Randy Guntharp

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This New York Times piece is worth your time. Here’s what is happening, as simply as I can put it.

Back in January, Trump sued the IRS, an agency he controls, demanding $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns a number of years ago.

IRS lawyers did their jobs. They wrote a memo laying out the defenses that could beat the suit, including the fact that Trump filed too late. His own lawyer was in court when the leaker pleaded guilty in October 2023, more than two years before Trump sued.

The Justice Department never showed up to court. Never argued back. Never used the defenses sitting on their desk.

The judge got suspicious and ordered both sides to explain whether they were actually opposing each other or just colluding. The day before that brief was due, Trump dropped the suit.

Same day, his Justice Department announced a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded “anti-weaponization fund.” 

Trump gets a formal apology. The IRS agrees to drop any audits of him and his family, even though a 2024 Times report found a loss in an ongoing audit could cost him over $100 million.

The acting Attorney General, Trump’s former criminal defense attorney, picks the five commissioners who decide who gets paid. Trump can fire any of them. Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are not ruled out.

This is the most corrupt thing I’ve ever seen from an American president.

Where in the hell are my Republican colleagues?

https://t.co/La0nlLuz1r

[Geoff Calkins @geoff_calkins]

Nearly $50,000 spent by the city on trip to Puerto Rico — and not a single person hired? Yikes!

[PharmacyPhunQuiz @PhunQuiz]

Bits and Pieces:

The first commercial oral estrogen preparation was an estrogen complex extracted from placentas called Emmenin in the 1930s. It was used to treat dysmenorrhea. Credit @countersside #PhunQuiz

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

You cannot have everything in the present. The road to mastery requires patience. You will have to keep your focus on five or ten years down the road, when you will reap the rewards of your efforts. The process of getting there, however, is full of challenges and pleasures.

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Five cases of malaria have been identified in the U.S., marking the first time since 2003 that the disease has been acquired within the country https://t.co/lUUOANSbRm

[Michael Weintraub, MD @MWeintraubMD]

Retatrutide, a TRIPLE agonist (GLP1, GIP, glucagon), just released phase 2 trial results demonstrating 25% weight loss in half of people with #obesity.

This amount of weight loss has not been accomplished before with medical therapy.

Results: https://t.co/TjULjeIeeH

#ADA2023

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

How killer whales attack seals using fluid dynamics

[full video: https://t.co/oyqb3ZsuAr]
[wave-hunting: https://t.co/UeMErfyNys]

[Reuters @Reuters]

‘OceanGate shouldn't have been doing what it was doing. I wish I had been more vocal about that.’ Director James Cameron said he wishes he had sounded the alarm earlier about the submersible Titan that imploded on an expedition to the Titanic wreckage https://t.co/3qGkrHnZZz

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The caterpillar of the Chinese bush brown butterfly shows a not even too vague resemblance to a cat

[read more: https://t.co/pBS5lbmL0G]
[📹 Carl Wernicke: https://t.co/yqFfKnfE76]
#CATerpillar

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

There are 12 black dots on this image but your brain will not let you see them all at once

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

A spectacular sight 1225m (4019 ft) beneath the waves off Baja California as EVNautilus encounter the amazing Halitrephes maasi jelly.

[Baseball by BSmile @BSmile]

Today In 1985: In an all-time classic July 4th ballgame, Atlanta #Braves pitcher Rick Camp hits an 18th inning HR on the morning of July 5th to tie the game vs. the New York #Mets! #MLB #Baseball #History #4thofJuly

[Warren Sharp @SharpFootball]

awareness level: 0
drunkenness level: 98
fireproof superpowers: 100

[𝒥 𝒪 𝒮 𝒽 @joshmallitz]

LETS F******** GOOOOOOO

[Ole Miss Baseball @OleMissBSB]

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[Kendall Rogers @KendallRogers]

🏆🏆OLE MISS -- NATIONAL CHAMPS🏆🏆

FINAL | @OleMissBSB makes history! The #Rebels win the National Championship for the first time in school history with a 4-2 win over Oklahoma.

What a run for @CoachMikeBianco and the #Rebels.

Incredible. Deserved. Finally.

[Ole Miss Baseball @OleMissBSB]

NATIONAL CHAMPS BABY!

[Ole Miss Baseball @OleMissBSB]

WE DID IT