China is hosting 20 countries at a summit meeting. Looks like they've got a Chinese NATO. What to call it... "Chinese East Atlantic Trade Organization". CHEATO for short.
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China is hosting 20 countries at a summit meeting. Looks like they've got a Chinese NATO. What to call it... "Chinese East Atlantic Trade Organization". CHEATO for short.
To National Guard Members; When ordered to defend an America threatened by a fascist government and hanging on by a thread, against Americans themselves whom you're supposed to defend... .,..you can say "No".
Let's start a new game! Who is on her knees today under the Resolute Desk?
And you won't share the recipe. Thanks a lot.
The International Olympic Committee decided to let Israel to participate in the 2028 games. Israel has killed over 120,000 Palestinians in a genocidal war. Netanyahu is wanted by the International Criminal Court for Crimes Against Humanity. The athletes aren't responsible but they represent Israel.
But the physicians' report that Trump wrote (again) for the doctor said he was the healthiest man the doctor had ever seen! And crowed about Trump's golf championships! Never mind about the dementia, edema, leg braces, or long term Covid! Trump's fine! And ready to lead us in World War Three!
@govevers.wisconsin.gov Do this.
I bit the bullet and bought a pound of hamburger. $7.79. I'm making spaghetti with mushrooms, green pepper, red bell pepper, a can of sweet corn, garlic and onion. Economically speaking, it seems I'm turning vegan. And I'm the son of a butcher. (Geez)
It's a vertical doorstop on an impossible piece of New York City real estate.
Also known as the Flat Iron Building. 175 5th Avenue, New York.
It should be clear that everything Trump does, every move he makes, everything he says is solely and purely for his financial and political gain. Every. Single. Thing. If there isn't a problem, he creates one. If there are no issues, he'll make one up. If there's no emergency, he'll declare one.
Once again, Trump hasn't connected the dots. He just can't do it. No exit strategy. None! What happens when the Guard leaves DC? Will the city return to their low crime rate as they already had, and Trump claim victory?
The hundreds of thousands of dollars Trump is spending on the National Guard deployment in DC would be better spent giving it to DC to increase the Police force and their training. But Trump will spare no expense to create a false crisis to make a political point in his favor. Ergo, 💙 cities. Not ♥️.
Republicant. The party of fiscal responsibility.
Ban ammunition. Problem solved.
@realdonaldtrump.govmirrors.com is right on track to spend one entire year of his presidency and over a half billion dollars playing golf. While America burns. Our modern day Nero.
All truckers in the US have to speak English. I wonder when Melania will be required to do the same because I can't understand a freaking word she says. I don't speak Romanglish.
Looks like the Waffle Building, New York City.
Honestly, the release of the Epstein Files is like an epilogue now. (For Magaladites, that means an explanation at the end of the story.) Everyone knows he raped young girls. The world knows. It's evidentiary. Now it should be about senators, Congress people and millionaires who are Trump's pals.
"Cheat" is too mild a word to be used here with regard to Trump and the 2020 election and the upcoming 2026 Midterms. How about, "Steal". "Destroy". "End". "Finish Off". "Free and Fair" elections are just not part of Trump's dementia thought process. Remember, this is Trump's "Revenge Tour".
Nixon did the same thing in '72. Watergate. Because he was afraid he might lose. He won election by a landslide. 2 years later, a VP who resigned in disgrace, and those supporting him facing prison sentences, he resigned before he could be historically impeached. And apologized. Not so with Trump.
The last time changes were made to the White House grounds the Committee for the Preservation of the White House took two years of inspection, changes, expert comments and public opinion sessions before they approved .... a fence. Now it's a massive ballroom. Trump wants a September ground breaking.
The vaccine for yet another strain of Covid is not available until after it's approved by a gutted FDA. It's August 31st, and you can't get an appointment for a shot. We're just "Johnny-On-The-Spot" here with America's health. Trump 1.0 dragged their feet, lied and killed 975,000 Americans.
It's ok. We're going to send 20 or 30 billionaires to Mars to colonize a dead planet where you have to wear a space suit if you go outside. So much easier than saving Earth. I guess.
You never asked.
Strange. A health Secretary who says "don't listen to me" but tells scientists they're wrong. A homeland security Secretary who wears costumes for the occasion. An intelligence Secretary who has never worked in Intelligence. (!) A defense Secretary who commanded about 50 people. Once. And much more.
This is how you gain and maintain power. You create a crisis. Or make one up. You tell everyone only you can fix it "on day one". You can't, so you declare a national emergency, especially in areas that know and oppose you. You create a private army and send them in. And you yell, "KNEEL!"
It's difficult to understand how the Minneapolis shooter was shouting on the Internet that he/she was going to commit mass murder and no one, NO ONE, ever picked up a phone and called the police. This is a responsibility that everyone bears who sees/reads this kind of telegraphing of intent to kill.
A federal Court has decided that @realdonaldtrump.govmirrors.com has broken the law again by imposing tariffs without Congressional consent. The Trump Administration is busy writing an appeal. And spinning facts. The fact is Trump broke the law. Again. And the case for impeachment grows even more.
The political rhetoric must change. Too many consider immigrants evil, instead of people, thanks to vilification. Ever eat a burrito? Thai food? Have takeout Chinese? Buy a shirt made in Vietnam? Trump won't change. WE need to make change happen. Write, call, vote. This could be our last election.
The RepubliCANTS and whatever Donald Trump is couldn't care less about children. Children can't vote, and they're not millionaires.
The Trump Cabinet. They were questioned under oath by the Senate (R). They lied. And ratified. They each took an oath to the Constitution. They lied. Even Trump wouldn't put his hand on the Bible as he took his oath of office, and lied. What started as partisan politics is worse. It's adoration.
What we might be "looking forward to" as a 2026 classroom with RFK Jr in charge of health.
In addition to the science that the Doctor provides here, I'd add that any parent who encourages their kids to have "social contact" at a freaking airport should have their heads examined.
It occurs to me that the second amendment says people have the right to bear arms. Maybe they meant that wearing short sleeves is fine. 😂 Here's the other part; It doesn't say anything about a right to buy ammunition. So, perhaps we ban bullets, instead.
@seckennedy.govpeeps.us RFK Jr has now said that "mass shootings are a public health hazard". No kidding. When you get shot and people are murdered, you're wounded or dead. He now realizes that bullets are not healthy for you. Yeah, that definitely ranks high on the list of public health hazards.
There are 219 Republicants in the House of Representatives. Occasionally, one or two might take a stand for Democracy, and "for the people." The rest fall in line for a dictator wannabe. When it comes time to vote at Midterms, will you be a beef cow bred for slaughter, or a bull? 🌊
America can't even make a metal sheet pan. But "we're bringing manufacturing back to the US!" We are a service economy. We come up with ideas, creations. But all the people who do that are out of work and leaving for jobs in other countries. Trump said he likes stupid people. He's got a lot to like.
Scientists, educators, doctors, and researchers don't want to be implicated in a criminal act as required by the Trump administration. TRUMP can get away with it, because his Supreme Court says he can, but they won't.
A Note To The National and State Guard: I had always thought the National and State Guards were created to help American citizens and defend a nation. I had no idea they would be used to threaten, intimidate and throw people into detention centers. You don't have to do this. This is not your job.
Agreed. I've upped my contributions to PBS twice. Solid reporting, in depth, balanced, cultural, national and local. And when it comes to emergencies, NPR is the go to radio network for every broadcast station nationwide. "Balanced" is not a word Trump has ever used.
@secnoem.govpeeps.us wants to completely end FEMA. I guess it's too much for her to handle. At a time when wildfires are a regular occurrence threatening communities, flash floods and wind destroying homes and lives. And when the Mexican FEMA steps in and saves lives in Texas, they're arrested.
Yeah. This.
As of last month, solar and wind power now far exceeds coal. The fastest growing energy sources in America. Even coal workers in West Virginia want to be trained in green energy. Nope. Trump's all in on coal. Those beautiful mountains you see from the highway in WV? The other side is hollowed out.
What a shame! I was so looking forward to Ernst getting completely humiliated and her arse handed to her.
I wonder if there is some offshore bank account receiving regular deposits in an account called "Tulsi Gabbard". OR "Natasha".
Yes. Trump was given a list of CIA operatives in and around Russian interests, and suddenly, they were either gone, or dead. But, it's red carpet time for Vlad The Impaler!
Only 192 more weeks of suffering under the Trump Administration before we have a Presidential election! OR...... We can vote Blue 🌊 up and down the Midterm Ticket, and immediately move to impeach Donald Trump once and for all. Your vote counts. This could be our last democratic election, ever.
President Andrew Johnson must be so grateful. He succeeded US Grant and was the most loathsome President in our history. Presidential historians agreed and they considered him for decades as the worst president in US history. Until Donald Trump. Who now holds that dubious distinction. Firmly.
Every modern President has endeavored to unite America in various ways to achieve lofty goals. All had a vision to move the nation forward economically, internationally, or socially. Except one. I can't think of one thing Trump has done or plans that doesn't send America back to the early 1900's.
I've got you beat! I've got a dual cassette deck and five disk CD player in my house and a factory CD player and cassette deck in my 2000 Toyota Avalon.
Insurrectionists get a Get Out Of Jail Free card, Babbitt gets a military funeral with honors, her family gets $5 Million, and the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers plan to sue the government for wrongful imprisonment. Meanwhile, 120 Capitol Police injured, 6 dead, and they get "thoughts and prayers".
Just a quick note to the Democratic National Committee @dncstaffunion.bsky.social after their disaster of a convention: Is there a Democratic Platform in our foreseeable future, or are we just going to wing it as the party of whiners and losers?
I suppose we're to start eating more broccoli and brussel sprouts? Wait. Brussels? Nope. It's in s tariffed country. But, we can't, anyway. There is no one to harvest them. We deported them all.
Until January 20th 2025, the CDC was considered to be the world leader in virology and disease control with global life altering effect. Now it's a sign on a sidewalk and an empty office building with deserted laboratories.
The last time this happened was when the Trump 1.0 administration "accidentally" leaked CIA operatives to Russia. They were never heard from again, some turning up dead days later. What a strange "coincidence".
America now has a "go it alone" policy, and so does Donald Trump. Trump consistently works around Congress, which has become useless, and regularly defies court orders that don't suit him, shattering laws along the way. This isn't even an autocracy now. This is the definition of Dictatorship.
It will take generations to return to the Democracy of TR and FDR, Kennedy, the Great Society of LBJ, the fiscal responsibility and advancement from Clinton, the saving grace of Obama and Biden, and the vision of a forward thinking America Biden bipartisanly passed into law and defunded by Trump.
8 years ago or so the Director of Homeland Security testified that the greatest danger facing America was domestic terrorism. In other words, Americans killing Americans. Trump fired him. It's my understanding that not one single mass shooting has been committed by anyone other than an American.
Quick question. Who cares who's peeing where? I mean, does any 8 year old get turned on by someone peeing in a urinal or behind a locked door in a toilet? This has taken a step off the wing of the stupid plane.
Scientists, researchers, professors and doctors will be highly sought after by other countries as America loses more and more expertise, brilliance, exceptionalism, genius and life changing breakthroughs. And they will be welcomed. Not villified. One day we'll beg them to come back. They won't.
Wow. @seckennedy.govpeeps.us RFK Jr learned some multi syllabic medical words last weekend. He seemingly doesn't know what they mean, but then again, it doesn't matter as he constantly has no idea what he's talking about anyway. And he's in charge of health. Is there a Surgeon General in the room?
Just because you CAN do a thing, does not mean you SHOULD do a thing.
As @seckennedy.govpeeps.us RFK jr swims in sewage and invites his granddaughter to join him, I'm reminded of the fact he hates vaccines, implores people not to vaccinate their children, and makes up research to back his point of view. How do we get rid of this stupid? Surgery? A new vaccine?
Hopefully,be can create a world where other life forms might like to visit, instead of avoid. I know. It's a long shot.
I'd add that Swift, as an employer, gave her roadies hundreds of thousands of dollars at the end of her Eras Tour as a bonus in addition to their pay. Meanwhile, many of Jeff Bezos' Amazon employees are on food stamps.
Strange that gun advocates always ignore and never mention the part of the second amendment that says citizens may bear arms as part of "a well regulated militia"? Today, that's known as the National Guard. And yes, state militia, to assist. Anyone I know who owns a gun is not part of either one.
Texas governor Abbott just signed a bill promoting healthier lifestyles for Texans. While RFK Jr watched. Unfortunately, it does not include the obvious recommendation: Moving out of Texas.
If so, I can hardly wait for the next time he attends a cabinet meeting with his host , The Don.
The US has seen a dramatic loss of expertise in research, academics and medicine as they are either fired or resign and move to other nations. And that's just in the last 7 months. Coincidentally, Donald Trump has been in office 7 months.
RFK Jr's concept of healthcare is "Survival of the Fittest". NEWSFLASH FOR RFK JR: Epidemics, pandemics, and diseases DON'T CARE how "healthy" you are. Their goal is to infect, multiply, and kill the host. But, then again, RFK Jr just makes research up for justification of his stupid.
I'm understanding that Till's historical landmark sign by his grave is regularly needed to be replaced as it is regularly shot to pieces.
It's difficult to track how many Trump appointees, some confirmed by the Republicant Senate, have been fired just weeks into their jobs, because they were doing their jobs instead of doing the bidding of an administration that can't even grasp the fundamentals of what they're supposed to be doing.
Yes. This ranks right down there with interviewing a mother who just saw her child's dead body and asking, "How do you feel?"
The fed, bowing to the NRA, seems to always leave out the wording of the 2nd Amendment that says people can bear arms "as part of a well regulated militia." Meaning, today, the National Guard. And, yes, a state militia to assist. And another mass killing. Because we have 3 guns per person in the US.
I am absolutely astonished that, in a country with three guns for every man, woman and child, the most heavily armed civilian population in the world, that no one has been shot dead in these ICE raids and martial law takeovers. It appears we're a peaceful country. Aside from our government.
I know that everyone on the planet is aware of this, but I am wondering if any one, besides psychiatrists and psychologists and same people in the US, understand that @realdonaldtrumppar.bsky.social is a dangerous, demented person who wants to be a dictator and modern version of Adolph Hitler?
I miss this guy.
If a vaccine is being distributed, it has been developed, tested, proven and approved. And frankly, any parent that won't allow their child to be vaccinated should have that child removed from their "care" and charged with assault.
@realdinaldtrump.bsky.social : "I'll be dictator for 1 day." "Many people want a Dictatorship." "I can do anything I want to." People died fighting for Democracy. If this doesn't scream voting Democrat 🌊 at Midterms and for Democracy, you are not an American. Otherwise this may be our last election.
A gas station has been advertising for both of Trump's terms in office that if Donald Trump doesn't say or do something galactically stupid that day they will pump free gas all day long. They haven't had to pump a single gallon of gas.
I am right there with you. Almost every night.
I was cancelled from my prescription drug plan (Medicare-Cigna) because I was days late paying them in full, which I wasn't even aware that I had to do now. I paid them, and they cancelled me anyway. Now I'm paying out of pocket for every prescription. This is how America takes care of its own.
How ironic. @realdonaldtrumppar.bsky.social , the 32 count convicted felon and adjudicated rapist, wants to fire a Federal Reserve board member for what he perceives as having two mortgages and thereby breaking the law. In a bid to power grab the Federal Reserve. Oh. He wants to chair it, too.
What in the world will @realdonaldtrump screw up today? I know, it's early.
What has happened to us, when we are so bereft of ethics, decency and morals that we sue each other to have a court intervene to remind us of what ethics, decency and morality is?