“You’ll only have yourselves to blame”
- Guy who started war nobody wanted, trade wars, raised prices on literally everything, pocketed billions, kicked people off health coverage, filled the streets with masked goons…
(H/T @atrupar.com)
An entire decade is a long time. Some maga folks will never get how they've been taken. It's not that they won't accept it & chalk it up as such. It's that they aren't mentally capable of it. I don't fucking get it. Otherwise fairly smart folks voting against their own good forever.
“You can’t con people, at least not for long. You can create excitement, you can do wonderful promotion and get all kinds of press, and you can throw in a little hyperbole. But if you don’t deliver the goods, people will eventually catch on.”
- Donald Trump, The Art of the Deal
"After fighting Chavistas and their Russian, Iranian, and Cuban allies for so long, nobody in Venezuela’s historically pro-American democratic opposition ever expected a U.S. administration to stand in their way. But if it does, they are preparing to fight that obstacle too."
The Trump administration and the Venezuelan government have struck a deal to exploit Venezuela’s oil—but their partnership is good for the rich and no one else, @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu reports. theatln.tc/PANSlDZN
Czech President Petr Pavel says a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine was “quite close” – until Donald Trump lifted sanctions on Russian diesel.
🔗 vist.ly/5pjp8
This is sad. General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s historic World War II globe was broken when Pete Hegseth’s team dropped it while trying to move it into his office.
Exactly. Trying to buy the vote. Somehow this has got to be illegal and his SCOTUS immunity doesn't cover it. This orange fucker. All that money, just like Zuck the Fuck and Elon, only to be hated by 99% of the world because their hearts are dark.
Exactly 10 years ago today: Hillary Clinton said Vladimir Putin would rather have "a puppet as president of the United States.” She absolutely nailed it. 🔨
The US economy is about 12 times larger than the Russian economy and per capita output is six times larger. CA, NY and TX surpass Russian output. It's a minor economic country. But Trump only wants to match the scale of theft and dictatorial, oligarchic rule of Putin, the people be damned.
With 15 days remaining before the midterm elections, the president has today posted about a) the Reflecting Pool b) East Potomac golf course in DC c) France d) Democrats appearing on Fox News.
New in PN: Who wants to visit an authoritarian America?
"Data shows the US on its way to being as unpopular a tourist destination as Russia, & for roughly the same reasons. In both countries, a tourist who runs afoul of the govt might spend months in a freezing warehouse without no legal counsel."
Dear Trump voters, You wanted mass deportations.
Well, hundreds of thousands of people have been deported.
NOW WHAT?
• Did you get that job they supposedly took from you?
• Did grocery prices drop?
• Is rent cheaper?
• Did your health insurance premiums drop?
#TrumpsAbuseOfPower
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There’s a photograph from January of 2021 that still makes me angry to look at.
Donald Trump and Kevin McCarthy side by side at Mar-a-Lago, smiling for the camera, a week after January 6th.
The moment that was tweeted out, Trump’s political career came back from the dead. (link in comments)
In early 2025, I assumed the Trump regime would delete the Department of Justice’s press releases and other statements related to more than 1,000 Jan. 6 cases.
So I downloaded them. We’ve now made them available to the public with a search tool.
They can’t erase history.
jan6memoryproject.org
ESPN producer Nicole Noren quits over sports broadcasting's increasingly predatory promotion of gambling: “I’m not going to work for a gambling company and have blood on my hands.”
The colors along the way to Boonville & back on country roads. The cycling season is now all Mother Nature dependent from here on out. I've got most of the clothing needed for down to about 35° riding as long as the sun is out and roads are free of ice/snow. Feeding my addiction will get harder.
On a crisp 45° morning, the sunrise looking across the street give warmth. Another beautiful start to the day with cycling plans for more leaf peeping in the countryside. Forecast is good - ~63° with partly sunny day before the cold front hits tonight. Hope our neighbor is up to see this. ❤️
Biked up about half way to Speculator in Adirondacks on the Sport road bike to take in the colors. It didn't disappoint. Fall foliage is is near peak form. Traffic was heavy off and on, especially as the afternoon waned. The French Road spring water was goal - knew that'd get 60 miles. 😍😍
Not a burger & fries guy anymore. Tasty but not real healthy over time. But it is an American institution. I don't begrudge folks having them. Expensive meal now.
They hate the Bill of Rights because freedom is a threat to people in government who want to hide the truth about what they are doing from the American people. So they behave like tyrants because that is what they are. Vote this party out of power.
While we knew this already that he supports far right parties & movements, it's still shocking to see it front & center. Like his support of Charlottesville with "good people on both sides" post. It makes November vote that much more important no matter how difficult he makes it to vote.