Pete Hegseth: "Unfortunately, the weakness of the previous administration has driven Russia and China closer together. That's a terrible development of a lack of American leadership and a lack of American strength."

Good morning, #Idaho. #IdahoEscape.

Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"

CNN: Democrats say 97% of the Epstein documents released last night were already public. What do you say to that?

COMER: Well, the 3% that weren't public, that's 3% more than Joe Biden released when he was president. Look, President Trump is complying with our subpoena.

Dan Bongino's babysitter FBI leadership needs some adult supervision.

"The backlash after Bondi walked back her promise to release the 'Epstein client list' was so fierce that it reduced Bongino to a raging tantrum, after which he failed to show up for work. But while the Epstein fiasco was the most public demonstration of his incompetence, it's hardly the only one."

‘Fact-Check This Crap’: The 5 Juiciest Fox News Revelations in Smartmatic’s Newly-Unredacted Court Filing A slew of private text messages from current and former Fox News hosts were made public on Tuesday night after a judicial hearing officer unredacted parts of a motion filed by Smartmatic.

In today's least-shocking news that we all knew before, Fox staff and producers all along the election wasn't stolen in 2020 and lied for ratings.

www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fac...

Vance and Hegseth are meeting with National Guard troops in DC as protesters loudly chant "Free DC!"

Dan Bongino's babysitter FBI leadership needs some adult supervision.

"If you are looking for someone to launch 1,000 pointless investigations that stick it to 'woke' and make Fox News hosts clap like giddy seals, then Andrew Bailey might be just the man for the job. It's terrible for democracy, but great for content."

Burgum touts that restaurant reservations in DC are "up 30 percent" (in fact restaurant dining in DC has plunged since Trump's takeover: https://www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-restaurant-dining-plunges-trumps-crime-crackdown-continues)

Just now…

Ossoff: "Democrats need to strike back. We have no time or luxury for high-minded hesitation, because Trump and MAGA are going to do everything within their power to hold on and to lock in one party rule in America. That's the reality that we face."

WATCH: Laura Loomer, a self-described "Islamophobe" with very close ties to Donald Trump, successfully pressured the U.S. State Department to halt medical visas for severely injured Palestinian children from Gaza. @chrislhayes.bsky.social

really ?

The Texas House just passed new district maps designed to give Republicans an edge in Congress After protests, a two-week quorum break and out-of-state pressure, the Texas House passed a new map for the state’s congressional districts on Wednesday. The bill now proceeds to the Texas Senate, which is weighing a slightly different redistricting map.

JUST IN: The bill goes to the Senate Thursday. It would create new districts for the midterm elections that could help Republicans win five more seats in Congress. via @kutnews.bsky.social

1. Get bad jobs numbers
2. Fire person who counted
3. Stop counting

‘1984’ is upon us 🇺🇸

Talarico owns Will Cain so hard that he has to tap out of their interview based on "time"

I also didn’t hear outrage when Mike Johnson decided to clock out early, saying Congress wasn’t in session because he didn’t want to vote on releasing the Epstein files.

If you’re going to blast people for bailing on their jobs, at least be equal opportunity about it.

Casar as CNN presses him about running against Doggett: "We aren't accepting these illegal maps. We're not going to just stand by and be pit against one another... this fight is about something much bigger than the horserace... it's about voters being able to choose their member of Congress"

This is Texas Rep. Todd Hunter who submitted the proposed redistricting map to rig the 2026 midterms. His phone numbers are: 512-463-0672 and 361-949-4603. His office address is: 15217 South Padre Island Dr. Suite. 201, Corpus Christi, TX 78418. CALL TO ACTION/ORGANIZING

Ken Paxton: "We're looking into another process where we could potentially take some of these people out of office for not following through on their constitutional duties."

Jeans AND genes both rhyme with EPSTEIN.

CNBC: Do you think we are starting to see a real slowdown in the jobs market?

HASSETT: Yeah, I think the jobs numbers were slower than we expected

Jeffries: "These extremists want to be able to choose their voters as opposed to allowing the Texas voters to choose the people who should be privileged to represent them in Washington. It's theft. That's what gerrymandering in its extreme form is."

Elizabeth Warren: "We have Republicans, in theory, they could stand up to him. But I say 'in theory.' It's the most spineless bunch of people I've ever seen."

Alex on twitter writes: "Someone on Twitter writes: "You’re a menswear writer. You don’t know anything about manufacturing in America, or steel mills, or metallurgy, or CNC machining, or how anything is produced from raw material into a finished product in this country or anywhere. Stick to writing about “men’s fashion."" I reply: "i actually had a career in knifemaking before this. the reason why you can't avoid tariffs in knifemaking is because everyone relies on Gobelin machinery. are you aware of this?" Alex replies: "Gobelin machinery? What exactly are you referring to?" I reply: "you Gobelin DEEZ NUTS!"

"stick to menswear"

@jamestalarico.bsky.social: "They've talked about these fines, they've talked about trying to expel us from office... We're not too concerned about the personal or political costs. This is a lot bigger than us. This is about whether or not we will have free and fair elections in 2026."

Smart move FIFA

"I hope we get a scalp" -- Rep. Rich McCormick on Hillary Clinton and MAGA's Russiagate conspiracy theories

Rep. James Lankford makes a case that the real collusion in 2016 was Hillary Clinton colluding with Russians (to defeat her own campaign)

Newsom will move to redraw California map if Texas redistricts, teeing up national fight The governor plans to go through the Legislature to usher in a map with more Democratic seats if Texas tilts its map to the right, according to a person with knowledge of Newsom’s thinking.

Maps are being drawn and legislators are being lobbied. Get it done, @governor.ca.gov! www.texastribune.org/2025/07/30/t...