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not the most notable or monstrous thing about the monster, but it's absolutely wild how trump just openly, reflexively sympathizes with sexual assailants any time he's asked about a sex assault matter. it's genuinely fucking crazy. open fucking rapist president

From Britain to Asia, the Trump rape story is headline news, but not at either the NY Times or the Washington Post

American institutions (and individuals) have more often than not punished Indigenous children and Black and Brown children— actual children— as adults, while excusing the behavior of white men. But hearing a white man calling his actions at 53 a "youthful indiscretion" really takes the cake.

And also, if anyone was wondering, completely false. Like, bonkers false.

I can't really believe it but it seems to be the case that the Times has not covered a credible accusation of rape against the President of the United States, but has two solid stories on Obama's cheesecake factory quip.

Yes, use oil, which is well-known for never harming animals. In fact, sea birds love to be coated in it.

There is truly nothing you could do to make fun of the NYT covering the Obama Cheesecake Factory quip instead of Trump being accused of rape. It’s completely beyond parody.

DETAILS (as predicted): FT: Residents of Oleshky who want to evacuate to Ukrainian-controlled territory will first be taken to Crimea or Russia. Zelenskyy warned about exactly this scenario. My take: Russia will do a propaganda movie about people “saved” (not starved) by RU, amplified by DC.

“We’re making a fricking fortune,” Trump said. Who’s the we? “We” is he…the Trump family…billionaire cronies profiting off of the corruption and crime…oil execs who gave him millions. This is the “we” who Trump cares about—always has, always will. www.americaamerica.news/p/showing-tr...

idk how to explain how important this Lula win is but just know the entire balance of world power could have shifted in a terrible direction tonight and instead the people and democracy won despite overwhelming odds 🎉🎉🎉

Stunning Lula victory in Brazil is another sign of how easily we all let ourselves get psy-op-ed by the right's expressions of confidence into, you know, believing them. We really have to get over that habit!

Of course. These people are exhausting.

A carefully planned Russian propaganda operation is underway. Having starved people in Oleshky for months, Russia, with the 'intervention' of Melania, will allow people to leave and pretend Ukraine was at fault. Read @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social www.kyivpost.com/analysis/88041

Absurdly targeting a minority group to claw power used to enrich the wealthiest and most shameless people alive is an overarching hallmark of Trumpism.

Mrs. Miller complains that Dems want to [checks her highlighted passage] prosecute those who committed federal crimes

This guy was caught on video committing one of the worst road rage incidents I've ever seen, plowing into a group of riders—and then he left the scene. Seriously, fuck the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for framing him as some sort of a victim. You are complicit assholes. www.ajc.com/news/2026/10...

"As Christian nationalist leaders attack the sentiment of empathy, a disturbing 'empathy gap' has opened, separating Republicans and white evangelicals from most other Americans," says @robertpjones.bsky.social, examining new AVS findings. Read more:

They should change the name again, from Department of War to Department of Metaphor www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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In March I wrote that the longer Witkoff and Kushner are Trump's so-called negotiators, the more likely Putin would convince Trump to join his side in a World War. Witkoff's pathetic display today confirms that. emptywheel.net/2026/03/27/h...

Oh my fucking gods.

Trump envoy Steve Witkoff just called Vladimir Putin a "humanitarian."

I talked to some students about Republicans doing this and most them thought I was making it up. Then I told them about the Purple Heart bandaids.

“Raises questions”?? In this Kavanaugh Stop, ICE agents swerve to hit a US citizen, knock him off his bike breaking his arm, tase him, cuff him as he screams in pain, blame him, lie about everything, threaten to charge him for damage to their SUV. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

eat SHIT

Amy Acton’s mother sided with her stepdad after Acton alleged he raped her when she was 9-12 years old. Vivek Ramaswamy exploited that trauma for political gain. Ghoulish beyond comprehension. I hope she kicks his ass on Election Day. www.dispatch.com/story/news/p...

WSJ reports that Elon Musk took a break from pouring in hundreds of millions of dollars to help Ken Paxton's campaign to order a the slowdown of Starlink that tripped up Ukraine. www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...

Elon committed some additional murders . www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...

And why would they be doing this if not to seek Russian “help” in the upcoming elections? The timing alone makes this less a conspiratorial thought and more “the first question any logical person would ask.”

no better demonstration of the fact that the GOP is an objectively pro-child molestation party than the fact that paid professional operatives thought this ad would be a good idea

I don't know if I'd cite a woman who picked her husband over her daughter after he was charged with raping the child. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

Instead of using American economic power to pressure the country that started this war but shows no capability of winning it, Trump is offering that country economic relief while criticizing the nation that is successfully defending itself.

“The United States Congress stands strongly and unequivocally with Ukraine. Russia's continued campaign of war crimes and its slaughtering of innocent civilians, aided by the Trump Administration’s pro-Putin agenda, demands urgent and forceful action from Congress to reaffirm that support."

We are sensing a pattern

JD - I've got 15 free minutes before my son's hockey practice ends, so let me see how many of Trump's enrichment schemes you didn't see that I can remind you of. 1/ First one is easy: Trump has executed over 30,000 stock trades, many on inside information, netting him millions.

The Trump regime’s window to get Russia a victory in Ukraine without Congress exposing the corrupt personal payments Trump and Co. will get from Russia if they pull it off is down to three months. Hence the big push now.

Trump is admitting that he's kissing Putin's ass when he says he doesn't "want to do anything that will drive...Russia away from the bargaining table." Plain and simple: We are Russia's ally now against Ukraine. Putin has defeated the US with his inside man.

So, as it Turns Out, America Lost the Cold War: "There is no mistaking who is in the driver’s seat in this relationship: Putin. There is no mistaking who is taking orders from the Kremlin. There is no mistaking which country benefits and which pays the price."

The level of anti-trans shit happening in Britain is beyond psychotic. They're treating trans people like lepers over there, and it's worth noting that this is the future MAGA wants for trans people in America and it is perfectly reasonable for trans people to be rightly scared about that.

Boomers spent their peak earning years demanding lower income taxes now spending retirement years demanding no property taxes — that puts a very large burden on the income-earning generation squeezed between their kids and declining parents.

Ukraine actually STOPPED hitting refineries after Trump announced his fake ceasefire, as a show of good faith. Russia kept attacking anyway. And Trump claims Russia is doing “very little” to help Iran, even though multiple officials have testified that Russia is actively helping Iran. 2/2

Tommy is not actually a registered voter in Michigan. Tricia McLaughlin is the former DHS spokesperson who kept telling the public that everytime ICE shot someone, it was because they were weaponizing their car against the masked security agent

It seems to me Trump is is accelerating and expanding his treason with Russia because he knows it will be harder after the midterms when the Republicans are no longer able to cover for his crimes.

Key lies in Trump's stmt: 1) diesel is up due to Iran's blockage of the Straight of Hormuz, which resulted from his vanity war with Iran (#EpsteinFury); 2) Russia is providing intel on US bases in the Middle East to Iran so it can kill US soldiers there. Trump doesn't care about these deaths ...

Russia is only helping kill American soldiers a tiny bit. No biggie. They could be helping a lot more and I’d still support Putin 100%.