What to watch when I can’t find anything on my million streaming channels? #Justified of course.
What to watch when I can’t find anything on my million streaming channels? #Justified of course.
@nealkatyal.bsky.social: “You’ve got the president who's imposed the largest tax increase on American consumers since 1993 … and he did it without Congress saying one word. That is not our constitutional structure.”
When the going gets tough… the tough quit??
Trump wants you to forget Epstein. Or at least, trust the lady whose been convicted of the crime. My latest adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/maxwell-th...
Welch: He claims that he's the law and order president. But we all know that's a lie because he's a convicted felon. He pardons convicted felons, he surrounds himself with obsequious people that kiss his all day, every day
Says the only country that has this issue.
We are in very dark times. It’ll take an entire political/social movement, an overwhelming rebuke at the polls, and a new vision of governance to unstick this country from whatever this collapse is.
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
Pretty freakin ironic the guy that was convicted of 34 counts of fraud for falsifying his business records his entire lifetime, is gonna fire someone over what he claims is a false mortgage application.
“This is about the President of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.” – Gov. J.B. Pritzker
They just fucking strolled in…
The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
This is 100% correct.
Pritzker: Over the last four years, we have seen homicides drop in half. That’s something the President should pay attention to. I know he doesn’t read but I know he watches TV so perhaps if someone from Fox or Newsmax is here
Pritzker gets it.
I believe RIG is the word Trump likes.
Zero self reflection. Jillian and Bob are both garbage.
You k ow who doesn’t have to worry about political retribution? Merrick Garland. But, then again, no one would have had to worry about political retribution had Merrick Garland done his job.
If you’re a convicted felon and your character witness is your dear old friend, the convicted child sex trafficker and enabler of your other dear old friend, the most notorious raper of children in modern history, you’re definitely a total piece of shit.
They shouldn’t just off set Texas- they should teach them a lesson.
Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein could not have sold women and girls for sex without wealthy men buying women and girls for sex. I feel like more people should mention that.
Giving a convicted child sex trafficker a microphone- what could go wrong? Well they gave a self admitted sexual predator the Presidency….
I'm hoping the transparently disgusting deal made between Epstein's old best friend and his most notorious accomplice is obvious to everyone here.
"If you want to have a coup against the constitutional order, you want to control the capital city. And if he has control of the policing in the city of Washington...Who's gonna tell him to leave the White House?" @gtconway.bsky.social joins @jvl.bsky.social:
MAGA can’t even allow a company to modernize so they remain relevant and don’t go out of business.
They lie when they don’t even need to. It’s mind blowing.
If there are any left they are going along to get along. America missed its opportunity to stop this.
The US is a police state. We better stop pretending this isn’t happening.
If Bolton or anyone else on Trump’s hit list aren’t dotting all their i’s and crossing their t’s they’ve been asleep for the last 10 years.
They need to not just off set what Texas did they need to crush them & teach them a lesson. They’ve rolled Dems for decades. Starting right when McConnell wouldn’t let Obama appoint SCOTUS. Dems need to act like Republicans for a while and give them a dose of their own medicine. But make it painful.
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
Crazy President is just fine as long as it’s genuine. No low is too low.
What could go wrong?
Garcia: What I can say is that I want the American public to hear what Bill Barr said in his deposition — about how he views the current DOJ’s actions, and Todd Blanche’s actions as they relate to this deal with Ms. Maxwell. The American public should know what was said
If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.
His scenario is just as unreal as who they think Trump is.
Inhumane
I’m sure MAGA will come for him cause of stolen valor.
California has walked the walk on independent redistricting at the state level for 15 years. But we cannot unilaterally disarm while other states throw out the rules to gain power. With one vote, Californians can punch back and also demand nationwide independent redistricting.
Empathy + Action = A Better World
All or nothing
Release all the files. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Turnbull: Donald Trump has an opportunity to show the strength that he's so attracted to, but to show it against another strong player. So it's not an act of strength to bully the weak. It's an act of strength to stand up to the strong.
They better out vote these MAGA traitors
For the love of God NY- we deserve better than Elise Stefanik. And just about anyone is better than her.
Is it clear what side he’s on yet??
Trump had to declare bankruptcy six times cause he half asses everything. He’s running the country the same way.
Can’t get it done so we don’t need it… he is so weak.
Don’t neutralize what they’re doing… punish them and teach them a lesson.
Schiff: “I write..to express serious concerns regarding the potential abuse of power..on 8/2, in which the Secret Service directed USACE to change the outflow of Ohio’s Caesar Creek Lake for a recreational boat outing for the VP’s birthday.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
"Trump is not making America great. He is gutting America. This is not just about forcing #Ukraine to surrender. Trump has surrendered. And going forward, it is only going to get worse." Reminder: Republicans are letting this happen! #PutinOwnsTrump #2026Midterms #2026Elections
Trump announces plans to scrap mail-in ballots just a few days after Putin told him they were fraudulent. Has there ever been a world leader this easy to manipulate and puppeteer? Tears of laughter flowing in the Kremlin.
Cause making voting harder in the 21st Century makes total sense.
🇺🇸 @atrupar.com & @nberlat.bsky.social : “Newsom’s threat to retaliate is not a divisive attack on good governance. It is the only hope for democracy— Dems cannot hide behind neutrality & fairness as MAGA incinerates the remaining tatters of our republic.” www.publicnotice.co/p/gavin-news...
Know how to end it? Trump tells Putin to withdraw all invaded Ukraine land and insist on a permanent ceasefire or the US will give Ukraine every weapon they need to do it themselves.
Ya no kidding- they’re acquiescing themselves out of a job.
Ok Congress- time to put up or shut up forever.
🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump announces he will issue an unconstitutional and illegal executive order purporting to ban mail-in voting and certain voting equipment for the 2026 midterm election. Such an effort would violate the Constitution and is a major step to prevent free and fair elections.
So it’s Zelensky has to surrender cause Trump couldn’t even negotiate a two week ceasefire. The art of a Trump deal…
Or- Trump could tell Russia to withdraw and agree to a permanent ceasefire or the United States will arm Ukraine to the teeth.
Good job Trump! You can always trust him to make things better.
Replacing “In God We Trust” on all the nickels with “If At First You Don’t Succeed, Give Up And Tell People You Never Cared In The First Place.”
Occupying and instigating
The pose with a fish says it all.
The art of a Trump deal is letting Putin do whatever he wants.
No, it shows occupation and instigation.
They’re coming cause something went terribly wrong in Alaska. The art of a Trump deal is get nothing and let the dictator get everything he wants.
Tom Nichols: “It should also be unacceptable to the United States to play the part of some kind of land broker where we trade away other people’s lives and territories like poker chips to a dictator and a mass murder. It’s crazy.” @radiofreetom.bsky.social
RADDATZ: The president went in to that meeting saying he wanted a ceasefire and there would be consequences if they didn't agree on a ceasefire in that meeting, and they didn't agree to a ceasefire. Where are the consequences? RUBIO: That's not the aim RADDATZ: The president said that was the aim
What kind of negotiation is it if Putin gets everything he wants? That’s truly the art of a Trump deal.
Yeah, this is a highly unusual all-hands-on-deck meeting that wouldn’t be happening if Alaska was productive. 5 European leaders, the head of NATO and the head of the EU don’t just drop everything and fly to DC. H/T: @radiofreetom.bsky.social
Crow: "Look at what happened. US military personnel in uniform literally were on hands & knees rolling out a red carpet for the most murderous dictator of the 21st century...we keep on acting like Putin deserves to be brought out in open like any of head of state. This is a historic embarrassment."
We need to stop pretending that the National Guard and the police aren’t 💯 in. They now have authority to be violent to anyone that’s made them afraid or made them feel inferior. They’re salivating.
It’s not just Trump. Rubio is taking phone calls from Loomer. We are fucked as a country.
The White House is mobilizing red state military forces to occupy a Democratic stronghold and let me tell you: No one has ever pretended something isn't happening harder than Democratic leaders are pretending this isn't happening right now.
If you don’t think Trump is compromised, ask yourself how Ghislaine Maxwell got a meeting with Todd Blanche and how Putin got a summit on American soil.
That’s how you buy loyalty: by giving jobs to people who would most likely never have gotten them under normal circumstances. They will do anything to hold on to that job including breaking laws they barely grasp. Resource dependence theory (Pfeffer & Salancik) led to the “golden handcuff” theory.
Conservatives have been pushing against the constitution and norms for decades.. they just never had the walking talking embodiment of the seven deadly sins to pull the trigger until Trump.
If anyone thinks the second Civil War hasn’t started here already, they’ve been asleep that last decade.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "He's a wartime president. He's the head of a war party. War on women. War on voting rights. War on Hispanics. A war on this state. War on institutions. Now he wants war on history."
Every Democratic member of Congress should be in the streets of DC saying this dangerous authoritarian escalation must stop. Do they not grasp what’s going on here?
Trump’s such a fake tough guy. Can’t get a cease fire. The absolute minimum.
Release the Epstein Files!
The darker question is, who does the country turn to when the military and police back this.
Trump can’t get a cease fire and tosses it back to Zelensky. This is “The Great Negotiator”?
If you’re under any illusions about what an authoritarian personality cult the GOP has become, they’re not hiding it:
Just like a wanna be dictator
“Sloppy” and “Incompetent” A few words that accurately describe the Trump Administration www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
Ace post
Q for those w experience in politics or diplomacy: Is there *any* other example of a US prez, on US soil, letting a foreign leader control the mic for a very long time, in his own language, w/o consecutive translation, before letting US prez say anything all? I don't know of any. Humiliating.
[writing the constitution] Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president" Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
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As long as he uses the word peace, his MAGA cult believes he’s a peacemaker instead of a thief. He is so desperate for that Peace Prize it’s gonna give him a stroke. Maybe this meeting will have a happy ending.
Trump is a Putin fan boy.
Trump’s interview shows just how easy it is for him to get completely played. Putin conceded nothing about Ukraine but repeats Trump conspiracy theories and he calls the meeting a 10 of 10.
The Civil War is underway
If you do not see where this is headed by now, no one will ever be able to sway you until it is far far far too late
Yeah come on in… America is for sale underTrump.