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22 Jul 18:03 • NewsHound Ellen

Paxton Refuses To Answer Question About His Apparent Voter Fraud

Texas’ Republican attorney general and U.S. Senate candidate, Ken Paxton, held a press conference Tuesday where sheriffs surrounded him without uniforms but in sheriff hats. If the weasely-faced Paxton thought that made him look more manly, and Democratic opponent James Tal...

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22 Jul 17:00 • Andrea Thompson

ICE Agent In Maine Shooting Threatened To Cut Ex-Wife's Throat In Horrifying Audio

Just days after ICE carried out yet another brutal execution, fatally shooting 25-year-old Colombian immigrant Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in the streets of Maine, newly unearthed audio reveals the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent involved in that murder openly ...

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22 Jul 16:03 • John Amato

Pete Hegseth Eviscerated By MTG Over Response To Service Members' Deaths

Pete Hegseth issued a incomprehensible and unsympathetic statement after two US service members "were killed in Jordan while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks." One of the two service members that was killed is Private Isabella Gonzales, 19, of C...

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22 Jul 15:09 • Andrea Thompson

Trump Proudly Boasts About The Number Of Americans Killed In His War

In yet another game of "How Many Batshit Posts Can I Make Before Someone Takes My Phone Away," sitting US President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social echo chamber with a barrage of late-night posts that should have been written in his diary instead, including a vague in...

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22 Jul 14:54 • John Amato

Jack Reed Rips Pete Hegseth For Using Biden As An Excuse: 'Gross Negligence'

Pete Hegseth got blistered in the Senate Appropriations Committee today by Sen. Jack Reed and others, who refused to hear his editorializing on Trump's greatness, instead exposing his gross negligence over the war and the Strait of Hormuz. The Trump administration is deman...

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22 Jul 13:00 • David Edwards

'Censure Her!': Jasmine Crockett Speaks Truth; Wingers Lose Their Minds

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) called a House Smithsonian hearing "the Republicans' White Pride rally," and conservatives immediately demanded she be censured. Crockett spoke Tuesday before the House Oversight Committee's Delivering on Government Efficiency subcommittee — the...

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22 Jul 12:06 • Andrea Thompson

Cop Cars Flock McConnell's D.C. Hospital And His Team Won't Say A WORD

Questions, theories, and speculations are swirling yet again after a flock of Capitol Police cars has been spotted flanking a staff entrance to the hospital where Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch McConnell is allegedly "recovering," a staggering 37 days after he was first ...

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22 Jul 11:36 • Ed Scarce

Steve Scalise Cuts An Ad For Olive Garden

Scalise's ad for Olive Garden's "Never-Ending Pasta Pass" has raised eyebrows. Source: The Independent A top Republican lawmaker made the case for sweeping election reforms by talking pasta. In a Tuesday interview with CNBC, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise was asked ab...

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22 Jul 11:36 • Ed Scarce

Laura Loomer Goes To Ukraine, Does A 180 On The War

For whatever reason, Laura Loomer is in Kyiv today, in what seems to be a PR tour of Ukraine. Posing for pictures later posted to Twitter, she visited a McDonald’s in the Lukyanivka neighborhood of Kyiv that was repeatedly damaged by Russian missiles. Source: Kyiv Post Lau...

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22 Jul 11:36 • driftglass

Mike’s Blog Round-Up

Morlocks? We've got 'em! Because on this day in 1960 in my former stomping grounds of Chicago, Illinois, the citizens of the Windy City enjoyed an exclusive theatrical screening of the soon-to-be-SF-classic "The Time Machine". This movie was repeated frequently enough on...

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22 Jul 11:36 • Cliff Schecter

The DSA Vetting Disasters They Refuse To Address

Cliff sat down with his old friend Chris Peleo-Lazar on Hardball this week, and about ninety seconds in, the gloves came off. What starts as a question about the party’s latest round of intramural bloodletting turns into the most unsparing twenty minutes Cliff has delivered...

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22 Jul 03:03 • John Amato

Carl Sagan Schools Dennis Prager

The genius of Carl Sagan is well known.

In 1995, he joined Christian Nationalist Dennis Prager to debate science versus religion.

It wasn't a fair fight.

Here is the full interview.

Sagan's reasoning is magnificent.

The word "belief" is so important in science.

Evidence is the key.

Open thread.

Blanche Keeping Slush Fund For J6 Cop Beaters Very Much Alive

Donald Trump’s personal attorney cosplaying as acting U.S. attorney general wants you to think that his client’s taxpayer-funded slush fund is dead. But Todd Blanche’s response to a written question from senators considering his confirmation made it very clear he is only di...

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22 Jul 01:12 • John Amato

Trump Uncertain A Shifting Of The Earth Was An Earthquake In Venezuela

During a meeting in the Oval Office with Lebanese president Joseph Aoun, Trump claimed the US went to war with Venezuela and then described the devastating earthquake on June 24th like a toddler. Most of Trump's comments throughout were either lies, misquotes or exaggerat...

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21 Jul 22:00 • John Amato

Laura Ingraham Warns Trump: Wrap Up The Iran War Or Kiss The Midterms Goodbye

Fox News host Laura Ingraham implored Donald Trump to end the war with Iran if he and Republicans want to win the 2026 midterm elections. Even without Trump's insane war with Iran, I have predicted Republicans would have been crushed in the midterms over Trump's unconsciona...

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21 Jul 20:27 • Conover Kennard

'FAKE NEWS,' Says HHS, Of Meeting That Definitely Happened With Its $1 Million Donor

The Trump administration is denying any pay-to-play arrangement with Taylor Farms after federal health officials briefly reported—then walked back—a positive Cyclospora test tied to the company's lettuce, all amid a growing multistate outbreak. Progressive outlet MeidasTouc...

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21 Jul 19:06 • David Edwards

Frustration Boils Over As Republican Sasses Mike Johnson In Public: 'Don't Fall For It'

Republican frustration over President Donald Trump's priorities spilled out into public Monday as Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) took a direct shot at Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Johnson wrote on X that the House was moving forward with the "SAVE and Protect America Act" —...

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21 Jul 18:18 • Conover Kennard

GOPer Ordered To Pay $450K For Harassing Male Staffers — Consulted ChatGPT In Court

A Leon County jury didn't buy whatever Rep. Fabian Basabe was selling. The Miami Beach Republican was found liable this week for sexually harassing two former male staffers, along with battery and defamation, and was ordered to pay them $450,000 in damages, Florida Politics...

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21 Jul 17:21 • Andrea Thompson

Source Says Trump Marriage Is Cracking, Melania Could Go Rogue At Any Moment

No one with at least one functioning eyeball and half a brain has ever believed that the current Trump marriage is one built on mutual love, understanding, and respect. After all, this is Donald's third marriage, born out of a never-ending string of infidelity from one wife...

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21 Jul 16:18 • Chris capper Liebenthal

Dem Senator Rips Into Vought For Attacking Federal Workers

When Trump lackey Russell Vought appeared before the Senate Banking Committee, Sen Angela Alsobrooks was ready for him. She immediately confronted Vought on his maltreatment of federal workers: "I have been waiting to have the opportunity to come back face to face with you...

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21 Jul 15:12 • Andrea Thompson

Trump Border Czar Makes Shocking Admission In Erratic, Angry Meltdown

As US Immigration and Customs Enforcement dives headfirst into another fresh round of cold-blooded murders, Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, had what could only be described as a full-blown temper tantrum outside of the White House, growing visibly upset and erratic a...

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21 Jul 13:54 • David Edwards

GOP Lawmaker Pounded As Dem Has 'Had It' With Trump Debt: 'Take Responsibility!'

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) unloaded on the Republican Budget Committee Chairman on Monday over the climbing debt under President Donald Trump's spending policies. The clash came at a House Rules Committee hearing, where McGovern grilled Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) over a...

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21 Jul 13:27 • Ed Scarce

'Queen Of Chess' Rejects Offer To Become President Of Hungary

Had she accepted, Judit Polgar would have become Hungary's first woman and first Jewish person to take on the largely ceremonial role of President of Hungary. After removing the previous Orban-appointed President, Hungary must now amend its Constitution for a permanent repl...

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21 Jul 12:24 • Andrea Thompson

Video Shared By Trump's Own WH Appears To Expose One Of His Most Infamous Lies

Donald Trump's own White House X account appears to have unwittingly exposed one of the President's most infamous and egotistical lies when it posted a video of Trump alongside Spain's star soccer player. Trump, whose vanity, self-absorption, and exceedingly fragile ego re...

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21 Jul 11:45 • John Amato

Reporter Asks Border Czar About ICE But He Can't Answer The Question

Trump border czar Tom Homan held a press conference with the media earlier and suddenly went mute when asked direct questions about the vetting process for ICE agents. Homan never stops talking about ICE and their operations and never lets any media appearance go by when he...

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21 Jul 11:45 • David Edwards

Trump Golf Pal's Meltdown Holds Up Tournament To Involve President In 2-stroke Penalty

Bryson DeChambeau held up play at The Open Championship for nearly an hour while pushing to have President Donald Trump brought into a dispute over a two-stroke penalty. The dispute played out at Royal Birkdale during the 154th Open Championship on Friday. DeChambea...

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21 Jul 11:45 • driftglass

Mike’s Blog Round-Up

Just when you thought the proprietors of the Predator franchise has squeezed outevery drop of goodwill and its husk was discarded with misbegotten nonsense like "The Predator" (2018), "Alien vs. Predator" (2004), "Predator vs. Rocky" (2005), "Alien vs. Predator: Requiem" (...

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21 Jul 11:45 • Chris capper Liebenthal

Wis Democrat: People Should Not Be Shy Of The Term Socialist

Rep Gwen Moore of Wisconsin went on C-SPAN and discussed her views about Democratic Socialism and advised her fellow Democrats not to be so afraid of the word socialism because they are going to get called that by the Republicans, whether it's true or not. We have a candid...

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21 Jul 00:12 • John Amato

Trump, 80, Can Barely Walk Down The Stairs

During the World Cup award ceremony, Trump looked fat, bloated, and so heavily made up with makeup that it was almost like his face was in a plaster cast. We’ve been watching Donald Trump everyday since 2015 and this is the SLOWEST he has ever been walking out of a plane.Trump is slowing down dramatically and the media continues to ignore it. pic.twitter.com/g98P2xBgiS — CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) July 20, 2026 Open thread. read more

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20 Jul 23:57 • David Edwards

Trump Mocked Live By German World Cup Broadcasters As He Holds Trophy In His Lap

German broadcasters mocked President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino live during the World Cup final after Trump was handed the tournament trophy. On Sunday, Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to attend a World Cup final, where Spain beat Ar...