Every refugee admitted to the US in 2026 has been white. That’s not an exaggeration. Nor is it by chance.

U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) voted to send $70 billion to ICE with zero reforms.

If you’re wondering why stuff feels more and more expensive, Trump keeps finding new and innovative ways to invent brand-new taxes on Americans. This one was just so dumb even he had to back down.

Republicans are actually going with anti-communism as their central message to voters for the midterms. I figured House Rs would ignore Trump’s ridiculous plan, but it appears Mike Johnson and his band of sycophants has decided to go with it while adding Christian nationalism.

Is it any wonder that the American people lack any confidence in the President’s handling of this war?

TRUMP DIARRHEA OUTBREAK: Cyclosporiasis cases are surging now across 40+ states, a severe diarrhea outbreak linked to contaminated produce. Reports indicate Trump admin CDC changes made Cyclospora surveillance optional and restructured the parasitic diseases division.

Trump posts an image featuring a map showing the United States taking over Canada and Greenland

Marco Rubio last month on the Strait of Hormuz: “No country is allowed to charge tolls or fees on an international waterway.” Yesterday, Trump announced that the U.S. will start charging a 20% fee on cargo passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Guess the rules changed

"the United States Military achieved all of its objectives during Operation Epic Fury" Did those objectives include suffering a significant strategic defeat?

Just a reminder: The FELON POTUS implemented ILLEGAL tariffs (taxes) on the US. The FELON administration has paid out $81 BILLION back to businesses of those illegal taxes. $0 was paid back to US consumers who ACTUALLY PAID those illegal taxes/tariffs.

I’m shocked that Trump lied.

This is Todd Blanche’s corrupt Justice Department. Dozens upon dozens of ignored oversight requests. This is EVERY SINGLE ONE. He only believes in answering to Trump… not Congress… and not YOU.

FELON POTUS declares war, AGAIN, against Iran - violating the War Powers Act and authority of Congress, while NOTIFYING Congress of his intent! Oh, and he wants to TOLL US Allies and Partners in the Gulf for SOH transits. Oh, and it appears the US approved renewed conflict with Houthis & Saudis.

🔥 @adammockler.com: “This is what terrifies me about the direction of this country — I don't think there’s anything Trump could have done that these two conservatives wouldn't be defending.” (In fairness this is true for every Republican @abbydphillip brings on)

Last May: “Since Trump dropped the suit, this is not a settlement. It would be as if he set the fund up without filing a lawsuit in the first place. He’s just using the court as cover so he can say it’s legal because it’s a settlement. But it’s not. And don’t let anyone tell you that it is.”

"Iran seems to be playing Donald Trump at his own game," writes Stephen Collinson. "The president complained Monday that the Islamic Republic can't be trusted to honor an agreement, rebuking its rulers for one of his own signature moves." | Analysis https://cnn.it/453jv1u

Reminder: 112 days until Midterms (Nov 3, 2026). GOP truths: - Voted Against: Veterans, teachers, women, minorities, & immigrants - Voted FOR: WAR, Rich Tax cuts, Protect pedophiles - Trump: Iran WAR! Venezuela Vassal, ICE MURDERS, crypto scams, foreign bribes, pardons for sale, & boat murders!

ICE is beyond repairing. We can't reform our way out of this. Strip it down to the studs and start over.

The reason why ICE agents continue to shoot people is because nothing ever happens to them when they do. They essentially have been granted full immunity for whatever they choose to do to people by a lawless regime of thugs.

Venezuela is effectively a vassal state of the U.S. under FELON Trump and his #1 sycophant - Rubio. And Rubio thinks he should be POTUS in 2028. Is this what he thinks the U.S. should be? A throwback colonial state with an autocratic ruler at the head? Or is he just another hateful GOP politician?

"The sudden death of Lindsey Graham at age 71 — young, by today’s gerontocratic standards — is a personal parable for the degradation of conservatism. Indeed, few so perfectly bridge the rise of the Gingrich-led GOP to the steady gutting of the GOP by Donald Trump." — @schaller67.bsky.social

BREAKING: A federal judge just nullified Trump’s $1.776 billion IRS “settlement,” ruling it had “no viable basis in law or fact,” finding there was never a real legal dispute, and referring Trump’s attorney to The Florida Bar for possible discipline.

This is your daily reminder that Trump and Republicans are spending billions of your tax dollars on an unauthorized war in Iran and Stephen Miller’s ICE agenda while gutting Medicaid, slashing SNAP, and driving up your health care costs.

A bombshell FOIA request has revealed how the FBI and Department of Justice trained its investigators to scrub the Epstein files clean. trib.al/dNbUbM3

BREAKING: the Judge in the bogus Trump v IRS case that resulted in the $1.7b slush fund has SANCTIONED the attorneys, referred Blanche, Woodward, & Brito to the Bar, nullified the “settlement”, and awarded monetary sanctions! More to come… storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Says the guy who, after losing in a free & fair election, incited an insurrection against his own country: the very definition of treason. #ImpeachConvictRemoveImprison

Does this math look right? It seems that the most common oil tanker holds ≈ 2 million barrels of oil. At $75/barrel, that's ≈ $150 million worth of oil aboard. Iran wants to charge ≤ $2 million/vessel. Trump wants to charge 20%, which = $30 million. tritonmaritime.com/triton-exper...

BREAKING: Federal judge finds that Trump's IRS suit was improper because Trump controlled both sides of the litigation. Judge Kathleen Williams also sanctions Trump's lawyers, issues monetary sanctions, and harshly criticizes DOJ's "untenable" conduct. More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com

BREAKING: A federal judge says President Trump's lawsuit against the IRS was filed for an "improper purpose" and refers attorneys for disciplinary action.

Under no circumstances should the Senate confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general. Here's why... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/you-wanna-know-why-todd-blanche-should

Trump announces the reinstatement of the “Iranian Blockade,” claims the U.S. will control security in the Strait of Hormuz and charge a 20% fee on cargo passing through it, underscoring how the war has now become focused on the opening the waterway Iran controls and recently shut down.

Trump: "The USA will be, from this point forward, known as 'THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT,' but as such, and as a matter of FAIRNESS, will be reimbursed, at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped, for costs necessary to do the job of providing safety and security ... "

Just like Floridians I’ve met across the state, I’m tired of the corruption in Washington. I’m running to bring some accountability back into our politics, and I’m not afraid to call balls and strikes — regardless of party.

Lindsey Graham’s obituary—written while he was very much alive by @saletan.bsky.social

Democrats need to stop bowing their heads in shame every time some Republican points a bony, accusatory finger their way. Dems essentially made Hillary sit in the corner for a week after she used the horrifying term "basket of deplorables." Stop it!

New in PN: Lindsey Graham and the rot of modern conservatism "Graham died a coward. From Gingrich to Trump, he embodied the movement-to-racket transformation of the GOP. Has America ever seen a capitulation so self-abnegating as his conversion from snarling Trump critic into swooning cheerleader?"

Reminder: 113 days until Midterms (Nov 3, 2026). GOP truths: - Voted Against: Veterans, teachers, women, minorities, & immigrants - Voted FOR: WAR, Rich Tax cuts, Protect pedophiles - Trump: Iran WAR! Venezuela Vassal, ICE MURDERS, crypto scams, foreign bribes, pardons for sale, & boat murders!

Trump’s illegal war with Iran continues. “The strikes are being carried out at the direction of the Commander in Chief.” That’s not a legal basis for military action in these circumstances.

"In effect, for every $1 cut from programs for low-income Americans, the wealthiest 1% will get about $1 back in tax breaks." Reverse Robin Hood. https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/trump-big-beautiful-bill-act-tax-medicaid-snap-one-year/

Let's face it: ICE is *not* a law enforcement agency. It is a ragtag collection of angry, arrested development vigilantes and malcontents that has gone "Lord of the Flies" on us.

Every authoritarian action Trump is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity. He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness. This is yet another desperate attempt to undermine the midterms.

Military leaders must strike a balance between obedience to civilian leaders and their duty to the Constitution—but some officers tell Missy Ryan and @nancyayoussef.bsky.social they fear that Trump’s military has become overly deferential to civilian politicians.

This is a BIG red flag. Ahead of the midterms, Donald Trump FIRED all members of the independent Election Assistance Commission—people confirmed unanimously by the Senate to make sure we have free and fair elections. We can't let Trump rig the next election.

“[Trump] likes to cosplay as a fascist.” @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and author Omer Aziz discuss if Trump’s family draws inspiration from Hitler, noting Trump’s father’s arrest at a KKK rally in 1927. Watch the full interview — zeteo.com/p/does-trump...

ICE lied about Renee Good. ICE lied about Alex Pretti. Why should we believe them about Lorenzo Salgado Araujo? We can see with our own eyes that ICE is killing people in cold blood.

VANCE, LAST WEEK: “I’d love it if Democrats were willing to work with us on lowering housing prices…”🤔 His ridiculous gaslighting looks even worse today, as Trump declares the bipartisan housing bill dead. (Because he doesn’t get to cheat and block millions from voting)

Not sure if you happened to catch Thursday's episode of The Daily. I was interviewed and talked about the extraordinary ways President Trump and his family have monetized the White House, based on a decade of reporting on the Trump family. Please listen & share www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/p...

NEWS: Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Iowa Ashley Hinson says her family can barely afford groceries. Her disclosures say she’s worth up to $7M richer since taking office. And the “all my stocks are sold” claim? Also false. The receipts 👇

We must accept the Constitutional violation and InfoSec risk of an airplane from a foreign govt given to the US president because he loves foreign bribes. We must spend millions of taxpayer dollars so that plane can replace Air Force 1. Also, the plane is worse and can’t be used under threat.