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If all these oligarchs named in the Epstein Files are totally innocent, surely theyβd be in favor of an independent investigation into Epsteinβs crimes.
Right?
Tim Walz: "Our administration is going to stop at nothing to seek accountability and justice. The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is working on the investigation."
"These malignant narcissist psychotypes are like vampires... you cannot let them off the mat if they're on the mat."
@gtconway.bsky.social tells @timmiller.bsky.social why Trump is like a vampire and why people cannot let up the resistance if they want to be effective.
If you are a foreign president who commits crimes overseas, America will come get you, arrest you, and lock you up.
But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.
What CBS' disgraceful termination of Stephen Colbert illustrates is how quickly a Republic can fall when the media chooses cowardice instead of courage.
Democratic lawmakers are questioning the timing of CBSβs announcement to cancel βThe Late Show With Stephen Colbert,β which came days after Colbert criticized the networkβs parent company for paying President Trump $16 million to settle a lawsuit.
Iβve been investigating Paramountβs deal with Trump. Hereβs what we know:
- Trump sued CBS
- CBS called the lawsuit βmeritlessβ
- Paramount (owner of CBS) still settled, handing $16 MILLION+ to Trumpβs library
- Paramount has a billion-dollar deal that needs Trumpβs approval
CBS canceled Colbertβs show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump β a deal that looks like bribery.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
The Paramount - Skydance merger will be worthless if no one is watching. Independent media is doing to corporate media what independent music did to major labels back in the day. Fuck with the people at your own risk, oligarchs.
Dear @stephencolbert.bsky.social,
Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism.
Looking forward to following you wherever you land,
Your fan, Marπ«
Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, was fired Wednesday from her job as a prosecutor in the Manhattan US Attorneyβs office.
βMen are alone, we are so depressed.π₯Ίβ
Gee, I wonder why women are choosing to avoid menβ¦itβs almost like you take our lives if your fragile ego is hurt or feels rejected β¦.
Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
What the fascist authoritarian Trump regime did to this father is incomprehensible. 104 days after being abducted by Trump's Nazi ICE Gestapo, Mahmoud Khalil is finally free. Khalil, who is a legal resident, was imprisoned for the crime of having an opinion Trump didn't like.
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
This is not about the merits of Iranβs nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.
me: don't worry about it, the last time this course of events played out in almost the exact same way nothing bad happened
guy who has never heard of ISIS: π
The 30,000-pound "bunker buster" GBUs dropped by Stealth bombers cost $500M each.
Six of them were dropped on Iran.
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Not including the tasking/fueling of the B-2's, that's a $3 billion dollar price tag.
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I wager we can come up with 30 ways better to spend a hundred million dollars.
That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello?
BREAKING: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moments ago:
βMany presidents have dreamed of delivering the final blow to Iranβs nuclear program, and none could until President Trump.β
This is garbage. Other Presidents could have done the same thing but they chose not too.
As a native Arkansan, this made me laugh out loud.
Did you know her brother tortured and killed a dog but got off because their dad was the Governor?
You can get away with rape and murder in that state as long as youβre kin to someone at the courthouse. Sarah is full of shit.
π₯ BREAKING: American Airlines shareholders voted today to reject an anti-DEI proposal at its annual meeting, tally TBA. Proposal requested AAL end its relationship with the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index, benchmarking LGBTQ+ practices. AAL has had a perfect score for 20 years.
I waitress while I run for Congress. I know what itβs like to stretch a paycheck, juggle bills, and still show up for your community.
Washington needs more people who live like us β not just talk about us.
Derrick Van Orden talks the talk. I'll walk the walk.
Senator Rand Paul tells Politico he has been uninvited from a White House picnic, a move which he describes as βincredibly petty.β
This comes after he criticized Trumpβs military parade yesterday, saying:
Ignore the bot accounts so much propaganda is being spread. Watch for the signs: no photos, no friends, account created last week. Theyβre everywhere, and weβre clearing out thousands every day.
If you havenβt heard of Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Doveβ¦ you have now.
When she stepped out from the back without missing a beat, I knew it was onπ₯
@kamlager-dove.house.gov
πWe are in the most precarious moment in our nationβs history since the beginning of the Civil War. Anybody who is not reporting it this way is dangerous, completely out of their depth, and should not be taken seriously.
πAs the retired managing editor of Stars & Stripes I urge you to share this.