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“The officers followed the driver…and wrote in the affidavit that they smelled “a strong odor of burned marijuana” while driving behind the car.” On the highway? At a high (no pun intended) rate of speed? More jacked-up federal police performing forTrump www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
DC in the Federal crosshairs, but is it the same for States? A Moment of Clarity... youtu.be/nCScew_Uu0c
The age of the Power Grab and do the American people care? A Moment of Clarity... youtu.be/pPJNhvLfTwM
And now for a Moment of Clarity...Buckle up, baby... youtu.be/fZpPc8ikV9E
And now for this Moment of Clarity on Trump’s attempt to expand his militarization of our local police youtu.be/nCScew_Uu0c
This is more performative BS from Trump. It's not about crime in DC (violent crime fell 30% last yr) it is about the domestic deployment of the military and targeting DC residents--it has nothing to do with safety. This is about Trump #DramaQueen www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
That's odd. Russia has mail in voting.
When your biases come looking for you. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
If Republicans want to break the rules, then Democrats need to make the moves to change the game. Check out #AMomentofClarity #Redistricting #Texas www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMS4...
Excited for my friend @rae4nabjvp and her candidacy for @NABJ Vice President -Broadcast! #Rae4NABJ2025. Big day next week!! Let's do this!Raelynjohnson4nabjvp.com
“A firmer hold and a tighter grip.” thehill.com/opinion/judi...
249 years ago, our Founders pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to secure liberty and self-government against a tyrant king. July 4th is a renewal of our responsibility: to preserve the republic, to guard individual rights, and to nurture an informed and virtuous citizenry. Happy 4th!
Enjoy this moment of Clarity!
A moment of clarity... www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8hdGjxN/
Oooh, ahhh...that's how this always starts. Glad handing, back-slapping and high-fiving. But then comes the running and screaming when they have to face the voters for what they just did to them. #BigBeautifulBill Oh well...
Nothing like a good origin story... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
All in our name. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
This point by @MaxBoot "History shows airstrikes can delay enrichment. But only diplomacy can stop it." wapo.st/4415Bxh
Hey folks enjoy this quicktake on thriving or surviving Trump's Amerika! Audio: pod.fo/e/2eb672 Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-2K...
A lot of folks are asking that question. But this version of the GOP is effed. So, it will matter how Republicans like my guests are prepared to restore those definitional principles of a once proud party and lead a post-trump GOP. Enjoy my conversation with republicans trying to do just that.
Despite the distractions from faux breakups to indicting a US Representative for carrying out her oversight duties to bum-rushing a US Senator for trying to do the same, let's not forget this is what Trump & MAGA GOP don't want to talk about. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
I love @repstaceyplaskett.bsky.social unfiltered. Extremely unfiltered. There is frustration among Democrats hearing people say that they aren't doing anything. Rep. Plaskett has thoughts. She also talks about how Medicaid cuts would hurt Americans. 🎧 pod.fo/e/2e298b 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=5jGd...
Elon: “I regret some of my posts about President [Trump] last week. They went too far.” Trump: “I really haven’t thought too much about it." These two are full of crap. Stay focused on their gutting of programs and services for the poor, not their fake drama. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
Join me at 10 amET with @elienyc.bsky.social @mollyjongfast.bsky.social @karenhunter.bsky.social @johnfugelsang.bsky.social and Lucy Caldwell for a LIVE wonderfully wild conversation as I wrap the Michael Steele Podcast! #WrapParty www.youtube.com/live/7MPX4wa...
Elon leaving the White House? Elon and Trump breaking up? They say it's hard to do. Sucka, please. Enjoy this #Quicktake with @eugenedaniels2.bsky.social @drjasonjohnson.bsky.social @aprildryan.bsky.social on the theater of it all! youtu.be/Nm_UrQLfEoY
Please join me and a few friends for the final episode of The Michael Steele Podcast. We have one more livestream episode happening Tuesday, June 10th at 10amET on @thebulwark.com YouTube page. Click the link below to set your reminder! It will be one wild Wrap Party! www.youtube.com/live/7MPX4wa...
Just so we understand what this is and what it isn't but also knowing all of it is Trump's precursor to go after a bigger target: Elections 2026.
From a week and a half ago: “As of Monday, the model shows, about 96,000 adults and 200,000 children have died because of the administration’s cutbacks to funding for aid groups and support organizations. The overall death count grows by 103 people an hour.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The langue both trump and Hegseth are using to describe and justify their overreach of authority in California serves as the basis for more draconian and unconstitutional actions later. Target: Elections 2026. @davidfrum.bsky.social great piece. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Get in bed with a dog and flees are the least of your problems. 🤣 www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
It was all the way live as @eugenedaniels2.bsky.social @therickwilson.bsky.social @aprildryan.bsky.social & @drjasonjohnson.bsky.social joined me for a livestream Barbershop Wrap Party! From Musk to that Layered Blunt Cut, we left no scalp behind! 📺 youtube.com/live/v1S3qlQ... 🎧: pod.fo/e/2defdc
Last night, as I woke to the buzzing of drones & defensive fire in Odessa, @kenharbaugh.bsky.social pounded on my door and said, “Man, drones everywhere, let’s get downstairs.” @valormedia is going to be a force. And so proud to be cohost of @truthinthebarrel.bsky.social w/ @amymcgrath.bsky.social.
Join me for a special (wild) gathering of friends for a live episode of The Michael Steele Podcast at 10 am eastern on the @Bulwark YouTube page www.youtube.com/live/v1S3qlQ...
“Thugocracy”. Need we say more. Excellent indictment by Peter Wehner. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Join me and my friend @jonathancapehart.bsky.social as we talk about his new memoir "Yet Hear I Am"! It's a journey of self-discovery; and the courage to find yourself when no one else sees you. Just don't forget to hide your porn well! 🎧: pod.fo/e/2dc262 📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BfT...
@jonathancapehart.bsky.social discusses the time he self-sabotaged so badly that he ran out of a job interview with Bloomberg, his story of coming out (and why it's important to hide your porn well, folks) & his decision to resign from the WaPo Editorial Board. 📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BfT...
The election of Pope Leo XIV and the politics of Trump and his Evangelical base. My conversation with @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social Audio: pod.fo/e/2d9cf2 Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc8q...
It may be time to disrupt our communities. We’ve become a bit lazy about our civic responsibilities. @alenciajohnson.bsky.social discusses how we can "Flip the Tables," in today's political landscape! 🎧 pod.fo/e/2d9428 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=JCRR...
“Noem said she would reconsider her decision if Harvard – within 72 hours – satisfied her demands for more information, which include providing disciplinary records of every international student for the past five years.” This is utter Bullsh!t. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Don't know where you put your Habeas Corpus? A Moment of Clarity. Audio: pod.fo/e/2d89b0 Video: youtu.be/i7qXZVuyxHs
Did @samsteindc.bsky.social get #Loomered? Inquiring minds wanted to know about his recent interaction with Laura Loomer on X. Plus, the art of covering the "genius" of Donald Trump and the gifts that keep on being given! 🎧Listen: pod.fo/e/2d5f14 📺Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=BNVd...
When it comes to the Supreme Court, what's really at stake? Republicans began remaking the Court long before the Trump era to the point it's no longer practicing law but is just running on vibes. @leahlitman.bsky.social and I discuss! 🎧 pod.fo/e/2d6c6d 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iBW...
hmmm...the only thing missing is the laptop?... www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump...
I could not agree more with George Will. "Does anyone believe that Major League Baseball would be reinstating Pete Rose if one of the president’s whims had not demanded it?" Nope. So, what changed? We're now ok with players betting on their team or the game itself? wapo.st/4mfIqX0
Enjoy this #Quicktake with @mirandaspivack.bsky.social and the secrets local governments keep!
They say breaking up is hard to do; letting go is harder. Enjoy this #Quicktake with Oren Cass on why I remain a "Republican".
Tonight at 7pm eastern begins a new chapter for me and my co-host @aliciamenendez.bsky.social and @symonedsanders.bsky.social as we launch @theweeknightmsnbc.bsky.social! Please accept this personal invitation to join us!
It was good to catch up with former DNC Chairwoman and ad Member of Congress @wassermanschultz.house.gov. Thanks for you for the conversation! Audio: pod.fo/e/2d0409 Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYqw...
Emerging like a Phoenix out of the ashes, who are the "New Conservatives"? My conversation with Oren Cass on their efforts to "Restore America"; the economic truth about tariffs, stereotypes and my own journey as a Republican. Audio: pod.fo/e/2cf5dd Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWnP...
Who is the "New Conservative?" @michaelsteele.bsky.social speaks w/ Oren Cass about this, tariffs & trade. Plus, what made Michael join the GOP nearly 50 years ago & the stereotypes & misconceptions about young Black men joining MAGA. 🎧 pod.fo/e/2cf5dd 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=NWnP...
If you give a mouse a cookie, he's gonna want a glass of milk. If you give him a glass of milk, he's gonna want to stay for breakfast. It's never enough if you capitulate. msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social
Damn, Gurl!!. This one just stopped me cold. 🤣 🤣 🤣
Oh my! And so damn true!
He’s just an everyday guy who served the citizens of Washington, D.C. as cop for 20 years. Then January 6th changed all of that. What we learn from Michael Fanone is how much the Constitution anchored his public service. Audio: pod.fo/e/2cc52b Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukqn...
#TheWeeknightMSNBC brings a fresh perspective to #Primetime with a little humor, facts and clarifying discussion with my friends @aliciamenendez.bsky.social and @symonedsanders.bsky.social or put another way, just keepin’ it real! Starting May 5th at 7pm nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com/msnbc/2025/0...
Umm, what should one expect when the person you are seeking relief from is only in the job because of his loyalty to the man who fired you? www.axios.com/2025/04/21/p...
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. May your Servant Francis rest in peace.
Menagerie of dangerous misfits
For a man who tries to paint himself as an anti-intellectualist and who once praised President Richard Nixon for saying “professors are the enemy,” Vance is using a lot of Ivy League jargon as a smokescreen to attack a fundamental tenet of the American judicial system. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
‘I want to knock you up again’—Elon Musk Apparently Musk wants to repopulate the planet just in case… www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
The political version of the Hatfields and the McCoys? Enjoy this #Quicktake with @jonallendc.bsky.social and Amie Parnes on the "The Relationship" and why no one said anything to Biden in 2023...
This Holy Week and Passover I pray you get a moment regardless of your faith tradition, to reflect on our journey away from the bondage of our inhumanity to each other and the value of our sacrifice in service to others—both begin with the Commandment to love your neighbor as yourself.
Yikes! @davidcorn.bsky.social reminds us of the last time Battacharya got it so wrong and why we should be concerned about his appointment to NIH! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is f’d up America. Mr. Garcia has not been charged with any crime. The Trump administration has admitted his detention in El Salvador is a mistake. And Bukele and Trump refuse to send him back to his family. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
In the category of you know this is bush!t…“His BMI, or body mass index, which is a measure of one’s weight relative to height, is down to 28.0, which drops Trump to the category of overweight.” apnews.com/article/trum...
🚨NEW: The NC Supreme Court's GOP majority will retroactively nullify 2,000 to 7,000 ballots from military and overseas voters unless they quickly prove their identity—but only those who voted in a few Democratic counties. Could overturn Justice Riggs' victory. appellate.nccourts.org/orders.php?t...
A shout out to my friend @mattklewis.bsky.social for an engaging conversation--from Trump to GOP crazy to what Republicanism once meant--or so we thought! bsky.app/profile/matt...
How we doing? So much Trump jackassery. So little time.
So on brand for this GOP sending an election denier to dismantle the voice of democracy around the world. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Sometimes we can miss the forest for the “DEI” tree! “…true diversity is about establishing an environment where cultural understanding can flourish in a healthy way and elevate the work.”—Keli Goff www.thedailybeast.com/why-this-une...
#Greenland
The cheeseheads sleepwalking the GOP into a midterm nightmare. Time to wake up. You too, Democrats. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Now y'all know why Trump claimed, "I alone can fix it!" because he alone would break it. apnews.com/article/mark...
Trump fires NSA Director Lt. Gen.Timothy Haugh because Laura Loomer “pressed Trump to fire members of his national security staff”. We are witnessing the decapitation of our government by Loomer and Musk.
I really enjoyed my conversation with @jimacosta.bsky.social. His insights, wit and direct assessment of the mess Trump is making of the country while seeing the hope in the American people will be well worth your time.
Enjoy this #QuickTake with @katherinestewart.bsky.social on the plot to Pray America Away! Interesting.
Trump is imposing hella tariffs (tax) on our trading partners “across the globe” but then knowing this tax will be paid by American farmers plans to subsidize them with “emergency aid” when our trading partners retaliate. Now we know how this fool bankrupted a casino. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...
Ahhh yes. And now for the “re-whiting” of American history part of our program… “[the] Smithsonian Institution has, in recent years, come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology…” www.yahoo.com/news/trump-e...
"Sometimes the truthful path is also the practical and pragmatic one: Completely admit you did something stupid, take it in the face, absorb the abuse, and keep walking." --Peggy Noonan www.wsj.com/opinion/a-ne...
A radical reimagination of America by elites has been underway for some time. @katherinestewart.bsky.social exposes their fingerprints on everything from the dismantling of our government to politicizing our pulpits. Audio: pod.fo/e/2bf0f1 Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk00...
Who are the people & groups destroying American democracy? From ultra wealthy funders & think tanks to Christian nationalist leaders & moms at school board mtgs, religious nationalism expert @katherinestewart.bsky.social outlines it all w/ @michaelsteele.bsky.social 🎧 pod.fo/e/2bf0f1 📺 rb.gy/jycc82
The White House pulls Stefanik’s nomination? Oh do tell why?!?! The House Majority? Perhaps Tim Russert put it best, “Florida, Florida, Florida!” thehill.com/homenews/sen...
These idiots are in control of our national security. Instead of admitting they f’d up and put military personnel lives at stake, they default to BS avoidance of accountability.“there was no classified information” doesn’t make what happened less serious. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Damn, a Keystone Cops-Three Stooges combo would handle our national security better than these clowns who risk the lives of our military personnel. thehill.com/policy/defen...
To the one and only “Captain James Tiberius Kirk” Happy Birthday!!
Do you believe? If you don't Ross Douthat makes the case why you should in his new book "Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious". We explore the idea of one's identity and faith journey at the intersection of politics and religion. Audio: pod.fo/e/2bb934 Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i7y...
Pathetic. So @PaulWeissLLP cuts “a deal with Mr. Trump in which the firm agreed to do $40 million worth of pro bono work on causes supported by the Trump administration”…“which allowed the firm to escape an executive order…” #capitulation www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/b...
@michaelsteele.bsky.social speaks w/ NYT columnist & author Ross Douthat about his book, "Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious." Plus, how political identity now overshadows religious identity & the decline of religion in the U.S. 🎧 pod.fo/e/2bb934 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=4i7y...
Congress is useless. This Administration is dangerous. This President is compromised. There is NO reason for Musk to have this level of access across our government. Our nation will rue the day we returned power to the GOP and re-elected this menace. #thepriceofeggs www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Hegseth purges Jackie Robinson from the DOD website in his maniacal attack on everything DEI and then restores it. Trump orders the elimination of DEI and Black History Month events and then hosts a BHM event in the WH. Either DEI is what they say it is, or it isn't. It isn't. wapo.st/4il6nKk
Something special this way come! The “scrubbing of inspiration with my friends @denverr.bsky.social and @amymcgrath.bsky.social youtu.be/BZ0Uo0hlY-w
At Kennedy Center, Trump says he's never liked the musical "Hamilton" very much.
Enjoy this #QucikTake with @therickwilson.bsky.social! More @repjasmine.bsky.social please!
This is more of your crap, Trump. But if you want to play, then every last J6 pardon is up to be rescinded by a future President for far more substantive reasons than the use of an auto pen.
Bullsh!t. The mechanism of signature does not matter. That has already been tested in the courts. “Last year, a federal appeals court said presidential pardons do not even have to be in writing.” t.co/2XLnlLaj9O
Asked about the possibility of Senator Chuck Schumer being primaried, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social says Democrats are focused on having all hands on deck to “cut Donald Trump’s presidency in half legislatively.”
Chaos! Havoc! Unleash the Hounds of...a government shut down?! And then there's Marco Rubio. @therickwilson.bsky.social has a few thoughts. 🎧 pod.fo/e/2b8201 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNuw...
Trump has put America into a full-on trade war. And for what? To satisfy his narrow, outdated view of America’s economy, coupled with his slash and burn approach to managing the federal government? Enjoy Spring because Winter is coming. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
USDA cancels $1 billion in local food purchasing for schools and food banks. “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me” Matthew 23:35 Trump refuses to feed poor children while wanting to charge $5M to welcome the stranger.
FFS. Pitching a damn Tesla on the White House lawn. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...