US BUDGET DEFICIT SOARS

The deficit jumped 19% to $291B in July. This is despite $21B collected from Americans due to higher import taxes, which led to higher costs on goods like furniture, footwear, and auto parts.

The deficit for 2025 is already $1.63 trillion, up 7% from the last year.

Crockett: "They have already decided the only way they can win, b/c they have failed policies, is by making sure they can cheat their way, & while they're cheating, the only way they can do that is while they violate the Constitution as well as the Voting Rights Act & make sure it's people of color"

Donald Trump complaining about violent crime in DC is rich.

Tapper: What do you make of Abbott’s argument that you’re fleeing like chickens…

Crockett: The only weakling is the Governor himself. It’s not Texans that asked him to do this—it is the criminal in the White House that begged for him to do this.

here's today's post: "dipshit president to fight imaginary crime wave in dumbest way possible" — how fucking stupid is this?
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Trump's DOJ just cleared the way for healthcare monopoly UnitedHealth to buy the second-largest provider of home healthcare in America.

The approval came after UnitedHealth hired Ballard Partners, Pam Bondi's former employer, to lobby on its behalf.

"Drain the swamp."

here's today's post: "CBS can pretty much fuck all the way off" — so can their parent company Paramount.
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Dozens of Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Sunday as they tried to get food aid, according to local health authorities, one of the deadliest days in recent months for those seeking assistance.

By Joe Hernandez, @danielestrin.bsky.social and Anas Baba