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Don't forget: US companies and consumers pay President Trump's tariffs. Not the countries that he says he is punishing for treating us so badly. And our costs go up. (And then there's the impact of retaliatory tariffs on US exports....)

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · 2w ago

President Trump has (once again) entered the "FAFO Zone".

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Trump is regretting bringing yet another absurd defamation lawsuit as a federal judge orders him to produce financials for more than 400 of his businesses AND the BBC can move forward with subpoenas to Trump’s inner circle like Don Jr., Steve Bannon, & Stephen Miller. youtu.be/g9aWmrXghwE?...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Translation: President Trump is driving our former allies and trade partners into the arms of the Chinese government.

Mark Carney on Trump's new tariffs against Canada: "We're ready ... we're a reliable partner in a world that's anything but. So we're diversifying our partnerships abroad."

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 2w ago

How much have all these failed lawsuits cost the taxpayers? Will nobody in the Trump Administration be held accountable for this waste, fraud, and abuse of the Department of Justice? Congress, are you paying attention?

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to compel Kentucky to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-17 in these case. Elias Law Group remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/kentuc...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

As I posted my repair of Marco Rubio's quote about Iran negotiations: "The problem with President Trump is every time he makes a deal, he either breaks it or he wants to change it." ...and here's the proof!

Leavitt confirms that Trump is unilaterally changing the terms of the Saudi nuclear deal via Truth Social posts without even contacting any Saudi officials

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2w ago

"The problem with President Trump is every time he makes a deal, he either breaks it or he wants to change it." There, I fixed it for you.

Rubio: “The problem with Iran is every time they make a deal, the people that are in charge there, they either break it or they wanna change it. So it looks like they're not ready to make a deal, so they're gonna continue to pay a price. And every night the price gets higher and higher and higher.”

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2w ago

"...potential legal risks...." Gee, ya think? But seriously, folks, what are the chances that Martha Stewart would have gone to jail under this Department of "Justice"? White collar crime is not important anymore, it seems.

Industry executives have balked at the fee and the potential legal risks of a new data service that would provide ‘faster’ access to posts from the top accounts on Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social. ft.trib.al/4gn0otB

Norm Eisen@normeisen.bsky.social · 2w ago

President Trump has ALWAYS told us what he wants to do. We must pay attention and be prepared. Many reasons for hope. Zero reasons for complacency. ❌❌❌ STOP THE COUP! ❌❌❌

Trump's primetime rant was dismissed as pathetic—my brilliant colleague Susan Corke says that's a mistake Repeat the lie, manufacture the crisis & then claim emergency powers to "save" the country The authoritarian playbook, followed to the letter 👇 -TN

Many people don't see any problem with the SAVE Act or other efforts to restrict voting to just U.S. citizens. They say, "What's the big deal? You have to show an ID for all sorts of things; why should voting be any different?" /1

It's not a headline from @theonion.com, but it could be: "President Trump threatens to attack West African nations if they continue to launch hurricanes at America."

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The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3w ago

If President Trump had limited his speech to just giving the facts, it would have taken less time than a Cologuard commercial.

Mullin: "The major networks not willing to carry POTUS's address to the nation on election security…what are they trying to cover up?…The president wasn't trying to relitigate what happened in 2020, although he definitely could at this point — the president was giving facts."

Would someone PLEASE ask Blanche to explain this redaction. Bondi said that he was responsible for all the redactions, so he should have an answer. This appears to be redacted in violation of the requirements of the law that Congress passed.

As reported by @punchbowlnews.bsky.social: "Speaker Mike Johnson is considering putting a CR on the floor to fund the federal government past Nov. 3, Election Day." Again, Congressional Republicans prove their inability to govern. Another CR, more "reconcilliation bills", and nothing gets done.

Julian Sanchez@normative.bsky.social · 3w ago

The media must do better than this.

Person is eaten in Dahmer-involved gastronomy

WSJ headline: “Person is killed in ICE-involved shooting in Maine”

Tyler King@tyleraking.com · 3w ago

...and who will make the taxpayers whole for this waste, fraud, and abuse?

After a cost of more than $1 billion, the Everglades concentration camp has been removed from the airstrip where it once stood.

The Republicans have always complained that the Democrats are the "tax and spend" party. These days, the Republicans appear to favor "NO tax and MORE spending". How exactly does that work? Didn't they used to complain about Democrats increasing the federal deficit?

Boomer Jenkins Asks: So How Does That Work?

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Congressional Republicans are getting ready to add billions to the deficit, by approving $67 billion for President Trump's War with Iran. With no offsetting spending cuts. Tell me again; which party is for small government, fiscal restraint, and reducing the deficit?

Maya Wiley@maya4rights.bsky.social · 3w ago

If Republican Senators have learned anything from confirming President Trump's dreadful Cabinet choices (do you need a list?), Blanche will not be confirmed. He should not even make it out of committee. Contact your Senators now and tell them how you feel.

We deserve a US AG who protects us, not ethically bankrupt Todd Blanche who pardons violent felons who attacked the US Capitol, while giving Trump a slush fund to reward them AND him & kids immunity to cheat on taxes with NO audits allowed EVER. Blanche is unfit to serve www.cnbc.com/2026/07/13/t...

If some country struck 140 targets in the U.S. last night, would we be at war? #justsaying

Headline from PA Capital Star: "Gov. Shapiro signs $50.8 billion compromise budget, despite some opposition in both parties" This is how it is supposed to work, people! Scorched earth partisan politics does not help anyone. (The budget passed almost on time!) penncapital-star.com/government-p...

Gov. Shapiro signs $50.8 billion compromise budget, despite some opposition in both parties • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Republicans and Democrats reached a budget compromise over the weekend. It spends roughly $2.4 billion less than Shapiro asked for in his February address, and excludes a number of policies he request...

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Someone on Reddit just posted a photo of a Freedom Fuel station in our area that is now charging $3.57 a gallon. Welp, that didn't last long, did it? www.reddit.com/r/Delco/s/Zd...

From the Delco community on Reddit: Hey wait a second, I thought these gas stations were going to be $3.47 to honor our glorious leader?

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Is Senator Mitch McConnell alive? We deserve to know.

If we -- the taxpayers -- paid $400 million to upgrade a "free" airplane, and then President Trump couldn't use it to fly home from Turkey due to safety concerns.... WHAT THE HECK DID WE GET FOR OUR $400 MILLION? Congress: please investigate; also the cost of sending TWO! AF One planes to Turkey.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 747 Takeoff

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For those who feel Graham Platner let them down, my opinion is that he did not. He's the person he has always been. The people who let you down were the Democratic leadership, who failed to vet him, who blindly endorsed him. If we are to take back Congress, our leaders must do better than this.

Surprise! It appears that Texas AG Ken Paxton has committed voter fraud repeatedly for years....

Oh, joy! Congressional Republicans probably will fail to pass a budget again, and we're going to need a Continuing Resolution again to keep the government open. This is not how we expect them to do their job. They continue to prove that they are incapable of governing.