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Wednesday, July 15, 2026

An "arbitrary fishing expedition." "An unconstitutional effort to coerce." "A convenient pretext for launching a criminal investigation." Federal judges are increasingly peering under the hood at the Trump-led Justice Department's use of grand juries aimed at well-known adversaries of President Donald Trump. And they don't like what they're seeing.


President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on Wednesday after his endorsement of My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell for Minnesota governor raised eyebrows among critics. Trump got defensive in a post on his Truth Social platform, attacking the longtime Democratic lawmaker and gubernatorial candidate. "Amy Klobuchar, the lightly respected Senator from Minnesota, is running for Governor to take the place of the current Corrupt and Incompetent Tim Walz," Trump wrote. "The insurrection pillow man?" law professor and former chief White House ethics lawyer Richard W. Painter wrote on X. "This is a guaranteed way to give [Klobuchar] a huge landslide victory in the governor's race this November, heading right into the 2028 presidential primaries."


541 days into Donald Trump's term the president's net approval rating is -23, down 0.3 points since last week. 36% approve, 59% disapprove, 4% not sure


Black lawmakers and activists across the Deep South argue they have been abandoned by the Democratic Party to fight an existential crisis on their own. They say they've been let down by nearly all corners of the party: would be-presidential hopefuls who have flocked to early and swing states but don't bring their megaphones elsewhere; congressional leadership focused on majority-making battlegrounds while safe Black seats are drawn out; and years of chronic underfunding that has allowed local party apparatus to wither away. Read more


Despite regulating broadcast media, FCC commissioners have accepted pricey tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala from CBS or its parent company, now Paramount. Ethics experts say that by accepting the gifts, FCC commissioners are compromising the agency's impartiality and should avoid acting on Paramount's pending merger. After voting for a Paramount merger, Commissioner Olivia Trusty took tickets worth over $12,000. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has accepted tickets worth at least $63,000.


The 38-year-old has since ridden more than 118,000 miles and visited 80 different countries on her bike, documenting it all for 3.3 million fans on YouTube who follow her from dirt roads in South Africa to river crossings in Ecuador.

She told her story in her 2025 memoir, Free Ride, and her next book, Beyond Fear, is due in 2027.


This launches efforts to undermine election trust, challenge midterm results, and centralize power through narrative control and institutional changes.


After Maine Democrats warned him to stay out of choosing Graham Platner's replacement in their senate race, US Senator Chuck Schumer (D-Israel) boldly announced: "I'm staying out" of the Maine Senate Race. D'uh.

Status quo, AIPAC Democrats, Republicans, and dinosaurs do not want to to abolish ICE or DHS, but "tweak" them a little. Uh-huh.
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  • NYC will offer free child care for parents and caregivers in each of the five boroughs to give them an evening off.
  • NYC executes aggressive plan to tackle an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in Manhattan, already disinfecting 19 of 31 water cooling towers.
  • NYC will waive civil service examination fees for high school graduates and first-time test takers.
  • NYC enacts "Click-To-Cancel" consumer protection rules to ban subscription traps and junk fees.
  • NYC completes Madison and Lexington Avenue bus lane projects serving more than 150,000 daily riders.
    Why New Yorkers voted for Democrat Zohran Mamdani


    The morbidly obese draft-dodging President of the United States -- who easily develops crushes on handsome young men " and is reportedly undergoing dementia treatment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) at no cost to him whatsoever -- posted an AI photo of himself in the Oval Office bleating at European leaders with a map of the American flag covering Canada, Greenland, and Venezuela.

    Time for the 25th Amendment and POTUS JD Vance?


    Tuesday, July 14, 2026

    Trump Gives Away the Game on Why He Wants Todd Blanche as A.G.

    Donald Trump made his case for appointing his former personal attorney as attorney general.

    Donald Trump has resorted to begging the Senate to confirm acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to officially run the Justice Department.

    In a lengthy Truth Social post Tuesday, the president claimed that Blanche was responsible for the lowest murder rates in 125 years but that arrests for violent crime were simultaneously "UP 100" percent.


    July 14 (Reuters) -- Warren Buffett has stopped donating to the Gates Foundation, ending a two-decade philanthropic partnership following revelations about interactions between Microsoft (MSFT.O) co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Read more


    California voters will decide in November whether politicians can receive taxpayer-funded campaign money under a ballot measure that would repeal the state's decades-old ban on public financing. Proposition 4, titled the Allow Public Financing of Election Campaigns measure, will appear on the Nov. 3 statewide ballot. If approved, the measure would allow local governments across California to establish programs that use taxpayer dollars to finance political campaigns, repealing the ban established in 1988 by Proposition 73, which prohibited the use of public funds for election campaigns. Critics say the proposal would force taxpayers to subsidize political campaigns at a time when many Californians are struggling with affordability. Several California cities, including Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley, already operate campaign financing programs,


    Insider accounts reveal the scale of the health secretary's ambitions to curb childhood immunizations and unearth a link between vaccines and autism.


    President Donald Trump questioned why federal agents are investigating Sen. Lindsey Graham's death on Tuesday, following unfounded rumors of possible foul play that have circulated on social media.

    "So I don't see a lot of evil there. I know there's all sorts of conspiracy theories going along," Trump said, speaking with reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday.

    "I think the FBI's wasting their time if they're doing that."


    Viral alligator video draws visitors to Silver Springs, raises wildlife concerns

    OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) " A viral video of a woman petting a wild alligator at Silver Springs State Park is drawing online attention and prompting visitors to seek out gator sightings of their own, even as wildlife experts warn the trend could prove fatal for the animals.


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