NEW: "This Fourth of July, Americans are going to pay a lot more to celebrate than they’re used to. That’s no accident. It’s the direct result of the Trump administration’s policies."

Prices are up, and so are our newest Sticker Shock Summer billboards. Happy 4th of July!

Thanks to Trump, we’re all paying more for groceries, fireworks, gas, and electricity. Freedom isn’t free, but July 4th didn't always cost this much money. That’s why we’re running this video nationwide—because the people footing the bill deserve to know who’s running it up.

[email protected]l on Pulte's appointment: "He doesn't mention Russia, China. We're in the middle of a war with Iran…Instead it's all about the election. It's part of the election subversion and authoritarian project central to what Trump sees as the core mission of his presidency."

@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social: "Trump ordered Gabbard to oversee the Fulton County operation to seize 2020 election ballots…This is pretty much a five-alarm fire. They're trying to find a way to use these records to justify these conspiracy theories as a pretext to interfere in the elections."

@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social: "The pendulum swings back and forth.That's sort the natural order of the political system, especially in a democracy…The authoritarian push is to stop the pendulum from swinging back, and the way you do that is by stopping free and fair elections."

Newest episode of It's Happening Here is OUT NOW! Hosts @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social & @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social discuss the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Bill Pulte's appointment, and Trump's obsession with the 2020 elections. Check it out: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

🚨 In just 30 minutes — Sarah Matthews and the Atlantic's Tom Nichols unpack the fallout from the Trump admin's war on Iran. Streaming on X, Facebook, YouTube, and Substack. TUNE IN!

Happening at 2pm ET — @SarahAMatthews1 and @RadioFreeTom talk about the humiliating U.S. surrender to Iran. Streaming on X, Facebook, YouTube, and Substack. You won't want to miss this!

Join us tomorrow, June 26 at 2p ET for a live-taping of Home of the Brave podcast feat The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols and Sarah Matthews discussing America’s surrender to Iran. We’ll see you there! newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/livestream...

Tom Joscelyn: "On July 17, 2025, top Trump administration officials gathered in the White House Situation Room to talk about the Epstein files. 45 minutes later, the WSJ reports on this birthday book…They're not concerned about delivering justice for the victims, they're only concerned about the PR

Sen. Warren: "Americans across this country look out and say he's made $2 billion on crypto. His kids are out there scamming money off being related to the President of the United States. People are sick of the corruption. They're sick of the chaos, and they're sick of the policies that Donald Trump

Sen. Warren on the Bipartisan housing bill: "We didn't just water everything down. There's a lot of meaningful provisions in here…Republicans were all tweeting about how terrific it is right up until the moment Donald Trump said that he's not coming."

Sen. Warren: "Republicans and Democrats have put together a housing bill designed to increase housing supply and bring down costs…Trump has now said, 'nope,' he's not going to do that…Donald Trump just doesn't care about the cost-squeeze on American families."

Trump is holding a bipartisan bill to lower housing costs hostage until Congress passes the SAVE America act — a bill that many Senate Republicans have already said won't pass.

Bob Kagan: "Trump really is not reliable, not even when you think he's reliable…That means the United States is not reliable, even when it says it's gonna be reliable. So much of our power around the world has been based on mutual trust…That has been completely destroyed."

Lindsey Graham (2015) on the JCPOA: " We've taken the largest state sponsor of terrorism, the people who overran our embassy, who've killed hundreds of Americans, we've given them billions of dollars, and they can use the money any way they would like."

While denouncing the JCPOA in 2015, Marco Rubio called for an amendment that calls for "any deal to require that Iran recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state."

Bob Kagan:  "When Trump agreed to the idea of a 60-day truce, what he's really saying is, 'I'm done with it,  we're gonna put this war in the rear view mirror… don't ask me any more questions, and let's move on to the invasion of Cuba."

Marco Rubio on Obama's Iran Deal (2015): "This deal is fundamentally and irreparably flawed… Iran will keep the more than billions of dollars it's going to receive upfront, basically as a signing bonus. Iran will be allowed to continue to develop long-range ballistic missiles."

NEW: "One year ago today, we launched this Substack. The idea was simple and straightforward: provide a platform for courageous Americans who are willing to speak out against this administration’s abuses." HUGE thanks to our supporters!

[email protected] on Ghislaine Maxwell's transfer: "This is just a purely political operation which the Deputy AG is personally handling for Donald Trump." Watch the first episode of It's Happening Here podcast now on Spotify and Apple!

Bob Kagan: "The entire Iranian GDP may be under $300 billion. Trump just promised Iran a reconstruction bill that is more than their GDP…There's another word for that, it's called reparations…Reparations are what losing countries pay to winning countries."

National Mall visitors sound off on the reflecting pool: "I can't believe that we are spending our money this way when there are so many higher priorities — health care, child care, closing the budget deficit. There's a million places we could spend this money."

Bob Kagan on Trump's war with Iran: "It is the biggest strategic defeat that we've suffered maybe in our history, but certainly for decades… The net result is a significant diminishing in American influence around the world."

Introducing Home of the Brave’s newest weekly podcast series: It’s Happening Here — hosted by @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and Tom Joscelyn. Our first episode covers Trump’s AG nominee, Todd Blanche, and his handling of the Epstein files, the DOJ's corruption, and more:

What does the new US–Iran MoU actually mean for America? Sarah Matthews & Bob Kagan break it down on the latest Home of the Brave. Listen on Apple, Spotify, YouTube & Substack: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK5J...

Bob Kagan on U.S.-Iran MoU: "It's not a deal and it's not gonna lead to a deal…Trump has paid the Iranians billions for a fig leaf that allows him to come back to the U.S. and say, 'I've got a deal, peace is at hand'…Iran gives up absolutely nothing in return."

LIVE NOW! Sarah Matthews and Bob Kagan on the MoU between Iran and the U.S.

In LESS THAN 30 MINUTES — live taping of Home of the Brave Podcast at 2PM ET. Sarah Matthews & Bob Kagan break down the new US–Iran MoU. Watch on Substack, YouTube, X & Facebook:

TODAY at 2PM ET — live taping of Home of the Brave Podcast. Sarah Matthews & Bob Kagan dig into the new US–Iran MoU and what it means for America. Watch on Substack, YouTube, X & Facebook:

Sarah Matthews: "Even if this peace deal goes through, we end the war, the strait is open — It's not like the economy is just gonna snap back. That's not how this works…It's going to take a while before we see costs come down, before we see gas prices come down."

JOIN US tomorrow at 2pm ET for a live-taping of Home of the Brave podcast! Sarah Matthews and foreign policy expert Bob Kagan will be discussing the ins and outs and potential consequences of the newly signed MoU between Iran and the U.S. newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/livestream...

Sarah Matthews: "This administration is trying to gaslight the American people and tell them that we inherited these prices…That's why Home of the Brave launched Sticker Shock Summer — to show the American people that this is the direct result of Trump's disastrous policies."

Sarah Matthews: "This 60-day window where we still have to iron out the details on the nuclear provisions…It took the Obama admin two years to negotiate the JCPOA. You're telling me that Trump will negotiate a better deal in the next 60 days? I mean, come on. There's just no way."

Sarah Matthews: “ With Trump, if something goes right, then he gets to claim victory. And if something goes wrong, it wasn't his fault — and he'll find someone else to take the fall…we're seeing that play out with the Iran deal."

Mike Fanone: "I attended the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, which is the same facility that ICE and CBP attend. At the time, their training was in excess of nine months…their training now is less than eight weeks, which is insane… And they haven't just lowered the standards for training, t

Sarah Matthews on Trump's ballroom: "He knowingly lied when he said that this would be 100% privately funded, that it would cost $0 to the taxpayer…He's going to stick taxpayers with the bill when the vast majority of the American people will never step foot in this ballroom."

Sarah Matthews on Trump's ballroom: "Sounds like that was a lie, that it was going to be completely privately funded…I don't understand why a man worth $7B who has seen a $3 billion gain in the last year because he's profiting off the presidency can't be the one to foot the bill in a time when so ma

Sarah Matthews: "I don't think that they've made a great case for the war to the American people…I agree that we don't want to see Iran acquire a nuclear weapon, but Trump's the one who tore up the JCPOA. He's now about to maybe negotiate something at best, exactly the same."

Sarah Matthews on the Iran deal: "I used to work in communications at the White House. You don't dump good news on a Friday. They should want to talk about this today and be touting it. You put out bad news on a Friday so it gets lost in the weekend news cycle."

Sarah Matthews: "What are the objectives of this deal? Trump initially said no nuclear weapons and regime change. Regime change is not happening…The International Atomic Energy Agency now says that the risk is higher than before the war for Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon."

Sarah Matthews: "It seems like Trump wants to rush [the Iran] deal and get it done, because he knows that his poll numbers are cratering as a result of this war…But unless it's better than the JCPOA, this will be a failure for this presidency."

NEW: "In 1966, all the U.S. states dealing with screwworm declared an eradication program a success…Then the Trump administration’s DOGE made sweeping cuts to USAID—including a program that monitored and helped contain the screwworm in Central America." newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/doge-cuts-...

Sarah Matthews on Wisconsin fake electors: "Look at Colorado and the case with Tina Peters…a Democratic governor, Jared Polis gave in to Trump's pressure campaign to give her that pardon…There's a chance that could happen with Wisconsin if Tony Evers is willing to succumb to the pressure."

Sarah Matthews: "Michelle Obama has carried herself with so much grace and dignity over the years and has faced these kinds of crazy, baseless attacks…She has not been the first lady for nearly a decade, and yet she continues to live rent free in these losers' heads."

Sarah Matthews: "President Macron of France, his wife, when she faced similar accusations of being a man…Trump came out and condemned it. But he can't do the same thing for Michelle Obama? It makes you wonder, what's the difference between those two women in his eyes?"

Sarah Matthews: "Expecting Trump to say or do the right thing is useless and disappointing. This is the guy who posted a racist meme of the Obamas depicted as monkeys…who posted memes depicting himself as Jesus Christ. There is no decency or decorum in this White House."

The Trump administration is still up to its eyeballs in Epstein and trying desperately to deflect, deny, and disparage. open.substack.com/pub/ofthebra...

Sarah Longwell’s buzzy startup, the Bulwark, is attracting investors including James and Kathryn Murdoch and Melinda French Gates on.wsj.com/4vr9lDL