Saturday Report 7/11/26 — Trump refuses to sign the biggest housing bill in a generation, ICE shoots the wrong man in Houston, and the referees of our elections get purged...

Donald Trump's DOJ has been rubber-stamping mergers at the expense of antitrust law. Donald Trump promised to cut your electric bill in half, but he's spending your tax dollars to guarantee it goes up. Trump refused to sign the biggest housing bill in a generation to throw a childish tantrum.

DOJ actions could drive up prices for years to come

Democrats ‘have learned a lesson’ from the Platner fallout. Israel tells U.S. that Iran cooked up new plan to assassinate Trump. Immigration agents kill Mexican national in Houston. David Hearn pleads not guilty during arraignment in reflecting pool vandalism case. Maine to hold nominating convention to replace Platner and take on Collins.

Trump plan would weaken main protection that workers have over their retirement account

Democrats ‘have learned a lesson’ from the Platner fallout. Israel tells U.S. that Iran cooked up new plan to assassinate Trump. Immigration agents kill Mexican national in Houston. David Hearn pleads not guilty during arraignment in reflecting pool vandalism case. Maine to hold nominating convention to replace Platner and take on Collins.

THE WEEKEND NOTES: Fresh Iran Plot on Trump, McConnell Ambulance Video, Soaring Obamacare Rates

The US Men’s World Cup team will be forced to split its earnings with the women’ll team. Kirsten Gillibrand’'s college-aged son received a $300 million valuation on his “trade stocks as derivatives” company. $225 million in alleged K-12 education fraud found. Activists demand Black English be pushed on kids in California preschools. Illegal immigrant accused of kidnapping, raping a woman in Fairfax County. Ex-Florida Democratic gubernatorial nominee arrested in Alabama on drug charges.

The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, July 11, 2026

Robert Reich and Heather try to understand the source of Trump's power. They discuss his power to berate heads of state at NATO and to keep Republicans in Congress quietly neutered. They also discuss his never-ending war in Iran, the soaring prices of gas and groceries, and his refusal to release the Epstein files.

Venezuela’s earthquakes have deepened this century’s biggest economic crisis

On June 24, two powerful quakes struck less than a minute apart, their epicenters in towns less than two hundred miles west of Caracas. As of July 8, the death toll stands at 3,811 and the number injured at 16,740. NASA satellite radar estimates that approximately 69,400 buildings were damaged or destroyed across the affected region. The economic losses from direct physical damage to buildings and infrastructure are estimated at approximately $37 billion. Venezuela under Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro suffered one of the most dramatic collapses in gross domestic product per capita in modern history. The decline in Venezuela’s capital stock closely follows the collapse of its production of cement

Deirdre McCloskey on What Really Caused the Industrial Revolution

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey holds the Isaiah Berlin Chair in Liberal Thought at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. Yascha Mounk will be interviewing Francis Fukuyama about how liberalism should respond to the postliberal threat on July 15th.

Saturday Report 7/11/26 — Trump refuses to sign the biggest housing bill in a generation, ICE shoots the wrong man in Houston, and the referees of our elections get purged...
Saturday Report 7/11/26 — Trump refuses to sign the biggest housing bill in a generation, ICE shoots the wrong man in Houston, and the referees of our elections get purged...

Donald Trump's DOJ has been rubber-stamping mergers at the expense of antitrust law. Donald Trump promised to cut your electric bill in half, but he's spending your tax dollars to guarantee it goes up. Trump refused to sign the biggest housing bill in a generation to throw a childish tantrum.

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DOJ actions could drive up prices for years to come
DOJ actions could drive up prices for years to come

Democrats ‘have learned a lesson’ from the Platner fallout. Israel tells U.S. that Iran cooked up new plan to assassinate Trump. Immigration agents kill Mexican national in Houston. David Hearn pleads not guilty during arraignment in reflecting pool vandalism case. Maine to hold nominating convention to replace Platner and take on Collins.

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Trump plan would weaken main protection that workers have over their retirement account
Trump plan would weaken main protection that workers have over their retirement account

Democrats ‘have learned a lesson’ from the Platner fallout. Israel tells U.S. that Iran cooked up new plan to assassinate Trump. Immigration agents kill Mexican national in Houston. David Hearn pleads not guilty during arraignment in reflecting pool vandalism case. Maine to hold nominating convention to replace Platner and take on Collins.

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THE WEEKEND NOTES: Fresh Iran Plot on Trump, McConnell Ambulance Video, Soaring Obamacare Rates
THE WEEKEND NOTES: Fresh Iran Plot on Trump, McConnell Ambulance Video, Soaring Obamacare Rates

The US Men’s World Cup team will be forced to split its earnings with the women’ll team. Kirsten Gillibrand’'s college-aged son received a $300 million valuation on his “trade stocks as derivatives” company. $225 million in alleged K-12 education fraud found. Activists demand Black English be pushed on kids in California preschools. Illegal immigrant accused of kidnapping, raping a woman in Fairfax County. Ex-Florida Democratic gubernatorial nominee arrested in Alabama on drug charges.

Erick Erickson's Confessions of a Political Junkie
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The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, July 11, 2026
The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, July 11, 2026

Robert Reich and Heather try to understand the source of Trump's power. They discuss his power to berate heads of state at NATO and to keep Republicans in Congress quietly neutered. They also discuss his never-ending war in Iran, the soaring prices of gas and groceries, and his refusal to release the Epstein files.

Robert Reich
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Venezuela’s earthquakes have deepened this century’s biggest economic crisis
Venezuela’s earthquakes have deepened this century’s biggest economic crisis

On June 24, two powerful quakes struck less than a minute apart, their epicenters in towns less than two hundred miles west of Caracas. As of July 8, the death toll stands at 3,811 and the number injured at 16,740. NASA satellite radar estimates that approximately 69,400 buildings were damaged or destroyed across the affected region. The economic losses from direct physical damage to buildings and infrastructure are estimated at approximately $37 billion. Venezuela under Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro suffered one of the most dramatic collapses in gross domestic product per capita in modern history. The decline in Venezuela’s capital stock closely follows the collapse of its production of cement

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Deirdre McCloskey on What Really Caused the Industrial Revolution
Deirdre McCloskey on What Really Caused the Industrial Revolution

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey holds the Isaiah Berlin Chair in Liberal Thought at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. Yascha Mounk will be interviewing Francis Fukuyama about how liberalism should respond to the postliberal threat on July 15th.

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