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"The same man whose grievances stirred up that violent mob that sacked the Capitol still cannot let go of is shame and humiliation at having been dealt that defeat by voters here in Georgia and across the country. And so, at a moment when his war spirals out of control, prices for American families climb higher and higher, instead of focusing on the nation's needs, as always, he nurses his grievances. As always, he forces the rest of us to help him process his shame. As always, he centers his own fear of the accountability he'll face when we win decisively this fall." -- the charismatic and Dem superstar Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia, at a campaign rally laying out the bare facts about what motivates much of the sick Malignant Fascist's actions.
Please consider contributing to Senator Ossoff's campaign for reelection by going here. It's one of the most impactful contributions you could make this year.
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Two U.S. service members were killed, and another remains missing after an Iranian missile and drone attack on Jordan on Friday, U.S. Central Command announced.
The military confirmed the deaths on Saturday, as President Donald Trump was visiting his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf course. It was not clear if he had already been informed of the deaths, but a White House press pool call scheduled for noon was pushed back to 2 p.m., and then later to 4 p.m., suggesting damage control behind the scenes. [snip]
The two deaths mark the 15th and 16th U.S. service member fatalities in the conflict with Iran since Trump, 80, started the war on Feb. 28. [snip]
The president, who has repeatedly claimed that Iran’s military had already been wiped out and that the country is “dying to make a deal,” previously snubbed 14 troops recovering at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center when he visited the facility for a physical examination in May.
Those on active duty told CBS News last month that they believed there had been an effort to downplay the severity of their injuries after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed that “almost 90 percent” of the roughly 400 Americans injured at that time had suffered only minor injuries...
We know Cadet Bone Spurs thinks that service members, including those who lost their lives serving their country, are "suckers" and "losers." So why disrupt a perfectly good round of golf out of respect for the sacrifice they made in a war you blundered into? Wouldn't want to mar an almost perfect weekend habit:
Here's an unoriginal thought: maybe he should resign and go somewhere far away where he can play golf all the time. Better yet, how about this place?
(Photo: Trump yesterday at Bedminster, via The Daily Beast; Image: www.pbump.com/projects/golf.html)
"You have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and everything else but you can’t make up an empty mind. Stock your mind, stock your mind. It is your house of treasure and no one in the world can interfere with it. If you won the Irish Sweepstakes and bought a house that needed furniture would you fill it with bits and pieces of rubbish? Your mind is your house and if you fill it with rubbish from the cinemas it will rot in your head. You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.” -- Irish-American author Frank McCourt (8/19/1930 - 7/19/2009), from his Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Angela's Ashes," the poignant memoir of his deeply impoverished childhood. His book "'Tis" picked up where "Angela's Ashes" ended, and his last memoir "Teacher Man" described his time as a teacher in New York City public schools. His lasting works were created from the palace of his mind, rising from his tragic and dire family situation that would have left others in despair.
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Operation Epic Fail: tankers and mines, war crimes --
🚢 💥 Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that two oil tankers exploded after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz, as the United States and Tehran continued to trade drone and missile strikes ➡️ u.afp.com/Sr5g
— AFP News Agency (@en.afp.com) July 18, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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More war crimes: In its fourth strike on water infrastructure, the US has destroyed two water tanks in Sirik, Iran, completely cutting off water distribution in all villages of the Bemani district and the city of Kohstak, the Hormozgan Water and Sanitation Authority says.
— Mark Chadbourn (@chadbourn.bsky.social) July 18, 2026 at 7:02 AM
The Malignant Fascist's corruption and his crime regime --
We’re old enough to remember when insider trading was considered a crime 🤷🏼 finance.yahoo.com/media-advert...
— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) July 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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People keep resigning from the Trump admin because the Trump admin wants them to commit clear crimes. www.huffpost.com/entry/assist...
— Jonathan Cohn (@jonathancohn.bsky.social) July 18, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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The MF's Big Ugly Bill bankrupting Social Security and more --
Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" that Congress passed through reconciliation process was a formula for the most extreme economic mismanagement in US history. It worked a massive reallocation of American wealth into the pockets of the wealthiest 0.1%, and is bankrupting the Social Security Trust Fund.
— Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) July 18, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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Make America Explode With Diarrhea Again, cont'd. --
The last FDA inspections of Taylor Farms were in 2011 and 2019. The FDA has been hit hard by staff cuts ordered by DOGE and RFK Jr. Foreign food inspections plummeted last year, and the agency was already struggling to inspect foreign facilities before the cuts. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/h...
— Ferric Fang, MD (@fangferric.bsky.social) July 18, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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Dangerous asshat and acting DNI Pulte's reckless behavior exposed --
“He got POTUS all spun up and then was incredibly scared when he realized people could die with his reckless behavior.” Sounds like exactly the behavior we want in a Director of National Intelligence. What could go wrong?
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec.bsky.social) July 18, 2026 at 7:08 AM
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MAGAt political news: drugs and spousal abuse, and the bungling My Pillow guy's residence --
As Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) campaigns for a third term, a trove of court and police records obtained by Mother Jones details allegations of physical abuse, drug use, and misogyny raised during a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife, the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio). ow.ly/8xU450ZpaNp
— Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) July 18, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Mike Lindell, Trump’s pick for Minnesota governor, isn’t registered to vote in Minnesota www.startribune.com/mike-lindell...
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) July 17, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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White supremacist fascist Musk watching his SpaceX business sink; his Tesla and AI ventures next? --
"Musk has always been worth exponentially more than his companies actually earn in a way that only makes sense if you’ve been on ayahuasca for nine months." Musk aimed to be the first trillionaire. He's lost half a trillion instead. Is a Tesla crash next?
— 🗽LOLGOP🗽 (@thefarce.org) July 18, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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Oil depot near Moscow hit by Ukrainian drones. "We're completely fucked" --
The oil depot in Russia's Noginsk, Moscow region, is still burning after the drone attack. The facility is an important logistics hub for fuel traders and fuel companies in Moscow region.
— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) July 18, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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Whiskey Pete Hegseth's testosterone campaign gets, uh, burly --
I wasn’t ready for this. ☠️ 😭 Low T Pete will never live this down.
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) July 17, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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In this excerpt from a longer piece, Christopher Bates at Electoral-vote.com asks the question, what was the election- denying Malignant Fascist trying to accomplish with his bullshit address on "election security" Thursday night?
"... We can only see two possible answers to that question. The first is that Trump, desperate to pass the SAVE Act, which he thinks will SAVE his A**, is about to put the full-court pressure on in the Senate. He could say he won't sign any bills, that he won't nominate any more judges, and maybe that he'll impound every dollar currently set to go to the senators' home states. The sky could well be the limit. Of course, it's also possible that his "plan" for a full-court press is merely to double the number of appearances he makes on Fox and triple the number of whiny 'Truths' he sends out. He is not a man known for having much in the way of imagination, or a spine.
"The more worrisome possibility is that this is a declaration of war against the midterms, and that he's planning to use this 'proof' as the basis for declaring martial law, or trying to suspend the elections, or sending armed soldiers to polling places, or refusing to seat members of Congress from blue states, or something along those lines. It is certainly concerning that, in his speech, Trump said that he planned to have the DNI lead this investigation. That is the same obeisant DNI he has bent over backwards to put in that job on an "interim" basis.
"Let us be clear, however, that if Trump IS thinking this way, he is delusional. He very clearly imagines a world in which, by force of will, or fiat, or gaslighting, or whatever, he can keep the elections that a Republican wins valid, but can invalidate most or all of the elections won by Democrats. It just cannot work. Most Americans—Democrats, independents, and many Republicans—are simply not going to accept the legitimacy of a government constructed in this way, and aren't going to consent to be governed by it. One can imagine something like Govs. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) and Gavin Newsom (D-CA) using state troopers to escort their delegations through Washington, DC, so they may take their seats. Or everyone in blue and purple states (and probably some red states) just stopping all income tax payments. Or riots in the streets, in every city in America. It would be the Second American Civil War..."
The pressure campaign on the "SAVE America My Ass Act" doesn't appear to have moved the needle with the handful of Republican Senators opposing the voter suppression bill. But the longer-term blueprint for overturning results of elections that don't keep Republicans in power is still alive, even as delusional as it is (as Bates goes on to discuss).
South Afrikaner white supremacist fascist Elon "Leon" Musk's SpaceX company is losing value rapidly. Its stock is hitting new lows just weeks after its Initial Public Offering. The failure to launch of its Starship on Thursday has apparently made investors anxious about Musk's visions and promises.v From Business Insider:
"SpaceX's IPO honeymoon seems to be over.
Five weeks after the company's record-breaking debut, about $1 trillion in market value has evaporated — and the selling isn't letting up.
The stock first slipped below its $135 IPO price on Wednesday, touching $132.75 before recovering to close above it.
There was no recovery on Thursday: shares closed at $131.11 — their first finish below the IPO price — and fell by 5% on Friday. The stock was trading below $125 just before midday ET.
It means the rocket and AI company has lost roughly $320 billion in market value since IPO day and is down about $1 trillion since its June 16 peak." (our emphasis)
The human toll of Musk's viscous DOGE project has also been in the news recently, with USAID cuts to humanitarian aid in Africa estimated to have cost millions of lives, many of whom are children. He's also spent an inordinate amount of time away from managing his business with racist, homophobic movie criticism, namely of "The Odyssey" for its casting of Kenyan-Mexican actress Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy and transgender actor Eliot Page as soldier Sinon.
May his stock further crater, and Musk along with it.
We haven't checked in on one of comedian Tom Delgado's lighthearted and informative tours in a while, so let's see what he has to say about the history and beautiful vistas along Brooklyn Heights Promenade today.
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The Epstein-Trump files coverup /complicity /make the calls! --
Congressman James Walkinshaw states that any Senator who votes to confirm Todd Blanche will be complicit in the #Epstein coverup.
— Jules⚖️📨 (@northjules.bsky.social) July 16, 2026 at 5:24 AM
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Good morning! Call your senators at least once today and list all the reasons Todd Blanche should NEVER be AG, and that any senator who votes for him will be blamed for all his corruption and crimes.
— Khashoggi's Ghost (@urocklive1.bsky.social) July 17, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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Operation Epic Fail / these are by definition war crimes --
The U.S. has expanded its airstrike campaign, hitting more bridges and apparently collapsing a tower at a key Iranian port.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) July 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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Rake-stepping, Russia-aided, 2020 election bullshit fraudster Trump --
Just rake-stepping all the way down.
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona.bsky.social) July 17, 2026 at 7:13 AM
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Ossoff: "If there is one person who committed election fraud in Georgia, it is Donald Trump"
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) July 16, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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So the evil masterminds who supposedly rigged the election to defeat Trump in 2020 because he was a threat to the Deep State then let him win in 2024 and allowed his party to also win the senate and house?
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) July 17, 2026 at 6:14 AM
PSA: Last night wasn’t Trump telling you how the 2020 election was stolen, it was Trump showing you he very much plans to steal the 2026 election
— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) July 17, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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Trump says Democrats forgot to rig the election in 2016, successfully rigged it while *he* was president in 2020, then forgot how to rig it again in 2024. So the only election Democrats supposedly stole was the one he himself controlled. You have to be a special kind of stupid to believe this BS.
— Rep. Jim McGovern (@repmcgovern.bsky.social) July 16, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Missed Trump's primetime speech? Here's your TLDR. Want the details? Read them here 👉 https://demdock.com/4wLW7S3
— Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) July 17, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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Murdering ICE thug had a violent history --
ICE officer who shot Colombian man in Maine has history of threatening behavior and mental illness, family and court documents say.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) July 16, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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Trump's bear market coming? --
(Bloomberg) - US executives are selling shares at the second-fastest pace in more than 20 years, a classic red flag .. 👀 @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) July 17, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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Most. Corrupt. Regime. Ever --
I would like one plank of the 2028 Democratic platform to read: WE ARE GOING TO SEND EVERY ONE OF YOU CORRUPT MOTHERFUCKERS TO PRISON.
— Mark Harris (@markharris.bsky.social) July 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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Your Antifa membership kit (Happy Friday!) --
— I have so many names...🇧🇬🇯🇵🇵🇱🇺🇦🇺🇲🇪🇺 (@o10tam.bsky.social) July 17, 2026 at 8:25 AM
One of our favorites, Aussie singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin, has a new album, "The Gem," coming out in September and has a new lead-off single, the catchy "Get Away From Me (I Think I'll Love You Soon)." She's kicking off a North American tour in October, then on to Europe. Hope you enjoy.
In her Substack "Civil Discourse," former U.S. Attorney and currently a senior fellow with NYU's Brennan Center for Justice Joyce Vance looks at last night's garbage dump from the narcissistic, lying and slurring Malignant Fascist, and draws conclusions:
"Trump’s lies do not bear repeating.
But what is important is understanding what he’s trying to do: He’s searching for a way to legitimize interference in an election he knows his party is going to lose in November. He may not be on the ballot, but it has personal consequences for a man who derives benefit and protection from the presidency. So this is about laying a predicate for intervention and challenges in 2026 and future elections. This could be preparation for using NSPM-7 and going after political opponents. Prepare for the “ghost of Hugo Chavez” to resurface. Trump has a habit of creating fake emergencies and using them to exercise power in unprecedented and illegal ways.
And the irony. Trump: 'I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have.'
It’s no longer 2025. The courts and the public are savvy about Trump’s abuses. Everyone who is paying attention understands he is panicking about November." (our emphasis)
Last night's claim that China interfered in the 2020 election (with the apparent knowledge of his own intelligence agencies at the time) is one of the conspiracies that he wants to employ to undermine the 2026 elections. To the public, State attorneys general and election officials: forewarned is forearmed.
The election- subverting Malignant Fascist's dog's breakfast of a speech last night was about as expected, with lies, absurdities, and threats galore:
President Donald Trump used a primetime address to the nation Thursday to elevate his yearslong push to raise doubts about the legitimacy of U.S. elections and dispute his 2020 loss in an appeal for more restrictive voting laws ahead of the midterms.
Trump’s amplification of debunked theories about the election six years ago and his inability to accept his loss led to one of the darker moments in American history when a mob of his supporters led a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in the final days of his first term.
Now back in power, Trump opted to revisit the subject, despite persistent voter concerns about the cost of living, American forces escalating strikes on Iran in a conflict for which there is no end in sight, and an immigration crackdown facing bipartisan scrutiny for its sometimes deadly tactics.
His address Thursday hinged on contradictions.
A twice-elected president complained about his one personal defeat, alleged a cover-up by officials in his own first administration and surfaced claims about countries attempting to harm his own prospects while staying silent on steps taken by other nations to boost him.
Trump used the remarks to justify his push to pass a strict voter ID bill in Congress that has not advanced because it lacks enough support from his fellow Republicans...
Almost every sane media outlet fact- checked the psychotic Malignant Fascist's years-old garbage so we won't have to here.
To their everlasting credit, no major network (except Fox "News" of course) aired the speech in its entirety on their main platforms, and those that didn't were threatened by the would-be king:
Some major TV networks showed President Donald Trump’s prime-time address live on Thursday night while others pointedly did not — a divide that highlighted Trump’s long record of lying and renewed discussion about the news media’s responsibilities.
The White House took the rare step of formally asking the broadcast networks to take the speech live, setting up Trump to castigate those that opted not to.
And Trump made network decision-making a talking point in his speech. He harshly criticized NBC and ABC for not preempting their prime-time shows for his address and said it “should mean a revocation of their licenses.”
The two other major US broadcast networks, CBS and Fox, did air the unusual prime-time address.
CBS surrounded the speech with fact-checking and context both before and immediately afterward, a practice sometimes called a “truth sandwich.”...
CNN opted not to take the speech live, instead treating it like other presidential events that are monitored for news and scrutinized for accuracy...
So, except for the already-converted MAGAts who tuned in, it would appear that last night's goal of spreading doubt about American election security in order to rig the 2026 mid-terms was a flop. But, not to worry: the MF and his un-democratic fascist minions in Congress will keep trying, up to and through the mid-terms. But we've seen part of the playbook laid out last night, and forewarned is forearmed.
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