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https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5968466-elon-musk-election-bribery/

A bipartisan elections panel found that billionaire Elon Musk likely violated Wisconsin’s election bribery law when he handed out $1 million checks to voters during the state’s Supreme Court election last year.

The Wisconsin Election Committee voted 5-1 last week to refer two complaints against Musk to the Brown County district attorney’s office after finding probable cause that the giveaways broke the state’s election bribery law, commission spokesperson Emilee Miklas told the Associated Press.

The panel, which consists of three Democrats and three Republicans, said in a motion that Musk broke the law by offering the $1 million to Wisconsin voters who cast their ballots in the Supreme Court election “in order to induce them to vote in that election,” according to a motion reviewed by the AP.

Wisconsin law states that anyone who “offers, gives, lends or promises to give or lend, or endeavors to procure, anything of value, or any office or employment or any privilege or immunity to, or for, any elector, or to or for any other person, in order to induce any elector,” is in violation of the law.

Musk, who is the CEO of Tesla and founder of SpaceX, first announced the giveaway on social media ahead of a public talk in Wisconsin. He later deleted the post and clarified his plan after experts warned his move could be illegal.

“To clarify a previous post, entrance is limited to those who have signed the petition in opposition to activist judges. I will also hand over checks for a million dollars to 2 people to be spokesmen for the petition,” he wrote on his social platform X.

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The deal which was heavily pushed by trump, who also personally sabotaged a previous deal with Netflix which would have kept Warner Bros apolitical, is part of the fascist right wing's prolonged campaign to take over all of American media to cover up information, like trump being a central figure in the epstein list and covering up his regime's historical level of corruption.

https://www.reuters.com/world/urgent-california-11-states-suing-block-paramounts-110-billion-warner-bros-deal-2026-07-13/

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, July 13 (Reuters) - California and 11 states sued to block Paramount's (PSKY.O), opens new tab $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD.O), opens new tab, alleging the deal would create a media behemoth with the power to raise prices in film and television.
The lawsuit, opens new tabfiled in Oakland federal court, threatens to derail Paramount CEO David Ellison's bid to transform his company into a major rival of Netflix (NFLX.O), opens new tab and Disney (DIS.N), opens new tab.

States including New York, Arizona and Minnesota argued the deal would harm theaters and television distributors, raising prices for consumers and making wages less competitive for workers.
"After this merger, for every dollar generated by wide-release theatrical films and basic cable channels in this country, the combined company will pocket more than a quarter," the states said in the lawsuit, adding, "This merger, in short, would create a media behemoth."
Paramount said the lawsuit distorts settled antitrust law and is based on a misrepresentation of competition in the entertainment industry.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/14/darline-graham-nordone-south-carolina-senator

Darline Graham, the sister of the late Republican senator Lindsey Graham, was sworn in to temporarily fill his Senate seat on Tuesday, just three days after his sudden death.

Graham was appointed by Henry McMaster, South Carolina’s governor, to fill the remainder of her brother’s current term.

Graham arrived in the Senate chamber, accompanied by Republican senators Tim Scott of South Carolina and Katie Britt of Alabama. Senator Chuck Grassley administered the oath of office – Darline placed her hand on a bible and pledged to “support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic”. When she finished, the somber chamber broke into extended applause.

Upon her swearing in, Darline, 62, made history as the first woman to represent South Carolina in the Senate. Moments later, she cast her first vote as a US senator to advance the $1.15tn annual defense authorization bill, though it failed in a 50-46 tally.

Lindsey died on Saturday night, aged 71, after what his office called a “brief and sudden illness”. The chief medical examiner then preliminarily ruled on Sunday that he died of aortic dissection due to cardiovascular disease.

With the backing of Donald Trump, Darline was swiftly appointed to serve the remaining months of his Senate term, which ends on 3 January.

“Lindsey spent his whole life looking out for his sister, Darline, and it’s a wonderful tribute that she is now carrying his legacy of service across the finish line,” Scott, who became the senior senator from South Carolina after Lindsey’s death, said in a statement on Tuesday. “I’m honored to welcome Senator Graham to the Senate, and I look forward to working closely together to continue serving South Carolinians and building on the legacy of Lindsey Graham in the months ahead.”

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maine-shooting-ice-biddeford/

A person was killed during a shooting in Maine involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday morning, state House Speaker Ryan Fecteau said.

The Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition identified the person who was shot as a 26-year-old Colombian man who was authorized to work in the U.S. and had been issued a Social Security number.

The police department in Biddeford, Maine, said in a statement that it responded to an incident involving ICE personnel at the intersection of Pool and Hill streets on Monday morning and was providing security at the scene. The department directed inquiries about the incident to ICE.

A photo from the Portland Press Herald shows a car behind police tape with four bullet holes in the windshield on the driver's side.

Project Relief Maine, an immigrant advocacy group, said in a statement on social media that the person who was killed was one of their community members.

https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-exclusive-fbi-admits-it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCW0Ocj9p9k

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Thread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4HA3vUv2c

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-lindsey-graham-dies-71-brief-sudden-illness-rcna552722

WASHINGTON — Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who was elected to the Senate in 2003 and was a close political ally of President Donald Trump, has died, his office confirmed early Sunday. He was 71.

Graham died Saturday night “from a brief and sudden illness,” his office said in a statement.

“Senator Graham’s family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period,” the statement continued.

Graham was chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and was seeking a fifth six-year Senate term in November. He was one of the most well-known members of the chamber and a key voice within the party on defense and international affairs.

Emergency personnel responded to a call for “cardiac arrest” at Graham’s Capitol Hill home on Saturday night, according to police scanner audio obtained by NBC News.

Photographs reviewed by NBC News show that paramedics carried a person on a stretcher from Graham’s home to an awaiting ambulance. Police cars and fire trucks were also on site.

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A parasitic infection that causes miserable bouts of “explosive” diarrhea is surging across the United States at rates that appear to be higher than this time last year. Meanwhile, public health authorities are racing to identify the source or sources driving the surge.

As of July 10, over 3,000 cases of cyclosporiasis have been reported, according to NBC News’ latest tally based on information from state health departments. Meanwhile, the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention confirmed 843 cases from 31 states had been reported to them as of July 9.

According to NBC News reporting, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Illinois and North Carolina are among the states hit hardest by the parasitic stomach bug. Rates usually increase during the warmer months in the United States, according to the CDC.

The infection is caused by the Cyclospora cayetanensis parasite, which spreads through food and water contaminated with feces from an infected person, also known as the fecal-oral route.

Nationally, cyclospora infections have been ramping up since spring.

According to the latest surveillance data from the CDC, at least 843 cases of cyclosporiasis have been reported in 31 U.S. states since May 1. (This data does not include all the latest case counts reported by state health departments.)

Among those sickened, at least 86 have been hospitalized.

In a July 10 update, the CDC also said “it is aware of more than 1,500 cases that require further analysis to confirm the illness as domestically acquired cyclosporiasis.”

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https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/ice-in-minnesota/man-deported-from-minnesota-weeks-after-being-pardoned-by-gov-walz-to-avoid-removal/89-d4d1f9e8-37ba-4993-807f-a2309e6c9782

ST PAUL, Minn. — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Friday morning has deported a Minnesota man convicted of criminal sexual abuse of a minor 20 years ago, despite a pardon last month by Gov. Tim Walz and other top state officials.

The statement said 42-year-old Tou Lue Vang was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and deported. The statement did not explicitly say where Vang was taken, but implied he'd be sent back to his native Laos.

Vang was first arrested and detained by ICE in early December, but two months later, a judge ordered his release from federal custody. Vang was convicted of felony sex crimes against a girl under the age of 13 in 2006 and sentenced to 30 years of probation.

In October of that year, a judge issued a final order of removal to deport Vang.

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Well fuck, I was looking forward to democrats voting in a nazi on their "Vote blue no matter who!" trend.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/10/graham-platner-maine-senate-officially-withdraws

Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maine, officially withdrew his candidacy on Friday afternoon, ending a campaign laden with scandals.

Maine’s secretary of state confirmed Platner had filed the paperwork to remove his name from the November ballot, two days after Platner publicly said he planned to exit the race.

In a letter shared on social media outlining the populist ideals that underlined his meteoric rise to the national political stage and drew widespread support in the state, Platner called for the movement built under his name to continue. He expressed gratitude to those who supported him, and called for “a new kind of politics”.

“People are desperate for change. For this broken system to be righted. For the American experiment to be furthered,” he wrote, noting the more than 156,000 votes he received in the 9 June primary. “My name may have been on the ballot, but that ballot line belongs to the people of Maine.”

Platner’s letter did not include a mention of the sexual assault allegations made against him this week, which led to his decision to suspend his candidacy. In an 11-minute video posted on Wednesday, he denied the allegations and said the Democratic establishment was “using these allegations to take away all of the things we need to run a campaign”.

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-10/dhs-wants-to-create-its-own-round-the-clock-deportation-airline

The US government is moving ahead with plans to create its own fleet of government-owned aircraft to bolster deportations.
The Department of Homeland Security is beginning a search for a company to operate planes that would help carry out deportation flights, respond to emergencies and transport senior officials. The department asked aviation companies this week to describe how they would operate and maintain the fleet, which would include two C-37B or equivalent Gulfstream 650ERs and seven Boeing 737-700s or similar models.
The post outlines an operation capable of flying around the clock — even on short notice — with domestic and overseas missions supported through what DHS describes as a hub-and-spoke network. Contractors would provide pilots, co-pilots and flight attendants and, when needed, flight nurses and security personnel. The request is part of the government’s market research before a formal competition would go out for the contract.
The aircraft would support deportation and voluntary repatriation flights, transport crisis-response teams, conduct medical evacuations and other high-risk missions, and carry senior department officials on continuity-of-government and diplomatic trips, according to the notice.

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https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/7/9/trump-airport-name-change-sparks-backlash-in-florida

Palm Beach International Airport has officially been renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport, with new signage installed throughout the terminal. The move has prompted mixed reactions, with supporters welcoming the tribute while critics argued it was ‘in poor taste.’

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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5960254-secret-service-advised-trump-to-not-fly-qatari-gifted-air-force-one/

The Secret Service advised President Trump not to leave the NATO Summit in Turkey on the newer Qatari-gifted Air Force One, according to a Wednesday report.

Sources familiar with the matter said the president flew out of Ankara on the older Air Force One out of an abundance of caution for a potential threat from Iran, although no threats were explicitly identified, The New York Times reported.

The Secret Service referred The Hill to the president’s Truth Social post made earlier in the day when asked about the assessment from officials.

Trump wrote that the Qatari plane “was sent earlier to RAF Mildenhall, so we could show the wonderful Servicemembers, as per the entire Base’s request.”

“They were very excited, picture enclosed. It was on our way back to the States from Turkey, with virtually no deviation of flightpath,” he added.

Trump picked up the last leg of the trip on the newer plane during a stop at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, a base used by the U.S. military in Holywell Row, England.

The newer Air Force One is a modified commercial passenger jet from Boeing 747-8 gifted to Trump from Qatar.

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Has anyone seen the stuff about "chat control" in europe ?
https://es.euronews.com/next/2026/07/10/chat-control-10-supera-el-tramite-en-el-parlamento-europeo-por-la-puerta-trasera

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https://time.com/article/2026/07/08/trump-zelensky-ukraine-patriot-missile-interceptors-russia-nato/

So much for Putin's puppet, eh?

President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the U.S. would extend Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot missile interceptors as the country continues to defend itself against Russia.

“We'll give them the right to make Patriots. We'll show them how to do it,” Trump said on day two of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. “It's very complex, actually, but you'll figure out the complexity quickly.”

"It's a defensive weapon, which I like better than an offensive weapon," he added.

The verbal assurance of a license commitment was vague, with several key details left unaddressed.

Trump said he had not yet informed defense manufacturers of his decision, but expressed hope “that'll work out alright.”

Asked whether the United States would immediately provide the air defense systems, Trump said “some” could be sent swiftly, yet emphasized “we have Patriots, but we don't have that many. We need them for ourselves, too.”

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https://tiffinohio.net/posts/pepper-lima-unions-criticize-ramaswamy-jobs-cost-living/

David Pepper joined Northwest Ohio union leaders in Lima on Tuesday to criticize Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy over jobs and the cost of living.

Gary McPheron, secretary-treasurer of the Lima Building Trades, said “Our members are watching to see which candidate will stand alongside them in good and bad times, and that’s not Vivek Ramaswamy. Instead of fighting for Ohio workers, Ramaswamy would take away our jobs and make already high costs even worse, Ramaswamy is an out-of-touch billionaire who can’t be trusted to keep jobs in Ohio or lower costs for working families. Our members and Ohioans across the state are working harder than ever. We can’t afford Vivek Ramaswamy.”

In a December 2024 social media post Ramaswamy argued that top U.S. technology companies often hire foreign-born and first-generation engineers because, he wrote, American culture “has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long.”

A biotech fortune built on a failed drug

Much of the “billionaire” framing the union leaders used traces to how Ramaswamy made his money. In December 2014, a company under his Roivant Sciences umbrella bought the experimental Alzheimer’s drug intepirdine from GlaxoSmithKline for $5 million, after GSK had run four failed trials on it.

Ramaswamy built a subsidiary, Axovant, around the drug and took it public in 2015 in what was then the largest biotech IPO on record, raising about $315 million and reaching a valuation near $3 billion — even though the company had about eight employees at the time, two of them Ramaswamy’s mother and brother.

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a Yale School of Management professor who tracks Ramaswamy’s business dealings, told Fortune that “everything about him is a scam,” and told the Associated Press that his biotech record was “classic ‘pump and dump.’"