There is no legitimate reason to do this, or to have done it to Fauci or Bolton. It tells you everything, in case you have not been listening.
There is no legitimate reason to do this, or to have done it to Fauci or Bolton. It tells you everything, in case you have not been listening.
President Trump has handed the car keys to a health secretary who is the intellectual equivalent of falling-down drunk there will be fatalities my @zeteo_news column please read, share, and subscribe zeteo.com/p/dangerous-...
The Air Force has offered full military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt, who stormed the Capitol as part of a mob seeking to overturn the will of voters and stop the democratic transfer of power. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
In his letter, Borges said he was quitting b/c he could not “verify that agency data is being used in accordance with legal agreements or in compliance with federal requirements.” He also said employees were afraid to speak out internally for "fear of retribution or termination."
NEW: Social Security’s chief data officer, Charles Borges, has resigned, three days after submitting a whistle-blower complaint that alleged members of DOGE had uploaded the confidential personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to an insecure cloud server.
I stand with Chicago. I stand with Mayor Johnson. 🚨 NEW: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson just signed an executive order to resist Trump’s federal invasion and occupation of the city. Details in 🧵
@nealkatyal.bsky.social: “You’ve got the president who's imposed the largest tax increase on American consumers since 1993 … and he did it without Congress saying one word. That is not our constitutional structure.”
Stuart Stevens on National Guard deployment: "The murder rate of Jackson, Mississippi is 3 times that of D.C.... the whole thing is complete fraud"
Trump has no soul and J.D. Vance obviously no longer has any soul as he spews hatred, lies with ease and destroys his country.
The Justice Department had once argued that Ghislaine Maxwell should be sentenced to at least 30 years in prison. Now its second-ranking official—and Donald Trump’s former lawyer—is aligned with a woman whose crimes the department had called “monstrous.”
The experts are being fired or are leaving because Kennedy is not an expert and does not consult or want the experts around. He is a an obvious and known threat to the health of Americans and the world. The administration lies constantly as it destroys democracy and marches toward authoritarianism/
Welch: This is a guy who has redecorated the oval Marie Antoinette style and is building himself a ballroom because he has no intention of leaving.
Jones: I want to bring theology into this because you have all these people that want to give thoughts and prayers. But I was a minister, and that is a form of theological malpractice—when you pray for something you have the power to change.
Jones: We have a presidential administration that has more outrage about the changing of the cracker barrel logo than they do about changing the policies that allow our children to be gunned down in school…
In a two week period: Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste. Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.
ANGRY @jvl.bsky.social took to @thebulwark.com today: "Trump is waging war against the American government. When he’s done, he’ll use his government to wage war against Americans." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-cdc-th...
Vladimir Putin would make a better U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services than Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., it seems.
He’s wrong about everything, and thinks he’s right about everything. Hard to tell which is worse. The war will end when Russia decides no longer to fight. The US could make that happen with a few simple policies. Instead the Trump administration offers ridiculous analysis and pathetic excuses.
It’s Putinism — no one anywhere can be free because my people might get ideas
Pritzker: Trump looked at the cameras and asked for me personally to say, Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city? Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
He is a disgrace.
And the American president admires Putin notwithstanding the obvious killing by Russia of Ukranian civilians and the destruction of their homes for over 3 years.
My country. America please fight back now against those who hate and believe in cruelty and destruction of the rule of law, American institutions and basic rights and values before it is too late.You must prevail against the enemies from within now doing Putin's work who care only for themselves.
Exactly
@davidfrum.bsky.social on the "sick psychological dynamic of what President Trump is up to" with proceedings like the FBI raid on former national security advisor John Bolton. "This is unlike anything we've ever seen before." via @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
This is possible in America now? Putin mocking American leadership and the President broadcasting to the world that he does not understand the message. The world gets the message even if the GOP don't, don't care, find it acceptable or are just Putin fans and not patriotic at all.
Russia does this for many reasons, but one of them is to show that Putin owns Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...
Luttig is communicating vastly more clearly and honestly about Roberts and Scotus than most Democratic officials are. It’s absolutely flabbergasting.
Chairman Mao touts his state-run economy
That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.
via @tomdreisbach.bsky.social - Ed Martin posts (and then deletes) a photo of himself with a man who appears to be Jared Wise, former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on video urging rioters to “kill” cops. ...
White House official Lindsey Halligan: "While slavery is obviously a horrible aspect of our nation's history, you can't really talk about slavery honestly unless you also talk about hope and progress ... we need to stop focusing so much on the lack of progress."
"There is a despicable purge underway of senior FBI officials, all of whom have risen in their careers as nonpartisan, and who have been targeted for vindictive, political purposes," said Mark Zaid, a whistleblower attorney who represents a number of federal workers www.cbsnews.com/news/politic...
See what’s happening? Trump pardoned 1500 violent J6 criminals who assaulted the police at the Capitol. He’s brought in the military for law enforcement. And now those with shotguns and AR-15s are free to roam DC. He’s creating his own violent militia. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
DJT and the GOP destroying America and what it used to stand for every day as Putin smirks on the red carpet on American soil and steps up the bombing in Ukraine while DJT idolizes him. Why would America ever need a top Air Force general?
Awful that the American president is a bad guy helping the Putin cause and the Europeans have to rush to Washington on minimal notice to prevent disaster in Ukraine/Europe when Zelensky is in the same room with Trump.
QUINTANILLA: When do you think markets can get its hand on written documentation on the deals with Japan, UK, Vietnam, Korea? LUTNICK: You're not gonna find a big long 250 page trading agreement
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
Current US policy is making this Russian atrocity worse. People in Zaporizhzhia take in refugees from occupied zones and build new underground schools to keep kids safe. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...
Trump's America? He is sympathetic to Russia with respect to Ukraine and attacks his own as he attempts to intimidate all Americans.
Red states occupying a blue city
Putin's "strength" comes from a Potemkin Village war economy edging closer to insolvency. As I said in January, Vlad needs Trump to save his empire. And Trump's now made clear he'll do whatever it takes to save his Kremlin ally. The question is whether what remains of the free world will stop them.
The war criminal should never have been welcomed on the red carpet on American soil by a fawning weak and disgraceful President. Sad day for democracy everywhere.
Believing that Trump took over the D.C. police department because he's discovered a crime "emergency" in D.C., is like believing Trump had Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to a "Club Fed" minimum security facility because he's taken a sudden interest in federal prison management.
Clearly this is not about making DC, or any of us, safer.
As an aside this is another example of the US becoming an untrustworthy actor whose promises are worth nothing.
#NAFO
Exactly like Washington, all three of these cities have reported a drastic DROP in crime over the first half of this year.
Listening to this press conference it seems clear that Trump is mentally gone and that his team is consolidating power for President J.D. Vance.
There is no point in lying about who started the invasion of Ukraine. The lying just makes America look really bad and weak and emboldens Putin who has no intention of stopping the war. Pathetic.
The challenges we now face must be met by a bold progressive populist movement that strengthens democracy and shakes up the system. We can’t simply return to the path we were on before Trump. We cannot accept the status quo of Big Money dominating our politics and economy.
America now treats its enemies better than its former friends and allies, my country included. Nicer to Putin than us. Once unimaginable, now a reality and to the detriment of the free world and America too,
European allies rally behind Ukraine ahead of Trump-Putin summit
America's presentation in Trump world is one of incompetence and evil (cruelty) without regard for America's place in the world, world stability or other democracies and former allies.
They must not anger Trump while he’s busy selling them out to Putin.
Putin is a war criminal and as such, should not be on American soil. It is a sign of weakness to allow him in America. And Putin is not going to stop until he gets what he wants. Should be obvious by now to the Administration which likes treating its own citizens and allies shamelessly.
So Russia invading and occupying territory is "earned". And he is the NATO ambassador? Putin friendly rather.
As Trump Evolves on Ukraine, MAGA Won’t Admit It Was Wrong www.thebulwark.com/p/as-trump-e...
200 days into Trump's term, where are we? In the race between Trump's authoritarianism and efforts to resist it, authoritarianism is ahead. And while there are hopeful signs from the public, the chance of effective resistance is, for now, being fatally undermined by the capitulation of the elites.
A criminal president and party whose goal is to gut education and destroy America and democracy the world over.
The correct news headline for this is not "Trump to Lay Out His Plan for Reducing Crime in Nation’s Capital" (Bloomberg) or "Trump to speak at White House on violent crime in D.C." (CNBC), but rather "President Lies About Crime in DC." News outlets are obligated to maintain a grip on reality!!
"memory is fragile. Every time we recall the past, we reshape it, filter it through what we’ve heard, what we’ve lost, and what we choose to believe. Repeated messages from those in power can overwrite what we thought we knew" from @codastory.bsky.social www.codastory.com/rewriting-hi...
"Either their long-term game is there won't be free elections or we'll fix the election or we'll steal it or gerrymander it, or they're perfectly prepared for someone who they disagree with to be able to use those same tools at some point in the future."
It is not a hoax. People's lives have been ruined by the actions of Epstein and Maxwell. And the convicted felon and con man knows that and will say and do anything to protect himself now that the focus is on him. Law and order are for others. He will never care for true victims or America.
For decades I have swum and boated in this lake. You don’t have to get the government to raise its water level to kayak. You get in, push off, and paddle. Decadent empire stuff. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New in PN: Trump's Confederacy rises again "The straightforward explanation for Trump’s Confederacy fetish is that he’s a virulent racist who would’ve enslaved people himself. If you think that’s hyperbolic, just listen to the man."
This is plainly gross and horrifying, but it's also just good business. You can buy the most powerful man in the world for like $5,000. Why wouldn't you? When you remove ethics and your own moral compass from the equation, decision making gets incredibly simple.
Susanne Williamson is a teacher with a master’s degree who has been dedicated to teaching for fifteen years and made $58,000 a year. Meanwhile, ICE is offering new hires $100,000 to start, plus signing bonuses, and student loan debt forgiveness. We’re not broke! We’re funding hate!
mainandvine Lisa
We too often feel helpless and hopeless. That’s what they want, they thrive in chaos. But here is a reminder: 250 years of America, and our generation will not be the one that fails her. Period. And in the rear view, it will seem worth it. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/video-remi...
NEW: The Department of Veterans Affairs just terminated union contracts including AFL-CIO (AFGE), NAGE, NFFE, SEIU, and nursing unions NNOC and NNU. nurse.org/news/va-term...
BREAKING: A White House meeting took place last night to discuss the Jeffrey Epstein case, sources tell NBC News. It's unclear if the president attended, but AG Bondi and FBI Director Patel were present. The president and vice president had previously denied reports of a planned meeting.
I also didn’t hear outrage when Mike Johnson decided to clock out early, saying Congress wasn’t in session because he didn’t want to vote on releasing the Epstein files. If you’re going to blast people for bailing on their jobs, at least be equal opportunity about it.
Reminder that in 2021, Senate Republicans filibustered a bill that would have banned partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts.
The world does know that the President of the United States, aka convicted felon triggered an insurrection in Washington on Jan. 6th, one of the worst days in American history (no penalty for him) and that his attacks on America's institutions, the rule of law and the American people are GOP policy.
Not about basic rights of Americans. Just about the party's preservation and its fascist goals.
I never get tired of reminding people that famous celebrity Donald Trump's very first appearance in the New York Times was when the Nixon Justice Department sued him and his father for refusing to rent to black families.
Brooke Rollins leaves open the possibility that the Trump administration might try to ban native born Chinese-Americans from buying farmland
Ugly, evil, racist...
He is America's disgrace and shame every day.
The most corrupt White House in history. Here is an account of what people are paying, directly to a PAC called MAGA Inc, in order to meet the president, get pardons, change policy www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...
After firing all 17 CDC vaccine advisors, Kennedy is turning evidence‑based medicine into a political target- now eyeing the USPSTF, which issues guidance on preventive care - e.g., cancer screenings. The AMA is warning RFK Jr.: don’t gut the nation’s preventive care panel.zurl.co/c9e9O
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
Senator & former Florida governor Rick “I don’t want to be poor and am offended the law wants to keep me from getting even richer” Scott oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in US history and walked away from his company that defrauded America with $300 Million.
The Trump regime is blocking release of the Epstein files after promising their release. It's giving preferential treatment to child molester Ghislaine Maxwell in hopes she won't reveal Trump's connection to the scandal. Keep reminding people about this. It matters.
Beauty and class versus hard cement. Sounds about right for an administration without soul which really never cared about wasteful government spending in its quest to destroy and hurt.
GOP justice for a monster who destroyed lives.
Trump is now claiming that Comey or Garland planted his name in the Epstein files. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
Putin behaviour. Outrage should be massive.
The arrogance of the ambassador cements the continuing bad and inappropriate message and positioning of the worst and most dangerous American administration in my lifetime.
Contrast Annie Farmer describing how Trump defense attorney Todd Blanche is betraying the victims with David Markus' claim that poor Ghislaine, who abused these girls personally, is just a scapegoat. abcnews.go.com/US/deputy-ag...
“Trump’s secretary of state, Marco Rubio, signed off on the committee’s findings at the time, when he was acting chair of the Intelligence Committee. ... www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Fascist take-over with the false version for the masses. No conscience American style. Just sickening.
It just keeps getting worse - Nazi style.