Don Brown

"As flaccid as a boned fish, Donald Trump crumpled quicker than even Vladimir Putin probably anticipated," George F. Will writes. wapo.st/3HrXW2F

It sounds conspiratorial to suggest that Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump behind closed doors to launch an assault on mail-in voting in elections administered by the states, and Trump immediately set about mobilizing federal power to do it… but that is literally Trump’s account of what happened.

The White House is mobilizing red state military forces to occupy a Democratic stronghold and let me tell you: No one has ever pretended something isn't happening harder than Democratic leaders are pretending this isn't happening right now.

New in PN: Trump's brownshirts deploy in DC "Why wouldn’t he keep going? He’s got his list of cities. He’s teeing up his strike force. He’s seen the courts sit on their hands, owns the Republican majorities in Congress, and has military leaders who won’t balk at his abuses of power."

I’ve had nothing to do with that pedophile since he stole all of my teenage masseuses.

"Welcome to ESPN's ongoing coverage of the Emmanuel Clase investigation. Did he bet on baseball? If so, why?" "But first, a word from our sponsors FanDuel and DraftKings."

Columbia is currently on step 1 of failing the Lando test. Ask the law firms about steps 2-4.

🚨 Secretary Noem basically said that her agency is now dedicated to forcible regime change…in American cities and states. There 👏🏽 is 👏🏽 a 👏🏽 name 👏🏽 for 👏🏽 this

Joe Biden says he's started treatment for his prostate cancer and the prognosis is good. Donald Trump says Biden was executed in 2020 and was replaced with a legion of clones. For busy voters, it can be hard to know who to believe.

Lamberth agreed that a new president should have the chance to implement his agenda, but he also said democracy isn't as simple as "blind submission to the whims of the most recent election-victor." www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

ICE raids Poconos pizza shop. "It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy." www.wnep.com/article/news...

The fact you have not even heard of this incident, let alone the name is incredible. The GOP is just so much better at politics at this point, the Dems may as well not exist. Schumer and Jeffries just out there doing performative nonsense.

If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.

"Furthermore, I expect the German legal profession to understand that the nation is not here for them, but that they are here for the nation" Hitler, 1942 Doesn't sound much different, does it?

Democratic members of Congress should probably be made to understand that unless they throw everything they have at this, they are next.

President Donald Trump rejected the possibility of raising taxes on millionaires, arguing the policy could prompt them to leave the country.

Dance with Death, by Hieronymus Hess, 1841, 📸 via Vatican Media Pool

Sunday morning April 20, 2025 Fox News Sunday — Van Hollen NBC's Meet the Press — Van Hollen CNN's State of the Union — Van Hollen CBS’ Face the Nation — Van Hollen ABC’s This Week — Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov #AbregoGarcia #RuleOfLaw

Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.

CNBC comes right up to the line of flat out asking Lutnick if Trump is manipulating markets with his posts

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Pete Hegseth Blows Into Breathalyzer To Unlock Phone

Number of Republicans calling for a co-equal branch of government: 1

NEW: The FBI's biggest, most important field office has been reprioritized to a single task: redacting the Jeffrey Epstein files. By me in @vanityfair.com... www.vanityfair.com/news/story/e...

The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril.

This 1000%. They play almost no role in national politics at this point, might as well not exist.

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

Fire all Democratic consultants. All of them. Anyone telling you to talk like a focus group robot needs to be run out of town. You are better than this wet noodle slap.

BREAKING: Trump's comment during his address that DOGE "is headed by Elon Musk, who is in the gallery tonight" has already landed in federal court. DOC buff.ly/K7puA1o

I don’t make the rules.

“Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.”

finally an administration that will shit talk veterans. i have waited my whole life for this

Do something in front of the scenes or shut the fuck up. bsky.app/profile/wash...

not a new observation but Elon Musk genuinely isn't very bright, genuinely has no idea how most things work, and his entire supergenius engineer persona is a tech press-enabled mythology (they've never been held accountable for)

A new report estimates that Elon’s cybertrucks have 17 times the fatality rate of the infamous Ford Pinto www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

New via NYT — The CIA sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force. One former agency officer called the reporting of names a “counterintelligence disaster.”

“The Founding Fathers, for all their foresight, did not concern themselves with the possibility that a future president might use civil litigation to extract money or fealty.”

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired ➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen ➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded ➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees ➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again!

The head of the FAA, Mike Whitaker, resigned on January 20 — one year into his 5 year term — after facing relentless criticism from Musk for not approving SpaceX missions quickly enough. The Senate confirmed him unanimously in 2023. No acting FAA head has been appointed.

Gotcha questions that have stymied this White House: -Is there an acting FAA director? -What is the president doing to bring down the price of eggs? Both real questions asked of spokespeople at a press conference. Both apparently so difficult it made the spokesperson get combative or shut down.

Open-air corruption. They’re just flaunting it.

Serious question: can the president just spend all his time in office suing people and then use the litigation as a "legal" way of accepting bribes via "settlements"?