Immigrants have always been part of America's story of innovation and growth. Treating them as a threat may be good politics for some, but it's lousy economics for everyone.⁣ ⁣ https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/from-the-gilded-age-to-ai-a-conversation

This one might be most interesting for my Aussie followers: An interview with @alankohler.bsky.social on ABC, with a bit about me, a bit about the U.S., and a bit about Australia. Also, economics. Always economics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkUE...

After watching the president's remarks on voting and elections, I stand by my earlier commentary - TN www.democracydefendersaction.org/news/trumps-...

The Constitution is clear: states run elections Now Mullin says states lose security funding unless they purge voters through a system a court already blocked They want to coerce states before the midterms, but we will not let them Free & fair elections are non-negotiable

Q: What assurances can you give Americans that ICE officers will face consequences if they violated use of force policy? Mullin: When I say turn down the temperature, I mean the press. We are turning up the heat on the streets. I am trying to remove us from the headlines every single day.

United Airlines just announced a plan to offer customers free flight changes to avoid landing at Donald J. Trump International Airport in Florida.

Read here: www.headquarters.news/p/todd-blanc...

NEW: We just watched the entirety of the US Attorney General confirmation hearing so you don’t have to. For the better part of 5 hours, Todd Blanche lied, argued, and obfuscated in order to secure his spot as head of the Justice Department. Here’s what you need to know.

Gov. Shapiro: I thought it was an unfortunate day for America to have an unhinged president spewing a bunch of conspiracy theories that are just simply not connected to reality. Every time Trump and his enablers have been forced to produce evidence to back up his ridiculous claims, he's failed.

Trump, at a FIFA event: The word football. It gets a little confusing because we have the great Bob Kraft. He's won 6 Super Bowls. 6 Super Bowls. Congratulations, Bob.

Trump: My one son, my very tall son Barron loves soccer. He's a good soccer player. He may, I don't know, his speed might, I'm a little, you know, he's very tall. I don't know. He said, 'Dad, I'm a very good ball handler.'

Trump: The State Department expedited visas for World Cup ticket holders very quick. Very, we call it fast. Fast letting them in. We call it let them in fast.

🔗 Joint Statement from California Health and Human Services Leaders on New Federal Public Charge Rule: www.chhs.ca.gov/blog/2026/07...

Creating chaos, fear and impossible barriers for the very people working in our communities and following the legal immigration process is a costly agenda that harms us all. We will not be bystanders to Trump’s harmful policies. California will continue to fight back.

Make no mistake: Anyone attempting to interfere with California voters, tamper with our ballots, or meddle with our elections will be held accountable. Our vote is sacred.

Hunter Biden responded to Donald Trump’s speech with a statement noting that Trump’s own newly declassified documents undermine years of false claims about the Biden family:

Wow. Putin and top Russian officials oversaw operations to spread allegations about Joe Biden and Burisma, working to "orchestrate a high-profile corruption scandal" against the Democratic nominee and "ensure the President's victory," and the president in question was Trump himself.

The bigger question isn’t who’s paying. It’s why Trump keeps getting away with treating the White House like it’s his personal property. He doesn’t own it. The American people do.

Put your hand out in front of you. Spread your fingers wide. Now close it. Now open it up and look inside. The contents reflect exactly how much evidence Donald Trump presented last night of a stolen election.

Imagine if a woman president spent most her time raving and crying about an election she lost 6 years ago. Emotional. Unstable. Hysterical. Unfit to lead.

Every news channel should have this running in real time 💯💯💯💯🎯

The Senate might be closed for the weekend, but their inboxes are wide open. Tell them again and again, Todd Blanche should NEVER be Attorney General:

He picked the judges. He picked the fights. He picked the settlement. This week every one of them turned around and bit him. Eight times. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-had-...

In summary: He's panicked accountability is coming 11/3/26.

The really funny thing about those documents released last night? They don’t claim that a single vote was changed. They don’t claim that databases were manipulated. But they had their intended effect - the paid GOP shills are going crazy this morning

WATCH: rightly admonishes CBS News(max) for carrying Trump’s speech filled with election lies when other networks wouldn’t 👇🏽

Also looking at one of the documents touted by Trump, reporter Sam Stein wrote, "One of the documents that Trump has disclosed tonight has a section noting that China targeted the BIDEN campaign and does 'not currently intend to covertly interfere to try and sway the outcome of the election."

One of the first things Trump did after returning to office was gut the CFPB, the agency that protects Americans from financial predators. That sabotage has cost Americans an estimated $26.5B and counting. Trump is making his corporate donors even richer by letting them swindle you.

Fox News is straight up not broadcasting Markwayne Mullin’s big lie news conference, which is highly unusual since they normally take administration events of this sort. I guess they have 787 million reasons to refrain!

Both Marco Rubio and Elon Musk, who led the effort to sunset the foreign aid agency, have said that no deaths have been linked to the cutting of its funding. These parents tell a different story.

Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

Trump's intelligence pick wouldn't say who won in 2020. Ossoff asked the quiet part out loud: "Isn't it humiliating?" www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-lied...

10000000% Media: when he re-treads these lies, ask about the Epstein files.

Mullin says that election officials in states that don’t cooperate with the Trump administration may face jail time

They’re going to threaten this stuff, they’ll hamfistedly screw up the implementation, commit seven atrocities, and still lose every election that matters in November. We’re now nearing the “fuck you, do it, see what happens” stage of this confrontation IMO

Pres Trump’s plan to charge for early access to his pronouncements on his truth social company should be illegal. The information he releases is not his personal property. It belongs to the people. He has no right to sell and profit from it.

Not only was trump in charge when he lost the 2020 election, but his own Intel agencies proved Russia was trying to help him win. He had Russia cheating for him and he STILL lost. He really is the biggest loser that's ever lived.

Everything Donald Trump said in his live speech last night was a lie. That's all the reliable, fact-based coverage you need.

Trump's A Tool For Putin, And Has Sold His Soul To The Devil........

🇺🇸USA, 🇺🇸USA, 🇺🇸USA

“I mean, this is random Trump bull****,” Bruce Schneier, a security technologist at Harvard University, told Democracy Docket. “He wants to destroy democracy, and this is the next step.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

According to Trump, under Obama and Biden elections were fair and honest and he won. According to Trump, under Trump the election was rigged and he lost. According to his supporters, Trump is the only one of the three that can be trusted.

Corporate media vs Pro-Democracy Media Support Democracy Docket. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

Pete Hegseth, a dude *obsessed* with manly men.

The Odyssey is another great film in the genre of “let’s try to get Matt Damon Home”

I just finished writing my exclusive analysis of Donald Trump's speech. While it failed as a speech, it was a stark warning that his midterm election power grab is accelerating. If you are not yet a Democracy Docket premium member, sign-up now to receive it and support the work! bit.ly/4qr0jTS

In Dec. 2020 there were two draft orders to seize voting machines. Everyone remembers the Pentagon one. The second one empowered DHS. Giuliani called Ken Cuccinelli to ask if Homeland Security had the authority. Cuccinelli said no. Yesterday, DHS acted like the answer changed www.jackhopkinsnow.com

The iPhone maker is once again the world’s largest company by market value.