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A regular reminder that Trump does what leftists always accused the Clintons of doing.
The Trump family's crypto business just got a huge $2 billion investment from a UAE government-backed firm.
We are witnessing a foreign government effectively bribe the President of the United States — right out in the open.
Hello?
We are witnessing a foreign government effectively bribe the President of the United States — right out in the open.
Hello?
Trump Crypto Corruption Intensifies as Abu Dhabi Firm Invests $2 Billion
President Donald Trump and his family are deeply involved in the world of cryptocurrency as his administration seeks to
www.rollingstone.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
A regular reminder that Trump does what leftists always accused the Clintons of doing.
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When most people say something stupid they try to make you forget it. When Trump says something stupid, he digs in and improvs alts off of it for a week.
Trump: "A young lady -- 10 year old girl, 9 year old girl, 15 year old girl -- doesn't need 37 dolls. She could be very happy with 2 or 3 or 4 or 5."
May 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
When most people say something stupid they try to make you forget it. When Trump says something stupid, he digs in and improvs alts off of it for a week.
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April 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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He’s talking about fellow Americans who disagree politically.
Video from today’s Mike Lawler town hall. While people are being forcibly removed for loudly disagreeing, this man gleefully chants, “Beat her up! Deport her! Kill her!”
These are scary times for our country.(He was not removed)
#mikelawler #lawlertownhall #ny17 #michaellawler
These are scary times for our country.(He was not removed)
#mikelawler #lawlertownhall #ny17 #michaellawler
May 5, 2025 at 4:18 AM
He’s talking about fellow Americans who disagree politically.
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Wasn’t it enough the financial sector sunk the country in 2008 that lead to the need to create the CFPB…now a young man with conflicts helps deconstruct it. Let’s shine the light to all congress on this travesty.
A DOGE staffer involved in dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau holds as much as $365,000 worth of shares of companies that the CFPB can regulate. Ethics experts say his actions are a potential violation of federal ethics laws.
A DOGE Aide Involved in Dismantling Consumer Bureau Owns Stock in Companies That Could Benefit From the Cuts
Gavin Kliger helped oversee mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while holding stock in companies that experts say likely stand to benefit from dismantling that agency — a…
www.propublica.org
May 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Wasn’t it enough the financial sector sunk the country in 2008 that lead to the need to create the CFPB…now a young man with conflicts helps deconstruct it. Let’s shine the light to all congress on this travesty.
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I've yet to find a more reputable source than Cracked for this story.
It's absolutely wild but makes a weird kind of sense.
Trump's "Spiritual Advisor" Paula White is mentioned too.
It's about how Trump supposedly thinks he's got Holy permission to be as selfish as he wants in the name of Jesus?!😳🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
It's absolutely wild but makes a weird kind of sense.
Trump's "Spiritual Advisor" Paula White is mentioned too.
It's about how Trump supposedly thinks he's got Holy permission to be as selfish as he wants in the name of Jesus?!😳🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
The Creepy Religion That Explains All Of Trump's Actions
When it comes to the basics of Christianity, Trump could really do with a refresher course.
www.cracked.com
May 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I've yet to find a more reputable source than Cracked for this story.
It's absolutely wild but makes a weird kind of sense.
Trump's "Spiritual Advisor" Paula White is mentioned too.
It's about how Trump supposedly thinks he's got Holy permission to be as selfish as he wants in the name of Jesus?!😳🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
It's absolutely wild but makes a weird kind of sense.
Trump's "Spiritual Advisor" Paula White is mentioned too.
It's about how Trump supposedly thinks he's got Holy permission to be as selfish as he wants in the name of Jesus?!😳🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
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Before we get busy with the "ha-ha a tariff on movies won't really work whatta-dummy"--with its implicit self-reassurance, as if this fucker isn't actually doing incredible damage--consider how this *has* been working: He signals to corporations the compliance he wants. Most deliver.
May 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Before we get busy with the "ha-ha a tariff on movies won't really work whatta-dummy"--with its implicit self-reassurance, as if this fucker isn't actually doing incredible damage--consider how this *has* been working: He signals to corporations the compliance he wants. Most deliver.
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Trump admits that tariffs are inflationary: "China is not doing any business with us, essentially, because it's a very high number. So when you add that to the price of a product, a lot of those products aren't going to sell."
April 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Trump admits that tariffs are inflationary: "China is not doing any business with us, essentially, because it's a very high number. So when you add that to the price of a product, a lot of those products aren't going to sell."
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I *was* literally a public address professor. Not necessarily a very successful one. but like... yeah, this is bad rhetoric! it is not good rhetoric! all that this guy has is pathos and he's coasting on whatever you call ethos in a cult
April 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I *was* literally a public address professor. Not necessarily a very successful one. but like... yeah, this is bad rhetoric! it is not good rhetoric! all that this guy has is pathos and he's coasting on whatever you call ethos in a cult
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Tons of people voted for it to be 2019 again and we're getting 2020 over and over
April 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Tons of people voted for it to be 2019 again and we're getting 2020 over and over
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Ever seen anyone follow up with this obvious question in the dozens of times they've pulled variations of this stunt?
Really need journalists to push back on this bullshit. When they say this, just ask them point blank: "Are you saying that because one Latino man committed a murder, another Latino man deserves a life sentence? Do you think all Latino men interchangeable?"
Homan on Abrego Garcia: "He got more due process than Laken Riley got."
April 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Ever seen anyone follow up with this obvious question in the dozens of times they've pulled variations of this stunt?
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trudeau announced he would step down in january, and hasn't been prime minister for more than a month, this entire conversation never happened and trump has no idea who the prime minister of canada actually is
Trump brings up "Governor Trudeau" and says, "I have to be honest. As a state, it works great. As a nation ... why are we spending $200 billion? It doesn't make sense."
April 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
trudeau announced he would step down in january, and hasn't been prime minister for more than a month, this entire conversation never happened and trump has no idea who the prime minister of canada actually is
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Trump on collapsing visitor numbers to the US: “Not a big deal. We treat our tourists great.”
Here’s what the rest of world thinks:
Here’s what the rest of world thinks:
April 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Trump on collapsing visitor numbers to the US: “Not a big deal. We treat our tourists great.”
Here’s what the rest of world thinks:
Here’s what the rest of world thinks:
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the DHS secretary managed to lose a bag containing her passport, DHS ID, checkbook and three thousand dollars in cash while being surrounded by a security detail
April 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
the DHS secretary managed to lose a bag containing her passport, DHS ID, checkbook and three thousand dollars in cash while being surrounded by a security detail
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I mentioned King John earlier in another one of your skeets, but to bring him up again, the guy was incredibly unpopular throughout the last few years of his reign? And this was in a period of near total Monarchical power. Why'd the Magna Carta happen? Barons were pissed at his tyrannical rule.
April 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I mentioned King John earlier in another one of your skeets, but to bring him up again, the guy was incredibly unpopular throughout the last few years of his reign? And this was in a period of near total Monarchical power. Why'd the Magna Carta happen? Barons were pissed at his tyrannical rule.
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god this shit is blood boiling
Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia moves to safe house after DHS posts address online
Homeland Security shared copy of protective order from 2021 revealing family’s address on social media
www.independent.co.uk
April 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
god this shit is blood boiling
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Shit.
The UK -Rwanda trafficking arrangement has come to America.
The UK -Rwanda trafficking arrangement has come to America.
“Rwanda's primary motivation for accepting Mr. Amen and subsequent Third Country Nationals is to improve U.S. relations and show it can advance the America First agenda.”
US “relocates” Iraqi refugee to Rwanda via new diplomatic arrangement
A State Department cable indicates at least 10 more people will be subjected to the same.
www.thehandbasket.co
April 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Shit.
The UK -Rwanda trafficking arrangement has come to America.
The UK -Rwanda trafficking arrangement has come to America.
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Why did Nazis commit genocide? They’re evil.
It's head scratching why they have decided that every program, service and study meant to help people, especially children, needs to be cut, removed, abandoned. Why are they being so blatant in their disdain for helping the people?
And why is MAGA so convince that this is the way to save money?
And why is MAGA so convince that this is the way to save money?
April 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Why did Nazis commit genocide? They’re evil.
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One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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April 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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This is a plan for dictatorship
This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story.
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
April 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This is a plan for dictatorship
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To put a finer point on it. Trump’s contention isn’t just that he can deport people without them appearing before a judge, but that he can render them into a life sentence in a foreign dungeon with no process whatsoever.
President Trump asserted on Tuesday that undocumented immigrants should not be entitled to trials, insisting that his administration should be able to deport them without appearing before a judge.
Trump Says Undocumented Immigrants Shouldn’t Get Trials Before Deportation
The president claimed that countries were sending their prisoners to the United States and that he needed to bypass the constitutional demands of due process to expel them quickly.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
To put a finer point on it. Trump’s contention isn’t just that he can deport people without them appearing before a judge, but that he can render them into a life sentence in a foreign dungeon with no process whatsoever.
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This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story.
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
April 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story.
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
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With a heavily armed populace that's been told to shoot first and ask questions later, it's only a matter of time before one of these plainclothes Gestapo raids turns into a shootout.
Purported ICE agents raid a courthouse in Charlottesville in plain clothes without badges, ID or warrants, cart off two men without explanation. One of the three men was masked and the detainees were ushered into unmarked van. Video in the article. dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
ICE detains 2 men in Charlottesville courthouse raid
Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation.
dailyprogress.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
With a heavily armed populace that's been told to shoot first and ask questions later, it's only a matter of time before one of these plainclothes Gestapo raids turns into a shootout.
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Funding for investigating child sexual abuse and internet crimes against children; responding to reports of missing children; and preventing youth violence has been withdrawn indefinitely.
How Kids Are Harmed by Trump’s Budget Cuts
How Kids Are Harmed by Trump’s Budget Cuts
The Trump Administration’s War on Children
The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
www.propublica.org
April 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Funding for investigating child sexual abuse and internet crimes against children; responding to reports of missing children; and preventing youth violence has been withdrawn indefinitely.
How Kids Are Harmed by Trump’s Budget Cuts
How Kids Are Harmed by Trump’s Budget Cuts
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"You should carry your papers with you at all times."
I guess we are doing this now — drivers, keep your passport with you
April 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"You should carry your papers with you at all times."