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Spoiler alert: NO!

Today LA County responded to DOJ’s request that a court order California officials to set aside ballots from some 20,000 voters that the DOJ says it thinks might be non-citizens. The county’s preliminary analysis of the list is devastating for DOJ, though not at all surprising.

"Trump’s actual purpose was plainly not to increase US diesel supplies, or otherwise lower prices, but rather to make clear his intention to definitively change sides & become Russia’s wartime ally — & to undermine the sanctions regime against Russia the US worked so hard to implement over 5 years."

Democrats, remember 2024? Don't make the same mistake again.

Look at the shabby state and increasingly authoritarian trajectory of the country and ask yourself if we can endure 2 more years of a lawless Trump administration wreaking havoc with no check from Congress, then vote accordingly. This is not the time for a protest vote or purity politics.

More damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife on.wsj.com/4yKLe4d

The campaign of educational censorship sweeping Texas and other GOP-governed states in the name of “free speech” and “diversity of viewpoint” in many ways exceeds the worst of the McCarthy Era (gift link obvs) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

'Go back to Mexico!' Woman's racist rant disrupting Laguna Beach proposal goes viral

I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1

James Talarico: We have agreed to five debates, and Ken Paxton has declined every single one. The people of Texas deserve to hear from the two candidates seeking to represent them in the US Senate.

"Oh my God, all of it is for sale." When federal agents raided a defense contractor’s office, they uncovered a 50-page roadmap detailing how campaign cash was allegedly traded for tens of millions in government contracts. Then, the entire investigation was shut down. Why?

Exclusive: US taxpayers spent $30,000 on golf cart rentals for Secret Service at Trump’s resort in Ireland, records show www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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For those keeping score at home: The Ohio GOP Senator who long refused to denounce his MAGA son-in-law who allegedly abused the senator's daughter and granddaughter is a *different Republican* from the Ohio GOP Senator who has long employed a white supremacist who likes to cosplay as Nazis.

“.. The Atlanta Fed calculates that as of May, a household would need income of $124,674 a year to afford a median-priced home … that is 45% more than the median household makes.” - Schwab

The cyclospora outbreak has reached 13,895 cases across 47 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record. “Make America Healthy Again.”

Trump at his golf club today working hard to lower grocery prices

Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine has it figured out. I couldn't agree more. Fuck fascism.

“.. The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to U.S. President Donald Trump's family business.” @reuters.com $COF www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Last year, Donald Trump and Republicans expanded a tax break that allows the ultra-wealthy to write off as much as 100% of their profit on stock holdings. That one move will cost taxpayers over $17 BILLION. Americans deserve better. I'm pressing for answers.

Trump's golf trips have cost taxpayers at least $101.2 MILLION in just 14 months of his second term. Each visit to Mar-a-Lago costs about $3.4 million thanks to Air Force One flights, transport planes and large security teams.

Johns Hopkins University’s measles tracker said there were 2,295 cases as of Tuesday.

Oh how the cultists used to cheer at his campaign rallies when he said this.

ProPublica: Trump's FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and fellow Republican commissioner Olivia Trusty received pricey gifts valued at tens of thousands of dollars from Paramount while the company had deals pending before the commission.

ABC NEWS: ".. Trump's longtime teleprompter operator is believed to have made tens of thousands of dollars by placing bets on that speech and more than a dozen others .." abcnews.com/US/white-hou...

A doctor is now recommending staying away from fresh produce for the next week — even if you wash it — because of an explosive diarrhea-causing parasite. This comes after Trump gutted the tracking of this parasite. www.nbcsandiego.com/video/videos...

"A government that conceals its identity cannot demand perfect recognition from frightened civilians," writes @jamilsmith.bsky.social. "ICE mistook Lorenzo Salgado Araujo for another man. He was expected to identify ICE instantly. Only one side was allowed to make an error."

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WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. the President is right that his tariffs are at work — in destroying U.S. jobs .. The U.S. has lost some 75,000 manufacturing jobs since January 2025 .. “His trade oscillations and border taxes are a major reason .. why Americans are so unhappy.” www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...

Come on You Solar!

To suppress high oil prices during the war, the US released oil from its emergency stockpile. The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve held 319.5 million barrels as of July 3. The last time the inventory was that low was in 1983, when the reserve was still being filled. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Dems Decry Disaster Aid Denials as Trump Approves $846 Million to GOP States “Disaster aid should be merit-based, not politicized,” said Rhode Island lawmakers, whose state was denied FEMA aid. ...

Paxton used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections, The Texas Tribune reports.

The Atlantic republishes JD Vance’s anti-Trump essay from 10 years ago www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Who you got…

Susan Collins has been good to herself over the last few years, accepting luxury vacations totaling $64,665. These include business-class flights to Lake Como, Italy; two separate trips to Sea Island, Georgia; and, of course, luxury travel to Jerusalem &Tel Aviv. thedailybeast.com/vulnerable-g...

Thank you so much for all of your happy birthday wishes. Honestly, I don’t really feel 100. I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m only 98!

“I don’t know why the President of the US behaves like this toward his allies. It’s not the first time. It is disappointing that he does not show the same determination with the enemies of the West and the US, whose leaders he instead treats with far greater indulgence.” - Italy PM Giorgia Meloni

The $1.7 million no-bid contract to clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool went to a company ultimately owned by Trump donor John J. Cafaro, who previously pleaded guilty in separate federal cases involving bribery and campaign finance violations. The company's name? Greenwater Services.

Sen. Chris Murphy: "It's a multi-billion dollar payoff to Iran in exchange for nothing ... Iran won. Trump surrendered."

The coronavirus vaccine reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events linked to covid-19 — strokes, heart attacks, and hospitalization from heart disease — by about 40 percent, according to new research. https://wapo.st/43EOal9

“He accepted the rose-colored assessment .. that the .. regime would quickly fall. He failed to plan for Iran’s obvious ability to close the Strait .. He made threats about destroying Iranian civilization that succeeded only in diminishing America’s moral standing.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...

Iran claims Trump has agreed to $300 billion in reconstruction funds as well as unfreezing $24 billion in assets.

AMERICAN PETROLEUM INST.: “.. We’re sounding the alarm on these inventories going to record lows. .. We should be concerned about what prices we’re going to see over the next few weeks.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This is Ken Paxton's mugshot. He was indicted on 3 felony counts for investment fraud. He was reported to the FBI by his own staff for bribery. He was impeached by his own party for corruption. Now he’s the Republican nominee for US Senate in Texas. Together we will stop him.

These lifelong Republicans are supporting James Talarico 🔥

With its recent rulings, the Roberts Court has now entirely perverted the purpose of the 15th Amendment, turning an outright ban on racial discrimination in voting into a right to discriminate against black voters. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.