I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:

Mark Zuckerberg's assistant at Meta, Josh Felker, who was responsible for Meta's "digital experiences for kids," was arrested after admitting he tried to sext a 13-year-old during an undercover sting. nypost.com/2026/07/20/u...

Private Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas was killed on July 17, 2026 during Trump’s unauthorized war against Iran

Y’all my picky kid ate some chicken I made last night & pronounced it “actually pretty good” & I still feel like I won the lottery.

🔴 Houthis: Will impose a sea navigation ban on Saudis Monday

Oh look it happened again

Crude Oil has 43 days of supply left in the U.S. — the lowest inventory in 45 years @barchart.com ⛽️

Holy shit Sports Illustrated really captured this www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8tYdS7u/

Apparently it’s pumpkin time?

Check out Trump special envoy Paolo Zampolli that Andrew and Tristan Tate spent several days with. Two days before they got arrested by US Marshals. Paolo was heavily linked with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell He ratted out his ex wife to ICE who deported her bsky.app/profile/pqpo...

El-Sayed: Shouldn't be this hard to pay your taxes and know that that money is going to be spent on you rather than to drop bombs on somebody else and their kids

EXCLUSIVE: I interviewed a dozen women about what it was like to be a staffer at Jann Wenner’s Rolling Stone (in light of his recent comments.) They described an office culture of “palpable fear” that was “a horrible place for women.” Full story here: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...

A timeline cleanser

OK, can you give me a pancake recipe?

Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports and the ports of Fujairah and Jebel Ali should be evacuated immediately if the US attacks civilian infrastructure in Iran.-Fars news

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. n.pr/4f9OdMn

J.P. Morgan in 1912: "Gold is money. Everything else is credit."

You see, son, when I was very young we had machines to make smoke for dramatic effect. It wasn’t just everywhere…

Cover. @economist.com www.economist.com/leaders/2026...

Kuwait says Iran attacked a power and water desalination plant, causing widespread damage to the station. The country relies heavily on desalination for drinking water, so any disruption poses a serious threat. apnews.com/article/iran...

Meanwhile Dominion:

“.. Danielle Bensky, a survivor of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein hugs Amanda Roberts, sister-in-law of Virginia Giuffre, at the end of the 2nd day of confirmation hearings for U.S. Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche on Capitol Hill.” @reuters.com

Anyone else find it suspicious that the White House is releasing a bunch of “newly discovered” findings concerning the 2020 election weeks after they conducted mass firings of career intelligence officers? 🙋‍♀️

A watercolor that I made #art #watercolor #painting #illustration

GUYS

Trump Media plans to charge trading firms for access to Trump’s Truth Social posts milliseconds before they appear publicly, the FT reports. The product, Truth API, is aimed at firms that rely on ultra-fast data to trade in markets that are often moved by those posts.

Someone called the cyclospora outbreak MAHA Blast and I'm cackling like I'm 13 again.

Meta glasses ad vandalized in London https://manualdousuario.net/en/they-live-meta-glasses-kylie-jenner/

New monkey just dropped.

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.

"Stop criticizing us or will keep murdering people" is just a jaw-dropping thing for a government official to say.

Something is hiding in the bushes outside my front door, making weird moaning noises, & has ripped my trash bags open 2 nights in a row. I grew up running around the woods. I know what animals sound like; I can determine a bear from a doe by their footsteps. I have no idea what this is.

One of my coworkers always asks for extra pickles and I tend to deliver. Here was today's

US forces radioed a message to ships near the strait Tuesday saying ‘the southern route of the strait remains open’ “F— off,” one sailor is heard over marine radio, according to a recording reviewed by WSJ. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

CHIP ROY IS HERE LETS GET THIS PARTY STARTED

Trump on Iran detainee release:

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but that’s rape. www.salon.com/2026/07/15/m...

[1/8] 2026-07-16 07:51:54 - [Domestic helium technology breaks through and reshapes the global helium supply chain] On July 10, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs issued an announcement announcing the implementation of a temporary export ban on helium.

My friend and I went to the beach with my dog Archie, and the person at the parking gate told us dogs weren't allowed. My friend said, "Oh but he's not a dog." [Long serious pause] "he's an angel." And it WORKED and they let us in lmao

This is actually a problem for male Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, & Marines who were deployed to Iraq & Afghanistan. One of my students at USAWC was the lead for Soldier resiliency & they had found that due to toxic exposure, large number of male Soldiers testosterone levels were subclinical. 1/

I had to look twice. #Cat #Caturday

Get rid of your imposter syndrome (which tends to afflict smart people more than dumb people anyway). NO ONE is a "real expert." You have every right to be there. And you can make an enormous difference if you're in the room at the right time. Get involved. Participate. You can matter.

wanna watch a train wreck www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...

‘Prolonging this standoff – let alone returning to a new intensive phase of fighting – comes at a much higher risk than it did a few months ago. That’s because the world's oil safety cushion has been dramatically depleted.’ www.reuters.com/commentary/r...

“Prebunking” has been found to be very effective in neutralizing disinformation

Morgan Stanley estimates that capital investment at the five big AI “hyperscalers” (Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and SpaceX) will average $1.1tn a year from 2026 to 2028. The US Department of Defense’s budget request for fiscal 2026 is $961bn. That is all.

the real story behind this viral photo is even more heartbreaking than the one the public created.

‘The stocks were established in 1975, and investments aren’t keeping up with the aging infrastructure, experts say. DOE officials recently told the GAO that they are holding the reserve “together with ‘Band-Aids,’ and that it is uncertain how long they will hold.“‘ www.wsj.com/business/ene...

The sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham has thrown South Carolina Republicans into a political scramble with just 114 days until Election Day. Here’s what happens next—and why the stakes are so high. Just filed by @macfarlanenews.bsky.social.