Friday, July 24, 2026
The Trump administration is demanding a $1.5 trillion military budget for next year, an increase of nearly $600 billion over fiscal 2025 levels that would cost the average family roughly $4,600. Simultaneously, the president has vowed to dismantle the International Criminal Court “brick by brick,” aligning the United States with dictators and autocrats to shield those accused of genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes from accountability — even as his criminal paper trail grows and his immunity crumbles.
Facing a brutal Fox News poll, Trump exploded at Senate Majority Leader John Thune during a rally, demanding he railroad GOP holdouts to pass the SAVE Act — a voter suppression bill designed to rig the midterms. The administration’s aggression extends abroad: U.S.-Iran strikes are escalating and roiling global energy markets, while new tariffs have been slapped on dozens of trading partners under the pretext of forced-labor concerns, replacing a temporary global duty struck down by the Supreme Court in February. Alaska is now demanding citizenship verification from thousands of voters, extending the suppression nationwide.
Beijing retaliated against European Union sanctions by imposing export controls on 14 European companies, including German defense giant Rheinmetall AG. At home, the franchise model continues to extract wealth from workers: Kitchen and Bath Tune-Up franchisees report going broke under hidden fees, with even larger penalties triggered when they attempt to exit — the same predatory logic that has billionaires like Zuckerberg colonizing Montana.
The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision underscores how deeply entrenched the principle remains. In Madison, Wisconsin, a vigil was held for a man killed by police, a reminder that the domestic war on working-class communities persists alongside the administration’s imperial projects. Meanwhile, ICE detains scholars for their speech and a U.S. attorney fired after serving less than an hour — the repression at home and the projection of power abroad are a single system.