Political news and stuff I want to share. 8-13-2026

Kudos to @luciengreaves.bsky.social and everyone else who spent so much time on this case. Thanks for your service. This is huge. reason.com/2026/04/02/s…

Ahem (@ahem.satan.social) 2026-04-02T21:15:10.967Z

NEW: The DOJ asked SCOTUS to quickly allow the Trump administration to implement his anti-voting executive order after a federal judge issued a nationwide block on the measure.The push underscores the administration's urgency to impose sweeping mail voting restrictions for the midterms.

Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) 2026-08-12T17:09:54.488166364Z

Exclusive: The Trump administration plans to spend at least $900 million on White House grounds construction, a significantly larger price tag than previously reported.Taxpayers would cover most of the cost, according to records reviewed by The Post.

The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 2026-08-12T12:00:20.669546477Z

Trump lies out his ass:Q: Why was it too dangerous for you to fly on Air Force One but not for the press?TRUMP: Well, I don't know, I think actually the plane I that I flew on was at greater riskQ: Why do you say that?TRUMP: Because that would be the plane they would be more likely to go for

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-08-12T03:21:15.497Z

Tesla wants to build a $10B solar factory in Texas

TechCrunch (@techcrunch.com) 2026-08-12T16:19:37.864Z

Trump Administration Kills a Flagship Annual Report on the ArcticThe top of the world is warming faster than any other region. For 20 years, the Arctic Report Card chronicled the extraordinary transformation.

BanmarNJ (@banmarnj.bsky.social) 2026-08-11T19:16:57.767Z

WHAT — Rep. Lisa McClain totally makes shit up, claims "82% of women who got the vaccine in their first or second trimester had a miscarriage"

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-08-11T21:37:40.894Z

This specific claim, 82%, has been all over right wing social media today. Apparently boils down to misreading a stat.

Steve Watts (@sporkyreeve.bsky.social) 2026-08-11T22:35:33.961Z

Fact Check: Studies Do NOT Show an 81% or 82% Miscarriage Rate in Women Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in First Trimester

Lead Stories (@leadstories.com) 2026-08-11T22:50:02Z

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 (@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social) 2026-08-12T13:42:09.717Z

Former Southern Poverty Law Center official charged by DOJ in fraud case http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202…

Timothy McBride (@mcbridetd.bsky.social) 2026-08-12T19:53:08.676Z

GOP Rep Admits Americans Face High Prices, Low Wages — Blames ‘Mass Migration’

Mediaite (@mediaite.com) 2026-08-12T21:37:16Z

Trump’s Dangerous Jan6 History Rewrite

Trump Admits He Played MAGA For Fools

https://crooksandliars.com/2024/09/trump-admits-he-lost-2020-election-little

Thank you Ten Bears for your link to this post.  The link to Ten Bears post is below.  Hugs.  Scottie

Demented Donald threw cold water all over his supporters who were conned by him into believing massive voter fraud stole the election away from him.

https://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2024/09/clear-admission-loss

 — September 26, 2024

Instead of a rally, Trump spoke at a Charlotte-area warehouse in North Carolina. During his speech he rambled out of the blue about the 2020 election results, admitting he lost to Joe Biden.

 

Trump was bragging that he received more votes than any sitting president before him which is meaningless and ridiculous since he got trounced by almost 8 million votes. I guess his addled brain transitioned into the making an explosive statement to his MAGA cult.

 

TRUMP: We were getting ready to do it, and then a lot of bad things happened. We did much better, by the way, in the election of 2020 than we did in 2016.

Just remember that. Millions and millions of votes more. More votes than any sitting president in the history of our country.

But they beat us by a whisker. They beat us just by a little whisker.

He beat us from the basement.

If you’re a MAGAt, I hope you heard this and heard it good.

Trump played you all for fools.

He played you for fkn idiots.

 

Police were killed during the insurrection.

January 6th defendants, I hope you rot in jail.

And you all deserved it

Hey Donald Dump, Ashli Babbitt will still be alive if you admitted you lost on Nov 6th, 2020 instead of on Sept 25, 2024.

Trump didn’t lose ‘by a whisker.’ Biden received 306 electoral votes to Trump’s received 232 and Biden received the most votes in the history of the country with 81,283,501, dwarfing Trump’s meager 74 million.

Trump’s lies tore the country apart and are still doing it.

J6 Rioter Back In Custody After Threats To Officials