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Trump is outside the White House rambling about “happy” grass, drone ports, cocktails and his ballroom. Meanwhile, his candidates are losing elections, diesel is surging, Treasury is making a major move, and his claims about Iran and North Korea are colliding with reality. Your midday update:
Wednesday News Updates: Trump’s Bad Election Night Gives Way to a Bizarre White House Morning – 8/19/26
It’s Wednesday, August 19th.
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Fox is not handling things well as Trump’s problems pile up, and the distractions are getting increasingly bizarre. Then they were forced to correct a major claim about gas prices.
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Politics Podcast · Updated Daily · Ben, Brett and Jordy Meiselas are three brothers with very unique backgrounds! Ben is a top lawyer and Colin Kaepernick’s business partner. Brett is a two-time Emmy ...
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Food prices are grossly more expensive. Trump shit all over the people who voted for him who actually believed he would help their struggle! When he told the parable of the snake *he was the snake* yet they could not see it?!? I hope they now know.
New Yorkers sweat the small stuff, so why shouldn't their city government? From potholes to permits to parents needing a night off, there is no problem too big — and no task too small — for us to tackle.
Business Insider@businessinsider.com · yesterdayNYC mayor Zohran Mamdani is targeting small issues like junk fees, petty scams, and red tape in a strategy to prove his government can deliver. https://bit.ly/4hFQhgO
If the trump White House had just shut the fuck up about it and had not directly or implicitly compelled its surrogates, Cabinet level officials, GOP lawmakers, and others to talk about Natalie Harp, there would be like four news stories published instead of roughly 7,000 today
Trump’s angry attacks on Ossoff for naming his "security blanket" aide, Harp, prove the sycophantic relationship is real and hits a raw nerve.
Jon Ossoff Defends Bringing Up Trump 'Security Blanket' Nata...
The Trump-obsessed official became the center of attention after the Georgia senator named her in a ...
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I think maybe I underestimated how much others in the Trump delusion bubble hate her running it.
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 19h agoAccording to CNN, Natalie Harp once jumped into the trunk of an SUV after getting into a screaming match with other Trump staffers after being denied a seat in the motorcade heading to a Trump trial appearance. www.cnn.com/2026/08/18/p...
This conduct by ICE is unconscionable. ICE should know they cannot enter private property without a judicial warrant. Instead of complying with the law, ICE agents chose to threaten violence against a law firm because of whom they represent. We intend to investigate this incident.
Armed men claiming to be ICE agents tried to enter Sacramento immigration law firm
Multiple employees said the men identified themselves as federal immigration agents who said they wanted to tour the office for beds.
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Jon Ossoff: "I don't think anything illustrates the times more aptly than that the draft-dodging crook president, who has plunged our nation recklessly into a war he knows not how to end or to win, tried to imprison this man who embodies American heroism."
There must be a mental health issue with Natalie Harp. Who in their right mind would hide in a trunk in order to be by Trump’s side?
NEW: Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) used the following words to describe data center developers today; "Predators" "Bullies" "Secretive" Shapiro signed a new state exec order tightening restrictions on data centers, requiring they get local approvals & provide their own power
"As of July 23, more measles cases have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention than in any year since 1991. It took less than seven months to blow past the three-decade high recorded last year."
Measles Used to Be in Our Rearview Mirror. Now Cases Are Reaching Record Highs.
In other parts of the world that have let their guard down to vaccine-preventable diseases, long-forgotten scourges have roared back and killed and disabled children.
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And it’s never enough. His name on buildings. His name on government programs. His face proposed for currency. His signature now going on your dollars. He doesn’t want to serve America. He wants to BRAND it.
Trump is putting his fucking signature on American money. No president in U.S. history has done this. Because normal presidents don’t need to BRAND THE FUCKING DOLLAR. Your money. Your country. His ego. This isn’t patriotism. It’s a narcissistic personality disorder with a printing press.
Pritzker brings the fight. Ossoff brings the future. That’s a ticket I’d show up for.
A top deputy to Stephen Miller is leaving the Trump administration for a venture-capital firm, triggering fresh speculation about turmoil inside the White House. Critics immediately delivered a brutal verdict: “It’s a sinking ship.” #DonaldTrump #WhiteHouse #StephenMiller
Another Trump Power Player Suddenly Heads for the Exit—And Critics Say the White House Is Becoming a “Sinking Ship”
Another influential official is walking away from Donald Trump’s White House—and the departure is intensifying questions about what is happening behind the administration’s guarded doors. Emily Und…
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has spent his career serving himself and his own interests. Texans deserve better than a crook who’s willing to break the law and sell out to greedy corporations. That’s why this week, we’re adding him to our 2026 Most Corrupt list.
Group names Ken Paxton among its ‘Most Corrupt Politicians’
The campaign finance group plans a voter push against Paxton after endorsing James Talarico.
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It’s the issues and Texans better be smarter than they have been!
It's peak absurdity when the world's biggest oil producers can't safely store their own energy reserves in their backyard, forcing them overseas.
Gulf Oil Giants Push to Expand Overseas Stockpiles as Iran W...
Read full story....
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The thin line between US President policy making satire and reality ... via Arthur Barnes
Farewell to a true legend. Some people leave behind more than memories—they leave an enduring mark on their craft, their generation, and all who admired them. The world is a little poorer for their passing, but infinitely richer for their having been here.
Frank Beard, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame drummer of boogie rock trio ZZ Top, dies at 77
He passed away Tuesday at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with family by his side.
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they don’t care about the military personnel or any of the rest of us. 👇👇👇👇
Dale @dalejohn.bsky.social · yesterdayThis is bad.
