Sen Blackburn complains that during the Biden admin, she couldn't subpoena Epstein files. The difference? DOJ was involved in ongoing prosecution/appeals of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell & the records could not be released until her appeal was finalized. It's disingenuous, at best.

We Must Stop Blanche And Clayton, More Terrible Polling For Trump, Powerful New Ads From Dems open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...

Imagine how big Joe Biden's victory in 2020 must have been, now that we are seeing how much Trump and MAGA are willing to cheat. He stole the 2016 election and 2024 election. He is only mad at 2020 because MAGA's cheating failed. Stop with the "no evidence", there is plenty of evidence of MAGA crime

You won't find the rapidly rising cost of homeowners' insurance in the Consumer Price Index cepr.net/publications...

To take just one recent example, he's been throwing tantrums because NATO members won't touch his stupid war with a 10 foot pole.

I believe a few thousand Greenlanders told him in no uncertain terms to disappear in rapid jerky movements. Zelensky has also got to the point of ignoring him and just blowing up the Russian oil and gas industry. Bend to his will? I think not.

I guess France really was king of the soccer world -- guillotined on Bastille Day

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📌Blockade on, blockade off; toll on, toll off; war won, war lost; Strait open, Strait closed ... Our commander in chief is a complete moron -- an embarrassment to the troops and America.

Wait, what? NYT headlines says Trump is used to other countries "bending to his will". What country has bent to Trump's senile will? VP of Venezuela was probably happy to get rid of the old man and his wife so she could take over. Countries tell him lies about "$18 trillion" since he's so stupid.

Obviously this is a European-Canadian-Japanese plot to make Trump look bad.

BREAKING: The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission has made TWO CRIMINAL REFERRALS to the Brown County DA against ELON MUSK, who likely broke the law when he gave $1M checks to voters. www.cnn.com/2026/07/14/p...

This is the way: "Donald Trump will deliver a primetime television address this week on the 2020 presidential election, which he lost but still can’t accept." www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

US inflation is the highest in the G7.

Hottest country in the world!

Suddenly, Hormuz is Less Crucial Than It Was open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Is it actually a "plan" if the senile old man tweets out a crazy idea on one day and takes it back the very next day? Sounds like typical NYT sane washing. Why does "liberal" channel MS.NOW report this as news instead of just ignoring it or exploring if this delusion is proof of dementia?

Oil Surges Most Since 2020, Reflecting Bet That Strait Won’t Go Back to Normal www.wsj.com/finance/comm...

Objectivity is held up as a journalistic ideal. But today in the U.S., it serves as an excuse for cowardice and neglect of duty. Media neutrality in the face of a fascist assault on our freedom is ethically indefensible. As Elie Wiesel put it: “Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim."

We’ve opened the strait that was never closed, ceasing a ceasefire for a war that was never a war, stopping Iran from charging tolls because tolls are illegal, all so Trump can charge his *own* tolls because *his* tolls are legal. This will hurt affordability which is a hoax anyway

I know consultants tell Dems to only talk about affordability but it seems like you ought to be able to get voters to care about elementary schools being bombed & people being shot in the streets as Trump pardons thieves, drug dealers & violent criminals while grifting billions.

Whatever actually happened in Maine, this much is clear Immigrants aggressively chased by goons in unmarked vehicles know instinctively that if they stop a) their family will be broken forever and b) they're headed to a gulag where folks die from neglect So they panic And ICE murders them

A 20% charge would work out to about $32 million for a fully-loaded very large crude carrier at current oil prices. That’s far higher than the tolls that have been charged by Iran, which have previously been described as reaching $2 million www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Here’s Politico helping Republicans claim that it’s a problem to give Americans health care but it’s no problem to spend tens of billions of dollars to bomb Iranians, including 100+ schoolgirls.

NEW | Ukrainian forces continue to intensify and expand their strike campaign aimed at denying Russia's ability to sustain logistics and transport fuel to occupied Crimea and isolate the peninsula. www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/rus...

Dumb and dangerous. If he's not declaring a "national emergency," he's laying the groundwork

You mean when Rudy Giuliani colluded with a Russian agent to smear Biden? That will be interesting.

it's even dumber than you think

Where is the famous cut?

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Trump's stupid Iran war is basically Bay of Pigs 2. This is under-reported. Bibi convinced the senile old that someone who loves him and Orban will take over. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/u...

Trump: "The USA will be, from this point forward, known as 'THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT,' but as such, and as a matter of FAIRNESS, will be reimbursed, at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped, for costs necessary to do the job of providing safety and security ... "

Sissy Spacek by Ira M. Resnick (1972)

Portable telephone booth van. (1983)

Lindsey Graham didn’t lose his way when he became a Trump lickspittle. He found his true self, and so did the other converts. paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-false-...

Oligarchy in Action: The Case of Corporate Tax Cuts open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

the reveal - the absolute and total fumbling awe of Grant and Sattler as they see dinosaurs for the first time, just as John Williams’ greatest score kicks into full gear - is one of the best scenes in all of cinema

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Trump and Musk will be forever known as mass murderers.

Todd Blanche has signed off on all these targeting of Trump’s opponents. He’s an extraordinary disgrace.

Lindsey Graham #LindseyGraham

What is worse? America is committing war crimes and it does not even get mentioned in the media. Or some programs do inform us that America is committing war crimes ( #LastWord with @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social ) and no one seems to be very freaked out about it.

Weekend Update #193: What Is Happening In The Sea Of Azov? open.substack.com/pub/phillips...