What Caught My Eye forJuly 16 - 22 (#23)
Some of the articles that caught my eye that I felt were worth sharing from July 16 to 22.
In Primetime Speech, Trump Doesn't Provide Evidence for Illegal Voting
More lies and disinformation spouted by Trump griping about his 2020 election loss. If he wasn’t so determined to undermine and disrupt the 2026 midterms, this could probably be safely ignored. Unfortunately, it only shows how determined he is to interfere with our votes this November.
FCC Commissioner Says Trump Call to Revoke ABC, NBC Licenses is Unconstitutional
No shit. That’s not going to stop Brendan Carr and Trump from trying though. NBC & ABC have first amendment rights to choose what to air, and not to air. Compelling them to air a liar’s address would violate that. Good for ABC, NBC, and CNN for that matter as well, to recognize what Trump’s speech was, and act accordingly.
Trump Threatens New Iran Escalation and Risks Repeating Old Mistakes
President Donald Trump has ramped up U.S. air strikes on Iran and threatened broader escalation, but there is little sign that a military strategy that has already failed to extract concessions from Tehran will succeed this time.
What’s the definition of insanity…doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results?
Trump Gutted Civil Rights Agency, Stifling U.S. Scrutiny of Workplace Bias
The investigators had found, among other things, that some male managers at a Norfolk, Va., Navy shipyard had demanded oral sex and other sexual contact from female employees in exchange for promotions and overtime pay, and that Black women had been paid less and promoted less frequently than men, according to three people with knowledge of the findings.
The government was zeroing in on a resolution to propose to the company, BAE Systems: to make seven-figure payouts to workers and to adopt reforms — or risk losing its roughly $8 billion in annual federal contracts.
Then, the inquiry was suddenly halted.
On Jan. 21, the day after President Trump was inaugurated, he directed the Labor Department office conducting the investigation to stop most of its work, effectively shutting down the inquiry. It was part of a sweeping executive order purging the federal government of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that Mr. Trump said had undermined individual achievement in favor of a “pernicious identity-based spoils system.”
I really wish I could say I was surprised by all of this, but I’m not.