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The overall goal here is clear: Trump wants full control of the U.S. economy. That’s reckless no matter who the president is. But it’s a ruinous mission for a president who obviously has no idea what he’s doing.
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The Trump Recession Is Coming
The president’s assault on the independence of the Federal Reserve is only the latest of several reckless economic actions that have put the country on the brink of economic disaster.
trib.al
August 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The overall goal here is clear: Trump wants full control of the U.S. economy. That’s reckless no matter who the president is. But it’s a ruinous mission for a president who obviously has no idea what he’s doing.
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This is what recent polls look like with NYT/Siena added:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
April 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This is what recent polls look like with NYT/Siena added:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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#OpEd The failure to capture Kyiv and the fall of Assad's Syria were an embarrassment. But that hasn't stoped the Kremlin claiming to be all-powerful, write Jorge Conde and Dr John Blaxland.
Twisting Reality Is The Name of Putin's War Game - The Moscow Times
Opinion | The Kremlin’s strategic tradecraft of blurring the line between fact and fiction has become one of its most potent tools in modern warfare.
www.themoscowtimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#OpEd The failure to capture Kyiv and the fall of Assad's Syria were an embarrassment. But that hasn't stoped the Kremlin claiming to be all-powerful, write Jorge Conde and Dr John Blaxland.
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"Eventually, the facts of his incompetence will overwhelm even the vast propaganda network that defends him. I just hope the economy doesn’t have to collapse for that to happen."
The Right-Wing Media Machine Is What’s Saving Donald Trump—for Now
The president isn’t governing as if he wants to be popular, but he’s getting help sweeping his wreckage under the rug.
newrepublic.com
April 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"Eventually, the facts of his incompetence will overwhelm even the vast propaganda network that defends him. I just hope the economy doesn’t have to collapse for that to happen."
This is America. 🤦♂️😕
Ice director says deportations should be run like ‘Amazon Prime for human beings’
Ice director says deportations should be run like ‘Amazon Prime for human beings’
Todd Lyons said he wanted US immigration agency to be ‘like a business’ in its deportation process
* US politics live – latest updates
The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said he’d like the agency to implement a system of trucks that rounds up immigrants for deportation in a system similar to how Amazon delivers packages around the US.
“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” the acting Ice director, Todd Lyons, said. He said that he wants to see a deportation process “like (Amazon) Prime, but with human beings”. His comments were first reported by the Arizona Mirror. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is America. 🤦♂️😕
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President Donald Trump's promise to be a "dictator on day one" was not an empty threat. The beginning of his second term has been marked by an egregious presidential power grab.
No, Mr. President, Executive Orders Are Not Royal Decrees | Opinion
www.newsweek.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
President Donald Trump's promise to be a "dictator on day one" was not an empty threat. The beginning of his second term has been marked by an egregious presidential power grab.
Not from the Onion. 🤦♂️
Trump, who was found liable for sexual abuse in 2023, issued a proclamation recognizing National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month that erroneously blamed undocumented immigrants for “a dramatic increase of sexual violence in our neighborhoods and communities." bit.ly/4liRc6g
Trump, found liable for sexual abuse in 2023, promotes sexual assault awareness
The president did not mention the verdict and instead blamed immigrants in a proclamation recognizing National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.
bit.ly
April 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Not from the Onion. 🤦♂️
Cruelty is the name of the game for him. #SAD
The Trump administration ratchets up pressure: California and its school districts must sign anti-DEI certification to keep federal funding worth billions.
Schools have 10 days to comply with Trump anti-DEI policy or face losing federal funds
The Trump administration ratchets up pressure: California and its school districts must sign anti-DEI certification to keep federal funding worth billions.
www.latimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Cruelty is the name of the game for him. #SAD
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Exclusive: Members of President Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Post and interviews with U.S. officials. wapo.st/4caT5O4
April 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Exclusive: Members of President Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Post and interviews with U.S. officials. wapo.st/4caT5O4
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Our government is what elder abuse of a billionaire with dementia, malignant narcissism, delusions of grandeur and no moral compass looks like, by billionaires, hoaxers, profiteers, without empathy, loyalty to democracy, or America, the fruits of the scientific method, or truth.
April 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Our government is what elder abuse of a billionaire with dementia, malignant narcissism, delusions of grandeur and no moral compass looks like, by billionaires, hoaxers, profiteers, without empathy, loyalty to democracy, or America, the fruits of the scientific method, or truth.
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Elon Musk advertises his blatantly corrupt attempt to buy a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court:
March 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Elon Musk advertises his blatantly corrupt attempt to buy a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court:
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It’s not the hypocrisy that bothers me; it’s the stupidity. We’re all shocked — shocked! — that President Trump and his team don’t actually care about protecting classified information or federal record retention laws.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/o...
Opinion | Hillary Clinton: This Is Just Dumb
The Signal group chat is only the latest in a string of self-inflicted wounds by the new administration.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
It’s not the hypocrisy that bothers me; it’s the stupidity. We’re all shocked — shocked! — that President Trump and his team don’t actually care about protecting classified information or federal record retention laws.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/o...
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If this were Biden and Harris, Republicans would scream "impeach and remove" at the top of their lungs. This should be no different. Impeach and remove Trump and Vance immediately. This scandal warrants immediate action. We need arrests, firings, demands for resignations. NOW. Loudly, constantly.
March 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
If this were Biden and Harris, Republicans would scream "impeach and remove" at the top of their lungs. This should be no different. Impeach and remove Trump and Vance immediately. This scandal warrants immediate action. We need arrests, firings, demands for resignations. NOW. Loudly, constantly.
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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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This suit fits him perfectly.
March 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This suit fits him perfectly.
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The most fragile, sensitive snowflake in history.
March 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The most fragile, sensitive snowflake in history.
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It seems like when you write a decision giving the President king-like powers, you shouldn't be indignant when he acts like a king.
March 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It seems like when you write a decision giving the President king-like powers, you shouldn't be indignant when he acts like a king.
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“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Trump upending world order will cost America dearly
The decline of American influence is a gift to Russia and China.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Who could possibly benefit from the Unites States being currently sabotaged by two insane buffoons?
March 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Who could possibly benefit from the Unites States being currently sabotaged by two insane buffoons?
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One of these things is not like the others
March 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
One of these things is not like the others
Unreal. 🤦♂️
Idaho teacher ordered to remove inclusive signs from classroom.
Being a decent human being is frowned upon now in Idaho?
www.wkyc.com/article/news...
Being a decent human being is frowned upon now in Idaho?
www.wkyc.com/article/news...
West Ada School District teacher ordered to remove inclusive signs from classroom
West Ada School District sparks controversy by ordering a teacher to remove signs from her classroom due to content neutrality policy.
www.wkyc.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Unreal. 🤦♂️
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Shit...
I wrote this a year ago:
"Republicans' simply staggering stated authoritarian agenda includes:
- Banning abortion nationwide and tracking all pregnancy-related procedures
- Virtually eliminating birth control access...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/project-20...
I wrote this a year ago:
"Republicans' simply staggering stated authoritarian agenda includes:
- Banning abortion nationwide and tracking all pregnancy-related procedures
- Virtually eliminating birth control access...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/project-20...
Project 2025 and the End of America
The Conservative plan to eliminate Democracy in the coming year
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Shit...
I wrote this a year ago:
"Republicans' simply staggering stated authoritarian agenda includes:
- Banning abortion nationwide and tracking all pregnancy-related procedures
- Virtually eliminating birth control access...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/project-20...
I wrote this a year ago:
"Republicans' simply staggering stated authoritarian agenda includes:
- Banning abortion nationwide and tracking all pregnancy-related procedures
- Virtually eliminating birth control access...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/project-20...
By you?!
Trump: "You're gonna have drops. Markets are gonna go up and they're gonna go up. But you know what? We have to rebuild our country. Our country has been stripped of its jobs."
March 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
By you?!