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Trump has been running against Barack Obama since well before 2015. It started with birtherism and continues today. But he never faced him directly. I think he was afraid to, or he would have run in 2012. If Trump does say he’s going to run for a third term, Obama should announce he is too.
Surprised by this video because this was originally advertised as being in the Merrill auditorium which seats about 2000 and they clearly moved it to the Civic Center that’s a hockey and concert Arena.
That would be great, because since Trump is ending all wars, we just won’t need that department anymore.
Also very bad, but the cult dies with Trump.
More framing like this, please www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Get well, Mr. Mayor. Whoever did this is dethpicable.
Yeah, but when the people rejecting vaccines and following junk science include the ones that decide whether vaccines are available to the rest of us and what medical care we can have, it's a problem.
Platner has the juice. Find a man or woman like him in every district and state, recruit and support them. That’s easier said than done, sure—but it’s also the easiest and fastest way to change America.
As Trump attacks unions and occupies our city, we’re called to remember how we got here. Labor Day would not exist without the workers who fought and died at the Haymarket Massacre and the Pullman Strike in Chicago. It’s not a coincidence he’s targeting Chicago:
And also do some real good. Her cares about the city and Zohran needs him. What a concept - being ambitious to accomplish good and also to further your career.
@samsteindc.bsky.social so what was the response of the moderator on face the nation to these ridiculous statements by Noem?
My take: He was not flagged down. State police were already on the scene. Rudy told his guy to stop. Following car was too close and hit them. Rudy learned later why the police were there and claimed to be Good Samaritan.
Guy who must be constantly be the center of attention and always needs to be in the spotlight has basically up and vanished for six days and the BIDEN IS TOO OLD crowd in the media is not interested in asking why. Got it.
Surely, Giuliani learned what had been going on across the highway after the fact. He saw police activity, told his body man to slam on the brakes so he could investigate. The person behind them was too close and slammed into them.
As a friend recently put it: the venn diagram of people who assured us the gun violence was worth it because we need the guns to protect ourselves against a tyrannical federal government and the people cheering on Trump as he deploys the military to take over American cities is a circle
Completely different than what the state police report. They say they were already on the scene of the other incident. I think what happened is Rudy told the driver to brake hard.
Executive orders should be nothing more than the president’s direction to the executive branch on how to execute the laws that Congress has passed.
Not a very long path from "Why wouldn't you want the regime to deploy federal troops in your city when it reduces carjackings?" to "Why would you be opposed to the erection of internment camps for deviants when it reduces crime?" And a good chunk of mainstream media will just follow along.
Doesn’t Oklahoma have its own National Guard? Why isn’t the governor activating it?
It’s just a tweet on a piece of paper.
This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
Behold. The festering carcasses of American rot all shoved into ill-fitting suits.
and this person would completely reshape the federal government's approach to health information, pandemic avoidance and response, and medical care.
Imagine any time ten or more years ago where someone told you a future Secretary of Health and Human Services would be a former heroin addict with a brain worm who, despite having no medical training, says he can diagnose children he sees at the airport,
@chrislhayes.bsky.social coffee is grown in Puerto Rico too.
Probably true, just not the way he means.
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
I just love capitalism.* * The government paying private companies to perform a government function and then on top of that giving them a financial incentive to perform it maliciously and harm people.
Navel, gazed.
Rommel was also a great general who fought (and lost) against the United States. Where’s his portrait?
When will some reporter ask idiots like him and RFK if they believe there are no mental health problems or antidepressants in other countries?
The news seller says “those are deep inside the newspaper, you have to buy the newspaper and turn to that page”. The man says “not the one I’m looking for”.
There’s an old Russian joke about a guy who goes by the newsstand every day, picks up the paper looks at the front page, puts it back and walks on. One day the news seller asks him why he does this. The man says “I’m looking for an obituary”.
@emilypeck.bsky.social someone should point out it was never about national security
ISO Cracker Barrel.
Thought it was named for a football catch.
Meanwhile Trump talking yesterday about how great Op Warp Speed was.
Update: it got funny again
“Canceling—or even delaying—the Rhode Island project in particular is so pointlessly, self-harmingly stupid that it would not have even occurred to any previous administration, including Trump’s first one.”https://prospect.org/environment/2025-08-26-donald-trumps-madcap-crusade-against-wind/
Moderator should ask that person: Why do you think it’s good that the cost of goods purchased by American businesses and consumers has increased by $4 trillion?
If you’re a heavy white man, not a wrestler, and insult Trump, he’ll call you a slob.
He called Trump an “arrogant little man” experiencing “a continuing slip in your mental faculties.”
This was a great, serious speech. But I’m also glad he got in some personal hits. “continuing slip in your mental faculties” “arrogant little man”
Trump speak: Low IQ: woman of color (except MAGA) Slob: heavy man (except wrestlers)
He’s the last one I ever want to defend but he very clearly said that it was given to the United States. And he was clear that the United States did not pay for it.
So for once, Trump has told the truth.
Vance: "If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation." Washington Post, May 8, 1945: "Germany Surrenders Unconditionally."
I know. But he's more of a communist than the people he and Stephen Miller say are communists.
Ten years ago, during Obama's second term, there was fear on the right of a military exercise being a pretense to station active military in U.S. cities. Leading the conspiracy theory was Alex Jones, fueled by Russia and abetted by the Governor of Texas. gov.texas.gov/news/post/go...
Good riddance www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...
Not on my bingo card: TRUMP IS A COMMUNIST www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/b...
In a city where 3.6 million people ride the subway every day, “I am scared to ride the subway” does not make you sound like a strong leader.
They're painting the American side. www.bbc.com/news/article...
In fact, executing a search warrant on the home and office of a target of the investigation is not the "very early stages" of a complex white collar investigation. Unless you're a total dipshit.
He hadn't been criminally charged then.
He has been indicted for a crime. Don’t we try alleged criminals first?
🤪🤪🤪 www.nysun.com/article/kash...
😂😂😂
If the right wing wants Cracker Barrel‘s clientele to be limited to people who know what a Cracker Barrel was, they’re saying they want the chain to go out of business.
Also, there is nothing “woke” about this change. They are just cleaning up and modernizing the logo as thousands of companies do.
Would’ve been nice if somebody would’ve proved her wrong by asking the exact same question
Was there not even one who could challenge Trump on his flip-flop on the necessity of cease-fire?
Do not demean Nevada whorehouses, none of which are in Las Vegas.
It says nothing good. It’s been discussed for a long time with her Putin might go nuclear. I doubt he would. But given the weird way that Trump has always talked about nukes I think he could convince Trump that he would.
So what I’ve heard this morning on the show is that Trump adopted Putin‘s position of peace talks with no cease-fire, Trump’s aides were ashen faced, and they cut the summit short. Seems to me a good explanation would be that Putin credibly threatened to use nukes.
I believe Trump‘s adoption of the Putin stance, the shortened summit, and the ashen faces of Trump’s staff, means that Putin credibly threatened to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
A little pet peeve of mine is so-called trolley tours. Those are not trolleys. They are buses. Trolleys run on tracks and are electrically powered by overhead wires called catenary.
So meaningful that President Trump honored America’s native heritage by painting his face red for the meeting with Putin.
This video from Fairmount Bagels in Montreal from their Instagram is the most impressive thing I've ever seen
Every justice before Thurgood Marshall, and most of them since, were only there because they were white men.
The White House posted an insane video of the police arresting the sandwich guy in a safe and wealthy neighborhood.
My moment of Zen.
I would like to replace Chuck Schumer with Gavin Newsom’s social team
If Trump is pining so desperately for a Nobel Prize, they should give him one for Operation Warp Speed just to watch his supporters tie themselves into knots about how it was both the greatest and worst thing ever.
The success of interventions against real problems seems disproportionately to lead people to believe the problem wasn’t a problem in the first place. Vaccines, Y2K, the voting rights act, many such examples.
The Rolling Pebbles
wtf did she think feminism is about?
This is so brilliant and accurate:
I think he was right.
Seems like an overpromise.
why did nobody think of just ending crime
White: deranged Black: low IQ
“his administration is flailing and his own cognitive abilities are slipping” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Pete’s really good at saying things, but this response says nothing which can only be taken to be intentional.
Wieners are named for Vienna, but in Vienna they call them Frankfurters.
If the dressing was premade, it’s just a Romaine salad with croutons and a creamy dressing.
Caeser Salad was invented in Mexico. Also 99.9% of what purports to be Caeser Salad really isn’t.
He can count any count that he wants to count. It doesn’t count.
Best page 1 since Ford to City: Drop Dead
Remind me of the Seinfeld joke asking why old people drive so slowly. “They have less time left. You’d think they’d want to get there sooner!”
Completely doable. The car just needs a GPS chip tied to cruise control.
A total of 12 people have walked on the Moon. Most people can name at least one (Neil Armstrong). Some can name two (Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin). Few can name more than that. Jim Lovell never walked on the Moon, but everyone knows him as the guy who got his crew back safely. Hell of a legacy. RIP.
If the federal government can simply seize privately held patents then that is the end of the U.S. patent system, the legal basis for American innovation.
Hey Scott, what should we call a masked unidentified police force that grabs people off the street?
It’s not “our” when you’re talking about the enemy of the United States.
This should’ve been easy.
@samsteindc.bsky.social @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @timmiller.bsky.social youtu.be/EPVgKoruWdA?...
And civilly a sex offender. But nothing has actually stopped him. All just petty annoyances to him, like swatting flies. The only result, when he’s able, is retribution. If he ever has to actually pay EJC it’ll be one percent of the money he’s made since inauguration.
In spring of 2024 I thought Jack Smith was going to get him. Epstein is the first thing since then that I thought *could* get him.I’m not at all optimistic that it will, but having lived through Watergate, which took two years to metastasize, it’s possible.