The Meaning of Roses

The Meaning of Roses

@daofjwaf.bsky.social

A staunch Democrat | Defending the Rule of Law and Civil Rights ⚖️ | Oppose Trump 💙

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this answer about what issues matter to him from a college student waiting in line at the Trump rally wasn't what the Fox correspondent expected to hear. She moved on with swiftness

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Trump lies his ass off about the economy: "We have more growth than this country has ever had. And we have more growth than any country in the world is having right now."

Proud American woman. Proud Democrat. $250K from a conservative nonprofit for "influencer marketing" against El-Sayed? This is how they try to buy elections!

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.

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Back in the day, there would’ve been no effective immediate widespread pushback on social media in response to Vivek’s despicable ad and the right-wing coordinated disinformation machine. But many of us worked very hard for a long time to make sure those days are over. They are.

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But, of course, Convicted Felon Donald Trump is looking for more ways to screw over the American people. How does a new golf course lower the cost of gas and groceries?

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

As inflation hits a 4-month high and the Iran war keeps driving up gas prices, Trump unveils his big plan with the midterms two weeks away: a "World Class Championship Golf Course" in D.C. Work starts Nov. 15, closing a public course for about 15 months, he says.

He brazenly abuses his power and even shifts the risk onto the reporters covering him? What’s most tragic is that certain media outlets are still giving him a platform just to boost their traffic. When will this twisted relationship finally come to an end!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

New in PN: Trump uses reporters as human shield, gets feted as guest of honor "The episode highlights the grossly dysfunctional relationship between POTUS & the media, which puts up with ever-escalating abuses as the price of access, & routinely normalizes Trump’s erratic & even criminal behavior."

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Tremendous insight into the inner workings of the Trump administration that the NSA/SecState was allowed to go down in a fireball but the person who posts AI slop for the President qualified as needing to survive at all costs.

Dan Lamothe@danlamothe.bsky.social

SCOOP: People on the airport catering truck used to secretly move President Trump off an Air Force One 747 in Turkey included: - Dan Scavino - Walt Nauta - Natalie Harp No Cabinet-level officials were on that truck. wapo.st/3S47ztG

Whenever he’s asked about critical security issues, he always brushes them off with these illogical conspiracy theories. The most basic qualities of a leader honesty and clear logic are completely absent in him. 💙

Bill Kuchman@billkuchman.bsky.social

“They secretly moved me to the plane that was more likely to be targeted” feeeeeels like stretch.

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Peggy Flanagan: "We need to rip ICE apart and stop from them from terrorizing our communities"

Trump plays golf, but taxpayers bought him a missile truck. The Avengers air defense system protects the golf course. This isn’t normal and it never has been.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com

every day, every hour, brings us images that are totally beyond the powers of parody

Ladies, take a good look here we go again. They covered up the truth during the pandemic, and now they’re covering up the missile shortage. Loyalty should be to the Constitution and the country, not to any one person.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

"A was the case during covid, Trump’s main concern is not to actually fix problems, but to prevent anyone from pointing out they exist. Whatever irritation he expresses with Hegseth in private, he knows his sycophantic defense secretary is fully on team flattery, and that’s all that really matters."

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I figured them all knifing each other in the back would wait until after the midterms.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

White House aide Peter Navarro goes ballistic on White House aide Jeanine Pirro: "Never mention her friggin' name to me. Because that woman still refuses to fire John Crabb. When the boss said 'she choked' ... Jeanine, are you listening?"

Report weaker than expected, market rallies. Same story bad news for workers = good news for Wall Street. That's not a recovery.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Maria Bartiromo found a silver lining on the bad July jobs report: "It was obviously weaker than expected, but it did cause a big rally in stocks"

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* It's unreal how terrible Trump's nominees are * DURBIN: You wrote, 'Feminists advanced a theory that rape is meant to perpetuate male domination.' Do you still oppose Violence Against Women Act? CANDEUB: I haven't really thought it D: In 2023 you did an interview & decried harassment laws ...

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El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

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Rape is the central pillar of the right-wing agenda, the right to terrorize other people in the most intimate way possible.

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Sen. Cynthia Lummis says on her crypto bill that "the president agreed to an ethics provision that no president has ever agreed to. He's gone further to protect ethics than any president in history, yet the Democrats want more." 🙃

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Hoooooooo boy

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Cornyn: "As to the idea it could be revived in the future, I think it's highly unlikely that could happen without the cooperation of the DOJ. And I think Mr Blanche gave us the assurances that it was dead and would not be revived and in this case we have no alternative but to take his word" 🙃

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Maybe I'm missing something but shouldn't somebody have benn watching the Ukraine War and, you know, taken notes?

If you know it's weaponization and you still support it, you're part of it. Period.

Kristy Greenberg@kristygreenberg.bsky.social

Stop the false equivalence. No other President sued his own government to secure immunity for himself and his family, created a fund to reward cop beaters, and demanded prosecution of his political enemies. Trump’s weaponization of DOJ is unprecedented and you just endorsed it.

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I think the "I am just a smoll bean" joke is overdone, but the Senate of the United States can't do anything to rein in the President is that joke.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

They acknowledge extremism and danger with their words, yet when it comes time to vote, they reach out to compromise without hesitation.

Sam@samd.bsky.social

it’s actually crazy how every Republican who claims they will stand up to Trump is just a total cuck with a humiliation fetish

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Schiff: "The president is entitled to his own views about me or anybody else. He is not entitled, however, to use the DOJ to go after his political opponents. The day we say that's ok and the day we confirm an AG who says that's ok is the day the rule of law becomes merely an unenforceable idea."

Trump and the Republicans spend all day shouting about protecting children, yet when faced with concrete evidence in the Epstein case and the flow of billions in funds, they were quicker than anyone else to cover it up.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

NEWS: For nearly 20 years, Epstein moved over $1B through the major banks. The banks looked away. Sen. Wyden’s 3-year probe exposes it all. But most damning? How Trump and the GOP tried to bury it.

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Cornyn: "Given this agreement with Mr Blanche, I expect the DOJ to live up to this in future litigation and I will vote to advance him out of the committee today"

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Todd Blanche’s nomination to formally lead the Department of Justice appears to be back on track after two Republican holdouts signed off on a deal giving President Donald Trump and his family immunity from Internal Revenue Service audits. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comGOP senators sign off on corrupt immunity deal from IRS audits for Trump and sonsTodd Blanche appears to be on track to lead the DOJ after Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) agreed to the plan.

Time and again, we hear reports of family members being threatened.

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social

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