Blanche on AI: "The answer is not to just all of the sudden try to regulate this"
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Q: Some folks in the administration have floated the idea of having federal troops at polling places. Do you have thoughts on that? MIKE COLLINS: The last thing we want is for people to not have confidence in the elections, so if that's something they decide they have to look at, that's fine w/ me
Trump: "We have the best, uhh, I guess you could say poverty. They talk poverty. We have the best poverty numbers ever in the history of our country."
Trump: "I'm rejecting their deal. They want to make a deal where they open the strait immediately ... we're winning tremendously. We have total control of the Hormuz Strait ... that deal would not be acceptable. They want to immediately open the Hormuz Strait."
I dunno what they think that’s going to solve, but he’s probably dumb enough to try it. Still gonna lose. 🤷♂️
It now costs the truck drivers on average $1,200 to fill up a single tank because of the war in Iran. Mike Rogers said it's a win-win-win. Are you winning?
No matter what side of the aisle you’re on, this argument should be chilling. Trying to limit freedom of the press under the guise of national security is what tinpot dictators do. That’s not how a functioning democracy works.
So ICE agents are getting fired before their probationary periods are up and are having to repay the $50,000 signing bonus. I love this for them.
Shaheen: "He seemed to say Russian children have also been displaced & kidnapped, & that's just not true. It's Ukrainian children the Russians have taken back to Russia. They've taken them from their families, thousands of them. It is very clear who is violating intl law here, & it's not Ukraine."
RNC Chair Joe Gruters: "We're gonna put the president front and centers, and we expect that to resonate with the American people"
A huge thank you to CNN, MS NOW, Politico, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, PBS News, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, HuffPost, the Associated Press, Reuters, Getty Images, and AFP for standing together in defense of a free press.
I feel like this is a vastly underreported story. Teddy Roosevelt would have had some thoughts.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 6d agoFive corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
TAMMY BRUCE: The economy is doing well. Savings are growing. The nature of the stock market. VARNEY: So why is he lows in the polls? Why is his approval rating in the low 30s? BRUCE: When did we start believing the polls? My goodness
BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Since this administration wants to force AI on everyone... 😅
Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7d agoOMG. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Two million likes on TikTok… and counting.
Alert ⚠️ An ICE officer shot 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in North Austin today after a traffic stop. He was shot in the torso and hospitalized in serious but stable condition. His attorney says Perez, a Venezuelan national, entered the U.S. legally and had a valid work permit.
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
Aside from the loss of the physical structure and all the beautiful gifts from our allies contained within it, might tRvmp’s big idea to demolish the #KennedyCenter be his way of covering up the mismanagement and lavish spending by Rick Grenell? Seems they were using… 🧵 www.msn.com/en-us/politi...
The national average for diesel is currently $6.40 a gallon, and analysts expect it to get worse. This is not sustainable.
Rick Scott: "With regard to destroying mankind, these companies need to do the right thing on their own. We're not going to get smart enough to regulate them. We're not going to get something done up here."
Trump: "I could've banned fishing. The power of this office is crazy. I could've banned fishing. I think I'm gonna do that."
Stock Trades by Presidents While in Office: Bill Clinton: ZERO George W. Bush: ZERO Barack Obama: ZERO Donald Trump (first term): 517 Joe Biden: ZERO Donald Trump (second term): 24,000+, averaging >60 trades per trading day. This is why the crook in the Oval Office manipulates the markets.