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"We’ve never had a president face serious medical problems in an age as volatile as now. Should we be worried about Donald Trump’s health? We have no idea. And that should lead to more questions around the White House than it is." Read the entire piece. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
"We just saw a president hounded from office last year for being too old. And you know what? Trump is now the oldest person ever to take the oath of office — he was 78 years, 220 days of age, at his inauguration, four months older than Biden was."
"[M]aybe the president’s health is totally fine — but given the questions and the importance of understanding the state of president’s mental and physical well-being, it’s all the more critical that the press dig into this." @vermontgmg.bsky.social gives 6 "clear reasons" for the press to dig in.↘️
“Something clearly is up with the 79-year-old president, and the official explanations don’t make sense. That’s not surprising given that Trump is a world historical liar surrounded by toadies who surrendered their shame long ago. But it’s past time for reporters to ask some questions.”
Despite what some political consultants advise, anti-Trump candidates can’t just focus on the economy. They need to put preserving democracy front and center. Worth reading @davidoatkins.bsky.social ↘️
Excited about this signing. Get it Senne. #MUFC #GGMU
Wishing everyone a peaceful and safe #LaborDay weekend. ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏼 #1u #solidarityforever
If congressional dems cannot massage and mobilize on the basic concept that a regime which has masked, unmarked feds kidnapping people off our streets and sicing army into our cities - shouldn’t be getting blank checks - they should be primaried out of politics.
Senate Democratic aides are already working with Politicos to prime for an unconditional surrender to Trump Republicans. It can’t get through their galaxy brain that shutting down this government means shutting down Trump’s authoritarian govt. Pathetic losers.
![Politico playbook screenshot “BACK TO SCHOOL: Congress returns tomorrow from August recess, and there are numerous storms brewing. Top of the list is the imminent threat of a government shutdown, with a funding cliff edge looming at the end of September. The GOP does not have a plan to avoid a shutdown on Oct. 1. Dem leaders in the House and Senate are demanding bipartisan talks ASAP. Not helping those talks: Trump’s ongoing rescissions efforts. Last week, he rescinded almost $5 billion of foreign aid spending that Congress had already approved. Brace for more battles over rescissions in the weeks ahead. Crucially, Dems are reluctant to cut any spending deal with a president who doesn’t stick to congressionally agreed spending levels anyway. All of which means … “Democrats — eager to show the base that they’re taking the fight to the president — will almost certainly take the bait, making the prospects of a shutdown extremely high this fall,” POLITICO’s Rachael Bade writes this morning. But aides fear this could prove a losing strategy, turning off voters and handing Trump even more power. “[Republicans] don’t even care about the government being open,” one says. “You’ll probably just have to eventually fold and get nothing out of it.””](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cf26plxwia7dxpm6plry3sj2/bafkreifc7ojgh224uv232lej3rnmjgi2lbg6i247mltj7fv5pakl6t7gni@jpeg "Click to view full size")
Senate Democrats need a completely new set of leaders untethered to the current ones and the DC brained elite establishment conditioned to surrender to fascists unconditionally.
Schatz is set up to be whip of the Senate Democratic caucus. He maybe younger but his brained is addled with “bipartisanship” toxins - unfit to take on fascists for the time we are living in. PS: he also surrendered and voted to give Trump/Musk blank checks in March when he had a chance to fight.
“Rural states in the American South and West had some of the nation's highest violent crime and homicide rates in 2024, driven by violence in small communities, Axios' Russell Contreras writes from FBI data.” www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Trump’s big ugly bill cuts Medicaid by almost $1 trillion over the next decade, risking service cuts and closures that could force rural women to travel farther to safely have a baby.
Good am. Now 1,237 days left till January 20, 2029 - when Trump has to leave the White House. #Lameduck
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Worth noting.
“Black women are the canaries in the coal mine, the exclusion happens to them first ... And if any other cohort thinks it’s not coming for them, they’re wrong. This is a warning, and it’s a stark one." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
"This felt like a kind of high-end Starmer-ball. Hold the line. Let the other guy lose." 💀 Sounds like a perfect candidate for Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand's DSCC.
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Interesting point ↘️
Their contempt for the intelligence of their own base is breathtaking.
Good am. Now 1,238 days left till January 20, 2029 - when Trump has to leave the White House. #Lameduck
Going into the international break 👀 United 8th Leeds 11th City 12th Newcastle 17th Maybe not everything is horrible? 😅 #mufc
I dunno man … we are bad. This is the worst I have ever seen and I have seen a lot. 😳
Nah - that was dumb ass scheduling
18k are probably Utah fans. Once again Rose Bowl is gonna be a fun weekend get away for the midwesterners this Fall. Nice work Martin Jarmond.
Just have it on for morbid curiosity I guess. Sigh.
What is wrong with me? Why am I still up watching #UCLA football? What am I doing? I should know better after last 37 years.
Guessing fixing this garbage #UCLA football program (and a mediocre basketball one) under an incompetent AD will not be the top of the priority list for UCLA chancellor given the existential threat he is dealing w from the Trump regime. Dark times ahead. It will get worse I am afraid.
Another wasted football season in Westwood.
#UCLA cannot tackle. Nothing new.
Kalen DeBoer would so much happier in Westwood than in Tuscaloosa. #GoBruins
It feels surreal to see these universities talk up research during these in game commercials considering the times we live in.
Surprised Utah didn’t go for it on 4th and short there considering how garbage UCLA defense is.
Nico looks like a solid QB. #UCLA looks primed to waste his talent just like Josh Rosen’s.
At least the pregame sangrias were delicious and the whales are out in force here by the Northern California coastline. #GoBruins
At least we have a basketball team … oh wait … we’ve got Mic Cronin.
Good God - why did I even let myself get a little hopeful about this #ucla team?
The usual 🗑️🔥 #ucla defense is worse though
Same ole #UCLA “defense.” Useless.
Doh. Meant to type — for the first time since 2001 (when they lost) by a score of … Oh well.
#Alabama loses a season opener for the first time since 2001 by a score of 20-17 to none other than #UCLA (w a Heisman contending running back named Deshaun Foster). It was ten days before 9/11. I was in Tuscaloosa for that epic. It was a different time. #GoBruins 💙💛🐻
Red and Blue Saturday. #GGMU 🔴⚪️⚫️ #GoBruins 💙💛🐻
I just don’t get the point of sideline interviews of coaches during the games. So utterly useless and pointless except to hear them spout coach-speak and cliches. Sideline reporters - generally are useless to except for providing injury reports.
This is appalling, criminal, and the GOP plan for everywhere: block cheap renewables in favor of expensive gas turbines. It won't even provide enough power, there's a 3-5 year backlog for turbines. We'll all pay far higher electricity bills to be sicker and to do more environmental damage.
Alabama suffering? Gooooood.
Nah … I am incapable of liking any Trojan from Pom Pom Carroll era.
Also hard to separate Ohio St from this guy
I can’t stand Sark - just a drunk overrated 🤡
Both Texas and Ohio State look mediocre or their defenses may be elite. I just hope it’s the former. Can’t stand either of these teams. PS: sick of all this Archie Manning hype already. 🙄
average Dem strategist: we must focus on bipartisan policies that undercut Republican attacks average Dem voter: having studied the denazification of Germany, we must raze the RNC and leave JD Vance clutching a single wool blanket in a cell after we strip him of everything
Good God I love Bruno. My captain. ❤️🤍🖤
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Yep. Ridiculous. Goalkeeping almost Amorim again. Baffling that he isn’t starting Heaton at this point. Desperately need a new keeper and to put away our chances. Hope Cunha will be ok. Did Mount get injured?
MANCHESTER UNITED HAS WON A GAME!!!!!!!!!! 🚨🚨🚨 #GGMU
My world in 2025
Brunoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Inevitable. Sigh.
Mbuuuuuuuuuuuuueemoooooooooal!!! Comeon United - please kill this game. #mufc
Chuck lives in an upside-down world.
Brilliant counterattack and yet another missed chance. 😳
Every keeper (including former Reds) seems to turn into Buffon vs United. Should be up 3-0. Blegh. #mufc
It was from a set piece too. I think the third time we have had a set piece goal. An encouraging sign if I may say …
Cunha out after Manchester United scores a goal. We just can’t have nice things. 😔 Hopefully it’s not serious and he heals up during the break. He was playing well. #mufc
Good am. Now 1,239 days left till January 20, 2029 - when Trump has to leave the White House. #Lameduck
“Something clearly is up with the 79-year-old president, and the official explanations don’t make sense. That’s not surprising given that Trump is a world historical liar surrounded by toadies who surrendered their shame long ago. But it’s past time for reporters to ask some questions.”
Damn - I missed your post. Lmaooo
BIG NEWS - John Roberts and MAGA #SCOTUS will have no where to hide. They are either going to side with rest of the judiciary branch (which has been ruling against the regime 94% of the time) or the will saddle up with the regime (again).
“Blocking releases based only on the child’s nationality is a clear violation of federal law and regulations that require ORR (the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s) to release children to a suitable sponsor without unnecessary delay."
NEW — I wrote about the resignation of SSA's chief data officer just says after he blew the whistle on a major data vulnerability, including the full text of his blistering email and how his allegations confirm those made by a previous whistleblower and a former employee back in March:
Reasonable speculation. Jeffries and establishment Dems are allergic to the idea of ratcheting up pressure on Rs by calling for impeachment proceeding writ large.
It's not one or the other. Calling for firing should be basic (Dems like DeLauro has done that). But, this is about ratcheting up pressure in media and calling for impeachment hearings on RFK Jr should be coming from Dems in safe blue seats.
Dems are failing to do the basics by not calling for impeachment of cabinet officials like RFK Jr and others. And just in case there is any doubt (or lack of basic understanding) that the House of Reps. have the authority to impeach cabinet officials - and that Dems can call for it.
This guy thinks he is being cute. But House of Representatives can impeach cabinet secretaries (See ie apnews.com/article/hous...) Really don't get the reflexive need to defend Dems for failing to do the basics. Why I love the mute button.
Not good enough.
Is there a link? I have been looking ...
Yep - when there are dead bodies - Democrats will respond with online petitions - followed with fundraising emails and text alerts.
Why hasn't a single House Democrat called for the impeachment of RFK Jr? What exactly are they waiting for at this point - dead bodies?
Smart point on how @govjayinslee.bsky.social had stocked up on abortion pills when he was in charge in Washington.
"Pritzker’s health department in Illinois is currently exploring the possibility of purchasing Covid-19 vaccines in bulk straight from manufacturers in response to the mess in Washington" Attn: @governor.ca.gov - this Californian is asking you - please follow Pritzker's lead.
Pritzker got the moves. 👀
The Schumer/Jeffries letter groveling for bipartisanship from Republicans "if anything, a weaker posture than they adopted in March, before folding and igniting an enormous grassroots backlash. "
Unreal - @schumer.senate.gov + @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social just sent this letter to Republicans requesting “meeting” re govt funding wanting to work in a “bipartisan manner.”😳 Missing from their letter: anything about reining in regime’s occupation of cities or masked fed agents running rampant.
Joni can see writing on the wall.
“Journalists have a choice: They can continue propagandizing for autocracy, or they can tell the truth. And Democrats have a choice: They can take advice from the likes of Chris Cillizza and cower in fear of speaking out against an unpopular president, or they can follow JB Pritzker’s lead.”
Republican MoC is getting booed out of townhall in … checks notes … sweet home Alabama? 👀
Good am. Now 1,240 days left till January 20, 2029 - when Trump has to leave the White House. #Lameduck
Talarico and Texas Democrats have made a conscious decision to run *against* the Schumer/Jeffries wing of the party. This is good.
“Trump has undercut our wildland firefighting abilities in more ways than one—from decimating the Forest Service and pushing out thousands of critical support staff, to now apparently detaining firefighters on the job."- @murray.senate.gov calls the regime's immigration policies "fundamentally sick"
"The call drew a mix of mayors and staff members. Representatives from the mayors’ offices in Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington were on the call. Mayor Eric Adams’s office cited scheduling issues in explaining why New York City was not represented." PS: Anyone know if San Francisco was rep'd?
Doing their boss's work.
Republican AGs want to stop judges from learning about climate—or maybe the polluters who fund their campaigns want that.
After a $30 million tax payer funded military parade fell flat - the Navy is apparently planning a bigger parade this fall to sooth the Dear Leader's ego. All this while Schumer/Sen Dems prepare to give Trump another blank "bipartisan" govt funding check this September.
Lmaooo Make sure to click through and check out the post (his own from 5 months ago) Steven block quoted. 💀
Calling for RFK Jr’s firing should be something basic and simply not enough. Dems need to be uniformly calling for his impeachment and should be looking to leverage upcoming funding fight to rein in the lawlessness at CDC.
What should be basics ↘️
These folks are heroes.
Unreal - @schumer.senate.gov + @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social just sent this letter to Republicans requesting “meeting” re govt funding wanting to work in a “bipartisan manner.”😳 Missing from their letter: anything about reining in regime’s occupation of cities or masked fed agents running rampant.