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Trump broke his promise to release Epstein files after learning he was in them.

Now he wants to hide jobs numbers from the American people after learning how badly his tariffs are hurting the economy.

Oh, and btw, the tariffs fund tax giveaways to billionaires.

Cooper leads first public poll since jumping in North Carolina Senate race The former governor is six points up in what will be one of the most competitive Senate races in the country next year.

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Cooper leads first public poll since jumping in North Carolina Senate race The former governor is six points up in what will be one of the most competitive Senate races in the country next year.

.@politico.com: @roycoopernc.bsky.social "has an early, six-point lead in the North Carolina Senate race, according to the first public poll of the marquee contest," from
Emerson

"Most voters view Cooper positively"

"Cooper also holds a 19-point edge among independent voters"

thehill.com/homenews/cam...

"Health care resonates with voters across the political spectrum, and @roycoopernc.bsky.social is likely to tout his ability to work across the aisle," which expanded Medicaid.

"Tillis said he would retire rather than...'betray the very promise' Trump made about not touching Medicaid."

Roy Cooper breaks fundraising records as he kicks off expensive North Carolina campaign Strategists in both parties expect the Senate race in North Carolina to break spending records in 2026.

www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

.@politico.com "Even Republicans acknowledge @roycoopernc.bsky.social's‬ 'pretty good track record as governor,' Tillis told reporters"

Our veterans represent the very best of us. A simple thank you will never be enough.

I'm in this race to stand up for North Carolina veterans and make sure they receive the respect, health care, education, and opportunities that they deserve.

Good news in VOA case!

Judge just granted our & wonderful cocounsel & clients motion for order to show cause & strongly called out the government's games

He ordered gov to produce a plan for restoring VOA's programming as required under the statute

I have thought on it and prayed about it, and I have decided: I am running to be the next U.S. Senator from North Carolina.

Opinion | You May Not Be Trump’s Target This Time. But You Could Be Next.

If you read only one thing today please make it this, by the great Vanita Gupta

You May Not Be Trump’s Target This Time. But You Could Be Next

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...

Whistleblower Documents Implicate Emil Bove in Criminal Contempt Order by Chief Judge Boasberg Email released by whistleblower would presumably implicate Bove in the “contumacious conduct” identified by Chief Judge Boasberg.

Reuters: Chief Judge "Boasberg said on Thursday he may initiate disciplinary proceedings against Justice Department lawyers for their conduct in a lawsuit."

If you don't see the connection to Emil Bove, you're missing the extra import of this.

www.justsecurity.org/116777/bove-...

Trump breaking his Epstein promise shows him selling out to the system and establishment he promised to take on.

He also seems very worried something new will come to light about his close friendship with the most famous pedophile in modern history.

Map of Gulf of Mexico renamed Gulf of Epstein

Weird that he would rename it that.

gulfof.mapquest.com?name=Epstein

To put it differently: Trump's continued commitment to the coverup only makes sense if there's something really damning about Trump in the Epstein files.

The Cover-up Congress goes on recess.

Joined @newsnation.bsky.social and talked about how Trump is discrediting himself by breaking top promises and selling out his base.

Case in point: while Trump is clearly afraid to name who's in the Epstein files, we know for sure that he gave them a tax break at the expense of working people.

More than 75 former judges urge Senate committee to reject Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove | CNN Politics More than 75 former federal and state judges on Tuesday called on the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject the nomination of Emil Bove, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, to a prestigi...

Former federal and state judges know that Bove is not fit to join their number

More than 75 are speaking out--including from the Third Circuit

The Senate Judiciary Committee must reject this abomination of a nomination

www.cnn.com/2025/07/15/p...

Unfit to Serve: Jeanine Pirro Made Excuses for Jan. 6th Senators weighing her nomination for U.S. attorney should revisit her remarks denigrating prosecutors and calling defendants “hostages.”

This is make or break week for the Judge Jeanine Pirro nomination for US attorney in DC--vote is Thursday

She is unfit including by Senator Tillis' & Kennedy's standards because of her positions on Jan 6 & the insurrectionists

Make your voice heard👉 5calls.org

www.thebulwark.com/p/unfit-to-s...

Graphic featuring Texas Governor Greg Abbott with overlaying text that reads: 'TEXAS UPDATE: REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR GREG ABBOT CALLS SPECIAL SESSION TO FURTHER GERRYMANDER CONGRESSIONAL MAP'

Instead of focusing on flood rescue and recovery efforts, Governor Greg Abbott is spending time trying to redraw district lines to rig the midterms in the GOP’s favor.

Shameful.

“It is a lie!”: As the Trump administration pushes back its tariff deadline once again, Republican strategist Terry Holt and former Biden White House official @andrewbatesnc.bsky.social join The Weeknight to explain who the real loser is in these tariff deals: the American people.

YouTube video by MSNBC ‘It's a lie!’: Symone Sanders Townsend slams Trump’s tariff promises

“It's a lie!”: As the Trump administration pushes back its tariff deadline once again, GOP strategist Terry Holt and former White House official @andrewbatesnc.bsky.social join The Weeknight to explain who the real loser is in these tariff deals: the American people.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV_s...

Former D.C. U.S. prosecutors oppose Emil Bove appeals court nomination The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote soon on Bove. Critics called the former Trump lawyer “the worst conceivable nominee” for a lifetime judgeship.

BREAKING: Former federal prosecutors are calling on Senate Judiciary to stop rushing Emil Bove’s nomination without basic vetting.

Senators must demand answers before confirming Trump’s personal lawyer to a lifetime judgeship.

Numerous, high-level judges and attorneys are standing by the whistleblower who says Emil Bove, Trump's judicial nominee to the 3rd Circuit, said DOJ should ignore court orders and tell the courts "F*** you."

More: www.politico.com/news/magazin...

‘I Believe His Account 100 Percent’: Former Colleagues Vouch for DOJ Whistleblower Allegations that a top Justice Department official sought to defy the courts have upended a key Trump judicial nomination.

www.politico.com/news/magazin...

NEW: Judges & prosecutors back the credibility of the DOJ whistleblower who accuses Emil Bove of plotting to violate court orders. The notes Bove acknowledged need to be produced.

"Some of the most experienced civil litigators"

A "judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit"

Emil Bove is not capable of being an impartial judge on the Court of Appeals.

Trump’s Pick for the Third Circuit Is Clearly Unfit Emil Bove’s tenure as acting deputy attorney general should disqualify him from serving as a federal judge.

The new Bove allegations are SHOCKING...

but not surprising given the rest of his career!

We analyze the new revelations & lay out all the prior scandals that corroborate them in our new @contrariannews.org piece. By me & @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social

substack.com/@tomjoscelyn...

The Star Wars sequel trilogy

He said he wanted to be a dictator

This is the essence of dictatorship

Meeting peaceful protest with military force