If This Is Communism, Then Teddy Roosevelt Was a Communist
The policies under attack today once defined mainstream American leadership from Teddy Roosevelt to FDR and LBJ.
Thom Hartmann Jul 28, 2026
Trump's most recent desperate attempt to change the subject from his involvement with Epstein, Iran, Netanyahu, and the billions he and his grifter sons are making with their sleazy schemes is to call progressive Democrats "communists."
He's even gone so far as to suggest that some should be stripped of their citizenship and deported or thrown into one of his ICE concentration camps.
Iran has launched "multiple" ballistic missiles in an "attempted surprise attack" on American forces in the Middle East, the US military said, shattering a lull in the fighting. The attack occurred at 17:45 EDT (21:45 GMT) on Tuesday, with all missiles "successfully intercepted", said US Central Command (Centcom), which did not disclose any locations of targets. Read more
For now, the judge rejected the Baptist university's arguments that its actions are exempt from federal law and that students agree to information sharing.
The appeals panel agreed with a federal judge that it could not block the executive order until its proposals have been enacted.
Going into the 2026 midterm elections, the Democratic Party is in the red. The party has $16.3 million in cash on hand, and $18.5 million in debt, leaving them about $2 million in the hole. Meanwhile, the Republican National Committee has $128.5 million in cash and zero debt.
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President Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to the lowest point of either of his terms in office, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll.
The survey, conducted July 25-27 among 1,559 U.S. adult citizens, found 34 percent approve of the job Trump is doing as president, down 2 points from the previous week, while 62 percent disapprove, up 2 points.
It is the lowest approval rating Trump has recorded with the pollster since returning to office, surpassing previous lows notched earlier this year.
Two likely candidates for a Dyson Sphere have been proven to have other explanations for their unusual energy signatures but astronomers are already incorporating this new data to Advanced science with the same goal of finding alien civilization Read more
Under a new rule proposed by the Trump administration, American scientists might be forced to watch similar discoveries from the sidelines.
The proposal would restrict international collaboration and give political appointees the ability to decide the most important research to fund, and the power to pull the plug at any time, for any reason.
STARKE, Fla. (AP) -- A former police officer convicted of the on-duty rape and murder of a young girl was put to death Tuesday, the first of two lethal injections planned for a single day in Florida, hours before an 80-year-old man was to become the second-oldest inmate executed in modern U.S. history. Tuesday marked the first time since two convicted murderers were executed on a single day -- in Arkansas in 2017 - that a state has planned virtually back-to-back executions. It also comes 18 months after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis began stepping up executions at a pace unseen in Florida since the U.S. death penalty was reinstated in 1976, making his the busiest death chamber in the nation. Read more
The US is making measles great again, so treatment options are needed for the most vulnerable.
EMPORIA, Kan. (KWCH/Gray News) -- A 37-year-old teacher was released from a Kansas jail after posting bail following his arrest at a city meeting where zoning changes for a proposed data center project were passed. Lux Claridge, an Emporia High School physics teacher, was arrested for interference with law enforcement after clapping during the meeting. Commissioners warned those in attendance against disruptive behavior, including clapping, snapping or rude comments. Lux Claridge and several others clapped in support of speakers opposing the Flint Hills Digital Campus data center. After commissioners issued a final warning, Lux Claridge continued to clap, leading to his arrest. Read more
Canadians are boycotting the United States in record numbers thanks to President Donald Trump. That boycott by our northern neighbors has cost $3.3 billion in tourism dollars to the U.S., according to a new report from the Canadian government. Visits hit rock bottom in July, falling more than 30 percent year-on-year for the first time since the months following 9/11 terrorist attacks. "The resulting 11-month streak of year-over-year declines was the deepest and most sustained on record for border crossings from the United States," the report also noted.
Reporter Stephanie Mencimer writes that she received a notice from the Internal Revenue Service claiming she underpaid her 2025 taxes, even though the agency had not credited payments she had already made. After two hours on hold, she gave up. A few days later, a recorded message about "high call volume" disconnected her. Her accountant said even dedicated lines for tax practitioners were not working, leaving serious issues unresolved with "no contact available at all." Mencimer said she "realized that the IRS was finally imploding." It's what everyone warned would happen when Elon Musk used his DOGE program to reduce the IRS by 25,000 people. It was about one-third of the entire IRS.
A little over four months before Election Day, the Texas Senate race to replace U.S. Sen. John Cornyn remains contentious, as a new poll shows the Democratic candidate has opened a 5-point lead over the Republican candidate.
Federal prosecutors in New Jersey have sought a judge's approval to dismiss with prejudice longstanding charges against the alleged mastermind of a $722 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme. The Monday court filing follows Bloomberg Law's July 10 report that DOJ leaders in Washington had ordered the New Jersey US attorney's office to reverse course on a 2019 indictment that was nearing trial. Read more
Text messages, courtroom depositions, and body cameras revealed that ICE agents used racial slurs, including "wet" and "tonks," to identify people to brutalize while sweeping through Los Angeles last year
ICE and DHS are Amerikkka's Gestapo. There is no "fixing" or "reforming" the Gestapo other than completely abolishing these two sinister organs of the police state, starting by Executive Order on 20 Jan 2029.
