Something just clicked for me: as soon as the bunker (ballroom) is complete, he's launching nukes. I generally avoid predictions but I'm making this one.

Embarrassed that it took me this long to pay up. I've been relying on Aaron since 2020. Anyone who doesn't follow him literally cannot understand who Trump is. Posting to encourage anyone else who's been putting off becoming a paid subscriber.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

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i don’t know how to make it any plainer that the vast majority of dem voters believe holding people accountable IS part of “getting back to work”

Meredith Shiner@meredithshiner.com · 3w ago

I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.

I'm mostly a "socialize healthcare and housing" guy, but I'd also be pleased to see this kind of focus on strategy going forward.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Kamala Harris: I know this is going to be controversial coming from me in particular, we need to revisit the electoral college. We need to revisit the point of expanding the court. We need to revisit, if they so want, statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C.

Wait. They all shake hands at the end? What are we even doing here? He's the US President suing you for $20 billion for reporting on the birthday card he sent his friend the pedophile in which he drew a naked girl & mused about secrets. And they all shake hands?

Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Remarkable camera angle of President Trump as he listens to Wall Street Journal reporters receiving an award for their investigation into Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein — which they pursued despite Trump’s threats and lawsuit.

THIS. We’ve come to learn that many of these powerful men are hypersensitive babies. Going after their egos likes this should become common.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"

I assimilated all the way to Congress and this idiot still tells me to go back where I came from.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

Tom Emmer: "Minnesotans are so afraid that you're gonna call us a racist, you're gonna call us an Islamophobe. You know what? I'm done being even the least bit careful. Somalis don't assimilate. And if they don't assimilate, then they should go the hell back to where they came from."

I'm not sure how you can be against removing this man from office right now. What will it take? A nuke being dropped? It's too late then. The purpose of impeachment and the 25th Amendment is to prevent that type of thing from happening, not just to react to it.

Who the fuck keeps a diary? And who the fuck then shows it to @ronanfarrow.bsky.social ? God these tech guys are such dorks.

This is my rep, Chuy. I'm in his district. And in this clip, he absolutely represents me.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8mo ago

Rep. Jesús García comes out swinging: "You're one of the worst attorney generals in our history and an instrument of Donald Trump's lawless authoritarian agenda, and I'm glad the American people are seeing who you are."

this is correct and it's why my brain has been breaking for a year

Better Things Are Possible@internethippo.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Me my whole life: Nothing is black and white. You have to consider nuance Now: We face a heinous, remorseless evil

this alone is worth an impeachment tbh

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo ago

REPORTER: Do you commit to not militarily engaging NATO partners? TRUMP: I don't talk about that REPORTER: You're not willing to commit to not attacking a NATO partner?

Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"

I just want some of these fucking people to face real consequences

Senator Kelly is correct. Plus a Public Service Announcement: KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1. The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal: "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11mo ago

Mark Kelly on the Trump/Hegseth boat strikes: "If orders are illegal, not only do they not have to follow them, they are legally required not to follow them."

X’s new “About this account” tool reveals that dozens of pro-Russian and MAGA accounts with tens of thousands of followers, long posing as American or Russian, are actually created and run from India, Bangladesh, and other South Asian countries.

@governor.ca.gov @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov Something to consider: Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin announced that the city’s $10 billion portfolio her office controls will no longer invest in U.S. Treasury bonds to protest what she calls the “authoritarian regime” shorturl.fm/eUSNG

Chicago treasurer will no longer invest any of city's $10B portfolio in U.S. Treasury bonds to protest Trump

The unilateral decision by city of Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin infuriated conservative City Council members.

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Mayor Andre Dickens of Atlanta aims to keep vulnerable households stable and ensure no one is left without basic needs during the GOP/Trump shutdown . His #CupOfJoe is a lifeline. 🎩 essenceofblackculture (IG)

Honestly at some point you have to start doing psyops with these people: Have Obama announce that he will seek a third term tomorrow. Then watch all the con law “scholars” and Fix News MELT DOWN trying to explain why he can’t but Trump can. (It’s like Newsom taking over his social media persona)

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 12mo ago

Q: One theory on how you might try to serve a 3rd term is that you could run at the vice president TRUMP: Yeah, I'd be allowed to do that. But I would rule that out because it's too cute.

Dave Norton General Strike US @generalstrikeus.bsky.social

Trump to generals: "America is under invasion from within. We're under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in any ways because they don't wear uniforms. At least when they're wearing a uniform you can take them out."

Gallego: "The president is an idiot. He doesn't actually understand how the military works."

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

WATCH: @katmabu.bsky.social blows Jennings’ mind by saying “everyone deserves health care” Reminder: this is how it is in every other developed nation, where the cruelty of the Republican Party has not killed universal health care on behalf of the insurance companies. #MedicareForAll

Imagine if Mark Zuckerberg donated IG and Facebook to PBS. Just gave them over to a team of experts in public-serving media.

ILLINOIS… Gov. Pritzker…

Hey there's a thought for approximately nobody: If I was a publisher I'd print an edition "The Magic Mountain: Oops! All Settembrini" and it would just be dense philosophical tirades and sociological debate.

The optics are not good for Trump. Judge Dugan, 65, is the new poster child for the fight against fascism.