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That Trump would rather protect a sweetheart get out of tax jail free card for himself than for the U.S. to have an Attorney General tells Tillis and Cornyn and everyone else all there is to know about it.

Yeah, if you want to rebuild trust and credibility, hire this guy.

The use by multiple admins of our control over global finance as a weapon led others to seek alternatives to US financial hegemony. But Trump's reckless and unnecessary blunder in Iran may be the final straw, ceding the dollar's dominance. What a disaster he created by his ego and stupidity.

Ms. Swinton felt both supported and overwhelmed, she said, as she watched her daughter grapple with the meaning of death. “When they were transferring Michael, she said: ‘Is that my Dada in that box?’” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...

A Fallen Soldier’s Angst, Love and Longing to Return Home From the Iran WarSgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton was killed in recent days, one of 18 U.S. soldiers who have lost their lives since the beginning of the war in Iran.www.nytimes.com

If this isn’t a sign that our system of both government and finance has jumped a shark, I don’t know what it. A mockery of capitalism and democracy all wrapped up in one move. When history is written these will be the blaring warning signs we foolishly didn’t heed. www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...

How Wall Street’s Bots Are Cashing In on Trump’s Truth Social PostsTraders who already monitor the president’s pronouncements with automated systems can pay for an ultrafast feed. At least five firms have signed up.www.wsj.com

There’s only two possibilities: either the Trump FDA is incompetent or it’s corrupt. Either they announced the culprit of a nationwide crisis inaccurately or Trump took a bribe to lie to the public. It’s one or the other. A perfect encapsulation of Trumpism. And the result either way is we get sick

Congress rejected some of Trump’s proposed budget cuts. OMB is making them anyway. From David Super and Cerin Lindgrensavage @protectdemocracy.org thehill.com/opinion/cong...

Congress rejected some of Trump’s proposed budget cuts. OMB is making them anyway.President Trump and the Office of Management and Budget are accused of violating the separation of powers by attempting to unilaterally withhold funds that Congress specifically appropriated.thehill.com

Trump’s war in Iran is getting more dangerous. Two more U.S. services members killed. Others missing. Worldwide travel warning for Americans. And Russia and China may be helping Iran improve its weapons to evade U.S. defenses. Republican leaders in Congress need to do their jobs and stop it.

Want to know what the president is going to say at his nationally televised therapy session on election grievances? It's all on the "rigged elections BINGO card". He gets to whine more about why he lost six years ago and you get to play with friends! bingo.cip.uw.edu

"Rigged Election" BingoSpot the tropes before they spread. Recognize the common storylines behind election rumors — can you get BINGO?bingo.cip.uw.edu

This is why Veep went off the air. You can’t do parody when the real thing is already a farce.

The future will look different. But the values that underpin liberal democracy remain essential. Credit to @bernybelvedere.bsky.social @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for this important conference on how we make sure they adapt and endure. We @protectdemocracy.org are proud sponsors.

This entire episode is exactly why the Founders vested the power to declare war with Congress. They anticipated the dangers of a president being able to start wars willy nilly. Unclear though if they anticipated a president as wildly incompetent as this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/u...

Trump Says Fighting With Iran Has Resumed as He Orders Blockade and TollsAfter several days of strikes, the president notified Congress that fighting had begun again and announced shipping fees that his administration previously deemed illegal.www.nytimes.com

BREAKING: In an unusual move, Trump has reportedly rejected his advisers' plans to hold his Thursday evening speech in the Oval Office. Instead, he plans to address the nation from outside Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Philadelphia.

He finally found the guy who stole all the votes for him in six states in 2020! BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Venezuela hired him! -- no China hired him! -- or maybe it was OBAMA! Thank goodness they put the housing finance guy in charge of figuring it out. Now we'll know for sure!

Huge win here for the rule of law. Remarkable ruling and kudos to @normeisen.bsky.social @democracydefendersaction.org and the judges who helped bring it about.

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Countless of these people who worked up close with him say this. The ones who don’t say it, know it; they’re just riding him for their own grift of either money or power.

Has an American president ever looked as impotent as Trump right now? Every day he proclaims that he’s “ordered” Iran to open the Strait and that has secured its opening. And every day Iran gives him the finger. It would just be embarrassing except we’re watching American influence crumble.

The latest eruption of hostilities and Iran’s clear intention to control the Strait suggests not only that Trump has no idea what he’s doing, but that he’s losing worse by the day. Which means the U.S. is losing worse. Total disaster. And all brought on entirely by Trump’s arrogance and idiocy.

Every media outlet in the country and every citizen should stand with The Times, its reporters, and the First Amendment. Trump can take his attacks on the Constitution, his petty cowardice and grievance, and go shove off.