Another satirical art installation was recently erected on the National Mall. It is titled ‘Iran War Participation Trophy,’ standing 10 feet tall, & provides a scathing rebuke of Trump’s policy towards Iran and a mocking plaque that makes clear what those who created the trophy think of Trump.

Gabriel Perez, a tech asst to Trump who has been operating Trump's teleprompter since 2016, is in talks with federal regulators to settle allegations he used his inside knowledge of the Trump's speeches to win more than $100,000 betting on his speeches on the prediction market Kalshi.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the creation of a joint task force between the Pentagon and the DOJ. This isn’t to track foreign spies or enemy combatants. The task force has one target: reporters’ sources, the people inside the government who talk to the press when something goes wrong.

Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act to stop people from looting cultural sites for personal gain. Trump wants to cut Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah each by one million acres. Grand Staircase-Escalante holds coal reserves, & the Bears Ears has uranium.

Yes, fighting evil everywhere, especially where there are spoils of war to be had.

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Iran’s parliament speaker said the Strait of Hormuz would only reopen under “Iranian arrangements, not American threats.” Trump can gain from the prolonged conflict, whether it’s to win Israel’s favor or b/c wartime presidents don’t typically lose midterms, or possibly he has no idea how to stop it.

Trump admin finalized a rollback of the definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act. Destroying an imperiled species’ nest or habitat is no longer illegal unless it’s intentional. Trees containing the nests of endangered birds can be cut unless the bird is physically sitting in the tree.

ICE claims Lorenzo Araujo, father of 3,on his way to work decided to weaponize his own vehicle against a car full of federal agents, one of whom shot and killed him. 3 men in the car with him each said the officers were on the sides of the car, not in front or behind. Gosh, who to believe?

Trump fired all remaining members of the U.S. Election Asst. Commission after SCOTUS granted him power to remove leaders of indep. agencies. The EAC certifies voting systems. Many states won’t buy or use voting machines without its certification. That work is now frozen heading into the midterms.

David Streever, of Rochester, sent an email criticizing ICE. Federal agents tracked him to a NYC hotel where he’d stopped with his 7yo daughter on the way home from a vacation in Finland. The message: you don’t need to repeal the 1A b/c of a violation. You just make people too afraid to use it.

The DOJ announced it will send federal election monitors to 15 jurisdictions across 6 states during the 2026 primary season: AZ, MI, MA, MN, NH, VA. Election officials in all 50 states and D.C. could face criminal liability if they knowingly keep noncitizens on voter rolls or let them cast ballots.

Dog executioner Kristi Noem faces fresh humiliation. Her replacement, Markwayne Mullin, ordered her image to be scrubbed from all public advertisements tied to DHS. He has ordered border officials to track down and delete any remaining airport videos featuring Noem, the Daily Beast reported.

Federal judge Thomas Barber tossed a $3.8 billion defamation lawsuit filed by Trump Media and Technology Group against the Washington Post. Trump Media “failed to present evidence that the Post “published the allegedly defamatory statements with actual malice.”

Federal judge Lewis Kaplan ruled that E. Jean Carroll can receive the $5.8 million awarded to her after a 2023 jury found that Trump sexually abused her in 1996 and later defamed her when he denied her allegations. SCOTUS refused last week to hear the president’s appeal of the award.

During his visit to the ongoing NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Trump reiterated his desire to annex Greenland. Leaders are now "sending a clear signal for Trump to back off." “We are ready to defend every inch of NATO, including our own territory,” said Danish PM Mette Frederiksen. Deja vu?

The Antwerp World Diamond Ctr gifted Trump a diamond-encrusted gold ring, est. at $35,000, for the US's 250th b'day, after securing a 0% import tariff on its annual export of $2B in polished diamonds to the US. After 250 years of independence from a monarchy, Trump receives tribute jewelry.

Semi-literate Trump drew criticism on all sides in his July 4th speech, “And as our Declaration of Independence tells us, we are all made in the image of one almighty god. And a communist will never say that. That’s for sure,” Trump said. Neither does the founding document of the United States.

Pope Leo XIV issued a veiled criticism of Trump, as he extended “heartfelt congratulations” on the US’ 250th anniv. Leo said defending human life involves “welcoming, protecting and assisting immigrants, whose hopes & sacrifices have formed part of the history of this country from its beginning.”

On July 4, 2026, members of the white supremacist and neo-fascist group Patriot Front marched in Washington, DC. The group, founded in 2017 by former Vanguard America members, is rapidly expanding and promotes a white nationalist agenda & presents itself as patriotic. Happy Birthday America!

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For the cringe factor: At the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, ND, Trump spent an hour riffing before landing on the Medal of Honor. “I think I’m going to give one to myself, one to [my sons], and we’ll have a threesome,” he told the crowd. The audience gasped.

Trump is firmly in decline as a "flailing lame-duck." In a piece for The Hill, Fox News analyst Juan Williams wrote "Pope Leo is clear in saying Trump is out of step with Christianity’s core teachings: concern for the poor, skepticism of the rich, embrace of the refugees, and love for thy neighbor.

As America heads towards its 250th anniversary, a new Gallup poll, conducted between June 1-15, shows that U.S. adults who say they are "extremely proud" to be an American has dropped from 55% when the question was first asked in 2001 to 33% today. Go figure.

The Supreme Court declined to hear Trump’s appeal in the defamation case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, leaving the $5 million judgment against him intact. None of the nine justices dissented, including the three Trump appointed. With the appeal denied, the president must pay.

SCOTUS conservative majority voted 6-3 to uphold Trump’s firing of FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, whom he removed because her views “didn’t align with his agenda.” Federal law says commissioners can only be removed for “inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.” Law be damned.

Beatrice Keul, 55, a former Miss Switzerland and Miss Europe contestant, recently accused Trump of threatening her after assaulting her in 1993: “He was grabbing and touching my body everywhere.” He told her to keep quiet, “otherwise, bad things can happen.” Trump's claims he never met the woman.

SCOTUS rebuffed Trump's effort to exert unprecedented control over the economy, ruling he can't fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve, meaning there are checks on the president's ability to reshape the board through firings, keeping the central bank isolated from political pressure.

Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski Laughs Out Loud at Fox News Over Trump Crowd Size Reporting at Trump's "Great American State Fair." Crowds have been small. Presidential historian Jon Meacham: OK, aside from gaslighting about crowd size. It's very small. Much like himself, ask Stormy Daniels.