I believe you mean graft. Grift is nickel-and-dime neighborhood s***, whereas graft is corruption on a massive scale, often via government and/or politics. Trump's monetization of the presidency has taken the latter to a new, unimagined level.
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I believe you mean graft. Grift is nickel-and-dime neighborhood s***, whereas graft is corruption on a massive scale, often via government and/or politics. Trump's monetization of the presidency has taken the latter to a new, unimagined level.
Time for these Vichy Republicans to stop collaborating and to reassert American conservatism over Trump fascism.
Shocked, shocked that this convicted felon (who also attempted a coup to cling to power illegally) has little respect for the law.
Shocked, shocked that this convicted felon (who also attempted a coup to cling to power illegally) has little respect for the law.
It's a measure of how deranged Trump is that he knowingly, if not gleefully, endangered America's public health by making a charlatan like RFK Jr. his HHS secretary.
Not content with repeatedly antagonizing America's allies and largely abandoning Ukraine, Dim Donald has now managed to drive India into Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin's open arms.
It's a measure of how deranged Trump is that he knowingly, if not gleefully, endangered America's public health by making a charlatan like RFK Jr. his HHS secretary.
Given that Trump is policy-illiterate on trade and tariffs, we can safely assume he knows absolutely nothing about monetary policy.
If they quack and waddle like unilateral tariffs, I think we can safely drop the "reciprocal" bullshit.
Given Trump's career-long history of being not only anti-union but anti-worker, for organized labor to turn collaborationist is unthinkable.
With his reliance on (and ignorance of) executive orders, Trump increasingly a one-trick gelding.
Trump's tariff scheme/scam is unraveling. And so is he.
Not unlike the guy she works for, completely out of her depth.
Trump tried, and failed, to work both sides of the street during the pandemic. There were countless ways to repay his debt to RFK Jr. short of appointing him HHS secretary. It's a measure of just how deranged Trump is that he would give this charlatan so much influence over America's public health.
Trump tried and failed to work both sides of the street during the pandemic. There were countless ways to repay his debt to RFK Jr. short of appointing him HHS secretary. It's a measure of just how deranged Trump is that he would give this charlatan so much influence over America's public health.
Pritzker's speech this week a tour de force.
RFK Jr. is certifiably batshit, but more fundamentally consider how sick the guy is who knowingly appointed this charlatan. There were any number of ways Trump could have repaid his political debt to Kennedy other than making him HHS secretary.
RFK Jr. a batshit crazy charlatan, but more fundamentally the "criminal madness" you cite has Trump's prints all over it. There were any number of ways he could have repaid his political debt to Kennedy short of naming him HHS secretary.
If there were a Nobel Appeasement Prize, the ignoble Trump would have clinched it in Alaska.
Not limited to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's announcement this week, print editions of newspapers sadly will soon be a thing of the past. Even at the N.Y. Times, barely 5 percent of its nearly 12 million subscribers still rely on the print edition.
An obscenity, of course, but very much in character for a "commander-in-chief" who has insulted our men and women in uniform repeatedly (and who bought himself a dubious, likely fraudulent medical exemption from U.S. military service at the height of the Vietnam War).
While the Supremes could decide, yet again, to save Trump's arse procedurally without ruling on the merits, to say his carte blanche application of the Executive's limited statutory authority on tariffs is blatantly illegal would be an understatement.
RFK Jr.: at best a shameless charlatan, at worst a total nutcase.
Hegseth's "warriors"??
Love that Mel Brooks-inspired handle!
If the Supremes uphold today's ruling, Trump will have no choice but to ask Congress for the authority to continue his tariff scheme/scam. The last thing Hill Rs want going into the midterms, however, is an on-the-record vote on tariffs.
If the Supremes uphold today's ruling, Trump will have no choice but to ask Congress for the authority to continue his tariff scheme/scam. The last thing Hill Republicans want going into the midterms, however, is an on-the-record vote in support of tariffs.
If the Supremes uphold today's ruling, Trump will have no choice but to ask Congress for the authority to continue his tariff scheme/scam. The last thing Hill Republicans want going into the midterms, however, is an on-the-record vote on tariffs, which are by definition highly inflationary.
Far from clear the Supremes or Congress will save Trump's protectionist arse, given that his global tariff scheme/scam is both blatantly illegal and a flagrant usurpation of legislative power.
Now torn between Extortionist-in-Chief and Felon-in-Chief.
Instead of collaborating with Trump fascism, this would be a good time for Vichy Republicans to reassert Congress' power of the purse.
An apt metaphor for Gov. DeFascist having made a complete fool of himself on the national political stage in '24.
Not unlike Trump's panic-driven gerrymander campaign, if it quacks and waddles like the politics of desperation, guess what?!
If Trump was "Putin's poodle" in Helsinki, he was "Putin's pussy" in Anchorage, although by embracing, caving to and aligning himself with the Russian war criminal he likely clinched the Nobel Appeasement Prize.
Trump clinched the Nobel Appeasement Prize by embracing, caving to and aligning himself with Putin at that disaster of a summit in Alaska.
You can't make it up: accusations of mortgage irregularities from a businessman found guilty of fraud for routinely falsifying company records to obtain the most favorable lending terms.
As chairman of the Senate committee with jurisdiction (and having disgraced himself by voting to confirm RFK Jr.), immediate investigative hearings on the CDC crisis should be a Bill Cassidy no-brainer.
Trump and Leavitt packing the White House press room with right-wing lightweights and guaranteeing softball questions.
Surely there must be some way this charlatan can blame mass shootings on vaccines.
If policy-illiterate on trade and tariffs, one can only imagine how little Trump knows about monetary policy and how much damage he could inflict on our economy in general and the dollar in particular.
Time for Vichy Republicans in general and the six Supremes in particular to stop collaborating with Trump fascism and return to American conservatism.
Heritage Foundation chief economist or garden-variety fascist goon?
A metaphor for Gov. DeFascist crashing and burning on the national political stage?
Alienating America's allies now a Trump specialty. Can only imagine how, for example, his betrayal of Ukraine at the Alaska summit is playing in South Korea and Taiwan.
Trump's cabinet meetings recall that line from the movie Spaceballs: "I'm surrounded by a**holes!" Of course, in this case each and every one a Trump appointee. (With apologies to Mel Brooks for the comparison.)
Having made a complete fool of himself in Alaska by embracing, caving to and aligning himself with Vlad the Invader, for example, one would think Trump would have more important things to focus on than programming/personnel decisions at NBC.
Trump's cabinet meetings recall that line from the movie Spaceballs: "I'm surrounded by a**holes!" Of course, in this case each and every one a Trump appointee. (With apologies to Mel Brooks for the comparison.)
Trump's cabinet meetings recall that line from the movie Spaceballs: "I'm surrounded by a**holes!" Of course, in this case each and every one a Trump appointee. (With apologies to Mel Brooks for the comparison.)
Ignoring that little matter of whether he has the legal authority to do so, those news orgs that led with "Trump fires Cook" headlines/chyrons owe their readers/viewers an apology.
If there were a Nobel Appeasement Prize, Trump would have clinched it in Alaska.
With Trump having gone full fascist, your expertise on authoritarianism has never been more crucial. Nicolle and "Deadline: White House" are fortunate to have you on their team.
You've nailed it. Netanyahu's Israel now a military power regionally but, sadly, a pariah internationally.
Gov. Pritzker's speech today a tour de force and easily the most powerfully persuasive attack on "America's wannabe dictator" to date.
Gov. Pritzker's speech a tour de force and by far the most eloquent, persuasive attack on "America's wannabe dictator" to date.
Trump's gone from "Putin's poodle" in Helsinki to "Putin's pussy" in Anchorage. If there were a Nobel Appeasement Prize, he surely would have clinched it in Alaska via embracing, caving to and even aligning himself with Vlad the Invader, who continues to play him like a Strad.
If only Trump had been as outraged by the desecration of the U.S. Capitol by his fascist goons in 2021.
Further evidence, if any were needed, that Trump has gone full fascist. That search was equal parts retribution against Bolton and a warning to his critics.
Less "chief law enforcement officer" than felon-in-chief.
Trump threatened by the Fed's independence and integrity. And given his illiteracy on international trade, we can safely assume he knows even less about monetary policy.
Fulfilling his fascist fantasies, Trump's "military deployment" (try saying that with a straight face) to D.C. not just mainly performative but carefully staged with national landmarks in the background.
. . . and by an anemic 1.5 percent plurality at that.
In the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust, Ben-Gurion's decision to exempt them from military service made sense. Today, however, the ultra-Orthodox should face conscription like everybody else, especially given their far-right views.
Another of Trump's flaccid, performative "military operations" (try saying that with a straight face) less worthy of an American president than the Duchy of Grand Fenwick prime minister in "The Mouse That Roared" (with apologies to Peter Sellers).
Only an insecure a**hole would wear a hat like that.
Making industrial policy seem tame by comparison, wonder how Trump's state ownership is playing among GOP conservatives and at free-market think tanks.
If there were a Nobel Appeasement Prize, Trump would have clinched it by embracing, caving to and aligning himself with Putin in Alaska.
Making industrial policy seem tame by comparison, can only imagine how Trump's state ownership is playing at the free-market think tanks.
If there were a Nobel Appeasement Prize, Trump would have clinched it in Alaska.
Pathological liars Maxwell and Trump clearly on the same page. Just common sense to assume he's bought her silence with the comfort of a country club prison, in the interim, followed by a commutation/pardon on his way out.
If there were a Nobel Appeasement Prize, Trump would have clinched it by embracing, caving to and aligning himself with Putin in Alaska.
If there were a Nobel Appeasement Prize, Trump would have clinched it by embracing, caving to and aligning himself with Putin in Alaska.
Setting aside the fact that only an incurable a**hole would wear a hat like that, Trump's authoritarianism now out of control and bordering on instability.
Trump's DOJ likely more focused on redacting the names of the victimizers than those of the victims.
Dubbed "Putin's poodle" in Helsinki in 2018, after that disastrous Alaska summit Trump's now more like "Putin's pussy." If there were a Nobel Appeasement Prize, he would have just clinched it.
Not just an expression of European solidarity with Zelensky but, within hours of that disaster in Alaska, a unanimous no-confidence vote in Trump.
Shocked, shocked that the "short-fingered vulgarian" has vulgar taste in decor.
Now a military power regionally, but Israel increasingly a pariah internationally.
Trump's clearly threatened by the Fed's independence and integrity. Plus, given that he's policy-illiterate on trade and tariffs, we can safely assume Trump knows even less about monetary policy.
As military ops, Trump's deployment of troops to L.A. and D.C. ranks right up there with those of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick in "The Mouse That Roared" (with apologies to Peter Sellers).
As military ops, Trump's deployment of troops to L.A. and D.C. ranks right up there with those of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick in "The Mouse That Roared" (with apologies to Peter Sellers).
High, if misplaced, praise for America's felon-in-chief.
This from that same profile in courage who bought himself a dubious, likely fraudulent medical exemption from U.S. military service at the height of the Vietnam War.
That Trump would rely on that widely recognized authority on free and fair elections, Vladimir Putin, on the subject of mail-in voting beyond revealing. Yet another example, if one were needed, of Vlad playing him like a Strad.
Do they make ankle bracelets big enough for America's felon-in-chief?
If there were a Nobel Appeasement Prize, Trump would have clinched it with his Alaska trifecta of embracing, caving to and aligning himself with the war criminal responsible for the most flagrant invasion of a sovereign European country since WWII.
European leaders scrapped their schedules and rushed to Washington not just to show solidarity with Ukraine but because, as that disaster in Alaska proved, trusting Trump is now unthinkable.
Having both staged coup attempts to cling to power illegally, fascist solidarity always so heartwarming.
Vulgar decor hardly surprising coming from the "short-fingered vulgarian" (hat tip to Graydon Carter).
Trump's disaster in Alaska beyond PR, having embraced, caved to and aligned himself with the war criminal responsible for the most flagrant invasion of a sovereign European country since WWII.
Trump's disaster in Alaska beyond PR, having embraced, caved to and aligned himself with the war criminal responsible for the most flagrant invasion of a sovereign European country since WWII.
This from that same profile in courage who bought himself a dubious, likely fraudulent medical exemption from U.S. military service at the height of the Vietnam War.
Cuomo's arse must be in a high state of conflagration for him to pin his hopes on Trump, whom New Yorkers know all too well.
Having embraced, caved to (on ceasefire, sanctions and territory) and aligned himself with Putin, trusting Trump is unthinkable. That Europe's leaders would scrap their schedules and rush to Washington was not just about solidarity with Ukraine, but a no-confidence vote in Trump.
Predictably, the "short-fingered vulgarian" has vulgar taste when it comes to decor.
This from the same profile in courage who bought himself a dubious, if not fraudulent, medical exemption from U.S. military service at the height of the Vietnam War.
Who in their right mind would blame the victim of the most blatant invasion of a sovereign European country since World War II?! Trump's gone from "Putin's poodle" in Helsinki to "Putin's pussy" in Anchorage.
Having warmly embraced, caved to (on ceasefire, sanctions and territory) and aligned himself with Putin, trusting Trump is unthinkable. That Europe's leaders would rush to Washington was not only about solidarity with Ukraine, but a no-confidence vote in Trump.
Having warmly embraced, caved to (on ceasefire, sanctions and territory) and aligned himself with Putin, trusting Trump is unthinkable. That Europe's leaders would rush to Washington was not only about solidarity with Ukraine, but a no-confidence vote in Trump.
Most major Western democracies provide for mail-in voting.
Having embraced, caved to and aligned himself with Putin in Alaska, Trump (not to mention Axios) may want to focus on subjects other than Zelensky's wardrobe. Hopefully, that high-powered delegation of European leaders will provide "Putin's poodle" with a much-needed reality check.