The Long, Hot Summer of Trump II Depredations

Originally published at: The Long, Hot Summer of Trump II Depredations

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. A Snapshot of America in the Summer of 2025 I returned last night from a weeklong trip paddling down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. No phone signal. No news. No real contact with…

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Frist!

And, I posted this late last night but I really want to share this with a few more potential listeners. It’s been at least 50 years since we’ve had a talent like this. He’s a man for our times and a real treasure.

This is NOT the Elton John song!

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EXCLUSIVE

DNI Tulsi Gabbard overrode CIA officials’ concerns to release a classified House GOP report that challenged the intel community’s assessment of Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, the WaPo reports.

Revealed: ‘Irresponsible’ Trump official published CIA’s ‘most closely guarded secrets’

The minimally redacted classified report on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released late last month contains information so sensitive that it could allow America’s enemies to detect top-secret spying techniques and human sources, and could result in America’s allies reconsidering the trust they place in the U.S. Intelligence Community, one top Democrat is warning.

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A vacuum that demanded to be filled.

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Today’s Heather & Paul

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Remember that whole ruling on Home Depot/raids/profiling because of LA? Neither does ICE

Penske is investigating as it violates policy and rental agreements to transport people in the back of their trucks. Hey, it’s a start.

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The schnoz standard!

Rejection of science and expertise has always been at the heart of movement conservatism and religionism, and finds fertile fields in the uneducated and the evangelical movement.

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So, we can return the Confederate monuments, restore their names to military bases, but we can’t mention slavery?

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What’s that fancy name for being too stupid to know you’re stupid?

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“Well, it’s been rough this year, and we’re hearing from farmers all around the country,” Boyd said. “Bankruptcies are on the rise and farmers are asking, ‘What, am I going to be able to stay in my home or keep my home,’ if they file bankruptcy. Farm suicides are up and the president’s tariffs have put this country in complete turmoil for America’s farmers, and really, it’s a state of emergency for America’s farmers because right now we’re still selling corn, wheat and soybeans at dramatically low prices because the markets have plummeted, because every other day the president makes another announcement about tariffs.”

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-farmer-tariffs-2673866496/

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Dunning-Kruger effect.

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(I’m still not sure I understand the Sydney Sweeney thing)

My life seems to be going just fine with the most tangential and casual of familiarities with it.
Actually, my mental health might be somewhat improved by my ignorance.

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The average layman isn’t a fucking scientist you fucking dipshit.

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N-dimensional stupid.

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Sorry CIA and other intelligence agencies…it almost doesn’t matter how bad Tulsi or others harm our NatSec…they already failed so horribly that it can’t be much worse. The foreign stooge is still on the throne. Time to start over.

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Marc Elias responds to Tulsi Gabbard’s insinuation that he is under investigation because he no longer uses Twitter/X

I’m Not panicking. I’m Outraged.

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The newest “easy targets” for deportation.
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A new Trump administration policy allows federal immigration authorities to initiate removal proceedings for immigrants without legal status who seek lawful permanent residency through a spouse or other family members.

“Family-based petition accords no immigration status nor does it bar removal,” warns a new guidance issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Monday.

This is how Melania’s parents obtained their admission


Amalija Knavs and Viktor Knavs, parents of first lady Melania Trump, obtained their Green Cards via the very pathway the Trump administration is targeting with its new policy.

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He probably wants to handle it personally, like when he wandered into the locker rooms of his beauty pageant’s contestants.

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