It’s Friday.
Shitshow’s public schedule for…

The FIFA “fun” is paused on Saturday…

The FIFA “fun” resumes on Sunday…

Random Thoughts Friday…
It’s 8 a.m. on the West Coast, and I’m still trying to process how a sitting president can call a national address, lie repeatedly about our elections, wave around a stack of documents that proved absolutely nothing, and then wake up this morning… back to pretending the Reflecting Pool is the country’s biggest crisis.

“Deranged Vandals”
My Coffee Talk Take: Maybe don’t blame imaginary vandals until you’ve ruled out operator error. Humans have a remarkable talent for skipping that step.
I know I should take Puddle more seriously. Unfortunately, his DHS idiot is out today trying to make hay out of the same shit Puddle said last night…
And this…
But at the end of the day…
33/32
— Robert Graham (@robertgraham) July 17, 2026
Again Trump proves he's the enemy of fair elections and free-speech, threatening to revoke the NBC and ABC broadcast licenses for failure to broadcast his speech on this topic.https://t.co/gYPKTmS6tg
The rest of the tweet says:
1. These issues have been well known, debated, and debunked for the last 6 years.
2. There is some new insight from previous classified documents, but it doesn’t change the conclusions.
3. It’s still conspiracy-theories, twisted narratives, and outright violation of our democratic norms.
4. In particular, they show that the only threat to elections here is Donald Trump himself, as he attempts to sow doubt in the legitimacy of elections, and politicizes the Justice system.

PS.
The life and legacy of the late U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) will be celebrated on these dates and at these locations:
— Taylor Reidy (@taylor_reidy) July 17, 2026
Tuesday, July 28th
Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, July 29th
Columbia, South Carolina
Pickens County, South Carolina
Additional details to…
The rest of the tweet says: Additional details to follow.
