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[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

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[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This is a great piece by two ex-White House ethics lawyers, one Republican and one Democrat. It should alarm every American.

Trump and his family are profiting from the very industries he regulates.

Nearly a million everyday investors lost a combined $3.8 billion on his meme coin while Trump pocketed $636 million.

Then there is all the foreign money. The founders wrote the emoluments clause into our Constitution to stop exactly this. Foreign cash flowing to a sitting president was their nightmare, and we are living it.

Congress has the power to end this. We can ban officials from trading stocks and holding assets that overlap with their duties. We can investigate who paid, who benefited, and whether policy was bought.

Trump’s allies stay quiet because they fear his money and his threats. But we must fight back. Either we will end the corruption, or the corruption will be the end of us.
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[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

For the past year, MAGA has been screaming “Europoor” like a cheap car alarm going off at three in the morning. Nobody asked for it, nobody knows how to turn it off.

But then along comes this chart.
America sits at number four in average wealth. Except “average” is the statistic billionaires hide behind. Put Elon Musk in a room with 500 broke MAGA guys, and on average, everyone in that room is a multibillionaire. That’s the trick!

Now look at the median. The actual middle American, the real one with the pickup truck, the missing teeth and the medical debt. Fourteenth place. Behind Belgium. Behind Italy. Behind Spain. And the ordinary European? The man MAGA calls a Europoor pays $9 for his insulin, glances over at the American paying $900 for the exact same vial, shrugs, and goes back to being more than twice as wealthy. He’d feel sorry for you, but honestly, he’s too busy being on vacation.

And that gap between fourth and fourteenth? That’s not a statistical quirk. That’s the entire scam laid bare. America’s wealth exists. It’s just not yours. It belongs to about eleven people in Palo Alto, and you’ve been guarding it for them for free, like an unpaid nightclub bouncer, shouting at Europeans on the internet while the owners drink champagne inside.

American exceptionalism. No other nation on Earth has ever been this successfully convinced to cheer for its own fleecing.

So by all means, keep shouting Europoor. We’ll be over here with our healthcare, our six weeks of vacation, and our double-your-median wealth, trying very hard to hear you over the sound of how sorry we feel.

[Brillig & Toves @JabberwockyDawn]

@factpostnews

[Richard Hanania @RichardHanania]

Incredible WSJ reporting on how European leaders deal with Trump

-European leaders workshopped tweets to send Trump, debating which words to capitalize. They had to sound extra stupid to win over his trust.

-Trump didn't like the idea of sanctioning Russia, so they started calling sanctions "tariffs."

-When a tablet to call Trudeau didn't work, Trump threw it down like a baby.

-Trump took German leader Merz into the Oval Office, which he called the "Lewinsky room", and told him he could take away MAGA swag that he could sell for thousands of dollars.

You couldn't make this into a comedy. The straight reporting is funny enough. But really it's disgraceful and if you have any pride in your nation you should be ashamed of this.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

A million jobs, just gone. Thanks to Trump, and the GOP who have enabled his terrible policies.

[MAGA Cult Slayer @MAGACult2]

Imagine being dumb enough to believe trickle down economics is a thing that’s ever worked.

It’s not. Stop it. Billionaires have brainwashed you.

[HawaiiDelilah™ 🥥🌴🌊 @HawaiiDelilah]

The US had one of the strongest economies in the world under Biden. Trump has managed to undo it in two
years and yet lie relentlessly about the state of the nation.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

We just hit a harrowing milestone. There are now 1,000 hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics that have closed or are on the verge of closing since Republicans gutted Medicaid and the ACA to fund tax cuts the wealthy.

Billionaires over patients. With deadly consequences.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Fact check: No, we don’t have “the greatest economy ever.” Not even close.

Biden left office with 2.8% GDP growth and 4.0% unemployment. Today, under Trump, GDP growth is about 2.1% and unemployment is 4.2%.

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

Because of the Big, Beautiful Bill: A family making $50K will get less than $2 a day from this bill's tax cuts—while a household in the top 0.1% will receive more than $300K

This is legalized theft from working people to reward the ultra-rich.

We must not forget that.

[Renee @PettyLupone]

This photo deserves a Pulitzer Prize.

Not only does it represent our current state of politics but it mirrors many photos of past which confirm the ugly truth about progress…

It must be fought for by every generation.

[The Fourth Musketeer @IV_Musketeer]

Scientists at the Library of Congress recently looked under a microscope at Thomas Jefferson’s original draft of the Declaration of Independence.

Using spectral imaging, they found what was originally written underneath: "our fellow subjects."

Jefferson literally scraped that word away and wrote "citizens" right on top of it.

This is the exact moment the American mindset shifted.

A subject is ruled by a government or a king. A subject is subservient.

A citizen is a free individual with inherent rights, answering to no one.

- History Brew

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

Happy Fourth of July.

[Royally Sage @sage1411]

My brother posts this every year in the family chat on the 4th. Still hilarious.

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

There are few things in my life I have been prouder to do than wear the uniform of the United States Navy.
I didn't serve a president. I served a Constitution. I served an idea …unlike any the world had ever seen; that ordinary people could govern themselves…that power belongs to the people…and…that no one is above the law.
That's what this 250th anniversary means to me.
It isn't a celebration of perfection. Our history has never been perfect. It is a celebration of a nation…that has repeatedly found the courage…to confront its failures…and keep moving toward the promise of liberty.
As someone who has spent the last several years warning about authoritarianism, I refuse to surrender to despair.
Democracy has enemies today. It always has. Every generation has faced those who sought more power…fewer freedoms…and unquestioning obedience.
But…every generation…has also produced Americans willing to stand in the gap.
I believe ours will too.
The story of America…has never been written by the loudest voices…or the strongest men. It has been written by millions of ordinary citizens… who decided that freedom was worth defending.
Two hundred and fifty years later…I still believe that.
And…if history has taught us anything, it's this:
The American experiment bends…but it does NOT break.

[John Jackson @hissgoescobra]

I have thought more about this. It is shocking and painfully symbolic that this photograph, which could’ve been lifted from 1968 in Birmingham, Alabama, happened on our nation’s 250th anniversary. And it happened because of the open embrace of racism by the Trump administration.

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

A year ago, Donald Trump signed a bill to slash health care for millions of Americans, including children.

Here’s how many kids have lost Medicaid and CHIP because of Donald Trump so far.

Alabama: 5,663 kids
Alaska: 12,388 kids
Arizona: 74,680 kids
Arkansas: 10,523 kids
California: 382,776 kids
Connecticut: 5,516 kids
DC: 4,635 kids
Delaware: 4,360 kids
Florida: 121,219 kids
Georgia: 93,697 kids
Hawaii: 1,366 kids
Idaho: 7,541 kids
Illinois: 92,727 kids
Indiana: 174,016 kids
Iowa: 8,340 kids
Kansas: 12,535 kids
Kentucky: 60,522 kids
Louisiana: 32,496 kids
Maine: 1,910 kids
Maryland: 23,906 kids
Massachusetts: 25,169 kids
Michigan: 50,421 kids
Mississippi: 11,259 kids
Missouri: 28,129 kids
Montana: 2,178 kids
Nebraska: 6,793 kids
Nevada: 16,300 kids
New Hampshire: 5,629 kids
New Jersey: 9,691 kids
New Mexico: 19,054 kids
New York: 31,849 kids
North Carolina: 58,250 kids
North Dakota: 2,474 kids
Ohio: 80,467 kids
Oklahoma: 17,618 kids
Oregon: 13,797 kids
Pennsylvania: 55,519 kids
Rhode Island: 11,163 kids
South Carolina: 49,298 kids
South Dakota: 5,555 kids
Tennessee: 17,633 kids
Texas: 190,956 kids
Utah: 11,325 kids
Vermont: 2,034 kids
Virginia: 67,520 kids
Washington: 30,047 kids
West Virginia: 11,883 kids
Wisconsin: 28,820 kids
Wyoming: 3,829 kids

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

"I love the poorly educated." - Donald Trump