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New: Trump officials have proposed giving taxpayer dollars to groups aligned with conservative movements in Europe as well as advocates for white South Africans, according to interviews and documents reviewed by ProPublica. propub.li/44BV8YE

The Trump administration is escalating its efforts to exert greater federal control over the nation's elections. Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened local election officials with jail time if they refuse to cooperate with administration requests for voter data. It follows President Donald Trump using a prime-time address to revive widely debunked claims about the integrity of American elections and to call for more restrictive voting laws ahead of the November midterms. @ELizLanders takes a closer look at what the president said and what the facts show.

BREAKING: Judge rules Trump admin's DOGE-era firing of FEMA CFO Mary Comans was illegal because it bypassed civil service protections. Judge Michael Nachmanoff (Biden/EDVA) said DOJ appeared to want him to defy 1886 precedent #SCOTUS has not overturned politico.com/news/2026/07/1…

🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court revived USPS’ ability to move forward with Trump’s anti-mail voting rule. The rule would mandate new federal checks before mail ballots are sent to voters democracydocket.com/news-alerts/ap…

AIPAC still supported 121 Republicans who voted to overturn the 2020 election, after January 6th.

A group that advocates for private school funding programs estimated that last year, states allocated $10.6B to these programs, up 29%. One company encouraged churches to tap into public funds, calling them "God's new gold mine." propublica.org/article/privat…

19 thoughts on Trump’s Presidential Commission on Religious Liberty report: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/07/13/19-…

Translation: American consumers will pay higher prices for Canadian goods to atone for the wildfires. You really showed them.

No President Has Embarrassed This Country the Way Trump Did Last Night trib.al/Bgpw4jX

"Before he can vote for himself in next month’s primary, Mike Lindell needs to register to vote in the state he wants to lead as governor. The MN Secretary of State’s office said Lindell, Trump’s preferred candidate, 'does not have an active record,' spokeswoman Cassondra Knudson said when asked if Lindell is a registered voter. A Star Tribune review of voter records shows Lindell has an active voter registration in Texas." startribune.com/mike-lindell-t…

Child welfare referred Black parents to law enforcement 14,000 times in 7 years, despite no findings of abuse or neglect. motherjones.com/criminal-justi…

Guess I missed that one. Was it before or after his speech last night?

This was really the Tulsi Gabbard school of persuasion: Put out a bunch of documents, claim they say things that they obviously don’t, presuming that your target audience won’t bother to read them. More from @RadioFreeTom theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/…

Declaring Islamic terrorism "severely diminished," Rubio said the counterterrorism apparatus must be retooled to confront the supposed threat from "far-left terror," Reuters reports.talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/i…

Epstein survivor Annie Farmer on meeting with Acting AG Todd Blanche: "I feel even more confident in urging senators to vote against his confirmation as the United States' Attorney General. I found him abrasive, condescending, and intentionally noncommittal to survivors — a marked contrast to his public testimony during his confirmation hearing. While quick to point to the failures of previous administrations, he refused to take accountability for mistakes made under his own leadership."

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Trump's election-fraud speech tonight is the brainchild of John Solomon, a star conservative journalist with a long history of alleged ethical and factual issues in his work. My latest False Flag newsletter for @BulwarkOnline thebulwark.com/p/can-this-pse…

According to Trump's "bombshell documents," the CIA could not even assess with confidence that Venezuela was ever able to commit large-scale fraud in IT'S OWN VENEZUELAN ELECTIONS, let alone elections here in the U.S. I am actually so glad he released these 😅

Tulsi Gabbard had her “biolabs” conspiracy. She declassified records that said at the top “this is Russian disinformation.” Now Trump declassifies records for his ridiculous election conspiracy and it says Russia is the only one meddling. These people are intractably stupid.

Trump gave a 26-minute speech about election integrity and accidentally declassified a document proving Russia helped him. The call is coming from inside the house.