That would do it for me. 😳

New: Late last night, Taylor Farms quietly posted an official recall notice We now know that the parasite-linked iceberg lettuce was shipped to Walmart & food distributors in 27 (!) states It was for some reason still being sent out up until Thursday July 16 www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

Women have to do it all backwards in heels, and without showing emotion. And without ever receiving the benefit of the doubt.

I did not know about this speech! After watching the @250to250.bsky.social video, you might want to read the whole transcript - there's SO much in it: tinyurl.com/LBJ-Great-So...

ICE caught routinely evading Court orders, shipping detainees away and even deporting them before habeas hearings. This was routine and secret. Judge is Not Happy. www.wlrn.org/government-p...

BREAKING: CENTCOM says two U.S. service members were killed in action in Jordan on July 17 while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks. One additional service member remains missing in action. Four wounded service members have been discharged from Jordanian hospitals.

‼️ CENTCOM reports: • Two US service members dead • One US service member MIA

"After boarding a handful of boats — stuffed to the brim with people and pets — community members drove across the lake as their entire First Nation burned to the ground behind them. " www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

'Sheer idiocy': Critics mock GOP lawmaker for weird revenge plot over Canadian fires www.rawstory.com/tom-barrett-...

Great response to Congressman John James. He deserves the rebuke.

Don't give him any ideas.

Remember when California was on fire and Canada sent four tanker planes to help? Now Canada’s on fire and all we get from the U.S. are Republicans complaining about smoke and threatening sanctions to punish us instead of helping. Hey, we’d like less fire and smoke too. Fucking help

Yet, Republicans like Mike Rogers, Lisa McClain, John James, Jack Molenaar, Jack Bergman and others are blasting Canada for the wildfire smoke blowing across the border. They have no shame.

I find it particularly crass and evil of the (all republican) politicians’ public comments at Canada to control their fires and smoke not 2 days after a Canadian K-MAX pilot was killed fighting fires in Colorado. The decades of cooperation and shared sacrifice mean nothing to those absolute ghouls.

I’ve lived in Beijing too. They don’t have elections.

Check in on Canada: "Michigan Republicans made similar complaints about Canada last summer, prompting Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew to brand them as attention seekers throwing a 'timber tantrum.'" Special cameo from Pete Hoekstra as the voice of reason. Also, Minnesota fires exist. SO embarrassing.

The "Tin Foil Speech".

Warner: "As an American, I'm embarrassed ... we gotta decide whether we can keep our republic. And if we simply blow this off as another Donald Trump rant, we do that at our own peril"

Michigan's elections are secure, fair, and free. Tonight's rambling speech from Donald Trump was riddled with falsehoods and conspiracy theories.

You can really feel the hand of the Dominion settlement at play here.

This is from a draft press release that even DHS didn't have the stones to release and it did not include any evidence of actual voting by non-citizens. But you don't find this out until the third graf. I thoroughly hate it when people say "do better," but Christ Almighty Politico, do better.

Michigan households have already paid an average of $502 more for gas since the start of Trump’s reckless Iran war. michiganindependent.com/economy/iran...

www.reuters.com/legal/govern... Breaking ABC and NBC WILL NOT AIR TRUMP'S SPEECH TONIGHT MORE OF THIS PLEASE

Mike Rogers posted this on Facebook. Check out the comments. He is getting (deservedly) roasted. FB link: www.facebook.com/share/18pSTB...

TFW the White House threatens Americans to shut our mouths or they will spill blood

Check out the article and note the chart showing income inequality in the US between 1910-2010. It's eye-popping! 😳

Cool, the Trump administration comes out FOR cancer in Black kids. That's pretty damn MAGA.

Control information. Intimidate opponents. Capture institutions. Rewrite reality. And the final box may be closer than Americans think... hartmannreport.com/p/trump-is-f...

don’t worry we have the receipts

Rep. Thomas Massie has announced he'll introduce the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, a bill to give state AGs, DAs, 'authorized state officers,' and victims the right to sue DOJ for "unlawfully withholding, redacting, delaying, concealing, removing, or failing to publish Epstein-related records."

We've been closely tracking NSPM-7, the White House directive to prosecute the left. Now it turns out that the guy in charge of implementing that at DOJ marched at Jan. 6.

Massie: "I don't think the problem is that our elections aren't secure because we control the House, Senate, White House, and to some degree we control the Supreme Court. So I ask my Republican colleagues, why are you complaining about election fraud? We won all the damn elections!"

While NYT does not treat Whiskey Pete's order for gender affirming care with the same hostility with which they treat trans rights, they do point out that this could blow up his effort to oust trans service members. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/u...

Another red month for retail sales/restaurants and bars: (via Schwab)

We got the gold and oil, though. @bloomberg.com 🇻🇪 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Cartoon by @danboriscreates.bsky.social.

"Shoppers are buying fewer items than a year ago, and grocery sales are declining as weakening unit sales are now outweighing rising prices." Yep. My household is buying fewer "goodies" simply because necessities have become increasingly expensive. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/16/u...

Arkansas's voucher scheme is funding scams and child abuse. www.propublica.org/article/arka...

DHS is "the worst of the worst" bsky.app/profile/mari...

Booker: Okay, but this is the thing that really bothers me. He’s telling me, “I am concerned about Ghislaine Maxwell’s safety” But I am not even going to meet with the victims to get them the justice they deserve. It is so disqualifying for this man to have sat there today and said that to me.

If only. Blanche instead said DOJ is just like every other cabinet agency and NOT independent of the president. He stopped reading Art II before getting to the part about taking take care that the laws be “faithfully” executed.

What the actual fuck? Look, I'm sorry to keep saying this, but the president is clearly a dementia-ravaged necrotic husk of a man whose addled rants bear no actual resemblance to reality and I, for one, think that is concerning.

The major winner from the Iran War financially has been big oil. Those stocks are up almost 28% this year – 3x the S&P and over 20x wage growth. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart

Pave paradise, put up a data centre...

This is reassuring, NOT: "Ultimately, the tech specialist said, its results would turn on the threshold set for evidence of fraud: 'It’s up to the builder of the system to define the guidelines.'"

It's a sign of how shockingly corrupt this country has become that a nominee for Attorney General is given a hearing by the Senate *the very same week* he has been referred by a judge for possible disbarment for unethical behavior. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sen. Booker to Todd Blanche: "Your nomination should fail. The Attorney General's client is not the president, it's the American people. You've been protecting one person for most of your career…You should not be confirmed to this job."

Embarrassing. Embarrassing for him. Embarrassing for the legal profession. Embarrassing for the Justice Department. Embarrassing for his former law partners (who have been embarrassed more than they deserve lately). Embarrassing for his family. And embarrassing for the country.