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We were just notified that cell-site simulators were used during the No Kings protests in several cities. Fortunately, we planned for this. Portland, Houston, Philadelphia, and Chicago were among the targeted locations. If you’re attending protests, please remember to follow protocol.
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ValueTruth Jul 17, 2025

The Intellectualist Jul 16, 2025

🚨 Sergio Gor, a top Trump aide, faces scrutiny over his Soviet origins, Moscow trips, and Malta ties, raising questions about transparency in his powerful White House role.
https://theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trump-aides-soviet-roots-russia-ties

Trump Aide’s Soviet Roots, Russia Ties Raise Questions About His Influence

From Tashkent to Mar-a-Lago: The tangled biography of one of Trump’s most influential advisors

The Intellectualist

ValueTruth Jul 17, 2025

The Intellectualist Jul 16, 2025

🚨 In a newly surfaced audio, Trump’s $25 million donor demand raises serious questions about campaign finance law violations. Legal experts say he may have admitted to illegal solicitation during the fundraiser.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theintellectualistofficial/p/trump-admits-pressuring-donor-for

Trump Admits Pressuring Donor for $25 Million, Ignoring Legal Limits in Fundraiser Audio

At a 2024 fundraiser, President Trump’s remarks on demanding millions from a billionaire donor ignite scrutiny over potential campaign finance violations.

The Intellectualist

ValueTruth Jul 17, 2025

The Intellectualist Jul 16, 2025

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.”

― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

ValueTruth Jul 17, 2025

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The Intellectualist Jul 17, 2025

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ValueTruth Jul 17, 2025

The Intellectualist Jul 17, 2025

🚨 Texas GOP Chair Kelly Giles, arrested on felony election fraud charges, emerges as the latest figure to challenge the credibility of his party’s so-called election integrity crusade in Texas politics.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theintellectualistofficial/p/texas-gop-chair-arrested-for-election

Texas GOP Chair Arrested for Election Fraud After Leading Election Integrity Crusade

Kelly Giles’ felony arrest over falsified candidacy documents exposes contradictions in the Texas GOP’s push for election integrity.

The Intellectualist

ValueTruth Jul 17, 2025

WIRED Jul 17, 2025

DOGE Put Free Tax Filing Tool on Chopping Block After One Meeting With Lobbyists
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-direct-file-chopping-block/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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DOGE Put Free Tax Filing Tool on Chopping Block After One Meeting With Lobbyists

A key operative from DOGE initiated plans to potentially kill Direct File, the free tax filing tool developed by the IRS, after offering assurances it would be spared from cuts.

WIRED

ValueTruth Jul 17, 2025

Steve Benen Jul 17, 2025

As Senate Republicans advance Trump’s rescissions package, there’s an underappreciated consequence:

Why would members ever agree to compromises on spending bills if the White House — with the approval of its congressional allies — is going to undo the parts the president doesn’t like? https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-behest-republicans-vote-cut-billions-foreign-aid-npr-pbs-funds-rcna219284

At Trump’s behest, Republicans vote to cut billions in foreign aid, NPR and PBS funds

Congress might have the power of the purse, but in a vote on a rescissions package, Republicans surrendered their authority to the president — again.

MSNBC

ValueTruth Jul 16, 2025

Steve Benen Jul 16, 2025

“You would be worried if your grandpa started acting like this,” Barack Obama warned voters last fall. “The point is we do not need to see what an older, loonier Donald Trump looks like with no guardrails.”

This came to mind watching Trump’s latest cognitive missteps. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-says-was-surprised-jerome-powell-fed-chair-appointed-was-appoint-rcna219162

Trump says he was surprised that Jerome Powell, the Fed chair he appointed, was appointed

Donald Trump seemed to forget that he appointed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, which was part of an unsettling pattern of cognitive missteps.

MSNBC

ValueTruth Jul 16, 2025

WIRED Jul 16, 2025

DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children
https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-and-doj-face-new-pressure-over-collecting-childrens-dna/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Politics @politics-WIRED

DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children

The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.”

WIRED