If you find yourself on the same side as Donald Trump on literally any topic, you are pitching for the bad guys. It's a pretty easy litmus test.

Meanwhile over the weekend, the US government sent a letter threatening France, Australia, the UK, and Canada if they recognized Palestinian statehood. Despite US warnings of “punitive measures,” they proceeded with recognition.

If the goal of our Congressional Republicans was to kick Minnesotans off their health care, make it more expensive, and shut down hospitals, they’ve succeeded. The Big Beautiful Bill has put our health care system at risk - they should tell you why they voted for it.

Truth…

Summary of Trump’s speech to the UN today: 1. Your countries all suck. 2. None of you know what you are doing. 3. The US is better at everything. 4. All because of me. 5. I’m right about everything. 6. You should listen to me & do what I say. 7. And give me lots of awards.

Jon would like a second opinion

"For the first time in its history, WIRED is dedicating an issue to politics, citing concerns about the tech industry's alignment with President Trump. @katie-drummond.bsky.social explains what this shift means for Silicon Valley and for readers."

“We have a border, strong, and we have a shape. And that shape doesn't just go straight up. That shape is amorphous when it comes to the atmosphere” Who ordered the word salad

No evidence. No science. No solutions.   Just Trump peddling another dangerous lie — this time about Tylenol and autism — that sows chaos, scares parents, and puts our health at risk.

Amazing how "Antifa" isn't actually an organization but still designated as a "terror group," while the KKK is an actual white supremacist "christian" terrorist organization that has mass murdered thousands of Black people and some white allies for 160 years—and is still not labeled a terror group.🤔

I made the mistake of venturing onto Facebook… Where HHS no longer seems to know how to spell acetaminophen. Of course, that’s the least troubling part of their proclamations.

🇵🇱 "We know that you disregard international law and cannot live in peace with your neighbors. Your extreme nationalism is a thirst for domination that will not end until you accept that the era of empires is over and yours will not return," — Sikorski told the Russian representative at UN meeting.

The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders. We can no longer wait to be led by those with the power and authority to lead. You must lead, I must lead, all of us must lead. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.

I think the makers of Tylenol should sue the administration for defamation and due process violations. Because Tylenol should have been given due process to disprove allegations against it before the government publicly declared it the cause of autism. But that’s just me.

26-year-old @katmabu.bsky.social made her name swatting down right-wing talking points on social media. Now she’s hoping internet fame can propel her to Congress. “I just couldn’t watch it anymore. I thought, fuck it, I’m going to run.” From our politics issue:

Hours after we sent a letter signed by over 450 artists and 40K others defending free speech, ABC announced Jimmy Kimmel will return to air. Other companies should heed this warning: We the people are watching.

Sinclair is asking Jimmy Kimmel for an apology? They have it backward. They owe him an apology. #FreeSpeech #BringJimmyBack

The bought-and-paid-for Supreme Court agreed to take up whether to overturn a 90-year-old precedent that allows Congress to give certain agencies some independence from the White House. And of course, we can be certain they’ll rule in his favor, leaving us with no truly independent agencies.

The Defense Department is delaying its community cleanup of chemicals that are linked to cancers and other health risks. The Pentagon has been one of the most intensive users of forever chemicals. And now they're quietly postponing the cleanup. Communities will suffer.

How it started // How it’s going

Nexstar made a deal to acquire broadcast conglomerate Tegna in a $6.2 billion deal, which will require government approval. They’re continuing to refuse to air Kimmel.

Lara Friedman was walking her large rottweiler on July 4 when fireworks went off. Her dog went into panic mode. Then a stranger offered to help, ensuring both got home safely.

COLUMN: Ted Cruz stood for free speech by calling out Trump’s FCC for intimidation. He’s playing the long game defending Jimmy Kimmel, writes our Jonathan Martin.

LOOOOOOOL

ICE agents held a 5-year-old autistic girl outside her Massachusetts home to pressure her father to surrender to authorities last week, according to the girl's family

Pritzker: "This is a person who thinks that his personal will should be imposed on the United States. That's not how it works."

President Trump called off a planned Thursday meeting with top Hill Democrats to discuss a possible deal to avoid a shutdown. He called Democrats' demands "unserious." Democrats say he chickened out.

Elon Musk has spent the past year obsessing over Pakistani child-rape gangs in the UK. Meanwhile, allegedly, in his own immediate family:

MELVIN: The president repeatedly did say though that he would end the war on day 1, and we are some 250 days into the administration MARCO RUBIO: Yeah, but that's not up to us to end the war MELVIN: Repeatedly on the campaign trail he said he would end it on day 1

That is not a denial.

Arizona voters are set to put Mike Johnson in a corner. The likely winner of a special election Tuesday is set to rekindle the Jeffrey Epstein firestorm in the House.

The job market is worse than it looks and tariffs' effects on inflation are probably a one-time bump. In a nutshell, that's why the Fed has resumed its interest rate cuts.

Sinclair-owned ABC7 in Washington DC won't be running Kimmel tonight, but they're happy to provide an outlier poll from Scott Rasmussen's new home to assert that Actually, They're Right (And another data point for "if they use 'Democrat' as an adjective, you can just stop reading.")

Pritzker: "One of the reasons Trump wants to send troops into cities is bc he wants to be able to take control of the 2026 elections...if they've got troops in cities, & it becomes a kind of norm for people, then it won't be abnormal for them when they're going to vote having troops at ballot boxes"

Trump's "anti-Antifa" EO is far more problematic than a lot of pundits are claiming, as I outline in my latest piece (which also includes #FOIA litigation material on Secret Service Antifa investigations not previously released).

This is best story by far about the SIM farm uncovered in New York by Secret Service. The intent of the farm is not, as suggested by other stories, to disrupt Secret Service protection of dignitaries attending the UN or taking out mobile service for all NY but about managing criminal enterprises

Your reminder that Bonespurs McTreason cancelled Kamala’s Secret Service protection. If that’s not a dog whistle to violence IDK what is. Imagine if a democrat did this? Fuck all these dealers in double standards! 🖕🏻 www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Goebbles or Miller?

Kamala Harris: He had no plan for actually bringing down costs and prices for the American people. He had very few plans for what he would actually do that was about the American people, and not his vengeance on his enemies.

Look, it’s Heroin and Adderall ganging up on Tylenol.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM8pPndv/ I am enraged at my own party for their complicity in elevating a HATE BROKER over the memory of a community builder like Melissa Hartman who was assassinated by a TACO minion.

Abolish ICE

A reorganization at EPA is sparking fears of "political interference."

Jimmy Kimmel isn't returning to the airwaves because of "thoughtful conversations" with Disney executives. He's back because consumers sent Disney a clear message: selling out our fundamental rights is not an acceptable cost of doing business.

I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.

Evangelicals love to cherry-pick the Bible—clinging to verses that justify their politics while ignoring the ones about compassion, humility, and caring for the poor.

Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.

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