senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubioās 2016 presidential campaignšš½
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senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubioās 2016 presidential campaignšš½
How did Rudy Guiliani fracture vertebrate when heās a spineless piece of shit?
We do not fully grasp how damaging the SCOTUSā presidential immunity decision was. What we know is it was a disaster and the huge damage it has caused is being compounded daily. That is because the result is a collaboration between corrupt justices, a supine Congress and a demented President.
The White House posts that the US has now taken in $8 Trillion in tariff revenue so far. Preposterous insane lies on an hourly basis.
CNN confirms that the pilots landed the plane using paper maps. www.cnn.com/2025/09/01/w...
Today we celebrate the strength and resilience of working people everywhere. Nearly 300,000 federal employees have lost their jobs this year not because of necessity, but because of a political agenda. And while peopleās lives were destroyed in the name of āsaving money,ā
Trans people never stole the entire Social Security database and put every American at risk by uploading their personal information to an unsecure server. But Trump and Elon Musk sure did.
Why the Texas AG is trying to lock me up and what we're doing to fight back and win. open.substack.com/pub/betoorou...
Brooklyn Bridge gets all the press. But the views from the Manhattan Bridge are gorgeous this week, too. #NYC š @newyorkcitykopp.bsky.social
Trump & Kennedy, instead of attacking diseases are attacking the scientists who keep us safe, exactly what anyone who watched Trumpās performance during Covid, is familiar with Kennedyās anti-science views, or read Project 2025 could have anticipated. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/h...
Last January, a source shared evidence with me that DOGE was installing devices on govt servers to upload data to the cloud. Some hosts were FOREIGN. On Friday, a whistleblower resigned and came forward to share the same. Listen to what we found in January: www.muellershewrote.com/p/a-fork-in-...
CW: Sexual assault Women are being kidnapped and assaulted by men who impersonate ICE agents. This is one of many reasons why we canāt have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Urge your elected officials to take action today: www.bluestatedefianc...
@nealkatyal.bsky.social: āYouāve got the president who's imposed the largest tax increase on American consumers since 1993 ā¦ and he did it without Congress saying one word. That is not our constitutional structure.ā
#NYC baseball coach confronts ICE child predators. āThere's only one way to get into the cage, so my whole thing was I can control that. I was in front of the entrance and that's when I just said, you know, I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids." www.wcpo.com/politics/imm...
Children...brain cancer. Trump has no soul.
Trump did this
Television legend Stephen Colbert has just signed a $13.5 million deal with Netflix for a 7-episode series.
Yikes, JD Vance better hope JD Vance doesnāt hear about this!
"Congratulations to President Donald Trump and his whip-smart administration on turning Americaās brave National Guard troops into the most expensive gardening crew in human history." https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/28/trump-national-guard-picking-up-trash-dc/85853498007/
Gavin Newsom is not imitating Trump. He is mocking him. He is holding up a mirror to what Trump does and how blind his supporters are to reality. From the 3 hour North Korean style cabinet meetings to all caps nonsense tweets. Itās all worthy of mockery.
My reporting uncovered the existence of DoJ training videos instructing FBI personnel on how to flag Trumpās name in the Epstein files. Iām suing to get the videos under FOIA. substack.com/@muellershew...
An(other) actual psychopath.
"When you talk about Republicans in congress, you're never going to go broke betting on them to be spineless." George Conway
Clean energy isnāt āwoke.ā Itās an essential part of our energy future and saves us all on power bills. This administrationās war on offshore wind and solar is just going to raise Americansā utilities.
Jones: I want to bring theology into this because you have all these people that want to give thoughts and prayers. But I was a minister, and that is a form of theological malpracticeāwhen you pray for something you have the power to change.
Joe Biden is out buying ice cream while everyone is asking whether Trump is dead.
My name is Graham Platner. I'm the oysterman and Marine veteran running against Susan Collins. In 10 days we raised $1 million and signed up 3,000 volunteers. Please share this. Spread the word. Help us build something strong enough to defeat the billionaire class.a
Little kids with brain cancer. Thatās who Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are screwing over by cutting health care.
In recent public remarks about deploying the National Guard to Chicago, Donald Trump said: āI have the right to do ANYTHING I want to do. Iām the president of the United States.ā Not even a King has that right. Certainly no president. Who knew a non-drinker could be so drunk with power?
Trump is again threatening Chicago with a takeover on social media. We will again say those who trade liberty for the illusion of temporary safety deserve neither. We are not, and will not become, a military state. Remember freedom is something they can never take away, no matter what they tell you!
This is the type of person Trump pardoned. He proudly asserts that they should have injured a US Capitol Police Officer worse than they did on January 6th (@sergeantaqgo.bsky.social) had to medically retire). But MAGA supports law enforcement? Seriously? Then show me by condemning this guy.
WOW, must see TV!
His face looks really swollen!
If Republicans really think there is a national emergency to justify the tariffs, why donāt they just pass them in Congress like they are supposed to under the constitution. This is supposedly a national emergency, but they are gambling on the Supreme Court while doing nothing?
No matter what @MarshaBlackburn keeps saying, itās not criminals theyāre targeting. www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...
J.D. Vance is the stick your foot in your mouth candidate, which happens a few times a day.
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Psaki: Comer was a little slow to move forward with the subpoenas, at least in my view. Moskowitz: Thatās actually his regular speed. Heās just a little slow in general.
"January 6 survivor and former MPD Officer Michael Fanone launches a campaign demanding that federal officers remove their masks, advocating for transparency." Check out our new D.C. campaign demanding federal agents take off their mask! @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social www.wusa9.com/article/news...
NEWS: ACLU pushes to revive criminal contempt proceedings against Trump officials
You may already be aware of this. If so...it's good reinforcement: The President of Portugal branded Trump a RUSSIAN ASSET. Whether itās true or not doesnāt even matter; what matters is this: world leaders see Trump as weak...compromised...and beneath respect.
"The President, on his own, can't tax the American people. That's what King George III tried to do ā we had a revolution about that." Neal Katyal
A collection of clips from MSNBC of multiple Republicans getting booed at town halls this week.
We saw all your comments yesterday on our post about celebrity chef and D.C. icon JosĆ© AndrĆ©s, and we agree with you he truly deserves the Nobel Peace Prize! š
Thank you, Marc!!
I celebrate every victory for voting rights, but this one is particularly special. No issue has been more hotly contested or more important to PA voters than this one. The DSCC and DCCC fought hard and it is great to see them prevail. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
š¬ checking in on Nancy Maceās bid for governorā¦
Trump White House staff already 'heading for the exits' for 'cushy lobbying gigs': report
MSNBC, please stop playing "the more you know" commercials. We're all so freaking tired of the repetition.
Slice their skin. Burn their hands. Zap them. Gas them. Shoot their legs. Just SOME of the ways I heard Trump and his team talk about torturing migrants -- real human beings. Not made up. Not "just a joke." The President is a cruel and sick person.
The danger isnāt just Trumpās blacklist. Itās how easily corporate America obeyed itā¦ and what that means for you: Part II.š www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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@jamellebouie.net You were great on TV tonight.
cruelty is the pointāalways
Vance is a petulant pos.
So willing to claim responsibility for the good stuff that they never have a part in, and then blame others for the messes they have sole responsibility for. Ethically BANKRUPT people.
www.facebook.com/share/1GkQiZ... Every settlement dollar paid to Trump ā Harvard, ABC News, Paramount etcā greenlights the next round of terms. By paying a political ransom, America's elite institutions are funding the authoritarian operation. Hereās how to stop it.
This is a lovely tribute to Virginia Guiffre, who was first abused by a relative at age 7. www.digitaldrumbeat.com/p/rememberin...
Grateful for the Democratic Governors who refuse to back down: š„ Gavin Newsom (CA) š„ Kathy Hochul (NY) š„ JB Pritzker (IL) š„ Josh Shapiro (PA) Keep bringing the heat, weāve got your back.š
Donāt allow this factual story to die
Todayās lesson, kids š
NEWS: Annie Farmer, an Epstein survivor who testified against Ghislaine Maxwell, just revealed on CNN that she wrote a letter with her concerns to Deputy AG Blanche ā and received no response. She says neither she nor other survivors have heard a word from the DOJ.
Today is National Lighthouse Day honoring the historical and cultural significance of lighthouses. I've posted this image before but have reprocessed it. It is the lighthouse at St. Marks Florida. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #infrared #fullspectrum #clouds
Omg! Look at all that gold crap!
The raw milk people are hilarious. All you have to do is meet one (1) cow and smell the situation in which they are producing that rawness and you will pasteurize everything you own for a week
Trump saying he has the best poll numbers heās ever had citing āHarry Emdenā on CNN Harry Enten response: If we are comparing him to other presidents at this point in their presidencies, he is the second lowest on record compared only to himself.
This is what media sanewashing our insane president looks like, courtesy today of ABC, CNN and The NY Times:
Article 1, Section 9 & 10 have been removed from the official Govt website on the US Constitution. Among numerous points: ā¢Section 9 forbids suspending The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus ā¢Section 10 forbids ex post facto laws This better be a joke. Ignoring these is full blow dictatorship
Headline of the Day:
Noticing a pattern here.
Berman: Was the President right about the polling? Enten: No. If we are comparing him to other presidents at this point in their presidencies, he is the second lowest on record compared only to himself.
Did you know: Gislane Maxwell was transferred to a nice minimum security prison after talking with trumps lawyer. A sex trafficker, was transferred to a nicer place by Donald Trump. Wonder why? Also looks like GOP is the pedo defenders.
Good for her. Sheās an outstanding reporter and the Washington Post is no longer worthy of her work.
The father of Parkland shooting victim Joaquin Oliver approached me to help them remember their son. Hereās his dad Manny explaining why. His son would be 25 today. Itās his birthday.
In her pajamas? This woman is seriously disturbed.
This sounds like a mistake.
I apologize for swearing but--are you fucking kidding me??? The NYT thinks that judges refusing to give Trump's DOJ the benefit of the doubt is "eroding the healthy functioning of the courts." For democracy to survive, judges need to be more skeptical and impose greater sanctions for DOJ's lies.
The last few months, if youāve wondered why Iāve been hammering the soācalled Democratic āleadershipā like a rented muleā¦ now you know. And if you still donāt? Quit popping Ambien like Tic Tacs and wake the hell up. It's simply not possible to shake their asses "too hard."
Any Dems who donāt have this attitude should exit politics now:
I have been the subject of many spurious accusations and politically motivated attacks, but this one is in a class by itself. According to Tulsi Gabbard ā the nationās top intelligence official ā my refusal to post on Twitter is being reviewed by the Department of Justice as evidence of wrongdoing.
"Most presidents do not want to suffer Jimmy Carterās fate and so attempt to avoid massive unemployment, high inflation, and especially the combination of the two. Trump, in contrast, has been speedrunning the country toward stagflation." ā @nberlat.bsky.social
This is Trumpās f*cked-up economy, but donāt miss this point in the jobs reportāif it hadnāt been for healthcare, we wouldāve actually lost jobs every single month.
This line of complaint from MTG sets her apart from the usual conspiracy type topics she's interested in. She may have found her direction.
Astute observation.
Hassett comes across as the slimy liar he is.
The worst ones are people like Hassett, who are very aware that they are lying to the American people week after week on Sunday shows to cover for Trump, but do it effortlessly with a smile. In many ways worse than the brainless cultists. bsky.app/profile/atru...
He lost an election and refused to accept the results. He forced the Smithsonian to lie about American history. He fired the head statistician bcuz he didnāt like the jobs numbers. He canāt handle the truth. We elected the biggest pussy/coward/sore loser in all of human history.
Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
Iām sure the guy who cheated at golf, marriage, business, taxes, insurance claims, and elections will provide us with 100% accurate jobsā numbers after handpicking a new crony.
We should express our moral outrage that ICE is holding 65,000 immigrants in ādetention,ā while POTUS demands at least 3,000 more detentions per day. Of the 65,000 men, women and children now in custody, 72% have zero felony convictions.
Wetlands, which are perfect areas for photography, are under attack due to new government policies. Protect the Wetlands around the country in addition to the people of the entire world. #Wetlands #LFK #Color #Sunset #BakerWetlands #Photography
He gave 3 rally speeches during the campaign talking about getting āretribution & revengeā on his enemies. But polls didnāt like that. So Hannity coached him to say, āthe success of my admin will be my revenge.ā Thatās the line he used after that. But it was always the former.