Many schools rely on consumer fees funneled through the federal government to cut internet costs. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr called for ending this program before Donald Trump tapped him for the job.

Last time I stayed in Milan I got caught in an incredible summer hailstorm. And #climatecrisis is only intensifying. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

Lies, damn lies, and statistics

It’s completely inexcusable for any Democrat to vote to enable Trump’s corruption. Your senators need to hear from you: indivisible.org/actions/stop...

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026... “A report released today by California Common Good and the pro-working class organization People Over Billionaires, the state’s top 15 billionaires alone have poured more than $336 million into federal and California elections so far this year.” Imagine.

I spent some time at Big Tech firms, and I think it’s fair to say that there’s been more money-first than tech-first people entering since the dotcom days. What’s interesting is that a lot of those early tech-first folks made it into senior management positions and lasted for decades sometimes.

Ultimately money started mattering too much. Or, possibly, once it was clear you could get rich in tech, a different type of people were attracted to it than before. Has this been your experience? And if so, where do you think that culture is still thriving? Or at least has a chance to?

“Extraordinary energy for change.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social on his outreach to voters in red states. Buttigieg has been on the road in states like Florida, Iowa and Nebraska trying to help Democratic candidates flip Congress in 2026.

“They’re only wanting a unified church and state that agrees with them...the best Christian witness is one that works towards the common good.” Bishop Mariann Budde, who confronted Trump at the start of his term, challenges the administration’s idea to end church-state separation.

No separation of church and state in Missouri. 98% of Missouri school vouchers end up in church coffers…that’s your tax money directly funding religion thanks to the GOP school voucher scheme.

The ICE officer who killed a man in Maine last week had a well known history of mental instability and physical abuse. He should have never been hired. More here on why these killings were so predictable and what enforcement should look like: earlywarningwithjuliette.substack.com/p/ice-is-bro...

You tell me if this sounds shady:    Donald Trump collected more than $64 million from major corporations for his presidential library.    Now, as much as $21.5 million may be unaccounted for or spent without explanation.

On MSNOW, Pete Buttigieg projects Democrats have a chance of flipping Florida in November "It's coming up on almost 30 years of one party rule, and people realize that has not worked well for them. I think the politics of everyday life are connecting with the hunger for change in so many places"

There’s been a lot of discussion this past week about the meaning of integrity. Is it possible to be loyal to Trump and preserve one's integrity?

here's today's post: "latest poll: Dear Leader fucking sucks and almost everyone hates his guts" — boo fucking hoo, Donny. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

NEW: This week, Trump's much-ballyhooed primetime speech turned out to be a big nothing-burger. It only underscored how despite mobilizing the vast resources of the federal government, he still doesn't have a shred of evidence for his false charges that the 2020 election was rigged.

Because it's not really about The Odyssey. It's about the insatiable craving for outrage and grievance. They are constantly starved for things to be angry about.

Government-promoted anti-intellectualism is a common feature of fascist states, with “intellectualism” coded as feminine and/or Jewish/leftist.

Trump's corruption is about to be supercharged. Unless we stop it. The CLARITY Act is moving, and it's time to sound the alarm before it's too late.

Hunter Biden "The single greatest mistake of my father's admin was the leadership of Merrick Garland. Did you not see these people storming the Capitol? You didn't see a president & know there was a concerted & planned effort? He doesn't do anything. We don't end up going after him. I don't get it."

Yesterday, I spent the day in Maine and heard the same thing everywhere I went: we need to abolish ICE now.

Details on the earlier attack: 2 US service members were killed, 3rd is missing after Iranian ballistic missiles & drones struck Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. 4 other service members were wounded and treated at hospitals, more personnel injured. Dozens US fighter jets stationed at the base.

Are they trying to soften it up and send in the Marines? That might be...ill-advised. I really don't think we know what to do about swarms of drones coming after grunts. The Russians sure don't.

July 18, 2026

Reminder... Any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message — they can't win on their ideas alone.

this is an incredibly difficult story to read, told well and told true and with the emphases where they need to be.

I continue to urge people to leavesubstack.com

According to Heidi Blake, the Trump administration intervened last year to buffer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan from the consequences of their criminal charges in Romania. The Tate and Trump circles, she also reports, have overlapped at Mar-a-Lago.

No matter where you live, you can join the organizing work to get out the vote for Peggy Flanagan: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/... And contact some voters to send Abdul El-Sayed to the Senate: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

These Democratic fighters need your help to stop big corporations, AIPAC, and crypto from buying their elections.

NEW: Takano Ken'ichi was just sentenced to 16 years for murdering Satō Airi, known online as Mogami Ai. He stabbed her brutally 55 times. So why are men calling his sentence "harsh"? How the online discourse is twisting the facts to justify hating on a dead woman.

Andrew Tate is now facing charges involving child sexual abuse material.

Arrested at the UK's behest so they can face justice for a bunch of serious sex crimes allegations there. apnews.com/article/tate...

U.S. State Department Bans "Far-Left" Travelers From Entering The United States

Public pressure may have ended Flock Safety’s “human distress” audio surveillance–but that does not mean their acoustic gunshot detection microphones are without concern. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Oh, he’s very unpopular, Ed. The Nazis, the crypto bros, incels, chuds, conspiracy freaks, podcast morons, divorced dads, and dickheads, they’re all abandoning him. They think he’s a fucking loser.

🧵, just in case you need cheering up (no, this is not an irony-free zone)

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“The mounting level of US government debt, on track for $40 trillion courtesy of this summer’s “big beautiful bill,” risks a tectonic crash for the US economy” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump has ordered US CENTCOM to open "the gates of hell" upon Iran after US casualties in Jordan, US officials tell NPR. Another US official tells CBS News tonight's US attacks will be much more extensive and larger than previous nights.

Of course relentless advertising from gambling firms that make more gazillions the more suckers than can lure into tnrowing money at them has nothing to do with anything. And the unfortunate fact that a shit ton of people are natural-born fools.

Trump two years ago:

i worked in several casinos and later for an online sportsbook. the best advice i can give you is to stay the hell away from all of it.

TODAY IN MAINE Protesters demanding justice for Joan Sebastián Guerrero. His family deserves answers. I haven’t even been allowed to access his body, and his parents are still trying to get visas so they can bring their son’s body home to Colombia.

🚨 The U.S. State Department has issued a Worldwide Caution alert, advising Americans across the globe to exercise increased caution amid heightened tensions in the Middle East. 1/

Todd Blanche has consistently demonstrated that he is unwilling to serve in any capacity other than to cater to Trump at all costs, Virginia Kase Solomon writes. The American public deserves a leader who serves the people, not just the president. https://demdock.com/4f8VLyZ

The authoritarian narrative has a fundamental contradiction: they must make an "other" the eternal enemy AND claim victory as capable "strongmen" vanquishing that enemy. You are unsafe AND we are the ones keeping you safe. Their solution is to keep enlarging the category of "other"/enemy.

Tood.

Republicans have dismissed another lawsuit challenging the lawfulness of counting mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day but received afterwards. This has been a major battle line in the fight for free and fair elections and one we are winning in state after state -- MS, CA, KS, IL.