The New York Times reported that Todd Blanche was pivotal to Trump's retribution campaign via emails (between Trump and Blanche). It is no secret that Donald Trump has worked with Blanche in indicting people that disagree with Trump from James Comey, The SPLC, Letitia James, etc. Blanche will appear before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on July 15, 2026, for a confirmation hearing. Trump has nominated Todd Blanche to be officially the future U.S. Attorney General. Blanche is currently Acting Attorney General since April 2026 after Trump fired his predecessor, Pamela Bondi. Todd Blanche has not acted independently in his duty. He acts very similar to a defense attorney of Trump as he has weaponized the Justice Department and has total allegiance to the President for political reasons. We need an Attorney General that is independent, defends civil rights, and protects the human rights of the American people comprehensively. A federal judge ruled that the DOJ essentially conceded violations of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Many Epstein survivors and advocacy groups oppose the confirmation of Blanche because of Blanche's handling of the release of the Epstein files (these survivors said that the DOJ revealed personal information including their names, phone numbers, and home addresses while he names of many alleged abusers and powerful people linked to Epstein remained redacted).
Many states are suing Paramount over its proposed deal with Warner Bros. These states want to stop the controversial, blockbuster merger. Trump supports the merger as a means for him to control the political programming of these corporate powerhouses. These states suing this plan are led by California. The proposed merger between Paramount and Warner Brothers would unite some of America's largest movie studios, television newsrooms, and other entertainment properties. That merger will definitely grow the power of monopolies and the agenda of oligarchy. California Attorney General Rob Bnota said in a suit that the merger is unlawful that would cause higher prices, lower quality, and less content for film and television. He states that such a plan would harm movie theaters, basic cable distributors, and audiences of the people in general. Paramount accuses Bonta of having the antitrust laws and the facts wrong. Paramount claims that this plan will grow jobs. The merger deals with Paramount+, CBS Sports, Comedy Central, Vh1, MTV, TNT, TBS, HGTV, Discovery, etc. The owners of Larry and David Ellison have been praised by Trump. Trump wants Warner's CNN to be sold to new owners publicly. Bonta said that the acquisition will be $111 billion and including debt and investment stakes from Saudi Arabia. Paramount and Warner Brothers being merged has not been signed off by the FCC yet.
On this time, it seems that Ukraine is winning the war against Russia. In just one week, Ukraine destroyed or immobilized 105 Russian ships in the Azov and Black Seas. Ukraine has dramatically expanded its long-range capabilities and drone production. Ukraine is targeting tankers, ferries, cargo vessels, ports, and fuel infrastructure. Ukraine wants Russia's supplies involving fuel to go down, so both sides can go into the negotiation table to end the war. Recently, the Sea of Azov is now closed to Russian traffic by order of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to Reuters, Russia halt shipping through the Don-Azov canal after the Ukrainian attack. Ukraine has hit an oil deport in Mikhaylovsk in the Stavropol Krai region of Russia. Russia now has a fuel crisis. Germany will finance the production of 50,000 Shrike FPV drones for Ukraine. The drones will be manufactured by the Ukrainian company SkyFall, while the German firm Auterion will equip them with software and targeting modules. The Shirke 10 was the first Ukrainian drone to shoot down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter since the start of the full-scale war.
Other news is going on. Senate Democrats have blocked Trump's Defense bill over the Iran War. Corporate spending on elections have topped $500 million this year. That's one third of the $1.58 billion dollars in total that corporations have spent since Citizens United in 2010. Hawaii and Montana have plans to neutralize Citizens United. In Iran, the ceasefire seems to be gone now. We have America using new airstrikes in Iran, and Iran attacking Gulf States nations involving military bases, etc. There are more stories coming out about Lindsay Graham. Michael Fanone, one of the D.C. officers assaulted by the January 6th terrorists said that Graham looked at the grieving mother of a dead police officer in the face. Graham told her that he wasn't going to listen to her blame Trump for January 6th. When Fanone showed in camera footage from that day, Graham turned away and looked at his phone. Lindsay Graham was a hypocrite who not only didn't want to embrace truth, but he reveled in promoting policies that hurt Americans and people overseas. Therefore, it is easy to call Graham every name under the sun, but I won't do that. It is certainly time to be bigger than that and to show what we disagree with the man on, so future generations won't have to suffer what we are going through presently.
There have been the recent killings of Lorenoz Salgado Araujo of Houston, Texas and another 26 years old man, who was shot and killed by ICE agents in Biddeford, Maine. The victim in Maine was named Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 26-year-old who originally came from Colombia. According to the neighbor of Guerrero, Nelson Elias, Guerrero was a young man with a wife and daughter. Nelson told these words to the Portland Press Herald. Elias saw Guerrero's wife crying while holding her daughter's hand when the shooting occurred. There is video and eyewitnesses showing that immigration agents pursued Guerrero in downtown Biddeford in unmarked vehicles, rammed the passenger side of his white sedan, and surrounded him with weapons drawn. The agents fired at least six shots. There is footage showing ICE agents pulling his body from the driver's seat. His wounded head shake the pavement and shackling his wrists behind his back as he lay dying. He was not even the target of the warrant the agents were attempting to execute according to Maine Senator Angus King. The federal government changed stories about why they killed the man. For a while, ICE have killed people with basically immunity and impunity. We have to call this out as it is. This is fascism. Our ancestors and relatives defeated the Nazis by 1945, and we must defeat fascism in our generation. Now, ICE has paused low level vehicle stops after deadly shootings. Abolishing ICE makes perfect sense in my opinion.
By Timothy
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