myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
And I'll forever hold a grudge against Publishers Clearing House for giving him the money he needed to fund his first election. I know it was incidental, but just irritates me.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
And I'll forever hold a grudge against Publishers Clearing House for giving him the money he needed to fund his first election. I know it was incidental, but just irritates me.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Sadly reporters never seem to follow up and push him about anything. I'm still waiting for a reporter to ask him how he plans on saving us 1500% on pharmaceuticals.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
He's my Rep., and it was looking like we'd never get rid of him. It is my fondest hope that he retires because he's running for governor and gets destroyed in the election and I never have to hear about him again. π€
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you. It's a dystopian nightmare. Not surprised at how horrible he is, but so disheartened by how many still support him. And surprised & disgusted by how many political, business & media leaders rolled over for someone they know is destroying our country but are just too spineless to care.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
They probably wanted their developer to actually pay their contractors.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
So tired of Trump claiming, unchecked, that he won in a landslide. His popular vote margin was 1.48%. Last time a Democratic President won with a margin lower than that was Grover Cleveland's first term in 1884. Even using the electoral college, he got 58% to Biden's 57%. Obama's were 68% & 62%
Molly Knight (@mollyknight.bsky.social) reposted
Look, if the Dutch are going to own our asses they better do it with A+ content like this.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
It's been an ongoing, frustrating pastime the past few years to try to determine if Trump, members of his administration, GOP Congressmen, etc. are lying or ignorant when they make statements.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
And maybe don't pick someone who called you America's Hitler to be your VP.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Coming from the guy who repeatedly said he brought egg prices down by 93% and will reduce prescription drug prices by 1500%
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
And hey, let's agree to adopt Switzerland's gun laws, as long as they want to make the comparison. They are not the same.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
The cats wondering how he can possible compete on social media with a raccoon 5 feet away.
Molly Knight (@mollyknight.bsky.social) reposted
what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Loomer posted this in 2023: I'd say the signature looks pretty damn similar!
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
I just imagined the smell of Trump decaying and I think I'll use that as a method to lose weight.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
I've lived in the Phoenix area for 30 years. I saw my first raccoon a couple of months ago. It was very fat & trying so hard to shimmy up a vertical protruding "column" on a stucco wall by having all 4 paws stretched around it. It was very comical, and I would have loved to watch, but I was driving.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
And McConnell took a SCOTUS pick from Obama and giftwrapped it for Trump; then with glaring hypocrisy, allowed Trump to sneak his SCOTUS pick in after RBG died, even though voting had already started. And now SCOTUS just allows Trump free rein to ignore laws.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
I still refuse to endorse anything O'Keefe is involved in.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, the only reason he's Speaker is that the last GOP Speaker wouldn't agree to cover up a GOP Congressman paying underage girls for sex while he apparently had no problem doing it. So at least he's consistent. π
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Aside from all the rest of the ridiculousness:
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
I read a while back that Michael Wolff said Epstein believed Trump informed the FBI after their falling out on the real estate deal. Certainly doesn't imply innocence. It would mean he knew about it, didn't report it until he had a personal beef, & Trump is used to getting away with everything.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
These press conferences drive me crazy. I want journalists to ask simple questions & push an ACTUAL response. I REALLY want a journalist to ask HIM, not his staff, "You've said repeatedly you're going to lower prescription prices by 1,500%. Could you please explain that?" And push back on nonsense.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
We can take a look at it again right after we have a look at the complete Epstein files.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
For today. I wouldn't expect it to last. There was a little MAGA split over the Epstein thing, but it appears that most have gone from "We demand the Epstein files be released!" to "Jeffrey who?" She has hung into the first camp a little longer, but she's still her unqualified, fact-free self.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Ah, yes. We should all take our medical advice from someone who abuses ketamine and Raw Egg Nationalist.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, he's supposed to be curating the Smithsonian, choosing the line-up for the Kennedy Center, approving Harvard's curriculum, sitting in on an Intel board meeting to decide company strategy and tweeting about Taylor Swift's engagement. I never realized all the things a President had to manage.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
I think that's what happened with eggs. Trump has said over and over that he lowered egg prices 94%. I think someone told him they were 97 cents cheaper, and he just ran with it and either no one wanted to correct him, or he just couldn't grasp that concept.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
There are tariffs, which are federal taxes.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
So either acknowledge that you'll accept ANYTHING he does, in which case you're just as responsible and will be remembered as such. Or you have to start speaking up now. Will he go after you? Maybe. But the longer you wait, the more power he gains. The worse it will be for you & the country.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social)
Only Trump could make me defend Bolton's. GOP-You know this is wrong. Are you planning on standing aside now, but will speak up when he goes after people you care about or cancels elections? You can't be 95% loyal. The second you speak out, you're his enemy. You're Bolton. Barr. Mattis. Kelly. 1/2
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm actually feeling pretty good about my chances. As long as she's on her meds.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social)
MAGA: Militarized agents patrolling US cities - Yay! Deporting immigrants without due process - Yay! Federal government exerting control over private businesses, universities & museums - Yay! Higher prices due to tariffs - Fine Cracker Barrel changed it's logo - The United States is going to hell!
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
I was thinking he was just going to go out in a very safe, touristy area, with his vast Secret Service protection, and say Washington DC was a hellhole, but look how safe it is now that I stepped in and too charge!
JoGo (@mywitsend.bsky.social) reposted
The Apple conflict with Meta can easily be resolved if Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg step out from their rooms in the White House and meet on the cement garden.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
At first I would find this statement hard to believe, but how can I doubt the guy who is going to bring prescription drug prices down 1,500%?
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
What kind of bizarro world does Trump live in where he needs his license plate for voting and an ID to buy milk (or other groceries - you know, that old-fashioned word that no one uses.) Where magnets stop working if they get wet and children go to school and get sex changes without parents knowing?
Jacob T. Levy (@jacobtlevy.bsky.social) reposted
If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
I still can't believe there wasn't more of an outrage when we gathered up immigrants without due process, sent them to a country they've never been to, and paid a self-proclaimed dictator to torture them.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
My cat used to do that constantly. I ended up taking them off.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Free travel, room and board!
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
What can you expect from someone who saw a video clearly labeled AI that shows AOC saying "bouncy little fun bags" on the floor of Congress and then publicly goes off on her for it. Thinking he should check with his doctor about Long COVID symptoms.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
This reminds me of when Joe Rogan went off on Biden saying he was mentally done and should lose his job immediately because he was talking about the airports during the Revolutionary War. Then when told he was referencing Trump, he was just like, oh well, I guess he f---ed up.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
When known sexual predators want to run for office, they have to count on Republican support.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
How is a tax possibly a tax cut?
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Sunday in the Park with the National Guard
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Wicked No changes needed.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, since they're stepping up patrols looking for just any little crime in DC, I hope they charge him. He thinks he doesn't have to follow laws because he's afraid something may happen to him? And I'm sure the .3 seconds it would take to unbuckle would make a huge difference.
Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social) reposted
holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
I still haven't read the 2nd half yet. Had to go out for a work lunch & just didn't want to wade back in yet. Just so frustrating when they refuse to answer questions & just grandstand their ridiculous crap. Made me wish a judge was around for it. Laura Loomer suing anyone for defamation is a joke.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
I just thought it sounded pathetically fan-girlish. Like she's sharing a great secret that the US President has the ability to make calls on Air Force One. Maybe I just needed a laugh since her deposition was wearing me down. Like listening to Jim Jordan spew conspiracy nonsense, yet more deranged.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Throw a sandwich at an agent & the Trump administration charges you with a felony. But calling police Nazis & Gestapo & repeatedly yelling "Kill 'em! Kill 'em! Kill 'em!" to a violent mob as they're beating them will get you a Trump pardon & a top job at the Justice Department.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
He would never try to use his family name like that! He hasn't done that for 4 whole days!
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
So he shouldn't have moved in because he didn't have enough income without a guarantor and he should have moved out already because he had too much income?
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
I hope someone is documenting all the changes and makes them publicly known. This whole Mao-style Cultural Revolution is beyond disturbing.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm halfway through, & it's typical deranged Loomer, but somehow I found her talking about Air Force One so amusing: "And you know, on his plane, you can make phone calls. It's not like a regular plane. You can make phone calls from that plane."
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
While I was not at all surprised he thinks like that, I was surprised that he was oblivious enough to add that "or fortunately" in a deposition.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Aside from it being absolutely abhorrent that she's getting it, what is she getting it for? What kind of work does she have? It's not just supposed to be a day pass.
ChristyCrowe77 π³οΈβπβ¨π¦ββ¬ (@mschristycox77.bsky.social) reposted
The new regime thinks that the Epstein debacle is calming down because it's not trending on Google..
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
His brother
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
He's more like a mosquito. Annoying, serves no discernible purpose, and hard to get tid of.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Nah, he wouldn't give up the Republican votes.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
He is trying to out-Cuomo his brother after Chris vented his moral outrage at an obvious AI AOC.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
I remember when reporters asked him about the US soldiers missing (found dead) in Lithuania & about Signalgate. On both occasions he said it was the first he was hearing of them. So he never knew those things, forgot, or he's so afraid to respond he's rather have us think he's that uninformed.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Pathetic
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, gee. Trump spent the past year and a half INSISTING that the other countries pay these tariffs directly to the US, while EVERYONE ELSE said the importer pays the tariff. Now he learns that everyone else was right and Trump was either wrong or lying. There's really just one answer.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Has he replied at all about this? I'm not going over there to see.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
So all this is is a reminder that the House and Trump included a provision in the BBB that would ban states from ANY AI regulation for 10 years. Luckily, the Senate voted 99-1 to remove that provision, showing just how popular some of Trump's plans are & how far GOP House lackeys will go.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
He's said it at least 3 times. I know they like to limit press interactions to only friendly press, but I would love any reporter to ask him about this, and press him to explain what he means. If they can't get Trump, ask Leavitt or someone else in his administration, but make them actually answer.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Monuments aren't honoring history; they're honoring specific individuals. I don't recall any "woke" people asking that Confederate generals be removed from history books. Meanwhile, how do book bans and demands Trump be removed from the impeachment section of the Smithsonian honor history?
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
And it's not the only time he's said it. The Daily Show covered it when he said something very similar, but he jumped around more. He said it wouldn't be 30-40%, but 1000%, 60%, 1500% Something like that. You would at least think after he said it once, his people would talk to him.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
That looks like it's meant to be an adorable children's cartoon character. Look at that cute little face!
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
We're supposed to think she's innocent because the prosecutor pointed at her during the trial? I fail to see the logic here.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
He'll show us the check after he shows us his tax returns, healthcare plan, and the Epstein files, Why would we ever doubt him? π
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
That's just embarrassing.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
We've always been at was with Eastasia.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Why's he mad at Switzerland? I must have missed that one.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Are there any sex offenders Trump DOESN'T like? At this point it feels like a job requirement.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
And it's going to be the tackiest thing you've ever seen.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
That's very cute. Mine would be Pretzel, which I also think is kind of cute.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
At least he didn't pardon people who gouged a cop's eye, sprayed cops with bear spray, beat cops with flagpoles...
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
What's next? Is Mike Johnson going to post how important checks and balances are? So tired of living in this bizarro world.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
It should, but it's hard to find daylight with sex trafficking, cancellation of due process, state takeover of media, destruction of academic freedom, complete dissolution of checks & balances, celebrating destruction of the environment, paying foreign dictators to torture immigrants we deport...
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Shame on every single Senator who voted yes. They know better. They would rather destroy the United States than say no to Trump. Spineless, amoral sycophants. I hope they know this is their legacy.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Republicans have zero regard for doing what's right anymore. They don't even pretend to care.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
What's crazy is that's not what there falling out was about. He saw that the news was reporting that Giuffre was recruited by Maxwell from Mar a Lago, so he concocted this fake story that this is what caused his split with Epstein because in his deranged mind he thought it would exonerate him.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
It ended when Trump bought a property after Epstein told him he wanted to buy it. In the past, Trump said it was because Epstein was creepy to a member's daughter. Media have been covering how Epstein found recruited Giuffre from Mar a Lago, & I think Trump thought this spin would help him.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
I think they're confused about who the protagonists and antagonists are in that movie.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
Travesty!
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social)
So when Gabbard keeps saying how they need indictments, she's insisting that Trump's Secretary of State/National Security Advisor is at the top of the list, right?
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
He doesn't just want to be a dictator of the US.
Derrick β π§ π¦#BLM π³οΈβπ (@spawn03.bsky.social) reposted
I mean, most little league teams are a threat to National Security. What a fucking joke. www.espn.com/espn/story/_...
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
So, how will the MAGA crowd like going from "we're going to take all those Epstein pedos down" to "well, we're thinking of freeing the one person who went to prison for it - now just move along!"
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
We'll get the rebate checks as soon as he makes good on the 1000%-1500% price reduction on pharmaceuticals.
myshkin11.bsky.social (@myshkin11.bsky.social) reply parent
I can't get past the chyron. Most trade deals are finished now? Since he said that the letters are the deals does that mean he just sent most of the letters, because I know they have not gotten a whole bunch of trade deals.