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In re: Colbert, my column for The Washington Post today deals with media companies and institutions capitulating in the face of Trump’s authoritarianism. Gift link: wapo.st/3IzN4QA
Opinion | When institutions crumble, strongmen step in
Trump wants to be the sole authority. With trust in institutions cratering, he sees his opportunity.
wapo.st
July 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
In re: Colbert, my column for The Washington Post today deals with media companies and institutions capitulating in the face of Trump’s authoritarianism. Gift link: wapo.st/3IzN4QA
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"Each year I donate an autographed doodle... It takes me a few minutes to draw something, in my case, it's usually a building or a cityscape of skyscrapers, and then sign my name... I don't mind spending a little time for a very good cause."
-- Donald Trump, "Never Give Up" (2010)
-- Donald Trump, "Never Give Up" (2010)
July 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
"Each year I donate an autographed doodle... It takes me a few minutes to draw something, in my case, it's usually a building or a cityscape of skyscrapers, and then sign my name... I don't mind spending a little time for a very good cause."
-- Donald Trump, "Never Give Up" (2010)
-- Donald Trump, "Never Give Up" (2010)
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And, uh, some personal news: This is also my last column for The Post. I was offered and accepted a buyout.
To answer one possible next question, I'm not sure what's next save taking some time off. If you want, you can enter your email at pbump.net and I'll let you know when I figure it out!
To answer one possible next question, I'm not sure what's next save taking some time off. If you want, you can enter your email at pbump.net and I'll let you know when I figure it out!
For my column today, I wrote about how Trump leveraged America's collapsing trust in institutions — and how his second term has accelerated that collapse. Gift link: wapo.st/3IzN4QA
Opinion | When institutions crumble, strongmen step in
Trump wants to be the sole authority. With trust in institutions cratering, he sees his opportunity.
wapo.st
July 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
And, uh, some personal news: This is also my last column for The Post. I was offered and accepted a buyout.
To answer one possible next question, I'm not sure what's next save taking some time off. If you want, you can enter your email at pbump.net and I'll let you know when I figure it out!
To answer one possible next question, I'm not sure what's next save taking some time off. If you want, you can enter your email at pbump.net and I'll let you know when I figure it out!
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House Speaker Mike Johnson calls for the Senate to "censure" Alex Padilla after he was restrained and handcuffed by FBI agents at Kristi Noem's presser, adding that it is "wildly inappropriate behavior."
So it looks like Republicans want to escalate this!
So it looks like Republicans want to escalate this!
June 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
House Speaker Mike Johnson calls for the Senate to "censure" Alex Padilla after he was restrained and handcuffed by FBI agents at Kristi Noem's presser, adding that it is "wildly inappropriate behavior."
So it looks like Republicans want to escalate this!
So it looks like Republicans want to escalate this!
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We know what democracy looks like.
This is what dictatorship looks like.
The violent handcuffing of a United States senator, without cause.
Call this regime a coup, or domestic terrorism, dictatorship — it isn’t our democracy, and we can’t let it continue.
#NoKings No dictators. No Trump.
This is what dictatorship looks like.
The violent handcuffing of a United States senator, without cause.
Call this regime a coup, or domestic terrorism, dictatorship — it isn’t our democracy, and we can’t let it continue.
#NoKings No dictators. No Trump.
Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
June 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
We know what democracy looks like.
This is what dictatorship looks like.
The violent handcuffing of a United States senator, without cause.
Call this regime a coup, or domestic terrorism, dictatorship — it isn’t our democracy, and we can’t let it continue.
#NoKings No dictators. No Trump.
This is what dictatorship looks like.
The violent handcuffing of a United States senator, without cause.
Call this regime a coup, or domestic terrorism, dictatorship — it isn’t our democracy, and we can’t let it continue.
#NoKings No dictators. No Trump.
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HAPPENING NOW: Judge Charles Breyer (brother of retired SCOTUS justice Stephen) hears arguments on whether to grant California's emergency motion to limit Trump's deployment of the National Guard in LA. 🧵
June 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Charles Breyer (brother of retired SCOTUS justice Stephen) hears arguments on whether to grant California's emergency motion to limit Trump's deployment of the National Guard in LA. 🧵
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Ukraine launches major drone attack on Russian bombers, security official says
Ukraine launches major drone attack on Russian bombers, security official says
Reported strikes on four airbases in Siberia mark escalation in cross-border incursions before Monday’s planned peace talks in Istanbul
Ukraine has launched a “large-scale” drone attack against Russian military bombers in Siberia, striking more than 40 warplanes thousands of kilometres from its own territory, a security official said.
The claims could not be independently verified. But if confirmed, the attacks would mark Ukraine’s most damaging drone strike of the war to date, amid an escalation in cross-border incursions before planned peace talks in Istanbul on Monday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Ukraine launches major drone attack on Russian bombers, security official says
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Ukrainian security service sources tell @financialtimes.com the agency is conducting "a large-scale special operation to destroy enemy bomber aircraft" deep inside Russia.
"SBU drones are targeting aircraft that bomb Ukrainian cities every night." Claims 40 aircraft have been hit.
"SBU drones are targeting aircraft that bomb Ukrainian cities every night." Claims 40 aircraft have been hit.
June 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Ukrainian security service sources tell @financialtimes.com the agency is conducting "a large-scale special operation to destroy enemy bomber aircraft" deep inside Russia.
"SBU drones are targeting aircraft that bomb Ukrainian cities every night." Claims 40 aircraft have been hit.
"SBU drones are targeting aircraft that bomb Ukrainian cities every night." Claims 40 aircraft have been hit.
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Day 1193 of my 3 day war. Several billion dollars worth of Russian aircraft were destroyed by several thousand dollars of Ukrainian drones.
I remain a master strategist.
I remain a master strategist.
June 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Day 1193 of my 3 day war. Several billion dollars worth of Russian aircraft were destroyed by several thousand dollars of Ukrainian drones.
I remain a master strategist.
I remain a master strategist.
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The geographic scale of these attacks are extraordinary. Irkutsk is 3,000 miles (4,900 km) from Kyiv, at the same longitude as central Mongolia.
Put it another way, that's like Anchorage successfully launching an attack on Indianapolis.
Put it another way, that's like Anchorage successfully launching an attack on Indianapolis.
June 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The geographic scale of these attacks are extraordinary. Irkutsk is 3,000 miles (4,900 km) from Kyiv, at the same longitude as central Mongolia.
Put it another way, that's like Anchorage successfully launching an attack on Indianapolis.
Put it another way, that's like Anchorage successfully launching an attack on Indianapolis.
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We've got to find better terms than "baseless" for this stuff. Unhinged, Cult belief, there's plenty terms out there the press could use to inform if they didn't think informing you was biased
June 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
We've got to find better terms than "baseless" for this stuff. Unhinged, Cult belief, there's plenty terms out there the press could use to inform if they didn't think informing you was biased
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And the CBO is telling us you're full of shit.
So is mother fucking Wharton, Mike.
WHARTON!
So is mother fucking Wharton, Mike.
WHARTON!
June 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
And the CBO is telling us you're full of shit.
So is mother fucking Wharton, Mike.
WHARTON!
So is mother fucking Wharton, Mike.
WHARTON!
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WELKER: If the big beautiful bill does add to the debt, will Trump own it?
JOHNSON: It's not gonna add to the debt
W: Experts say this will add trillions to the deficit. Can you really guarantee this will not add one penny of debt?
JOHNSON: I'm telling you this is going to reduce the deficit
JOHNSON: It's not gonna add to the debt
W: Experts say this will add trillions to the deficit. Can you really guarantee this will not add one penny of debt?
JOHNSON: I'm telling you this is going to reduce the deficit
June 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
WELKER: If the big beautiful bill does add to the debt, will Trump own it?
JOHNSON: It's not gonna add to the debt
W: Experts say this will add trillions to the deficit. Can you really guarantee this will not add one penny of debt?
JOHNSON: I'm telling you this is going to reduce the deficit
JOHNSON: It's not gonna add to the debt
W: Experts say this will add trillions to the deficit. Can you really guarantee this will not add one penny of debt?
JOHNSON: I'm telling you this is going to reduce the deficit
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Trump's attempts to rule by decree - using absurdly broad interpretations of statutes enacted by Congress to render Congress irrelevant - is at odds with the Constitution's Separation of Powers and akin to... authoritarian dictatorships. But the GOP-controlled SCOTUS and Congress are ok with it.
This is striking. We now have two Trump-appointed judges directly knocking down Trump's power to simply create emergencies by decree and then assuming extraordinarily sweeping powers on that basis.
This is the thing to watch. It's key to their dictatorial project.
newrepublic.com/article/1959...
This is the thing to watch. It's key to their dictatorial project.
newrepublic.com/article/1959...
June 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Trump's attempts to rule by decree - using absurdly broad interpretations of statutes enacted by Congress to render Congress irrelevant - is at odds with the Constitution's Separation of Powers and akin to... authoritarian dictatorships. But the GOP-controlled SCOTUS and Congress are ok with it.
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Dem Rep. Jamie Raskin went on MSNBC and didn’t hold back on his criticism of the Trump regime: “This is a gangster state … It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people."
More here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/1400-prote...
More here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/1400-prote...
June 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Dem Rep. Jamie Raskin went on MSNBC and didn’t hold back on his criticism of the Trump regime: “This is a gangster state … It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people."
More here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/1400-prote...
More here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/1400-prote...
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The entire Trump presidency is a five alarm fire.
But in terms of corruption, nothing is as problematic as what these f*ckers are doing with crypto.
Absolutely blatant, wanton corruption.
WATCH:
But in terms of corruption, nothing is as problematic as what these f*ckers are doing with crypto.
Absolutely blatant, wanton corruption.
WATCH:
EXPOSED: Trump's Crypto CORRUPTION with EXPERT Mark Hays
YouTube video by The Dangerous Ones
youtu.be
June 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The entire Trump presidency is a five alarm fire.
But in terms of corruption, nothing is as problematic as what these f*ckers are doing with crypto.
Absolutely blatant, wanton corruption.
WATCH:
But in terms of corruption, nothing is as problematic as what these f*ckers are doing with crypto.
Absolutely blatant, wanton corruption.
WATCH:
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In his first term Trump wouldn’t read his intelligence briefings no matter how, well, *brief* aides made them.
Now they’re considering creating a video version that’s “made to look and feel like a Fox News broadcast.”
And why not? His cabinet meetings already look and feel like Fox News. 🫤
Now they’re considering creating a video version that’s “made to look and feel like a Fox News broadcast.”
And why not? His cabinet meetings already look and feel like Fox News. 🫤
Gabbard considering ways to revamp Trump's intelligence briefing
One idea is to make the briefing, which according to his schedule Trump has been taking less often than his predecessors, a video that looks like Fox News.
www.nbcnews.com
June 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In his first term Trump wouldn’t read his intelligence briefings no matter how, well, *brief* aides made them.
Now they’re considering creating a video version that’s “made to look and feel like a Fox News broadcast.”
And why not? His cabinet meetings already look and feel like Fox News. 🫤
Now they’re considering creating a video version that’s “made to look and feel like a Fox News broadcast.”
And why not? His cabinet meetings already look and feel like Fox News. 🫤
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President Puddingbrain is spreading insane lies that Biden was executed and replaced by a robot.
What the fuck are we doing here?
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
What the fuck are we doing here?
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Trump Shares Unhinged Conspiracy Theory That Biden’s a Clone
“There is no Joe Biden,” the post reads, claiming that the former president was actually murdered in 2020.
www.thedailybeast.com
June 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
President Puddingbrain is spreading insane lies that Biden was executed and replaced by a robot.
What the fuck are we doing here?
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
What the fuck are we doing here?
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
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Mike Johnson blatantly lies on Meet the Press: "You can underscore what I'm about to tell you -- there are no Medicaid cuts in the big beautiful bill ... what we're doing is an important, and frankly heroic thing."
June 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Mike Johnson blatantly lies on Meet the Press: "You can underscore what I'm about to tell you -- there are no Medicaid cuts in the big beautiful bill ... what we're doing is an important, and frankly heroic thing."
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Trump called ‘more detached from reality than ever’ after ‘unhinged’ Biden post
www.pennlive.com/news/2025/06...
www.pennlive.com/news/2025/06...
Trump called ‘more detached from reality than ever’ after ‘unhinged’ Biden post
The president shared a post that boosted a wild conspiracy theory about Joe Biden.
www.pennlive.com
June 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Trump called ‘more detached from reality than ever’ after ‘unhinged’ Biden post
www.pennlive.com/news/2025/06...
www.pennlive.com/news/2025/06...
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Yes, this headline is true.
Yes, Donald Trump shared a post tonight claiming that Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced by a clone.
Yes, this needs to be THE top story.
Yes, Donald Trump has lost his mind.
Yes, you should share this far and wide.
www.pennlive.com/news/2025/06...
Yes, Donald Trump shared a post tonight claiming that Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced by a clone.
Yes, this needs to be THE top story.
Yes, Donald Trump has lost his mind.
Yes, you should share this far and wide.
www.pennlive.com/news/2025/06...
Donald Trump shares post claiming Joe Biden was executed, replaced by clones
The president shared a post Saturday making some wild claims about Biden.
www.pennlive.com
June 1, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Yes, this headline is true.
Yes, Donald Trump shared a post tonight claiming that Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced by a clone.
Yes, this needs to be THE top story.
Yes, Donald Trump has lost his mind.
Yes, you should share this far and wide.
www.pennlive.com/news/2025/06...
Yes, Donald Trump shared a post tonight claiming that Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced by a clone.
Yes, this needs to be THE top story.
Yes, Donald Trump has lost his mind.
Yes, you should share this far and wide.
www.pennlive.com/news/2025/06...
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THE FUCKING RUSSIAN STRATEGIC BOMBER AIRBASE IS BURNING
June 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
THE FUCKING RUSSIAN STRATEGIC BOMBER AIRBASE IS BURNING