The Trump administration is very soft on white-collar crime—the softest, in fact.

Inflation was coming down in the United States—and then Trump’s tariffs happened.

The shrugging responses or outright support from most rank-and-file Republican voters to Trump’s depraved response to Mueller’s death only reinforce why I left the party. The rot goes all the way down. Impossible to associate with it.

What a sick human being. A permanent disfiguring scar on the dignity of our nation.

Levying tariffs on all of our allies and threatening to invade Greenland was self-harm on its own, but particularly dumb chessplay now that we need all of them to help us defend the Strait of Hormuz and stave off a global energy crisis.

This speech is a case study in what not to do as a leader: deny reality, blame everyone else, and take zero responsibility.

He is exactly who his harshest critics have always said he was. He lacks character and decency. He proves his critics right every chance he gets.

From “shining city on a hill” to “pariah Putin apologist checking your social media history at the door.”

We recently had to take our daughter in for a late-night ER visit. She’s completely fine; but the bill we later received laid bare on a single page how the pricing of US healthcare remains fundamentally broken. It’s essentially made-up. I wrote about it here: open.substack.com/pub/heath/p/...

The Imaginary Price of American Healthcare

Imaginary prices, real consequences — and the technology that could rewrite the rules of healthcare.

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Remember when Trump said he could end Putin’s war in Ukraine within 24 hours? Remember when he said he would build a wall and Mexico would pay for it? Remember when he said he would release the Epstein files? All empty promises and lies. Quit being his mark.

Since Trump’s inauguration earlier this year, the US dollar has lost 11% of its value, the steepest decline in over 50 years. That’s before you even count the tariffs he’s making us pay. Trump is making us poorer while artificially inflating the price of everything.

To recap: Trump has now (1) had his name redacted from the Epstein files, (2) given preferential treatment to Ghislaine Maxwell, moving her to a cushy detention center over the outrage of the victims’ families, and (3) called his supporters dumb for asking questions about this.

He’s going to blame the awful jobs reports on Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Jerome Powell—and the entire GOP will nod and go along with it. These aren’t serious people.

The people most upset that birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment would be least likely to pass a citizenship test if it were required for everyone.

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The sad part about the Trump-Epstein stuff is that we all know MAGA will lock arms and continue to support him even if the worst of it proves true. They don’t care about his character at all, or even if he commits crimes. He’s their guy.

The harsh MAGA reaction to the WSJ story makes a lot of sense when you realize how embarrassing it must be every time the news cycle reminds the country just how much of a sleaze bag their dear leader is. This man is their entire legacy—and he’s gross.

WSJ’s parent company Dow Jones, just now: “We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting, and will vigorously defend against any lawsuit.” If you thought anything different, you’re listening to jokers. WSJ’s got the goods.

So now Comey and Obama “made up” the Epstein files to presumably hurt Republicans but then never released them? These guys are so dumb. Their lies don’t even make sense.

Our @principlesfirst.bsky.social, @heathmayo.bsky.social was talking all things Epstein this morning. Watch! www.msnbc.com/the-weekend/...

Political Analyst: handling of Epstein case could be ‘a threat to Trumpism’

Trump is standing by his Attorney General Pam Bondi, despite intense backlash from the MAGA movement over her handling of the Epstein case. Political analyst Anthony Coley and Principle’s First founde...

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The only reason total amateurs like wild-eyed Kash Patel and Dan Bongino are in their positions is because they were out on their fringe podcasts claiming that somehow they alone knew the “truth” and would unmask the “deep state.” They’re all frauds who embarrass the country.

I’m sorry—but it is very difficult to maintain a high opinion of anyone who thinks this is fitting conduct for the President of the United States. He embarrasses the country and makes his supporters look like fools every single day.

Remember when all those House Republicans complained about the lack of regular order and wanted omnibus bills broken into pieces so that Congress could vote up-or-down on each element and propose amendments? They’re all voting for the Big Beautiful Bill. It was all fake BS.

Sad that we have to wait for independent third parties to confirm the success of such important strikes, but that’s where we are. No way for us to trust the President’s own characterization of the attack.

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This is not a stable person who should be deciding whether and how we strike Iran’s nuclear facilities.

So Trump says Gabbard has the intelligence wrong on arguably the most important intelligence question facing the United States: Iran’s progress to a nuclear weapon. A few points… (1) Trump picked her. (2) Why is she still in that position? (3) What in the hell are we doing?

“The mad man charged at us so we had to take him down” is the kind of lie you hear from Putin and his thugs when they explain to the world why they disappear peaceful dissenters like Navalny. They expect you to shrug it off, even as the world watches video that shows otherwise.