#Trump says he will discuss #elections security & #VotingMachines in an address to the country Thursday night, a likely escalation in his gaslighting efforts to suggest that #US election results cannot be trusted.

Trump has repeatedly described US voting systems as corrupt & vulnerable, despite the fact that he won 2 presidential elections.…

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #VRA #USpol #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/16/us/trump-news#trump-speech-voting-elections

“Our country has to shape up,” #Trump said, calling it a “big announcement.”

“It doesn’t get bigger,” he added, “because without free & fair elections, you don’t have a country.”

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #VRA #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy

Noncitizen voting is already illegal under federal #law & incredibly rare.

All in all this was a great big nothing burger.

#Trump #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VRA #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy

"As the Trump administration’s January deadline looms for states to enforce new Medicaid work requirements, some state lawmakers are turning the tables by pushing to publicly name the largest companies that have employees enrolled in the government program covering low-income and disabled people."

https://kffhealthnews.org/medicaid/medicaid-work-requirement-big-business-employee-enrollees-states-name-shame/

#healthcare #medicaid #insurance #walmart #amazon #tesla #USpol

This is one of the most chilling manipulative lie I have read in a while. And I have read a lot of chilling manipulative lies from that American administration:

“When the leftist protests that we are violating his rights, understand that he is lying to try to persuade people who are not closely following the political scene that some injustice has been perpetrated against him. We must stay the course and be completely unflinching in the pursuit of justice against these enemies of civilization.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/political-violence-event-trump-marco-rubio

#USpol #Fascism #Authoritarianism

> ... the voting public is learning a hard—or I should say watery—lesson about how important good government is, by way of the manifold consequences of Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Robert Kennedy hacking away at American state capacity. The latest consequence can be heard in the groaning emanating from thousands of bathrooms across the country: the worst cyclosporiasis outbreak in American history. It deserves a name, so I’m calling it the MAHA Trots.
https://prospect.org/2026/07/16/how-donald-trump-created-worst-diarrhea-outbreak-cyclosporiasis-food-safety/
#RyanCooper #MAHATrots #DPresident #uspol #USDisease

#IcebergLettuce supplier investigated as possible source in #cyclosporiasis outbreak

Nearly 7,000 cases nationwide are confirmed or under investigation, according to the #CDC. Michigan has accounted for the bulk of cases so far.

Erika Edwards, Sara G. Miller, July 16, 2026

"The Food and Drug Administration is investigating iceberg lettuce supplied to Taco Bells by #TaylorFarms as a possible source in an escalating outbreak of #cyclosporiasis in four Midwestern states, a stomach bug that causes weeks of severe diarrhea, according to a person familiar with the investigation.

"Nationwide, nearly 7,000 people nationwide may have been sickened, with 1,645 of those cases confirmed and more than 5,100 still under investigation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. No deaths have been reported.

"Earlier this week, the CDC announced an investigation into more than 400 cases in Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky.

"The possible outbreak source was first reported by the Washington Post.
Taylor Farms and Yum Brands, the parent company of #TacoBell, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

"The Midwest outbreak is unlikely to account for all cases across the country. Experts said there could be multiple outbreaks from different sources.
Michigan has been hit hardest this summer, with 4,312 cases as of Thursday. (The CDC’s counts often lag behind state counts.) The state’s health department said that 102 people in Michigan have had to be hospitalized.
Michigan health officials previously flagged lettuce and salad greens as a potential source based on more than 1,000 interviews with people who’ve tested positive.

"Getting to the source of the outbreak has been difficult, as the incubation period for the parasite to make a person sick can be up to two weeks.

"A spokesperson for Taco Bell said Tuesday it had 'voluntarily and temporarily removed limited ingredients' at some of its restaurants as a precaution, adding that 'public health officials have not confirmed a link to Taco Bell or any specific ingredient, supplier, restaurant or retailer.'

"This isn’t the first time Taylor Farms has been connected to a cyclosporiasis outbreak. In 2013, 631 people in 25 states were sickened by a salad mix linked to the company, health officials concluded. Many of the illnesses occurred in Iowa and Nebraska among people who’d eaten at Olive Garden and Red Lobster. The outbreak was eventually traced to a salad mix from a Taylor Farms processing plant in Mexico.

"Health officials also determined that Taylor Farms was also at the root of a 2024 E. coli outbreak linked to slivered onions on McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers. According to the FDA, 104 people were sickened in 14 states in that outbreak. Nearly three dozen were hospitalized, four people, including at least one child, developed severe kidney problems. One person, an older adult from Colorado, died."

Source:
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-names-source-cyclosporiasis-outbreak-rcna587899

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/vFSJV

#HealthAndSafety #CyclosporaOutbreak #USPol #TrumpSucks #CDCLayoffs

#Mississippi homeowners blame a noisy #DataCenter plant for sleepless nights. The mayor's advice? "Consider selling."

By Lauren Fichten, July 16, 2026

"It was 4 a.m. on a Sunday and 46-year-old Jason Haley was once again wide awake.

"The suburban silence that Haley had grown used to in his two decades as a resident of #SouthavenMS, had, for the last few months, been replaced by a constant whirring, like an airplane hovering over his home, he said.

"The noise keeping Haley awake was coming from a plant powering #ElonMusk's #xAI #datacenters in the area, according to a lawsuit filed in June against the company and its subsidiary, #MZXTech. Haley and two other #Southaven residents, who live within a mile of the plant, allege in the suit that 'near-constant' noise and vibrations are causing negative physical and psychological health effects.

"The filing comes amid growing #resistance toward data center development, with the majority of Americans opposing local construction of a data center, according to a Gallup poll published earlier this year.

"Similar disputes are playing out across the country, like in #MountPleasantWI, where a lawsuit this month filed by residents alleges a data center emits 'unreasonable and excessive noise' onto residents' properties and in #LowellMA [a city with a large #Latino population -- #EnvironmentalRacism], where noise from a data center's cooling center 'disrupts neighbors' sleep,' according to an April suit.

"There are more than 4,000 data centers in the U.S., according to a recent United Nations report. To power the data centers, developers are building their own plants, sometimes with little warning to residents like Haley.

"Haley reached out to Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite about the noise in emails he shared with CBS News. In one last November, he urged Musselwhite to drive through the neighborhood 'and take a listen to the constant #HighPitch noises.' "

" 'I am aware of the noise and working on a solution with xAI officials,' Musselwhite had responded to Haley an hour later. 'It is a problem,' he said in another email later in the day.

"But soon, another sleepless night rolled around and Haley was emailing the mayor again.

""Anyone else I can reach out to?" Haley wrote to Musselwhite. "It's almost 4 am and I can hear it from my bed. The high pitch and roaring combined is full force at this time. My ears are ringing. I can't live in this. How was this ever approved?"

[In a later email, this was Musselwhite's response] "I know they want houses for employees, so you may want to consider selling your home." 😡

Read more:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mississippi-elon-musk-xai-data-center-power-plant-noise/

#ElonSucks #BigDataSucks #NoisePollution #BigData
#CorporateColonialism #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #AirIsLife #USPol
#AISucks #DatacenterMoratorium
#AIDatacenters #EnvironmentalRacism
#PreyingOnThePoor #EnergyVampires #ResistAI

It was easy enough for the fascists to promise all things to all people before they were in power. Once they were actually in power, they could not, of course, keep their contradictory promises. They had intended in advance to break some, and they did break those they had made to the middle classes, the workers, and the farmers.
#fascism #uspol #history #propaganda

Classic!

#uspol #america #colonialism #immigration

Yes. It is real. He actually posted it.

(Context: Blue Angels, US Navy precision flight team, flew above beachgoers in Florida and jet wash, the kinetic energy of flight, hit the beachgoers. The flyover is in violation of the law, Navy policy and basic understanding of pilot responsibility for anyone older than 5.)

The flyover: https://youtu.be/woBtW5KSwWk

Kegsbreath’s post: https://xcancel.com/PeteHegseth/status/2077747620500439435#m

#USpol #reckless #navy #shame

Alt...

screenshot of a post by Pete Hegseth @PeteHegseth: The flyovers will continue until morale improves. Jul 16, 2026 • 1:30 PM UTC

The struggle will continue until the Führership improves

#uspol

The Trump regime will be remembered for its limitless corruption, its cruelty, its utter incompetence, its racism, its treason, and it breathtaking stupidity.

And for its explosive diarrhea.

#TrumpMustGo #KingOfTreason #RepublicansDidThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

Expanding their tactics to more than just street protest, some have been using review sites to leave bad reviews for oligarch-connected businesses and supporters of corruption.

The Director of Police is holding a press conference to address this, if you can believe it.

EDIT: I can see now it was a press conference in general, but a News 24 reporter says he referred to bad business reviews and the reporter asks for a followup. He replies. I switched out the link to the entire live conference, which lacks captions, to the portion with the bit on business reviews, where auto-captioning & translation is available.

The State Police and Cybercrime Directorate are treating bad reviews like a cyberattack, basically.

https://youtu.be/pZqqWVs4hbA?si=AROOX6u0BbO5XeOS&t=74

#Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution

Machine translated:
The 40 days challenging power / The revolt against the government doesn't stop, citizens again today

40 ditët që sfidojnë pushtetin/ Revolta kundër qeverisë nuk ndalet, qytetarët sërish sot

40 days and 40 nights, didn't protest against corruption reign, children?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvMY6Ld2xUE

#Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution

Albania's Flamingo Revolution: Protests Against Kushner-Trump Luxury Resort Could Bring Down Gov't

Two important Albanian guests on, so this coverage is better than most Anglophone news media coverage I've seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsfbdT3ZPZw

#Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution

Why This Jared Kushner-Backed Luxury Resort is Sparking Protests

Yeah, NYT sucks, but they're doing a good job presenting satellite photo comparison, photos taken on the ground by Albanian environmentalists, and the reporter's own experience to give the lie to what Albanian PM Edi Rama has said about nothing happening until thorough environmental impact standards had been met, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9_76Up0UZ8

#Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #USpol #Environment

Day 41 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XC5pgRraYM #Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment

Back to basics, the English language Wikipedia page on the Flamingo Revolution, which is in its 42nd day today.

Quite a few Albanians who write English well have participated in writing and editing this entry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo_Revolution #Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment

Day 42 of anti-corruption protests in Tirana, Albania

Dita e 42-të e protestës qytetare/ Kërkojnë dorëheqjen e Ramës

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jdjSVV0YWo

#Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment

Why so many Albanians hate the Trump-Kushner resort deal so much | DW News

Only towards the end do they get to the meat of it - Kushner's development was the straw that broke the camel's back. There were a LOT of straws on that back already.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZJMPjUYvzw

#Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment

Day 44 of anti-corruption protests in Tirana, Albania

Live cast as of time of my posting it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DMGX-TU5P8 #Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment

Day 45 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKpzRL-zdcI #Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment

"Albania's 'Flamingo Revolution': What's behind the protests?"

June 27, 2026 article (pre-dates the cop violence in Tirana)

https://www.dw.com/en/albanias-flamingo-revolution-whats-behind-the-protests/a-77710991 #Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment

Protests / Marta Kos to Rama: Repeal the amendments to the law on protected areas

Protestat/ Marta Kos- Ramës: Shfuqizoni ndryshimet e ligjit për zonat e mbrojtura

In Brussels, in a meeting on Albania's integration process into the EU, the Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos said that Albania must repeal the 2024 changes to their law on protected areas (the changes that were made in a corrupt way to expedite Kushner, et al's development of protected public lands).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj5WGmR1QgE

#Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment

Albania’s Flamingo Revolution: Why Jared Kushner’s resort has become a Balkan political crisis

English language report from India (skip the integrated ad at the beginning).

This gives a lot more background than the reports from US networks for sure, but also more than most European networks. Also some info on India's interests.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuYLd5Im8GE

#Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment

Day 46 of anti-corruption protests in Tirana, Albania

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7m2IKaASO0

#Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment

Trump is fuelling a new McCarthyism that is both delusional and dangerous. It’s clearly intended to crack down on Americans who are resisting his anti-democratic agenda: including deadly ICE raids and endless wars of aggression. It’s also a serious escalation of violent authoritarianism from our next door neighbour.

Canada’s participation in this spectacle puts progressive Canadians at real risk. It’s outrageous, and the Prime Minister owes Canadians an explanation as to why he’s involving our country in this ugly episode.

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/canada-attends-trump-summit-targeting-left-wing-extremism/article_206567ca-63e4-45cf-8355-9616dd443713.html

#canada #cdnpoli #uspol

"betting"

https://abcnews.com/US/white-house-teleprompter-operator-made-100k-betting-trumps/story?id=134764573

#uspol #corruption

Alt...

White House teleprompter operator made more than $100K betting on Trump's speeches: Sources

Oh hey, that country where Child Marriage is still legal and it's elected President is a Peadophile...

https://19thnews.org/2026/07/congress-child-marriage-bill/

#ChildMarriage #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

An undercover investigation by Al Jazeera reveals how western donors evade charity law to provide aid to illegal Israeli settlements.

Western governments claim to oppose Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and uphold international law. However, undercover reporters from Al Jazeera expose how donors based in some Western countries fund the expansion of illegal settlements.

#us #usa #uspol #uk #ukpol #eu #eupol #israel #Palestine

https://youtu.be/otagSl7eYMs

RE: https://newsie.social/@servelan/116930554499153328

Bwa ha! The MAHA Trots!
#Cyclosporiasis #maha #usda #trump #uspol

Alt...

Screen grab from boosted article.”how Donald Trump created the worst diarrhea outbreak this century the Maha trots are what happens when Republicans implement their anti-government agenda.”

The #TrumpRegime🚨is uprooting entire chunks of the electoral system structure ahead of the midterms.

“This is a🚨concerted effort of death by a thousand cuts -every day is another battle, but the war that we’re fighting is to maintain our #democracy.”

#Democrats & election officials warn that Trump’s expanding whole-of-govt effort to target the rules around elections & increasingly, the people who run them🚨-could fundamentally DAMAGE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
#Elections #USPol
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/16/inside-trumps-remaking-american-elections-00999693

Alt...

People cast their votes at the Upper Marlboro Community Center on June 23, 2026, in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

At the very time that the fascists proclaimed that their party was the party of the "average citizen," they were in the pay of certain big industrialists and financiers who wanted to run the people with an iron hand.
#fascism #uspol #history #propaganda

Washington tribes sue to save #endangeredspecies habitats nationwide

https://www.kuow.org/environment/2026-07-15/washington-tribes-sue-to-save-endangered-species-habitats-nationwide #USpol

Report: "The New York Times enabled the Gaza genocide"

There's a strong case for prosecuting many at the NYT for their "inciting claims which led directly to violence."

"Arguably [their] libelous reports on UNRWA had an even more serious impact, since they led directly to months of famine & mass starvation among Gazans."

Adam H. Johnson’s book, How to Sell a Genocide lays out the evidence.

https://israelpalestinenews.org/the-new-york-times-enabled-the-gaza-genocide/

#USPol #EUPol #NYT #News #palestine #gazaGenocide .

Reminder: There is a current ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu on charges of crimes against humanity & war crimes.

Report: "Netanyahu set to attend Lindsey Graham's funeral in DC."

He is expected in NY Saturday to Tuesday "to attend the memorial service for Sen. Lindsey Graham & possibly meet US President Trump."

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-902555

Planes can end up anywhere...

#USPol #EUPol #news #LindseyGraham #NetanyahuWarrant #ICC #palestine .

Report: More than 80 British politicians have demanded that the UK government "impose comprehensive sanctions on Israel in line with the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion”.

"The UK's obligations under international law are clear. What is needed now is the political courage to act.”

"Keir Starmer’s government has continued to enable Israel’s atrocities."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-politicians-call-sanctions-israel-starmers-gaza-legacy-slammed

#USPol #EUPol #ICJ #BDS #IsraeliCrimes #news #palestine .

In rare pushback against Trump, Senate Democrats voted not to advance defense legislation.

The bill included $1.1 trillion for the Pentagon, $41bn for nuclear arms management, & $11bn for other defense spending.

"The motion failed in a vote of 50 to 46, when it needed 60 votes to proceed."

Sen Van Hollen said the bill would green light Trump's illegal Iran war & give the Israeli govt "immense leverage over our national security".

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-democrats-stall-crucial-defence-budget-protest-trump-policies

#USPol #EUPol #USDefenseBill #news .

Reminder: There is a current ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu on charges of crimes against humanity & war crimes.

Report: "Netanyahu set to attend Lindsey Graham's funeral in DC."

He is expected in NY Saturday to Tuesday "to attend the memorial service for Sen. Lindsey Graham & possibly meet US President Trump."

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-902555

Planes can end up anywhere...

#USPol #EUPol #news #LindseyGraham #NetanyahuWarrant #ICC #palestine .

House defeats bid to end military aid to Israel as over 100 Democrats vote for it | Democrats | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/house-democrats-israel-aid

#Israel #USA #USPol

I read the news today, oh boy...
#idiocracy #kakistocracy #maga #fuckmaga #trump #fucktrump #epstein #jeffreyepstein #pedophile #trumpstein #trumpsteinclass #epsteinclass #trumpcrimefamily #donold #donnydipshit #donaldvonshitsinpants #treason #crime #news #usnews #globalnews #policy #politics #uspol #uspolitics #globalpolitics #criminal #crime #corrupt #traitor #corruption #treason #history #ushistory #worldshitory

“A fourth lawsuit has been filed looking to block Paramount‘s bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, this time by shareholders who accuse David Ellison and his father, Oracle scion Larry Ellison, of striking an illegal deal with President Trump for approval of the merger.”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/david-larry-ellison-sued-paramount-investors-trump-deal-1236649554/

#USPol

@TheViking

I'd like to add Virginia Foxx - NC's 82 year-old vile representative in the US House.

#NCpol #USpol #VirginiaFoxx

https://people.com/mom-slams-virginia-foxx-letter-to-fourth-grader-11971908