Wandering Driver
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Just a curious meat sack always looking to learn.
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A year since Trump's return to power, America's a far weaker nation, under relentless assault by its own president.
Weakening the United States, and democracies around the world, serves Trump's desire to increase his power and wealth. But Trump's the enemy of the nation he was elected to lead.
Weakening the United States, and democracies around the world, serves Trump's desire to increase his power and wealth. But Trump's the enemy of the nation he was elected to lead.
Make America Weak
Trump is systematically undermining America's interests at home and abroad.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A year since Trump's return to power, America's a far weaker nation, under relentless assault by its own president.
Weakening the United States, and democracies around the world, serves Trump's desire to increase his power and wealth. But Trump's the enemy of the nation he was elected to lead.
Weakening the United States, and democracies around the world, serves Trump's desire to increase his power and wealth. But Trump's the enemy of the nation he was elected to lead.
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If you redact 80% of a document, you didn’t comply.
December 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
If you redact 80% of a document, you didn’t comply.
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I don't do much looking back at my own writing, but I've been thinking about this piece a lot today. From tenderly protecting Trump from criminal consequences to enthusiastically helping him dismantle the administrative state, Roberts owns it all.
The worst chief justice of all time
Move over, Roger Taney and Melville Fuller.
open.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I don't do much looking back at my own writing, but I've been thinking about this piece a lot today. From tenderly protecting Trump from criminal consequences to enthusiastically helping him dismantle the administrative state, Roberts owns it all.
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oh ok then
LOL -- Trump announces that his new healthcare plan, which he says was inspired by watching the pharma CEOs kiss his ass, is simply asking the healthcare companies to lower their prices
December 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
oh ok then
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NY Times: “This a presidency that celebrates nastiness and spite, not empathy or grace, a reflection, perhaps, of a coarser era in American life.”
December 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
NY Times: “This a presidency that celebrates nastiness and spite, not empathy or grace, a reflection, perhaps, of a coarser era in American life.”
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New in PN: The legal "defense" for Trump's ballroom is a joke
"How does putting a pause on the Big Gilded Ballroom compromise national security? Well, the administration can’t say … because it would compromise national security."
"How does putting a pause on the Big Gilded Ballroom compromise national security? Well, the administration can’t say … because it would compromise national security."
The legal "defense" for Trump's ballroom is a joke
If everything is "national security," then nothing is.
www.publicnotice.co
December 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
New in PN: The legal "defense" for Trump's ballroom is a joke
"How does putting a pause on the Big Gilded Ballroom compromise national security? Well, the administration can’t say … because it would compromise national security."
"How does putting a pause on the Big Gilded Ballroom compromise national security? Well, the administration can’t say … because it would compromise national security."
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FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
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GOP Rep. Fitzpatrick: "I can tell you my colleagues from very conservative districts have quietly been coming up to me on the floor saying, 'Thank you for what you're doing. We want leadership to head in this direction.' They feel politically they can't do it. People you would be shocked."
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
GOP Rep. Fitzpatrick: "I can tell you my colleagues from very conservative districts have quietly been coming up to me on the floor saying, 'Thank you for what you're doing. We want leadership to head in this direction.' They feel politically they can't do it. People you would be shocked."
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the woman sitting behind carr has some hilarious reactions to this
KIM: Is Trump your boss?
CARR: The president designated chair of the FCC
K: So he's your boss
C: Look--
K: You swore an oath. Does it have the word 'president' in it?
C: I'm not tracking
K: Do you remember the oath?
C: Sir--
K: What are you protecting?
C: In this job--
K: The Constitution
CARR: The president designated chair of the FCC
K: So he's your boss
C: Look--
K: You swore an oath. Does it have the word 'president' in it?
C: I'm not tracking
K: Do you remember the oath?
C: Sir--
K: What are you protecting?
C: In this job--
K: The Constitution
December 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
the woman sitting behind carr has some hilarious reactions to this
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Btw, this happens in… 2 and a half hours.
I’m trying to figure out if it’s gonna be a ground invasion of Venezuela or grandpa rambling incoherently.
Which is kinda funny but it’s also not funny for those same reasons.
I’m trying to figure out if it’s gonna be a ground invasion of Venezuela or grandpa rambling incoherently.
Which is kinda funny but it’s also not funny for those same reasons.
December 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Btw, this happens in… 2 and a half hours.
I’m trying to figure out if it’s gonna be a ground invasion of Venezuela or grandpa rambling incoherently.
Which is kinda funny but it’s also not funny for those same reasons.
I’m trying to figure out if it’s gonna be a ground invasion of Venezuela or grandpa rambling incoherently.
Which is kinda funny but it’s also not funny for those same reasons.
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"Tariffs are 'national security!'"
"The ballroom is 'national security!'"
"Suing the BBC is 'national security!'"
"Slaughtering Venezuelan fishermen is 'national security!'"
"Torturing day laborers is 'national security!'"
NONE of this is "national security" but it is Naziism 101.
"The ballroom is 'national security!'"
"Suing the BBC is 'national security!'"
"Slaughtering Venezuelan fishermen is 'national security!'"
"Torturing day laborers is 'national security!'"
NONE of this is "national security" but it is Naziism 101.
Bessent claims that if SCOTUS rules against Trump on tariffs "they will be ruling against national security"
December 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"Tariffs are 'national security!'"
"The ballroom is 'national security!'"
"Suing the BBC is 'national security!'"
"Slaughtering Venezuelan fishermen is 'national security!'"
"Torturing day laborers is 'national security!'"
NONE of this is "national security" but it is Naziism 101.
"The ballroom is 'national security!'"
"Suing the BBC is 'national security!'"
"Slaughtering Venezuelan fishermen is 'national security!'"
"Torturing day laborers is 'national security!'"
NONE of this is "national security" but it is Naziism 101.
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Breaking: Trump’s Chief of Staff Susie Wiles on the Epstein Files:
“[Trump] is in the file. And we know he’s in the file... [He] was on [Epstein’s] plane... He’s on the manifest.”
“[Trump] is in the file. And we know he’s in the file... [He] was on [Epstein’s] plane... He’s on the manifest.”
December 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Breaking: Trump’s Chief of Staff Susie Wiles on the Epstein Files:
“[Trump] is in the file. And we know he’s in the file... [He] was on [Epstein’s] plane... He’s on the manifest.”
“[Trump] is in the file. And we know he’s in the file... [He] was on [Epstein’s] plane... He’s on the manifest.”
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I think where Trump differs from Congressional Republicans on the filibuster is, they see it as something they will want to use in the future, whereas he's thinking of killing it as a step toward permanent rule. Kill it, pass laws that make it impossible for Dems to win again, bada bing.
Trump: "We should knock out the filibuster. If you did that, we'd get voter ID, you'd have no mail in voting, all things that make our elections dishonest."
December 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I think where Trump differs from Congressional Republicans on the filibuster is, they see it as something they will want to use in the future, whereas he's thinking of killing it as a step toward permanent rule. Kill it, pass laws that make it impossible for Dems to win again, bada bing.
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This man is a monster. He has no human empathy. He is an embarrassment to this country. People lost their jobs and are still being hounded because of much more banal comments about Charlie Kirk.
Q: A number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Rob Reiner. Do you stand by it?
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
December 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This man is a monster. He has no human empathy. He is an embarrassment to this country. People lost their jobs and are still being hounded because of much more banal comments about Charlie Kirk.
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The president is using this apparent family tragedy, which as far as we know had absolutely nothing to do with him, to convey the message that if his fans brutally murder his critics, they will receive his support and approval.
Q: A number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Rob Reiner. Do you stand by it?
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
December 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The president is using this apparent family tragedy, which as far as we know had absolutely nothing to do with him, to convey the message that if his fans brutally murder his critics, they will receive his support and approval.
Good morning everyone.
December 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Good morning everyone.
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no words.
December 15, 2025 at 3:44 AM
no words.
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The billionaire class is doing better than ever. It’s an A+ economy for them.
For the rest of us who are getting screwed, it’s an F.
For the rest of us who are getting screwed, it’s an F.
POLITICO: I wonder what grade you'd give the economy
TRUMP: A+
POLITICO: A+?
TRUMP: A+++++
TRUMP: A+
POLITICO: A+?
TRUMP: A+++++
December 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The billionaire class is doing better than ever. It’s an A+ economy for them.
For the rest of us who are getting screwed, it’s an F.
For the rest of us who are getting screwed, it’s an F.
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"She's got a wonderful boy. And she's very proud of her boy" is a pretty weird way for a dad to talk about his own son. They're all such bizarrely monstrous people.
Trump on his wife's legislative initiative: "I just heard about that for the first time. The only thing I can tell you, I know one thing for sure, it's going to be great for children. I don't know what it is she's doing. She loves children. She's got a wonderful boy. And she's very proud of her boy"
December 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
"She's got a wonderful boy. And she's very proud of her boy" is a pretty weird way for a dad to talk about his own son. They're all such bizarrely monstrous people.
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"her boy"
Trump on his wife's legislative initiative: "I just heard about that for the first time. The only thing I can tell you, I know one thing for sure, it's going to be great for children. I don't know what it is she's doing. She loves children. She's got a wonderful boy. And she's very proud of her boy"
December 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"her boy"
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Trump on affordability: "The word they use is a hoax because they're the ones that caused the problem. It's a hoax."
December 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Trump on affordability: "The word they use is a hoax because they're the ones that caused the problem. It's a hoax."
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Q: Has Hegseth told you why he hasn't released the video of the second strike?
TRUMP: He hasn't told me. I thought that issue was dead. I'm surprised you're bringing it up. Are you with CNN?
Q: I am with CNN
TRUMP: You work for the Democrats
TRUMP: He hasn't told me. I thought that issue was dead. I'm surprised you're bringing it up. Are you with CNN?
Q: I am with CNN
TRUMP: You work for the Democrats
December 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Q: Has Hegseth told you why he hasn't released the video of the second strike?
TRUMP: He hasn't told me. I thought that issue was dead. I'm surprised you're bringing it up. Are you with CNN?
Q: I am with CNN
TRUMP: You work for the Democrats
TRUMP: He hasn't told me. I thought that issue was dead. I'm surprised you're bringing it up. Are you with CNN?
Q: I am with CNN
TRUMP: You work for the Democrats
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Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I watched many of my Republican colleagues go from making fun of him, making fun of how he talks, making fun of me for supporting him, to when he won the primary in 2024, they all started kissing his ass and decided to put on a MAGA hat for the first time."
December 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I watched many of my Republican colleagues go from making fun of him, making fun of how he talks, making fun of me for supporting him, to when he won the primary in 2024, they all started kissing his ass and decided to put on a MAGA hat for the first time."
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The president who watched Jan. 6 violence on TV and responded to Kevin McCarthy's desperate call from inside the Capitol with "well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you" doesn't think death threats against anyone even a little in his way is a bad thing?
Huh.
Huh.
Marjorie Taylor Greene claims she shared with Trump death threat she received that he incited, and his response was "extremely unkind"
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The president who watched Jan. 6 violence on TV and responded to Kevin McCarthy's desperate call from inside the Capitol with "well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you" doesn't think death threats against anyone even a little in his way is a bad thing?
Huh.
Huh.