Hal Holway

Bon Vivant. Carnivorous Buddhist. Writer, academic, film buff, full-time dad. Go Big Green!

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

I'm going to predict that when the damage assessment is complete, well into the future, Trump's greatest crime will prove to be espionage - AND - it will be the most catastrophic breach of national security in American history.
We will discover he passed secrets to Russia from day 1 because he was compromised; and did favors for the Saudis shortly after, purely for personal profit; and who knows what the hell else.
His many Useful Idiocies will boggle the mind. And his America First gaslight will be remembered as it should be remembered: "Trump Before America, facilitated by idiots who called themselves patriots."
His treachery - most done purely for power and profit, and some from pathology, revenge, and entitlement, will have massively impacted the globe, permanently shifted wealth, and cost many millions of lives.
I have to add that a good deal of it would not have happened but for our legacy media's consistent and widespread normalization of his disorders.

[Hal Holway @DocBendrix]

@ProfesorRefer @davidfrum It’s really crazy. Trump hurt our reputation by backing out of a deal. Didn’t back out of the deal for US interests, but for a guy who gives Trump money. Made the bridge run worse. And these Trump-glazing pudding brains call it a “win for America.”

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

The President of the United States is currently doing everything he can do to fuck with, sow distrust in, and destroy another American election.

@realDonaldTrump is America’s enemy. He should be in jail.

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

All the signals are flashing red, the latest being @POTUS's summary dismissal of the remaining Federal Election Assistance Commission members.
Put that together with political hack Pulte's odious appt as DNI; election deniers in the most sensitive oversight positions; Trump's exec order on mail-in voting, and potential use of the Postal Service as a weapon of subversion; his pathological prioritization of the SAVE act, which would be the most powerful voter suppression tool in generations; and his persistent, unfounded claims of election fraud, which he uses to justify extraordinary federal interventions.
On the square, the @GOP would take a beating this fall, largely because of Trump's unpopularity.
So he's setting up Plan B--do whatever you need to do to win. Anything.
Anyone who says "Well, he wouldn't do THAT" hasn't paid attention. He's already proven he will!
So the period AFTER the Midterms may be even more turbulent than the run up to them.
The courts are going to be very busy this fall.

[Mark Warner @MarkWarner]

Reports that the White House has dismissed the remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission — all of whom were unanimously confirmed by the Senate, including a commissioner appointed by President Trump himself — should concern every American, regardless of party, because the EAC was established by Congress as an independent, bipartisan body to help states administer secure and credible elections.

If these reports are accurate, removing every remaining commissioner just months before the 2026 midterm elections is an extraordinary step that demands an immediate explanation from the administration and raises profound concerns about political interference in the institutions that support our elections.

[Hal Holway @DocBendrix]

Because he wants to steal the midterms to hold onto power.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Trump fired all three remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission, leaving the agency with no commissioners just months before the midterms https://t.co/YNJjsNJsnE

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Democrats - knock off the stupid ideological food fight. Find someone who can speak articulately about housing and gas costs, corruption, doesn't have a Nazi tattoo, and isn't over 80. It's not that hard.

[Ronan Farrow @RonanFarrow]

Studies now present a striking picture of what happens when private equity firms acquire hospitals and nursing homes: predictable increases in harm and deaths. One landmark study shows: patient deaths up about 11% after such acquisitions.

[Kateryna Lisunova @KaterynaLis]

‼️ Meanwhile, there has been a very unusual and suspicious movement of a Russian government aircraft in the U.S.

The first sighting was on Thursday, July 2, at Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C. Another Russian government aircraft was later spotted at New York’s JFK Airport on Monday, July 6, and that same aircraft was seen at Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, July 7.

What is known is that on July 6, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev arrived in New York to participate in the 2026 UN Chiefs of Police Summit, according to the Russian Mission to the United Nations. “Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev has arrived in New York to participate in the Fifth UN Chiefs of Police Summit,” the mission wrote on Telegram.

However, it remains unclear why the aircraft later traveled to Washington, D.C., as well as why Russian war criminals are allowed to travel to the U.S.

FOOTAGE:
1st photo — Russian government aircraft in Washington, D.C.
2nd video — different aircraft at JFK Airport in New York City.
3rd photo — the aircraft from NYC landed at the Dulles Airport, Washington, D.C.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Trump is the biggest socialist and the closest thing we've had to communism in the US.

[Hal Holway @DocBendrix]

@Redpot86 @RadioFreeTom 🙄 Ok, then, you’re unpatriotic to say it’s “sh*tty” to criticize a president on the 4th. Fixed it. 🤦‍♂️

[Gary Marcus @GaryMarcus]

“What has really happened is VC built the wrong AI, you’ll pay a high price for this error with your pension, and nobody will go to jail.”

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Rather good summary of Don Jr’s corruption from Hunter Biden, which is not a sentence I ever imagined typing out even two years ago.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

MUST WATCH:

Clip from Larry David's new show "Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness"

Rob Reiner (before his death) as George Washington.

Trump is going to hate this.

[Hal Holway @DocBendrix]

@Redpot86 @RadioFreeTom It’s actually pretty unpatriotic to say you can’t question the president of the us on the Fourth of July.

[Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25]

To understand R’s narrative capabilities versus D’s narrative capabilities, look no further than R’s ability to make Hunter Biden into a full blown “Biden crime family” scandal vs D’s inability to focus relentlessly on Trump & Co’s mind-bending corruption. Everyone should post their favorite insane Trump grift to celebrate the 4th.

[Hal Holway @DocBendrix]

@SaintLaurant @MuellerSheWrote @teresa42360 Spoiler alert: Trump is a traitor to our country.

[Maria Shriver @mariashriver]

Please read this and please pass this forward. This should horrify all of us in this great country. This is not who ‘We the People’ are.

[Hy Bender @hybender]

Coolest use of a drone

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

We don’t wanna see it, but we can’t normalize it, so we must see it.