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No Thanks, TrumpTexas came for a drag queen, Trump came for a list of children’s names, and West Point came for a professor. All three got the same answer.
With the Trump regime’s rampant abuse of power, I’m glad you’re here. Because I have some great news for you in this edition today. They may seem enormous when posting online or at a lectern—but put them under oath, make them show their work, and what they’ve got is worthless. I’ve been fighting Trump head-on since 2016. And what I’ve learned is that as long as we never give up the fight, he absolutely will lose. I’m certain of it. Before we jump in, could you do me a quick favor? Hit the ❤️ like button and restack this post. The regime pays millions of dollars to bury stories like these, and your share helps us punch a hole in the MAGA propaganda machine. And if you haven’t yet, join us as a paid subscriber today. We are completely independent of any billionaires or corporate bosses. Our readers fund all of it—the exclusive investigations, and the pressure campaigns we organize on Congress and on social media. Right now, we need all hands on deck to win back the House and Senate. We need 31 new paid subscribers to meet our end of month goal. I hope you’ll be one of them:
The Drag Queen Who Beat TexasThe state of Texas spent three years trying to turn drag performer Brigitte Bandit into a criminal. Senate Bill 12 threatened any bar that booked performers like Bandit with a $10,000 fine, with performers possibly facing a year in jail. In March of 2023 Bandit testified against that bill inside the state’s Capitol, wearing a dress that listed names of children killed in the Uvalde mass shooting. Lawmakers were arguing about drag queens, she said later, while kids were being killed in Texas schools. After her testimony, Bandit sued—along with other Pride groups and businesses—Ken Paxton, three cities, and three district attorneys. A few months later, the whole thing went to trial in a Houston federal courtroom. For three years, Texas had said this law was about protecting children. Now it had to prove a child had been harmed. It couldn’t. Attorney General Ken Paxton called an expert witness, a doctor brought in to talk about what explicit material does to kids. Under oath, that doctor said he had never seen anyone seriously hurt by a drag show. Not one of the seven government offices that were sued over this law offered any other evidence. That December, Bandit was sent a package from Nashville, Tennessee—a gift from the one and only Dolly Parton. It was a custom guitar covered in rhinestones, signed by Dolly to Brigitte. Texas appealed and won, and this spring the ban came back to life. Bandit was right back where she started. But on Tuesday, Judge David Hittner struck the law down again and barred Paxton from enforcing it. A judge put on the bench by Ronald Reagan. This Saturday night in Austin, Bandit brings out the guitar.
Trump’s Own Judges Just Protected These KidsIn May of this year, federal prosecutors used a grand jury in Fort Worth, Texas, to demand the name of every patient treated for gender dysphoria from a New York hospital. They wanted any patient who was treated before their 18th birthday, going all the way back to January 2020. Names, medical charts, consent forms—17 different categories of records on children living halfway across the country. None of these families were accused of anything—so three of them sued, along with two young adults. They filed under false names, because giving the government their real ones was exactly what they were afraid of. Judge Katherine Polk Failla blocked the grand jury’s demand in June, and locked that block in place in July. It wasn’t the regime’s first try. They had spent a year chasing the same records with a different kind of subpoena and lost in front of at least seven federal judges, with one calling the reasoning behind it a smokescreen. So they went to a Texas grand jury instead. Then they appealed Failla’s block, asking for permission to collect the files anyway. On Wednesday, three appeals judges said no again in a single paragraph—two of them were put on that bench by Trump. The records stay sealed, the regime doesn’t get the names.
The Professor Who Refused To LieFor 17 years, Adam Kalkstein was the only climate scientist on the faculty at West Point. He’s a conservative Republican, so it’s not easy for the Trump regime or anyone in their party to just write him off. According to a lawsuit he filed on Monday, his department was ordered to remove every mention of human-caused climate change from all of its courses in September of 2025. They were warned that if anyone talked to the press or Congress about it, his department would simply get dissolved. West Point had already forced Kalkstein to give up his tenure in order to keep working. They kept him on the payroll using money from his own research grant. So Kalkstein complied. He even covered the word “anthropogenic”—the scientific term for human-caused—on charts from scientific journals so cadets wouldn’t see it. By November he couldn’t do it anymore, and he told the dean they were lying to the students. The dean, Brigadier General Shane Reeves, told Kalkstein to resign and walked out. Kalkstein’s contract wasn’t renewed. Reeves also shows up in a second lawsuit brought by law professor Tim Bakken over a similar kind of gag order. A department head told Bakken what leadership was actually doing, calling it radical compliance. In May, a judge appointed by George W. Bush blocked those rules and told the academy its cadets are not “snowflakes.” West Point had until July to appeal that ruling, but it let the deadline pass. The gag order is dead and Bakken is still teaching there. Kalkstein is the second professor to take West Point to court. His case is just getting started. The first one already won.
Shapiro Took Kennedy’s CallHealth Secretary Bob Kennedy (I refuse to refer to him as RFK) called Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday morning offering up federal help. The state announced two measles-associated deaths of unvaccinated people in Lancaster County, the first in 35 years. Pennsylvania now has 393 cases in 29 counties. Shapiro took the call in a parking lot, telling Kennedy his state could handle it. Then Shapiro told Kennedy exactly what he thought of him. He’d been blunt, he said afterward. He called Kennedy’s actions and rhetoric harmful to communities across America, and to Pennsylvania in particular. He said there are real-life consequences to Kennedy spreading his misinformation and scaring parents, instead of letting actual doctors give them the truth. Shapiro wasn’t the first to say it. In May of 2025, Sen. Angela Alsobrooks filed a resolution declaring Kennedy didn’t have the confidence of the Senate or the American people. Sens. Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren signed on to it. Alsobrooks took it to the floor, where Senate Republicans killed it. That September, Sen. Raphael Warnock told Kennedy to his face that he was a hazard to the health of the American people. Not much has changed. In 2021 Kennedy spoke to a crowd of 1,500 Amish and Plain families in Gordonville, in Lancaster County. He told them that drug companies make money off selling cures for diseases which he claimed vaccines cause. Shapiro doesn’t need Kennedy’s help. He just needs Kennedy to stop talking. Thanks to you I’m able to deliver details no one else can present. Like a finding in a court decision buried in paragraph 39. Is there someone you know who should be getting our reporting every morning? Gift them a subscription. Also, today we’re looking for 5 Founding Members, so if you’re able to upgrade, please do! Thanks so much!
Pennsylvania Could Decide TheHouseThe read I’d give a candidate at a kitchen table with 67 days to go. Shapiro is on fire. A new Siena poll out this week shows Gov. Josh Shapiro up over GOP nominee Stacy Garrity by 16 points, 55 to 39. He also has 34 times as much cash in the bank as she does, according to the most recent filing. The governor’s popularity helps down the ballot. Shapiro could win by a landslide, and that would also spill over to help Democrats in swing House districts. Cook Political Report rates three House seats as toss-ups, more than any other state. PA-7, the Lehigh Valley. Democrat Susan Wild lost to GOP Rep. Ryan Mackenzie by only 4,000 votes in 2024. It was the closest House race in the state. Trump won in the district by 3 in 2016, lost by less than 1 in 2020, and won by 3 in 2024. PA-8, Scranton. Democrat Matt Cartwright lost his seat to GOP Rep. Rob Bresnahan in 2024. Cook has now moved the district to a toss up, pointing to the stock trades that have followed Bresnahan all cycle. His opponent is Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti, who is focused on being an ethics watchdog. PA-10, Harrisburg. Democrat Janelle Stelson lost to GOP Rep. Scott Perry by 5,133 votes in 2024. This time, as of the end of June, she has $4.5 million in the bank. Perry has $2.8 million and $335,000 in debt. Perry chaired the Freedom Caucus and has been one of Trump’s biggest allies. There could be a fourth. GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick’s seat is one to watch. Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie is the Democratic nominee running against him. This is a sleeper race that I think can flip. The Bottom Line: Around 61% of Pennsylvania voters disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy, and I think voters will show it at the polls. We’re up against a bunch of cheating Republicans who know that if everyone votes, they lose. They are trying their best to interfere in our elections from every angle possible, so it’s on us to make sure everyone we know actually shows up. And those voters are going to need the facts while there is a firehose spraying everywhere with lies and misinformation. That’s where we come in. Our investigations are full speed ahead, bringing exclusive reports multiple times a week. And our organizing arm built a social media coalition that generates billions of impressions per month to make sure we aren’t just preaching to the choir. Along with our Congressional pressure campaign, where we’ve sent more than 827,000 constituent messages to the House and Senate since November 2024. All of this work is funded by our amazing paid subscribers. It allows us to be independent with zero corporate influence. So if you haven’t yet, help us win back Congress by joining our movement as a paid subscriber today: Before you go, hit the ❤️ like button on today's edition and restack it. It truly makes a big difference. Sixty-seven days left, and we're going to be loud for every one of them. Onward! Scott Shapiro answered Bob Kennedy’s call and told him the blunt truth. What would you say to him if that call came to you instead? Thanks for your support! Another way to help us out is by gifting subscriptions to friends and family! You can get yours by clicking the link. For all contact Congress links, or to volunteer, you can go here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-up-for-the-watchdog-coalition OUR MAIN FOCUS TODAY FOR OBVIOUS REASONS: Tell Congress: Protect our use of voting by mail and voting machines WOW! JUST A FEW INSPIRED COMMENTS: Scott, when I tried this it only went to my Senators NOT the Rep. (the one who NEEDS to see it because he voted in favor of the SAVE act!) I would add to him that he will lose in November because of that and if he doesn't protect voting rights! This week is the proof. They came for a performer, a stack of kids’ medical files, and a professor who wouldn’t lie to cadets — and they left empty-handed. That’s what happens when you make them show their work. Don’t you dare tell me nothing ever changes. We’re 67 days out. Stay loud. |
Making them show their work is where the house of cards collapses every single time. 67 days out—let's stay loud, stay organized, and bring this across the finish line!
I don't understand how a government has a right to dictate what we believe in or what is taught in our educational system. For any government to dictate how we speak or believe is taking us back to NAZI-Germany and dictatorship! To order a climate scientist on the faculty at West Point to "remove every mention of human-caused climate change from all of its courses" is sheer despotism. People who negate climate change and the impact we humans have caused are absolute fools and are governed by their greed to use up Earth resources. I point to the human tragedy happening in India right now. If this planet and its inhabitants are to survive, we must stop damaging our planet and using up its resources.
Yes! The Tibet/Nepal flood is obvious climate change! When's the last time a huge glacier melted to this point? https://www.npr.org/2026/08/28/nx-s1-5945799/nepal-floods-climate-change-himalayas
Robert Hubbell posts photos of Bridge Brigade signs and street corner protests daily in his Substack "Today's Edition Newsletter" (https://substack.com/@roberthubbell). I have noticed a theme (especially for the bridge brigades) of posting signs about voter registration and then voting - especially in the run up to each state's primary.
If you are involved in any similar protests, please consider promoting voter registration and voting. It is the perfect social cue and reminder to vote. I especially liked this bridge sign that appeared in today's post: https://substack.com/@cj277/note/c-324462389
This year, National Voter Registration Day will fall on Tuesday, September 15th. Please make a plan to promote it!!
What I would say to Bob Kennedy: "How can you live with yourself? Your father would be so ashamed of you."
That says it all in two sentences. The disappointment is shared by so many across the country. Thank you for speaking from the heart!
After seeing photos of Kennedy, swimming in an almost polluted river with his grandchildren or nieces and nephews – – why would anything he does surprise you? Remember, he has a worm in his brain, and I only wish it would hurry up and eat all of it and do us all a favor.
Long term HEROIN ADDICTION!
There are signs posted and it's contaminated with SEWAGE!
RFK Jr. Swims in Sewage-Tainted Creek with Grandchildren Despite National Park Service’s Bacteria Warning
Kennedy shared a photo of himself submerged in Washington D.C.'s Rock Creek, which is under a swimming ban
By Greta Bjornson Published on May 12, 2025
https://people.com/rfk-jr-swims-sewage-tained-creek-grandchildren-despite-national-park-service-warning-11733420
Those who supported this INCOMPETENT BOOB should also be ASHAMED!
This BOOB went to SAMOA, blamed the VACCINE on deaths - NURSES subsequently acknowledged that they mixed the VAX wrong! So many CHILDREN died as a consequence that SAMOA was accepting SMALL COFFINS from other nations.
While Scott calls him BOBBY, I call him RFK JR to AVOID ANY CONFUSION!
Every single story about this TURD is an embarrassment!
Stopping his car with kids present to cut OFF THE PENIS OF ROADKILL?
Cut off the HEAD OF A WHALE in violation of the MARINE MAMMALS ACT....
RFK JR raises RAPTORS. I know people who do the same. Excerpt RFK JR puts LIVE CHICKS in a BLENDER!
RFK JR presented a BOGUS REPORT for which he would have been dismissed from a credible institution - anyone remember? BOGUS SOURCES, made false comments, falsely attributed statements to others that forced them to step forward and deny - basic BULLSH*T!
RFK JR held a meeting with the FOOD INDUSTRY - couldn't pronounced the names of the
FOOD ADDITIVES - TOO STUPID TO LOOK THEM UP!
One of the ADDITIVES was a B VITAMIN used for COLORING!
The other was SEAWEED, carrageenan used as a thickener. RFK JR couldn't pronounce it.
CRUISE SHIP INSPECTORS were fired. A cruise ship experienced HANTA VIRUS - transmitted from ROBERT FECES!
CYCLOSPORA? FOOD RECALLS? Are there ANY FOOD INSPECTORS LEFT?
AUTISM? RFK JR made that initial claim (blaming vaccines) WITH NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE.
When RFK JR was DISPROVEN, he blamed 5G NETWORK without SCIENCE.
You have a BRAIN DEAD pResident who promoted a WITCH DOCTOR who believed ALIEN SPERM was used in vaccines, as well as some nonsense about ALIENS invading your sleep - never really understood her insanity. (Then DESANTIS appointed her follower to protect the HEALTH of FLORIDA! JOE LADAPO.)
How about the JOURNAL RFK JR kept of having SEX with numerous women, blamed for the Suicide of his first wife.
How many billionaires are there? I want to know who on this planet, who in this nation in particular, actually approves of trump?
His “approval” rating is somewhere in the 30s last I heard. Who makes up this approval number? It seem AWFULLY high for a deranged, demented, narcissistic, lying, irrational, inexplicably stupid and mean man who stays awake all night dictating cruelty and misinformation to a young, obsessed blond sycophant who posts the ravings on truthsocial; and spends all day sleeping through important meetings and events.
I don’t understand why his approval rating isn’t in the negative 30s.
You capture the collective bewilderment so well, Wis. It’s hard to fathom, but keeping our eyes on voter mobilization is how we turn that frustration into real power at the ballot box!
"Who makes up this approval number?" I think that is the key question to ask. Polls are pretty useless, IMO. They have become just another propaganda tool.
I don't know who, or how, these polls are conducted. It certainly would be interesting to know. I have never in my life been asked to participate in any kind of poll.
You know? That’s a great point! Who are these mutants? (😉)
Hear, Hear, Wis. Me either. The 30 is probably a lie and it must be lower. Trump has given nothing; understandable only his own needs, and couldn't tell the truth if he was forced to. He doesn't know what it is.
If republicans in congress and the cabinet amounted to 30% of the population, I could see it. But they only add up to something like one zillionth of a percent. It’s an unhappy mystery.
Remember that his racist, warped printer girl is doing a lot of the posting. POS is not capable of doing all of that stuff himself.
He dictates and (or) approves of Harpie’s posts. He writes some (probably the ones that are in all CAPS, have illiterate grammar and grade school spelling). She creates the memes, like the gorilla Obamas, the fighter planes dropping shit on protesters and trump as Christ.
It’s a team effort.
(Our tax dollars pay these people. Do you know how much that galls me?)
A LOT? Me too! Little Natalie makes $150,000/yr. I heard.
Geez!! That’s beyond wrong. She makes more than I do and I’m paying her! 🤬 I wish we could refuse to pay taxes, or earmark what we pay to go for the programs and people we support.
Right! I wonder if we all refused to pay what they could do? After all he's all but gutted the IRS too! :-)
I sincerely doubt that the putrid sewer rat has any computer skills -his little galloping Harpie is the one behind the AI postings. We are all aware of his diminished language, spelling, and speaking skills. Galloping Harpie designs them and he pushes a button to upload them to the entire world.
I know for a fact that she created (at trump’s direction) the gorilla/Obama meme. All posts involving more than a keyboard are hers, for sure. He’s incapable.
Scott, I was fortunate to have attended JFk’s Inauguration and I’m a Bostonian so I usually support the Kennedys. However, Bob is the exception. I believe seeing his father assassinated in front of him might have affected his adult thinking. He has proven to be dangerous to those who follow him.
What an incredible memory to have attended JFK’s inauguration, Brenda. It makes the contrast today all the more heartbreaking. Thank you for sharing your thoughtful reflection and continuing to stand up for genuine leadership!
Naw, it was all the heroin and snorting cocaine off of toilet seats. The worm probably resuscitated a few brain cells before it ate them.
Bob Kennedy is a lying bastard, a complete fool, a snake-oil scamster and an extreme danger to the health and welfare of this country.
His family is not in favor of him.
So glad to see Texas stepping up. I hope you keep this up!
The energy and courage rising in Texas is truly inspiring, Donna! We’ll keep cheering them on and shining a light on every single step forward!
We are trying hard to make that difference. On a recent trip to Germany I had the opportunity to meet people from all over the planet. To a one, they said, We feel sorry for America!
The one time I would ever step foot into Texas would be to see Bandit bring out that guitar from Dolly. Kudos to her!
Ditto to that! Wasn't Dolly a wonder? For the slithering scumbag sewer rat to post a picture of himself alongside America's sweetheart borders on incurable insanity. Dolly had more humanity in her little fingertip than the despicable sewer rat has in entire bloated sack of blubber. Dolly was loved by millions of people, and the sewer rat is despised and vilified by hundreds of millions of people all over the world. The scumbag rat just can't stand for anyone to steal his spotlight.
Love the spirit!
What a way to start the weekend! 9 weeks to go, voting now an important right for all Americans, we need to emphasize that the Repuglicons have nothing to back up their claims --nothing but hot air! Kennedy is a lawyer, no doctor, so he should follow science and professional experts; his opinion is just that, not based on real facts.
More Trumpstein files heat, Katie Phang is relentless, worthy of much admiration, but most of all, respect! Justice for the victims!
Love that Friday momentum! Nine weeks to go—keeping the focus on science, facts, and justice for victims is how we win. Let’s keep moving forward!