The only surprising thing about Trump 2.0 is his ability to maintain that slim majority of Republican cowards in the face of an avalanche of lies

Here in Indiana, we just had some brutal storms and record-breaking rainfall. A normal August here is dry and extremely hot. This August is NOT normal.

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Trump Wants Black People Barred From Med School - The American Prospect

By targeting medical schools for prioritizing diversity, the Trump administration insists on a century-old belief that Black people are unequipped to practice medicine.

prospect.org

I am alive today because Stanford's head of general surgery, a Black man, agreed to see me.

I Travel Like Sound Dog@chadstanton.blacksky.app · 18h ago

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Trashy revotrashing of the once beautiful White House!!!

Easy targets picking on the vulnerable

To me this looks like Reform's answer to people who say its only core value is its racism. "Not a bit of it," says Jenrick, "We loathe & despise anyone vulnerable, we are equal opportunity bigoted shits."

It's another round of punching down, and that seems to be pretty much all we have in politics these days. Labour, Tories, Reform et al are playing a high stakes game of tag to see who can come up with the worst policies, and it is the most vulnerable and marginalised who suffer the most from it. 9/

Let's be brutally honest here, yes we ostensibly have laws to prevent discrimination, but you would have to be supremely naive not to recognise that disabled individuals are constantly discriminated against, especially when it comes to getting employment. 6/ www.lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundat...

Latest labour market figures show disabled people hardest hit by weakening jobs market - Lancaster University

The Government must take urgent action to improve employment opportunities for disabled people, as new labour market statistics reveal a sharp deterioration in outcomes over the past year, the Work Fo...

lancaster.ac.uk

Another day another attempt by Reform to attack already vulnerable individuals. Not only will this see people who absolutely need support stripped of it and left to suffer, it will kill off small businesses. It harms everyone, all in the name of promoting ableism. 1/ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK plan would overhaul welfare system with £50bn in savings

The party plans to release a full 50-page plan on Monday outlining their proposed changes were they to come to power.

bbc.co.uk

Trump truly doesn't give a CRAP about anyone other than his own selfish interests. He's a morally bankrupt degenerate. A lawless criminal. A constant liar. A truly vile & disgusting reprobate. He is fully corrupt, unethical & unprincipled. 100% STINKING ROTTEN TURD!

I totally saw this coming, but it still pisses me off beyond belief. This man is the most evil, toxic person to ever walk the earth.

This is easy stuff. People want their money to be spent helping them.

Imagine being literally the people who follow Trump around to report on him, and believing he would give a shit about "consent."

They should probably stop protecting him then, in all seriousness. If they're pissed, there's plenty to report on.

Theyre actually questioning if Trump would sacrifice their safety for his own? Clowns. But her emails…the political press told us those were the real problem, and they now want sympathy after Trump lets them fly blind on a plane he was taken off of. Ya. Whatever.

"...whether the White House considered their safety" HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaH

it always seems like reporters are the slowest people who have to be hand held to the obvious conclusion

Why would he consider their safety, he doesn't respect them. Hell, no one respects them. Maybe they should reconsider their life and career choices. Being stenographers for fascists is not going to endear them to anyone, even the fascists they serve.

We know the GOP doesn't think consent is a thing.

I wonder what it’s gonna take for these folks to realize they aren’t in on the joke, and they’re even lower on the totem pole than the help.

My son, when he was a toddler, would ask to drive the car and I told him “of course buddy I’ll let you drive very soon” and then one day when he was six or seven he finally said “daddy I don’t think you’ll actually let me drive until I’m older” so yeah that’s the kind of noticing happening here

They’re just now questioning the White House’s concern for their security? Are they new?

Now they wonder? We have morons masquerading as journalists.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h ago

“.. We never were provided any opportunity to consent to being used like this,” one journalist said. “We aren’t Air Force or Secret Service — we didn’t sign up for this job to put ourselves on the line to protect the president.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...