Source: Karl Dickey’s Freedom Vanguard
by Karl Dickey
“The Donald J. Trump International Airport mandate costs taxpayers millions. Leaders from all parties waste public money on monuments. We must demand infrastructure maintenance instead.” (07/05/26)
https://palmbeachexaminer.substack.com/p/stop-naming-public-infrastructure
Source: Antiwar.com
“US Bombs Somalia for 70th Time This Year, Trump Says He Gave Iran a ‘Week Off’ for Funeral, and More.” (07/06/26)
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Emma Ashford & Will Smith
“At Davos in January, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney surprised the audience with his open call for ‘middle powers’ to band together and resist pressure from the great powers. His implication that these states need to resist both China and the United States was somewhat shocking to hear in a policy speech, but it nonetheless reflected a growing consensus that, as the world moves toward multipolarity, middle powers will become more important, especially if they can figure out how to free themselves from the whims of the great powers. For some of the most prominent middle powers, however, the war in Iran has shown the limits of their agency in global affairs — and the difficulties they face when confronted with an intransigent great power.” (07/06/26)
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/gulf-states-us-security-umbrella/
Source: SFGate
“In early May, hundreds of Interior Department employees began receiving emails informing them they’d been reassigned to different jobs. Park Service communicators were moved under the Bureau of Land Management support staff. Longtime BLM staff were transferred to similar roles in vastly different agencies like the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management or the Bureau of Reclamation. Co-workers sharing an office were placed on remote teams working on new projects. According to DOI, these changes were meant to boost efficiency and balance workloads across its agencies. But to five DOI employees who spoke with SFGATE on the condition of anonymity, because they are afraid of losing their jobs, the changes were baffling. ‘It’s like they put us into a bingo roller cage and plucked us out with zero care about individual wishes,’ said one employee.” (07/06/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/interior-department-shakeup-22328543.php
Source: exile in happy valley
by Nicky Reid
“You and your big fucking day. Your 250th birthday. Where has all the time gone? Where did all the Indians go? Where have all the flowers gone? It seems like just yesterday you were lynching Turtle Island with your training bra and just look at you now! You have become such a handsome and heinous colossus over the centuries. How many bases is it now? In how many countries? Please accept my sincerest condolences for your recent spate of failed regime changes. You can’t win them all. And hey, you still got to kill most of their children.” (07/05/26)
https://exileinhappyvalley.blogspot.com/2026/07/dear-amerika-desperate-plea-from.html
Source: The American Prospect
by Eleanor Davis-Diver
“In a bombshell financial disclosure report released last week, Donald Trump revealed he brought in $1.4 billion from cryptocurrency ventures in the first year of his second term. A Reuters analysis last month found that, since the 2024 election, the Trump family generated more profit from crypto than any other crypto firm listed in the United States. While raking in this cash from the family business, Trump oversaw the passage of the GENIUS Act, unleashing barely regulated stablecoin onto the American financial system. And Congress, with the administration’s support, is currently working to pass the CLARITY Act, which would strip investor protections and hand over crypto regulation to an overmatched, historically ineffective agency under Trump’s control.” [editor’s note: Dramacrats got a lot of nerve … ignore the insider trading and other corruption that makes them rich, while fighting to keep someone with actual ongoing businesses (in blind trusts) from any further success – SAT] (07/06/26)
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“A court in Albania’s capital Tirana has freed 19 protesters detained during a violent protest against a resort linked to US President Donald Trump’s family. The protesters released on Sunday were held on suspicion of ‘refusing to obey police orders, organising illegal demonstrations and disturbing public order’, one of their lawyers told reporters. … There have been nightly demonstrations in Albania since May, initially over a luxury coastal resort project which is linked to Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner in a protected natural area.” (07/05/26)
Source: Free Talk Live
“Bonnie’s expired license so we talked about how the DMV sucks :: Always ebe more rude to government workers than real workers :: Uncle Sham :: Is AI a ‘false pretender’? :: Rent A Human website to be paid for tasks as a human by AI :: Turd wants to make industry plants :: Gold heist may uncover CIA secrets :: Dopamine hit websites :: 2026-07-05 Host: Bonnie, Kahuna :: Rich E Rich.” (07/05/26)
Source: The Price of Liberty
by MA Rothman
“This is the Democrat playbook when they can’t win outright: rewrite the rules, rig the maps, and push through structural changes designed to make their electoral advantages permanent. In Colorado — a state they’ve already been winning — that wasn’t enough. They needed to lock it in forever. The delegation stays 4R-4D, and 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 before they could be installed. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 — 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬.” (07/05/26)
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2026/07/05/gerrymandering-battles-the-colorado-front/
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“At least 11 people have been killed in Kyiv following a second night of Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital in a week, the city’s top military administrator has said. Some 46 people have been injured, including five children, Timur Tkachenko added. Three more people were killed in the wider Kyiv region, emergency officials said. Rescue efforts are continuing at more than 20 locations, Tkachenko posted on Telegram, adding that residential high-rise buildings were hit in two districts. The strikes come on the eve of the Nato summit in Turkey, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to hold talks with President Trump.” (07/06/26)