReport]

🚨 Why does August 3 matter in Mitch McConnell's hospitalization?

Because that's where law, politics, and Senate power collide.

If McConnell can no longer serve before Aug. 3, Kentucky's new vacancy law appears to require a special election for the remainder of his term. But that same law may conflict with the Kentucky Constitution, setting up a potentially explosive court battle over whether Gov. Andy Beshear can appoint an interim senator.

If the vacancy occurs after Aug. 3, legal analysis suggests there would likely be **no special election** for the remainder of McConnell's term. Instead, Kentucky could be left with only one U.S. senator until the winner of the already-scheduled November election takes office in January.

Now consider the timing.

McConnell isn't just another senator. He chairs the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense and has been a central figure as Republicans work to pass Trump's proposed $1 trillion+ defense budget.

Yet despite weeks of hospitalization, the public has received remarkably little information about whether he is actually capable of carrying out those responsibilities.

None of this proves anyone is delaying an announcement for political reasons.

But it does create an obvious political incentive to tightly control information until after one of the most consequential legal deadlines in Kentucky's Senate succession process.

When the timing of disclosure could influence a constitutional fight, Senate representation, and trillion-dollar legislation, transparency stops being just a medical issue.

It becomes a matter of public accountability.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

The Republican Party 4 months before midterms: "You're not getting affordable housing unless you give up your voting rights"

Great message.

[Governor Josh Shapiro @GovernorShapiro]

This is another attempt by Donald Trump to undermine free, secure, and fair elections and impede our democratic process.

He’s trying to take away the states’ power to run elections — and I’ll keep fighting him every step of the way.

And if the President tries to pack this bipartisan, independent commission with his hack friends, I’ll do everything in my power to protect our elections.

[Emoluments Clause @Emolclause]

#BREAKING: Palm Beach couple re local airport being named after Trump: “I resent that we have to have every institution in this country being named after Donald Trump.”

“I think it’s ridiculous. I think the efforts and the funds are better spent helping people than glorifying the president.” 😳

[Norm Eisen @NormEisen]

Davey Hearn is a three-time Olympian who spent his life helping others

Yesterday he pled not guilty & stood up for the rule of law

Hundreds of supporters stood with him outside DC Superior Court

Davey is an American hero—& he got the reception of one

@NewsCentralCNN 👇

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

This is a BIG red flag.

Ahead of the midterms, Donald Trump FIRED all members of the independent Election Assistance Commission—people confirmed unanimously by the Senate to make sure we have free and fair elections.

We can't let Trump rig the next election.

[Daniel Goldman @danielsgoldman]

Every American — regardless of political party — should be horrified at yet another blatant effort by President Trump to eradicate every safeguard of free and fair elections.

If Republicans remain silent in the face of his obvious attempts to rig the election, they are complicit in allowing our democracy to crumble.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Eric Trump just lost the family $600 million on a disastrous Bitcoin bet
Eric Trump spent Thursday morning bragging about getting an airport named after his dad. Hours later, the world learned he had just vaporized more than $600 million of the family fortune.
According to a new Bloomberg report, American Bitcoin, the crypto venture Eric helped launch and now runs as chief strategy officer, has completely cratered since going public last year, shedding over 95 percent of its value from its September high.
Things got so desperate this week that the company had to bundle every 15 shares into a single share just to stay listed on the Nasdaq. The stock still hit a record low on Wednesday.
Bloomberg calculates the crash has wiped out more than $600 million of Eric's stake in just 10 months. His brother Donald Trump Jr. advises the same firm.
Eric's big strategy was to bet everything on Bitcoin itself, stockpiling the coin while rival mining companies pivoted to renting out computing power to AI firms and watched their stocks soar. American Bitcoin refused to adapt, and investors have paid the price ever since.
His advice to the people holding the bag? "Just hold on, guys," he told a Las Vegas crypto conference in April. "Just hold on."
The timing made it all the more humiliating. Just hours before the report dropped, Eric posted a gushing tribute celebrating Palm Beach International Airport being renamed after his father, writing that he was "happy to have played a big role in making this happen."
He played a big role in this one too.
Source: Really American

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

In the most affluent, most powerful nation in the world, everyone who works full time should be able to pay their bills. A minimum wage should be a living wage. And that’s $25 an hour.

The billionaire class will say we can’t afford it. They are wrong. We can.