#GIFT_ARTICLE THERE THEY GO AGAIN. ISRAEL'S FAR-RIGHT NETANYAYU REGIME IGNORES TRUMP AND HIS PROBLEM WITH IRAN AND CONTINUES TRYING TO FLATTEN EVERYTHING IN GAZA WITH BOMBS Netanyahu suckered Trump into joining Israel's war By Isabel Kershner and Adam Rasgon www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/w...

Israeli Strikes May Undermine Trump’s Peace Plan for Gaza (Gift Article)

President Trump announced a proposal aimed at achieving the disarmament of Hamas and an Israeli withdrawal. Israel ramped up attacks on the Palestinian enclave.

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But all he ever does - in incomplete and broken sentences - is talk about how up is down, which wars he thinks he has ended, how stupid his predecessors were, how low prices are, how high his polling is, before suddenly segueing into more about who he hates, who he likes and who he thinks likes him.

(1/2) The United States keeps sending this large, lumbering, and lopsided 80-year-old man with a limited vocabulary, whose face is painted in orange pigment and hair is indescribable, to speak to the media about America's interests.

Here's how they report on him in the UK, where their free press has a spine.

Three things about Trump that are unmistakable: 1. He is increasingly disconnected from reality. 2. He is increasingly desperate to convey grandiosity and avoid humiliation - this drives him. 3. His health - physical, mental, and neurological - is worsening, adding impatience.

An ICE goon involved in a widely discussed confrontation has returned to active duty. According to reports, the goon-who had been placed on administrative leave after an incident involving an alleged assault-has now been reinstated to full active duty.

Our thoroughly corrupt electoral system.

TRUMP'S CRAZINESS Trump is a criminal psychopath (people label his problems in different ways, but check the Psychopathy Checklist entry at Wikipedia), and he has dementia. Both explain a lot. Today, the rich boy WHO NEVER SERVED posted an AI picture showing himself as a full general.

TRUMP'S DEMENTIA Alzheimer's Assn: During the middle stage of Alzheimer’s, the dementia symptoms are more pronounced. The person may confuse words, get frustrated or angry, and act in unexpected ways, such as refusing to bathe.

Michael Popok on Todd Blanche's tax relief scheme for the Trump family: "How can you settle a case and have a super pardon for Donald Trump when the underlying case was illegitimate?"

AG Nom. Blanche Cheats to Get His Votes AND Let Trump and Fam. Get Away With Tax Evasion?!

AG Nom. Blanche Cheats to Get His Votes AND Let Trump and Fam. Get Away With Tax Evasion?!

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TRUMP'S WEAKNESSES It is, of course, hard to have a course correction if it is not entirely clear what the course was to begin with. The most impulsive president of modern times, Trump follows his "instincts" and can completely reverse himself by the day, or sometimes the hour.

#GIFT_ARTICLE OLD TRUMP, IN HIS 80TH YEAR, NOW SEES HIS POLLING NUMBERS HIT A NEW LOW. BUT DON'T EXPECT HIM TO CHANGE COURSE. Few approve of Trump’s botching the job and corruption, putting him at historic depths for a second-term president By Peter Baker www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...

Trump’s Polling Numbers Hit a New Low. Don’t Expect Him to Change Course. (Gift Article)

Barely a third of Americans approve of Mr. Trump’s handling of the job, putting him at historic depths for a second-term president at this stage of his tenure.

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HOW CHINA WON THE WAR AGAINST IRAN By Paul Krugman paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-china-...

How China Won the Iran War

Trump has shattered American power, and Beijing is picking up the pieces

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#GIFT_ARTICLE ANGRY OLD TRUMP CANNOT UNDERSTAND IRAN OR ITS CURRENT LEADERS Ignorance, impulsivity, and a grandiose sense of self-worth all work to prevent understanding, and Trump's dementia causes his anger to fester and grow. By Michael Crowley www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...

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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The pro-Israel lobby has swayed US presidents since Truman. It must end with Trump | Ian Lustick and Eli Clifton

Our new book tracks the growth over nearly eight decades, of the most powerful foreign policy lobby in US history

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What Rosenberg didn't include for some reason was the Mitchell Research poll, released July 29th, which shows Rogers and El-Sayed tied at 45%, while Rogers bests Stevens by 4. bsky.app/profile/usap... Why didn't he include this? Possibly because it would ruin his frame of Stevens ⬆️, El-Sayed ⬇️.

Polling USA@usapolling.bsky.social · 5d ago

Michigan - Senate Polling: 🔴Rogers: 45% 🔵El-Sayed: 45% 🔴Rogers: 45% 🔵Stevens: 41% Mitchell Research / July 29, 2026

This huge iceberg was seen turning over off the coast of Greenland, near Ilulissat. TT: @@bbcnews

#GIFT_COLUMN WHY WYOMING HAS MORE SUICIDES (ALONG WITH MONTANA AND ALASKA) Wyoming has a problem. Its suicide rate is about double the national figure, due to the isolation of living in a sparsely populated state and easy access to guns. By German Lopez www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...

Opinion | The Suicide Crisis in Wyoming (Gift Article)

Wyoming has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation.

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You see, even I have trouble with the man's name: ABDUL EL-SAYED. But I no longer vote in Michigan--I'm out here in Oregon, and I haven't been receiving any Michigan media. Read his biography, folks. After becoming a doctor, he didn't practice medicine, but worked in PUBLIC HEALTH and taught.

JTMLX@jtmlx.bsky.social · yesterday

#GIFT_ARTICLE DR. KABUL EL-SAYED SHOULD REPRESENT MICHIGAN IN THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR SENATE, AGAINST A TRUMP-LOVING FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN He's a progressive opposed by a moderate backed entirely by AIPAC, which will back the Republican in the general www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Get Used to High Gas Prices

Even if the Iran war ends tomorrow, don’t expect relief at the pump any time soon.

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The news story about Donald Trump being desperate for immunity for tax fraud & the news story about Donald Trump being kicked to the curb by Capital One for widespread money laundering are RELATED.

Good night, friends

Acid Rain@bearysweet.bsky.social · 2d ago

And now, a little Vivaldi. Michel Tirabosco, a renowned pan flute player, collaborating with Raphaël Froissart. He is a professor at the Geneva Conservatory. Born with physical differences, he began playing the pan flute at 7 and has achieved international recognition for his skill. #streetmusic

Wait….so you are saying there are two kinds of justice in this country? Odds are, if you can’t bribe a Justice or afford a crooked lawyers who have “relationships” with the shitty ones, you are screwed

@nypapajoe.bsky.social · yesterday

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#GIFT_ARTICLE DR. KABUL EL-SAYED SHOULD REPRESENT MICHIGAN IN THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR SENATE, AGAINST A TRUMP-LOVING FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN He's a progressive opposed by a moderate backed entirely by AIPAC, which will back the Republican in the general www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | Who Should Represent Michigan? (Gift Article)

Times Opinion convened a panel of experts to help voters make sense of the race.

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If we weren't so broken, divided and led by corrupt rapists, this would be the biggest story of the week. But barely a blip. apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump accounts were closed in 2021 due to concerns over possible money laundering, Capital One says

Capital One closed President Donald Trump’s accounts in mid-2021 after flagging financial activity that resembled money laundering.

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Todd Blanche's last-minute promise won over Senators Cornyn & Tillis, but shouldn't have. The "deal" leaves Trump's tax immunity intact. It confirms what the Senators should have already known about Blanche's lack of fitness to be AG. My analysis: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The $1.776b Slush Fund Isn't As Dead As Senators Cornyn And Tillis Seem To Be Willing To Believe

MS NOW’s Mychael Schnell reported Monday morning that “Overnight: A spokesperson for Sen.

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CHINA THANKS TRUMP AND HIS GANG FOR THEIR ESSENTIAL HELP.

Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 2d ago

Absolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

Legal scholar/former US Atty Barbara McQuade: Todd Blanche’s recent assurances to the Senate regarding an “Anti-Weaponization Fund” & Trump’s IRS immunity are merely "hollow gestures" that fail to meaningfully check executive power. See CALL-TO-ACTION 👇🏼 1/5 www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Trump Still Has That IRS Immunity. Don’t Be Fooled

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s assurance to senators about the $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” and President Trump’s immunity with the Internal Revenue Service is nothing more than a ho...

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Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · 2d ago

So Tillis and Cornyn thought the 1.8. Billion dollar slush fun was so bad, that they will be willing to confirm the guy who came up with it. Huh