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[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

NEW: Donald Trump has terminated the remaining members of the independent, federal commission that assists election administration officials nationwide just a few months before the midterm elections

“It is ⁠irresponsible and dangerous that this Administration remains dead set on causing chaos for our election officials across this country,” Arizona secretary of state Adrian Fontes said in a Thursday statement. “This ‌move undermines the integrity of nonpartisan election administration.”
https://t.co/8b6Lqcoqvz

[Acyn @Acyn]

MacFarlane: Welcome back to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which has retained its very swampy, green-like color. It’s still fenced off. It’s still inaccessible. It’s still not in its best shape. It is reflecting again, but it’s almost like it’s quarantined in its green-like state.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was a father of three. He lived in Houston for 35 years.

On his way to work, ICE agents shot and killed him. His family learned from a video posted online.

There must be accountability. We need a full, independent investigation.

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

And then you look at the median wealth and everything makes sense.

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

BREAKING: Donald Trump has just called Gianni Infantino and asked FIFA to “just find 4 more goals.”

[Yann LeCun @ylecun]

Tired of winning

[Jeremy Horpedahl 🥚📉 @jmhorp]

During the Gilded Age, real wages in manufacturing and textiles increased faster than GDP per capita (and "unskilled" labor increased at about the same rate)

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

While Trump walked away with a $636 million profit from his crypto venture, nearly 1 million people who bought into it lost a total of $3.81 billion through the end of June. They were probably mostly his MAGA supporters, but to Trump they were suckers. https://t.co/YICLwOmlp9

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Maybe Republicans should spend more time condemning stuff like this and less time condemning the mayor of New York.

[Lee Roach @leevalueroach]

You can track Nancy Pelosi’s stock trades on X. But once you start tracking Donald Trump’s that’s a no no. What’s up with this @nikitabier.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Turns out Trump’s market manipulation with a series of tariff announcements and pauses that tormented American businesses was done to enrich himself.

[Military Times @MilitaryTimes]

U.S. Army Gen. Christopher Donahue relinquished command on Thursday. The Army has not given a reason for the leadership change. https://t.co/BByIooq8XH

[Military Times @MilitaryTimes]

Col. Tracy Allen was removed as the commander of the 633rd Medical Group at Joint Base Langley-Eustis on Tuesday. https://t.co/Y0Y8TEagdZ

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

"Loitering is not permitted in this area," an audio recording sternly warns, as uniformed National Guard troops patrol Washington's iconic, algae-plagued reflecting pool. "Please proceed to a designated location."

Journalist Amanda Moore's dystopian video, shot last weekend just steps from the Lincoln Memorial, instantly went viral—a perfect 8-second encapsulation of American democracy under Donald Trump. Amanda has spent the past 18 months documenting the chaos and brutality of the administration's militarized takeovers and immigration raids in cities across the country. Her footage has been shocking, often horrifying. But it's never before been quite so absurd. (Well, maybe once.)

In her latest video report for Mother Jones, Amanda takes us on a tour of the Trumpified National Mall as the nation attempts to celebrate its 250th birthday. Not far from the reflecting pool's nanobubblers and security theater, there's a very different scene: Trump's Great America State Fair. When Amanda visited this marquee anniversary event, she found a dearth of visitors, a shortage of napkins, and a decaying model of the triumphal arch the president wants to build across the Potomac.

The symbolism here is about as subtle as a Jon McNaughton painting. If I hadn't seen Amanda's reporting, I never would have believed it was real.

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

The Arctic Circle has hit 100°F for the first time

[Meridith McGraw @meridithmcgraw]

Crypto Bets and Real Estate Deals: Inside Trump’s $2 Billion Year https://t.co/neZBZd6qTZ

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Totally normal

[FactPost @factpostnews]

The Trump administration has approved the use of cancer-linked pesticides diflufenican and epyrifenacil, both PFAS forever chemicals.

Neither pesticide has ever been used in the United States before.

[Chris Mowrey @chrisdmowrey]

If you invested $10,000 in Trump coin on January 20th, 2025, it would be worth $415 today.

You lost everything. He made half a billion.

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

If you're an American struggling to afford your own home or pay the rent, here's what Donald Trump thinks about helping you.