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MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 23h ago

NEWS: Trump says he has ordered Pete Hegseth to “substantially reduce” joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises, citing his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump says he is helping North Korea because South Korea refused to join his failed war against Iran.

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 23h ago

Trump allies himself w/Kim Jong Un against South Korea: “Based on my very good relationship w/Kim Jong Un, I am not happy that the US has agreed to Joint Military Exercises…I recently asked the President of SK if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of Iran, & they said, ‘No thanks!’”

Trump allies himself with totalitarian dictator Kim Jong Un against South Korea: “Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea, I am not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago, agreed to participate in Joint Military Exercises with South Korea. These exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America (as usual!), but send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile, to a Country that, as long as Donald J. Trump has been President, has been unthreatening and respectful … While somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, ‘No thanks!’”
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 3d ago

Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.

Matatoes Lasagna@matatoeslasagna.bsky.social · 6d ago

The failure of Biden and Garland to seriously lay down the hammer after J6 on both the insurrectionists, and more importantly, the politicians who enabled them will go down as a failure on par with the failure of reconstruction. A historic fumble I will go to my grave thinking this.

rich traditions@helldude.bsky.social · 6d ago

if woke 3.0 or whatever sweeps in one advantage it would have over the reactionaries is, the list of people needing to be hauled out of their homes and put on trial is like, comparatively tiny. few billionaires, trumps family and cabinet, etc. -- dont have to declare war on whole states like they do

Eliz PhotoClique@elizphotoclique.bsky.social · 6d ago

Good analysis from @joycewhitevance.bsky.social 👍 #EpsteinScandal #TrumpsteinGate . Zorro Ranch, Jeffrey Epstein, and Donald Trump's Justice Department . joycevance.substack.com/p/zorro-ranc...

Zorro Ranch, Jeffrey Epstein, and Donald Trump's Justice Department

Last week, New Mexico’s Attorney General Raúl Torrez sued DOJ for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that he says the Justice Department has been withholding.

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Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · 6d ago

Election deniers — including Wayne Allyn Root — for months have called for Trump to declare a "national emergency," with some crafting a proposed national emergency executive order that reportedly circulated in the Trump administration. www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...

Election deniers reach a fever pitch calling for a “national emergency” declaration so Trump can give himself “king-like powers” over the midterms

After President Donald Trump issued an executive order at the end of March aimed at stopping supposed fraud with mail-in ballots, election deniers have urged Trump to declare a national emergency to a...

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d ago

🚨🚨🚨 WAYNE ALLYN ROOT: You have the right to declare a national security emergency for elections. If you do this in the next month, we will get photo ID, proof of citizenship, and a limit to mail ballots TRUMP: Let me just say stranger things have happened. I'll leave it at that

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 6d ago

I suspect those who've speculated are right. Trump went ballistic on round one of the QatarForce One story because underneath it was this pretty humiliating episode of Trump getting smuggled out of Turkey in a food cart. And he'd do anything to stop that from getting out.

Minnesota Reformer@minnesotareformer.com · last wk.

An undercover Homeland Security Investigations agent parked outside a community center while Rep. Ilhan Omar held a town hall on Aug. 6, the Democratic Congresswoman wrote in a letter to Department of Homeland Security leadership in St. Paul.

Rep. Ilhan Omar raises questions about undercover ICE agent at town hall • Minnesota Reformer

An undercover Homeland Security Investigations agent parked outside a community center while Rep. Ilhan Omar held a town hall on Aug. 6, the Democratic Congresswoman wrote in a letter to Department of...

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · last wk.

If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon. Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · last wk.

"All told, the economy has added 542,000 jobs over Trump’s 19-month second term, a dramatic decline from the nearly 2.7 million jobs that were added over the previous 19 months under President Joe Biden..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

The White House tries (and fails) to put a positive spin on ugly economic results

“If you look at the overall economy, then things are really, really booming,” the White House’s top economist said, despite reality.

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

all the shitposting in the world won't change the fact that Trump lost his war of choice in Iran resoundingly and drastically diminished the US military in the process

Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · last wk.

WaPo making same claim that’s been disproven again & again. Who do they imagine these people are, willing to pay the price of abandoning home, friends, lives they’ve built. “Sorry, kids, we’re leaving the only home you’ve ever known & all our friends to pay 7% state tax instead of 8%.”

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Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · last wk.

It really is amazing that Trump keeps pushing to throw some random guy who didn't seem to commit any crime into prison for a decade and this isn't being treated like a huge scandal.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Trump: “US Attorney Pirro should re-visit her hastily made decision, especially since it turned out that the ‘gentleman’ involved is a big player in ActBlue, a disgraceful fundraising SCAM, and is represented by a TRUMP DERANGED SLEAZEBAG, Political Hack Lawyer, Norm Eisen”

Trump: “Now that people are able to see it up close, they are reporting pure VANDALISM at The Reflecting Pool. Thank you Andrew Leyden for your observation! The material was cut right where the video tape showed, for 300 feet or more. People were on their knees with their hands in the water at the exact location of the ‘slashes.’ Additionally, there were witnesses to the VANDALISM, and the flexible areas of the material were cut with a knife. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro should re-visit her hastily made decision, especially since it turned out that the ‘gentleman’ involved is a big player in ActBlue, a disgraceful fundraising SCAM, and is represented by a TRUMP DERANGED SLEAZEBAG, Political Hack Lawyer, Norm Eisen, and CREW, a group that uses “charity” for political purposes which is, to the best of my knowledge, ILLEGAL! I have been beating Eisen,  a complete LUNATIC, in Court for 10 years, or more. He just keeps coming, but I always WIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2w ago

Your little oopsie "mistakes" had me worrying for a year of my life about my partner going to jail for up to a decade based on lies likely fed to you by the top of the federal government. Show everyone what you're covering up in these emails and texts. There's a reason you don't want them released.

Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed

Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Hearings like this are a reminder that if you work for Donald Trump, you are a person of low character and have no integrity. There are no exceptions.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

😮 Trump's nominees are the most pathetic men in the world 😮 During a hearing, Blumenthal made Trump nominees squirm by asking them who won the 2020 election -- a question they refuse to answer -- but then Schiff upped the ante by asking them *who won the 2016 election.* Here's a supercut:

Kristy Greenberg@kristygreenberg.bsky.social · 2w ago

Stop the false equivalence. No other President sued his own government to secure immunity for himself and his family, created a fund to reward cop beaters, and demanded prosecution of his political enemies. Trump’s weaponization of DOJ is unprecedented and you just endorsed it.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Tillis admits Trump is weaponizing the DOJ during his speech announcing he'll vote for Todd Blanche: "Maybe it's a little bit more intense in this administration than the last one ... I'm going to support Mr Blanche's nomination"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Enten: "This is the best looking polling for Texas Democrats in a Senate race since really the 20th century ... Talarico is doing 9 points better than O'Rourke [in 2018] ... this could be very, very real. Democrats have a real shot in Texas."