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· Apr 29
Trump: "We'll make deals, but we don't have to. We are the ones that have the product. We are the ones that the United States -- they want a piece of our product. We can just set the price."
Trump really really doesn't understand trade. But he understands extortion. His concept here is that consumers (you) are the "product" and and access to the product is something he can regulate. He wants a cut, doesn't care where it comes from.
Heading to the grocery store to get some dried mustard. Wish me luck
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Heading to the grocery store to get some dried mustard. Wish me luck
Lol
This mailer being sent out in #NY17 is WILD.
All of the wording about Mike Lawler is technically accurate, but hoo-boy the design choices here are something to behold.
Definitely zoom in and read for yourself.
Image courtesy of @timmyfacciola.bsky.social on X.
All of the wording about Mike Lawler is technically accurate, but hoo-boy the design choices here are something to behold.
Definitely zoom in and read for yourself.
Image courtesy of @timmyfacciola.bsky.social on X.
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Lol
"Retribution" is the wrong word, and a lot of journalists are using it. You don't have "retribution" for justice. Justice is retribution. Trump is pursuing "revenge" against those who pursued justice.
Again, I beg of journalists to stop normalizing Trump's false claims he was wronged by using the word "retribution."
This is a GREAT piece.
Except this is not retribution.
This is a GREAT piece.
Except this is not retribution.
A REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT
Trump’s campaign of retribution:
At least 470 targets and counting
The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.
By PETER EISLER, NED PARKER, LINDA SO and JOSEPH TANFANI
Trump’s campaign of retribution:
At least 470 targets and counting
The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.
By PETER EISLER, NED PARKER, LINDA SO and JOSEPH TANFANI
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"Retribution" is the wrong word, and a lot of journalists are using it. You don't have "retribution" for justice. Justice is retribution. Trump is pursuing "revenge" against those who pursued justice.
DOGE was bad from start. Putting a drugged up billionaire crony is charge of anything in government was a doomed endeavor. Even the term "DOGE" is disgusting and wrong.
We all believe in improving efficiency, and a team genuinely focused on that could do a world of good.
But the DOGE we could have had is a far cry from the DOGE we actually got.
But the DOGE we could have had is a far cry from the DOGE we actually got.
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
DOGE was bad from start. Putting a drugged up billionaire crony is charge of anything in government was a doomed endeavor. Even the term "DOGE" is disgusting and wrong.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Since it's Thanksgiving, I'd like to say, I'm grateful and lucky. The older I get, the more I realize how lucky I am. And the more grateful I am.
This also implicates a bigger obligation to "give back" which is something I'm wrestling.
This also implicates a bigger obligation to "give back" which is something I'm wrestling.
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Since it's Thanksgiving, I'd like to say, I'm grateful and lucky. The older I get, the more I realize how lucky I am. And the more grateful I am.
This also implicates a bigger obligation to "give back" which is something I'm wrestling.
This also implicates a bigger obligation to "give back" which is something I'm wrestling.
Hodl!!!
it seems Strategy, whose business model was "buy Bitcoin" and whose market cap was somehow larger than the value of its stock of bitcoin, is now collapsing. inconceivable www.ft.com/content/5347...
Crypto hoarders dump tokens as shares tumble
‘Digital asset treasury’ craze sours amid $1tn rout in cryptocurrency market
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Hodl!!!
Knives out
Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Knives out
Hilarious.
‘Racism is when you alert people to ICE’s presence’ - yard sign stealing guy. Honestly, we'd be embarrassed for him if he wasn't terrorizing our communities.
Hopefully, someone buys him a dictionary for Christmas!
Hopefully, someone buys him a dictionary for Christmas!
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Hilarious.
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Lots to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. 😌
Quite the pre-Thanksgiving news: Mayor Muriel Bowser will not seek a fourth term in office. That's a huge opening a mayoral race that still doesn't have any major candidates in it, but with possible entries from Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George and At-Large Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie.
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Lots to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. 😌
sure, why not have a lying clown as head of the Fed?
HASSETT EMERGES AS FRONTRUNNER IN TRUMP FED CHAIR AUDITION - REPORTS
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
sure, why not have a lying clown as head of the Fed?
It's been (slightly) less than 3 years since ChatGPT was released (November 30, 2022). Can you think of a tech product that has had such a big impact in such a short time? Not sure it has materially changed society or the economy or whatever. But, totally changed the conversation.
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It's been (slightly) less than 3 years since ChatGPT was released (November 30, 2022). Can you think of a tech product that has had such a big impact in such a short time? Not sure it has materially changed society or the economy or whatever. But, totally changed the conversation.
Lotta jobs in repossession, towing, foreclosures, auctions these days.
Auto repos up, debt up, defaults up — but stocks are up too, so apparently that’s what a "healthy economy" looks like now.
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Lotta jobs in repossession, towing, foreclosures, auctions these days.
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When I see Terry Lynch's campaign signs, I think that the candidate is running for Alaska's senate seat. Possibly because the green blob isn't actually the shape of Ward 1.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
When I see Terry Lynch's campaign signs, I think that the candidate is running for Alaska's senate seat. Possibly because the green blob isn't actually the shape of Ward 1.
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NEWS
The IRS is suing GOP Senator Jim Justice and his wife saying they owe more than $5 million in back taxes.
The IRS is suing GOP Senator Jim Justice and his wife saying they owe more than $5 million in back taxes.
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
NEWS
The IRS is suing GOP Senator Jim Justice and his wife saying they owe more than $5 million in back taxes.
The IRS is suing GOP Senator Jim Justice and his wife saying they owe more than $5 million in back taxes.
Trump/Rubio are jealous of Bush/Cheney reputation.
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Trump/Rubio are jealous of Bush/Cheney reputation.
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In the end, it didn’t cut government spending, and there was no promised “savings.” In the end, DOGE destroyed countless lives, ravaged American soft power, killed hundreds of thousands of people around the world (soon millions), & stole your data.
Elon Musk should be on trial.
Elon Musk should be on trial.
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
In the end, it didn’t cut government spending, and there was no promised “savings.” In the end, DOGE destroyed countless lives, ravaged American soft power, killed hundreds of thousands of people around the world (soon millions), & stole your data.
Elon Musk should be on trial.
Elon Musk should be on trial.
Republicans want you to pay a lot more for health insurance. A LOT MORE. Because they don't think American's deserve affordable health care.
It’s because congressional Republicans want the enhanced subsidies to expire. That’s why they didn’t extend them in OBBBA, and that’s why they kept calling them a “December problem” even though open enrollment began on November 1.
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Republicans want you to pay a lot more for health insurance. A LOT MORE. Because they don't think American's deserve affordable health care.
That's what low-energy fascism gets you.
BREAKING: Judge rules Lindsey Halligan's appointment was not valid, thus, she had no authority to present the James Comey or Letitia James indictments and the indictments are dismissed without prejudice.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
That's what low-energy fascism gets you.
Iraq was Dick Cheney's war. It disgraced GWB and put both of them in the historical category of war criminal. Venezuela is Marco Rubio's war. It will disgrace Trump and put both of them in the historical category of war criminal.
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Iraq was Dick Cheney's war. It disgraced GWB and put both of them in the historical category of war criminal. Venezuela is Marco Rubio's war. It will disgrace Trump and put both of them in the historical category of war criminal.
Funny kind of ceasefire.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 24 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on Oct. 10.
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Funny kind of ceasefire.
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An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
There's a lot going on in this photo. But Rubio just looks pathetic.
The Russian delegation at the Geneva 'peace' plan negotiations with Ukraine on Sunday
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 AM
There's a lot going on in this photo. But Rubio just looks pathetic.
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Remember, Kushner EXPRESSLY PROMISED he would not play a role in Trump's second administration as a way of waiving away criticism that he took billions in Saudi investments
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Remember, Kushner EXPRESSLY PROMISED he would not play a role in Trump's second administration as a way of waiving away criticism that he took billions in Saudi investments
Satta massagana for Jimmy Dread,
Cut off his ears and chop off his head, Charlie Brown.
Cut off his ears and chop off his head, Charlie Brown.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain, Charlie Brown.
You're too short for that gesture, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Satta massagana for Jimmy Dread,
Cut off his ears and chop off his head, Charlie Brown.
Cut off his ears and chop off his head, Charlie Brown.