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Trump threatens new Canada tariffs over wildfire smoke in US cities

Donald Trump threatened to impose new tariffs on Canada in response to wildfires sending smoke into the United States, accusing the country of "willful negligence" in forest management. Trump said on Truth Social that he would call Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to demand an explanation, describing the air reaching US cities as "filthy, polluted, and unhealthy." As of Saturday, approximately 955 fires were actively burning across Canada, with more than 190 in Ontario alone, many out of control.

Canadian officials rejected Trump's characterization and outlined their response to the crisis. Prime Minister Carney stated that climate change is "everyone's responsibility, truly everyone's, including the United States," and noted that Canada has invested approximately C$12 billion in forest sustainability and fire prevention. Ontario Premier Doug Ford called Trump's rhetoric "a shame" and "unacceptable," noting that Canada has previously assisted the US with California wildfires and hurricane response, and that Michigan and Massachusetts have already offered water bombers and firefighters to help battle the blazes.

Scientists disputed the premise of Trump's complaint, explaining that wildfire impacts transcend borders and are driven partly by climate change. Dr. Patrick James from the University of Toronto stated that weather patterns do not respect international boundaries, and smoke from major US wildfires has affected Canada in previous years. Dr. Anabela Bonada from the University of Waterloo emphasized that "climate change is a global issue, and it would be inaccurate to suggest that Canada alone caused or could have prevented these wildfires," noting that sustained heat at the end of June combined with below-average rainfall contributed to rapid fire increases.

The smoke has caused widespread disruption across the northern United States, with air quality in Detroit ranked worst in the world and hazardous conditions affecting Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York. Outdoor events have been cancelled, flights delayed, and communities advised to remain indoors. US lawmakers from affected districts issued an open letter accusing Canada of chronic under-investment in forest management and claiming that "American lungs are paying the price for Canadian inaction, year after year," though their demands for direct US involvement in Canadian wildfire operations conflict with established cross-border cooperation agreements dating to 1982.

Trump's threat follows a pattern of trade tensions with Canada, which has endured tariffs over the past year after decades of duty-free trade without achieving a new agreement. Some Republicans have used the wildfire issue to renew calls for Trump's recurring proposal to make Canada a US state, while others suggested delaying the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a Canada-funded infrastructure project connecting Ontario to Michigan. Trump has previously eliminated federal climate endangerment findings that would have regulated greenhouse gases, contradicting the scientific consensus that climate change drives increasingly severe wildfire seasons.

(Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyq93j34lgo)

Trump Revives False Claims Election Systems Compromised

President Donald Trump delivered a primetime White House address Thursday night, reviving unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 presidential election he lost was compromised by foreign interference. Trump alleged that American election systems face widespread vulnerabilities susceptible to manipulation, an assertion contradicted by extensive evidence and prior official assessments.

Documents Trump referenced during his speech, reviewed by CNN, largely describe vulnerabilities known for years and reflected in the 2021 U.S. intelligence community assessment. According to a source with direct knowledge, these materials were compiled to capture all information the government possessed on potential election interference concerns, but the intelligence community determined them either insufficiently concrete or incorporated them into minority reports rather than treating them as consequential findings.

No declassified information Trump cited supports claims that any previous election results, including the 2020 contest, were manipulated by foreign interference or domestic fraud in ways that would have altered outcomes. The intelligence community’s analysis determined that verbiage within the documents themselves did not warrant treating the concerns as having material impact on election integrity.

Trump’s revival of election-integrity doubts occurs four months before midterm elections, continuing a pattern of amplifying unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about U.S. electoral systems. His assertions conflict with findings from election officials, security experts, and his own appointed Department of Homeland Security officials, who have consistently affirmed the security and integrity of American elections.

The address reflects Trump’s ongoing effort to sow doubt about election outcomes unfavorable to him while promoting baseless narratives about systemic vulnerabilities, despite declassified records and official assessments providing no evidentiary support for claims of election manipulation affecting results.



(Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-sows-doubt-election-integrity-midterms-rcna587853)

DOGE Records Deleted From NLRB Amid Investigation

In April 2025, federal IT staffer Dan Berulis filed a whistleblower complaint with Congress alleging that members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had accessed and potentially exfiltrated sensitive information from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Shortly after filing the complaint, Berulis discovered that his car’s brakes had been cut following a minor accident near his home. The NLRB’s Office of the Inspector General opened an investigation in May 2025, which remains ongoing.

A Government Accountability Office report released in April 2026 examined DOGE’s access to NLRB systems but conspicuously covered only the period after Berulis’ complaint was filed. The report’s footnotes revealed that in August 2025, after DOGE members departed the NLRB, the agency deleted team member accounts and associated access records before GAO investigators could observe the systems. This deletion eliminated digital evidence of what data DOGE members accessed and when, preventing confirmation of statements made to investigators. According to Don Moynihan, a University of Michigan public policy professor, the report “raises more questions than it resolves, such as who deleted the data.”

Berulis’ complaint alleged that DOGE officials demanded the highest level of access to NLRB systems, including “tenant owner” accounts with unrestricted permission to read, copy, and alter data, exceeding even the agency’s chief information officer’s access. The NLRB enforces labor laws and investigates unfair labor practices, giving it access to whistleblower identities, testimony, trade secrets, and investigative materials. The GAO acknowledged interviewing NLRB staff about DOGE’s access levels but could not verify their accounts because the accounts had already been deleted. Justin Fox, Nate Cavanaugh, and Jordan Wick were all at the NLRB at various points, but no specific DOGE members are named in the report or Berulis’ complaint.

The deletion of these records violates the General Records Schedule, which mandates that agencies retain access records from systems containing personally identifiable information for six years. The two systems DOGE accessed, the Electronic Official Personnel Folders and the Federal Personnel and Payroll System, both contain federal workers’ personal information. Dan McGrath, senior oversight counsel at Democracy Forward, stated the deletion “violates the Federal Records Act because it’s not preserving their activities.” Michael Duff, a former NLRB lawyer and Saint Louis University law professor, called the deletion “irregular and almost certainly contrary to practice,” noting that deleting data during an ongoing inspector general investigation compounds the concern. WIRED previously reported that DOGE members used encrypted messaging with auto-deleting features, which experts warned could violate federal record retention laws.

The deletion may not be isolated; Berulis’ complaint documented evidence that a DOGE account may have been created and deleted from NLRB cloud systems as early as March 6, 2025. Elon Musk, who led DOGE and owns Tesla and SpaceX, has financial interests in NLRB decisions; the agency dropped its case against SpaceX earlier this year, prompting Democratic senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal to request answers on whether the dismissal was politically motivated. In a functioning oversight system, according to Moynihan, this would trigger congressional hearings and sworn testimony, but such accountability remains unlikely.



(Source: https://www.wired.com/story/federal-investigators-say-certain-doge-records-were-deleted/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_brand=wired&utm_social-type=owned&fbclid=IwdGRjcAS_jqNwZG9mA2ZkaWQWUKVvhXR3lFy12rLF31dXHiKpftXWLWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR5ZFGZD-T_vJjIKipMGXHUKyO5UDJPcwxTdUCrATGDEfIdliYMkX5jl6p-HwQ_aem_vaPxhHw7M5OzAYT5Um2qgQ)

Trump Dismantles Bipartisan Elections Board Before Midterms

President Trump dismissed members of the Elections Assistance Commission, a bipartisan board created by Congress to strengthen election security following the 2000 election dispute. The action dismantled the panel’s independence just four months before midterm elections that will determine control of Congress, occurring shortly after the Supreme Court granted the president broad authority to reshape supposedly independent oversight boards.

The EAC maintains critical federal election infrastructure, including the federal voter registration form, voting system standards, accreditation of testing laboratories, distribution of federal election security funding, and publication of official election guidance. While states administer elections directly, the federal agency controls chokepoints that can influence registration processes, system certifications, funding distribution, and official determinations about election legitimacy. Trump’s removal of Democratic commissioners and the subsequent departure of Republican commissioners left every seat vacant, eliminating active bipartisan leadership capable of resisting White House directives or responding to election disputes independently.

The White House explicitly stated that the president may remove officials who are not “totally aligned” with his election security agenda, signaling that independent technical judgment is no longer acceptable for the position. This represents a fundamental shift from treating commissioners as neutral referees to demanding political loyalty to the president’s election claims. Career staff can continue routine operations under existing policies, but federal law requires at least three commissioners to approve major EAC actions, creating temporary paralysis that prevents the administration from immediately implementing new policies through the commission.

Trump has simultaneously ordered federal efforts to obtain state voter and citizenship information and directed the Justice Department to prioritize investigations into state and local officials allegedly providing ballots to ineligible voters. This reflects a broader strategy across multiple federal agencies to pressure states through registration requirements, voting system certifications, funding conditions, and legal challenges. A compliant EAC could produce ostensibly neutral technical justifications for these pressures, such as claiming particular state procedures fail to meet federal security standards, which could then be weaponized in litigation and certification disputes.

Democratic-backsliding researchers identify weakening or capture of election management bodies as an early warning sign of authoritarian erosion. The United States’ decentralized election system makes complete federal control difficult but creates multiple pressure points through which the administration can disrupt registration, certification, and legitimacy determinations. The authoritarian significance lies not in immediate vote manipulation but in removing institutional barriers to manufacturing disputes, creating uncertainty in closely divided states, and establishing a precedent that independent election officials must align with presidential election claims.



(Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/10/trump-guts-independent-elections-board-ahead-midterms/)

Trump Demands the Supreme Court Give Him a Do-Over

President Donald Trump demanded Wednesday that the U.S. Supreme Court grant him a rehearing in the birthright citizenship case after the court rejected his executive order striking down citizenship for children born to undocumented immigrants and visa holders. The 6-3 decision upheld the 14th Amendment’s clear language granting citizenship to all persons born in the United States, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing for the majority that the constitutional text is unambiguous. Trump’s demand for immediate rehearing follows his loss in Trump v. Barbara, where four justices signaled they do not believe the Constitution necessarily bestows citizenship on people born in the U.S., exposing the court’s extremist drift.

On Truth Social, Trump falsely claimed that billboards at the southern border advertise “birthright citizenship with deliveries starting at $4000,” asserting this constitutes a crime that invalidates the court’s ruling. Trump’s false characterization contradicts his own administration’s policies: in April 2026, he introduced a “gold card” visa for foreign nationals paying at least $1 million, which explicitly fast-tracks citizenship pathways for wealthy immigrants. This hypocrisy demonstrates Trump weaponizes the courts to circumvent constitutional protections when they conflict with his authoritarian agenda.

Trump’s demand for immediate rehearing and his subsequent pressure on Congress to overturn the 14th Amendment reflect his systematic assault on constitutional limits and independent judicial authority. His attacks on the Supreme Court’s decision, combined with his demands to remake institutions through loyalty purges and judicial remaking, advance his model of permanent executive power unchecked by law or democratic processes.



(Source: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump/trump-demands-the-supreme-court-give-him-a-do-over-asks-for-a-rehearing-immediately/)its and independent judicial authority. His attacks on the Supreme Court’s decision, combined with his demands to remake institutions through loyalty purges and judicial remaking, advance his model of permanent executive power unchecked by law or democratic processes.

Trump Vows 100-Year GOP Electoral Lock Via Voter ID Bill

President Donald Trump declared at an Independence Day rally in South Dakota on Friday that Republicans will not lose elections for 100 years if Congress passes the SAVE America Act, which mandates voter identification and proof of citizenship to register. Trump railed against what he called “the communist menace” while pressuring Senate Republicans to eliminate the 60-vote filibuster threshold to pass his legislation, stating “if we terminate the filibuster as we should do and immediately vote for the SAVE America Act, then we will not lose an election for a hundred years.”

Trump has repeatedly demanded Senate Republicans dismantle the filibuster, a procedural tool requiring 60 votes to end debate on legislation. The GOP controls the Senate 53-47 and possesses the votes to eliminate the rule unilaterally, yet Senate Majority Leader John Thune has acknowledged insufficient support among Republicans to do so. Trump’s ultimatum follows his earlier threat that he will be the “last Republican president” if the party fails to pass his voter ID legislation and removes the filibuster.

The president tied passage of the SAVE America Act to his baseless claims that the 2020 election was rigged against him, falsely asserting Democrats can only win through fraud. In his February State of the Union address, Trump declared Democrats “the only way they can get elected is to cheat,” weaponizing the legislation as a tool to entrench Republican electoral advantage while attacking the legitimacy of Democratic victories without evidence.

Trump’s vow of uninterrupted Republican dominance reflects his stated ambition for indefinite presidential power, consistent with earlier threats to be the last Republican president unless his demands are met and his promotion of merchandise bearing “Four more years” slogans. The centurial guarantee mirrors authoritarian tactics of consolidating institutional power to eliminate competitive elections and opposition.



(Source: https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/trump-vows-republicans-will-not-lose-an-election-for-a-hundred-years/)

Trump Celebrates Supreme Court Ruling Expanding Presidential Firing Power

Donald Trump celebrated a Supreme Court ruling that expanded presidential authority to fire Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioners, claiming the decision overturned 90 years of precedent and "greatly increasing Presidential Power." Trump had fired Biden-appointee Rebecca Slaughter from the FTC in 2025, citing her service as "inconsistent with the Administration's priorities," and the Court's 6-3 decision on Monday upheld his authority to do so.

In a separate ruling, the Supreme Court limited Trump's power by preventing him from firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, preserving the central bank's independence from executive removal authority. Trump had fired Cook in August after Federal Housing Finance Agency chief Bill Pulte accused her of mortgage fraud; Cook has denied the charge. Trump vowed to pursue "appropriate action immediately" and claimed Cook committed "wrongdoing," while Pulte, now interim head of the Department of National Intelligence, reiterated his belief that Cook "will be indicted for mortgage fraud."

It's important to note that Trump has falsely claimed mail-in voting is "really dishonest"; it is a legitimate voting method used by legitimate voters, including Trump himself.

All evidence shows fraud rates are tiny. He also falsely described what Jimmy Carter and a Carter-led 2005 commission said about mail-in ballots. Carter didn't say "you can't have them," and the commission didn't declare cheating inevitable. Additionally, Trump falsely claimed, "We're the only nation that does birthright citizenship," though about three dozen countries provide automatic citizenship to people born on their soil.

CNN's Paula Reid explained the split outcome, noting that the FTC ruling favored Trump because the agency operates within the Executive branch, while the Federal Reserve maintains independence as a separate entity. The decisions represent conflicting judicial positions on the scope of presidential removal powers, with the Court granting Trump greater control over executive agencies while constraining his authority over the Fed.

(Source: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-takes-victory-lap-over-supreme-court-case-greatly-increasing-presidential-power/)

‘They Tried to Kill Him’ Wild Trump Intro Says God Saved Him

Faith and Freedom Coalition Chairman Ralph Reed introduced President Donald Trump at the Faith and Freedom Policy Conference in Washington, DC on Friday with inflammatory rhetoric depicting Trump as a divinely protected figure under siege. Reed claimed Trump alone accomplished conservative achievements including appointing conservative Supreme Court justices, securing the border, enacting tax cuts, and directing military action against Iran, while listing a series of legal and political challenges Trump faced: “They impeached him! They indicted him! They tried to imprison him! They tried and knock him off the ballot! And then they tried to kill him!”

Reed attributed Trump’s survival of these challenges to divine intervention, stating “it all failed because God has a purpose for this man. And it is to save our nation.” This characterization mirrors earlier remarks Reed made at a leaked spring event and frames Trump’s legal jeopardy as persecution rather than accountability for conduct.

The introduction employed language consistent with authoritarian personality cults, positioning Trump as uniquely targeted and supernaturally protected while consolidating support among evangelical voters who form a crucial political base. Reed’s framing of indictments, impeachments, and assassination attempts as evidence of persecution rather than legitimate legal process normalizes rejection of institutional constraints on executive power.



(Source: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/they-tried-to-kill-him-wild-trump-intro-goes-right-into-god-saved-him-territory/)mpts as evidence of persecution rather than legitimate legal process normalizes rejection of institutional constraints on executive power.

Trump EPA Taps Hildebrand Lobbyist to Dismantle Methane Rules

Oil billionaire Jeffery Hildebrand, a major Trump donor, received a White House summons in January after Trump ordered the military raid capturing Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. At the East Room meeting, Trump pressed Hildebrand and two dozen other energy executives to commit $100 billion to Venezuela’s oil industry, and Hildebrand pledged Hilcorp’s involvement despite having no significant operations outside the U.S. Hildebrand’s willingness to demonstrate loyalty reflects his strategic positioning as Trump has begun dismantling Biden-era methane regulations that would have cost his company substantially.

Hildebrand’s Hilcorp owns roughly 11,000 wells across the U.S., primarily “stripper wells” that produce minimal oil and gas but release vast quantities of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Though stripper wells generate only 6 percent of U.S. oil and gas output, scientists estimate they account for roughly half the sector’s methane emissions due to minimal monitoring and deteriorating infrastructure. A satellite detected a massive methane plume from a Hilcorp well in New Mexico in June 2024 discharging at 199 kilograms per hour, roughly 12 times the well’s typical daily output, with seven of eight Hilcorp sites visited by Earthworks investigators showing evidence of leaks.

Trump has placed a former Hilcorp lobbyist in a top Environmental Protection Agency position overseeing efforts to dismantle the Biden administration’s aggressive methane restrictions. ProPublica’s investigation found the lobbyist is soliciting input from oil industry trade groups backed by Hildebrand as the administration moves to unravel rules that would have imposed steep compliance costs on Hilcorp. The rollback will provide sweeping relief for the nation’s 700,000 stripper wells while shifting climate costs onto society, as methane contributes one-third of global temperature rise since the Industrial Revolution.

Hildebrand’s rise from modest Texas origins to a $15 billion fortune rests on what analysts call the “dung beetle model,” acquiring aging wells at low cost and slashing expenses to maintain profitability. Environmental records show Hilcorp accumulated dozens of violations over the past decade, including a Cook Inlet pipeline rupture in Alaska that spewed methane for nearly four months in 2016. Penalties rarely exceeded $500,000, with analysts characterizing enforcement fines as routine operating costs rather than meaningful deterrence.

Unlike carbon dioxide, which persists in the atmosphere for centuries, methane breaks down in roughly a dozen years, making methane reductions the most effective near-term climate lever available. Stanford researcher Rob Jackson stated that curbing oil and gas methane emissions offers “the best bang for our buck” in fighting global warming, as existing technology is viable and cost-effective. Hildebrand’s transformation into a major Trump donor in 2024 directly followed the Biden administration’s methane restrictions, positioning him to recoup losses through regulatory rollback rather than operational changes.



(Source: https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-methane-jeffery-hildebrand-hilcorp-oil-regulations?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1781863145&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwdGRjcASk-2RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEew_BzskPcQgTl7GpCk52X3GzIB58MLw0LeGYyiqZyGQYou_R_uJFWqE1CGD8_aem_NkX6som_m3wKpWj623tbYA)

Trump Drops Pair of Bonkers Fan Polls on ICE and ‘Dumocrats’

President Donald Trump posted two fan polls on Truth Social on Saturday while his administration’s Iran agreement deteriorated, with Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz in protest of Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon. Vice President JD Vance confirmed that White House envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner had arrived in Switzerland for ongoing Iran negotiations, yet Trump diverted attention to trivial social media exercises rather than managing the diplomatic crisis.

Trump’s first poll asked followers to choose between spelling “Dumocrat” or “Dumbocrat” as an insult directed at Democrats, framing the decision as a matter of “very important” strategic communication. His lengthy caption explained the technical differences between the two spellings, consuming presidential attention on a nomenclature preference while international negotiations faltered.

The second poll proposed renaming Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to “NICE” by adding the letter “N” for “National,” claiming this would “totally discombobulate” journalists and media outlets. Trump asserted ICE agents are “Great Patriots” and described the rebrand as a “much more prestigious name,” though he acknowledged that actual ICE agents themselves opposed the change, according to information relayed by Tom Homan.

Trump’s focus on recreational polling and rhetorical games with nomenclature directly coincided with Iran State media announcing closure of the Strait of Hormuz, while CENTCOM issued a contradictory statement claiming the waterway remained open for merchant traffic. The simultaneous deterioration of Trump’s signature foreign policy achievement and his public fixation on trivial wordplay demonstrated the administration’s inability to maintain coherent diplomatic or strategic attention.



(Source: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-drops-pair-of-bonkers-fan-polls-on-ice-and-dumocrats-as-iran-agreement-falls-apart/)strategic attention.

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