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Donald Trump is using the office of the presidency to enrich himself. Who the heck knows why he needs more money, given that he already has a bunch of it. It’s pathological. But what makes Trump’s corruption particularly stunning is that much of the money he has made has come directly from his own followers. Trump’s cryptocurrency schemes have made him billions while producing the…

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A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. The DOJ’s descent into total clowndom continues Just when you thought they couldn’t get any more incompetent … What’s going on with Mitch McConnell’s health? It’s been weeks with no updates. Trump makes the World Cup even more corrupt As per usual, Trump doesn’…

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A cartoon by Drew Sheneman. Related | Mamdani’s got Trump and Fox News big mad…

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President Donald Trump did everything in his presidential power to keep the party going for his Freedom 250 celebration in Washington, D.C.—even if it was a mess. “When I heard that it was cancelled, I immediately overturned that decision, and waited a while for people to come back,” the president wrote in a now-deleted Truth Social post Sunday. While Trump bragged about the return of…

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Preliminary hearings into the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk began on Monday, and it almost immediately became clear that the right-wing media culture of conspiracy theory around the case has not gone away. Kirk’s widow, Turning Point USA head Erika Kirk, attended the hearing, along with Kirk’s parents. Donald Trump Jr. was also in attendance at the hearing in Salt Lake City…

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Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, appears to be contemplating dropping out of the race after Politico published a bombshell report on Monday from a woman who went on the record to accuse him of sexual assault. “Regardless of the inaccuracy of the reporting but mindful of the political reality it will inflict, we are taking the time to reflect on the best path forward…

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It’s a terrific time to be an absolute freak about guns, as the Trump administration races to dismantle even the slightest and most common-sense gun control efforts. In its latest attempt to make the United States as unsafe and unstable as possible, the administration is getting rid of over three dozen gun regulations—all in the name of “freedom.” Everyone in the administration…

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A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related | How the Supreme Court just made life tougher for tortured immigrants…

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Democratic voters are mad as hell about the state of the country—and they are punishing even their own lawmakers for it. Five incumbent House Democrats have lost primary bids so far to political upstarts, including most recently longtime Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado, who fell to progressive Melat Kiros in the June 30 primary. Meanwhile, three House Democrats who ran for statewide…

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It’s been weird enough, absolutely reality-warping, to have President Donald Trump insist that the Reflecting Pool’s swift collapse into nothing but an algae breeding ground with a crumbling vinyl lining was the fault of felonious vandals. But let’s face it: we underestimated this administration’s commitment to malicious grift. So, things are getting much, much stupider. To solve the problem…

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International soccer already had a reputation for corruption and dirty dealing, and now President Donald Trump has made it even worse. The New York Times reports that on Wednesday, Trump called FIFA president Gianni Infantino and asked him to reverse the red card received by U.S. Men’s soccer player Folarin Balogun, which had resulted in his suspension following the U.S.

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A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related | Trump holds housing hostage to ram through anti-voter bill…

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The health status of ailing Kentucky GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell remains a mystery weeks after he was hospitalized for unspecified causes, with his staff providing few details about what ailment he is suffering from or what his long-term prognosis is. On June 14, McConnell’s staff made a virtually detail-free announcement that the 84-year-old senator “was admitted to the hospital this morning”…

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These days, the Department of Justice is, to put it extremely mildly, in absolute disarray. The whole agency has been reduced to essentially two missions and two missions only. First, they are the blunt objects President Donald Trump regularly deploys to persecute his enemies. Second, they are the stooges tasked with handling the massive amount of immigration cases that have resulted from all the…

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Even some Trump-appointed judges have agreed that indefinite detention is unconstitutional. By Tim Henderson for Stateline Gilberto Pacheco was driving to work for a construction job in California when he was pulled over in what court papers called a “traffic stop” in January. He was not accused of any crime, not even a traffic infraction, but he was imprisoned without bond for…

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Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. Video gaming is getting more expensive, and two reviled entities hold much of the blame: President Donald Trump and the artificial intelligence industry. And such inflation is only bad news for the Republican…

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A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related | Vance gets his ass whooped on ‘The View’…

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A warm, dry winter set the stage for an early and aggressive start to fire season. More fires are on the horizon. By Kiley Price for Inside Climate News After an exceptionally warm and dry winter, vast swaths of the Western United States are up in flames—and conditions could get worse. Several large fires are burning in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Nevada and Utah.

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ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation. By Ken B. Morales for ProPublica In its term that ended last October, the Supreme Court passed an important milestone that went unnoticed: For the first time, it decided more cases by secret ballot…

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