Take Your Tariffs and Shove It Up Your A**!!! MeidasTouch Network and Ben Meiselas Aug 11 By Ben Meiselas Our Editor-In-Chief Ron Filipkowski is out this week, so you’re stuck with me. I’ll do my best. A reminder: we have grown with zero investors. Meidas remains the most-watched digital news network in the United States. Subscribe today and help us stay on top. Ok, back to my post. Why did I title it: “Take Your Tariffs and Shove It Up Your A**??” That was in the video I just released about Trump supporters turning against Trump. A Trump supporter was talking about how their blood thinner medication, which they get overseas, has just gotten massively more expensive—and they’re not sure how they will survive. I also highlighted the story of a Latino Trump supporter who says he feels “shame” voting for Trump after he was racially profiled and nearly detained by ICE. The new MAGA talking point is out. We’ve covered it on the MeidasTouch Network today. Republican leaders are saying prices are much higher but that we all need to feel this suffering for the greater good of the country. Republican Ralph Norman parroted this talking point and said paying more is patriotic. Higher prices should make us happy, Republicans now say. Meanwhile, Donald Trump just announced that one of the leaders of the Heritage Foundation, a guy named EJ Antoni, will become the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after Trump fired the last commissioner because he didn’t like the numbers. Antoni is a hack and one of the worst people for this job. This is part of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025. SICKOS! I predict there will be many resignations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics coming soon. Of course, I covered Donald Trump taking over the DC Metropolitan Police Department, although most of his presser was focused on attacking President Zelensky. Trump repeatedly said he was meeting Putin in Russia, despite the meeting actually being in Alaska on Friday. Russia has escalated its war efforts in Ukraine in advance of the Friday meeting. They are bloodthirsty—like Trump. This was another deranged day in the Trump fascist regime. We will keep on covering it all fearlessly. We will make sure we cover what corporate news refuses to cover. I am not making any apologies for it, and I don’t care if this hurts our sponsors or our revenue. This is our duty as independent reporters. We’ve got this Substack, which helps fuel the network, so if the corporate establishment retaliates against us, I just don’t care. They aren’t the Meidas Mighty. You are the Meidas Mighty! Subscribe now if you can. The MeidasTouch Network needs all the help it can get right now to keep beating Fox and Rogan. Tell others to subscribe as well. Thanks for reading. Hopefully Ron is happy with my summary. Meidas+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

Top News | UN Action Demanded After Israel Massacres Gaza Journalists

 

Monday, August 11, 2025 ■ Today's Top News  Over 100 Children Have Died of Severe Hunger Amid Israeli Siege: Gaza Health Ministry "People are being starved, children are being killed, families have lost everything," said the United Nations agency for Palestinian Refugees. By Brad Reed 'Playing With Fire': Gavin Newsom Warns Trump He Will Wipe California GOP Off the Map "If you will not stand down I will be forced to lead an effort to redraw the maps in California to offset the rigging of maps in red states," said Newsom. By Brad Reed Most of Trump's Net Worth Comes From 'Crypto Empire': Report According to an investigation by Accountable.US, 73% of Trump's net worth may now come from crypto, which his administration is working to dramatically deregulate. By Stephen Prager Trump Says 'Other Cities Are Hopefully Watching' as He Deploys National Guard, Takes Over DC Police "The administration's actions are unprecedented, unnecessary, and unlawful," declared Washington, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb. By Brad Reed US More Isolated Than Ever as Australia Says It Will Recognize Palestinian Statehood "Australia's decision helps build the historic global momentum to break the cycle of violence in the Middle East," said Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong. By Jake Johnson 'Blatant and Premeditated Attack on Press Freedom': Israel Assassinates Five Gaza Journalists "Israel isn't just assassinating journalists but attacking journalism itself by preventing the documentation of genocide." By Jake Johnson JOIN THE MOVEMENT As a people-powered nonprofit news outlet, we cover the issues the corporate media never will. Your contribution supports this bold media model—free, independent, and dedicated to reporting the facts every day. Stand with us in the fight for economic equality, social justice, human rights, and a more sustainable future. JOIN WITH US TODAY ■ More News Reporters Without Borders Urges UN Action After Israel Massacres Gaza Journalists 'Cover-Up of a Cover-Up': Lawsuit Accuses Trump State Dept of Hiding Human Rights Violation Records US Appeals Court Blocks Maine's Voter-Approved Ban on Overseas Corporate Money in Elections Rail Workers Warn Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger Would 'Simply Line the Pockets of Wall Street' VIEW ALL NEWS ■ Opinion Open Letter to Israel Foreign Minister Sa’ar The great threat to Israel’s survival is not the Arab nations, the Palestinians, or Iran, but the policies of Israel’s extremist government. By Jeffrey D. Sachs ‘Do Not Forget Gaza’: The Last Words of a Martyred Journalist I urge you not to let chains silence you, nor borders restrain you. Be bridges toward the liberation of the land and its people, until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland. By Anas Al-Sharif Nations Must Act Directly to Stop Israel's Genocide in Gaza The nightmare in Gaza has been unfolding for 22 months and during this entire time Israel’s savage use of violence and its punishment of innocent Palestinians has been unrelenting. Rhetoric and condemnation are not enough. By James Zogby The Democratic Party Must Change If It Wants to Defeat Trumpism The old mid-century world is gone. If the Democratic Party, and the country, want to survive, they need to wake up and choose what they want the next world to look like. Then they need to start fighting for it. By Max Moran VIEW ALL OPINION

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A new low in Trump’s war on veterans STAND UP FOR VETERANS! NORTH CAROLINA DESERVES BETTER!

 IF YOU'VE SPENT ANY TIME IN ANY VETERANS ADMINISTRATION FACILITY, 

YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT CARE & SUPPORT IS! 

MANY RETURN WITH UNSEEN WOUNDS...MANY RETURN WITH VISIBLE 

LOSS...MISSING LIMBS, CONFINED TO WHEELCHAIRS.... 

THE VA MEETS THEM WITH KINDNESS & CARING THEY DESERVE - FREQUENTLY 

BY OTHER VETERANS WHO  UNDERSTAND!

RECENTLY OUR COMMUNITY CELEBRATED THE LIFE & LOSS OF A HERO WHO 

DEVELOPED CANCER AS A CONSEQUENCE OF EXPOSURE IN ASIA..... 

DURING THE MEMORIAL SERVICE THE PASTOR COMMENTING ON A PARISHIONER 

WHO ALWAYS SAID: THE GREATEST DISTANCE IS BETWEEN THE HEAD & THE 

HEART!   

SHORTEN YOUR DISTANCE & PROTECT THOSE WHO FIGHT TO PROTECT US!

Donald Trump keeps proving there is no sewer low enough for him to crawl through when it comes to disrespecting those who served.  First, Trump and his whiskey-soaked hatchet man Pete Hegseth rammed through a ban on transgender service members, and now the Air Force is executing their marching orders by ripping retirement benefits away from people who have given nearly two decades of blood, sweat, and sacrifice in uniform. Fifteen to eighteen years of service, loyalty, and honor tossed into the gutter like yesterday’s trash because Trump’s bigoted cruelty demands a target. Then Trump turns around and stands in front of a room full of Purple Heart recipients and compares himself to them.  “Cadet Bone Spurs” himself, the silver spoon parasite who dodged Vietnam with a phony medical note from daddy’s doctor, looked actual combat-wounded veterans in the eye and said, “It wasn’t that easy for me either.”  This is the same goon who called our fallen “suckers” and “losers,” wanted wounded vets hidden from military parades, skipped visiting war graves, and bragged that handing a billionaire buddy the Medal of Freedom was “much better” than the Medal of Honor. Chip in now to help take this draft-dodging fraud’s empire down one seat at a time. DONATE TO FLIP THIS SEAT! Every time Trump speaks, it is another insult to the uniform. Every time he acts, it is another damn knife in the back of those who served.  He has stocked his administration with career bottom-feeders and grifters who see veterans as nothing more than stage props to drape themselves in when the cameras roll.  He gutted the VA so badly that millions of veterans are now stuck on waitlists or watching their care vanish altogether, and he’s handed the department over to political hacks whose only qualifications are blind loyalty and a willingness to kiss the ring.  Richard Hudson is right there at the front of the line.  He wraps himself in the flag, smears Democrats as unpatriotic, and then defends a man who has done more damage to veterans than any president in living memory.  As chair of the RNCC, Hudson is the bagman who keeps the MAGA money machine fed with billionaire checks, financing the attack ads and political kneecappings that protect a coward who never served a day in his life.  Hudson’s fundraising network is the financial bloodstream that keeps Trump’s cruelty alive. If we want to protect veterans, we need to drain Hudson’s war chest and end his career.  Every dollar we raise is a direct hit on the machinery that bankrolls Trump’s abuse of those who served. Chip in today and let’s send Hudson and “Cadet Bone Spurs” to the political junkyard where they belong. Sappers clear the way, Airborne all the way! Maj. Richard Ojeda (Ret.) Candidate for Congress, NC-09

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Bernie, Beto, Hochul, and Pritzker Bring the Fire Our movement doesn't flinch Scott Dworkin Aug 11 While Trump’s grip on reality continues to slip, I’m glad to bring you some great news to brighten your day. I hope it gives you some relief from all the chaos—even if just for a moment. Support from readers like you keeps us 100% independent of corporate influence, while fueling our journalism and advocacy. So if you haven’t yet, please become a paid subscriber today: BERNIE FIRES UP WV AND NC Sen. Bernie Sanders spent the weekend rallying with thousands of people at a number of “Fighting Oligarchy” events. In West Virginia—from Wheeling to Lenore, to a packed house in Charleston—Bernie brought the fire. On Sunday, he headed to North Carolina, holding back-to-back rallies in Greensboro and Asheville. When speaking about the big ugly bill, Bernie said: “It is going to be a disaster for the country … Especially for working class states like West Virginia, it is going to be horrific.” It sure is, but thankfully we have folks like Bernie pushing back with all they’ve got. BETO RALLIES IN FT WORTH Meanwhile, Beto O’Rourke held a revved-up rally with hundreds of rowdy attendees in Ft. Worth, TX. He was there with Dem Rep. Joaquin Castro to call out Trump’s gerrymandering scheme in the state. Beto said: “[Trump] thinks we're going to take it ... But he doesn't understand, in Texas, our knees do not bend.” PRITZKER SENDS A MESSAGE IL Gov. JB Pritzker also slammed Trump’s power grab, saying: “Donald Trump is a cheater. He cheats on his wives. He cheats at golf. And now he's trying to cheat the American people out of their votes.” Pritzker also called out TX Gov. Greg Abbott for “licking the boots of his leader, Donald Trump.” HOCHUL ON FOX NY Gov. Kathy Hochul went into the belly of the beast, making an appearance on Fox “News.” Hochul hammered the GOP’s attempt to steal US House seats, stating: “They know they're going to lose next year.” Hochul then reminded viewers it also serves as “a nice distraction from people asking” about the Epstein files. WHAT ARE YOU HIDING JD? OH, THE EPSTEIN FILES. JD Vance confirmed there was a meeting between him, Bondi, and Patel last week. The meeting was reported to be a planning session for the Epstein scandal, but Vance insisted that wasn’t the subject: “We didn’t talk about Epstein at all.” Translation—they absolutely talked about Epstein and how to bury the scandal. One big obstacle for them is a lawsuit aimed at obtaining Epstein-related records. The judge for that case? Tanya Chutkan—who oversaw Trump’s election interference trial and more than 30 January 6th-related cases. I’ve helped lead the opposition against Trump since 2016. I never planned to be a journalist, I just stepped up while others sat silent. Nearly a decade later, and I’m still delivering fearless, independent coverage, every single day. Our Contact Congress campaign has reached lawmakers half a million times. And our social media organizing against the Trump regime is unmatched. We’re completely reader-funded—no billionaires, no ads, and no nonsense. Just truth, action, and our amazing community. So if you haven’t yet, please join us as a paid subscriber today  Links to everything we are doing: https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/how-were-fighting-trump Tell Congress: Stand with Ukraine over Russia: https://tinyurl.com/2fnjthur Tell Congress to support law to unmask ICE: https://tinyurl.com/bp8cau82 Tell Congress save the National Weather Service: https://tinyurl.com/bdbur8df Tell Congress to investigate the Jeffrey Epstein trafficking case: https://tinyurl.com/4pfh2p4f Also check out this short 4-min Substack Video from Adam Kinzinger for a concise explanation of the DC "takeover" https://substack.com/@adamkinzinger/note/c-144339827 See my discussion here about immigrant red cards: https://substack.com/@cj277/note/c-144275827