You know what kind of interstate crime the FBI is really good at investigating?

Sex trafficking

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STAT(S) of the Week: Tariffed Enough Already Trump’s New Tax on America

🧵STAT(S) of the Week: Tariffed Enough Already

Trump’s New Tax on America

Trump’s tariffs are finally here—and they’re hitting your wallet like a second income tax. open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...

I don’t know why anyone is surprised by this. The most famous off-cycle redistricting was the Texas GOP in 2003.

Dems left the state to prevent a quorum then, too.

The GOP always uses the “rules for thee but not for me” playbook.

That’s because there’s nothing there.

The truth is irrelevant here, though - it’s all about the messaging, and Bondi is going to push for some superficial indictments that will never go anywhere.

Remember when they said Obama would ruin the White House with Escalades on the South Lawn?

Those people are really quiet about Trump turning this shit into a gaudy casino

We found the waste, fraud, and abuse…

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Texas Democrat Epically Skewers Ted Cruz After Being Accused Of 'Running Away From The Fight' Zing!

Zing!!

Priorities.

Who do you think paid for this indulgence?

JD Vance Abused Power to Raise River Levels for Family Kayaking Trip The vice president saw no problem with the request.

newrepublic.com/post/198885/...

Waste- fraud- abuse

The Media's Unfortunate Greater Interest in the Texas Redistricting Car Wreck than the Supreme Court's Slow Poisoning of the Voting Rights Act #ELB I’ve written about two big election stories this week, the newly ignited redistricting wars starting in Texas and the Supreme Court’s strong signal that it could kill off the Voting Rights Act Section...

The Media’s Unfortunate Greater Interest in the Texas Redistricting Car Wreck than the Supreme Court’s Slow Poisoning of the Voting Rights Act electionlawblog.org?p=151440

Nearly 2 million Americans on unemployment, highest since pandemic era Continuing unemployment claims jumped to 1.97 million in late July, according to a Labor Department report, highlighting a weakening labor market.

The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.

Once again, making America broke..

Right on cue

Gerrymandering needs to be outlawed completely

I'm a lifelong civilian so correct me if I'm wrong, but that kind of thing seems like it should be a contractual obligation, right? This sounds like clear grounds for legal action.

Heinous.

Virginia Giuffre’s brother: Calling it a hoax is a complete disgrace to everything that my sister has worked for, everything these survivors have worked for and continue to fight for… And that feels very uncompassionate coming from somebody that’s the leader of our country.

More heads roll at FBI At least three more officials, including the head of the powerful Washington field office, have been told they are being fired.

NEW: More FBI leaders were axed Thursday in the latest purge by the Trump administration.

w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

someone hacked the audio system and started playing circus music as she was talking and i am WHEEZING

I am aware of reports that threats were made against Texas elected officials in our state.

Threats of violence will be investigated and those responsible will be held accountable.

I have instructed @ilstatepolice.bsky.social to ensure we maintain public safety.

We should have the House right now. Let me say it again: we should have the House.

This ain’t just a Texas problem, it’s a national problem. They’re stealing seats to keep power, and that’s how we ended up with Speaker Johnson instead of Speaker Jeffries.

They can’t win fair, so they cheat.

Florida, unlike the federal government, can be sued for civil rights violations and punished with monetary damages.

Whether they do or don’t release it - now we know it exists. But we also know they don’t hesitate to cut out minutes of recordings.