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Jul 17, 2026
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Jul 13, 2026
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  1. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · Robert McCoy

    Trump Caused Millions in Damage After Freedom 250 Oil Spill (opens the original)

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    The government shelled out almost $2 million in a no-bid emergency contract to clean up a diesel spill that occurred under the watch of Freedom 250, the shadowy organization through which President Donald Trump is administering semiquincentennial celebrations. In May, Freedom 250 and a Trump-tied event management company, Event Strategies Inc., installed temporary lighting while setting up the Great American State Fair on the National Mall. Then, on May 20, fuel lines on the lighting equipment s

  2. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · Robert McCoy

    DOGE Gutted the Office Researching the Explosive Diarrhea Parasite (opens the original)

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    Donald Trump promised federal cuts under the Elon Musk–led Department of Government Efficiency would “drive out the massive waste.” Indeed, waste is now being expelled on an incredible scale, across the country: A diarrhea-causing parasite, cyclosporiasis, has sickened thousands of people in more than two-thirds of U.S. states. And the outbreak’s severity—evidence increasingly shows—can be attributed at least partly to DOGE. According to a Friday report by WIRED, DOGE cuts significantly reduced

  3. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · Robert McCoy

    Protesters Confront Trump Envoy on His Superyacht “Diplomacy” Tour (opens the original)

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    Tilman Fertitta, Texas billionaire and President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Italy, is conducting a two-month tour along the Italian coast on his luxury, 384-foot superyacht, supposedly to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States. The so-called “Coastal Diplomacy 250” tour, which began last month, has made a handful of its 13 planned stops. But Fertitta’s arrival in Venice on Friday, scheduled to overlap with a major Venetian festival, was all but smooth sailing. The ostentatious di

  4. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · Robert McCoy

    Trump Now Wants to Tariff Canada Over the Wildfires (opens the original)

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    President Donald Trump and other Republicans are threatening retaliation against Canada for the wildfires ravaging Ontario, smoke from which has caused hazardous air quality in a significant swath of the United States this week. On Truth Social Friday afternoon, the president accused Canada of “Willful Negligence,” vowing to add billions of dollars to existing tariffs against Canada to make up for the wildfires’ cost to the U.S. “We are holding Canada responsible for the fact that they are not p

  5. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · Robert McCoy

    Senate GOP Is Pissed JD Vance Keeps Ditching Them to Promote His Book (opens the original)

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    Republicans in Congress are reportedly souring on Vice President JD Vance, feeling abandoned as he’s put media appearances before his duty to help resolve the intraparty strife bogging down the GOP’s agenda. With midterms fast approaching and divisions in the ranks of a thin majority stymieing Republican legislative priorities, many in the party have hoped for Vance to step up, leveraging his position as president of the Senate to be a liaison between Congress and the White House. Instead, “lawm

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