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I’m amazed that so many maga people have no idea that Donald Trump is a convicted felon. How could they even be this uninformed?
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I’m amazed that so many maga people have no idea that Donald Trump is a convicted felon. How could they even be this uninformed?
You will NEVER be wrong thinking that Donald Trump thinks he’s winning.
The thinks it when he’s winning AND he thinks it when he’s losing.
That’s why you can never allow yourself to be guided by your sense of what Trump’s sense is.
Trump’s sense is a two-headed coin.
The thinks it when he’s winning AND he thinks it when he’s losing.
That’s why you can never allow yourself to be guided by your sense of what Trump’s sense is.
Trump’s sense is a two-headed coin.
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
You will NEVER be wrong thinking that Donald Trump thinks he’s winning.
The thinks it when he’s winning AND he thinks it when he’s losing.
That’s why you can never allow yourself to be guided by your sense of what Trump’s sense is.
Trump’s sense is a two-headed coin.
The thinks it when he’s winning AND he thinks it when he’s losing.
That’s why you can never allow yourself to be guided by your sense of what Trump’s sense is.
Trump’s sense is a two-headed coin.
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SNAP embarrassed him. So now he's against SNAP. SNAP is now the James Comey of government assistance programs.
President Trump criticized the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during a Fox News interview tonight, saying people "get it automatically now so the number is many times what it should be, it's disgraceful."
Trump says "we can reform" SNAP
"SNAP is supposed to be if you are down and out," Trump said on Fox News this evening.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
SNAP embarrassed him. So now he's against SNAP. SNAP is now the James Comey of government assistance programs.
Trump always gloats, and always thinks he knows how to deal with the Democrats, though. Events don't impact Trump's state of mind.
You're chasing your tail if you think you can make him believe he isn't right about something. Anything.
There's literally no sense in letting that drive you.
You're chasing your tail if you think you can make him believe he isn't right about something. Anything.
There's literally no sense in letting that drive you.
This….is why it’s a BIG fucking deal.
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Trump always gloats, and always thinks he knows how to deal with the Democrats, though. Events don't impact Trump's state of mind.
You're chasing your tail if you think you can make him believe he isn't right about something. Anything.
There's literally no sense in letting that drive you.
You're chasing your tail if you think you can make him believe he isn't right about something. Anything.
There's literally no sense in letting that drive you.
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fetterman literally made cannabis legalization a central plank of his campaign.
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
fetterman literally made cannabis legalization a central plank of his campaign.
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what is with the whole “are you ready” verbal tic lately
INGRAHAM: Is affordability a voter perception issue of the economy, or is there more that needs to be done by Republicans?
TRUMP: More than anything else, it's a con job by the Democrats. Are you ready? Costs are way down.
TRUMP: More than anything else, it's a con job by the Democrats. Are you ready? Costs are way down.
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
what is with the whole “are you ready” verbal tic lately
So fun to be sued over this by the originators of the “It’s Only Metadata” excuse! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
So fun to be sued over this by the originators of the “It’s Only Metadata” excuse! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Well, for all the opposition to the bill, nobody was willing to force extended debate on it, or even on running the click on post-cloture time, ripening the final cloture motioning, or anything.
If you’re gonna lose, lose fast and reopen the government right away, I guess.
If you’re gonna lose, lose fast and reopen the government right away, I guess.
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Well, for all the opposition to the bill, nobody was willing to force extended debate on it, or even on running the click on post-cloture time, ripening the final cloture motioning, or anything.
If you’re gonna lose, lose fast and reopen the government right away, I guess.
If you’re gonna lose, lose fast and reopen the government right away, I guess.
Is that the promised vote? Does that count as fulfilling Thune's pledge?
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Is that the promised vote? Does that count as fulfilling Thune's pledge?
Ha ha! Yeah! That's Gavin Newsom all over!
Trump on Newsom: "He did something even worse than that. He's now taking a big section of Palisades or some area and he's gonna build low income income where they used to have luxury housing."
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Ha ha! Yeah! That's Gavin Newsom all over!
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Have I been under a rock or has there been zero coverage of this?
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Have I been under a rock or has there been zero coverage of this?
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DOT put out a ~proposal~ "Brand New Air Traffic Control System" back in May. An RFS went out in August. Bids were due September 21. The winner would then have 3 1/2 years to implement the new system.
So what is he even talking about?
So what is he even talking about?
TRUMP: US TO LAUNCH NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITHIN 2–3 WEEKS
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
DOT put out a ~proposal~ "Brand New Air Traffic Control System" back in May. An RFS went out in August. Bids were due September 21. The winner would then have 3 1/2 years to implement the new system.
So what is he even talking about?
So what is he even talking about?
Two minutes of debate on each of the components of the appropriations package.
So I guess everybody's jumping out of the way.
So I guess everybody's jumping out of the way.
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Two minutes of debate on each of the components of the appropriations package.
So I guess everybody's jumping out of the way.
So I guess everybody's jumping out of the way.
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every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
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Trump calls Erika Kirk over for a kiss.
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Trump calls Erika Kirk over for a kiss.
Don’t worry. I have a plan to replace the biggest health care market in the country. One fifth of the economy.
Also, though, what are magnets?
Also, though, what are magnets?
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Don’t worry. I have a plan to replace the biggest health care market in the country. One fifth of the economy.
Also, though, what are magnets?
Also, though, what are magnets?
You also has September and October to work on it. How did that go?
VAN SUSTEREN: Is the Republican healthcare solution going to go into effect at midnight on Dec. 31? Because people are gonna get sticker shock
MIKE JOHNSON: We have November and December to work on it
MIKE JOHNSON: We have November and December to work on it
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
You also has September and October to work on it. How did that go?
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November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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How to fumble, during any one of the many, many handoffs this shutdown play must still execute in order to work.
From a bit earlier on Twitter: Andy Harris, Maryland's only Republican member in the House and THC's chief adversary there, says if Paul successfully strips hemp ban language out in the Sentate, he'd vote against the deal in the lower chamber: x.com/liz_elkind/s...
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
How to fumble, during any one of the many, many handoffs this shutdown play must still execute in order to work.
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What a great few weeks it’s been for people once pardoned by Trump.
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
What a great few weeks it’s been for people once pardoned by Trump.
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
So this prison is a little more like a dungeon. You know, her kind of dungeon.
"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell’s treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
So this prison is a little more like a dungeon. You know, her kind of dungeon.
I believe it. But we're about to learn what other roadblocks they can put in the way of the "release" of "the Epstein files."
BREAKING: Speaker Johnson says "first order of business" will be to swear Rep.-elect Grijalva (D-AZ)
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I believe it. But we're about to learn what other roadblocks they can put in the way of the "release" of "the Epstein files."
Let me just put it out there that Donald Trump did not learn any lessons from this Senate shutdown deal. Donald Trump does not learn lessons.
To the extent that he “now knows” that Democrats will cave, he already and always believed that, and would have kept on believing it even if they never did.
To the extent that he “now knows” that Democrats will cave, he already and always believed that, and would have kept on believing it even if they never did.
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Let me just put it out there that Donald Trump did not learn any lessons from this Senate shutdown deal. Donald Trump does not learn lessons.
To the extent that he “now knows” that Democrats will cave, he already and always believed that, and would have kept on believing it even if they never did.
To the extent that he “now knows” that Democrats will cave, he already and always believed that, and would have kept on believing it even if they never did.
In fact, it’s one reason the party of the elected criminal doesn’t want to allow criminals to vote!
To repeat: Maybe electing a life-long criminal to an office where he can pardon other criminals wasn't such a good idea.
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In fact, it’s one reason the party of the elected criminal doesn’t want to allow criminals to vote!