This is wild.
🚨 BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ shut down an FBI probe after agents caught Border Czar Tom Homan on tape taking $50,000 in cash from undercover operatives posing as contractors in exchange for promised gov’t contracts. MSNBC’s Carol Leonnig & Ken Dilanian with a massive scoop. Link in reply.
As I have said repeatedly: Donald Trump is dead set on turning the United States into a Russia style mafia state. Surrounding himself with deeply corrupt officials furthers that goal.
jlegander.bsky.social (@jlegander.bsky.social) reply parent
Hey, planes look like that in the Arizona summer all the time...
Go fash, lose cash
An uplifting tale for your Saturday.
they've abandoned all pretense that they are trying to win another election. their choices now are either prevent the next election entirely, or lose power forever and face accountability for their high crimes. there's no third option.
Every accusation was a confession
#groypers
Is anyone surprised? Anyone at all?
Last week, a white racist man was killed in front of his white racist ilk by a white man raised in a white racist family. Now, Black, Latine, queer, trans, disabled, and migrant people are being doxxed, harassed, threatened, and fired. Never doubt that this is a white supremacist country again.
jlegander.bsky.social (@jlegander.bsky.social) reply parent
This is exactly true. There’s no actual desire to understand or fix anything. They’re just waiting for an excuse.
Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
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Half-Pooh it? Fascinating…
TIP FOR CONSERVATIVES: If you are bereft over the gun shooting of Charlie Kirk, just pretend he was a kid in an elementary school, and you will forget about the whole thing within a minute.
It's simple. They see themselves in him. They do not see themselves in his targets.
Decrying violence against political opponents rings a bit hollow when you pull Secret Service protection from your political opponents.
This somber assessment following the murder of Charlie Kirk would have a lot greater meaning if Spencer Cox hadn’t gleefully signed a law making Utah a “constitutional carry” state in 2021
Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.
This explains it better than I can
jlegander.bsky.social (@jlegander.bsky.social) reply parent
Charlie Kirk has said publicly, and repeatedly, that gun violence is the price we pay for the freedom granted us by the Second Amendment. Fuck him. I know the shooter's name, and it was Karma.
Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.
"Having an armed citizenry comes with a price, and that is part of liberty." Charlie Kirk
We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.
writing crime haikus to my crime partner which i decorate with a crime drawing for his birthday card
Senator Rand Paul directly and forthrightly takes on JD Vance: "What a despicable and thoughtless sentiment it is to glorify killing someone without a trial."
Imagine ordering 8 fighter jets to scream over Epstein survivors so they couldn’t be heard — and then asking the public to believe you’re innocent.
The fact that this ADMINISTRATION has to send jets to sound out the womens voices who have been used and abused by powerful men, says it all, doesn't it? It is pathetic.
US factory construction continues steadily declining as CHIPS & IRA projects either complete or cancel—in official data released today, overall US manufacturing construction activity is down 7% compared to last year & electronics/electrical manufacturing construction is down 14%
Beyond pathetic.
Thank you, Trump voters.
Onlookers said it was salami; jury said it was bologna
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
jlegander.bsky.social (@jlegander.bsky.social) reply parent
I rarely ate at Cracker Barrel. But then, since the MAGA mob turned against them even though nothing seemed particularly progressive or woke in their logo, I figured I had to eat there. Now, because they bent the knee to Trump, I can't eat there, but for different reasons. Politics is hard.
What I'm looking for in the 2028 primary is someone who will put Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem in jail, and so far, that's Pritzker
Know your rights, Chicago. Ask for a warrant. Record the goons from a safe distance. We don’t want or need them here.
From "highly CONFLICTED" to "Highly Respected" in just weeks — and all it took was for him to give away 10% of his company
Trump’s adoration is reserved for dictators, not defenders of freedom.
jlegander.bsky.social (@jlegander.bsky.social) reply parent
Marco Rubio, the statesmen known for such quotes as, “Kiss my ass guys; you’re on your own.”
Trump looked weak and inconsequential. He’s diminished the office of President and made the United States irrelevant.
jlegander.bsky.social (@jlegander.bsky.social) reply parent
He's the worst disgrace this country has ever produced...which is saying a lot considering our history.
Such a stark contrast.
"Hell is empty and all the devils are here." William Shakespeare
Crimea is Ukraine 🇺🇦 Donetsk is Ukraine 🇺🇦 Kharkiv is Ukraine 🇺🇦 Kherson is Ukraine 🇺🇦 Luhansk is Ukraine 🇺🇦 Chasiv Yar is Ukraine 🇺🇦 Zaporizhzhia is Ukraine 🇺🇦 Bakhmut is Ukraine 🇺🇦 Toretsk is Ukraine🇺🇦 Pokrovsk is Ukraine🇺🇦 Putin go fack yourself🖕
Rolling out the red carpet for a dictator who bombed a maternity hospital.
The American tax system explained: Billionaires bribe millionaires to write laws to make billionaires richer, and working class people poorer. Musk spent $290 million on the last election. This is what a corrupt oligarchy looks like. www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musks-s...
2 different Trumps
While Putin and Trump trade smiles, russian drones are attacking Ukraine! My blood boils at this vile hypocrisy!
jlegander.bsky.social (@jlegander.bsky.social) reply parent
So much this…
This.
jlegander.bsky.social (@jlegander.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s like an episode of “The Americans” but where it took no effort at all to do their jobs so they just went home, ate caviar and vodka, and fucked.
Compare this to how Trump and Vance treated Zelensky in the Oval Office. This says everything about Trump’s priorities.
jlegander.bsky.social (@jlegander.bsky.social) reply parent
Hey, you don’t know, reports say that the cheese was very sharp.
How Mediocre White Men & Their Fragility Are Destroying America The Trump Administration & corporate media are Affirmative Action for the world's most fragile, mediocre, white men who see equality as oppression & would rather burn the country down than share it. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
US Park Police now doing traffic stops in DC, and charged at me with a baton for filming closer than they liked
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand: $678M raised through those spam tactics $282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies. $11M to actual campaigns (1.6%) The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
jlegander.bsky.social (@jlegander.bsky.social) reply parent
So often in these rulings, it appears that the deciding factor is some complex issue about legal detail, rather than any actual sense of real-world consequences or justice of the act in question. The lawless are strangling the law-biding with the law itself. That’s the true lawfare.
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I could not possibly agree more.
Never forget
🙏🇺🇦 Ukrainian soldiers still moving to the front lines. Don’t forget to wish them safety & victory!
America betrays every ally for Russia - and China and North Korea The Free World will not surrender to Autocracy as Americans have. Ukraine is the leader of Democracy now and the example America is the example of failure, surrender, weakness - losers.
jlegander.bsky.social (@jlegander.bsky.social) reply parent
We all know who the disgusting degenerate is. Every accusation is a confession.
Trump shows off to the Azerbaijan dictator a section in the White House dedicated to Trump 2028 merch, as they discuss Trump unlawfully pursuing another term
jlegander.bsky.social (@jlegander.bsky.social) reply parent
The art may be awful, but the metaphor is perfect. The inner sanctum of power and democracy in our nation is being infested and taken over by the gaudy, tasteless appearance of wealth that is paper thin and mostly fake.
We live in such surreal times: when justice is mentioned as if it were a forbidden topic, and russia’s crіmes are dressed in a suit of decency to make them look less bloоdy.
If you watch one thing today, make it this. These workers are risking their lives to build our cities and getting paid like their time, safety, and dignity don’t matter. They deserve fair pay. They deserve respect.
JD Vance has taken vacations in the following months of the Trump-Vance administration: February March April May June July August
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No, you did not give those of us who happened to look like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor any due process. And that was profoundly wrong. It destroyed our lives.
jlegander.bsky.social (@jlegander.bsky.social) reply parent
How can we reimburse them when American consumers are the ones paying the tariff?
Really looking forward to the day when Donald Trump and everyone in his orbit fuck off harder than anyone has ever fucked off in the history of fucking off.
Trump and Hegseth screwing over trans veterans on retirement benefits is an easy slam dunk politically for Democrats to flip the narrative on trans folks and that's exactly why they'll continue going on podcasts talking about how bigots have a point about sports.
I'm fairly certain even most people who dislike trans folks would find this shit repulsive. There's something viscerally unfair about denying retirement benefits such as pensions and healthcare to veterans who've served this country for nearly two decades.
Heinous.
Same.
😂😂 Also, #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
Each, and everyone of them, and I am talking to you Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins too...
Billions and billions of dollars that were already in the US are now being paid by US companies who are going to turn around and charge their customers extra to cover their cost.
Coming soon: “All I Wanted To Do Is Watch Children Cry As I Handcuffed Their Mothers And Threw Them Into Unmarked Vans To Be Sent To Torture Camps. Now Hollywood Won’t HIre Me For More Straight-To-Streaming B-Movies. This Is My Story.”
jlegander.bsky.social (@jlegander.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m pretty sure that’s a decent summary of human history in its entirety.
When Republicans do it—-crickets. When Dems do it—-arrest them! Why we must show up and vote blue. Why blue states must draw new district maps to benefit Dems. #MessWithTexas #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #Pinks
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Republicans complain about Texas Democrats “fleeing”—yet just days ago, they themselves fled D.C. to avoid voting on the Epstein files. Why? To protect a convicted felon sitting in the Oval Office. One side dodges accountability. The other fights for democracy. Repost @djmelodie
Wonder how soon they'll turn green...
"stick to menswear"
Off the rails.
jlegander.bsky.social (@jlegander.bsky.social) reply parent
Did someone beat him at swimming?
jlegander.bsky.social (@jlegander.bsky.social) reply parent
We can and will. It’s what we do now.