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<\/a><\/p>\nCatherine Rampell @ Bulwark<\/em>:
\nRacist Law From 1882 Is Not That Racist, Trump Says<\/a><\/h2>\nBuried in the White House\u2019s broadside against the Smithsonian is a bizarre\u2014and revealing\u2014claim about the Chinese Exclusion Act.<\/em><\/p>\nA RACIST LAW THAT INSPIRED MORE RACIST LAWS and was literally named after its racism<\/em> is definitely not racist. At least according to the Trump administration.<\/p>\nLaser-focused on the midterms, the White House recently released a 162-page report<\/a> on the most critical issue facing voters: woke museum exhibitions. The report follows a prior Trump executive order complaining about the Smithsonian Institution<\/a>, which the president said<\/a> had \u201ccome under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology.\u201d
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\n… Among [Smithsonian’s] worst transgressions:<\/p>\n\n- Museum exhibitions acknowledge that some of the nation\u2019s founders were slaveholders.\n
- In a PowerPoint slide in 2022, a museum director included an image of a butterfly<\/a>. This is offensive, the White House report explains, because butterflies are \u201ca well-known symbol in the illegal alien activist community, symbolizing illegal aliens crossing the border from Mexico into the U.S.\u201d\n
- The National Museum of American History refuses to present a single \u201cunified, national narrative,\u201d and instead \u201casks visitors, \u2018How should Americans remember their Revolution and the founding of the nation?\u2019 without providing an answer.\u201d Just as it was taken to pose a threat to the ruling powers in ancient Athens, the Socratic method is apparently an affront to real patriotism today.\n<\/ul>\n
But arguably the most telling section of the White House report relates to its defense of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The report\u2019s authors bristle at any suggestion that this famously racist law may have been motivated by any kind of racial animus. After all, such an acknowledgment might raise uncomfortable questions about the policies of Donald Trump and Stephen Miller\u2014policies that are explicitly modeled on laws like this one.<\/p>\n
Qasim Rashid, Esq.: A White Supremacist Stabbed A Muslim Man 15 Times Because of His Faith<\/a><\/h2>\nNational Media Is Ignoring It And American Muslims Are Seeing The Hate Escalate<\/em><\/p>\nAndrew Perez @ Zeteo<\/em>: \u2018My Neighbor Was Murdered by White Supremacists\u2019: Zeteo Reports From Maine on Yet Another ICE Killing<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Jess Piper:
\nI Know a Thing or Two About a Thing or Two<\/a><\/h2>\nA blueprint<\/em><\/p>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – July 16, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nAn exchange yesterday between Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Jay Clayton, Trump\u2019s nominee to oversee the U.S. intelligence community as director of national intelligence, illustrated the dilemma of those trying to force Trump\u2019s lies onto the American people when they are confronted with reality.
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Clayton could not answer because, although all of the claims of Trump and his loyalists that he won the 2020 presidential election have collapsed in court, Trump requires his cronies to claim that the election was stolen in order to have justification for rigging future elections. They know the truth\u2014that Trump lost the 2020 presidential election to Democrat Joe Biden by more than 7 million votes and by 51.3% to 46.8% in the Electoral College. But they refuse to say so because if they do, they will lose Trump\u2019s favor.
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Julian E. Barnes, Maggie Haberman @ NY Times<\/em>:
\nTakeaways From Trump\u2019s Address Claiming Election Vulnerabilities<\/a><\/h2>\nPresident Trump said his address on Thursday night was about building public confidence in American elections, but he spent much of his speech undermining them.<\/p>\n
… documents Mr. Trump released<\/a> to support his claims \u2014 and previous assessments from the intelligence community \u2014 do not back up his most aggressive statements about election security. In fact, some of the documents reach the opposite conclusion.<\/p>\n\n- Trump called for bolstering protections he has dismantled.\n
- Grains of truth were blown out of proportion.\n
- What about Russia?\n
- He repeated a demand for voting restrictions before the midterms.\n<\/ul>\n
(Julian E. Barnes, Maggie Haberman @ NY Times<\/em> more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Issam Ahmed, Manon Jacob @ Barron’s<\/em>:
\nTop US Science Body Readies Climate Report As Republicans Push Back<\/a><\/h2>\nA leading US science body will launch a major report Thursday on how precisely specific extreme weather events can be tied to climate change, a growing research field underpinning billion-dollar lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry.
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Ahead of its publication, Republican lawmakers have sought to cast doubt on the authors’ work — sending, for example, a letter in April to the president of NASEM alleging bias and demanding details on the authors’ professional ties.
\n(Issam Ahmed, Manon Jacob @ Barron’s<\/em> more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Alexandra Stevenson @ NY Times<\/em>: Hong Kong Police Raid Independent Bookstores and Arrest 5 People<\/a><\/h2>\nOther booksellers have been detained in recent months as part of a broad national security crackdown.<\/em><\/p>\n
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Amelia Gentleman @ Guardian<\/em>: The social media ban sceptic: are we getting it wrong on kids, tech and mental health?<\/a><\/h2>\n\u201cIt\u2019s becoming increasingly clear to me that bans are likely to make things worse, not better\u201d<\/p>\n
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Jesse Weber, Tatiana Carter @ NewsNation<\/em>:
\nUp to 2,000 Native Americans dead or missing in Medicaid fraud scheme: Attorneys<\/a><\/h2>\n
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A RACIST LAW THAT INSPIRED MORE RACIST LAWS and was literally named after its racism<\/em> is definitely not racist. At least according to the Trump administration.<\/p>\n Laser-focused on the midterms, the White House recently released a 162-page report<\/a> on the most critical issue facing voters: woke museum exhibitions. The report follows a prior Trump executive order complaining about the Smithsonian Institution<\/a>, which the president said<\/a> had \u201ccome under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology.\u201d But arguably the most telling section of the White House report relates to its defense of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The report\u2019s authors bristle at any suggestion that this famously racist law may have been motivated by any kind of racial animus. After all, such an acknowledgment might raise uncomfortable questions about the policies of Donald Trump and Stephen Miller\u2014policies that are explicitly modeled on laws like this one.<\/p>\n National Media Is Ignoring It And American Muslims Are Seeing The Hate Escalate<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A blueprint<\/em><\/p>\n An exchange yesterday between Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Jay Clayton, Trump\u2019s nominee to oversee the U.S. intelligence community as director of national intelligence, illustrated the dilemma of those trying to force Trump\u2019s lies onto the American people when they are confronted with reality. Clayton could not answer because, although all of the claims of Trump and his loyalists that he won the 2020 presidential election have collapsed in court, Trump requires his cronies to claim that the election was stolen in order to have justification for rigging future elections. They know the truth\u2014that Trump lost the 2020 presidential election to Democrat Joe Biden by more than 7 million votes and by 51.3% to 46.8% in the Electoral College. But they refuse to say so because if they do, they will lose Trump\u2019s favor. President Trump said his address on Thursday night was about building public confidence in American elections, but he spent much of his speech undermining them.<\/p>\n … documents Mr. Trump released<\/a> to support his claims \u2014 and previous assessments from the intelligence community \u2014 do not back up his most aggressive statements about election security. In fact, some of the documents reach the opposite conclusion.<\/p>\n (Julian E. Barnes, Maggie Haberman @ NY Times<\/em> more…)<\/a><\/p>\n A leading US science body will launch a major report Thursday on how precisely specific extreme weather events can be tied to climate change, a growing research field underpinning billion-dollar lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry. Ahead of its publication, Republican lawmakers have sought to cast doubt on the authors’ work — sending, for example, a letter in April to the president of NASEM alleging bias and demanding details on the authors’ professional ties. Other booksellers have been detained in recent months as part of a broad national security crackdown.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s becoming increasingly clear to me that bans are likely to make things worse, not better\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n… Among [Smithsonian’s] worst transgressions:<\/p>\n\n
Qasim Rashid, Esq.: A White Supremacist Stabbed A Muslim Man 15 Times Because of His Faith<\/a><\/h2>\n
Andrew Perez @ Zeteo<\/em>: \u2018My Neighbor Was Murdered by White Supremacists\u2019: Zeteo Reports From Maine on Yet Another ICE Killing<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Jess Piper:
\nI Know a Thing or Two About a Thing or Two<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nHeather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – July 16, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nJulian E. Barnes, Maggie Haberman @ NY Times<\/em>:
\nTakeaways From Trump\u2019s Address Claiming Election Vulnerabilities<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
<\/a><\/p>\nIssam Ahmed, Manon Jacob @ Barron’s<\/em>:
\nTop US Science Body Readies Climate Report As Republicans Push Back<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n(Issam Ahmed, Manon Jacob @ Barron’s<\/em> more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAlexandra Stevenson @ NY Times<\/em>: Hong Kong Police Raid Independent Bookstores and Arrest 5 People<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nAmelia Gentleman @ Guardian<\/em>: The social media ban sceptic: are we getting it wrong on kids, tech and mental health?<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nJesse Weber, Tatiana Carter @ NewsNation<\/em>:
\nUp to 2,000 Native Americans dead or missing in Medicaid fraud scheme: Attorneys<\/a><\/h2>\n
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