i believe a thank you is in order for the sponsors of today's military action
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CBS and ABC paid over $30M to settle libel lawsuits filed by Trump (funds go to his future presidential library).
Legal experts saw the cases as weak, and the settlements raise concerns about political pressure on newsrooms and the future of editorial independence.
As CBS’s John Dickerson once put it:
“Can you hold power to account when you’ve paid it millions?”
https://theconversation.com/abcs-and-cbss-settlements-with-trump-are-a-dangerous-step-toward-the-commander-in-chief-becoming-the-editor-in-chief-261006
#USPolitics #news #journalism
The scale of Trump's pay-for-access scheme outlined by the Times is mindblowing. Crypto contributions resulting in business deals with the Trump family crypto businesses, oil companies buying influence and later reaping benefits from friendly policies, and a $1 million pardon.
MAGA Sooo Angry......
Trump not interested in naming a special counsel for the Jeffrey Epstein case, White House says
Some of Trump's most prominent supporters had promoted the idea of Trump naming a special counsel to review the case
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews
The House has passed the GENIUS Act stablecoin bill, sending it to Trump's desk where he will sign it. They've also passed the CLARITY Act crypto market structure bill and the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act, both of which still need to go to the Senate.
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FT: "Donald Trump is preparing to open the $9tn US retirement market to cryptocurrency investments ..."
Trump is seeking to direct Americans' retirement funds to a sector in which he and his family are heavily invested.
https://www.ft.com/content/07906211-5ab8-4917-bcad-5397c0bc3170
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#SCOTUS has ruled that #Medicaid patients do not have the right to choose #PlannedParenthood as their health care provider.
Justice Jackson, in dissent: “This Court continues the project of stymying one of the country’s great civil rights laws” – by limiting the scope of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, which was the technical issue at stake here.
https://theconversation.com/supreme-court-rules-that-states-may-deny-people-covered-by-medicaid-the-freedom-to-choose-planned-parenthood-as-their-health-care-provider-259953
#USPolitics
Justice Department asks court to unseal Epstein Grand Jury transcript.
This will do NOTHING.... no new information nor will a single Jeffrey Epstein file or list will be made public - total waste of time.
Will MAGA buy it!?!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews
This repugnant tax bill that the GOP is trying to push through will hopefully be the end of the GOP.
Hey everyone,
In regards to ICE agents masking:
The upper partials of someone’s speaking voice are like a fingerprint. If you want to save evidence for future prosecution, record their voices.
(I am a professional who works in music and sound.)
#politics #uspol #uspolitics #ICE #corruption #trump #rights #MaskedThugs #CivilRights #justice
The Forest Service Claims It’s Fully Staffed for a Worsening Fire Season. Data Shows Thousands of Unfilled Jobs.
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DOGE cuts and voluntary resignations have severely hampered the agency as the nation enters the peak of fire season, with more than 1 million acres burning across 10 Western states.
https://www.propublica.org/article/forest-service-staff-fire-season?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
#News #KristiNoem #DHS #Ethics #USPolitics #Government #Nonprofit
Call your Republican Senators RIGHT NOW.
Not later; not tonight; RIGHT NOW. Pick up the phone and dial the switchboard if you don’t know their office’s direct number:
(202) 224-3121
Tell your Republican Senator or Senators that you demand they vote AGAINST the Big Ugly Bill that transfers wealth to the billionaire class at a scale not seen in decades if ever, while ballooning the debt to unimaginable levels.
(They'll pretend to care more about that second part, so include it.)
They’re still going through amendments. There is still time, if you call RIGHT. NOW.
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Newsletter: Crypto bills have passed the House with “2, 3, 4 o’clock” phone calls from Trump to give “a little love” to Republican holdouts, $6.9 million in crypto lobbying, and a $141 million midterm threat. The bills feature few consumer protections and destabilizing loopholes.
Newsletter: Trump’s crypto empire attracts more foreign millions, the FHFA pushes crypto on mortgage lenders, and Mamdani’s mayoral primary win makes billionaires sweat.
Sundog, a memecoin by crypto billionaire Justin Sun, just posted a meme depicting its mascot controlling the White House. Sun has spent (or will shortly spend) a total of $213 million on Trump-connected crypto projects.
h/t @cryptadamist
![Tweet screenshot: SunDog @SUNDOG_TRX
You never truly know who’s pulling the strings… 🤫
[AI-generated image of a corgi dog with a collar depicting the Tron logo, paws raised above the White House, with strings attached to the paws like a marionette]
2:30 AM Jul 24, 2025](/proxy/post_attachment/778077/110868f579.png "Tweet screenshot: SunDog @SUNDOG_TRX
You never truly know who’s pulling the strings… 🤫
[AI-generated image of a corgi dog with a collar depicting the Tron logo, paws raised above the White House, with strings attached to the paws like a marionette]
2:30 AM Jul 24, 2025")
For many #Latino youth, the Mexican flag at protests represents heritage, resilience, and identity.
White Americans are far more likely than others to find it unsettling (they were also most bothered by the waving of American flags).
https://theconversation.com/mexican-flags-flown-during-immigration-protests-bother-white-people-a-lot-more-than-other-americans-259004
#USPolitics
Former U.S. Vice President and 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris says she will not run for governor of California in 2026. @abc has more.
#VP #Veep #Kamala #Harris #USElections #USPolitics #California #Governor
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There is really no comparison in American history to the blatant corruption.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/opinion/trump-crypto-genius-act-memcoin.html
The IRS Says Churches Can Now Endorse Candidates. That Could Give Texas Pastors More Power Than Ever.
While the IRS move applies across the country, Texas — with more than 200 megachurches — will be the epicenter for pastors and congregations to test out their new influence, one expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-churches-endorse-candidates-texas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards, loans and other products to the agency.
#News #GOP #Consumer #PersonalFinance #USPolitics #Government