Trump is now on the phone demanding that FIFA find 4 more goals. Just 4 more goals.

Grand Platner cannot be held responsible for things that he did while he was drunk by Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel

By the numbers, Clarence Thomas has been treated to: • At least 38 destination vacations; • 26 private jet flights; • 12 VIP passes to pro & college sporting events; • 2 stays at luxury resorts; • 1 standing invite to an uber-exclusive golf club (Published 2023)

Fave refugee www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Potential murderers, rejoice! Trump is making it easy to arm up. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Last week, Peter Thiel told a private group that Pope Leo XIV was working for the Chinese Communist Party.

Newport Beach Shifts Homeless Shelter Service to Huntington Beach voiceofoc.org/2026/07/newp...

Orange Moves to Fine Abandoned Property Owners Amid Budget Woes voiceofoc.org/2026/07/oran...

State Greenlights OC Veterans Cemetery Construction Ahead of Independence Day voiceofoc.org/2026/07/stat...

Rats, roaches and human feces: Inside the downtown Fresno building government workers call a 'shithole' fresnoland.org/2026/07/03/f...

Fresno used to be a cheap place to live. Now evictions are piling up as experts and residents brace for ‘the worst’ fresnoland.org/2026/07/02/f...

Wealthy grower John Vidovich has become a lightning rod for discontent in western Kern water district sjvwater.org/wealthy-grow...

How Virginia became the world’s data center capital and how it’s going www.newsfromthestates.com/article/how-...

Medicaid renewal rules are overwhelming Minnesota counties in a bureaucratic blizzard www.newsfromthestates.com/article/medi...

In Oklahoma Trump country, locals say no to the president’s deal to build a foreign-owned smelter www.newsfromthestates.com/article/okla...

Termination of Gulf of Maine leases casts further uncertainty over offshore wind www.newsfromthestates.com/article/term...

As Trump buyouts shake offshore wind industry, states hope developers stay in the game www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Ohio grocer Kroger announces $1.65 billion deal to purchase Giant Eagle www.newsfromthestates.com/article/ohio...

Lawmakers fritter away $20,000 battling Kansas Reflector. They could just admit they screwed up! www.newsfromthestates.com/article/lawm...

Fabian Schmidt chose America long ago. A year after getting trapped in ICE’s net, he still does. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fabi...

Under Trump's economy, groceries, gas, and health care cost more than $3,100/year for the average family. His war of choice in Iran alone has cost households up to $1,300 this year. Republicans control D.C., and they own this economic slump.

Another perspective www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Burn, baby, burn www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Estimated attendance www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Forest Service chief defends agency’s largest reorganization in a century www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fore...

ICE raids Gallatin County sites, with as many as 100 detained www.newsfromthestates.com/article/ice-...

Born on the Fifth of July: The next 250 years start now, so let’s get to work www.newsfromthestates.com/article/born...

Sigh. I’ll be a hater and say it: In actual reality, your taxes paid for an illegal crew of naive tech boys, led by a billionaire, and backed by a Corrupt Court, to destroy your gov’t services, hospitals, housing, education, and cancer cures, taking them away from your American family members.

In 2024, ProPublica and @documented.net obtained 14+ hours of videos from Project 2025’s Presidential Administration Academy, intended to train the next conservative administration’s political appointees “to be ready on day one.” Check to see how Trump 2.0 is deploying this playbook:

“We the People” means all of us. Republicans can have January 6th — the 4th belongs to everyone else. Happy Independence Day🇺🇸

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250 years ago, America broke free from a king who abused power, enriched himself, and silenced critics. Today, find ourselves fighting that same fight. This 250th anniversary belongs to the people, not to one man. 🇺🇸

"The Founders did not stumble into a diverse, immigrant-heavy society by accident—they lived through it, debated it, and ultimately enshrined it in a Constitution that barred religious tests for office and left the door open to immigrants of every nation and faith" www.cato.org/blog/founder...

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Food banks just lost over $1 billion in federal aid while Republicans pushed nearly 5 million people off SNAP. Pantries provide 1 meal for every 9 that SNAP did. Food banks are seeing unprecedented demand and cannot fill this hole, and Republicans know it. Hunger is the policy.

Judging by the latest news, Moscow is no longer merely waging a hybrid war against the West. It can be assumed that it is preparing the operational environment for a possible direct conflict with NATO, staying below the threshold that would trigger a collective military response.

"The average employee in the federal government has more restrictions under the law for their financial gain than the President or Vice President” MS Now reporter Akayla Gardner on conflict of interest concerns in the Trump family as new financial disclosures show the President made $2.2B+ in 2025.

‘What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?’ www.newsfromthestates.com/article/what...

Our founding fathers’ other revolutionary choice: Separating religion and government www.newsfromthestates.com/article/our-...

On the the 250th anniversary of the U.S., caught between a firecracker and a snake in the grass www.newsfromthestates.com/article/250t...