Our thoroughly corrupt electoral system.

Utterly corrupt: "FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s financial statements show he has reported accepting honors gala tickets from CBS or its parent company eight times since his 2017 appointment to the commission, totaling over $75,000 in gifts. 1/2

FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount

Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...

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And the bottom has yet to fall out for Bari Weiss at CBS Mornings. Two weeks after posting its lowest-rated week ever, CBS Mornings set another record. According to Nielsen, the program averaged just 1.568 million viewers and 213,000 in the key 25-54 advertising demo last week -- both new lows.

"Federal officials acknowledged in a recent lawsuit what we all suspected: Trump is targeting Democratic states."

Trump Team Admits He’s Been Defunding States That Didn’t Vote for Him

Federal officials acknowledged in a recent lawsuit what we all suspected: Trump is targeting Democratic states.

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Belted Kingfisher, Nisqually Delta #birds #kingfisher #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #life #PNW #Nikon

BREAKING: Pirro has dismissed the case against Davey Hearn for vandalizing the reflecting pool, saying that there's no way vandals could have caused the damage.

From the recent archives: USAID saved lives. It follows almost by definition that abruptly gutting it kills people.

Yes, the Cuts to USAID Have Killed

Elon Musk dismisses the human toll of the Trump administration’s gutting U.S. foreign aid—but it’s real and it’s measurable.

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"Why the Reserve Is Draining Now The trigger is the Strait of Hormuz. Military action that began February 28 effectively closed the chokepoint through which nearly 20% of global oil supply flowed. Brent averaged $117 per barrel in April and touched $138 on April 7... 1/2 #EconSky

Trump Criticized Biden for Draining America’s Oil Reserves. They’re Now at a 43-Year Low Amidst a Middle East War.

Donald Trump spent his 2024 campaign hammering Biden for emptying America's emergency oil stockpile, pledging to refill it the moment he took office. Now a shooting war in the Middle East is testing w...

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A much better headline would be: "85 Year-Old Medical Scientist Relentlessly Questioned by Petulant Idiots"

Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing

Dr. Anthony Fauci will face a contempt of Congress vote in a Senate committee next week after he invoked the Fifth Amendment in a hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Anthony Faucci is an American hero. The Republican party is a clown car destroying the rule of law by attacking competent public servants while empowering criminals, racists, sex offenders, and sociopaths.

GM CEO Mary Barra is introducing Trump at his rally. Something to keep in mind if you're in the market for a vehicle anytime soon.

"under this proposed system, the disenfranchised bloc would be enormous. It would encompass all retirees living on Social Security and pension income, students, caregivers, disabled Americans, and millions of low-wage workers who owe no net federal income tax after deductions and credits... 1/2

Why did a $154 billion CEO just endorse stripping most Americans of voting rights—and taking us back to the 19th century? | Fortune

Should how much you pay in taxes determine how much your vote counts? Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke seems to think so.

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Finally had a good sighting of one of my favorite summer songbirds: a Wilson's Warbler in our back yard. #birds #warbler #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #life #PNW #Nikon

The revelations came out in a federal court case brought by Democratic states challenging ICE's access to Medicaid data to aid in deportation efforts.

ICE shared Medicaid data it wasn't supposed to have with Palantir

The revelations came out in a federal court case brought by Democratic states challenging ICE's access to Medicaid data to aid in deportation efforts.

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Some enterprise investigative reporting just today: www.npr.org/2026/07/27/n...

In Memphis, an 'anti-crime' task force quietly turned into an ICE crackdown

The influx of federal agents into the city last fall led to widespread immigration arrests – a majority without criminal convictions. President Trump has said he wants to replicate it elsewhere.

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"The Pentagon updated its official war casualty database over the weekend, adding more than 140 wounded service members."

Pentagon reports more than 600 Iran war casualties in quiet database update

Figures are source of dispute as US defense department days ago reduced record of troops killed and wounded

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The world’s richest man, at it again. Reminder: “remigration” is far right code for the forced expulsion of ethnic “undesirables” in order to “purify” the nation.

The world is burning, and Trump is using our tax dollars to kill green energy projects and decimate efficiency standards that were helping to slow climate change. He is literally throwing gasoline on the fire.

Firefighters in France battle to prevent huge blaze from approaching Bordeaux

Efforts to contain wildfire that has consumed an area of four times the size of Paris impeded by windy conditions

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Transportation costs in the U.S. were 6.5% higher in June 2026, compared to a year earlier. #IranWar #Trumpflation #EconSky

In Pasadena, CA, a Trump regime ICE thug drew a lethal weapon on an unarmed U.S. citizen for photographing his license plate. ICE agents are operating without identification, so citizens are bravely documenting them for accountability and safety. #StopICE #AbolishICE #PoliceState

Preparing to march in Chicago. #AbolishICE

One of the engineers admitted, “I think we are losing to China,” when asked for his honest opinion about Toyota.

Toyota warns it 'cannot survive' as the next-gen Corolla EV becomes its make-or-break

The world’s best-selling car of all time is going electric. Toyota warned it “cannot survive” by sticking to its traditional...

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They died serving our country. They should be honored, not erased. Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Hawaii Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Texas Sgt. Angel Rampersad, 28, of New York Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of North Carolina

If you thought you were already paying too much for gas because of Trump's botched war on Iran, just wait for Trump Tarriffs 3.0, so you can pay higher prices for so much more!

Trump to impose fresh wave of tariffs on more than 80 countries

New tariffs to replace 10% global duty set to expire on Friday as administration cites concerns over ‘forced labor’

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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

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An electric ice-cream maker was listed at just $17.99 at Amazon and Best Buy. Then it became unavailable at Best Buy, and more than tripled in price to $59.99 at Amazon. Here’s how it happened… 🧵

Under Trump, U.S. federal debt has surpassed 100% of GDP for the first time since WWII. And it's on track to beat that all-time record by 2030.

President Trump used to brag about all the money we were making from tariff revenue. Last month, that trend flipped to a $26 billion loss as the government started paying back the tariffs the Supreme Court ruled illegal. The refund bill is just getting started.

Trump claimed his tariffs would bring about a golden age of American manufacturing. Yet since his re-election, we've lost 75,000 manufacturing jobs. Over the same time period, Biden had created 625,000.