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Trump did on 60 Minutes what he does every time. He spews a blizzard of lies, exaggerations and assorted other falsehoods, and if (as usual) the reporter isn’t equipped or doesn’t bother to push back, he keeps going.
Here is a detailed list, via @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
zeteo.com/p/factchecki...
Here is a detailed list, via @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
zeteo.com/p/factchecki...
![• "We have no inflation." Inflation is at 3%.
• "It's at 2%. It's-- it's the perfect inflation." Inflation is at 3%.
• "Right now [grocery prices are] going down." Grocery prices are up 1.4% since
Trump came to office.
• "A year ago, we were a dead country." Not only did the US have the fastest-growing economy in the G7 in both 2023 and 2024, but the Economist magazine called it "the envy of the world."
• "11,888 murderers were let into our country." Not only is this number inaccurate, but many of the non-citizens convicted of homicide either here or abroad came in during Trump's first term.
• "Washington, DC, was... almost like a crime capital of the world." In 2023, per PolitiFact, "at least 49 other cities in the world had higher homicide rates.
• "[Biden] hardly went anywhere. Guy couldn't leave his bedroom." Not only did Joe Biden visit roughly as many countries in his term of office as Trump did in his first term, but Biden was the first US president to visit an active warzone - Ukraine - not under the control of US forces.
• "I made Middle East peace. For 3,000 years, they couldn't do it." There is no peace in Palestine, no peace deal in place, and it isn't a 3,000-year-old conflict.
• "Communist, not socialist. Communist. He's far worse than a socialist."
Zohran Mamdani is not a communist.
• "I can't give them $1.5 trillion so that they can give welfare to people that came into our country illegally." The Trump/GOP claim that Democrats want to give free healthcare to undocumented immigrants has been repeatedly debunked.
• "They emptied their mental institutions and their insane asylums-- into the United States of America." Asylum seekers don't come from "insane asylums."
Obviously.
• "One thing I can tell you, the 2020 election was rigged." It wasn't. The courts agreed.
• "And a lotta people say when it's rigged you're allowed to do it again." A lot of people don't say this. The US Constitution doesn't, for sure.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:svawqo4jxobyyuqmixplvcux/bafkreicrg2pdihe5ntgygv6uxk37yldeygsbewwpbsjw7a7xwqjohmap6i@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Trump did on 60 Minutes what he does every time. He spews a blizzard of lies, exaggerations and assorted other falsehoods, and if (as usual) the reporter isn’t equipped or doesn’t bother to push back, he keeps going.
Here is a detailed list, via @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
zeteo.com/p/factchecki...
Here is a detailed list, via @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
zeteo.com/p/factchecki...
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If you strip away the egos and shitposting, the Trump-Musk feud is really an argument over how comprehensively to screw over poor and working people—over how best to make our society a meaner, crueler, less equal, more savage place.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1962...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1962...
The Real Reason for the Trump-Musk Feud is Uglier than You Think
Strip away the ego contest, and what you really see here is a competition about how screw over poor and working people more effectively.
newrepublic.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you strip away the egos and shitposting, the Trump-Musk feud is really an argument over how comprehensively to screw over poor and working people—over how best to make our society a meaner, crueler, less equal, more savage place.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1962...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1962...
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🎪 🤡 MUST-WATCH: Jim Jordan interrupted at a Republican lawyers conference by someone playing 🎵 “Send In the Clowns” 🎵 and circus music and 🎵 “You Ain’t Nothin’ But A Liar” 🎵 on the ballroom speakers
Incredible stuff.
Incredible stuff.
May 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🎪 🤡 MUST-WATCH: Jim Jordan interrupted at a Republican lawyers conference by someone playing 🎵 “Send In the Clowns” 🎵 and circus music and 🎵 “You Ain’t Nothin’ But A Liar” 🎵 on the ballroom speakers
Incredible stuff.
Incredible stuff.
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NEW: @nbcnews.com confirmed last night that the Trump admin almost sent a dozen men from Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos, and Mexico to Libya, a country described as a “hellscape” for migrants where some have been SOLD INTO SLAVERY and many have been subjected to extraordinary horrors.
May 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
NEW: @nbcnews.com confirmed last night that the Trump admin almost sent a dozen men from Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos, and Mexico to Libya, a country described as a “hellscape” for migrants where some have been SOLD INTO SLAVERY and many have been subjected to extraordinary horrors.
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“Your microphone works. Do you condemn this?”
I asked my Republican colleagues — who say they care about antisemitism — if they condemn Trump pardoning neo-Nazis.
Unfortunately, the party of “Jewish space lasers” doesn't give a damn about stopping antisemitism.
I asked my Republican colleagues — who say they care about antisemitism — if they condemn Trump pardoning neo-Nazis.
Unfortunately, the party of “Jewish space lasers” doesn't give a damn about stopping antisemitism.
Congressman Casar to Republicans: "Your Microphone Works. Do You Condemn This?"
YouTube video by Congressman Greg Casar
youtu.be
May 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“Your microphone works. Do you condemn this?”
I asked my Republican colleagues — who say they care about antisemitism — if they condemn Trump pardoning neo-Nazis.
Unfortunately, the party of “Jewish space lasers” doesn't give a damn about stopping antisemitism.
I asked my Republican colleagues — who say they care about antisemitism — if they condemn Trump pardoning neo-Nazis.
Unfortunately, the party of “Jewish space lasers” doesn't give a damn about stopping antisemitism.
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WATCH: Rep. Landsman debunks lies Republicans like @MarshaBlackburn SenatorHagerty RepTimBurchett are about to tell to slash Medicaid (health care for tens of millions of Americans) to justify more tax cuts for the rich.
May 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
WATCH: Rep. Landsman debunks lies Republicans like @MarshaBlackburn SenatorHagerty RepTimBurchett are about to tell to slash Medicaid (health care for tens of millions of Americans) to justify more tax cuts for the rich.
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In a guilt off, Muslims will defeat Catholics. No contest.
I haven't been Catholic for decades but can you describe how to avoid the guilt associated with taking time off? Thanks in advance. 😅
May 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
In a guilt off, Muslims will defeat Catholics. No contest.
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April 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Beautiful day for a new billboard ☀️
#teslatakedown
#teslatakedown
March 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Beautiful day for a new billboard ☀️
#teslatakedown
#teslatakedown
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I'm old enough to remember when Americans weren't terrified of flying airplanes due to preventable collisions. That was 2024 when Trump wasn't President and Musk wasn't running the show.
February 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I'm old enough to remember when Americans weren't terrified of flying airplanes due to preventable collisions. That was 2024 when Trump wasn't President and Musk wasn't running the show.
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The Washpost, which is bleeding millions of dollars and shrinking its staff, accepted -- and then rejected -- a $115,000 ad that criticized Elon Musk.
Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️
thehill.com/media/514849...
Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️
thehill.com/media/514849...
February 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Washpost, which is bleeding millions of dollars and shrinking its staff, accepted -- and then rejected -- a $115,000 ad that criticized Elon Musk.
Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️
thehill.com/media/514849...
Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️
thehill.com/media/514849...
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
January 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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IT WAS, IN FACT, AN ARMED INSURRECTION
Weapons wielded amid some in the mob on Jan 6
GUNS
TASERS
BEAR SPRAY
PEPPER SPRAY
BASEBALL BAT
HOCKEY STICK
SHARPENED FLAGPOLES
KNIVES
SCISSORS
BRASS KNUCKLES
LACROSSE STICK
TOMAHAWK AX
ROPES
GALLOWS
PIPES
STICKS
(MORE)
Weapons wielded amid some in the mob on Jan 6
GUNS
TASERS
BEAR SPRAY
PEPPER SPRAY
BASEBALL BAT
HOCKEY STICK
SHARPENED FLAGPOLES
KNIVES
SCISSORS
BRASS KNUCKLES
LACROSSE STICK
TOMAHAWK AX
ROPES
GALLOWS
PIPES
STICKS
(MORE)
January 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
IT WAS, IN FACT, AN ARMED INSURRECTION
Weapons wielded amid some in the mob on Jan 6
GUNS
TASERS
BEAR SPRAY
PEPPER SPRAY
BASEBALL BAT
HOCKEY STICK
SHARPENED FLAGPOLES
KNIVES
SCISSORS
BRASS KNUCKLES
LACROSSE STICK
TOMAHAWK AX
ROPES
GALLOWS
PIPES
STICKS
(MORE)
Weapons wielded amid some in the mob on Jan 6
GUNS
TASERS
BEAR SPRAY
PEPPER SPRAY
BASEBALL BAT
HOCKEY STICK
SHARPENED FLAGPOLES
KNIVES
SCISSORS
BRASS KNUCKLES
LACROSSE STICK
TOMAHAWK AX
ROPES
GALLOWS
PIPES
STICKS
(MORE)
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To those imbeciles claiming Jimmy Carter was a “bad president” while voting for this guy…
December 31, 2024 at 10:37 PM
To those imbeciles claiming Jimmy Carter was a “bad president” while voting for this guy…
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Here's a passage from today’s post about why you should all unite against the billionaires.
Read the full piece here and consider becoming a paid subscriber to support my work:
www.thegodpodcast.com/p/thou-shalt...
Read the full piece here and consider becoming a paid subscriber to support my work:
www.thegodpodcast.com/p/thou-shalt...
December 20, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Here's a passage from today’s post about why you should all unite against the billionaires.
Read the full piece here and consider becoming a paid subscriber to support my work:
www.thegodpodcast.com/p/thou-shalt...
Read the full piece here and consider becoming a paid subscriber to support my work:
www.thegodpodcast.com/p/thou-shalt...
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