Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."

I caught two strikes and a Bluesky community guidelines violation for jokingly wondering how his story will end. We are all held to incredibly high standards while the president is held to zero.

🚨 A woman in Oregon was reportedly detained and assaulted by 3 masked men posing as ICE agents using fake police gear & emergency lights. @jordanchariton.bsky.social breaks down the case, the growing concerns over ICE impersonators & why Trump's lackeys aren't more concerned. ⬇️

“.. a nine-month process that $META used to cut deals behind the scenes, avoid local opposition and offload financial risk, according to interviews with more than 40 people and a review of corporate filings, tax records, property records ..” Incredible reporting. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/t...

GRAHAM: “We’ve done it — I almost cried. We’ve been pushing this for years… Trump loves blowing stuff up.” WSJ releases a new doc showing dead Republican Senator Lindsey Graham laughing that he helped Bibi convince Trump to attack Iran and get us into another deadly costly war

Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of billionaires.

😱 HOLY HELL: The Pentagon just admitted that nearly 100 US troops were injured in the last two weeks alone. Why has Pete Hegseth been keeping these casualties hidden? Do their families know? And where is Trump hiding them? This is beyond F'd up. November is coming...

Pentagon Withheld Dozens of U.S. Military Injuries in Iran War

On social media, the Pentagon said on Monday that the number of U.S. military casualties from Iranian attacks since July 7 had risen to nearly 100.

nytimes.com

NEW: A second ex-wife of David Brouillette, the ICE agent who killed Joan Durán Guerrero in Maine, Lucinda Brouillette, issued a statement this morning. "If you were to ask me whether I believe David Brouillette is capable of this level of extreme violence, my answer is unequivocally yes." /

I feel like some White House reporter needs to ask Trump about the fact that his DOJ has lost 16 straight cases to access state voter rolls and that in 7 of the cases it was before judges he nominated. Oh and point out that I am still not tired of winning.

Document Declassified by Trump Reveals Russia Tried To Help Him Win the 2020 Election www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...

Document Declassified by Trump Reveals Russia Tried To Help Him Win the 2020 Election

According to an intelligence assessment Trump released on Thursday, the Russian government tried to help him.

mediaite.com

𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚🚨 Madison Brouillette says her father David, an ICE officer who abused her & her mom, called her & admitted to killing Johan Sebastián Guerrero. Her mom, Ashley Brouillette details the abuse including when he threw boiling water on her while holding her child. This is who ICE hires! ABUSERS

It’s impossible to move the debate forward when one side is committed to upholding a disinformation-fueled, dehumanizing false reality that leads to the state-sanctioned street killings of innocent people. There are not two sides to this particular story. Full stop.

28 years of cyclosporiasis testing Screwworms eradicated in the US in 1966. Measles eradicated in the US in 2000. All are back because of this science denying administration.

OSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election? CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you O: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election? C: I'm not gonna get into that with you O: You're not being honest or forthright C: ...

I completely understand 1930-40s Germany now.

HASSAN: If RFK ordered you to stop promoting flu vaccine during a deadly flu season, would you? S: We have to prioritize-- HASSAN: This isn't a hypothetical. RFK Jr in the middle of a deadly outbreak directed the CDC to do it. So would you? S: I don't speak in hypotheticals-- H: It happened!

"The President may be threatening to declare sitting United States senators 'illegitimate'. If that is the course of action he pursues, he is calling Georgia voters 'illegitimate'." Sen. Jon Ossoff

AOC: This is an inhaler pump. Can you guess what the great innovation was that made it worth preventing this from going generic? It’s this little plastic piece right here. That was a major part of the new patent they filed to extend exclusivity and prevent this life-saving drug from going generic.

Hegseth announced they're gonna start screening for T and administering testosterone treatment for warriors found wanting

Harris County DA Sean Teare: “The tactics of every LEA I’ve ever worked with in no way resemble what ICE is doing. Either they are completely untrained, or intentionally putting themselves in situations where they can justify firing into cars.”

Donald Trump is a stone-cold liar. He lies about his height, his wealth and his golf game. He lies about his accomplishments and his failures. He lies about everything, large and small, important and insignificant. newsletters.democracydocket.com/-the-media-h...

Sen. Ron Johnson on Mitch McConnell: "I just heard from a source that was an older photo"

I'm one of the 200 signatories. None of us know what our AI-fueled future holds, but the range of possibilities includes both utopian and dystopian scenarios (and in-betweensies). It's clear that our current policy debate isn't fit for this pivotal moment. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/b...

Nearly 200 Economists and Tech Leaders Warn of A.I. Threats (Gift Article)

A letter calls for policymakers to do more to understand and respond to potential disruptions from artificial intelligence.

nytimes.com

Trump has no cards, but Americans are still stumping up the stakes.

No Way Out

Trump has trapped the US in Iran and the costs are rising

chadbourn.substack.com

The US Senate is voting to pass the US NDAA this week. The act will merge the US and Israeli forces under a single person at the Pentagon. Essentially merging the two into one. They are not even pretending the USA and Israel aren't the same anymore.

BREAKING: BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) - Homeland Security secretary said man killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Maine Sen. Angus King says.

Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:

Paxton warned Texans not to lie about their address to vote. Then voted six times from an address he'd already moved out of. Somebody call the tip line on the guy who runs the tip line.

Lawrence O’Donnell dismantles the myth of Graham Platner. And warning signs were there all along. Information was publicly available, but ignored. Maybe the U.S. Senate shouldn’t be someone’s first political job. No public office. No real vetting. Hype isn’t a substitute for scrutiny. 🧵