Build child care centers. Build health centers. Build community centers. Not data centers. And not ICE detention centers.

The Trump regime is gutting protections for workers' 401(k) plans and opening them up to risky investments like crypto and private equity. The crony leading this charge even ran a company that defended employers from worker lawsuits. Utterly shameless greed.

On Thursday, the Trump regime forced out the three remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission — effectively ending it. You need to see this as part of Trump’s overall strategy to take over the midterm elections some 90 days from now. Here's what we can do about it.

We are all watching Donald Trump's downward spiral in real time — and he wants to take us down with him.

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

Corporate spending on elections has already topped $500 million this year. That's one third of the $1.58 billion in total that corporations have spent since Citizens United in 2010. Hawaii and Montana both have plans to neutralize this disastrous SCOTUS ruling. Watch.

A serious question for those very familiar with AI, photoshop or both: what are your thoughts on the Mitch McConnell photo released today? This is a real question; I've no preset feelings of my own. I've heard folks talk about a "halo" of white around his finger, but I want to hear from the experts.

Under DOJ guidelines, the FBI may only conduct an investigation if agents can point to a set of facts reasonably indicating that an actual or potential federal crime or national security threat exists. Multiple investigations have found no evidence to suggest fraud in the 2020 Georgia election.

Trump ignoring a shitstorm sweeping across America is very on-brand. www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-st...

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.

JD Vance certainly knew better and he folded like a cheap lawn chair.

This is a really good explainer about the mortality estimates around USAID. One big point is that dismantling USAID also dismantled one of the main sources of mortality data in some of these regions. Early indicators of mortality are very worrying.

Remember, senators, the most corrupt aspect of Blanche’s “settlement” with Trump was immunity from tax audits. The slush fund for the insurrectionists seemed to be just a decoy. He has walked back the slush fund, but not the immunity! www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/u...

“The situation creates the illusion of a dynamic economy ⁠that, in reality, conceals an explosive situation which an economic shock, such as an ambitious package of sanctions against banks … could trigger.” https://bit.ly/3TvZJJr

What could be less civil than to lie to someone? Civility demands the truth. It is up to us, in our lifetimes, to shape what is said after we're gone. www.thedailybeast.com/lets-remembe...

“.. the agreement was dangerously vague, particularly language in its fifth paragraph saying that Iran would ‘make arrangements using its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels’ through the Strait of Hormuz.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/u...

BREAKING States Prepare Lawsuit to Block Paramount’s Merger With Warner's If accurate, one of the most important developments yet in the fight to stop authoritarianism in the US We @democracydefendersaction.org have been proud to advocate for this incl helping lead the #BlockTheMerger movement

Excellent read. To a T. No real principles. Just the desire to have power. That was Lindsey Graham. Not a study in contradictions so much as he was an opportunist who traded principle for power. Perhaps in that respect it is no wonder he fit in so well with so many in Washington.

FLAG: The Trump Justice Department has launched an investigation into United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain.

I swear to god, we’re at the point where fucking senators are posting proof of life photos with newspapers placed strategically in the shot. Cooked. Cooked. Coooooooked.

Seems odd that it’s taken four weeks to get a statement like this out to the public.

TODAY: Andy McCabe and I discuss the shooting death of Salgaldo Araujo in Houston, including the pressure for witnesses to self-deport. Plus, Todd Blanche's obstruction of the Zorro Ranch Epstein probe. Free to listen and subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: In a stunning admission, the FBI just confirmed to me the existence of training videos instructing FBI analysts on what to redact in the Epstein Files. I’ll show you the letter and discuss the massive implications in one hour. Link below: www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...

Wow she came back from china and everything!

So, it’s taken over 3 weeks to get an update? He was having 20 minute conversations with different people, and yet couldn’t give an update on his condition? I smell BS

Breaking news: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) suffered from an aortic dissection, according to preliminary findings from the D.C. medical examiner’s office. It was caused by arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, his office said.

It was an aortic dissection. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Elon Musk’s cuts to U.S.A.I.D. led to some 700,000 deaths, Atul Gawande says. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...

"A youth pastor in Folsom was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing multiple children during the 1990s, according to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office." www.wwltv.com/article/news...

A youth pastor in Louisiana was arrested for sexually abusing multiple children in the 1990s. David Mercer, 72, was taken into custody Friday afternoon and is being held at the St. Tammany Parish jail. Investigators believe there may be additional victims who have not yet come forward.

President Trump signed an agreement that Iran said gave it control of the Strait of Hormuz — and global energy supplies. Now, Iran’s military is violently asserting authority.

OpenAI, Meta, and SpaceXAI may be able to put pressure on Anthropic by emphasizing cost efficiency, as business customers increasingly scrutinize AI spending (Bloomberg) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

BREAKING: Mitch McConnell says he was hospitalized because of a fall and developed mild pneumonia, in first statement on his condition. His office released this photo:

Woman is forced to give birth in handcuffs in court🚨 This mistreatment of women and lack of humanity by law enforcement is outrageous. This should NEVER have happened! Mothers: Please have conversations with your kids about childbirth so they understand the DANGER, PAIN & SERIOUSNESS of it FULLY!

Trump just said Graham's last words were pass the Save Act and also that he was about to endorse ending the filibuster. Makes me think we're maybe a few hours from hearing how McConnell called Trump and demanded he abolish the filibuster.

Sounds kind of frothy

“Graham was a natural follower. He needed a top dog, a daddy figure he could arrange himself around”

The acceptance of those in the DC club of evil because its proponents were pleasant to them at cocktail parties is one of the problems with our establishment. Morality takes a back seat to the conviviality of their pampered bubble lives. An evil man who could tell or laugh at a joke is still evil.

Was he? Is that by he went along with big cuts to foreign aid, to USAID, to support for AIDS programs? Why he supported Trump who dismantled State and the NSC and attacked the intel community? He was on both sides of this. Be honest.

ZOHRAN on being popular with Jewish Americans (more popular than Netanyahu): “I think it’s great. My focus is on delivering for each and every New Yorker, and I’m proud to be mayor of the city with the largest Jewish population in the country.”

When I read it this morning, maybe a couple of hours after your post, it was there. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/u...

Exclusive: Six soldiers died on day two of the Iran war in a drone strike on Port Shuaiba, Kuwait. Dozens more were wounded, some seriously. It's one of the war's costliest attacks for U.S. personnel — and survivors fear no one will be held accountable.

Memphis is under siege from the federal government. This is hideous.

Lindsey Graham was one of the main subjects of a @theatlantic.com cover story I wrote in 2020, on why people collaborate with regimes they know are immoral. Here's a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is powerful!

The war continues without any *actual* ceasefire in sight

Every Trump statement about the death of one of his closest "friends" is weirder and more inappropriate than the last one It is hard to be both a sociopath and a public figure, especially in situations in which you are asked to simulate normal human emotions and sensibilities

I’m especially proud of the back cover of my book, which features praise from @wajali.bsky.social @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and @george-lakoff.com Not bad for a kid from Tulare!

This isn't going to make me rich. The 1st thing you have to do after writing a book...is get a job. But my only goal is to force tech fascism into the bright blinding light, where it can no longer hide and grow in the dark. To fully expose the goals and the plans of these dangerous billionaires.