History, and Politics. Trump's depravity will destroy him.
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The total value of imports (goods and services) to the USA is around $4.1tn. That's annually. How can they have taken $8tn in tariffs on $4.1tn in a few months? The first announcements were 5 months ago, and then there were numerous delays, exemptions etc.
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So the suggestion is that Giuliani earned the wrath of an enraged husband, who rear-ended his car in revenge. How did the husband know who came to his wife's aid? And how did he track Giuliani down (in transit)? And how did Giuliani know that the rear-ender was connected to the other incident?
Brilliant strategy from Trump to drive India into the arms of Russia and China with his dimwitted tariffs and threats. Maybe there's more to diplomacy than a sick dumb 79 year old saying that he "gets along" with people.
If he stays hidden through Monday, I will start to believe he's in trouble.
The world's fourth largest economy, which also has the world's largest population, has been driven into China's camp by Trump's dicking around with tariffs.
Xi, unlike Trump, successfully sending the signal "We want to work with you but we don't work FOR you".
Decades of US diplomatic efforts being unwound. @reuters.com 🇮🇳 www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Thanks for saying that. At no part of my life could I have climbed that fence.
I've said elsewhere... Matc Elias will have a prominent place in the histories of this period.
The one thing that the people who criticize the media and the Democrats for not putting an end to Trump in 2015 and since, don't acknowledge is ... it's hard. His ability to fool large numbers of people with his garbage is the big obstacle we all face.
Brilliant. With you all the way and beyond on that one. Imagine these training videos in the public domain.
Working for me.
Worldwide.
Nope. No evidence.
I am not a fan of going down rabbit holes like this. In a day he'll be in the Oval Office saying something stupid with that hideous round mouth of his and it will be even more annoying. No evidence, therefore no point.
Unkind things to say about the man who ended the war in Ukraine within 24 hours, and before even he took office.
My friend is friends with them and reposted this Minnesota nice can also be Minnesota strong
Moskowitz is attention-seeking, superficial and points-scoring. He's on the other side of the aisle, but he's otherwise like Matt Gaetz.
Interesting. I don't like Moskowitz. He likes superficial points-scoring.
You do these things because you suffered during the pandemic. or because you want to avoid the disease?
Babbitt is dead because of Trump. It's as simple as that. We could see what he was going to do. We knew it would end in violence. He killed her.
Such a nice guy too.
I wouldn't go that far.
It's f***ed up.
**** no.
Many Republicans were appalled by this on the day. Where are they now? How many of them objected over Babbitt yesterday? They live in a miasma of their own shame.
You have problems with logic and with language.
You have problems with logic and with language.
What? So if someone said it was a "badge of honor" to be identified as a Hitlerite, and got the reply that they were honored to be identified with concentration camps, you think it's a smart comeback to say that the camps closed in 1945? By the way, Gulags:25,000,000 Gitmo: 780 (currently 15)
Thanks. Interesting. I guess the internet has exacerbated all of these problems.
.. because Donald Trump lied to her.
"..wasting our time..". Oh boy.
I fear that this 84-year old gentleman will get the harassment treatment soon.
You think that to be associated with the gulags, the Holodomor, show trials, Katyn and the NKVD is a badge of honor. Fine. Then that defines you.
Jenna Ellis. Well known for her adherence to truth and to reality. So this obviously happened just as she said.
I want people on my side of the argument to listen to others, to discuss, to be open, to try to understand other viewpoints, to admit mistakes and learn from them. You know, the things that intelligent people do, or used to. This is an emergency. Get serious about fixing it.
Best comment. Listen to smart critics and assess what they are saying.
Your own life may not be perfect at the moment, but can you imagine being someone who could watch this and not see the absurdity of it? Could you wish to be such a person? It would be like wishing to be a cow instead of a human.
That dog has lovely coloring.
How much did he have to pay for that? Extra surely.
Reviewing Trump 2.0 vs expectations.. - I expected Trump to employ lackeys. - I expected Proj2025 to be deployed, smart people using moron Trump as a vehicle - I expected Revenge Trump - I thought Trump-having escaped jail-would be more passive - I didn't expect gobshites like Miller to be let loose
I understand completely.
Pincer attack.
Simple rational answer.
I want him imprisoned, and when he dies and is buried, I want another jail built over his grave.
Yes - when I saw her photo I found it a huge surprise.
Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion
The world needs The Guardian, but when the Guardian is bad, it's just sickeningly bad. It's garbage. Lost deep up its own arse. bsky.app/profile/theg...
Great lines.
Not so fast. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
It's tragic how the GOP folded. There was nothing stupid about Rubio. He was a future President. His destiny now is to be a joke in future documentaries. Not a Quisling (Quisling was enthusiastic about fascism), but as a weakling hanging around Vichy trying to be liked by people he knows are scum.
This would make Trump and Rubio boil. Bittersweet for tens of thousands of public servants erased and millions worldwide stripped of a lifeline. The award itself would be insult enough, greater than either of their snowflake egos could bear.
Well said!
Judge: Do you need me to put this in writing now, or will my oral pronouncement suffice? DOJ: Oral suffices Clearly nobody can count on any degree of honesty, honor, good faith or decency from representatives of Trump's DOJ, by default. Deceit is always anticipated and must be pre-throttled.
Just read this somewhere on YouTube.... "If Trump should die before I wake. I pray the lord, the news ain't fake."
Books about the Holocaust have been removed from military college libraries. The liberation of Belsen and other camps had a powerful effect on the troops involved. The common term became "This is why we fight" What an insult to the victims of the Holocaust and to those who fought in the War.
He's 89. Does he need a career?
Alaska though. Trump with his "daddy's here at last" demeanor, and the red carpets and the clapping. If Trump had done the minimum - send a minion out to greet Putin and kept it cool, he would have gained face and kept Putin guessing. Has he NO idea what his job is? An average 15yo would do better.
You've got that all wrong. Allow me to lay it all out for you...
So soon.
I suspect Angelina Jolie would have more than two followers.
Newsom's pastiches of Trump are almost perfect. Of course he overdoes it just a touch. But here Trump sounds like an imitation of Newsom imitating Trump. ..what the "hell" happened to Jonathan Karl's hair.. Trump is a sad old comic, becoming an exaggerated version of himself. Enviable hair tho
I adopted a policy about this some time ago, and I've stuck to it. It is wrong to enjoy someone's ill health, or to wish for their demise. I make an exception only for one person though...
This is the energy needed. Texas needs to stop voting for republicans‼️
Sounds great. Thanks for the recommendation.
It feels weird to hear of a government agency in the Trump administration doing something practical. Not destroying something or painting over something or lying about something.
"Newsome is literally a far-right fascist". Well that's just embarrassing. The misuse of the word "literally". The redundant "far-right". And you see no distinction between the Cal Gov and say Stephen Miller? None? And it's "Newsom". If you want to pave the way for Vance or Trump, you own it. Simple
Under pressure to suggest a candidate, your first is Sanders. What? For two terms? He was three months old at the time of Pearl Harbor. He's a nice, sincere and eloquent guy tho. I would have no hesitation in voting for any of those you mention.
Thousands of ICE agents are doing a lot more damage to our social fabric than millions of undocumented immigrants.
In Trump's first term there was already a lot of talk about the echoes of 1930s Germany. I felt there was a big difference. Hitler had a large paramilitary force - the SA. Groups like the Proud Boys were quite small. Trump really does have a paramilitary force now in ICE, loyal above all to him.
They are arresting people who work at carwashes. Do they really need high-powered rifles?
Dilbert was funny - cynical; knowing; punchy; smart. People who are funny aren't usually attracted to people like Trump. Trump attracts people who sneer, and think that's funny. Like Greg Gutfeld or Stephen Miller. I was surprised too about Adams.
And when you want to sit down on a train? Or exit a train with automatic doors?
"..your right wing ghouls". Newsom is not "mine". I have no adhesion to Newsom. I don't know much about him. I can at least spell his name though. "Are you going to listen, or are you going to cry?". That is just contemptibly childish. What DNC candidate would be acceptable to you?
Yup. I am having a discussion at the moment on this subject. I have no special affection for Newsom, or anyone else. But I know an emergency when I see one.
Sir, you have a lot of stamina for this kind of debate.
If someone on the "left"-when faced with a binary choice for President between (say in 2028) Trump and Newsom - says that they aren't taking part, those people are scattering rose petals onto Trump's path to the WHouse. Those who acted like this in 2024 have partial culpability for where we are now.
Saw exchanges with Scott Adams on Twitter. On that day he turned sour on Trump, said he had seen the light. Cue a horde of people ("the predictables"), responding with "ffs it's taken you all this time?". After a while Adams said he was so annoyed at this criticism that he was going back to Trump.
The hyperbole though. All that "Trump is finished" "It's Over!" stuff. Does that really help? All through the campaign, every day was "The End of Trump" day. And look how it ended. At the moment the DNC is unpopular. Do we face that and fix it or do we go for the sugar rush?
Often people "play the game" and show the emotion that's expected of them. When you see people who can't control even their own movements it's very touching. A couple of those little girls there ... Weeping here. Moved.
Is Canada about to "knock out" Trump? Are they in a position to take a "kill shot"? If not, why is Meidas pumping this up? It just becomes wearying.
The thing about living with a psychopath is, at some point you start seeing the world through his eyes, even if you don't buy into the truth of it. And you also start to forget what normalcy is, at about the same time that you can't stand another minute of living in insanity. Good luck to us all.
There are people who have bewilderingly subdued their critical faculties, and surrendered to Trump. There are other people who retain those faculties, and can see him as a man they would never trust. The latter are carrying a vast psychological burden, and have been now for ten years.
Map of German forces at the time of "negotiation" in 1945, if you want to "go back to World War 2".
Don't move on anyone heavily.
Diaper emptying day.
There's so much AI trash, and you choose one that almost certainly isn't AI. For one thing it's been around for at least 4 years. Also dogs do have complex reactions to mirrors - half understanding that they are seeing themselves, half worried that there's another dog there.
The only thing the Maxwell tapes indicate is that a person who is in prison wants to become a person who is not in prison.
I like what Newsom is doing. It's fine, and it's broken through enough to get people talking. It's also true that Newsom wants the nomination in 2028. Also fine. I don't like "Newsom has shown the way. The walls are breached. Newsom for President". Excessive. Or "I will never vote for Newsom. Boo".
God. The people Trump has always had around him. Roy Cohn. Roger Stone. Jeffrey Epstein. Stephen Miller. Le creme de la shite.
Cats are very beautiful and inscrutable, but this is why I could never live with one. People tell me stories about their cats killing and toying with other creatures. I find it upsetting. No offence.
That's a feeble obstacle course. The 4th element there looks to be checking for sexual harassment skills.
Abusing the people you want to vote for you recruits them for those you are fighting against. It's counter-productive.
It is clear that Markus (rep Maxwell) has been told by Blanche (rep Trump), that it is imperative that she says there IS NO LIST, and that Maxwell got the message. Elsewhere Maxwell emphasises that Epstein was secretive and separate. How could she POSSIBLY be sure what he DOESN'T have? Ridiculous.
And what would your approach be to Putin's invasion of Ukraine? "I would have told Putin to go back to the old borders and unkill all the dead" Gaza? "I would have told them all to stop fighting and get along" Global warming? "I would tell the world to stop getting hot and to be a little cooler"
