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Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed. There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea. Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
Trump just struck a Venezuelan ship in the Caribbean? He’s calling it a drug boat. Trump is waiting for escalation to invade Venezuela tomorrow. This is diversion from Epstein at a cost to human lives. America’s Gangster president.
Godspeed
Epstein survivors stepping up to the plate tomorrow. Wishing them much strength.
Nancy Mace is a disgrace for many reasons. Making up recent sexual assault claims in a setting where she can't be held accountable for her accusations is heinous. To the falsely accused men and to true victims who will be doubted because of her lies. Vile. Vile. Vile. Nancy Mace is vile.
So, I’m assuming that you, Nancy Mace, as a survivor, are going to insist the the DOJ come clean with all the Epstein files and also that the rich and powerful men who used his “services” will go to prison or pay huge amounts of money for their crimes. Break with the POTUS Criminal-in-Chief!
Hate so much that Trump is so vile that Maduro sounds reasonable. WTF !!
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says the U.S. military presence in the Caribbean is “the greatest threat the continent has seen in 100 years,” calling the deployment of warships and missiles “unjustifiable" and "criminal.”
Immigrants are integral to the fabric of our nation and vital to our communities — and no one should have to live in fear of being ripped from their homes and separated from their families.
Obsessed with the absolute shade of referring to Giuliani as “Former Masked Singer contestant”
Most corrupt President in history. Trump crime family. #TtumpCrimeFamily #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
Lisa Cook was confirmed twice by the Senate - who, last time I checked, were elected - after being nominated by the President. What Trump wants is to reverse a legitimate democratic process here.
TRAGIC AVOIDABLE IGNORANT ASSHOLE #FreeDC #DC
I agree and absolutely no action, I find it astonishing. Repulsive even.
Denmark summons US charge d’affaires over alleged attempts to interfere with Greenland’s status – Europe live
We have become Russia. amp.dw.com/en/denmark-s...
US accused of conducting hostile campaign designed to destabilize Denmark, a close democratic ally amp.dw.com/en/denmark-s...
What the absolute F*#K!!!? Trump plotting overthrow of Greenland. apnews.com/article/denm...
What the absolute F*#K!!!? Trump plotting overthrow of Greenland in Denmark. apnews.com/article/denm...
These gays are a special kind of arrogant and traitorous to their own tribe. Really hope they spend the rest of their lives being uninvited as people realize who they are.
Ernst Röhm would like a word: Donald Trump’s Big Gay Government www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/s...
This absolutely tracks. And should be prosecuted however possible when we return to an administration that honors the Constitution, the branches of government, and the laws of our country.
NPR: “A whistleblower says a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names & birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud lacking adequate security...” www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...
Can you say Constitutional crisis! Seditious conspiracy. Insurrection.
note how Trump on a daily basis is trying to normalize the idea that he's a dictator
Trump lays out how his invasions of major Democratic cities in order to tackle "crime" is actually just the GOP midterm strategy.
Trump’s attempt to fire Dr. Lisa Cook attacks the balance of power between the presidency & independent agencies. The Federal Reserve isn't supposed to be a political tool. It was formed to be a steady hand to keep our economy strong. His decision has no legal basis & is a threat to our economy.
Can we please jump ahead to the Nuremberg Trial phase of this fascist regime where this piece of video is entered into evidence and analyzed so that everyone who claps here is imprisoned for life for that alone? Also Witkoff, it's the NoBEL prize not Noble, you pathetic dimwit.
A new verb just entered the lexicon. *To Witkoff* - to obsequiously flatter someone in such an overtly embarrassing manner that onlookers squirm with 2nd hand embarrassment. Example: Did you see that Witkoff guy witkoff the President?
Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.
Burn a flag: 1 year in jail. Torch democracy: 4 years in the White House.
Trump signs order for mandatory sentencing for flag burning.Go to jail,do not pass go. Attack a police officer with a Flag attached to a flagpole.Get out of jail free card. Jan. 6 rioter who assaulted officer with flagpole sentenced to 4 years in prison www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
On the topic of flag burning... nationalflagfoundation.org/etiquette/ho...
It’s deeply disturbing to see our nation’s symbol the American flag used as an instrument of violence. The events of January 6, 2021, marked a tragic low point when an Arkansas man, Peter Francis Stager, attacked a Metropolitan Police officer not just once, but at least three times, using a flagpol
But burn a flag , mandatory sentencing.
On his first day in office, that POS granted sweeping clemency to all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in the J-6, attack on the US Capitol. Among them was Peter Stager, who admitted to beating a police officer with a flagpole.
Peter Stager was pardoned on the first day of Trump's second term.
Trump signs order for mandatory sentencing for flag burning.Go to jail,do not pass go. Attack a police officer with a Flag attached to a flagpole.Get out of jail free card. Jan. 6 rioter who assaulted officer with flagpole sentenced to 4 years in prison www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
If he wants to make the city safer, Johnson said, Trump should restore $158 million he cut in violence-prevention programs for cities such as Chicago.
You may want to know that every drama this year on the BBC has been partially funded by the Government of Ireland, the Northern Ireland Executive, the Welsh Government or the Scottish Government.
The push to replace PBS with PragerU is by itself cause for revolt.
Good buy to that whole “affordable” part. Why? Because billionaires got a tax break.
In the middle of hurricane season, we’ve seen Sec. Noem and the Trump Administration gut our ability to respond to disasters like hurricanes. Now, we’re hearing directly from FEMA employees about the dangers and consequences our communities will face as a result. 1/2
Maxwell has to be a certifiable Sociopath to have exploited girls and women as she did. Sociopaths lie.
Also: STILL GUILTY
Larry Kudlow Slams Trump Admin Nationalizing Part of Intel: ‘Very, Very Uncomfortable With That Idea’
So, uh, first off, the US gov't getting a $10b stake in Intel (by converting grants to equity) is not "giving us $10b." And, second, this is insane. Nationalizing US businesses used to be the sorta thing that Republicans freaked out about. As a former Intel employee, I find this all very stupid.
From Congress? If any of these MAGA Congress Members back this , they should be soundly chastised and voted out of office.
President Trump said his administration will be launching a $2 billion project to renovate the streets of Washington, D.C.
MAGA/ Trump policies are bad for the economy. Supporting Trump is supporting the hate. The Racism. The Homophobia. The Transphobia. The Misogyny.
Powell: "GDP growth has slowed notably in the first half of this year, to a pace of 1.2%, roughly half the 2.5% pace in 2024. The declining growth has largely reflected a slowdown in consumer spending ... higher tariffs have begun to push up prices in some categories of goods."
What ticks me off is democrats refusing to vote for a democrat over ONE issue. That is EXACTLY why we have TRUMP. JC! Look at the big picture because it’s bigger than anyone person. The Christian right is attempting and succeeding right now to destroy ALL of you. Grow the fuck up!
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
This is better than Newsom's Bizarro Trump, but then again the world isn't always a mutually exclusive place.
Worth a try. I seriously doubt she is actually allowing the general public to register. More likely she has prefilled the event.
registered to attend Nancy Mace Town Hall!.. we can have ALL seats reserved!!😂 events.humanitix.com/greenville-m...
NEWS: Federal judge finds that Alina Habba is NOT lawfully performing functions and duties of U.S. Attorney in New Jersey. Judge Matthew Brann disqualifies Habba from prosecution of two criminal defendants who challenged her appointment
Not Socialism. Theft. Extortion. Grifting.
Socialism for me, but not for thee… 2019 Trump — vowed America “will never be a socialist country.” 2025 Trump administration — shaking down Intel for a 10% stake in exchange for converting government grants that were already pledged under Biden.
NEWS: Texas Law Enforcement Threatens to Arrest Rep. Nicole Collier as Republicans Move Close to Passing Maps open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
This is the overthrow of our Constitution and Government. Texas MAGA Republicans detaining or mandating armed supervision of Democratic representatives.
Free Article: Founders of Arkansas Development Say You Must Be White & Straight to Live There ‘Before a photographer could snap pictures, he pulled a copy of “Mein Kampf” from a bookshelf and turned it around to hide its spine.’ Gov Huckabee Sanders did not respond to a request for comment.
I'm sorry but this wording is not acceptable from any source. Collier is being detained illegally by MAGA Texas Representatives for refusing to be put into arbitrary round the clock custody of a DPS officer. She didn't turn down a ride home or a walk to her car. dlvr.it/TMb0kC
I'm sorry but this wording is not acceptable from any source. Collier is being detained illegally by MAGA Texas Representatives for refusing to be put into arbitrary round the clock custody of a DPS officer. She didn't turn down a ride home or a walk to her car.
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier on staying in statehouse after refusing police escort
Texas Democrats tear ‘permission slips’ imposed by Republican house speaker | Texas Texas Democrats are tearing up “permission slips” they signed in order to leave the chamber, joining state representative Nicole Collier ahead of Wednesday’s vote on the controversial Texas congressional…
Huge applause from crowd outside the Texas House after Rep. Nicole Collier, who spent the night inside after refusing a police escort, briefly appeared from the hallway into the chamber.
🇺🇸 National Guard soldier speaks out: “I swore an oath to defend our constitution… seeking refuge is not an act of violence. Locking people up for it is.”
Not ever about crime. Just power. Just destruction and violation of Constitutional ideals and rights. "Own the Libs"... The logical conclusion will be the extermination of a large part of the population by a fascist minority of that population.
Julia Loffe tells it like it is… ✅🇺🇸💙 www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8B2V2dh/
Right now, Texas Republicans have banned the press and public from the House gallery, detained Rep. Collier in the House chamber, and sent troopers to stalk legislators, all to rig the system to get more votes in Congress. This is what authoritarianism looks like. www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/p...
She is the first woman to represent House District 95, and the first female African-American state legislator to represent Tarrant County Nicole was appointed to Chair the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, making her the first woman in Texas history to serve since its formation in 1879
Absolutely. She is confined. Barred from leaving. Sounds like imprisonment. Not a B&B selection.
The @apnews.com is framing this story as a Democrat "opting to stay overnight" rather than being barred from leaving by Republicans. Shows how unprepared and unwilling major media orgs are to confront fascism. "A Texas Democrat opted to stay in the state House chamber overnight and into Tuesday"
“I refuse to sign away my dignity as a duly elected representative just so Republicans can control my movements and monitor me with police escorts..." Democratic Texas lawmaker passes 24-hour mark on state House floor after refusing GOP demand for law enforcement escort share.google/lh4ipuzazUor...
This happened at the Texas Capitol last night while Rep. Nicole Collier was in the chamber after she refused to sign the permission slip to have DPS escort her through the grounds
TicTok link www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6CJowPu/
Armed #Texas DPS officers are now assigned to follow TX House Dems everywhere even dropping their kids off at school. The SAME DPS that stayed in that Uvalde hallway as kids bled out. This authoritarianism will be coming to your state soon! #TxLege
Political prisoner. Rep Nicole Collier is being detained by MAGA Texas Republicans. Indeed even Democratic Representatives that signed are being "guarded" and subject to arrest by their personal "DPS" officer. This is insane.
How is this not on any of the morning news shows?
#Texas Rep Nicole #Collier civil protest spends night in House Floor instead of signing away her right to leave without a guard. Excerpts from CNN article.
A White man in Texas who runs the house requires a Black woman to get his permission for her to leave the house. They say history rhymes. Sometimes it mimics.
Rep Nicole Collier is still being held captive by MAGA Texas Republicans. UPDATE: Texas Dems have now launched a livestream of the House chamber. x.com/texashdc/sta...
There is a Livestream UPDATE: Texas Dems have now launched a livestream of the House chamber. x.com/texashdc/sta...
Rep Nicole Collier said “I refuse to sign away my dignity as a duly elected representative just so Republicans can control my movements and monitor me with police escorts," Collier said in a statement that called her a "political prisoner" for refusing Republican "surveillance protocol."
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier on why she didn’t sign away her rights like the Republicans demanded #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
@velshimsnbc.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqDl... MeidasTouch Ben Meiselas interviews Texas State House Member Nicole Collier, detained in the State Capitol for refusing to a Republican demand of a 24/7 police escort after returning from Illinois where she and her colleagues broke quorum.
Let me be clear, I do not support any Capitalist politicians, but we need to talk about Texas locking up a Congress woman of color in the state Capital because she wouldn't sign a paper, that is not a law. If you don't start taking up arms and organizing now, what will happen when the come for you?
Rep. Nicole Collier. Texas House Protestors gather inside Capitol demanding the release of Rep. Collier youtu.be/xqyKbsWP8fs?...
Protestors gather inside Capitol demanding the release of Rep. Collier youtu.be/xqyKbsWP8fs?...
Texas Republicans have lost their damn minds.
There is a Livestream UPDATE: Texas Dems have now launched a livestream of the House chamber. x.com/texashdc/sta...
UPDATE: Texas Dems have now launched a livestream of the House chamber. x.com/texashdc/sta...
More from a Houston Chron reporter who was in the gallery before it was closed:
WILD situation in Texas right now: The House Speaker has required Dems, who just returned from their out-of-state quorum break, to have police escorts once they leave the chamber. One Dem is refusing to leave the House floor with escort, and GOP leaders have blocked press access to the chamber.
Rep. Nicole Collier effectively held hostage. www.chron.com/politics/art...
Texas Democratic Representatives under surveillance. Returning Texas House Democrats put on around-the-clock surveillance share.google/ksmPrBW7viAL...