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16 Jul 19:42 • Conover Kennard

Border Czar Threatens More Bloodshed, Warns Dems To 'Shut Their Mouth'

Within a week of each other, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston and Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, became the third and fourth people killed by federal immigration agents this year — the latest sign that Donald Trump's aggressive deportation push has brought no...

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16 Jul 18:15 • NewsHound Ellen

Secret Service Agents ‘Fed Up’ With Vance Using Military Helicopters Like Ubers

A new report from MS Now reveals that the Vance family has been using military helicopters as if they were Ubers – except that it’s U.S. taxpayers footing their bills. The scoop came from “fed up” Secret Service agents tired of last-minute travel plans from the vice preside...

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16 Jul 17:30 • Andrea Thompson

Grandpa Needs An Ambien: Trump Goes Ham On Truth Social In Wee Hours Of The Night

Donnie Boy is clearly in desperate need of a glass of warm milk, an Ambien, or an exorcism after the sitting President of the United States went on a Truth Social bender for nearly 3 hours in the wee hours of the night, comparing himself to Lightning McQueen. It's certainl...

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16 Jul 16:18 • NewsHound Ellen

Blanche Pretends He’s Not Obstructing NM Epstein Investigation

During her confirmation questioning of Todd Blanche, Sen. Mazie Hirono asked Trump’s personal attorney, cosplaying as the acting attorney general, whether he and his team “will continue to cooperate with the New Mexico Department of Justice and help it get the information i...

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16 Jul 15:03 • Andrea Thompson

Inside Source: Officials Asked To Turn Over Phones At WH As Trump FUMES Over AF1 Leak

According to disturbing new reporting from CNN, the Trump White House has officially gone nuclear in an effort to suss out the source of the massive leak regarding the security concerns surrounding a Qatari-gifted airplane that President Donald Trump had intended to utilize...

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16 Jul 14:06 • Chris capper Liebenthal

Trump Insults Minnesota Again By Endorsing 'The Pillow Man'

Trump apparently felt that he hadn't done enough damage to the Great State of Minnesota and wanted to do some more. So he came out to endorse "The Pillow Guy" Mike Lindell, calling him “one of America’s greatest and most hard working Patriots” Trump did another post on Truth Social, but this time spent more time attacking the presumed DFL frontrunner, Liz Klobuchar, calling her crazy and corrupt: Naturally, Lindell had to go on his TV channel to humblebrag about how Trump based his endorsement simply on merit and not on being a fellow election denier or throwing money away left and right to support Trump and his Big Lie. The only problem is that Lindell is lying. He was begging Trump for his endorsement from the beginning. At least, that was what Lindell said: read more

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16 Jul 13:03 • Conover Kennard

Trump's CHIPS Act Story Just Keeps Getting Weirder: Now It's About Hiring Trans Bosses

Donald J. Trump somehow claimed that under the CHIPS Act, companies weren't eligible for funding unless they had a transgender person running them. So, in his telling, businesses went hunting for transgender executives to get the money. At this point, reporters covering Tru...

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16 Jul 12:12 • Andrea Thompson

Trump Spews Insane Gobbledygook When Asked Why The FBI Was At Lindsey Graham's House

In the wake of South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham's sudden death and FBI Director Kash Patel's subsequent social media post announcing the Federal Bureau of Investigation's involvement in the death, Donald Trump was confronted by a reporter in the Oval Office as to why t...

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16 Jul 11:42 • John Amato

Todd Blanche During Confirmation Hearing On Trump: 'I'm His Lawyer'

During Wednesday's Attorney General confirmation hearing, Acting AG Todd Blanche got tripped up on the very first question from a Republican Senator, immediately exposing his incompetence, sycophancy, and unqualified nature to be the permanent Attorney General under the Tr...

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16 Jul 11:42 • Chris capper Liebenthal

Ron Johnson Finally Found A Conspiracy Theory He Didn't Like

Earlier this week, Sen Ron Johnson, being the attention whore he is, went on Real America's Voice and told the host that he had heard that the controversial picture that popped up of Mitch McConnell was an older photo: Sen. Ron Johnson on Mitch McConnell: "I just heard fr...

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16 Jul 11:42 • Steve in Manhattan

Mike’s Blog Roundup

First Draft - the three faces of Todd Blanche;

God’s Spies - the need to dominate Asia is a Western obsession;

Joe.My.God. - NY enacts nation’s first moratorium on data centers;

Mike the Mad Biologist - why moderate democrats are losing to self-described socialists;

The BradBlog - Trump losing everything everywhere all at once.

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16 Jul 11:42 • Ed Scarce

Trump Administration Linked To Growing Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak

As we've noted previously, the Trump administration's lax standards when it comes to public health have made disease prevention and epidemic management much more difficult. In this instance, cases or suspected cases have gone from 1000 to over 7000 in the last week. Electio...

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16 Jul 00:18 • Steve Greenberg

Pat Oliphant, Master Cartoonist

Open thread below...

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15 Jul 23:48 • Heather

Watters On Recent ICE Killings: 'We Have To Grow Up. Can We Grow Up?'

Fox's Jesse Watters did his best to downplay the recent murders by Trump's ICE thugs during yet another racist screed on this Tuesday's The Five. Here he is with a big assist by his fellow racist Martha MacCallum, blaming Joe Biden for ICE being out of control and basically...

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15 Jul 21:15 • John Amato

Hannity And Stephen Miller Call To 'Unleash' Middle East To 'Take Care Of Business'

I don't understand how Fox News viewers can believe any of this propaganda while they're seeing the cacophony surrounding the Iran war. Their viewers watch Trump change positions every single day, whether he is closing, then opening Hormuz, bombing and not bombing Iran, dec...

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15 Jul 21:15 • Conover Kennard

Trump Rolls Out $1 Gold Coin With His Own Face On It, Massie Has Thoughts

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled a new $1 gold coin featuring Trump's stupid face, dressing it up as a tribute to America's 250th birthday. One problem with that: federal law explicitly bars living presidents from appearing on U.S. coins, and the administration's ...

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15 Jul 19:18 • RedStateRachel

‘What Is Going On Here?’: Sen. Jon Ossoff Grills Jay Clayton In Hearing

Senator Jon Ossoff grilled Jay Clayton during a Senate hearing earlier today. Ossoff delivered a masterclass in questioning Trump's candidates who need Senate approval. The Georgia senator gave other Democrats a masterclass on how to hold the GOP accountable. Again. Jon Oss...

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15 Jul 19:03 • Heather

Ingraham Has A Fit, Says CNBC Is Full Of Socialists

Someone tell Ingraham the 1950s called and they want their red-baiting talking points back. You have to wonder if these people even hear themselves talk sometimes; they sound so stupid. Sorry Laura, but the business-friendly CNBC that has the likes of Joe Kernen fluffing Tr...

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15 Jul 18:39 • Conover Kennard

Blanche Touts Epstein 'Transparency' At Hearing, Somehow Keeps A Straight Face

Todd Blanche stood in front of the world and, with a straight face, told the country that the Trump DOJ has been more forthcoming with the Epstein files than any administration before it — Biden included. Funny thing to say soon after a federal judge ruled that Blanche hi...

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15 Jul 17:51 • Andrea Thompson

E. Jean Carroll Trolls Trump With Public Victory Lap Over $5.6M Payment

E. Jean Carroll did not go gentle into that good night. She toppled statues, took scissors to the closet full of Versace, cleared the contents of the desk top in one dramatic fell swoop of the arm, and kicked the trashcan over on her way out the door. Now, she's taking he...

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15 Jul 16:15 • John Amato

Trump's Last Gasp At Forcing The SAVE Act

In a flailing attempt to upend and steal the 2026 midterm elections, Trump is giving a speech Thursday night to continue promoting phony allegations of election fraud which he's hoping will force the Senate to pass his odious and draconian SAVE Act. Trumps presidency is on ...

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15 Jul 15:03 • Andrea Thompson

Trump Says The Quiet Part Out Loud About Ending War With Iran

As Donald Trump's illegal, Israel-fueled war with Iran continues to rage with no end in sight, the sitting President of the United States made it perfectly clear that negotiating an end to this insanity isn't even on his to-do list. In this administration's newest display ...

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15 Jul 14:00 • John Amato

Mike Johnson Feigns Ignorance On Latest ICE Killing In Maine

Mike Johnson and the House Republicans held a press conference Tuesday where yet again the worst Speaker of the House feigned ignorance on another tragic event caused by ICE agents. The 119th Congress is the least productive in history, yet every time there's a controversia...

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15 Jul 13:24 • Chris capper Liebenthal

Wisconsin Commission: Musk Likely Committed Election Bribery

In the spring of 2025, former President Elmo Elon Musk offered Wisconsin voters a chance to win $1 million if they voted in the state supreme court election. Two days before the election, Musk did just that. Now, the Wisconsin Election Commission has voted to forward two co...

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15 Jul 12:57 • Andrea Thompson

KY Gov. Beshear Threatens To Go NUCLEAR Over Shady McConnell Situation

As old, white, Republican congressmen drop like flies ahead of midterm elections, with Trump's big SAVE Act on the line, Kentucky Democratic Governor Andy Beshear has made it strikingly clear that he will not be bullied by vicious Right-wingers doing Donald Trump's bidding....

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15 Jul 12:57 • John Amato

Tom Homan Downplays Latest ICE Shootings; 'Not A Bump In The Road'

Border Czar Tom Homan took the latest killings at the hands of ICE agents in Maine as a matter of fact event, which will only need a short term review, even though there are no body cameras used. Homan stopped short of yawning and saying he's not sure why this is even an i...

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15 Jul 12:57 • NewsHound Ellen

Trump Gets ‘Iran War Participation Trophy’ On National Mall

As Jimmy Kimmel has taught us, we know Donald Trump’s widdle fee-fees can’t handle being mocked. So that is all the more reason to love The Secret Handshake for repeatedly staging installation art on the National Mall that pokes fun at the wannabe king. The group’s latest i...

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15 Jul 12:09 • Steve in Manhattan

Mike’s Blog Roundup

Diane Ravitch’s Blog - federal judge rules against Trump/DOJ self-dealing;

emptywheel - Trump fired Bondi the day after DOJ agreed to share Epstein Files with New Mexico;

Pharyngula - larval creationist crawls out of corpse of dead creationist;

The Rude Pundit - the white-working-class voter lie;

You Might Notice a Trend - the legacy of a man desperate for relevance.

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15 Jul 12:09 • Cliff Schecter

The Lie About Mitch McConnell—and Who It’s Really For

They are lying to your face about Mitch McConnell—and they are betting you will not trust your own eyes. In a livestream that ran an hour and a half and never once dragged, Cliff sat down with Kait Justice and Ellie Leonard to take apart the AI-polished story that McConnell...

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15 Jul 03:27 • John Amato

Easy Rider Premieres

On July 14th, 1969, Easy Rider hit the theaters.

I was too young to see it then, my parents would no got to it on their Friday movie night, but I did later on.

This was the movie that introduced me to Jack Nicholson.

Growing up in the 70's, this movie was our symbol, even if, as young teens, we didn't understand it all.

We did relate to the hatred of the police, the Vietnam war and the violence against a changing society.

Open thread.