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Sunday Afternoon News Updates: Strait Lies From the Trump Regime — 7/19/26 Your midday update is here Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network Jul 19 ∙ Hi all, Ben here. It’s Sunday, and there is a lot to get through. Thanks so much for all the nice comments on my morning message earlier. And thanks again to all of you who’ve already preordered our new book, WTF America?!: The Way Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy. If you’ve preordered, be sure to let me know in the comments! Here’s what we’re tracking today: T he Strait of Hormuz standoff and Chris Wright’s ABC interview Trump’s “I couldn’t care less” reaction to the war’s escalation after U.S. soldiers are killed The U.S. Embassy in Amman evacuating Aqaba’s airport and seaport over a “credible security threat” Israeli forces entering Syria’s Quneitra province James Comer admitting the House is basically done working before the midterms Mike Johnson’s “Marxism begins with no God” speech at the Family Leadership Summit The Mamdani “...

Saturday Afternoon News Updates: Iran Strikes US Bases, Trump Flees to Bedminster While more attacks break out in the Middle East, Trump is rage-posting AI videos Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network Jun 6 Hi all, Ben here. It’s Saturday, June 6th , the anniversary of D-Day anniversary, and there is a lot going on. Let me give you the rundown before we get into everything. I’ll keep this quick. Stories we’re tracking today: Iran strikes US interests in Kuwait and Bahrain following US strikes in the Strait of Hormuz and Iran is now threatening complete closure of the strait and $200 oil Trump cuts his Meet the Press interview short after 50 minutes, then flees to Bedminster The Pentagon raises Israel’s counterintelligence threat level to “critical” — the highest possible rating Trump regime deletes a confirmed second New World Screwworm detection in Texas New FBI documents show a Butler County sheriff’s deputy exchanged emails with Thomas Crooks before the July 13, 2024 shooting Hegset...

  Trump pitches new "Trump Promenade" on National Mall in between naps in the Oval Office America’s nincompoop-in-chief spent yesterday afternoon nodding off in the Oval Office, stirring just long enough to pitch yet another vanity project: a walkway near the Lincoln Memorial dubbed the "Trump Promenade." This from a man who’s famously allergic to walking, mind you. To date, Donald has spent $2 million paving over the White House Rose Garden, $5 million gilding lion statues in gold leaf, and $13 million repainting the Reflecting Pool "American flag blue." He’s also drawn up plans for a $100 million "Arc de Trump" near Arlington Cemetery, which he laughably claims will be paid for with funds left over from his ridiculous, billion-dollar ballroom. The "Trump Promenade" is just the logical next step in his ongoing project to turn Washington, DC into a theme park where the theme is, of course, him. Take Action: Demand Congress refund workin...