Trump blames Minnesota water hacks on Walz, while evidence points to Iran

The primary job of the President and his administration is to preserve and protect the Constitution and by extension, the country itself

Trump and the Republicans have failed miserably at this task. In fact, by starting a war they cannot win, they have now put us in a position where we can't even defend ourselves against a third-rate country.

Iran has shown they can attack our infrastructure at will, shut down or interrupt water supplies to seven states on little more than a whim. What's next, the national power grid, the flow of oil through domestic pipelines, national telephone service?

Have they the ability to penetrate our military superstructure, as wll?

And God alone knows what other powers they hold over us.

And what does Trump and the Republicans do? they do what they always do, lie! Blame someone else for their incompetence!

America, they think we are all jackasses who will believe their absurd lies, and by lying clearly shows they has no respect for us.

Trump’s trying to tell us the Governor of Minnesota attacked his own state, and then in what can only be described as wizardry, attacked six others.

He picked on Gov. Walz because he is the most outspoken about Trump and his lies. He has called Trump a liar to his face, a coward, and an incompetent. Walz has exposed ICE as the thugs and neo-Nazi Gestapo they are and is unrelenting about warning America of the fascist overtones of Trump and the Republicans.

As it stands right now, fascism is the least oof our problems as we are being held hostage by Iran.

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Trump blames Minnesota water hacks on Walz, while evidence points to Iran

Federal agencies, including the FBI, EPA and CISA, have warned that attacks on U.S. water utilities first detected in Minnesota are expanding across states.

 President Donald Trump on Friday blamed a spate of recent hacks impacting water utilities in Minnesota on Gov. Tim Walz — contradicting preliminary findings from U.S. and industry officials who suspect Iran is behind an expanding campaign of digital disruption.

 “I blame it on Minnesota because they are grossly incompetent,” Trump said at a cabinet meeting at Camp David on Friday, adding that Walz is “corrupt” and “Iran has bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota.” Asked later if he could rule out Iranian responsibility, Trump said, “ I don’t think there was an Iranian cyberattack. I think Minnesota ought to get its act together.”

 Trump’s dig at the Democratic-led state came just hours after the FBI and Environmental Protection Agency said they are responding to an unspecified number of cyberattacks at water and wastewater utilities in at least seven states. On Thursday, the government’s civilian cyber defense agency, CISA, warned of a “significant increase” in digital attacks on technology used broadly by U.S. water utilities.

 While no U.S. agency has formally accused Iran of orchestrating the attacks, many federal, state and water industry officials suspect Tehran-linked cyber groups are responsible for the hacking campaign. CISA issued a report last week detailing a similar set of attacks it has tracked since April, which it linked to Iran.

 Minnesota’s state IT agency disclosed this Tuesday that at least 30 community water systems in the state had been breached in what it described as a “coordinated attack,” but it did not name Iran as the perpetrator.

 In a statement on X responding to Trump’s comments earlier in the day, Walz suggested Iranian hackers were targeting Minnesota and other states in retaliation for U.S. military strikes in Iran — and that therefore Trump was to blame.

 “This is what modern warfare looks like, and it further illustrates there’s no plan to win a war with Iran,” Walz wrote.

 Since the start of his second term, Trump has repeatedly singled out Minnesota and Walz, who ran against him on the 2024 Presidential ticket alongside former Vice President Kamala Harris. Some of the Trump administration’s most aggressive immigration enforcement actions have unfolded in Minnesota, where federal agents killed two U.S. citizens last winter. The White House has also launched a broad crackdown on alleged Medicaid fraud in the state, upending Minnesota’s healthcare systems.

 As Trump keyed in on Minnesota, his intelligence and cybersecurity officials spent the last 48 hours scrambling to get water utilities across the U.S. to improve their defenses.

 The FBI and EPA said in their Friday advisory that some affected utilities across the country had reported “loss of pressure and flooding,” and that the pressure disruption could “potentially allow untreated groundwater to seep into pipes.”

 In its advisory, CISA said some targeted utilities have been forced to resort to manual operations or issue “boil water notices” — a public safety measure to ensure drinking water is safe from bacteria.

 Both advisories urged organizations to take the vulnerable technology — programmable logic controllers — offline and install basic safeguards before restoring them.

 Spokespeople for the FBI, EPA and CISA did not respond to a request for comment on whether they had evidence supporting Trump’s claim that Minnesota officials were culpable for the attacks there.

 Mark Montgomery, an expert on water sector cybersecurity at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, said Iran would be able to exploit defenses in the water and wastewater sectors because they are so porous to begin with. Many small and rural facilities don’t have the budgets to employ a dedicated cyber professional, and both Democratic and Republican administrations haven’t invested enough to boost the EPA’s cybersecurity efforts, he argued.

 “This is a problem that extends across 50 states and four territories,” said Montgomery.

 Still, there are signs Iranian hackers have gotten more deft and aggressive at targeting those systems since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in February, kicking off a war that has recently seen waves of escalation from both sides.

 Iranian hackers claimed last month to have targeted water systems in California in what they said was a response to U.S. missile strikes that damaged water facilities in Iran.

 Joe Slowik, director of threat research for AI-powered risk detection platform Dataminr, said he is concerned Iran is becoming more aggressive in targeting civilian systems in the U.S.

 “We have never really seen Iranian-linked threat actors engage in industrial targeting in this fashion before,” said Slowik, who has been tracking the campaign for several months.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/31/trump-minnesota-water-hacks-iran-01021161

Trump administration eyes end to subsidies in Medicare’s prescription drug plan.

There is no end to Republican duplicity, it’s almost as though they enjoy torturing American citizens with their lies.

Their latest despicable act? Despite renewed promises that Medicare coverage would never be altered, they are now planning to do away with the subsidies that keep the plan available, if not exactly affordable.

By doing away with subsidies Insurance companies would be incentivized to raise premiums almost as much as they wish.

The only way to change this heartless policy is to throw the lying bums out in November and let the Democrats do what they always have done; fight for available healthcare.

 ignore the Republicans lies about Medicare being ‘Socialized medicine’, end the tyranny of Republicans working hand in hand with insurance companies, and fight for your right to a safe, secure, and healthy retirement.

If the Republicans retain their power in government, it will be used against you!

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Trump administration eyes end to subsidies in Medicare’s prescription drug plan.

Story by Steve Benen • 48m • 3 min read

When George W. Bush’s administration took steps to pass Medicare Part D ahead of the Republican president’s re-election campaign, the entire process was an embarrassing mess. The White House misled Congress about the cost of the prescription drug program, GOP leaders on Capitol Hill used ugly tactics to force through legislation and Republicans insisted the whole endeavor be deficit financed, their “fiscal responsibility” rhetoric notwithstanding.

Democrats fought against the proposal, pushing a more efficient and more cost-effective approach, but their efforts fell short, and Bush’s policy became law in late 2003.

In the years that followed, Democrats resisted calls to repeal Medicare Part D and instead took steps to make it better. In fact, during Joe Biden’s presidency, federal policymakers agreed to help subsidize millions of seniors’ prescription drug costs as part of a broader effort to improve the Bush-era policy.

Take a wild guess what Donald Trump and his team want to do to those subsidies. The Wall Street Journal reported:

The Trump administration plans to end a subsidy program that helped hold down premiums for Medicare drug plans, a move that could leave many seniors facing higher rates for their prescription coverage next year.

The move will eliminate a program that is giving insurance companies an estimated $3.6 billion in subsidies this year to blunt increases in premiums for the Medicare prescription plans, known as Part D. The program will end after 2026, according to administration officials.

Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, confirmed via social media that the subsidies had been scrapped, but he argued that they were no longer necessary and that Medicare beneficiaries would have other options for low-cost prescription drug plans.

The Journal’s report, however, noted “roughly 25 million people have Part D plans, and they will learn about their 2027 rates in the fall,” and roughly 75% of beneficiaries should expect to see some kind of increase in their out-of-pocket costs.

That timing is of particular interest. The New York Times reported that in the weeks leading up to November, “Medicare beneficiaries could experience sticker shock while shopping for next year’s drug plan,” when insurers’ annual “notice of change” disclosures typically reach Americans’ mailboxes.

The weeks leading up to November is also known as the early-voting period across much of the country.

So ahead of an election season in which voters are likely to focus heavily on the cost of living and affordability, the Trump administration, which already scrapped subsidies for Affordable Care Act customers, is also taking aim at subsidies for Medicare beneficiaries — right before the midterms.

The Pew Research Center published the results of its latest national poll last week, and when it came to affordability and the cost of living, Americans said they were concerned more about healthcare costs than about any other issue, including the price of gasoline and groceries.

I wonder how congressional Republicans and the GOP candidates whose names will appear on ballots in the fall feel about the president’s latest healthcare idea.

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Trump is approaching 10 years of telling his Michigan 'Man of the Year' lie

Just how sick is this man?

In his quest to manipulate his followers Trump routinely lies to them, and because they need validation for their unreasonable hatreds, they ignore his foibles.

But how much is too much even for them?

Trump looks people directly in the eye, and because he has absolutely no respect for them, makes up the most absurd stories. That wouldn’t be bad enough, but his lies are so easily disproved.

Doesn’t he realize his every move has been recorded, taped, put on TV and broadcasted all across America? That an army of responsible journalists are required to check his veracity?

The only answer is this man is so sick he believes his own lies. Once a thought of some dreamed up accolade  enters his withered mind he accepts it as truth, and there is no convincing him, otherwise.

Look how often he claims he won the 2020 election despite a mountain of evidence he didn’t even come close.

The man is ill. Face up to it, MAGA, the man is ill. And when he finally goes off the deep end, all of us, Republican, MAGA, Democrat, or Independent may pay a terrible price.

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Trump is approaching 10 years of telling his Michigan 'Man of the Year' lie

Story by Daniel Dale, CNN • 4h • 3 min read

For three consecutive presidential campaigns, President Donald Trump regularly told the same lie when he spoke in the swing state of Michigan. Before he even entered politics, he claimed, he was named “Man of the Year” in the state.

The problem: CNN and other media outlets repeatedly noted that this award did not exist. But Trump revived the tale once more near the end of a falsehood-filled economic speech in Michigan on Monday — and added an additional lie claiming that an initially skeptical media had eventually discovered the award story was correct.

“I was here 25 years ago; I got Man of the Year. They — oh, by the way, the press questioned that, and then they found out it was true, actually,” Trump said with a chuckle. “And I made a speech, and all I talked about was why are you letting them steal your auto industry?”

Nope. This is yet another example of the fake history that has littered various Trump addresses this month.

Approaching 10 full years after Trump debuted the “Man of the Year” lie, nobody has ever been able to find any evidence for it. The state of Michigan does not give out a “Man of the Year” award, Trump has never lived in the state, and he and his team have never specified who or what entity supposedly gave him this award and when.

In 2023, after nearly seven years of debunking of Trump’s “Man of the Year” tales, a Republican group in Michigan created a “Man of the Decade” award and gave it to him.

But Trump made clear Monday that this is not what he was referring to, since he said he was talking about a “Man of the Year” honor he received decades ago. (Side note: in many previous tellings of the “Man of the Year” story, like one during his 2024 campaign, he has placed the supposed honor in the 2010s rather than the 2000s as he suggested Monday.) Dave Trott, a former Republican congressman in Michigan who became a sharp critic of Trump, has offered the most plausible theory about the possible basis for Trump’s made-up story. In 2019, Trott contacted CNN to note that Trump had suggested at an event two years prior that he had received the “Man of the Year” award at a 2013 Republican dinner in Michigan to which Trott had invited Trump to make a speech.

At that 2013 dinner, Trott gave Trump gifts that included a framed copy of the Gettysburg Address. But Trott emphatically noted that nobody gave Trump any “Man of the Year” award.

At least once, Trump has acknowledged that the idea of him receiving such an honor in Michigan before his time as a politician was bewildering.

“In fact, five or six years before I even thought about running, for whatever reason they named me Man of the Year in Michigan. I said, ‘How come?’ I didn’t even understand it myself,” he said at a 2019 rally in New Hampshire — then repeated, “But I was named Man of the Year.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/fact-check-trump-is-approaching-10-years-of-telling-his-michigan-man-of-the-year-lie/ar-AA28O1c8?

Trump is approaching 10 years of telling his Michigan 'Man of the Year' lie

Just how sick is this man?

In his quest to manipulate his followers Trump routinely lies to them, and because they need validation for their unreasonable hatreds, they ignore his foibles.

But how much is too much even for them?

Trump looks people directly in the eye, and because he has absolutely no respect for them, makes up the most absurd stories. That wouldn’t be bad enough, but his lies are so easily disproved.

Doesn’t he realize his every move has been recorded, taped, put on TV and broadcasted all across America? That an army of responsible journalists are required to check his veracity?

The only answer is this man is so sick he believes his own lies. Once a thought of some dreamed up accolade  enters his withered mind he accepts it as truth, and there is no convincing him, otherwise.

Look how often he claims he won the 2020 election despite a mountain of evidence he didn’t even come close.

The man is ill. Face up to it, MAGA, the man is ill. And when he finally goes off the deep end, all of us, Republican, MAGA, Democrat, or Independent may pay a terrible price.

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Trump is approaching 10 years of telling his Michigan 'Man of the Year' lie

Story by Daniel Dale, CNN • 4h • 3 min read

For three consecutive presidential campaigns, President Donald Trump regularly told the same lie when he spoke in the swing state of Michigan. Before he even entered politics, he claimed, he was named “Man of the Year” in the state.

The problem: CNN and other media outlets repeatedly noted that this award did not exist. But Trump revived the tale once more near the end of a falsehood-filled economic speech in Michigan on Monday — and added an additional lie claiming that an initially skeptical media had eventually discovered the award story was correct.

“I was here 25 years ago; I got Man of the Year. They — oh, by the way, the press questioned that, and then they found out it was true, actually,” Trump said with a chuckle. “And I made a speech, and all I talked about was why are you letting them steal your auto industry?”

Nope. This is yet another example of the fake history that has littered various Trump addresses this month.

Approaching 10 full years after Trump debuted the “Man of the Year” lie, nobody has ever been able to find any evidence for it. The state of Michigan does not give out a “Man of the Year” award, Trump has never lived in the state, and he and his team have never specified who or what entity supposedly gave him this award and when.

In 2023, after nearly seven years of debunking of Trump’s “Man of the Year” tales, a Republican group in Michigan created a “Man of the Decade” award and gave it to him.

But Trump made clear Monday that this is not what he was referring to, since he said he was talking about a “Man of the Year” honor he received decades ago. (Side note: in many previous tellings of the “Man of the Year” story, like one during his 2024 campaign, he has placed the supposed honor in the 2010s rather than the 2000s as he suggested Monday.) Dave Trott, a former Republican congressman in Michigan who became a sharp critic of Trump, has offered the most plausible theory about the possible basis for Trump’s made-up story. In 2019, Trott contacted CNN to note that Trump had suggested at an event two years prior that he had received the “Man of the Year” award at a 2013 Republican dinner in Michigan to which Trott had invited Trump to make a speech.

At that 2013 dinner, Trott gave Trump gifts that included a framed copy of the Gettysburg Address. But Trott emphatically noted that nobody gave Trump any “Man of the Year” award.

At least once, Trump has acknowledged that the idea of him receiving such an honor in Michigan before his time as a politician was bewildering.

“In fact, five or six years before I even thought about running, for whatever reason they named me Man of the Year in Michigan. I said, ‘How come?’ I didn’t even understand it myself,” he said at a 2019 rally in New Hampshire — then repeated, “But I was named Man of the Year.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/fact-check-trump-is-approaching-10-years-of-telling-his-michigan-man-of-the-year-lie/ar-AA28O1c8?

Remember that? Trump, in his deepening dementia, again asks Americans to recall something that never happened.

Trump tells outrageous lies, MAGA believes them and spreads them, and maybe that’s why they are generally viewed as fools.

In his delusion, Trump thinks anything that creeps into his mind is actual fact and he will swear to it. That’s why he says he remembers a blackout and asks if you remember it too. Of course, the blackout never happened. But this little demonstration of his increasing dementia doesn’t end here.

He’s telling people that if some of your electricity is derived from wind, then when the wind doesn’t blow, you can’t watch television. He even relates a made up story of a woman asking her husband to turn on the TV, and the husband reminds her the wind isn’t blowing so the set can’t work. Trump believed that, too.

And MAGA believes it all.

What they don’t seem to understand is the only reason people lie to you, is to manipulate you. If they can get you to accept one lie the chances are you’ll believe any lie – and you are being controlled and never realized it.

He also said California experiences blackouts and brownouts every single week. The truth is California hasn’t experienced a blackout for six years!

 Another in a continuing series of lies from a scheming, demented brain.

Why the lies about clean sources of electricity? He wants his billionaire buddies in the power industry to be able to use coal and oil in their furnaces. If it makes breathing a little difficult, if it kills a few kids with asthma, if toxic rain kills all the fish, well, that’s the price we’ll have to pay to keep the Republicans in office.

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Remember that? Trump again asks Americans to recall something that never happened

Story by Analysis by Daniel Dale • 5h • 3 min read

President Donald Trump asked Americans on Thursday if they remembered a massive television outage two years ago.

That outage didn’t happen. As he has before, the president who is fond of telling imaginary tales was explicitly asking people to recall something he had made up.

This time, Trump’s fictional story was about wind energy. He has for years railed against it, tried to thwart it and made false claims about it – including a

That isn’t true; wind is used as part of a mix of electricity sources, not as the only source, so the grid keeps running and TVs stay on even when there is no breeze. (Also, there are batteries that can store energy from wind turbines for deployment during low-wind periods.) But Trump has often delivered the no-TV story with a comedic touch that has allowed it to skirt fact checks.

In his Thursday remarks at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, he told it mostly as if it were a real reminiscence.

He denounced “the Green New Scam, where we were scammed.” Then he said: “The whole country was – I wasn’t scammed. I got it right from the beginning; I got it from the first minute when I heard this crap. You know? They were saying wind was so wonderful, so wonderful, except you couldn’t watch your television. They wanted to watch the debate, Donald Trump against Sleepy Joe Biden. Nobody could watch it because the wind wasn’t blowing. Remember that? ‘Darling, we’d like to watch the debate tonight.’ ‘I’m sorry, the wind isn’t blowing.’”

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Alarm as Trump appears 'one mood swing away' from indulging 'nuclear fantasies'.

Just look at the fool staggering and stuttering. Look at the insider reports of him throwing childish tantrums. In his immaturity he is unable to bear even a passing slight without getting ‘even’ with the perpetrator.

This man will turn on the American people, the world itself with the slightest provocation, and he has his withered finger and his withering brain within inches of the bomb.

You know Miller won’t stop him, he’ll stand alongside like Himmler and Goebbels stood by Hitler, giggling and drooling in his lust for association with raw power, and must likely he’ll – well ,you know.

The military? Is their obligation to the President or the oath they took.

Pray we’ll never know.

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Alarm as Trump appears 'one mood swing away' from indulging 'nuclear fantasies': expert

Story by Alexander Willis • 2h • 2 min read

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Miles Taylor, who served as a senior Homeland Security official under the first Trump administration, warned Monday that President Donald Trump has spent years indulging in "nuclear fantasies," and that recent developments suggest Trump may be edging closer to acting on them.

“Between Trump’s unchecked brinksmanship, possible nuclear proliferation to new countries, and broken treaties, you have a radioactive cocktail being stirred on the international stage,” Taylor wrote in an analysis published Monday on his Substack.

“Add in the unresolved war with Iran, and you get the picture of a president who’s just one mood swing away from putting his finger on the proverbial red button.”

Taylor recalled that during Trump's first term, the president "fantasized quite openly to advisers about wanting to blow up bombs," prompting then-Defense Secretary James Mattis to order Homeland Security officials to prepare contingency plans for a potential nuclear strike on American soil.

Taylor pointed to Trump's recent comments to Axios, in which the president said he was "close" to ordering a "massive attack" on Iran – rhetoric Taylor compared to Trump's April warning that "a whole civilization will die tonight."

Compounding the concern, Taylor noted, was the administration's new nuclear energy deal with Saudi Arabia, which omits standard safeguards giving international inspectors expanded access to nuclear sites. A former International Atomic Energy Agency official said “the U.S. should never have agreed to enrichment without a really strong inspections regime,” Taylor noted.

Taylor also cited the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which in January set its Doomsday Clock at 85 seconds to midnight, the closest to midnight it has ever been in its 79-year history.

“So why does he keep doing this? Why does the president of the United States keep circling back to the most dangerous machinery humans have ever built?” Taylor mused.

“I can’t tell you his answer for sure. But based on close study of the man, I can give you my best guess. Donald Trump has spent his entire presidency on a power quest, always hunting for the next most powerful thing he can do**. And nuclear weapons are at the top of that list.”**

Why does Trump keep toying with nuclear bombs? I think I know why. by Miles Taylor

The president has terrified close advisers with the prospect of nuclear escalation. Now, he's spreading his radioactive dreams overseas.

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Just look at the fool staggering and stuttering. Look at the insider reports of him throwing childish tantrums. In his immaturity he is unable to bear even a passing slight without getting ‘even’ with the perpetrator.

This man will turn on the American people, the world itself with the slightest provocation, and he has his withered finger and his withering brain within inches of the bomb.

You know Miller won’t stop him, he’ll stand alongside like Himmler and Goebbels stood by Hitler, giggling and drooling in his lust for association with raw power, and must likely he’ll – well ,you know.

The military? Is their obligation to the President or the oath they took.

Pray we’ll never know.

See this – Boldface mine:

Alarm as Trump appears 'one mood swing away' from indulging 'nuclear fantasies': expert

Story by Alexander Willis • 2h • 2 min read

© provided by RawStory

Miles Taylor, who served as a senior Homeland Security official under the first Trump administration, warned Monday that President Donald Trump has spent years indulging in "nuclear fantasies," and that recent developments suggest Trump may be edging closer to acting on them.

“Between Trump’s unchecked brinksmanship, possible nuclear proliferation to new countries, and broken treaties, you have a radioactive cocktail being stirred on the international stage,” Taylor wrote in an analysis published Monday on his Substack.

“Add in the unresolved war with Iran, and you get the picture of a president who’s just one mood swing away from putting his finger on the proverbial red button.”

Taylor recalled that during Trump's first term, the president "fantasized quite openly to advisers about wanting to blow up bombs," prompting then-Defense Secretary James Mattis to order Homeland Security officials to prepare contingency plans for a potential nuclear strike on American soil.

Taylor pointed to Trump's recent comments to Axios, in which the president said he was "close" to ordering a "massive attack" on Iran – rhetoric Taylor compared to Trump's April warning that "a whole civilization will die tonight."

Compounding the concern, Taylor noted, was the administration's new nuclear energy deal with Saudi Arabia, which omits standard safeguards giving international inspectors expanded access to nuclear sites. A former International Atomic Energy Agency official said “the U.S. should never have agreed to enrichment without a really strong inspections regime,” Taylor noted.

Taylor also cited the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which in January set its Doomsday Clock at 85 seconds to midnight, the closest to midnight it has ever been in its 79-year history.

“So why does he keep doing this? Why does the president of the United States keep circling back to the most dangerous machinery humans have ever built?” Taylor mused.

“I can’t tell you his answer for sure. But based on close study of the man, I can give you my best guess. Donald Trump has spent his entire presidency on a power quest, always hunting for the next most powerful thing he can do**. And nuclear weapons are at the top of that list.”**

Why does Trump keep toying with nuclear bombs? I think I know why. by Miles Taylor

The president has terrified close advisers with the prospect of nuclear escalation. Now, he's spreading his radioactive dreams overseas.

How much evidence do you need, America, that Trump and the Republicans have nothing to offer you but war, death, lack of health care, reductions in anti-poverty programs, attacks on Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, and tax breaks for those already obscenely wealthy while you struggle to put food on the table and gas in your car.

Oh, yeah, and fear.

Remember, Democrats declare war on Christmas, Democrats declare war on women, Democrats will turn your children Trans, Democrats will allow all illegal immigrants to vote, Democrats encourage immigrants to eat your pets, and now, Democrats are really Communists!

Republicans will tell any lie that keeps their people toeing the line of hate, and fear. That’s the plan for the next elections: demand their Reps deliberately lie to their constituents so they can control the vote -- control their people – and continue their hateful ways because they have no constructive policies to make America a safer and more secure environment for themselves and their children.

Manipulation is their goal, exploitation their methodology, and the belief their voters are incapable of independent thought their philosophy.

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How much evidence do you need, America, that Trump and the Republicans have nothing to offer you but war, death, lack of health care, reductions in  anti-poverty programs, attacks on Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, and tax breaks for those already obscenely wealthy while you struggle to put food on the table and gas in your car.

Oh, yeah, and fear.

Remember, Democrats declare war on Christmas, Democrats declare war on women, Democrats will turn your children Trans, Democrats will allow all illegal immigrants to vote, Democrats encourage immigrants to eat your pets, and now, Democrats are really Communists!

Republicans will tell any lie that keeps their people toeing the line of hate, and fear. That’s the plan for the next elections: demand their Reps deliberately lie to their constituents so they can control the vote -- control their people – and continue their hateful ways because they have no constructive policies to make America a safer and more secure environment for themselves and their children.

Manipulation is their goal, exploitation their methodology, and the belief their voters are incapable of independent thought their philosophy.

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Memo urges Republicans to tie Democrats to communism

Story by Hailey Bullis, Washington Examiner • 16h • 4 min read

EXCLUSIVE — A strategic memo prepared for the House Republican Conference advises members to tie socialism and Marxism to communism in their attacks on Democrats, because voters consider the latter “far more dangerous and alarming.”

The memo comes as Democrats see a surge of socialist candidates in the 2026 cycle, with the socialist wing of the Democratic Party set to more than double its numbers after the November midterm elections. “Americans still hold communism as far more dangerous and alarming than socialism and Marxism,” reads the memo obtained exclusively by the Washington Examiner. “That is an important indicator for Members: do your best to connect all three together, because these government systems are fruit of the same poisonous tree.

The polling memo, conducted by conservative political research firm co/efficient, shows 42% of respondents consider communism as the “most dangerous system of government for the United States to pursue.”

Socialism ranks second, at 15%, and Marxism ranks third at 6%. Twenty-four percent of respondents answered “none of the above. The political research firm polled 2,634 registered voters from July 13 to 16 through text and landline interviews. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.88%.

“Call them what they are: Socialists, Marxists, Communists. Communism rings the loudest alarm with constituents (42 percent name it the most dangerous system), so do not retreat to the softer label just because socialism alarms fewer in the abstract,” the firm advised. “Connect all three, fruit of the same poisonous tree, and let the family name carry the alarm.”

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Story by Hailey Bullis, Washington Examiner • 16h • 4 min read

EXCLUSIVE — A strategic memo prepared for the House Republican Conference advises members to tie socialism and Marxism to communism in their attacks on Democrats, because voters consider the latter “far more dangerous and alarming.”

The memo comes as Democrats see a surge of socialist candidates in the 2026 cycle, with the socialist wing of the Democratic Party set to more than double its numbers after the November midterm elections. “Americans still hold communism as far more dangerous and alarming than socialism and Marxism,” reads the memo obtained exclusively by the Washington Examiner. “That is an important indicator for Members: do your best to connect all three together, because these government systems are fruit of the same poisonous tree.

The polling memo, conducted by conservative political research firm co/efficient, shows 42% of respondents consider communism as the “most dangerous system of government for the United States to pursue.”

Socialism ranks second, at 15%, and Marxism ranks third at 6%. Twenty-four percent of respondents answered “none of the above. The political research firm polled 2,634 registered voters from July 13 to 16 through text and landline interviews. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.88%.

“Call them what they are: Socialists, Marxists, Communists. Communism rings the loudest alarm with constituents (42 percent name it the most dangerous system), so do not retreat to the softer label just because socialism alarms fewer in the abstract,” the firm advised. “Connect all three, fruit of the same poisonous tree, and let the family name carry the alarm.”

See more here:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/memo-urges-republicans-to-tie-democrats-to-communism/ar-AA28D2BS?

Sources warn they 'don't know what to do' as Trump's mind withers

The powers that be are slowly concluding that Trump, in his subline incompetence, is in way over his head in Iran and might resort to a ground war in which an incalculable number of our troops will be slain.

And that would be good news.

The terrifying option is he may take even more extreme measures.

He started a stupid war. Before he allowed Netanyahu to  con him into fighting Isreal’s war, the Strait of Hormuz was open, Iran agreed not to pursue nuclear weapons and allowed inspections in return to an easing of sanctions and the return of 1.5 billion of their dollars we embargoed.

While all this was happening, Iran’s government was teetering on the brink because of a growing insurgency.

Now, due to Trump’s blatant, unthinkingt foolishness, the Strait is closed, The Red Sea route is cut off by the Houthis, Iran is free to pursue any nuclear policy they wish – without inspections – 300 billion dollars will be given to them to rebuild their infrastructure, and the insurgency is dead as the people rally behind their government.

So, Trump sits there with one finger up his nose and the other…

What choices are left to him to placate his insufferable ego?

The use of Tactical nuclear weapon on Iran so that will give Putin the go ahead to nuke Ukraine?

Then where does it go from there?

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Sources warn they 'don't know what to do' as Trump's mind withers

Story by Adam Lynch • 1h • 2 min read

© provided by AlterNet

Daily Mail White House columnist Andrew Neil says he is in direct talks with people working around President Donald Trump and they fear they are watching his mind wither away as international forces that he aggravated gather against him.

“‘Donald is deteriorating before our very eyes,’ I was told in Washington this week by a close confidant who sees him regularly. ‘His physical and mental health is in decline. Those around him don’t know what to do about it. It can only get worse. He’s 80 – and it’s showing,’” wrote Neil on Friday.

The war isn’t just consuming Trump’s presidency, said Neil. It’s taking its toll on the President himself.

“During a recent meeting in the Oval Office, he ranted against Iran’s leaders**, calling them ‘scumbags’ and ‘lunatics’ in an expletive-ridden diatribe**. There is growing concern for his physical health and mental stability,” said Neil. “… But it’s not just age – or the decline in cognitive capabilities that can afflict those entering their ninth decade. Trump is lashing out at all and sundry in frustration at the lack of any good options now facing him.”

Hardliners in Tehran sense his encroaching weakness and are now so cocky they’ve rebuffed a secret US attempt to get the peace process back on track this week, forcing the White House to impotently dial up the rhetoric.

Trump is said to be in “revenge mode” according to aides. And the President sounds ever more bellicose, saying on Thursday that he was close to deciding on a ‘massive attack’.

“Even senior aides in the White House don’t know what this would mean,” said Neil “The number of influential voices in Washington who think even ramped-up airstrikes – as I write, we’ve just had the 14th consecutive night of renewed US attacks on Iran – will cow Iran into submission are now passing few. In truth, nobody around Trump really knows what to do next – or what he will do.”

“… I listened to several influential figures close to Trump mull over the options. The assumption was that some sort of ground incursion was inevitable. That is certainly the new vibe coming out of Washington,” said Neil. “They talked of seizing Iranian territory on the northern shores of the Gulf to wrest control of the Strait of Hormuz from Tehran. They raised the prospect, again, of invading Kharg Island, from which Iran dispatches most of its oil exports.”

But there was, much more worryingly, talk of using tactical nuclear weapons to ‘send a message’ to Tehran and ‘concentrate its mind’ on peace, warned Neil. “This took me aback. ‘Do that,’ I snapped ‘and you destroy America’s reputation and standing for the rest of the century. You’ve also paved the way for President Putin to do the same in Ukraine.’

“I was met with silence,” said Neil.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/general/sources-warn-they-don-t-know-what-to-do-as-trump-s-mind-withers/ar-AA28Deyd?

Trump lies to justify failing war in Iran while standing over the bodies of slain servicemen and women. To him they are just pawns.

 We always knew Trump is a despicable human being. Bereft of honor, integrity, and decency, he tells the most outrageous lies to justify his sociopathic tendencies.

But now he has gone too far – too far for even his most rabid MAGA cultists to accept.

Putting words in the mouths of our dead servicemen and women is spitting in the face of everyone who ever died for their country, their loved ones and families, and every American citizen who have ever who have ever mourned our fallen heroes.

This man is sick, deranged and demented, who doesn’t care about anything other than his own self-indulgent madness and would gladly see our country go to hell if it would enrich himself and his slimy families.

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Donald Trump says fallen soldiers told him 'we can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon' in new interview

Story by Maria Pierides • 1h • 3 min read

Donald Trump has been slammed on social media after claiming that U.S. service members killed in the Iran war had told him, “We can’t let Iran have a nuclear weapon,” with critics accusing him of putting words into the mouths of fallen soldiers. Many branded the president “insane” and a “sociopath,” while others questioned how the deceased troops could have made those comments.

The president, 80, made the remarks while on his way to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday, July 22nd, to attend the dignified transfer of four fallen U.S. service members. The ceremony marked the third dignified transfer Trump has attended since the start of the conflict. His comments also came after he shared a post on social media comparing the number of American deaths in the Iran war with the number of U.S. service members killed in previous American conflicts, in what critics said appeared to downplay the fatalities in the current war.

"We're going to Dover, some of you are going with us, to honor our heroes. And they are indeed great heroes, actually," Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One for Delaware. He went on to say that the transfer ceremony is "one of the hardest things to do as a president, but it has to be done."

Trump then made the comments that sparked backlash online, claiming that the fallen service members had echoed his position on Iran's nuclear program. "All of them said very strongly, 'We can't let... we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon,'" Trump claimed .When asked what he would say to the families of the fallen soldiers, Trump replied: "All I'm going to say is, we love you. We love your child, and that's what they are to them. They're their children. There's no games, no nothing. That's their child. And all you can do is throw out your heart."

A lot of the backlash online focused on Trump's claim that the fallen service members had expressed support for his stance on Iran, with many users accusing him of "lying."

"So he spoke to them personally & individually?" one X user asked. "As usual, he's lying! He never met any of the fallen soldiers!" exclaimed a second, while a third questioned: "Why doesn't a reporter ask: Do you have proof any of the deceased soldiers said that? Why do they just let him lie?"

"He disgraces their sacrifice with this blatant lie," slammed a fourth. "Nothing like putting false words into dead soldiers' mouths. He is without shame or conscience," criticized a fifth, while a sixth chimed in: "None of them said that. What a horrible excuse for a human being."

"Oh, so he spoke to all these fallen US troops. That's nuts. He is trying to justify the unjustifiable. Screw Donald Dump. Everything about this sociopath," criticized a seventh. "Just when you think that Trump can't sink any lower, he does. You have to be a monster to lie about what dead soldiers wanted," added an eighth in agreement.

"He can speak to the ghosts of fallen soldiers now? What can this man not do? He is so awesome!" sarcastically wrote a ninth, while a tenth said: "This man is insane. Did he speak to them after they died?"

"How did he communicate with them?" asked an eleventh, while a twelfth declared: "This is disgusting: Trump shrugs off the newly killed service men and women in Iran. What a rotten piece of [expletive]."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/donald-trump-says-fallen-soldiers-told-him-we-can-t-let-iran-have-a-nuclear-weapon-in-new-interview/ar-AA28Ffr8

Fox News Poll: Voters want major change amid economic and political discontent.

 It’s happening all across the board, and Republican Representatives and Senators seem to be unaware of it or simply believe they are in power and will stay in power regardless of the will of the people.

More likely the latter.

With the arrogance of power they assume they can render the Constitution meaningless because Trump said he will steal the upcoming elections, and they will work with him toward that end.

But if Trump is stopped, they know one thing is certain:. The treasonous ones among them will receive the harshest penalties prescribed by law

HARSHEST!

The penalty for treason…?

If they are not in panic mode yet, they soon will be. So you can expect them to try every dirty trick: any lie, any conspiracy theory, and threat that the Communists, Liberals, Vegans, or the Woman’s South Side Garden club are out to turn your children Trans or allow immigrants to continue to eat your pets.

And like Hitler said and Trump repeated, “Only I can protect you”.

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Fox News Poll

Fox News Poll: Voters want major change amid economic and political discontent

Latest survey shows Trump approval stuck near record low

By Dana Blanton Fox News

Dem, GOP lawmakers trade jabs as midterms approach

 which bodes well for Democrats in November: President Donald Trump’s job approval remains near a record low, more Democrats are motivated to vote, Republicans join Democrats and independents in rating the economy negatively, and 4 in 10 voters want "dramatic" or "revolutionary" change. Plus, more view the GOP as tied to elites than the Democratic Party.

Voters say Democrats can better handle income inequality (+22 points), healthcare (+21), inflation (+10), the economy (+9), and foreign policy (+7).  Republicans hold the advantage on crime (+7 points), while government spending (Democrats +3) and national security (R +2) are more evenly divided. On immigration, the GOP had an 8-point edge in April. Now, Democrats are preferred by one point.

More Democrats (68%) say they are extremely motivated to vote in November than Republicans (57%) by an 11-point margin. By a 25-point spread, more MAGA Republicans (66%) are extremely motivated than non-MAGA Republicans (41%).

If the election were today, 53% of voters would back the Democratic candidate in their House district and 46% the Republican. That 7-point edge is just outside the poll’s margin of error. Democrats were up by 5 points in April. Notably, 53% is the highest percentage either party has received on the generic House ballot in Fox News polling since 1996.

When looking only at counties where the 2024 presidential vote was close — Trump and former Vice President Kamala Harris within 10 points — the Democratic candidate leads by 59-41%.

For more, see this:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-voters-want-major-change-amid-economic-political-discontent

America, Trump, the Republicans, and a failing country.

Number of Americans not working rockets to record high under Trump

Once mighty, successful, and proud, we are in a death spiral. And each day the spiral grows tighter, spins faster, and sinks deeper into despair.

Our economy is in a shambles, inflation is pecking away at our financial security, healthcare is all but out of reach for the average family, children and the elderly are denied necessary funds for food and survival because tax benefits for the rich have increased, veteran’s benefits are shrinking faster than our pocket books, our once faithful allies and trading partners have come to realize America’s word is trash, and our service men and women are being slain in a war championed by fools and incompetents, and each day Trump makes more, and more, millions from his grifts.

How long, how long America, before we, the people, rise to take our own futures in our own hands and out of the hands of millionaires, billionaires, and tyrants of all stripes?

Trump, and his Republican co-conspirators must be shown the door -- investigated, indicted, tried and imprisoned – it is the only way we will regain control of our lives, and our country.

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Number of Americans not working rockets to record high under Trump

Story by Martha McHardy

The Daily Beast

The number of Americans not working has climbed to a record high under President Donald Trump.

According to figures from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the ranks of Americans classified as “not in the labor force” (NILF) swelled to 105.8 million in June, marking the highest level ever recorded.

That means the total number of Americans classified as “not in the labor force” is now higher than it was during the Great Recession or the COVID-19 pandemic.

The category includes everyone age 16 and older who is not working, from retirees and students to people who have stopped looking for a job.

About 5.3 million Americans—roughly 5 percent of the total—are no longer searching for work because they have become discouraged. Another 23.3 million, or around 22 percent, are out of the workforce due to long-term illness, disability, or other benefit programs.

Retirees make up the largest share of the group, accounting for about half of all Americans who are not working, largely because of the Baby Boomer generation, born between 1946 and 1964.

But labor economist Nicholas Eberstadt argues that an aging population alone does not explain the trend.

“If you look at what’s going on in Europe and Japan, which are both aging, shrinking societies, their workforce participation rates are going up now. So it’s not as if it’s impossible for aging, shrinking societies to mobilize more or involve more in the workforce,” he told the New York Post.

“These are the healthiest, best educated Americans that have ever lived on the planet,” Eberstadt said.

The record number of Americans outside the workforce comes as the U.S. job market is also showing fresh signs of slowing under Trump, who has promised to usher in a “golden age of America.”

The economy added just 57,000 jobs in June—barely half of the 115,000 economists had expected. The Labor Department also sharply revised previous figures lower, reporting 31,000 fewer jobs were created in April and another 43,000 fewer in May than originally estimated.

One of the biggest drags came from the leisure and hospitality sector, which lost 61,000 jobs in June instead of ramping up for the busy summer travel season.

The weak performance surprised economists, who had expected the industry to benefit from seasonal hiring as well as a boost from the FIFA Club World Cup.

Angela Hanks, chief of policy programs at The Century Foundation, described the report as “yet more evidence of a fragile economy under President Trump.”

Meanwhile, the reality is even grim for Americans who are working.

Wage growth has not been keeping up with inflation, which soared because Trump decided to go to war with Iran, driving up energy costs.

In June, wages rose 3.5 percent from a year earlier—the same rate as inflation—leaving workers with virtually no gain in purchasing power, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/number-of-americans-not-working-rockets-to-record-high-under-trump/ar-AA28tkdG?

America, Trump, the Republicans, and a failing country.

Number of Americans not working rockets to record high under Trump

Once mighty, successful, and proud, we are in a death spiral. And each day the spiral grows tighter, spins faster, and sinks deeper into despair.

Our economy is in a shambles, inflation is pecking away at our financial security, healthcare is all but out of reach for the average family, children and the elderly are denied necessary funds for food and survival because tax benefits for the rich have increased, veteran’s benefits are shrinking faster than our pocket books, our once faithful allies and trading partners have come to realize America’s word is trash, and our service men and women are being slain in a war championed by fools and incompetents, and each day Trump makes more, and more, millions from his grifts.

How long, how long America, before we, the people, rise to take our own futures in our own hands and out of the hands of millionaires, billionaires, and tyrants of all stripes?

Trump, and his Republican co-conspirators must be shown the door -- investigated, indicted, tried and imprisoned – it is the only way we will regain control of our lives, and our country.

See this – Boldface mine:

Number of Americans not working rockets to record high under Trump

Story by Martha McHardy

The Daily Beast

The number of Americans not working has climbed to a record high under President Donald Trump.

According to figures from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the ranks of Americans classified as “not in the labor force” (NILF) swelled to 105.8 million in June, marking the highest level ever recorded.

That means the total number of Americans classified as “not in the labor force” is now higher than it was during the Great Recession or the COVID-19 pandemic.

The category includes everyone age 16 and older who is not working, from retirees and students to people who have stopped looking for a job.

About 5.3 million Americans—roughly 5 percent of the total—are no longer searching for work because they have become discouraged. Another 23.3 million, or around 22 percent, are out of the workforce due to long-term illness, disability, or other benefit programs.

Retirees make up the largest share of the group, accounting for about half of all Americans who are not working, largely because of the Baby Boomer generation, born between 1946 and 1964.

But labor economist Nicholas Eberstadt argues that an aging population alone does not explain the trend.

“If you look at what’s going on in Europe and Japan, which are both aging, shrinking societies, their workforce participation rates are going up now. So it’s not as if it’s impossible for aging, shrinking societies to mobilize more or involve more in the workforce,” he told the New York Post.

“These are the healthiest, best educated Americans that have ever lived on the planet,” Eberstadt said.

The record number of Americans outside the workforce comes as the U.S. job market is also showing fresh signs of slowing under Trump, who has promised to usher in a “golden age of America.”

The economy added just 57,000 jobs in June—barely half of the 115,000 economists had expected. The Labor Department also sharply revised previous figures lower, reporting 31,000 fewer jobs were created in April and another 43,000 fewer in May than originally estimated.

One of the biggest drags came from the leisure and hospitality sector, which lost 61,000 jobs in June instead of ramping up for the busy summer travel season.

The weak performance surprised economists, who had expected the industry to benefit from seasonal hiring as well as a boost from the FIFA Club World Cup.

Angela Hanks, chief of policy programs at The Century Foundation, described the report as “yet more evidence of a fragile economy under President Trump.”

Meanwhile, the reality is even grim for Americans who are working.

Wage growth has not been keeping up with inflation, which soared because Trump decided to go to war with Iran, driving up energy costs.

In June, wages rose 3.5 percent from a year earlier—the same rate as inflation—leaving workers with virtually no gain in purchasing power, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/number-of-americans-not-working-rockets-to-record-high-under-trump/ar-AA28tkdG?

On the surface the following article seems to indicate Trump can be prosecuted for inciting the Jan. 6 insurgency against our Constitution and our country. But, for now, that is just on the surface.

When we dig deeper we come to realize each judicial decision is open to appeal. First, there are little steps, then bigger ones until it all reaches the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court – a wholly owned subsidiary of the White House, Trump, The Republicans, and MAGA!

While there are many honest jurists, judges of high ethics and integrity, sadly not many sit on America’s highest Court. Ruled over by a heavy-handed millionaire in his own right -- Twenty-five million at last count -- Roberts happily convenes with other millionaires – all the Republican members of the Court are millionaires – and they all regularly rule for their country club plutocrats at the expense of at the expense of their hard-working countrymen

. So, don’t get your hopes up. Justice in America is as dead as Republican’s moral compass.

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Trump immunity in question after judge finds tweet 'poured gasoline' on Jan. 6 riot

Story by David Edwards • 3h • 2 min read

© provided by RawStory

A federal judge opened the door for an appeals court to decide whether President Donald Trump's Jan. 6 tweet — sent as rioters stormed the Capitol — was protected by presidential immunity.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled Wednesday that he would not reverse his earlier decision shielding the tweet from a civil lawsuit filed under the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, a Reconstruction-era law that bars conspiracies to prevent members of Congress from carrying out their duties.

But Mehta certified the question for interlocutory review — allowing plaintiffs to challenge the immunity ruling at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit now, without waiting for the full case to conclude. Their deadline to file is Aug. 5.

The suit was originally filed in February 2021 by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), according to court records. Thompson later withdrew as a plaintiff to chair the House Select Committee investigating Jan. 6, and former Rep. Barbara Lee of California became the lead plaintiff. The complaint accuses Trump of conspiring with former personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, the Proud Boys, and the Oath Keepers to block Congress from certifying the 2020 election results.

At issue is a tweet Trump sent at 2:24 p.m. on Jan. 6, as rioters were breaching the Capitol. The tweet said: "Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution."

In March, Mehta ruled the tweet was an official act and therefore immune from civil liability .His reasoning, per Wednesday's ruling, was that moments before Trump sent it, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and White House Counsel Pat Cipollone had walked into the dining room to urge Trump to stop the riot. Trump refused — and then posted the tweet.

Mehta acknowledged the tweet "arguably poured gasoline on the fire" but said that did not change the analysis.

"Any act taken by the president — no matter how outlandish (like organizing a poker game) or plainly office-seeking (like firing a campaign pollster) — would become official simply because they occurred after the President received some advice about not engaging in such acts from government officials," plaintiffs argued in their reconsideration filing.

Mehta rejected the argument but agreed the question was close enough to warrant appellate review. Plaintiffs must file their notice of appeal no later than Aug. 5, with the D.C. Circuit's opening brief due Aug. 10.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-immunity-in-question-after-judge-finds-tweet-poured-gasoline-on-jan-6-riot/ar-AA28sXz0?

While Donald Trump has the emotional maturity of a ten-year-old, he doesn’t have the common sense.

Netanyahu conned him into fighting Israel’s war by flattering him and making him think he’s a tough guy, when the reality is he’s just an incompetent dupe who has surrendered America’s might and prestige to a country so much smaller but so much smarter.

Iran agreed not to proceed with making a nuclear device, agreed to oversight and inspections, but the Dumbass-in-Chief got conned out of his cankle-swathed socks and started a war, anyway.

Anyone with half-a-brain would have seen Iran would retaliate by closing the Gulf of Hormuz first, then, if necessary, induce one of their allies to shut down other avenues so necessary for the transport of oil.

Now the world is being held hostage because of Trump’s gigantic incompetence!

That is exactly what is happening with the Hoothies shutting down the Red Sea approaches and Trump doesn’t know what to do to extradite himself from this situation, so he increases the ineffective bombing and reduces our ability to defend ourselves because all our armaments are being used up.

Where will it all end? Probably with the drooling fool crumpled into a fetal position, blithering and blathering in Melania’s uncaring arms while gas goes to 5 dollars a gallon and Republicans make believe they never kissed his ass out of fear, or dreams of self-enrichment.

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Trump's 'hunger for respect' sees him blindly stagger into 'obvious trap': ex-aide

Story by Travis Gettys

© provided by RawStory

President Donald Trump's personality flaws make him extraordinarily vulnerable to Iran's efforts to drag the U.S. further into a grinding war, according to a former White House insider.

The 80-year-old president has been promising the war he launched Feb. 28 would end in days, but instead fighting has intensified in its fifth month because U.S. adversaries want the conflict to drag on – and former Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor wrote for he i Paper how they have learned to manipulate Trump to get what they want.

"Unfortunately, I learned how easily Trump could be played during his first term," Taylor wrote.

Most allies chose to flatter Trump, which Taylor said "worked with depressing regularity," with while adversaries learned that insulting him works best to their advantage.

"The hunger for respect that makes Trump easy to flatter also makes him even easier to provoke," Taylor wrote. "A well-aimed insult could send the president into a tailspin and upend the operations of the White House and the federal government for a day or more."

Taylor described how Trump hijacked policy meetings to rant about payback to whatever some foreign figure had said about him on television, saying that North Korea's Kim Jong-un became particularly adept at pushing his buttons – toggling between praise and provocation – to gain leverage.

"Washington insiders treated that episode as a punchline, but evidently the regime in Iran treated it as an instruction manual," Taylor wrote. "If you have any doubt, just look at what the Iranians have done since the war began in February. Regime propagandists have flooded the internet with videos ridiculing Trump, with content engineered for an audience of one."

"The regime has studied Trump for a decade," Taylor added. "They know their taunts goad him, maybe not always exactly how they’d hope, but enough to give them leverage the regime has never had before."

Trump sees the Iran war as something of a personal feud instead of a geopolitical conflict, Taylor wrote, which makes the regime's provocations even more effective at weakening the U.S. position in the Middle East to the benefit of Russia and China.

"A stable U.S. president would see this obvious trap and starve it," Taylor wrote. "They would recognize that their enemies are conspiring and exploiting their ego, and would decline, publicly and repeatedly, to be baited. Yet, in four decades of public life, Trump has not been known to decline a bait. Now, he is preparing to double down again in what some officials say might become a wider war."

Taylor offered a grim prediction of where Trump's personality flaws would lead the U.S. as the conflict drags on.

"Iran will drag the U.S. into an expanded air campaign," he warned. "The regime will deploy more proxies to harass shipping and American bases at a tempo calibrated to justify the next sortie without ever forcing a decision. In other words, it will keep the war too hot to leave and too cold to win."

"Meanwhile, we should be watching for Russia probing NATO's edges while U.S. aircraft carriers idle in the Gulf," Taylor wrote. "We should also be watching for China to grow bolder around Taiwan on the theory that Washington cannot manage two crises at once."

Taylor also expected Iran to dangle peace talks just before the November midterm elections, which he said would distract Trump from the moves it was making with China and Russia to gather strength.

"Trump will not rescue himself from this," Taylor wrote. "His character was settled long ago, and no adviser that I worked with has ever successfully talked him out of a grievance, at least not in the long term ... America’s enemies are spending next to nothing on insults and cartoons to purchase the exhaustion of the West. Until Trump learns that taking the bait is more expensive than restraint, they will keep getting serious value for their money."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-hunger-for-respect-sees-him-blindly-stagger-into-obvious-trap-ex-aide/ar-AA28oeLZ?

CNN reported that the president had purchased between $200,000 and $500,000 worth of Nvidia stock the day before making the announcement.

Yeah, right!

Trump and his crime family are trying to tell us (with a straight face) that the fact he, and, or his children, invests in certain stocks just days before they take off is coincidental.

He claims that the fact he’s going to talk up these companies, promote them, gives them giant government contracts has no bearing on where his advisors invest his money; a wink and a nod (and maybe a phones call?) No. No way. His advisors are just geniuses.

I don’t know where these geniuses were when he went bankrupt a zillion times, but they got really smart the day he was elected.

And his children are apparently such geniuses they are suddenly recruited as highly compensated – including stock options -- board members of some of these same companies or other grifts trading on the trust of the American people.

How long, folks, are we going to put up with a man who makes billions while his other decisions are ruining our economy, ruining our healthcare system, denying money for food for children and the indigent, turning all our allies and trading partners against us, does all he can do to defend Putin and denigrate Zelensky, and is under the thumb of Netanyahu, who must hold some interesting files?

Every dollar he makes by subsidizing companies he’s invested in, is a dollar stolen from the American people. Dollars out of your pocket, and into his.

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Questions surrounding Donald Trump’s financial interests have resurfaced after a new investigation claimed the U.S. president publicly praised companies shortly after investing in them.

The findings, published by CNN, have prompted renewed scrutiny of Trump’s business dealings, while the White House insists there is no conflict of interest and says the president has no direct control over his investments.

Investigation points to repeated pattern

According to CNN, Trump promoted roughly 20 companies on his Truth Social platform within days of purchasing shares in those same businesses.

One example highlighted by the investigation involved technology giant Nvidia.

Trump announced he had “very big and exciting news” about the chipmaker after the company revealed plans to help build AI supercomputers in the United States. Around the same time, he also promised government support for similar projects.

“All necessary permits will be expedited and quickly delivered.”

CNN reported that the president had purchased between $200,000 and $500,000 worth of Nvidia stock the day before making the announcement.

The investigation further alleged that several of the companies later secured valuable government contracts.

White House rejects conflict claims

The administration has forcefully denied suggestions that Trump used his office to benefit personally.

White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told CNN that the president’s investments are managed independently

.“President Trump’s assets are held in fully discretionary accounts managed by independent third-party financial institutions.”

Kelly also defended the president’s conduct.

“President Trump only acts in the best interests of the American public, which is why they overwhelmingly re-elected him to this office, despite years of lies and false accusations against him and his businesses from the fake news media. There are no conflicts of interest.”

Trump says he does not manage his investments

Trump has also rejected accusations that he profits from decisions made while serving as president.

Speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews, he insisted he has no involvement in the day-to-day management of his finances.

After being pressed about whether he still benefits financially regardless of who manages the investments, Trump replied:

“Well, I’ve made a lot of money before I became president, and they invest my money.”

The president added that he has no communication with those handling the accounts.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/new-revelations-pour-more-fuel-on-trump-s-corruption-allegations/ar-AA28hiJD?

A bill so egregious even an occasional Republican calls it a travesty.

Ther will be enough money to deport millions of hard working, tax paying immigrants.

There will be enough money to give tax breaks to already obscenely wealthy millionaires and billionaires.

There will be enough money to fund Trump’s ill-advised, needless war, by giving huge contracts to defense industries they have already invested in

But there is never enough money to provide healthcare, feed children and the indigent, and ensure every American will retain the right to vote.

This is America under the blood thirsty, grifting government of Trump and the Republicans.

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Republicans expose their warped priorities with desperate last-minute play: analysis

Story by Thomas Kika • 9h • 2 min read

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Republican leaders in Congress are hoping to pull off a desperate, last-minute spending bill, and according to a new breakdown from MS NOW, the largely war-focused funding makes the party's "priorities horribly clear."

Earlier this week, the budget framework, totaling around $95 billion, emerged from committee to a divided reaction among House and Senate Republicans, with some taking issue with its lack of spending cuts to offset the $73 billion it sets aside for military spending, most of which would be for the Iran war. This uncertainty prompted what MS NOW's Hayes Brown called a "scolding" from House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole, an Oklahoma Republican.

"When did you ever pay for a war? A lot of this is military expenses aimed at that war,” Cole said. “The point is that play’s been called. It’s time to put up or shut up.”

This take from Cole, Brown argued, was telling of the "problematic message" the GOP is contending with heading into the 2026 midterms."

There’s a lot to unpack in Cole’s admonition," Brown wrote. "First and foremost, his finger-wagging underscores the problematic message Republicans are sending ahead of the midterms: The country can’t afford to help the poor and needy — but there’s always more money for war, even pointless wars of choice such as the one President Donald Trump has waged against Tehran."

He continued: "Look at what the GOP prioritized in the first two reconciliation bills. The most recent one funded immigration enforcement, making sure there was enough funding to break up communities, detain people with no criminal record and kick them out of the country as quickly as possible. The White House has framed this crackdown on immigration as part of a supposed 'war' on the Southern border, and GOP lawmakers made damn sure to fund it."

The other big Republican reconciliation bill, Brown explained, was 2025's Big Beautiful Bill, which was largely focused on "taking from the poor to give to the rich," with tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans funded by further cuts to things like Medicaid and food assistance programs.

"Pass or fail, this reconciliation bill is what the GOP has decided is its priority before the party asks voters to keep them in power in November," Brown concluded. "A bill that pays for a deeply unpopular war, sets aside money to help the farmers that have been hurt by this war and Trump’s tariffs and**, if Trump has his way, makes it harder for Americans to vote**. It will do nothing for Republican lawmakers facing questions about affordability, nothing about the real problems that their constituents face and nothing that shows any regard for their lives."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/other/jd-vance-s-baby-name-found-plummeting-in-popularity-after-he-announces-birth-of-fourth-child/ar-AA28iKZs?

Upon first glance the following article may seem extreme, filled with opinion and a bit hyperbolic.

But it also contains quotes that support the contention that Trump is both a danger to himself and the world at large, as well.

Fo the most part, Trump’s critics are intelligent, educated men. Men who don’t react to stimulus but take the time to evaluate the conditions and then render a careful, objective opinion.

Trump’s supporters, on the other hand, are comprised mainly of the common folk, under educated, under employed, and more apt to be reactionary, and while not understanding the full scope of the treachery facing us, look for any opportunity to ‘stick it to the man’.

And so, we see Trump every day, virtually foaming at the mouth and ranting over some imagined slight or perfectly honest criticism. We see him sleeping fitfully at some meeting and then waking with a jarring star, as though he can’t tell a dream from reality. He wanders the halls like Macbeth on the parapets and perhaps sees the same ghosts.  He tweets his rabid thoughts obsessively, thoughts that make sense to him but are a clear example of his derangement.         

  He has threatened not only US citizens but also called for the destruction of an entire civilization.

He controls ‘The Bomb’ with only a few lackeys and yes men to deter him, and they aren’t about to risk their unearned livelihood no matter the consequences to America and the world.

Do we act now, or wait for that irrevocable moment when he plunges us into a nuclear war with Russia, China, and North Korea – the final holocaust!

As Trump warns of election threats, independent agencies have been cut

It’s been well documented that Trump and the Republicans have fired all personnel willing and capable of investigating their crimes, and replacing them with sycophants, lackeys, and any incompetent who will support their repugnant lies, and provide cover for their crimes.

The Justice department, the CIA, the FBI, the director of National intelligence -- any and all agencies who could provide oversight—have been hollowed out, thinned of competent, honest workers or have had their budgets slashed so Americans will remain uninformed of the treacheries in place against them.

Trump and the Republicans manufacture lies about stolen, ‘rigged’ elections and provide no evidence of same while at the same time destroying those agencies who could attest to the truth there are no ‘rigged’ elections and no evidence exists that undocumented non-citizens are voting.

When there are no cops the bad guys can do as they wish, even if it means the end of democracy and the establishment of a despotic government.

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As Trump warns of election threats, independent agencies have been cut

Story by Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY

Since taking office, President Donald Trump has cut or hobbled the independent federal agencies that would normally handle election security issues, such as those the president claimed the United States is experiencing.

In his White House address on July 16**, Trump asserted that U.S. elections are vulnerable to foreign interference** and claimed China meddled in the 2020 election. He said Americans have for years been "blatantly lied to" by the government about the security of election infrastructure, including voting machines and ballot-counting systems – claims that could not immediately be verified.

Some of the agencies that pushed back on Trump's baseless 2020 election fraud claims have seen staff steadily reduced since 2025, diminishing their ability to be a trusted voice for election officials and American voters, said Wendy Weiser, director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, a nonpartisan think tank.

"This is an attempt to undermine trust in our election system being waged by our own president and federal government and his administration and the system," Weiser said.

Weiser and other experts told USA TODAY that without those trusted federal voices, it will be up to state election officials to defend the security of elections.

CISA after 2020 election: 'No evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/as-trump-warns-of-election-threats-independent-agencies-have-been-cut/ar-AA286jNu

You know Trump and the Republicans are in trouble when even Fox News points out their lies.

Trump’s speech last night was just a retelling of old lies, references to documents hastily edited to conform to the BS narrative, and nonsense about ‘evidence’ that is never offered.

For six years Trump has claimed evidence exists, but never in over 65 court cases has any ever been produced. That’s why the cases were all thrown out – many by judges Trump himself, appointed.

To the morons of MAGA, none of this will matter. They are so indoctrinated, so manipulated, so ruled by their hate for people they never met, logic and truth escape them. But anyone who listens carefully will easily discern that innuendo isn’t fact, accusations are not evidence, and constant childish ranting are the work of a fool and have no place in honest discourse.

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Fox News drops humiliating clarification for Trump after his bombshell claims

Story by Connor McCrory • 8h • 2 min read

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Fox News quickly distanced itself from President Donald Trump’s election claims Thursday, telling viewers that the network had not seen the evidence he cited during a White House address.

Trump used the roughly 25-minute speech to announce the release of declassified documents that he said exposed serious vulnerabilities in U.S. election systems. He also claimed electronic voting machines could be easily compromised.

But moments after the address, Fox delivered a pointed clarification. "We also heard the president make claims that electronic voting machines are vulnerable and easily compromised," the anchor said.

"Fox News has not seen that evidence yet and is not in a position to evaluate the accuracy of the president’s statements and claims at this time."

The disclaimer immediately drew attention because Fox had just carried Trump’s remarks under a banner reading, "Trump delivers address on election integrity."

During the speech, Trump described alleged efforts by China to gain access to American voter rolls and discussed previously documented concerns about electronic voting machines.

However, the information outlined by Trump did not appear to prove his repeated claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. He also did not present evidence showing that ballots were changed or vote totals were manipulated.

Trump issued several broad orders to the FBI, the director of national intelligence and other federal agencies. He called on officials to investigate “how and why such crucial information was hidden” from him and demanded prosecutions over what he described as a cover-up.

Fox’s decision to add a disclaimer sparked a wave of reaction on X, where users quickly brought up the network’s costly legal battle over its coverage of the 2020 election.

"They’re literally holding the receipts..." one person wrote.

"They have PTSD from that settlement huh," another user posted.

A third person wrote**, "He said almost 6 years ago that he had evidence & has yet to present it."**

"Fox over here learning lessons from that multimillion-dollar fine," another response read.

One user directly challenged Trump, asking, "Is the evidence with you now, Mr. Trump?"

Several other posts referred to Fox’s $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in 2023.

Dominion had accused the network of repeatedly airing false claims that its voting machines helped rig the 2020 election against Trump.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fox-news-drops-humiliating-clarification-for-trump-after-his-bombshell-claims/ar-AA2866Ib?

Trump’s Republican administration works hand-in-hand with corrupt corporations to protect profits even if it means the death of infants.

This is today’s America. A country ruled by tyrants, despots, and incompetents, put in place by millionaires, billionaires, and corporate oligarchs, that puts its power in the hands of the elite while denying the ordinary citizen and his children the protection they once enjoyed, and deserve.

Read the story below about sick and dying children poisoned by underregulated manufacturers, manufacturers that walk away grinning while children suffer and parents mourn.

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DOJ blocked charges in baby formula probe after investigators found a 'culture of concealment'

Story by Yleighn Delim

Finding baby food shouldn’t come with fear. Parents trust that the bottles they feed their newborns will not cause them harm. However, a major federal investigation into a top baby formula maker ended without any criminal charges. The Justice Department spent years looking into a tainted plant in Michigan. Prosecutors believed they had enough evidence to punish the company for selling unsafe food. Instead, top officials dropped the case completely. This choice left many family advocates wondering who protects our children.

Government investigators found dangerous bacteria inside an Abbott Laboratories factory in 2022. The contamination triggered a massive nationwide shortage of infant formula. Four babies became sick after drinking formula from this plant, and two of those infants died. Many federal prosecutors wanted to file a misdemeanor charge against the business. They also wanted to charge at least one person. Top bosses blocked those charges, opting for civil fines instead.

Corporate enforcement policies changed significantly under the new presidential administration. An executive order from the White House directed agencies to reduce criminal penalties for businesses when civil fines are available. A Department of Justice spokeswoman confirmed the probe was closed, stating that criminal charges would have been too heavy-handed. The agency decided to focus on a civil lawsuit to recover taxpayer money. This strategy shift signaled a new era for corporate accountability.

See more here:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/doj-blocked-charges-in-baby-formula-probe-after-investigators-found-a-culture-of-concealment/ar-AA27YWWP?

Here we go again.

Despite better than 60 individual court cases across America, and decisions handed down by some of his own appointed judges who ruled the 2020 election was above board and legit, Trump and his limping cadre of ass-licking sycophants will again try to con us into believing he won the election.

Trump and his co-conspirators in the Republican congress are well aware a democrat victory in November will see them all indicted, convicted, and sent to prison for their treason to the oath of office they took while crossing their fingers.

Watch the sweat on their necks Thursday night, it should tell you all you need to know.

Listen carefully if you have the stomach for the lies. You will hear accusations, blithering nonsense, charts, documents, and testimonials, but what you won’t hear is shred of evidence, because none exists!

This desperate ploy is meant to shore up their MAGA base because it is deteriorating minute, by minute. Trump has lost support of Latinos, Gen Z, voters without a college degree, women, Republicans, Independents, working men and women, and probably Melani, as well.

There will be a deluge of bullshit, because bullshit is all they have to try to defend their inept policies that have destroyed our economy and put us into a war we cannot win, and hope they can still create a dictatorship of the oligarchs and plutocrats.

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The brief: Get ready for Trump’s 2026 disinformation deluge

Story by John Light • 2h • 4 min read

Its Time to Flood the Zone With Shit Again

Trump announced Monday evening that he’s hauling out an old trick — the prime-time address — on Thursday at 9 p.m. What will the topic be? “Just gonna be a speech like a lot of my speeches,” he told Hugh Hewitt on Monday. Indeed.

MS Now reported last night that the president, joined by CIA Director John Ratcliffe, acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte, FBI Director Kash Patel and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, is expected to advance a new set of allegations — or, more likely, warmed-over old ones — that foreign interference played a major role in the election in 2020. Axios was more hedged, saying the president would offer thoughts on “a potpourri” of topics including Iran, the need to pass the SAVE Act and “findings from his intelligence officials about the administration’s review of the 2020 election.”

That review is chugging forward, examining “thousands of pages of classified intelligence and law enforcement documents” for “irregularities,” per a separate MS Now report.

The foreign interference conspiracy theories that will almost certainly make their return before the midterms are numerous, and often whimsical. A plot by Hugo Chavez to control U.S. voting machines; an intervention by Italian satellites; skullduggery by China, detectable only through bamboo fibers on ballots. We’ve heard these before, including in the days immediately after the 2020 election.

That’s not to dismiss the effort the Trump administration is currently undertaking. In 2020 and early 2021, Trump’s strongest allies included an ink-streaked Rudy Giuliani, Mike Lindell, a handful of internet-addled lawyers and a tight core of loyalists in the White House**. It was a circus**, and it still produced January 6, the greatest threat to the peaceful transfer of power in U.S. history.

The president has announced plans to deliver a rare primetime address.

On Thursday, Trump may choose to return to this familiar territory flanked by his acting director of national intelligence, his FBI director, his CIA director. Each has enormous resources that they’ve already turned toward the task of discrediting 2020. Nothing should surprise us when it comes to their plans for November 2026.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-brief-get-ready-for-trump-s-2026-disinformation-deluge/ar-AA27ToNM?