NEW: Donald Trump must divulge detailed financial information from his many businesses as part of his $10B defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation, a federal judge ruled during a discovery hearing on Tuesday
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) July 22, 2026
The ruling by US magistrate judge Enjoliqué… pic.twitter.com/gzUUSAmxVV
NEWS: A Florida judge has ordered Donald Trump to turn over financial records sought by the BBC in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit.
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) July 22, 2026
The judge granted the BBC's motion to compel records from Trump's revocable trust, handing the broadcaster a MAJOR early win in discovery. pic.twitter.com/W54AbaVB6I
FT Exclusive: The Trump administration has collected more than $13bn in revenues from Venezuelan oil sales this year, according to FT calculations, but has said almost nothing about what has happened to the money. https://t.co/j1PIzzMlZf pic.twitter.com/4aKvSPdp2c
— Financial Times (@FT) July 22, 2026
NEW: In a win for voters, a federal judge Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Republican National Committee (RNC) seeking to force New Jersey to release sensitive voter data. http://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/…
— Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) 2026-07-21T15:46:07.470Z
BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Ken Paxton just melted down and stormed out of a press conference after being asked about his 15 houses and alleged voter fraud. What a disaster for Texas Republicans. pic.twitter.com/m0PAgTHRpu
— Democratic Wins Media (@DemocraticWins) July 21, 2026
Cornyn told Semafor that he would not support committee action on Kari Lake’s nomination to be ambassador to Jamaica or Doug Mastriano’s bid to become ambassador to Slovakia without confirmation that the administration will distribute money from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
— Semafor (@semafor.com) 2026-07-21T20:35:04.815Z
John Thune: “Yes, we would welcome him” if John Fetterman wanted to join the Republican conference.“I haven't talked to him recently,” Thune says, while adding that “many” Senate Rs would happily welcome him. “Ultimately that's a decision that's up to him.”
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur.bsky.social) 2026-07-21T18:18:03.014Z
DOJ accuses UC San Diego medical school of bias in admissions
— USpolitics 🇺🇸 (@uspol.skyfleet.blue) 2026-07-21T17:06:53.598Z
Big vote: House defeats Lauren Boebert’s amendment to the NDAA to codify Trump’s executive order banning transgender service in the military, 212-217.
— Connor O'Brien (@connorobrienNH) July 22, 2026
Four Republicans sided with Dems to kill the amendment.
Anti-Trans amendments in the NDAA
— Eric Michael Garcia (@EricMGarcia) July 22, 2026
PASSED:
Nancy Mace's ban on gender-affirming care coverage in TriCare (219-208)
Mace ban on trangender participation in women's sports at DoDEA schools (221-203)
FAIL:
Boebert's ban on trans servicemembers (212-217)
House votes down @RepBoebert effort to codify Trump EO banning transgender military service.
— Anthony Adragna (@AnthonyAdragna) July 22, 2026
Four Republicans: Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Moylan (Guam) and King-Hinds (Northern Mariana Islands) vote no.
The vote was 212-217. https://t.co/gEmwl7Z4kh pic.twitter.com/dL1Y3yrrtX
As a former C-Suite executive at a publicly traded company, providing this important information to the EEOC helped to fight discrimination. Trump lies. US civil rights agency moves to end demographic data collection after 60 yearsapnews.com/article/eeoc…
— First Amendment Esq (@newday2026.bsky.social) 2026-07-21T21:42:31.007Z
Here’s a radical thought: maybe Trump should have sought congressional approval for the war with Iran before trying to stick Congress with the bill.www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec…
— Max Boot (@maxboot.bsky.social) 2026-07-21T11:19:10.164Z
He believes the U.S. should become a Christian theocracy, married women shouldn’t have the right to vote and gay sex should be illegal.‘Hand Jobs, Oral Sex and Anal’: Pete Hegseth's Pastor Wants Gay Men Prosecuted for These Acts [WATCH]open.substack.com/pub/uncloset…
— (@trishmaher.bsky.social) 2026-07-21T18:06:31.650Z
Senator Shaheen speaking for the entire nation in five words.
— Anu (@nofirstorder.bsky.social) 2026-07-21T20:19:00.732Z
HEGSETH: We had US boats that surrendered to Iranian ships during the Biden administration–REED: Listen — we're talking about the war you started. Not a situation in which oil was flowing freely, we weren't losing personnel. So your fallback to Biden is just a very very obvious excuse
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-07-21T20:10:40.903Z
MURRAY: Why exactly are billions of dollars for the National Guard and this administration's illegal strikes in the Caribbean urgently needed for the Iran war?HEGSETH: Because of Biden
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-07-21T19:41:47.032Z
REED: These airstrikes have not yet deterred and defeated the Iranians. Do you think airstrikes alone will do that?CAINE: Air power has limits and we always have to be mindful of thoseREED: The next step would be escalation by ground combat
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-07-21T20:09:52.301Z
HEGSETH: President Trump deserves the kind of praise he should get for undertaking this effortREED: Excuse me. So he should be praised for starting a war without authority and creating a situation in which the world economy is suffering tremendously?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-07-21T20:06:54.308Z
HEGSETH: I don't know what Lloyd Austin did for four yearsDURBIN: I'm sure he has questions about what you're doing now
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-07-21T19:52:43.260Z
HEGSETH: Iran is not charging tolls and they are shooting at ships right nowMURRAY: Trump said he wanted to charge a 20% tollHEGSETH: We have a blockade and it is effective
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-07-21T19:45:58.931Z
MURRAY: How it is possible if Iran's capabilities were 'functionally destroyed' 3 months ago for them to be bombing us now?HEGSETH: Iran is at the weakest point militarily it has ever been in
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-07-21T19:44:24.581Z
Pete Hegseth asks for $1.5 TRILLION for his unjust war.
— Blue Georgia (@bluegeorgia.bsky.social) 2026-07-21T19:30:11.837Z
Reminder: Hegseth was pushed out of TWO veterans nonprofits amid financial mismanagement allegations, running groups into debt, overspending on parties/events, and treating funds like personal accounts.Now, he's bankrupted the Pentagon despite a record budget and is demanding another $1.5 trillion
— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 2026-07-21T20:00:28.343Z
OSSOFF: You stated on the 14th day of this conflict that Iran's military was 'destroyed.' Was that an accurate statement — yes or no?HEGSETH: Iran's ability to challenge the US–OSSOFF: That's not what I asked. Yes or no?HEGSETH: What the milit—OSSOFF: Will you answer the question?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-07-21T21:51:20.336Z
OSSOFF: You stated on March 8th, day nine of the war, you assured the American people of Iranian surrender. Does that remain your prediction?
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 21, 2026
HEGSETH: pic.twitter.com/36k5x1sBT1
Ossoff demolishes Hegseth — then Hegseth has an epic crashout
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 21, 2026
Sen. Jon Ossoff used Hegseth's premature declarations of victory against him during his Senate testimony, repeatedly reading back statements Hegseth made in March and April about Iran's military being "destroyed"… pic.twitter.com/KIFv6TW6Ir
Dershowitz stands up congressional committee for a second time. abcnews.com/US/comer-cal…
— Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) 2026-07-22T03:31:14.136Z
Neither Trump nor Rubio plan to block the extradition of Andrew & Tristan Tate, despite the brothers’ numerous MAGAville tieswww.axios.com/2026/07/22/t…
— Marc Caputo (@marcacaputo.bsky.social) 2026-07-22T11:31:12.035Z
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. pic.twitter.com/YRezmW6YVx
— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) July 22, 2026
RULE: Marketing supplement? HUGE RED FLAG. 🚩The Fake Influencers Selling Wellness on Your Feed http://www.nytimes.com/video/techno…"…found hundreds of A.I.-generated doctors, healers and wellness influencers on social media touting the health benefits of supplements to American consumers."
— Timothy Caulfield (@caulfieldtim.bsky.social) 2026-07-21T14:07:23.245Z
JUST IN: Trump plans to dramatically raise the cost of imported generic medications for Americans.
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) July 21, 2026
A 100% import tax starting August 1, 2028, then 200% starting August 1, 2029. pic.twitter.com/XQmNPrJ9j4
Cue Terminator theme music"OpenAI effectively found an escape route to the internet – by locating a vulnerability that had not been discovered before.The agent then hacked Hugging Face, which is a database of AI models, to locate technology that would help it pass the hacking evaluation."
— Russell England (@russellengland.bsky.social) 2026-07-22T09:40:34.311Z
Scottie's Playtime 