Pamela Kind
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Q for those w experience in politics or diplomacy:
Is there *any* other example of a US prez, on US soil, letting a foreign leader control the mic for a very long time, in his own language, w/o consecutive translation, before letting US prez say anything all?
I don't know of any.
Humiliating.
Is there *any* other example of a US prez, on US soil, letting a foreign leader control the mic for a very long time, in his own language, w/o consecutive translation, before letting US prez say anything all?
I don't know of any.
Humiliating.
August 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Q for those w experience in politics or diplomacy:
Is there *any* other example of a US prez, on US soil, letting a foreign leader control the mic for a very long time, in his own language, w/o consecutive translation, before letting US prez say anything all?
I don't know of any.
Humiliating.
Is there *any* other example of a US prez, on US soil, letting a foreign leader control the mic for a very long time, in his own language, w/o consecutive translation, before letting US prez say anything all?
I don't know of any.
Humiliating.
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Trump’s America on full garish display: #Medicaid cuts, billionaire tax breaks, weapons freezes for #Ukraine, climate data erased, all under a convicted felon president who’s too busy hoarding gold to care if the planet burns.
But #Wisconsin just won on abortion.
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
But #Wisconsin just won on abortion.
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
Shell Games and Smokescreens: Trump’s America on Full Garish Display
Billionaires hoard, Ukraine waits, the planet burns, but ordinary people still fight, and win.
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July 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Trump’s America on full garish display: #Medicaid cuts, billionaire tax breaks, weapons freezes for #Ukraine, climate data erased, all under a convicted felon president who’s too busy hoarding gold to care if the planet burns.
But #Wisconsin just won on abortion.
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
But #Wisconsin just won on abortion.
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
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If Stephen Miller can lie about Abrego Garcia and his case on national TV, he can do it in federal court under oath. Judge Xinis should demand his appearance, question him under oath, then jail him for Contempt when he commits Perjury.
This lawless administration has to be subjected to rule of law.
This lawless administration has to be subjected to rule of law.
April 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
If Stephen Miller can lie about Abrego Garcia and his case on national TV, he can do it in federal court under oath. Judge Xinis should demand his appearance, question him under oath, then jail him for Contempt when he commits Perjury.
This lawless administration has to be subjected to rule of law.
This lawless administration has to be subjected to rule of law.
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Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen is demanding a meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele over the detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and says he’ll go to El Salvador himself if the Marylander isn’t returned.
April 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen is demanding a meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele over the detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and says he’ll go to El Salvador himself if the Marylander isn’t returned.
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What did America's largest corporations do with their spoils from Trump's tax scam? Between 2017 and 2022:
-Stock buybacks jumped 98%
-Dividends increased by 40%
-Meanwhile, wages only grew by 14%
In some years these corporations paid their CEOs more than they paid in taxes.
-Stock buybacks jumped 98%
-Dividends increased by 40%
-Meanwhile, wages only grew by 14%
In some years these corporations paid their CEOs more than they paid in taxes.
April 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What did America's largest corporations do with their spoils from Trump's tax scam? Between 2017 and 2022:
-Stock buybacks jumped 98%
-Dividends increased by 40%
-Meanwhile, wages only grew by 14%
In some years these corporations paid their CEOs more than they paid in taxes.
-Stock buybacks jumped 98%
-Dividends increased by 40%
-Meanwhile, wages only grew by 14%
In some years these corporations paid their CEOs more than they paid in taxes.
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This keeps getting worse and worse.
April 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This keeps getting worse and worse.
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The GOP talking point today is:
"It's going to take unconventional methods to get us out of the mess we've been in the past 4 years"
"The mess"
- booming stock markets
- unprecedented job growth
- strong GDP
- wage growth
- plateauing inflation
- strong allies & trading partners
- a sane POTUS
"It's going to take unconventional methods to get us out of the mess we've been in the past 4 years"
"The mess"
- booming stock markets
- unprecedented job growth
- strong GDP
- wage growth
- plateauing inflation
- strong allies & trading partners
- a sane POTUS
March 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The GOP talking point today is:
"It's going to take unconventional methods to get us out of the mess we've been in the past 4 years"
"The mess"
- booming stock markets
- unprecedented job growth
- strong GDP
- wage growth
- plateauing inflation
- strong allies & trading partners
- a sane POTUS
"It's going to take unconventional methods to get us out of the mess we've been in the past 4 years"
"The mess"
- booming stock markets
- unprecedented job growth
- strong GDP
- wage growth
- plateauing inflation
- strong allies & trading partners
- a sane POTUS
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THE 10 WHO VOTE TO CENSURE AL GREEN ARE A DISGRACE
March 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
THE 10 WHO VOTE TO CENSURE AL GREEN ARE A DISGRACE
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This is simply incredible:
Christiane Amanpour said reports indicate that the Trump regime reached out to opposition leaders in Ukraine to try to get them to challenge Zelensky, and they said no.
This is election interference at best - like trying to start a coup! He is following Putin’s playbook!
Christiane Amanpour said reports indicate that the Trump regime reached out to opposition leaders in Ukraine to try to get them to challenge Zelensky, and they said no.
This is election interference at best - like trying to start a coup! He is following Putin’s playbook!
March 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This is simply incredible:
Christiane Amanpour said reports indicate that the Trump regime reached out to opposition leaders in Ukraine to try to get them to challenge Zelensky, and they said no.
This is election interference at best - like trying to start a coup! He is following Putin’s playbook!
Christiane Amanpour said reports indicate that the Trump regime reached out to opposition leaders in Ukraine to try to get them to challenge Zelensky, and they said no.
This is election interference at best - like trying to start a coup! He is following Putin’s playbook!
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There it is. Raskin always on point.
“…if you really want to proceed to censure the gentleman from TX for talking about no mandate to cut Medicaid, then certainly we're going to have to move to censure the President for using a racial & ethnic slur against a sitting US Senator."
💥 @raskin.house.gov
💥 @raskin.house.gov
March 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
There it is. Raskin always on point.
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Trump and Musk are so anti-American and reckless they've got Americans rooting for Canada, Norway and Ukraine.
Congrats, MAGA. Brilliant stuff.
Congrats, MAGA. Brilliant stuff.
March 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Trump and Musk are so anti-American and reckless they've got Americans rooting for Canada, Norway and Ukraine.
Congrats, MAGA. Brilliant stuff.
Congrats, MAGA. Brilliant stuff.
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Please fold this into stories about Trump’s little performance yesterday.
EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.
On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
therecord.media/hegseth-orde...
On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
therecord.media/hegseth-orde...
Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning
The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News.
therecord.media
March 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Please fold this into stories about Trump’s little performance yesterday.
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I fear some of you are still not quite understanding that the purpose of DOGE is not actually to make the federal government more efficient, it's to privatize what they can make money off of and then dismantle the rest.
March 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I fear some of you are still not quite understanding that the purpose of DOGE is not actually to make the federal government more efficient, it's to privatize what they can make money off of and then dismantle the rest.
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WOW. After yesterday’s Oval Office ambush of President Zelensky, Haltbakk Bunkers, one of Norway’s leading marine fuel providers, announced that it will no longer refuel U.S. Navy vessels, urging other European firms to follow suit.
The United States is weaker and more isolated than ever.
The United States is weaker and more isolated than ever.
March 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
WOW. After yesterday’s Oval Office ambush of President Zelensky, Haltbakk Bunkers, one of Norway’s leading marine fuel providers, announced that it will no longer refuel U.S. Navy vessels, urging other European firms to follow suit.
The United States is weaker and more isolated than ever.
The United States is weaker and more isolated than ever.
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Yea we know
President Donald Trump’s trade wars threaten to claim a casualty on the home front: the American auto industry.
US auto industry could be collateral damage in President Trump’s trade wars
President Donald Trump’s trade wars threaten to claim a casualty on the home front: the American auto industry.
www.chicagotribune.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Yea we know
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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Boycotts have a long and remarkably successful history in the US, and the middle class that Trump seems determined to destroy has the whip hand as far as the viability of most (though not all) products is concerned.
1/ The nascent Tesla boycott movement got me thinking back to the 80s anti-apartheid movement. How it took off and literally changed the world.
If the South African apartheid regime could be brought down, perhaps one South African oligarch could be? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
If the South African apartheid regime could be brought down, perhaps one South African oligarch could be? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Elon Musk, apartheid, and America's new boycott movement
If you think mass protests can’t combat evil, remember what we did in the 1980s.
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February 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Boycotts have a long and remarkably successful history in the US, and the middle class that Trump seems determined to destroy has the whip hand as far as the viability of most (though not all) products is concerned.
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CALL TO ACTION: Call your representatives at (202) 224-3121 and ask what criteria they plan to use when “vetting” their constituents.
February 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
CALL TO ACTION: Call your representatives at (202) 224-3121 and ask what criteria they plan to use when “vetting” their constituents.
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Tesla lost enough value today that it could have fully funded USAID for a year.
February 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Tesla lost enough value today that it could have fully funded USAID for a year.
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This is an enormous scandal on par and maybe worse than the Eric Adams scandal.
First of many, but here we have a completely manufactured criminal investigation. One career prosecutor already resigned over it. Goal is simply to claw back $20 billion in Biden era climate money. Open and shut corruption. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
FBI investigating Trump EPA claims of fraud in $20B Biden grant fund
While career prosecutors in two U.S. attorney offices and a U.S. judge balked at a court-ordered freeze, Citibank has locked down billions without explanation.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is an enormous scandal on par and maybe worse than the Eric Adams scandal.
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Five former defense secretaries denounced President Trump’s firing last week of the Joint Chiefs chairman and several other senior military officials, saying that the officers were “fired for purely partisan reasons” and urging Congress to hold hearings.
Former defense chiefs denounce Trump’s ‘reckless’ Pentagon firings
Jim Mattis and four other former defense secretaries called Trump’s ouster of Gen. C.Q. Brown and other top military officers dangerous and unjustified.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Five former defense secretaries denounced President Trump’s firing last week of the Joint Chiefs chairman and several other senior military officials, saying that the officers were “fired for purely partisan reasons” and urging Congress to hold hearings.
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“The most important point of this hearing is, let me be very clear: Today, we are not voting on who the next Secretary of Labor is. The next Secretary of Labor, the next Secretary of Education, the next Secretary of Housing, the next Secretary of the Treasury is Elon Musk.”
Sanders: It Hardly Matters Who Trump Picks for Labor Secretary When Elon Musk Is Actually in Charge
“If you want to discuss policies in the Department of Labor, let’s bring in the real secretary,” Sanders said.
buff.ly
February 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
“The most important point of this hearing is, let me be very clear: Today, we are not voting on who the next Secretary of Labor is. The next Secretary of Labor, the next Secretary of Education, the next Secretary of Housing, the next Secretary of the Treasury is Elon Musk.”