Reminder: Todd Blanche has… -Weaponized the DOJ to persecute Trump’s political foes -Purged hundreds of career DOJ lawyers -Botched the release of the Epstein files and ignored victims’ wishes He can’t be trusted and has no business being Attorney General. The Senate must reject him.

Every vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general is a vote to continue the coverup of the Epstein Files.

Should have been the lead story on the Sunday shows. www.reuters.com/legal/govern... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Noel Casler Comedy@noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 2d ago

“Capital One on Friday pushed back on a Trump Organization lawsuit that claims the company was a victim of ‘woke debanking’, by releasing documents showing the bank closed 300 Trump Organization accounts in 2021 only after review by their anti-money laundering experts.”

MEDIA PSA: When you call it the $1.8 Billion “anti-weaponization fund” you’re helping Trump sane-wash it It’s an “insurrectionist slush fund” A “heist” or “theft” from taxpayers A “scheme” to enrich himself When you use his words you aren’t a journalist, you’re a stenographer

Frum: The 20% who lived in the most pro-Trump places suffered 70,000 more COVID deaths than the 20% in the most pro-Biden places. Red America obeyed those who told them not to mask, not to vaccinate. They died for it. No, Fauci is not the villain here. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Anthony Fauci Is Not the Villain in This Story

The doctor was thrust into his pandemic-leadership role because of Trump’s deadly dereliction of duty.

theatlantic.com

Susan Collins helped Donald Trump slash Medicaid to the tune of $990 billion. She was instrumental in the overturning of Roe vs. Wade. She's been a rubber stamp for Trump's authoritarian, billionaire-first agenda that's crushing working class Mainers. In November, we will defeat her.

"By the end of 2030," reports NYT, the amount of energy used by data centers"is expected to quadruple, eclipsing the power used by all countries in South America and Africa combined." This is extinctionism.

The unsung hero of public EV-charger buildout is [checks notes] Wal-Mart?

Walmart Leapfrogs EV Charging Competitors With Rapid Buildout

In a matter of months, the retailer has become a major player in the business of fueling electric cars.

bloomberg.com

Dr. Fauci is a hero. He really is. He helped guide America thru a mass death event. Millions more could have died but they did not, thanks to him. Everyone over 70 owes him a debt. It is disgusting that we live in a country that not only dishonors him but actively smears his good name.

I'm not a lawyer, so this is pretty baffling. States have the power to regulate gambling or ban it outright, so why not "prediction markets"? Alternately, if I rebrand some roulette tables as "prediction markets" can I now open a casino -- sorry, a trading forum -- anywhere?

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · last wk.

JUST IN: Kalshi has won a federal court ruling to block a Minnesota law from taking effect that would have banned prediction markets in the state. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Trump traded GEO Group and CoreCivic stocks, two private prison corporations, nearly 30 times in 2025. GEO Group’s profits increased by 700% that year and CoreCivic raked in $650 million in ICE contracts — both benefiting Trump’s stock portfolio. Cashing in on his own cruelty.

Under Trump: -Household electricity costs are up 18% -Ground beef prices are up 22% -Gas prices are up 40% -ACA out-of-pocket premiums are up 58% -Inflation is at a three-year high Tired of "winning" yet?

At least 52 people have died in ICE custody since Trump returned to the White House. At least 23 people have been shot at by federal immigration agents. And thousands more have been caged, separated from their families, or shipped off to dangerous countries. The cruelty is endless.

Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...

Researchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.

The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.

climatecoloredgoggles.com

Susan Collins getting chummy with the architect of Trump's Iran war, which is costing taxpayers $1 billion a day while our hospitals shutter and our grocery prices explode.

“Where is the money? There is no transparency and the US government does not inform us.” From @financialtimes.com, on Venezuela giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela’s oil money. Where is it?

Washington has given diverging accounts of where the earthquake-shattered country’s funds are going

giftarticle.ft.com

Financial disclosures show that Susan Collins was taking checks from some of the men named in Epstein Files.

More Donations from Epstein Contacts to Susan Collins Uncovered

Collins took money from men on the Epstein list before voting against releasing the files

meidasnews.com

You might get sick of hearing this but if he keeps doing it I'm gonna keep saying it: this is an unconstitutional impoundment, violating both Congress' Article I spending authority and the 1974 Impoundment Control act, and immediately impeachable.

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 2w ago

Trump administration pauses $1 bln in Medicaid payments to California, Minnesota www.reuters.com/world/us-hea...

Every time they make it harder for foreign students to study here, they're just jacking up the tuition costs for American students and robbing America of incredible new talent too.

Ben Allen@evodynamics.bsky.social · 3w ago

Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...

The level of disrespect this regime shows to their fellow Americans reaches a level that’s completely incompatible with democracy. These people literally believe they have the right to kill people who disagree with them. It’s disgusting.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Tom Homan: "It all go backs to the Dems ... there's still gonna be more bloodshed unless they shut their mouth and let ICE enforce the laws that they enacted."

Blanche's willingness to be sanctioned by a judge was basically his job application for a promotion to Trump. And Trump wants them to have the indiginty of rewarding him, knowing Blanche could easily come after them and their families.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3w ago

I mean, a federal judge just ordered formal sanctions against this nominee *this same week* What the hell are we doing here?

She received $36B from the divorce in 2019. Has given roughly $26B to more than 2700 charities since then and still has a current net worth of $31B. It's like Brewster's Millions.

Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:

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

I think the Platner thing hit me so hard bc it was one of the most protracted, widespread acts of misogynist gaslighting from my own side that I've seen. We were presented with an obvious violent scumbag who was constantly lying (badly, might I add) and told we were crazy for not loving him

What a picture from cheney orr of @reuters.com — a Black woman on a train surrounded by masked white supremacists, emboldened in Trump’s America. One for the history books.

“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com

This is the man who is refusing to sign an affordable housing bill, calling “a yawn.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/u...

Trump Pulled in at Least $2 Billion After Returning to the White House

nytimes.com

The real headline from the birthright‑citizenship case isn’t the outcome. It’s that four Supreme Court justices signaled they believe a president can effectively rewrite the Constitution through executive order.

They're plundering the national treasury.

John Hudson@johnphudson.bsky.social · last mo.

White House officials secretly awarded a no-bid contract worth up to $500m for the construction of the East Wing ballroom in an unusual arrangement that sidestepped typical contracting procedures designed to control costs, according to a copy of the agreement www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...