It was an attempted assassination.
We are a country in distress living under Trump's lawless autocracy.
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It was an attempted assassination.
"Robert Mueller’s Has Parkinson's And Can’t Testify Before Congress, Report Says" I'm not the grammar police, but Forbes, really?
Trump has read or is well acquainted with one book: Mein Kampf by Adolph Hitler.
It's not a show of strength to the world when our military troops are being used as trash collectors and compost spreaders in parks. But, that's EXACTLY what Trump wants in his ongoing campaign to weaken the United States in the eyes of both our allies and enemies.
This is a federal invasion, plain and simple. Chicago’s mayor has made it clear: police will not cooperate with federal troops or ICE. But will those deploying excessive force and using abduction tactics be held accountable? It’s past time for Blue states to take action and arrest offenders.
Everything Trump has done over the past eight months has been designed to weaken the United States to rank below China and Russia.
I believe tariffs will hurt small businesses more than large companies like Walmart. Despite the added costs, Walmart is projecting earnings per share close to pre-tariff levels.
I hate to say it, but the only allies Trump wants for our country are those that, just eight months ago, were considered our enemies.
And, what will the subservient Republicans be doing, in your esteemed opinion?
In other words, Susan Collins is A-OK with it.
It should be obvious even to the clueless Ms. Leavitt that thoughts and prayers don't work. Either that or God is a member of the NRA.
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Only the Democrats will ask the truly tough questions.
Did Republicans lose control of the Senate? No? Then this will be one big yawn-fest.
Don't be surprised if ICE hoodlums are stationed near or inside key voting precincts. Trump and Republican states might even have some National Guard troops picking up trash outside those locations while carrying rifles slung over their shoulders.
After all the people who have died in the USA due to gun proliferation, I find it hard to believe that still the best thing Obama can provide is "thoughts and prayers." I have been a staunch supporter of Barack Obama, but my faith in him is quickly fading. We need more from our Democratic leaders!
Senator Murray implied that there are GOP senators who regret their decision to confirm RFK, Jr. However, they don't seem to be publicly expressing their concerns and doubts. So, once again, it's only the Democrats who are looking out for what's best for America's health.
Yeah, our last chance to get things right was in 2024—and we blew it. The 2026 midterms will mark the start of a whole new era of voting in the U.S. Need a preview? Just research how they do it in Russia.
So the Republican blueprint for the best use of our military is to pick up trash and spread compost in a city's parks. OK.....gotcha.
There are moments when I feel like I'm the only one who sees through Trump's real agenda. It's not about making America “great” again—it’s to leave us vulnerable to conquest. He’s widening income inequality, undermining our health, and weakening our national intelligence and military.
It's frustrating that we don’t have a ‘fourth branch’ of government—or some mechanism—to impeach and remove every Republican member of Congress. Because realistically, until that happens, I doubt anyone from Trump’s circle will ever be held accountable.
Alligator Alcatraz is about to be vacated, following a federal judge's order to shut down Trump's detention camp in Florida. DeSantis has already signed contracts worth at least $245 million, with total projected costs nearing $450 million—all on the taxpayer’s dime. Good luck getting reimbursed. 😆
Everything Donald Trump does and oversees is designed to weaken our country. That benefits one other country: Russia.
Guess what? Trump doesn't care. Everything he's doing weakens our country. That benefits one other country: Russia.
Will Trump now send the military to Minneapolis in the wake of the abhorrent school shooting? It is a Blue city.
It may be too late to stop him without a full civil war. He's only been in office for 8 months. Already, he's using armed military against civilians on American soil. What do we think he'll do against key voting precincts in 2026? Serve sugar cookies? lol
What I like most about Newsom's messaging is how it forces people - MAGA and non-MAGA - to see how ridiculous and horrible Trump has always been.
We all know it's just a matter of time before the first shot from a DoD-supplied weapon against a U.S. civilian rings out. What do you think happens then?
They don’t hold real power—voters gave it to Trump and a Republican Congress in 2024. So when critics slam Democratic leaders, what exactly do they expect them to do that would actually change anything? Keep in mind that Trump controls everything else. That includes the GOP-controlled Congress.
The civil war we feared? I believe it has already begun.
Even worse: he and Republican governors are deploying and arming troops in Washington, D.C.—a force that could be turned against American citizens. If someone triggers a soldier’s fear, those weapons could be used. Meanwhile, he's threatening to send more troops to other Democrat-controlled cities.
Shockingly, Trump's second term is only eight months in—and in that short time, he’s trampled the Constitution, wrecked the economy, trafficked and tortured immigrants, cozied up to North Korea, rolled out the red carpet for a Russian war criminal, and begun suppressing the 2026 election.
The State of Florida offers a specialty license plate that includes elements of the Israeli flag. A few months ago, some of the people buying this plate were asking, "Why are they waving the Mexican flag?"
There will be midterms. Even dictatorships, like Russia, hold sham elections—they do it to look “legit” to the people.
Having an aide explain the executive order to Trump is not normal. If the intent is to provide the press with some explanation, it should be delivered by the person who is about to sign it.
This is about creating fear in citizens’ hearts and minds. It’s a preview of what will happen near key polling sites beginning November 3, 2026. The renewed Republican redistricting efforts are just the beginning of voter suppression.
Trump's newest EO will also prosecute people who desecrate the American flag. Here's a pic of Trump doing just that, and he wasn't president at the time. The pic was taken over a year ago.
I agree. I blocked the account, too.
Trump’s new EO will punish anyone who “desecrates” the flag. Here’s a pic of him doing exactly that. He wasn’t even president when he did it, so his presidential immunity to prosecution doesn't apply. LOL.
Who the fuck is the "we" you're referring to?
I knew there was a reason I'm not a customer of any of the companies on that list.
So let me get this straight: The U.S. gave Intel $11B in grants. Now Intel gives the U.S. $11B in shares. Trump brags “we paid nothing.” Uh… didn’t we pay $11B?
So, what? Military troops are gonna shoot civilians in Washington, DC? Maybe some homeless people with nowhere else to go who dare to camp out in a park. There are laws against this!
George Conway, have you considered that you might be on Trump's "hit" list, too?
I'm thinking AOC, Crockett, Sanders, Swalwell, Schiff, the Clintons, the Obamas....probably others. This is just beginning.
Trump had a hand-picked judge in Florida dismiss the case. Then, he won the election. That's what happened.
CBS News just joined my “do not read” list. They'll have company: Fox News, and CNN. No more clicks, no more links. Bye-bye.
In a post on X early Friday, FBI Director Kash Patel wrote, "NO ONE is above the law… @FBI agents on mission." Patel is a liar. There is ONE person who is above the law: Donald Trump. The SCOTUS said so!
According to CBS News, Trump’s tariffs hit dozens of U.S. trade partners this year—yet prices stayed stable, defying economists’ predictions. It was published on Aug. 21. They must be living in a Trump-created parallel universe. I see inflation on practically every item I purchase.
So, somebody broke the law, and no one is being prosecuted for doing so. That's right. SCOTUS made sure that Trump remains immune to prosecution for breaking the law.
The GOP thinks killing democracy is worth whatever Trump does. Amazing people still don’t see it.
Walmart's latest projection is still on track for earnings of $0.10 per share. That's almost the same as their forecast from earlier in the year. They're raising prices, passing the cost of tariffs on to the consumer, and with the same profit margin.
It is awful, but with a GOP-controlled House, there will be no impeachment. If we do take the House back in 2026, he'll be impeached. However, without a two-thirds majority in the Senate, he would not be convicted and removed from office. He is untouchable and knows it.
Why has Bluesky moderation labeled this as intolerance?
Come on! No one ever suspected that Trump was working to weaken this country for foreign interests?
Imagine if Trump’s next stunt is hanging corpses on the wall—at that point, we’re living in The Handmaid’s Tale
This 👇👇👇 "Yeah guys, Gavin Newsom's content is ridiculous. But it's making you uncomfortable because he's holding a mirror to what you tolerate. It jolts people out of their passive acceptance of how insane Trump sounds." @SarahLongwell25
How is it legal for military troops to conduct law enforcement against civilians within the United States? Did the SCOTUS already rule that it's not violating the Posse Comitatus Act? It prohibits the use of military troops to conduct law enforcement against civilians within the United States.
Trump says the Smithsonian is too negative and focuses too much on "how bad slavery was."
Gavin Newsom responds to Fox's Dana Perino melting down over his tweets:
Unserious response to a legitimate question — they know the optics are terrible and simply do not care.
Texas Republicans will gladly serve their cult leader—rigging districts, suppressing votes, and killing mail-in voting to cling to power. Other Red states will also be happy to comply.
Are Republicans required to live under escort from Texas Department of Public Safety officers when they leave the House chamber? I don't think so. How is this not both unlawful imprisonment and discrimination?
I wish our American press would ask Trump why he is taking election advice from Putin and why he's trying to prevent Americans from voting.
Trump is like a mob boss. What he said in response to Ursula von der Leyen was a loosely veiled threat to reneg on the trade deals.
Questions that should have been asked today: 1. Why is an American president taking election advice from a Russian dictator? 2. Why are you so focused on preventing Americans from voting? 3. You’ve been President for seven months and Putin has doubled strikes. When does this become your war?
It sounds conspiratorial to suggest that Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump behind closed doors to launch an assault on mail-in voting in elections administered by the states, and Trump immediately set about mobilizing federal power to do it… but that is literally Trump’s account of what happened.
Hillary Clinton correctly identified Trump as Putin's puppet. But now, I want to know who is Trump's US-based puppet master. Because there's no way in hell Trump is running this country—and I use that word loosely. No way!
Will Trump give Zelensky and the other world leaders the red carpet treatment? I'm guessing not.
So.......who is *actually* the president if Trump's Secretary of State knows his aims better than he does?
So.......who is *actually* the president if Trump's Secretary of State knows his aims better than he does?
I hope that at least President Macron joins Zelensky for this meeting. Otherwise, Trump and others will tag-team against him the way Trump and Vance did the last time they met with Zelensky. Still, it's certainly is short notice. Trump gave Putin over a week's notice to meet in Alaska.
I am loving this $1.92 per-gallon gasoline. Aren't you? NOTE: There's another nod to Trump in the pic. Can you spot it?
The Soviets (now Russia) have been "invading" the U.S. for 80+ years. Trump’s Alaska summit with Putin? Probably just a face-to-face progress report.
I can't say it enough on social media. The GOP, like those in Congress and in control of Red states, is 100% complicit. That's why the problem we face is a 100X worse than we think. We will not be able to vote our way out of this unless Blue states get as ruthless as the GOP with redistricting.
No deal on Ukraine. Just an effort to bring a war criminal in from the cold—while Trump continued to obsess over 2020 with Putin feeding his illness.
Trump is so gullible, it isn’t even funny. He and Putin were supposed to be discussing a peace resolution for Ukraine. Mail-in voting in the United States in 2020 had nothing to do with Putin’s invasion in 2022.
What is clear to me is that some people need to educate themselves on the meaning of the word 'coup' because the only attempted coup in this country was on January 6, 2021. It was led by Trump. Musk served Trump's purposes. Now, he's retreated to the background.
Republicans are openly embracing the use of troops in U.S. cities, making inflation feel almost secondary. But let me give examples of runaway inflation. In the past three months, the price of a jar of instant coffee has jumped 59%, and a Cuisinart kettle I bought a year ago now costs 93% more.
I despise Trump, but it's not autogolpe. Trump is a fascist at heart and everything he's doing is to manifest fascism in this country. When we call what Trump is doing by the wrong names, we may be weakening our position against him. That's all I'm saying.
I'm simply pointing out that you're using the wrong word to describe what Trump is doing. I only hope it's unintentional. What Trump is doing right now in D.C and across the country is not a coup. An example of a 'coup' was when he tried to prevent Joe Biden from becoming president on Jan 6, 2021.
A coup is when power is violently seized from the government. Trump is currently in control of the government, so this is not a coup. This is Trump using federal agents and our military against civilians. This is Trump violating numerous laws, including the Posse Comitatus Act.
I can't think of a single thing that hasn't increased in price significantly over the past 7 months.
Trump’s powers are limited by Article II, the Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and statutes restricting executive authority. But if Congress fails to check him and the Supreme Court complies, those limits vanish. That last part is difficult for most people to accept.
If Trump is saying there's a chance of "making a deal" with Putin, that means a deal has already been struck. It will not favor Ukraine.
Congress is the remedy for a runaway President, but with the GOP in control, it’s effectively all Trump. The question remains: Is it SCOTUS’s constitutional duty to rule when Congress has checked out? That’s what we’re asking the Court.
Governor Newsom mocks Trump's all caps posts.
Donald Trump nominated an actual, legitimate Nazi to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Jeanine Pirro, now U.S. Attorney in D.C., bristled when reporters dismissed her photos of teens killed by gunfire in 2024 & 2025. She hoped they’d disprove falling crime rates. DC police could lower crime further if the GOP restored gun violence victim program funding. Trump cut it.
Similar to his one-on-one meeting with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki during his first term, Trump will meet with Putin in Alaska without aides in the room. That's when Trump will provide his status report and receive his updated orders from Putin.
In the White House press conference, where Trump confused Alaska with Russia, he talked about his federalization of D.C. police. He went on to say the police are now “allowed to do whatever the hell they want.”
Isn't that how our Founders intended it to be? NOTE: I am NOT defending the SCOTUS.
That's today's journalists: a president accused of pedophilia, an adjudicated rapist, a convicted felon, and likely a traitor to our country has just federalized the D.C. police. I guess burying the Epstein scandal with something like that finally worked.
The toddler’s father, legally carrying a gun, shot and killed the man. He called 911, was questioned, and then released. One less homeless person to “worry” about, right? Over a sippy cup...
Over the weekend, a man experiencing homelessness in the city I live in was shot and killed over a sippy cup. The killer’s toddler dropped it, a homeless man picked it up, and an argument followed about its return.
Instead of taking over the DC Metropolitan Police at a time when crime in the capital is declining and is lower than it was during Trump's first term, wouldn't it just be easier to release the Epstein files?
On Friday, Trump will meet war criminal Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Today at the WH, with Pam Bondi & Pete Hegseth beside him, he said: "It's embarrassing for me to be up here. I'm gonna see Putin. I'm going to Russia on Friday." Russia. Alaska. Same thing, right?