Wendy Thurm

The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.

The "parasitic (online Democratic fundraising) ecosystem could not thrive without the tacit approval of the Democratic establishment. The relationship between the Mothership network and the official party is not adversarial; it is deeply symbiotic."

Simply a must read from @adambonica.bsky.social

Giants might’ve doubled their season run differential in this game. 😂😊

Yes. It’s beautiful today.

Golden Gate Bridge from Baker Beach.

The first 2 Dead & Co. shows must have exhausted @karlthefog.bsky.social. First day without @karlthefog.bsky.social in a month.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Rox were down 9-0 after the top of the first! Might have been the craziest day of the MLB season. So far.

Buster was right?

Well Doval just blew his first save opportunity for the Yankees

Oh my Doval too. Goodness gracious.

Camilo Doval in a Yankees jersey getting ready to pitch.

Okay. That’s just weird.

Maybe.

Maybe it was Doval

Sorry Yankees fans but it’s hilarious that the new relievers just blew a 5-run lead. Aaron Boone really is a curse.

2-0

Mike Yastrzemski homers in first Royals at-bat (9) | 08/01/2025 Mike Yastrzemski belts a two-run home run to right field for his first with the Royals, giving them a 2-1 lead in the 2nd inning

Yaz with HR in his first game with Royals. Off Kevin Gausman! www.mlb.com/video/mike-y...

It's pretty crazy that the entire Republican Party is conspiring with a famously known sex trafficker to get their lies straight to protect their party leader. Seems like a pretty big scandal to me.

Exactly

Just remembered that Austin Slater was also traded to the Yankees. It will be good for Doval to have a friendly face in the clubhouse, assuming Slater sticks on the active roster.

Same. To me, he's the biggest disappointment, bc Adames has turned it around and Devers will, once he's used to the ballpark

Someone tell me which of the Yankees prospects traded for Doval I should get too emotionally attached to

We'll have to see some. Need to restock the roster

Also happy the Giants got in on the weird names traded at the deadline by acquiring Parks Harber in the Doval deal.

Happy to wrong here. Giants did trade valuable players and stocked up on prospects. As @alexpavlovic.bsky.social writes in his new book, the Giants have traditionally held onto players at deadline to avoid looking like they're in a rebuild.

Buster has a new approach. Very much needed.

Who’s left on the Twins’ 40 man roster? Do the Twins even have a 40 man roster?

Good call!

Ugh. That sucks for Doval. Yankees media & fans won’t give him a moment’s peace.

Giants fans will always treasure Arson Judge

So the Giants aren't buying or selling, other than Tyler Rogers. Or they're trying to sell and teams recognize there isn't much value in what the Giants are trying to sell. Perfectly captures this season.

So the Giants aren't buying or selling, other than Tyler Rogers. Or they're trying to sell and teams recognize there isn't much value in what the Giants are trying to sell. Perfectly captures this season.

Or from their left, which is what that post is about. It was a resolution to stop sending weapons to Israel.