It appears 'the West' is a thinly disguised euphemism for 'the White race'.
It appears 'the West' is a thinly disguised euphemism for 'the White race'.
Too many coherent sentences with actual information. fail
If they had just put out a press release that Mayor Giuliani had been seriously injured in a car accident, nobody would be making a big deal over what appears to be a distraction story for a cover up of drinking. People would focus on the accident, not on the irrelevant details.
Trump limits National Guard assignments to 29 days at a time to keep the called up service members from getting healthcare and housing benefits while on duty. And the NG troops are catching on. Stereotypical Trump. Don't give those losers and suckers an extra dime. www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri...
He was actually agreeing with you, if not the delivery. He was saying you get it, but lots of Dems don't.
Unless what happened earlier in the evening was related to alcohol consumption, it has nothing to do with him (allegedly) being rear-ended. Maybe they need to go back further in the evening timeline and provide alcohol blood test results. And does his security double as his PR man?
Normalization of military in Democratic zones. It's a propaganda piece for red state parochial world view, to solidify fear of the blue city crime stats they hear. 'No mail-in votes' combined with voter intimidation by armed troops under Trump's control at the polls. It's all connected.
I saw guys in camo with masks - but that could have been ICE with army surplus clothes. Most of the NG are looking laid back and unmasked in DC. Concerned about other red state NG showing up with a propaganda view of DC 'criminal' residents.
Maybe some of the state governors could deploy their own NG for natural disaster emergencies or mitigation. Then they wouldn't be available for federalization by Trump. Don't know enough about the NG. Sad when you want to serve your country honorably, and so many of them are ashamed and wear masks.
I wonder if NG are renewing their contracts when eligible. Really hard for them to turn a deployment down, but if they are near the end of initial service, maybe they are reconsidering any extensions. Morale could be a growing issue. Or the ranks could be filling with white nationalists on hormones.
I get it. My (ex) stepmother is a fundamentalist Christian, with a hell and brimstone preacher. Totally drank the koolaid.
Don't forget Trump is calling to get rid of mail-in voting. Combined with targeted intimidation by masked armed troops under Trump's control, in-person voting will drop off in critical democrat polling stations. Banning mail voting and intimidation by armed troops is part of the same midterm play.
I don't know much about his backstory yet. MAGA and GOP will pull out all stops to spin anything they can find. Oddly, they don't see that Trump taking a stake in the means of production is state socialism. Crony capitalism, fascism, and corporate socialism. What could go wrong?
Every time I hear Pritzker, my estimation of him rises. He is clear, doesn't pull the punches, doesn't use jargon, and doesn't carry California baggage. Newsom is capturing social media headlines now, but Trump gave Pritzker an opening to enter the fray - and he is taking it. Get the popcorn🍿
They are those 12 year old boys who still think farts and potty humor are funny to everyone. But they control a government-sanctioned megaphone and, like their boss, have no empathy for those they hurt. Getting a chuckle from their juvenile counterparts is dictating WH communication norms.
Why haven't I heard anyone link Trump's attempt to normalize masked armed men to intimidate citizens in blue zones to his call to eliminate mail-in voting? Mid-terms: No mail voting and people (blue, brown and black) afraid to go to the polls because of armed troops answerable to Trump. GOP win?
I think I saw his video, and he was really antagonizing them and swearing, but staying out of their way and not interfering with them (they were mostly just standing around). Apparently, swearing at law enforcement who refuse to id themselves isn't covered by the First Amendment. Hurt macho egos.
"Starving" is a little more accurate and evocative.
No, they're living and working in the Whitehouse.
Any statistics yet on the economic impact to DC of fewer tourists? This could lead to job loss and hardship. Trump is provoking residents to ensure he has cause for National Guard deployment. People protesting troops in their streets will soon be framed as violent rioters attacking local police.
They might not get a conviction, so trying to intimidate him into accepting a guilty plea with the threat of Uganda. Is that kind of confession coercion legal in the USA? Is that only a 5th Amendment violation? I guess it is ok in Trump's new world order.
Trump is making a play against mail-in voting at the same time as he is normalizing armed troops in the street. So when elections come around, do you think black and latino Americans will feel safer at the polls with armed vigilantes and National Guard under Trump control 'maintaining order'?
Trump looks like he's panhandling in a kitsch tourist gift shop.
I am concerned Trump promised Putin he wouldn't send weapons to Ukraine - and would put limits on what the Europeans/NATO members are allowed to buy. Putin understands power, and because there is no ceasefire, Ukraine needs an immediate surge of advanced long-range weapons.
They are all afraid of Putin's overused 'tactical nuclear' threat. Biden and Europe didn't want to 'escalate', so they handicapped Ukraine for 3 years. I am for asymmetrical warfare that goes after Russian oil refineries, oil fields, power production and transmission facilities, maybe a few airbases
Trump will spin this as a sign of how important he is, when it's actually a sign of how little they trust him to do the right thing.
I was thinking more about the uses to which robots/AI could be put in our near future. I don't think Asimov condoned AI being tasked with rewriting history and subverting people's perceptions of reality a la 1984. There's already a study that says Drs reliant on AI are losing diagnostic skillsets.
Yes, NATO and the US have failed Ukraine - limited weapons with asymmetric battle restrictions, preventing Ukraine from advancing and barely holding the line. Who can agree to Sec. guarantees? Europeans fear Trump economic ruin, and willing to sacrifice Ukraine land if Russian expansionism slows.
Not completely clear what "Article 5 type" security would look like, and how binding Russian "legislative enshrinement" wording would be. Putin is the epitome of "You can't trust the paper it's written on". So did Putin give empty promises in exchange for USA blocking NATO membership for Ukraine?
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Mark Rutte (NATO) might be good to have at negotiations table.Trump and Putin vs Zelenskyy and Rutte. Rule of autocrats vs Rule of law. Epic Trump invoked "Article 5" security guarantees (Witkoff), so NATO not US guarantees. Did shirker Trump commit Europeans (not US} to prevent RUS warmongering?
Will there be a red carpet?
His staff will spin it that he is sooo important that they are all coming to pay homage to his brilliance. They might even have a copy of the Nobel Peace Prize nomination papers in hand for him to frame.
As long as Trump gets credit and a photo op! If the world implodes, GOP PR machine will (successfully) blame the Dems.
We need still need a sarcasm emoji.🙃Trump is completely ignorant of geopolitical considerations and history. Self-centered and so easily manipulated by people with isolationist, racist, and anti-democratic agendas.
Giving up 20% of USA: Rhode Island, Delaware, Puerto Rico, Connecticut, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Vermont Massachusetts, Hawaii, Maryland, West Virginia, South Carolina, Maine, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, North Carolina, New York. +
Trilateral meeting between Putin, Trump and Zelenskyy is 2 against 1. Trump is in Putin's pocket. At minimum, Europeans should be at the table to even the playing field and represent the interests of those who will guarantee the security and prevent Russian empire-building aspirations. Ukr in NATO.
If no ceasefire, then surge long- and mid-range weapons to Ukraine immediately to even the playing field and prevent Russia for consolidating more control over Ukrainian territory.
ICE kneeling on the guy's head/neck/back. I thought they weren't supposed to do that.
Zelenskyy isn't going to Moscow for a meeting. So, Putin got everything he wanted from Trump. Delays and *probably* no weapons to Ukraine. Putin probably sold that as escalatory, as he bombs Ukraine with impunity.
Probably no weapons for Ukraine either.
Consider the "Next meeting in Moscow" Like Zelenskyy would to that meeting? Putin historical/geopolitical spin, and flattery of Trump. Trump left mouthing empty platitudes. Putin got his delays of any sanctions or weapons deliveries to Ukraine.
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In my limited personal experience on this, it's often men in the trades, construction, big unions, etc., who are inundated with Trumpian gaslit rhetoric during their working hours.
They are so ashamed of what they are doing.
Reminds me of a case in Canada a couple decades ago where the abusive controlling impregnator went to court to try to force the ex to have his child. New means of controlling women. He wanted to keep her under his lock and key for the pregnancy.
Militant white christian nationalism is the greatest security and democracy threat the US has faced in its history. It is insidious, masquerading as loving and benevolent, when it is a violent, racist, misogynist, discriminatory, intolerant, bigoted takeover of American values and aspirations.
@acoyne.bsky.social @jagmeetsingh.bsky.social @politico.eu Canadian PM Mark Carney signals the end of global trade anchored on the USA. The world will move on as Trump has made the U.S. an unreliable partner with bully politics. American consumers, beware. #Trade #Geopolitics
Ohh that's RICH @ohhthatsrich.bsky.social
I also thought of Alligator Alley as an interim holding solution before deportation (she was in FL), but then I remembered it's just for male immigrants - not rapists. 😆
Remember, Trump tariffs aren't 'brought into the United States'; they are paid by American consumers and it is a wealth transfer disproportionately from middle and low income households. (Tariffs will help pay for the huge tax breaks Trump just gave the wealthiest in the country.)
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Well America's place in history probably did end circa 2016.
America, you are paying for the Trump tariffs out of your pocket. FAFO with Krasnov. Inflation and job losses coming. But he's raking in the bucks and gaslighting you when he says foreigners are paying the tariffs. You are.
Why hasn't she been deported to France, where she was born? Violent criminals, rapists ... Hello?
With about 58% of the vote, GOP wants 79% of the seats.
Bribes are probably sourced from the tax breaks and subsidies the fossil fuel industry has received for decades.
But can't the blue states just ignore the SCOTUS decisions they don't like, a la Trump?
But, sadly, Dems may continue to bring polite admonishments to the gerrymander gun fight. If you don't do something now, you won't be able to later. Dems are too attached to a self-righteous assumption that they are the good guys and that will win the day. Do it now or lose for generations.
Maybe allegedly bc Epstein asked Trump to check out a property he wanted to buy and Trump undercut him and bought it himself. Was it the property that the Russians later bought for an extra 30 or so $million to 1) launder Russian mob money, and 2) pay off Trump for his friendship? Different one?
"there is more than one way to get our message out to the American people...” It sounds like there's no room to solicit opinions or alternate viewpoints to help inform DoD directions or readiness. Just an anonymous, ill-informed ideologue in the WH, dictating isolationist policies.
Capitulation of cowards. Again.
Why is no one prosecuting the rich white men who paid Epstein and assaulted the victims?
Did you mean to say castrating rapists?
Golf club grip. He's still mentally on the golf course (and trying to intimidate the very smart lady across from him with cheap moves). He actually tried to pull her off balance a bit in her chair if you watch the clip. Such an embarrassment. Such a child.
There was a better shot of the top of his head when he was reading the high points of 'the deal' (twice). In real time I thought "someone is going to get fired over this today".
Thanks for the correction. Trump will probably still count it as more than one - how many depends on whether his staff count better than I do!
Web says: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. I didn't count. Thanks!
Trump will count the EU deal as 28 trade deals with the European members. Trump 15% tariff on European goods hits American consumers, probably leading to inflation. Europe will be buying weapons and energy from US, with no tariffs (so less inflation). Trump thinks it's a 'fair' deal.
Prediction: Trump will count the one deal with the EU as 28 trade deals because there are 28 countries in the EU. 🤣
What trade deals? Has anyone seen the text of a serious trade deal? Trump has one bully tactic that relies on the US economic might built by his predecessors. He threatens 30% tariffs, then settles at 15%. But that is 10% to 15% more than it was before. Inflation is coming, folks.
Q1: What is your name? Q2: How old are you? Q3: No one but Epstein raped anyone, Right? Q4: Epstein didn't know any powerful men, and no one paid him for girls/women, Right? The pleased girls gave him $Bns Q5: There was never any blackmail or extortion, Right? Q6: You never knew DJ Trump, Right?
How did Trump pay for the tacky gold kitsch littered about the Oval Office like a 5 yr old who just discovered glitter glue? A forensic analysis of the cost of the DOGE decimation of the civil service and programs, and the long-term cost of selling prime federal assets - it'll be trillions lost.
Can we compare the Fed Renos to Trump's tacky transformation of the WH to gold kitsch?
It's still 15% out of the pockets of Americans and American importers that goes directly into the Trump treasury. So if you buy a $20,000 car, your 'taxes' just went up by $3,000.
As far as I can tell, white christian nationalist men (and maybe some of the incels?) think killing your wife is your prerogative to mete out discipline for uppity women. I fear for America as they gain a foothold in the halls of power.
Well, we know he will have forgotten in 2 days, let alone 2 weeks.
Does Trump understand he was a dupe of Putin and now he is the dupe of white Christian nationalists? Even though they align with his misogynistic bigoted view of anyone who is not a cis white male, their end agenda is more extreme. The US could become an amoral, bankrupt, militarized, pariah state.
Every picture I see of masked ICE enforcers - they appear to be mostly white macho boys dressed up and cosplaying some video game tough guy. Trump admin is normalizing masked armed men in the streets going after the 'other' (the weak the vulnerable) until they come for American Trump dissenters.
Definition of Cognitive Dissonance: The DEMS started the Epstein Hoax that there was a Democratic pedophile ring headed up by Epstein. ??? Well that would be a winning strategy for DEMS, right?
GOP book bans for any political dissent will be blocking anything like this.
He has neutered Congress, so he doesn't care about the fate of GOP in the midterms. He is on a Cash out and burn the house down trajectory because he is a lame duck for '28. He got what he wanted with the BBB for himself and billionaire buddies.
As long as he doesn't start a war or something to detract from his source of panic.
Pathological liars don't differentiate between truth or lies. There is no emotional attachment to either. For him, it's whatever he needs to say in the moment to foist the blame elsewhere for an inconvenient truth or to take the credit for an outcome he likes but is not responsible for.
Both? Lying and dementia. Getting close to the lashing out anger and aggression that some dementia patients get when confused. "Confusion can be triggered by lost trains of thought, mixed up memories, or a sudden change in the environment." (Visiting Angels)
I'm not sure that "It's pretty boring stuff" to the victims of Epstein and his cronies
So when will ICE turn the detention centers into work camps? I am waiting for them to put the same ag workers they arrested on a farm back to work picking fruit and vegetables under armed guards with less food and no pay.
So when will ICE turn the detention centers into work camps? I am waiting for them to put the same ag workers they arrested on a farm back to work picking fruit and vegetables under armed guards with less food and no pay.
Is all the federal money from Education going to the states now to support the delivery of curricula and whatever else it was used for to support kids?
I'd say the number of active rigs also indicates the level of confidence in near future demand - i.e., if someone anticipates a recession with low demand and hence low prices for too much oil, they might delay production.
Rubio never looks happy anymore. And the kitschy gold accents Trump has sprinkled about the Oval Office make me gag.
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Most people outside oil-producing states won't understand the significance of lower rig counts on future production.
Hate is a strong emotion, meaning you still care. When you get to indifference, then they have no ability to affect you. When MAGA is indifferent to Trump, he will topple. The Epstein files could be a turning point for a few. They first have to work thru the hate of being lied to for years.
But where will the true believers go if they don't have a Trumpy focal point? White nationalism is on the rise, and more of the disillusioned will be searching for a new home to pour their energy into.
When Trump went off the rails about Epstein in the cabinet meeting, I totally thought he was worried. If they called it a contact list instead of a client list, he wouldn't be so freaked. Thanks for highlighting, as no one else with a voice has drawn attention to this obvious attempt at deflection.
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Have done some picking in the day, and these are some of the hardest workers in the country, just trying to put food on the table and make a better life for their families. Undervalued, underpaid. The backbone of the US fruit and vegetable industry, inexpensive groceries, and ag export profits.
Do you really want JD in the driver's seat? I am conflicted as to whether he would be more coherent and therefore more efficient at removing people's rights.
I guess the US-Canada trade discussions aren't going very well for the US. The one-trick pony strikes again.