U. S. Army veteran. Retired computer guy. So old I fart dust. Equality for ALL! TRUMP'S END GOAL: Transform our entire government into an oligarchy working for HIM, *not* the American people. Resist! usa.gov/elected-officials indivisible.org lwv.org
By targeting Fauci, Senate Republicans are trying to transfer guilt from those who downplayed or misrepresented the pandemic, @davidfrum.bsky.social argues.
Anthony Fauci Is Not the Villain in This StoryThe doctor was thrust into his pandemic-leadership role because of Trump’s deadly dereliction of duty.bit.ly
Trump's approval ratings are at all-time lows. He's flailing on the economy. His "little excursion" in Iran has become a forever war. Even Republicans are beginning to revolt against him. He's not all powerful. He's a failed president.
"This is about a slush fund that Trump gets to wield and protection from tax audits for HIM and his family... This whole thing is because Trump wants to make sure he can derive maximum political and financial and personal benefit for himself. This is Trump acting on behalf of Trump."
Federal judges say they are losing faith in the Justice Department’s trustworthiness, legal scholars say. “Judges simply don't believe the representations that are being made by United States attorneys,” one former federal judge said.
Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” ConductProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.www.propublica.org
🚨BREAKING: The Kansas Supreme Court dealt a final blow to Republicans’ bid to revive a strict Election Day mail ballot deadline. The state’s three-day grace period will remain in place for the Aug. 4 primary — protecting voters from postal delays.
Kansas Supreme Court deals final blow to GOP bid to throw out late-arriving mail ballotsThe ruling is a conclusive defeat for Schwab’s last-minute campaign to enforce a Republican-backed law that attempted to eliminate the grace period and required mail ballots to arrive on Election Day…www.democracydocket.com
Trump would rather see his AG nomination fail than give up his IRS immunity and insurrectionist fund, GDP just came in way below expectations, and the war keeps escalating. Also: UEFA just voted to boycott the World Cup over a Kushner-led plan to privatize it. Your midday update is here:
Thursday Afternoon News Updates: Trump's Bluff Gets Called, the Economy Slows, and the World Cup Might Just Blow Up – 7/30/26Your Thursday afternoon update is herewww.meidasplus.com
Another court has rejected Trump's policies that allow ICE to detain immigrants before any hearing with a judge. While this will likely be litigated further, today's decision reaffirms that immigrants who contribute to our communities and have lived here for years deserve dignity, not detention.
5th federal appeals court rejects ICE mass detention policywww.politico.com
Trump approval ratings: CNN: 34% Quinnipiac: 32% AP-NORC: 33% Other two-term presidents at this point of their tenure: Obama: 43% Bush: 37% Clinton: 64% Reagan: 61% Nixon: 24% Eisenhower: 58% Truman: 39%
"The Trump regime is trying to usher in a 'Golden Age in Science' where scientific research is run like a Trump family business, artificial intelligence is all that matters, profit is everything, and expertise is for chumps." — @snipy.bsky.social
The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a griftTrump wants to run scientific research like his family business.www.publicnotice.coTodd Blanche: -pushed bogus investigations into Trump's political foes -masterminded Trump's $1.8B slush fund and IRS immunity deal -oversaw the botched release of the Epstein files and moved Ghislaine Maxwell to minimum security prison He should never be AG.
UEFA nations will not participate in FIFA events until the investment deal is scrapped
Europe Announces World Cup Boycott Over FIFA Investment Deal With Kushner FamilyUEFA nations will not participate in FIFA events until the investment deal is scrappedmeidasnews.com
We must take control of the senate in 96 days and block every Trump nomination: officers, judges, and justices.
Kyle GriffinFLAG: Trump just said he doesn't object to withdrawing Todd Blanche's nomination — keeping him in an acting capacity as AG — until after Sens. Cornyn and Tillis are out of office.
I wouldn’t yet credit the reports that say Trump is w/drawing Blanche nomination. Equally likely is it’s a brinkmanship gambit to make a deal without giving up the settlement agreement, which he dearly wants. & his nastiness about it is just his one trick pony style. Just taped a long youtube on it.
Mike Collins abruptly wrapped up a press conference instead of answering questions about his close ties with a prominent neo-Nazi propagandist
The fact that Blanche refused to terminate the slush fund in writing for Trump’s criminal cronies as well as his IRS immunity deal proves that his testimony at his confirmation hearing that these things were “dead” was always a lie. They were dead only until he got confirmed.
REPUBLICAN 1: Hey, so our numbers are terrible and no one can afford anything and we’re gonna get crushed in November REPUBLICAN 2: Yeah. How can we rile up the frothy MAGA idiots? REPUBLICAN 1: Fauci conspiracies! REPUBLICAN 2: Great. Let’s subpoena him.
You know the Epstein files are *bad* when Donald is drawing our attention back to COVID, his most deadly blunder, to distract from them.