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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott responded with fury after Corpus Christi officials announced that this Gulf Coast region of more than 500,000 people could face unprecedented restrictions as its water supply dried up. But see - he's in charge of cleanup.

Greg Abbott Blasted Corpus Christi for Its Water Crisis. A River Authority He Has Power Over Is Falling Apart.

The Nueces River Authority is working on a project that could expand the Corpus Christi region’s water supply. But the Texas governor has done little to address the agency’s financial problems, despit...

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We can see that the White House “strategy” on Iran has all but evaporated. The administration’s main strategic focus should be prioritizing U.S. national security interests and capabilities. but our strategy seems to be to waste all our ammunition.

Opinion | John Bolton: Trump’s tit-for-tat with Iran ignores the larger reality

The Iran and Ukraine wars were never separate.

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Eight oil companies almost doubled their combined profits since last year in spite of headlines like this. Millions of households are left paying the price for their huge profits. It could be a winter of even higher bills and more climate chaos.

Middle East war creating ‘largest supply disruption in the history of oil markets’

Vast release of emergency crude reserves fails to quell mounting fears about supply crunch, rattling markets

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The Reflecting Pool is just the latest politically charged prosecution to fall flat. Jeanine Pirro would do better to keep her focus on murders and other major crimes in D.C., because prosecuting Trump’s personal & political cases keep falling apart.

Jeanine Pirro struggles to give Trump the wins he craves the most

She’s delivering on some core priorities — but the Reflecting Pool is just the latest politically charged prosecution to fall flat.

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Iran’s leaders have perplexed several American presidents, but none of them believed that massive force will produce a quick deal. Trump is sure he can bomb them into submission. It doesn't work that way.

An Angry Trump Struggles to Understand Iran’s Defiant Leaders (Gift Article)

Iran’s leaders have perplexed several American presidents, perhaps none more than President Trump.

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Contractors have taken apart their work on the new helipad that Trump began without authorization or approval. They are tearing up a 100-foot-wide granite presidential seal that was beginning to take shape last week, as well as other adjustments.

Trump orders changes to new helipad after weeks of around-the-clock work

Contractors have removed the granite seal that had begun to take shape in recent days, after the president complained about the slope of the White House lawn.

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Trump made the helipad a priority, ordering that work begun in June be completed in time for a state visit in September, but was dissatisfied with the results. So he's ordering it dug up.

Trump begins construction of unannounced White House helipad

The project, funded with a Lockheed Martin donation, is intended to resolve a years-long problem with the new Marine One helicopters: They run the risk of scorching the White House's grass.

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None of the Burke Law Group’s lawyers list immigration law as an area of expertise. However, HHS will award this Houston-based law firm a contract worth up to $150 million a year. Seems like a reporter could have figured out why.

26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court

None of the Burke Law Group’s lawyers list immigration law as an area of expertise, per the firm’s website.

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Companies that are ‘cashing in on human misery’ ought to pay for environmental damage.

Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

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Is it genocide if we wipe out a family of one hundred and twelve?

Gazans bury nearly a whole clan found in rubble in mass funeral for 112

The decomposed remains of 112 bodies lay on stretchers shrouded in flags in the sun's heat: all that could be found of the Al-Hassaynas of Sabra, a Palestinian clan of proud Bedouin stock all but wipe...

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In Misouri, Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins has rejected a citizens’ petition seeking a statewide referendum on new congressional districts. It doesn't matter who backs this or how many signatures were gathered: It is against Missouri law.

Missouri election chief rejects bid to hold public vote on Trump-backed congressional districts

Missouri’s top election official has rejected a petition for a statewide referendum on new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump.

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Trump and Hegseth probably thought they could go to Amazon and order up more. I bet that's why they ran through the stockpile.

EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say

The degree to which the military is running out of ATACMS and Precision Strike Missiles has not been previously reported.

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Governor Andy Beshear says that McConnell’s prolonged absence is only hurting his own party. “Worth a reminder, right now, there’s one less vote for the SAVE Act, Trump’s war with Iran, or the potential replacement of a SCOTUS justice,” posted Beshear.

Kentucky Governor Issues Clear Warning to Mitch McConnell—and Trump

Governor Andy Beshear pointed out that McConnell’s prolonged absence is only hurting his own party.

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He's entertaining, I give him that. Trump is certainly no leader, and not much of a POTUS, but people are entertained by his word salads.

Trump makes major contradiction on Strait and gets exposed by 'accordion hands'

Trump called this the "phase one" of the negotiation and added that phase two would focus on Iran's nuclear program.

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This is beyond a cognitive issue. There's a war going on and both Congress and the Administration allow this.

Aliens, Arc du Trump and Elvis: Trump’s latest social media spree

Donald Trump spent the weekend sharing a flood of AI-generated images featuring aliens, Elvis Presley, George Washington, Greenland and a proposed "Triumphal Arch."

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Splashing gold leaf on everything is how President Trump is approaching his redecoration of Washington: glitzy and gaudy and out of place for a city that serves the people. Meanwhile, renovations must go on.

The Capital Is a Mess

Chain-link fences, construction cranes, armed guards, and portable toilets everywhere

theatlantic.com

Taxpayers are now financing President Trump’s love of anything gilded.\

Let Them Eat Gold

Taxpayers are now financing President Trump’s love of anything gilded.

theatlantic.com

The mayor of Newark identified the latest dead immigrant as Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, incarnated for trespassing in a New Jersey center that has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its treatment of detainees.

Immigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say

The mayor of Newark identified the dead man as Edwin Lopez-Cornejo. The New Jersey center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its treatment of detainees.

nytimes.com

Two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan. It is worth remembering that the main supplier of the produce causing these outbreaks is a huge donor to Trump causes, leaving speculation of favorable treatment on safety by this administration.

Michigan reports the first 2 US deaths related to a diarrhea-causing parasite

State health officials say two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan. They are the first confirmed deaths in the U.S. related to the microscopic parasite.

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Back in the civil war days one small New England town had a big kerfuffle because parents learned the local school Marm was asking students to WASH THEIR HANDS before lunch. RFK Jr would have been on the side of the parents.

RFK Jr. tells CNN host that constitutional rights take priority over public health

In a heated interview with Dana Bash, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attacked Anthony Fauci and the media.

politico.com

Military officials called crowdsourcing a war strategy by email blast highly unusual. Really? I suppose this is what they are reduced to when Trump and Hegseth let all the talent go. By now they must be out of ideas.

independent.co.uk

Prosecutors are dropping vandalism charges against three more defendants, and Trump is furious with Jeanine Pirro because she wouldn’t keep lying for him. I hope she stays strong. The GOP men seem to fold.

Trump slams Jeanine Pirro for dropping Reflecting Pool vandalism cases, says she "choked"

"She folded like an umbrella," President Trump said of Jeanine Pirro, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.

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A record-high 73% of US adults say that President Donald Trump hasn’t paid enough attention to the country’s most important problems. How can he? He's too busy trying to keep us from noticing how bad he is at his job.

Record high say Trump not paying attention to most important problems: Survey

A record number of respondents in a new poll say they think President Trump is not paying enough attention to the most important problems Americans face daily. CNN’s survey released Wednesday…

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Smoke and mirrors. A separate immunity memo stays fully intact, and it “barred and forever precluded” the government from investigating Trump or his businesses. Nothing stops Blanche, once confirmed, from simply recreating the fund next week.

Blanche’s AG nomination back on track after he formally rescinds payout fund

Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) had threatened to vote against Todd Blanche’s nomination if their concerns were not addressed.

washingtonpost.com

If any other President made this many whiplashes over policy, repeatedly, over the SAME policy, every member of the media would be waving flipflops in the air as the GOP did during the Kerry/Edwards campaign.

Trump frequently announces he's halting strikes in Iran. But they keep happening

U.S. President announcements on Iran have followed a familiar course over the past five months.

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The president’s big gains with Black, Hispanic, and young voters in 2024 suggested a major shift. Less than two years later, he has lost those new supporters. Seems the man who cannot focus on anything but his next fight has lost the battle altogether.

CNN Poll: Americans doubt Trump is paying enough attention to the country’s most important problems | CNN Politics

A record-high 73% of US adults say that President Donald Trump hasn’t paid enough attention to the country’s most important problems, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with just 27% saying he’s ...

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Dear MAGA. Before you scoff, ask who, besides the child, is affected economically. For how long is the patient contagious before symptoms are evident? What is the average # of people that one infected individual comes into contact with? Ask. Vaccinate.

A single US measles outbreak can cost millions of dollars, study estimates

The overall cost of containing a 2025 measles outbreak in New Mexico was nearly $5.4 ‌million, a new study estimates.

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These people are going to run our country into the ground. They clearly do not work for either America or the American people. They must be operatives from foreign lands.

Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity (Gift Article)

The rebellion against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, now seemingly contained, at no point fundamentally questioned President Trump’s new protections from the I.R.S.

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