Trump, looking at his MAGA base: "I'm never releasing the full Epstein files. Never. And what are you gonna do about it...vote for the Democrats?"
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Trump, looking at his MAGA base: "I'm never releasing the full Epstein files. Never. And what are you gonna do about it...vote for the Democrats?"
Douglas Carswell has skirted the line and now he's crossed it. This is disgusting racism from a former MP who now demonstrates who and what he is.
I haven't been on Twitter since 2022. I went on today. I've never seen such copious, unabashed racism in my life. And underneath posts which really shouldn't have elicited such - you know...random celebrity stuff. I honestly thought people were exaggerating about how bad it's become over there. No.
I came for the comments. So fucking worth it.
Trump is going to end up carried around in an inert vegetable condition like Bouteflika as rival courtier factions around him interpret vague coughs and gurgles as confirmation that the MAGA god emperor backs their latest brutally delusional scheme
Whenever Trump starts a sentence with "People are saying...", no one is saying it except him.
Don't you threaten me with a good time.
In case anyone needed further evidence that the film "Idiocracy" is in fact a documentary. I present to you.
I know that Trump rigging the midterms is technically a future event, but it's such a certainty it feels like it's already history. I mean, he's already gerrymandering Texas to bag 5 extra House seats FFS. It's a pretty big tell.
We have no idea what, don’t really understand why, but we’ve consulted the opinion polls and something must be done.
If irony were an animal...
If ICE = Brownshirts and FBI = Gestapo, I wonder which branch of the services will be transformed into the SS.
Trump doesn't even deserve a picture of a Nobel peace prize. A Nobel appease prize, sure.
The frog's water temperature goes up by another degree.
Witkoff is no stranger to the taste of tangerine taint.
I wonder if overuse of superlatives is common amongst overt narcissists.
Unrelated but related. Next time you're back home, have a pork souvlaki (with tzatziki, not "sos"!), but add your own sprinkling of pomegranate seeds. You can thank me later.
Maybe he's talking about coconuts.
What concerns me is that voters are drawn to and fulfilled by Trump's policy of wanton cruelty. I'm not sure what this means for where we're going as a people, but it's nowhere good.
The headline should be: "Why millions of people are sick of groupthink"
Not bad but not Rudy Giuliani holding a press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping embarrassing.
It's hard to believe that a sitting US president silences institutions which publish opinions and facts with which he disagrees. This is unethical and regressive behavior and I will block anyone who says differently.
We're in a dead end timeline where that film "Idiocracy" is intent on metamorphosing into a documentary.
Like most of us, I suspect the networks/news outlets are only now waking up to the fact we passed through the event horizon of an inevitable dictatorship years ago, probably around 2010, but few noticed. Trump's reelection was the first and final "no U-turn" sign.
Oh please. I can already give you the answer. "There is no secret - fake news. But it's the best secret anyone's ever had"
I ask you, If you can't trust the word of a convicted, perjuring child sex trafficker, whose word can you trust?
How come bluesky gets serious Newsom and X gets feisty smack talking Newsom. Stop short changing us and talk some serious shit
You know what the FBI will find in John Bolton's attic? A rotary dial telephone and a crate empty milk bottles labelled "useful someday". You know what they won't find? The Epstein files.
"In the modern Republican party, everything is projection or confession" - someone wise and shit
Gaza is more of a boiling-the-frog genocide. And I'd warrant the West Bank is next on the agenda, though I suspect this will probably fit the description of ethnic cleansing.
Putin might not control Donbas but he definitely controls Dontrump.
Ethnic cleansing will likely prove to be the most fitting description.
Trump is nothing if not a wordsmith. When the Blarney Stone needs an eloquence boost, it kisses Trump
White House Showdown 2. This time he's bringing NATO.
Don't forget Netanyahu.
It's like they teach you at school: never stand up to bullies. Just hand over your lunch money and that will be the end of it forever.
Trump was the inevitable endpoint of the Citizens United ruling.
Someone in the real world told you they follow you on bluesky? That just feels wrong, but I don't know why.
#Gaza #FreePalestine
Wait... that's an option?
Yep. A major sign that red meatism has replaced integrity in one's personal politics is a decline in consistency of ideological position.
Agreed. Either call him Datum or change the pronoun.
"The Day Today" sketch "War", seems increasingly prescient, doesn't it
No it isn't.
History is rhyming like a mofo right now.
Ok, I'll bite. What's with the fucking cat.
People will often pre-block you when they want to steal one of your posts. That could be a part of it.
They'll keep doing this until they're stopped, it's their entire thing, they want democracy to collapse so they can rebuild America to be more white, more Christian, and more miserable for anyone who gets in their way.
I wonder when the average, politically disinterested Russian citizen will realise that, at some point, the war won't be something you watch on TV but from your bedroom window.
But is it true.
When the Allied countries occupied West Germany in 1945, rather than do what occupiers usually do - keep the boot on the neck of the vanquished - they offered a hand up in the form of the Marshall plan. Wouldn't it be poetic if, all these years later, Germany goes on to be the savior of Europe.
My personal favourite subset of the 2024 election deniers are those who justify this belief by saying "Trump and Elon admitted it", but in the next breath are bemoaning the number of lies these two individuals spout on a daily basis. Confirmation bias is everywhere.
My favorite sub-sect of this demographic are the ones who claim Elon Musk stole the election. They're the most entertaining.
"Two dolls for thee, and a flying Taj Mahal for me"
Until Citizens United is overturned, the only ones afforded any dignity will be the absurdly wealthy.
"The Pope. How many divisions has he got?" - Stalin
It's entirely possible we could see Judge Jeanine Pirro elevated to SCOTUS, at some point. Have a nice day.
The mental contortions of which the Republican party is capable under Trump...it could happen.
BREAKING: Donald Trump revokes the Catholic church's tax-exempt status and slaps a 145% tariff on divine grace. Expect it.
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I suspect the world will only begin to start trusting the US again once there is a rebalanced SCOTUS in place that is overturning decisions which made the rise of a populist authoritarian like Trump inevitable.
You spin me right 'round, baby Right 'round like a record, baby Right 'round...
Everyone has a trade deficit with someone. I have one with my liquor store. I like it that way.
In the short-term, Trump/MAGA must be stopped. Long-term, we need to eradicate the conditions and forces that made the rise of a populist authoritarian inevitable.
This is not about mental health. It's about lack of access to education and wealth. The US has the best universities and the most wealth in the history of everything ever. Yet 30% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and going to Saturn is as likely for them as going to college. Therefore Trump.
Whoever is running this simulation is currently vigorously banging an intern on the control desk during an office party.
It might have been a steady diet of James Bond when I was younger that lead me to believe anyone attempting world domination wouldn't be a complete fucking idiot.
You're almost there, Adam. But the word "dangerous" is holding you back from crossing the line.
I'd sooner build my factory on the slopes of a rumbling volcano than in the US, right now.
And what CEO, business or trading partner is going to invest in America when half the population might vote for this shit tornado every 4 years?
Agreed. But inside traders are currently sipping gold-infused Dom Perignon out of diamond champagne flutes, shaped like Donald Trump's poochute.
Probably the head of infant leukemia research.
I just googled it. You're right.
Trump is suffering from the eternal curse of the dictator - he's surrounded himself with sycophants and yes men who are too afraid to push back on his bad ideas. Hence tariffs on Lesotho.
I don't want to live in a world where the preppers were right.
Leopard that eats faces diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
Very good point. There are probably 2 Russians in Guangdong province with no recollection of how they got there.
The concentration gradient from central China to the Ukraine front is very steep. The 2 Chinese nationals probably just ended up there by the process of diffusion.
Tell me you're a Russian asset without telling me you're a Russian asset.
I call genius on this.
Gorilla in the control room urged to ignore shiny red button. "No"
Considering his limited intellect, I admire the fact Trump managed to gain access to the control room. But now that he's in there, I don't see any reason to admire his actions - slamming all the buttons simultaneously is exactly what I'd expect him to do.
And yet that's what the electoral board of every swing state and the exit polls themselves say happened. The electoral system isn't to blame. The political system is. And yes... we are.
That's what wannabe dictators do - say things that undermine your faith in the fairness of elections.
This president was democratically elected in a legitimate and fair election. Never forget.
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If at any time in your life you've been the target of allegations of having sex with a minor, you can never dress like this. You just can't.
Wonderful. Have you read the novel There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak? This subject features heavily in the plot.
Am largely ignorant of this history but am learning more about it by listening to Moudhy’s brilliant new book “Between Two Rivers” - she’s one of those authors who somehow manages to write AND read beautifully.
How strange. I'm busy reading a novel by Elif Shafak called There are Rivers in the Sky. This ancient tablet from Nineveh features so heavily in the plot, it's almost a character. Such a good book.
So far, the Russian state has kidnapped approximately 20,000 Ukrainian children and forcibly adopted them into Russian families. Nothing is below them.
The real story isn’t that the Trumpians let a journalist into a group chat, it is that they are plotting against Europe.
Surely our allies will keep sharing top secret intelligence with us now, right?
