Yesterday he tore a strip off EU leaders on a conference call. As if this fiasco was somehow their fault. And still - still - told them he wasn't going to sanction Russia because of his personal relationship with Putin. It's fucking pathetic.
I used to be sort of a nothingburger. Then things took a turn for the worse.
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Yesterday he tore a strip off EU leaders on a conference call. As if this fiasco was somehow their fault. And still - still - told them he wasn't going to sanction Russia because of his personal relationship with Putin. It's fucking pathetic.
Radioactive shrimp.
Department of War is historically used by nations who are, in fact, at war. Which begs the question - who exactly is the United States at war with? Perhaps it's at war with good judgment. That would make sense.
When did Poilievre become anti business?
The last straw was Trump calling to demand Modi nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize. Enraging Modi. The first insult was Trump had already browbeaten India's enemy Pakistan into supporting his nomination AND Trump had nothing to do with resolving the conflict and Modi wasn't going to lie for him.
The Dem position appears to be "fascism isn't so bad, once you get used to it."
Not by the bullpen, Mike. By the closer. You have to feel for the starters. Gausman pitched his guts out today. Must be so deflating.
The tyranny of unanimity. This can't continue.
Imagine getting called up in the middle of your kids summer vacation, scrambling to change plans, dealing with disappointments - all to rush off to DC to pick up trash.
Fascism is not that bad once you get used to it. - Politico
He's at 16% popularity in a recent UK poll. In Europe, the only leader who polls lower is Vladimir Putin. And not by much.
Donald Trump has used immigration and now uses crime to create a police state in America. Fascism 101. Control the judiciary, the media, the opposition, masked para military troops roaming the streets. America may already be too far down this path to be saved. That is the issue. The only issue.
It's not even good cover-up. It's cheap, tawdry Friday afternoon news dump cover-up. Trump's lawyer interviews convicted sex felon facing 20 years of hard time, after she's suddenly transferred to Club Fed minimum detention - and now says Trump is a real sweetie. This is bargain basement cover-up.
Donald Trump will never do anything to harm Vladimir Putin. He doesn't even care that Putin bombs US factories.
This is pathetic.
"I am your retribution." - Donald John Trump
For a mob boss from Queens two elements will always be key: a shakedown operation and a protection racket. Everything he does will be driven by one or both.
Putin wins: no ceasefire, no secondary sanctions, photo op with US President. Trump wins: ???
Deploy crippling sanctions, kneecapping the Russian economy. Increase military ordnance delivered to Ukraine by at least three times the current level. And you might have a ceasefire in six months.
Time for a good ol' fashioned Texas Junta!
Rising price of Peanut Butter? Jimmy Carter!
It's been hilarious all day watching US media breathlessly scurry about assessing the pros and cons of various sites for a meeting that will never take place.
Perhaps take a different approach at these events. Try yodelling. Throws the angry mob right off.
My God this must be humiliating for the American people.
At the last meeting, Trump said Zelensky "had no cards". This time, he's bringing a full deck.
What was their first clue? US military personnel on their hands and knees rolling out the red carpet for an indicted war criminal? It went downhill from there.
Absolutely true.
Imagine a world where the public humiliation (yet again) of an American President is considered a good day. The vast majority of the world considers indicted war criminal Putin a vicious thug who bombs shopping malls and daycare centers. Trump considers him "a good and strong leader".
A 50% tariff on China any oil Russian oil purchased by China is in a whole different league of sanction. You're also completely wrong in your assessment of available ordnance. It doesn't matter. As suspected, Trump was never going to do anything to hurt his pal.
He's selling weapons. Making a profit. Since he took office Trump has been making money off Ukraine, not giving them anything. He's likely to continue. The war in Ukraine has become a money maker for the US.
Trump called his latest humiliation at the hands of Putin "a 10 out of 10".
Secondary sanctions would cripple the Russian economy. Tripling arms shipments to Ukraine would change the course of the war. Trump has lots of cards. He just refuses to play them.
A presser after a meeting - on US soil, at a US base - and the US President just stands there, allowing the visiting Russian leader to go first and basically control the room. I used to work protocol. Anyone ever see that happen before? I haven't.
Realisticaly, he'll be good to go next spring in Florida.
The country ablaze. Records for hottest days smashed from coast to coast. And Poilievre hitting the road to peddle carbon fuel. He always had impeccable timing.
If Yankees lose today and Guardians win, they're out of a playoff spot.
Fascists are not particularly known for their kindness.
What is a Blue Jays playoff run without Buck? He's simply the best.
So the critical players (Ukraine and Europe) are to have no say in this cooked up scheme? Are Europe and Ukraine to be treated as US colonies? What a brutal farce.
In seven months, not only has he done nothing to stop the killing he has made it worse by erratically denying support, foolishly kowtowing to Putin and obviously having no fucks to give for Ukrainian lives lost because of his drooling incompetence.
A year from now Trump will vow to have the whole thing solved "in two weeks".
“Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.” ― Jorge Luis Borges
If this wasn't so sick, so perverse, it'd be laughable.
They gave away Will Wagner in a pointless trade for a backfill catcher of no use to them now - so that worked out well.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me 417 times - "Hello. My name is Lisa Murkowski."
News orgs regularly report every Trump rant, burble and fart credulously as if he's the Queens version of Mahatma Gandhi. I used to find it maddening, but I see it as some bizarre form of self shaming.
Actually Donald prefers to decorate in "early Saddam Hussein".
I'm sure you will.
I am Canadian. We feel deserted by allies. We are now the only country (except China) that has stood up to Trump. And we will continue to do so. But we will not forget - when we stood we stood alone.
Canada expected more from von der Leyen than to sit meekly, hands in lap, while Trump told her what she was going to do for him and she meekly nodded. Such a sorry moment for Europe.
Congratulations Catherine!
BREAKING: Trump hires new Commissioner of Labor Statistics.
Looking forward to the grand opening of The White House Resort and Convention Center next year.
Totally. Ty France makes absolutely no sense.
These aren't tariffs. They're a shopping list with numbers.
And the American consumer is in for a massive price hike. Tariffs are a tax.
US consumers will now have to pay an additional 13.5% tariff/tax (there was already a "favored nation" tariff/tax of 1.5%) on goods coming from the EU. It was a triumph.
Why wasn't Barger waving at Springer to slide?
They can't consent at 14. Legally.
Let's see how the numbers hold up this winter.
Can we all just stop falling for bait 'n switch every time Donald Trump says something? He'll say one thing on the tarmac before boarding the plane and the opposite mid-flight.
Who would want to enroll in Columbia now? I think we know the answer to that, who they will be and what they will represent.
I really don't mean to be a grouch but there's nearly $200 million in contracts for Gimenez and Santander and a lot of people are scratching their heads wondering how much they'd help the team right now even if they were back in the lineup.
"You could always Depend on me. Now I've got Depend on me."
Legacy media is disintegrating, its audience fragmenting before our eyes. The complete collapse of journalistic ethics and moral integrity in the face of an authoritarian challenge has served to accelerate this process and hasten their demise.
At one point he said he couldn't remember signing the USMCA, the trade deal he negotiated.
Every other western democracy supports some form of public broadcasting.
Her family really should consider some form of intervention.
Merz considers himself quite the fortune teller, able to see decades into the future.
Mister Marmot says hello.
There are over 1000 local NPR stations across America. That's 1000 towns getting local news, sports, weather, info on upcoming local events, commentary on local issues - all gone. For what?
There are over 1000 local NPR stations across America. That's 1000 towns getting local news, weather, info on upcoming events, commentary on local issues - all gone now. For what?
So they cancel Colbert's show. But legal tells them they're contracted to give him a final season. So now they've got untethered Colbert until next May 31 and they can't can him or it'll look like shit. Brilliant.
Quick Fact: Andrew Johnson is the only impeached President who never flew on Epstein's plane.
He mocked Paramount for bending the knee to Trump two nights ago. So they fired him.
Don't think it's midterms. They say they'll only take him off the air at the end of his cycle next May.
Colbert mocked Paramount on-air for bending a knee to Trump. Two days later they fired him. Largest audience in late night. Averaged nearly 2.5 million a night.
Brilliant. The lawyer who knows practically everything there is to know about Trump/Epstein is now free to spill the beans.
With each passing day Americans come to terms with the stark reality that this is not an administration, it is a regime.
If that doesn't work he plans to hurl live cats off the White House roof.
There were no negotiations. Just a Ukrainian delegation sitting there while the Russians lectured them about the history of the mighty Russian empire dating back to 1250.
This is why the Democrats can never have nice things.
His 50 day delay coincides with the Russian summer offensive.
Tired vs Wired. The disintegration of legacy media in the face of an authoritarian threat is shocking but sadly predictable.
Let's talk about this and not Epstein. That's his only point. He'd throw cats off the roof of the White House to not talk about Epstein.
Sorry, I should have been clearer. Wimbledon final.
The last 6-0 6-0 in a women's final was in 1911.
Dear God.
Imploding at month seven of a forty eight month term is never a good look.
This is just releasing some of the allocated funds he's held up for six months. I wouldn't give him a medal for it.
Tell that to Canada. With every outburst he further attempts to destroy our country.
When Donald Trump travels abroad he always brings vast quantities of one thing with him: Absolute cringe.
I saw the stats on fentanyl this morning. It's still miniscule compared with Mexico. We've committed a billion dollars to please Trump (new Drug Czar, increased security) while tons still flow in from Mexico - and this is his response.
"Generally speaking" that's horseshit. Aid appropriated by Congress under the last administration still remains stuck in the system. Blocked. Delayed. Clearly withheld.
Some guys can just never get enough public shaming.
He can wait in Alligator Alcatraz while they decide his status.
BREAKING: Woman who fucked up emergency response now claims there shouldn't be any. Brilliant.
Rahm Emmanuel isn't just yesterday's man. He's several epochs ago.
Ukraine offered to buy them. You could turn a tidy profit.