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Ben, Brett & Jordy Meiselas (founders of Meidastouch) are signing books in Barnes & Noble today! Feel free to show up & purchase their new book 𝑾𝑻𝑭 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂?!: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒚 𝑶𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝑫𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒚! Order your online copy: bit.ly/wtf-america-... Cc: @meidastouch.com

The nice thing abt Musk having SpaceX takeover Xitter is when we nationalize SpaceX we'll end up owning Xitter as a side deal. Also a robot that makes Child Sexual Abuse Material out of school photos, for which reason we can shut down Grok on day one.

Ossoff: "What worries me right now is complacency about this race in Georgia, overconfidence about this race in Georgia. There's no such thing as a landslide victory in the state of Georgia. This remains the crucial battleground state."

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

Ossoff: "I have no interest in running for president in 2028, and to be very frank, with just 16 days before the polls close, I want to urge everybody out there to remain focused on the task at hand. The Trump admin is out of control, they've lied us into war, they've sent prices skyrocketing ... "

Trump again comes out as pro-inflation

My name is not the reason we're paying $5/gallon for gas. My name is not the reason you can't afford your groceries. My name is not the reason you can't afford your mortgage or rent. My name is not the reason you can't see a doctor. Their policies are the reason.

I’m sure there’s no connection

every single thing Trump has done since coming down that escalator has been to help Putin but he just did a few head fakes to throw people off the scent

The Kimberly Guilfoyle situation could get interesting quickly. Probably the reason she GOT the Ambassadorship is to keep her quiet while Jr looted things. She knows a good deal of incriminating shit. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/11/p...

Do you know how hard it is to lose the war if you're the United States? It's about as unlikely as bankrupting a casino.

Wow. We can’t believe this 🥹. Barnes & Noble just put WTF America?! on their Most Anticipated Nonfiction list. We wrote this for this community, and you're the reason it's having this moment before it's even out. Thank you, truly. If you haven't preordered, the link's here 👉 bit.ly/wtf-america-...

Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...

Once a week, for the next 10 weeks, I’m going to share a short passage from my book, Giving Up Is Unforgivable. This isn’t a greatest hits collection. I want to revisit ideas that still feel useful for where we are now and that will help us keep the Republic. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-republ...

Over a dozen states have important voter registration deadlines today. Check your registration and make a plan to vote at IWillVote.com. Then ask friends and neighbors to do the same.

Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.

We’re on a path to lose the Senate but win the House. Let’s make sure we win both. We can’t move forward with the plan to expand the supreme court if we don’t win the senate.

Is it a big deal that the U.S. president is telling insane lies that he personally rushed to the site of 9/11 and heroically acted like a first responder himself? Sorta seems like it should be! Maybe?

The Snowflakes and Petals of Influence NYT Chooses to Ignore emptywheel.net/2026/09/08/t...

Hear about the time I got caught in a flash flood in the Grand Canyon!!! [My spouse almost lost it when I told him we only had a sports bar and an apple, so now I always overpack on day hikes.]

The most forgotten politicized case from DOJ and wouldn't you know, it involves a Black woman?

More evidence that Trump is being paid by Emirati spies (the guy who was alleged to be Tom Barrack's handler in the failed foreign agent case against Barrack). www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

Birds are not only wondrous creatures that live amongst us, they're also an essential part of life on Earth — helping grow food, keeping pests at bay and spreading seeds. But more than half of migratory bird populations are declining globally. https://to.pbs.org/4zHC0XE

(PS) The whole album is FREE here. Just PRESS PLAY on the first track and it will cycle through all tracks in their proper order.

An Amazon worker died in one of Amazon's warehouses. As he lay on the floor dying, management told the other workers: "Just turn around and don't look. Get back to work." That was a human being. A child of God. Sacrificed on the altar of corporate greed.

I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system. It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.

Reminder that Adam O'Neal, who called opinion about Charlie Kirk beyond the pale and got Attiah fired, announced his departure on July 31 (to take effect on August 31).

Natalie Harp is a gutter racist. www.youtube.com/shorts/HxARU...

How to Drain Trump's Corruption Pool emptywheel.net/2026/08/11/h...

Over the weekend I did a VERY long post showing that US Attorney Andrew Boutros falsely claimed in his bid to defeat sanctions that his AUSAs had complied w/a key order. They actually withheld 2 pieces of GJ testimony. emptywheel.net/2026/08/09/u...

This is what we did in Gitmo to people that were sold for bounty but about whom Bush had to sustain his claim were terrorists.

Me, 40 days ago: Should have monetized it on Kalshi. emptywheel.net/2026/06/21/t...

In a Democratic administration, it would be treated as a scandal that a staffer used the government's top epidemiologist as her personal physician in a time of national crisis. But in this administration it gets the extra infuriating angle of then stabbing him in the back for political expediency.

How many different ways does he need to tell us he thinks we’re all morons and doesn’t care Americans are struggling?

Upcoming book talks for The Fix. Hope to see you in one of these great cities! 8/6 Boulder, CO boulderbookstore.net/event/2026-0... 8/10 Denver www.eventbrite.com/e/barbara-mc... 8/11 Jackson Hole, WY 891khol.org/events/on-th... 8/26 West Bloomfield, MI (new date) schulerbooks.com/event/2026-0...

Mike Johnson says: "In 100 days, the people of this country have a critical choice: common sense or crazy.” Hard agree! The DCCC has identified critical races to flip Red to Blue & @underwood.house.gov is amplifying these candidates Fighting for an Affordable America. youtu.be/wFdIPGoeM3Y?...

The WHCD was proof of this.

This details some of the OTHER costs laid out in NYT article on the Flying Bribery Palace.

Here's a free link to that story on the Flying Bribery Palace I linked a bit ago. It shows that we're paying FAR MORE for Trump to receive a bribe than originally laid out.

NYT ALSO revealed that the real reason Trump swapped the Flying Bribery Palace for Old Air Force One was far more sensitive than what they revealed in their targeted stories. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/u...

Donald Trump: I will break all sorts of rules to retaliate against NYT for exposing shortcomings with my Flying Bribery Palace. NYT: Okay then, we'll published a **4,500 word** story, replete with pictures, detailing those shortcomings at far more length. 🤣 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/u...

There's been a lot of justifiable attention on NYT subpoenas, but virtually none on how the Cities Church prosecution team, led by Harmeet Dhillon, have been using Customs summonses to investigate defendants, including journalists, months AFTER indicting the case. emptywheel.net/2026/07/22/h...

Enten on the 67 point swing (!!!) against Israel among Americans: "We're not just talking about the Democratic base anymore. The general electorate has turned against Israel. This is not just a left issue. It's an American issue. The trend line is unbelievable."

Heads up: Taylor Farms lettuce is sold under these brand names: Marketside (sold at Walmart) Earthbound Farm (owned by Taylor Farms) Cross Valley Farms (owned by US Foods) Private labels for Target, Whole Foods (365), and Amazon Fresh. AVOID ALL OF THEM

This is really bad folks, but it’s not law yet. It heads to the Senate next. Save your senator’s number in your phone RIGHT NOW and get used to calling them daily. You can look up their contact info at bit.ly/hellorep.

Borrow it from a library, buy it used, bum a copy off a pal, get the Kindle or Audible editions, buy it from an indie shop, or, if you have to, get the hardcover at Amazon, but this massive, admittedly difficult NYT bestseller is a roadmap to this decade.

Trump defamation lawsuit against the BBC comes back to bite him as the BBC refuses to settle and the judge says discovery can proceed. The BBC can subpoena Trump’s taxes and other financials and those close to him about his #Jan6 purpose. #ProudBlue#Voices4Victory #OneV1 apple.news/AfHfHeP8RSNS...

Great graphics on this horrifying WaPo story on how many people ICE is jamming into holding rooms. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Here's that first post. It hypothesizes that the 220M Trump is focused on were dated files (2016-2017) found on a 2019 list that NSA may not have learned about until 2023, long after the dispute about 2020 election. emptywheel.net/2026/07/22/i...