NEWS: Trump dismisses concerns from military families about deplorable conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, then says their record-long deployment is “not nearly long enough” before heading to his private club in Bedminster.

Trump Dismisses Sailors’ Nightmare Deployment as He Escapes to His Private Club

As sailors endure a record-setting deployment marked by reports of food shortages, exhaustion and dire conditions, Trump dismissed their families’ concerns before heading to his private club.

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Q: The family members of US service members are concerned about the conditions on the USS Lincoln TRUMP: No they're not Q: Has the deployment gone on too long? TRUMP: No no no. Not nearly long enough.

You know this stuff about the Lincoln has to be playing on Russian TV 24/7 just like when we were doing the same to all their broken out of date equipment at the start of the Ukraine War.

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 13h ago

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) about USS Abraham Lincoln: "What's worse is the Sec. of Defense's response dismissing it like it's no concern at all. I think a fundamental part of leadership is trying to improve the lives of the people you're leading, and he doesn't want there to be any accountability"

Come on though, who the hell is watching Newsmax anyway? Kooks, nutters and people in hospitals that can't change the channel. It's like Fox News with the stupid dialed up to 11.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h ago

Biden Biden Biden Biden Biden Biden Biden Biden Biden. It's tired, dude. Nobody is buying it. Republicans control the presidency, house, senate, supreme court - have controlled the house nearly 4 years. These people NEVER accept responsibility. bsky.app/profile/atru...

You know Bill Barr resigned in December because he learned what Trump and idiots were planning. I wonder if the same could be true about Karoline.

Unknown@unknownsoldier.bsky.social · 11h ago

Is anyone saying Leavitt quit because she learned that Trump used her life as a decoy on AF1. Quitting may be the noblest thing she’s ever done

Phang: What I want is the DOJ to follow the law. And what we have seen time and time again is this act of concealment and cover up by this DOJ to not release this information. I also want the files that Todd Blanche continues to sit on.

NEW: Judge Sullivan spent the final 30 minutes of the Phang v Blanche Epstein files hearing telling a story of the one time he had to hold DOJ lawyers in contempt. He says he's done it before, and he'd rather not do it again, but he will if he needs to. "It's not a threat, it's a promise."

Rep. Ralph Norman, who’s in a Senate runoff with Lindsey Graham’s sister Darline, secretly urged a military-backed coup in 2021 to keep Trump in power. But the NY Times thinks it’s no big deal. In its last 92 stories mentioning Norman over 3 years and 7 months, it hasn’t stated that fact once. 1/7🧵

Mass killing: 6 dead including 4 children in 5 ways murder suicide in Winfield, Kansas. Deceased identified as 9 year old Carol A. Williams, 7 year old Ronald H. Williams Jr., 5 year old Sarah K. Williams, 3 year old Kelly M. Magee-Williams and Kelly George, age not given.

Apparently if a politician gets off their ass, doesn't get 5 weeks of vacation every 4 months, and does the work without sending you an email asking for donations people love it.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · yesterday

CNN: “Zohran’s approval rating is going UP, which is unprecedented… He is trying to show Democratic Socialism is actually something that can work.” (Lydia Moynihan has a very hard time coping with this one 😬)

This was a standout moment in the hearing …

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · yesterday

DOJ: We want a clean clear order... JUDGE: I've already done that! Do you want me to issue another order saying "I really mean it this time"? 28/

Homeland Security investigators secretly recorded conversations, infiltrated Signal chats and obtained financial records for labor unions and progressive groups as part of a wide-ranging surveillance effort during Operation Metro Surge. By @madisonmcvan.bsky.social @minnesotareformer.com

Documents show how feds spied on protesters, left-wing organizations and unions during Metro Surge | Colorado Newsline

Homeland Security investigators spied on labor unions and progressive groups as part of operations in Minneapolis.

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Oh look, the “fiscal conservatives” are running the government again.

NEW: Vice chair of Senate Appropriations Cmte launches probe into Trump Admin's purchase of fleet of "luxury jets" to transport top officials, including Tom Homan & Kash Patel “It has come to our attention that the Dept. is effectively running an in-house private jet service"

The "centrist" think tank Third Way is looking to pay someone between $140,000 and $150,000 to spend their days trying to dig up dirt on DSA members. They're trying to sell this gig as "anti-extremism" work, which I find completely disgusting.

Sen. @ossoff.senate.gov on Navy sailors trying to jump ship due to horrific conditions: “We have to step back & recognize this entire war is based on lies... Iran still has uranium. Hormuz remains closed. A catastrophic failure by the commander in chief + his team.” (Follow: @acyn.bsky.social )

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 25-year-old Argentinian biologist Pilar Ferrer has developed an injectable gel that helps repair damaged heart tissue after a heart attack

The first movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture was released 99yrs ago today WINGS (1927)

Agree 💯% With Joe Walsh.......

I wonder if Chinese officials also have meetings debating which highly efficient energy infastructure technology options are unacceptable on account of being too woke and gay.

AOC should run and she should run for president and nothing lesser. Maybe she will win, maybe she won’t. But she should run and we should have the debate.

Malinowski's analysis is correct.

While private prison corps CoreCivic and GEO Group pull in $1.42B a quarter, the human cost of mass incarceration is secondary to profits. Expanding monitoring and locking up immigrants aren't public safety measures; they're cash cows for boardrooms.

".. The robot arms would swing out of control, smashing into carefully calibrated equipment, and sometimes they would unexpectedly drop hunks of steel 5 feet down to the floor." @propublica.org $GD www.propublica.org/article/gene...

Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing

General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a...

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She not only won, she outperformed polling by a huge margin.

When you have an agenda and when you don’t:

Well said, Doctor! 🙇‍♂️

Which is ironic because every time theirs a political convention how many of those same politicians are on Grindr trying to get poked.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

i think a good amount of the anti-vax stuff you're hearing more and more from Republicans is that they are afraid of needles and trying to rationalize that they don't want to get an owie

Hasan Piker trashes Joe Scarborough: “You have Benjamin Netanyahu on. He’s a genocidal war criminal. He’s responsible for the deaths of more than 20,000 children. You have him and you yap around like he’s a normal dude. He has a f*cking arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court."