ICYMI-Free Chat Friday: July 03, 2026

We’re celebrating the founding of our country, not the fascist felon who wants to destroy it and our democracy.

Gooooood morning, News Viewers, Happy Friday!

Feel free to share any articles we may have missed, some cartoons, pretty much anything, or just chit and chat amongst yourselves.

Anyway, enjoy the day, the weekend, and be safe!

Mamdani: "As we mark 250 years … we see the wealthiest country — one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more … we see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans"

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) July 3, 2026 at 7:26 AM

Mamdani: "Therein lies the work of America — a striving, a bettering, the reaching toward perfection. What a privilege each of us has to live in a nation that every one of its inhabitants can shape. What a responsibility each of us possesses to prove ourselves worthy of all those who came before."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) July 3, 2026 at 7:26 AM

What part of this do you not get, MAGAts?

Updates:

California Man Admits He Sent Phony Nancy Guthrie Ransom Notes

A California man has pleaded guilty to sending multiple fake ransom notes related to the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie.

Guthrie, the mother of NBC News anchor Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing after vanishing from her Arizona home in February.

Since then, investigators have received and looked into countless ransom notes to verify their authenticity.

Celebrate American Style!:

The Worst People in the World:

The Worst President Ever & His Liquor Cabinet/Ass Kissers:

Trump discloses 327 unreported stock trades made a day before his first tariff pause

The disclosure, more than 14 months after the purchases occurred, is the latest revelation to fuel calls for greater scrutiny of the president’s financial assets.

“The Trump family’s earnings, experts said, have moved him into an echelon of enrichment more associated with strongmen in Russia and Turkey”{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/w…

George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 (@gtconway.bsky.social) 2026-07-03T12:51:33.251Z

Voters are fed up with leaders like Donald Trump using their positions of power to enrich themselves. A comprehensive ban that prevents the president and lawmakers from trading stocks is past due.

End Citizens United (@endcitizensunited.bsky.social) 2026-07-02T15:25:20.374Z

Trump: "William Taft … he was a large man. Loved the hot dogs at the baseball games. He was our heaviest president, and I have to be careful, because I don't want to supersede his record. And a thing like that would be possible if I allowed it to happen."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) July 3, 2026 at 8:21 AM

Craven Assholes:

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