MaPauvreTete
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Trump has shifted industrial policy by using federal grants and subsidies to acquire direct minority equity and profit-sharing stakes in private companies, notably securing a 10% share in Intel + a portfolio spanning roughly 30 tech, mineral, and defense firms. Trump is a *commie* oligarch.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, will vote against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general. In other words, the R's have the votes for Blanche, and Maine is full of idiots who will reelect her. They're gonna roll McConnell in a grocery cart, hand raised, to cast the deciding vote.
Did you know that the GOP in Colorado is running a candidate for governor who claims to have committed manslaughter as a child? Media: El-Sayed sure is weird. More on this below!
“Middle East crisis live: Bessent claims US could reach Hormuz deal with Iran by tomorrow” I mean, this is just insulting now.
You really can't make this up. "Regime change" in Venezuela and war in Iran and oil prices are the oil companies' fault? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Trump accuses oil companies of ‘making too much money’ from his war on Iran
US president hits out at ExxonMobil and Chevron, saying they should ‘give some of that back to the public’
theguardian.com
I think every one of his deals should be assumed to be bullshit until proven otherwise. The credibility of the U.S. government is nonexistent under this regime
"Capital One never publicized the termination decision" Thanks corporate America! If you or I did 1/1 millionth of whatever it took to for Capital 1 shut down 300 of Trump's money-laundering bank accounts, we'd be in jail and our mugshots fully public. thehill.com/business/600...
Capital One says Trump Organization accounts were closed after money laundering review
Lawyers for Capital One on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by President Trump’s trust over its closing of Trump Organization-affiliated accounts years ago, saying it did s…
thehill.com
Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation share.google/sYFYuwXmnRgo... DOJ finally admits to reality that was obvious a month ago.
Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation
The Justice Department said “it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism, let alone to establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt.”
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'25 Federal Payroll Down $1.9B, Civilian Headcount Down Over 50K OpenTheBooks Wow...this is really impressive. DOGE saved 0.033% of the total federal budget and all it cost us was all of our foreign influence, a few million dead from the loss of USAID, and outbreaks of foodborne illnesses in the US.
The US House is persecuting Anthony Fauci, and MAGA is hounding him. Fauci dedicated his life and 40 year career to the healthcare of America. This is no longer a serious country. We are in for a rough landing.
The good news is that people can only double down on stupid so many times before they die of stupid. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump’s Approval Ratings Are Plummeting. The Last Group of People You’d Expect Is Behind the Shift.
The same reasons they voted for him are the reasons they're changing their minds.
slate.com
I'd argue being stupid is Trump's defining characteristic. More so even than his being evil.
Moderate Democrats really need to stop acting like AOC is some radical Marxist. She is where the center of the party should be. Just getting that off my chest.
I mean I'm never shocked at the shit they do, but this one is just wild to me. newrepublic.com/post/213359/...
What Did Trump Do With the Billions He Collected From Venezuelan Oil?
Billions in revenue from Venezuelan oil has gone missing—and the Trump administration keeps changing its story.
newrepublic.com
So despite the black humor, reading about 50% of Arizonans losing their SNAP benefits has made me feel pretty ashamed to be an American.
The reflecting pool is still empty because the DOJ is suing the contractor and they have claimed that filling the pool would destroy key evidence. Fucking clowns
"Every time I look at him, I hear circus music." -- Veep
British Columbia premier David Eby, in response to the latest tariff announcement: 'Mostly, it’s going to increase costs for Americans when they can least afford it. At this point, I just feel sorry for Americans. If you’re picking fights with Canadians, then you don’t have a friend in the world.'
So making service members get the flu shot is a woke invasion of personal liberty but making service members get tested for testosterone levels and then forcing them to take supplements is legit? I mean one helps keep you from feeling like ass and the other one covers your back in acne. What a dork.
Here’s some nice art. Artist: me (lol) “Through the reflecting glass.”
Fun fact: If you fly from the newly named Donald J. Trump International Airport to Sioux City, Iowa, your ticket will say DJT-SUX.
Lindsay Graham's death is like microdosing for the big one.
Even if originalism was not just a cover "What did these guys 250 years ago intend society to look like?" would be an absolutely bonkers way to run a country.
Surely there is a big bicep wielding lesbian logger with a state-fair winning flap jack recipe could throw her flannel hat into the ring. *and other New England stereotypes*
Maybe some Photoshop-savvy Dem should start a series of memes superimposing images of Mitch McConnell around the world, accomplishing major physical feats. Kind of like how we had Bernie Sanders and his mittens everywhere after Biden's inauguration.
