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Trump just imposed 50% tariffs on Americans who buy a range of Canadian goods. Here's what's going on, and why it matters: newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/why-trumps...

This is fascism.

Mass Surveillance Mike is so deeply proud of his work on the Patriot Act, which expanded the government's ability to spy on you.

I don’t know what the full story is, but I know this isn’t it.

Luka Doncic went from James Corden to Prince Charming in one offseason. (via Onyx) #NBA

Ukraine has been hammering Wildberries, which controls ~50% of Russia’s e-commerce market. Today, Ozon — Russia’s #2, with ~30% — got its turn. Together, the two handle goods and services equivalent to roughly 8.5% of Russia’s GDP. Looks like Ukraine’s shopping list just got longer. 🇺🇦

Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."

Gill: All 100 senators last week passed a non-binding resolution condemning any pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. They're simultaneously considering confirming the guy who met with her and moved her to a low-security facility as the top cop in the United States. That is so insane to me.

Tillis said Blanche had to meet with Epstein survivors. The survivors said he was condescending, rude & constantly interrupted them. They said he was just checking a box. Tillis wants slush fund order modified & IRS settlement gone. Blanche creates a sham order. Tillis wants performative nonsense.

"Welcome to the Death Rattle of the Democratic Establishment" Here's a retirement party for James Carville, Bill Maher, & establishment hacks who are threatening to leave the Dem Party if progressives & Democratic Socialists continue winning elections. thelefthook.substack.com/p/welcome-th...

For a president who talks endlessly about deal-making, giving away one of the crown jewels of American technology and getting nothing in return is a remarkable achievement:

We’ve been saying this for a while now many of the people being targeted are just fishermen. Evidence now supports that the United States has killed individuals who were not involved in drug trafficking during its “counternarcotics interdiction operations” in the Caribbean and Pacific.

Cornyn lost his primary. Tillis is walking. Neither has a donor, a term, or a future to protect. Both caved before lunch Monday. www.JackHopkinsNow.com

The news story about Donald Trump being desperate for immunity for tax fraud & the news story about Donald Trump being kicked to the curb by Capital One for widespread money laundering are RELATED.

I Remember, Hope you do….

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And there it is … bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Enten: "This is the best looking polling for Texas Democrats in a Senate race since really the 20th century ... Talarico is doing 9 points better than O'Rourke [in 2018] ... this could be very, very real. Democrats have a real shot in Texas."

The whole point of the Bill of Rights is to protect the only true minority - the individual. It limits the governments power to harm the individual. The whole constitution is designed to limit the governments power.

🚨 NEW: $36 million payment from ICE to GEO Group, for-profit prison company, on July 24 for detention services at Mesa Verde and Golden State ICE detention facility in California. ICE is a for-profit scheme paid for by taxpayers, using immigrants as commodities. www.quiverquant.com/news/Governm...

They cannot stop a movement. Not here in Michigan.

NEW: Two government watchdog groups have demanded an investigation into whether FCC officials violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as it sought federal approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.

MacFarlane: But Jeanine Pirro has got another concern besides the president's endorsement or his non-endorsement. She has got to keep people working for her. They have had enormous turnover in that office. They were in a staff shortage situation last year.

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

They thought we wouldn’t notice.

Population of CA: 2023 - 38.9 million 2024 - 39.5 million 2025 - 39.5 million 2026 - 39.5 million bsky.app/profile/atru...

So Tillis and Cornyn thought the 1.8. Billion dollar slush fun was so bad, that they will be willing to confirm the guy who came up with it. Huh

11 years ago today, Ken Paxton surrendered at the Collin County Jail on felony securities fraud charges. This is his mugshot.

CARTOON OF THE DAY (if you know who made this let us know)

FYI: Blanche rescinded the ORDER establishing the slush fund, not the underlying “settlement.” The settlement says any changes must be agreed to by ALL parties, not just Todd. This “rescission” isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.

After Max Miller’s statement, Bernie Moreno finally issues a statement denouncing Miller, saying he needs psychological help and should not be in Congress.

WTF

How many weekends has he done this? He is pumping and dumping around the opening and closing of the stock market and playing with Iranians like this is some sort of video game. People are dying, this is no game and he is an idiot and no leader.

WTF?!

BREAKING: Capital One bank closed Trump’s accounts in 2021 over money laundering, per a new court filing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Bible thumping MAGATs.......

The New York Times reports the U.S. dropped a 2,000-pound bomb on a family home in Iran, killing a husband, wife, and their 2-year-old son. The paper found no indication of a nearby military target.

“Actually takes action”? We f*cking noticed. We’re still counting the casualties, the trillions, and the consequences.

So Tillis and Cornyn’s position is that the slush fund and IRS immunity is disgusting, illegal, immoral, and unethical but they are willing to confirm the man who agreed to it as Attorney General of the United States as long as he takes it back.

Appalling cruelty — and all to fund more tax cuts for the rich.

"The president is exasperated. I don't think he believed it was going to be this difficult to get the Iranians to agree to a deal." Which is why he thought he didn't have to have a fully thought out strategy with considerations of alternate "what if" scenarios worked out in advance.

Happy Fourth of July, New York City

Patriot Front came out of their moms’ basements, dusted off the Old Navy khakis, put on the white masks so they don’t get fired from their day jobs, and headed to Washington for America’s 250th birthday celebration. Four hundred self-described patriots, not one ounce of bravery.

It seems like someone is trying to send a message.

Corruption in plain sight. Trump is a crook!

Weeks ago, I spoke directly with Major Jason Watson regarding his planned act of civil disobedience. What I do not hear enough people discussing is the broader constitutional strategy behind his message. 🧵

Putin has looked better. #SlavaUkraïni