tell me more about conservatives and small government. trump administration now demanding that hospitals hand over "personally identifiable medical records of all patients who seek help at their emergency rooms..." www.cnn.com/2026/07/27/h...
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Jolly Confused
Doctor, teacher, gardener, political junkie, history nerd, europhile. Martin Luther King said "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." I hope he's right.
Trump’s speech at the correspondents dinner: He hits down. He made jokes about people's weight. He made jokes about their intelligence. He made jokes about how women look. He read out the names of people he doesn't like, and mocked them. Always mocking. The cruelty dressed as humor has worn so thin.
“Harborne has donated £15 million to Reform UK since 2025 and previously gave £10.2 million to the Brexit Party. Reform UK did not respond to a request for comment.” Of course they didn’t. Cheating, lying, grubby little bastards. open.substack.com/pub/channel4...
People who are suddenly deported to countries they haven’t been to for years — or, in some cases, have NEVER been to — are incredibly vulnerable. We are going to be reading stories like this for years. God have mercy on their three little girls.
Adam Sawyer“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
We can't even. "A senior US State Department official displayed a map of Africa that was completely wrong before high-level officials from African nations, including some whose countries had been mislabelled." open.substack.com/pub/emilysba...
Trump is pushing RFK Jr. to move faster to cut the number of vaccines kids get and to advance the science on autism.
Appeals court keeps Trump’s vote-by-mail restrictions blocked ahead of midterms missouriindependent.com/2026/07/27/r...
Thinking about AI can move Elon Musk from “exhilaration to terror” in a single day. For now, his “philosophical conclusion” is to “look on the bright side”, he tells The Economist in an interview. It is a choice that conveniently serves his own interest
“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
Michele Fiore raised more than $70,000 for a memorial statue honoring Las Vegas police officer Alyn Beck, who was killed in the line of duty. She used the funds for cosmetic surgery, rent, and her daughter’s wedding. A jury convicted her in two hours. Trump pardoned her before she was sentenced.
Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, has launched an investigation into Fifa president Gianni Infantino, seeking documents that would detail the ties between soccer’s governing body and Donald Trump and his administration. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
House Democrats sent a letter to Taylor Farms asking for copies of all its correspondence with the Trump admin regarding the cyclosporiasis outbreak
DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’ www.wired.com/story/dhs-of...
NEW: DHS' top number-cruncher just left the department -- and blasted the administration's "war on immigrants" on the way out. He's one of the very few DHS officials to step down and speak out publicly against this White House. Me in @wired.com ... www.wired.com/story/dhs-of...
“Nigel Farage’s criminal funder runs a Montenegro company whose corporate advisors work for a Belgrade Russian-arms dealer and individuals tied to Russian state-linked enterprises” bylinetimes.com/2026/07/27/h...