Online commenter shuts down FBI agents.

NYT nails it.

Statement from Annie Farmer on meeting with Todd Blanche: "After meeting with Todd Blanche, I feel even more confident in urging senators to vote against his confirmation as the United States' Attorney General. "I found him abrasive, condescending, and intentionally noncommittal to survivors."

BREAKING: Investigators have linked Taylor Farms lettuce supplied to Taco Bell to the parasitic outbreak that has sickened thousands across the country. More than 4,300 cases have already been reported in Michigan alone.

Breaking: NBC and ABC announce they are refusing to air Trump’s presidential address tonight.

Republican State Rep. Fabian Basabe went silent after he was questioned about accusations that he drugged and raped a former intern, according to reports Wednesday. 👉️ bit.ly/4gD8XgN

Wow. The ICE shooter in Maine asked his ex-wife to "to lie for him and to cover for his character." She said he was abusive and had previously reported concerns about him to his military superiors. He was also a volunteer firefighter, but was removed after several spats with department leadership.

For everyone hyping up Trump’s speech tonight like it’s going to be some kind of revolutionary proof of election fraud: Why is he saying it on national television and not to a grand jury? Why has nobody been charged with anything? Should be a slam dunk case, right?

Ken Paxton recently bought 3 Utah luxury condos worth $1.6 million. He then put them in a blind trust that shares an address with the Dallas home he appears to be sharing with a woman who is not his wife.

Security camera footage obtained from local businesses showed individuals who are believed to be U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers surrounding a car and pulling the driver onto the street, in events connected to the fatal shooting of a man in a coastal town in Maine on July 13.

A historic moment in Paris! For the first time ever, Ukrainian troops marched down the Champs-Élysées for Bastille Day celebrations. Even the skies joined in, featuring Ukrainian pilots flying in French Mirage fighter jets. A truly powerful symbol of European solidarity. 🇺🇦🇫🇷

Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...

Nicole Wallace ☠️☠️☠️ "Riddle me this: when Obama ran intelligence, the election was secure and Donald Trump won in 2016… But when Donald Trump and all of his boobs were running US national security, it got all effed up. Is that the theory?"

MEHDI: “How scared are Trump + his inner circle about the content & impact of the Epstein Files?” SWAN: “We got their focus group data — people brought it up spontaneously. It came up higher than crime, data centers… some of the most salient issues were lower than Epstein.”

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...

BREAKING A federal judge NULLIFIES the purported “settlement” behind Trump’s $1.776B slush fund, finding there was never a “case or controversy” — and referring his attorney for possible professional discipline. Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Trump on Lindsey Graham: "He had one bad moment in the January 6 thing when he stood up -- 'alright, now I've had it, that's it, I can't do it anymore' -- then he called me about 40 minutes later and said, 'Did I really said that? I can't believe it.' And he took it back."

Trump approved disaster aid requests from six red states last week. Two days later, he rejected aid requests from four blue states. Not only is he punishing states who didn’t vote for him, he’s playing politics with people’s lives. Despicable.

"Trump’s Illegal Boat Bombings Are Just ‘Murder for Murder’s Sake,’ U.S. Official Says" Donald Trump’s boat strikes aren’t working – because they’re ‘not actually designed to end the fentanyl crisis,’ a senior administration official tells Zeteo.

Interesting. McConnell’s “proof of life” photo dropped shortly after this segment. 🤔 Gov. Beshear says Republicans changed the law to stop him from appointing a U.S. senator if a vacancy occurs. He argues the Kentucky Constitution gives him that authority and says he’s ready to fight it in court.

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#Elon #Musk #USAID #Trump #DOGE Status update on the competition for World’s Most Prolific Serial Killer:

The NYT has now significantly expanded its obit of Graham, including his many policy reversals, and his attempts to undo the 2020 election. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/u...

I went from feeling concerned about a family with 49ers ties owning the Seahawks to relieved @vkhosla.bsky.social @nealkhosla.bsky.social and Neeru Khosla are in line to become the new owners. I explained why in this emergency pod: 🎙️ www.patreon.com/hawkblogger/... 📺 youtube.com/live/pSS9tmg...

Here’s to hoping he and his ownership group are good for the team and good for the fans.

“This brazen act should be seen as nothing more than an attempt to prevent the public from knowing what is happening in their country by intimidating journalists from doing their jobs.” {gift link} www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...

New Mexico says federal authorities halted its 2019 Epstein investigation, took the state’s file and never returned promised leads. AG Raúl Torrez now says DOJ has withheld records needed for the Zorro Ranch probe for more than 130 days.

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To anyone considering helping President Trump interfere with our election or our count: You will be prosecuted. That’s why I’m moving forward with new legislation that would make it a FELONY to seize ballots before the vote has been certified by state and county officials.

Republicans may be running out the clock on disclosing whether McConnell is even alive, purely so a filing deadline slides past and Thomas Massie can't grab the seat. A man's actual mortality reduced to a procedural loophole for gatekeeping power.

That’s the Esmeralda from Chile. They teach the crew about human rights on that vessel because it was used as a torture center and prison by the Pinochet regime after his 1973 coup.

😂😂 be careful and keep your digits!

happy 9th anniversary to this unintentional bit of improv comedy

“Over the last three years, it has become clear that the importance of protecting freedom of expression and access to information extends beyond theory. The examples of free speech abuses under vague safety arguments have been too numerous.”

Democrats are preparing a hostile audit of Trump and his inner circle, intent on exposing — and ultimately ending — the most lucrative presidency in American history. Dems see the presidential gold rush as corruption personified — and plan to bury Trump's orbit in subpoenas if they win the House.

What to the slave is the 4th of July? This was the woeful question of Frederick Douglass, one of the greatest Americans.

Turns out Trump’s market manipulation with a series of tariff announcements and pauses that tormented American businesses was done to enrich himself.

THIS IS WHAT IS CALLED FOR UNDER FASCISM — BRAVERY Before the attacks & the hot takes start, a few facts: Major Jason Watson is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, a career logistics officer, a NATO officer, and a decorated veteran who volunteered for a 365-day tour in Afghanistan… 🧵

“The story behind the Imagination Library is as moving as the program itself. Parton has spoken often about how her father, Robert Lee Parton, never learned to read or write. Growing up, she watched him sign his name with an X. She never forgot it.”

“If you zoom in on the guitarist’s sunglasses you can see a crowd of less than a dozen people… the organizers appear to have recently deleted that image.” 😬 🕶️

TMZ DC with perhaps the most brutal video from Trump's Great American State Fair, showing Dr. Oz on stage bragging to Dean Cain about how big the crowd is, only for the reporter to pan around and show absolutely nobody is there. Original post: x.com/i/status/207...

Every Fox News live shot today from Trump's post-rapture-like fair on the National Mall has been hilarious. Here's a supercut:

One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.

250 years ago: Thomas Jefferson submitted the final draft of the Declaration of Independence to the Continental Congress.

GOP Urges Democrats To Tone Down Rhetoric Used To Quote President Verbatim

Since the start of President Trump’s second term, The New York Times has been documenting examples of moves by members of Mr. Trump’s family or the families of top aides to profit off of Trump administration policy actions. Today we take another look.

Katie Phang Just Made Jeffrey Epstein Central to Todd Blanche's Bid for Confirmation emptywheel.net/2026/06/27/k...