Foreign officials say Trump has sent US allies running — and it’s permanent
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Old White farmer in the Mid-West, openly gay and an Honorably discharged US Army Veteran. I am a man of faith who also believes in science. I'm college educated and believe in the good of Diversity, Equity, Equality, Inclusion and Reproductive Rights.
"After speaking with the Saudi crown prince, Trump reversed himself and told the Pentagon to prepare for airstrikes against the Houthis. But by midday Sunday, the president appeared to have reversed himself again..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
Trump Gets Caught in a Dilemma Over a Saudi Plea for Military Help
The president vacillated but decided on Sunday not to join Saudi Arabia, for now, in joint strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. But he also needs the kingdom’s cooperation in his war against Iran.
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lol mr. tough on china... www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Trump plans to greet Xi at airport on arrival, officials say
US President Donald Trump plans to greet Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews, at the airport of the military base just outside Washington, DC, on his arrival next week for a White H...
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"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Department of Defense, and the Florida state Fire Marshal’s office are investigating the explosion..." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
First Cory Mills' career imploded—then his grenade factory exploded
No one was harmed in the massive explosion, which could reportedly be felt for miles.
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Agents Pepper Spray Protesters Near Broadview ICE Site On Anniversary Of First Violent Clash
The protest took place on the one-year anniversary of the first violent clash between protesters and agents at the suburban facility during Operation Midway Blitz.
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Austin American Statesman editorial board on the latest ICE shooting: "ICE agents are empowered to remove people who are not in the country legally. That is not a license to shoot them." www.statesman.com/opinion/edit...
🤔 "Even as Trump seeks to decry Democrats as communists ahead of November’s midterm elections, he is rolling out the red carpet this week for Chinese President Xi Jinping, the leader of the world’s most powerful communist country..." apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump decries Democrats as 'communists,' even as he looks to impress China's communist leader
President Donald Trump says that communism is the greatest threat the U.S. has ever faced. But he's hosting the leader of the world's most powerful communist country this week — Chinese President Xi J...
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"Trump's approval rating fell to 32% - the lowest of his political career - as his fellow Republicans soured on his handling of the cost of living amid the unpopular Iran war. His approval rating is lower than any recorded for Biden, his Democratic predecessor..." www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
She was an election denier who refused to say Biden won in 2020. Now she’s backing the Democrat.
Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · yesterday
Here's the 27-page complaint just filed by CNN, MS NOW, and Politico challenging President Trump's categorical exclusion of those three outlets from the White House: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... As I explained this morning, this suit will succeed: www.stevevladeck.com/p/251-newsga...
#1 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF against Steven Cheung, DONALD J. TRUMP, SUSAN WILES ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ADCDC-12686613) filed by Betsy Klein, POLITICO LLC, MS NOW Cable, ...
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Looks like Wednesday. That's pretty fast.
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 4d agolol he's about to be really mad pretty soon.
Senator Whitehouse on the Senate floor right now talking about Epstein and Trump ties to Russia. www.youtube.com/live/zML49aB...
US Congress LIVE: “There Is a Cover-Up Afoot” | Sen. Whitehouse Exposes Trump, Epstein, Russia Ties
YouTube video by The Financial Express
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Crush the arts (Kennedy Center), destroy the civil service (DOGE), control elections (gestures broadly), dismantle the press (gestures more broadly), decimate science (NIH), and demolish education (DeptEd). The authoritarian playbook.
An @DoorDash driver. They are hunting brown people. #AbolishICE
Good morning 💙 I absolutely LOVE this initiative from celeb activists/resisters. Following their, and Major Watson's, example: Lets all take the oath and add our voice! "Without any mental reservation"! #WeThePeople #StopTrump #ImpeachConvictRemove #resist #GTS
They need to stop taking his calls too and stop calling him. He needs their attention like he needs oxygen. Time to start using their power.
If a president can throw news organizations out of the White House because he dislikes their coverage, then no news organization is truly free because it means we are all in the building only at his sufferance.
The decision by the major television outlets not to participate in the White House pool today in response to Trump's self-declared "ban on the free press" will leave the most TV-addicted president in our history without network cameras recording his every utterance and movement.
Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler dismisses record-high diesel prices: "Small businesses are looking through this right now"
'It's about basic fairness,' Sofa Fucker Vice President JD Vance said of the ban on Monday. Fairness for Trump and Trump alone. Fuck the rest of us, right, couch humper? www.dailymail.com/news/article...
All major TV networks END Trump on-camera coverage amid CNN ban
Donald Trump's visit to the UN General Assembly will not be televised by the major US broadcasters on Monday as they band together to boycott his ban on CNN and MS Now.
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Donald Trump is a convicted criminal. His administration is a criminal organization. Of course he is trying to shut down the International Criminal Court.
Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 2d agoJUST IN: The Trump administration is preparing sweeping sanctions against the International Criminal Court, the WSJ reports. The sanctions would block most transactions with the ICC, including transactions in U.S. dollars, potentially cutting the court off from much of the global financial system
Heading over to the protest at the Kennedy Center now and will be live-streaming for the Bulwark from there at 7 pm!
🚨BREAKING: Democrats are calling on the DHS internal watchdog to open a probe into new whistleblower claims that the agency unlawfully accessed state voting records as part of the Trump administration’s escalating attempts to access state voter data. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Exclusive: Senate Dems demand watchdog probe into new DHS whistleblower allegations
They said DHS's use of personal data to access voting records is "a political exercise that poses risks to national security."
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His dad definitely paid someone to take his SATs.
I could always understand why Mel would be madly in love with her. It was when I watched the excellent documentary of his life that I began to understand that she was madly in love with him. Love is love❤️❤️❤️