I’m just a typical American boy from a typical American town. Environmentalist, retired journalist, politically unaffiliated. Zero tolerance for trolls and scammers.
ICE has more money than the USMC. Meanwhile, social safety nets are slashed. There are limitless $$ for unnecessary wars, favored dictators & “Board of Peace” & crypto scams. Our debt (~$39T) is so preposterous as to be make-believe. None of it makes sense.
What is the hidden part?
Can I just ask how exactly are we paying for this escapade on Iran?
Like…seriously. We can’t afford health care subsidies and are cutting SNAP benefits. We’ve bloated the budget for ICE to the point of absurdity.
How are we PAYING FOR THIS?
Trump may think our troops are expendable or "suckers" but a single life lost in pursuit of a war of choice with no strategic purpose is a moral outrage.
Schumer and Jeffries might be what makes me walk-away from the Democratic party.
I’ll still vote against what Trump/MAGA/GOP candidate is running because I have no choice, but my will to actively participate, along with my monetary donations to them, is in serious doubt right now.
Chuck Schumer is being absolutely derelict in his role because he WANTED an attack on Iran, because that’s what Israel wanted.
Watch him carefully. He will focus on the fact that there strikes weren’t Congressional approved. He won’t have shit to say about the strikes being IMMORAL!
They abandoned the Constitution, good faith, and truth ages ago. That tribe's response to this grotesque fact ranged from "eh, no biggie" to "suck it libtards!"
Trump ordered govt agencies to "immediately cease" using AI company Anthropic.
Anthropic faces pressure to comply with demands that Govt. can use their technology without restrictions
Anthropic refuses be used for mass surveillance of Americans or to command pilotless drones that can kill people
Trump said the main concern of his war on Iran is “freedom” for the Iranian people.” Just as in 1953 when a USA-led coup allowed us to install the shah. It was about Iran’s freedom, not its oil. That was just a side benefit for us.
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Let me see if I've got this right:
DoD shoots down an unidentified drone...which turns out to be a DHS UAV.
(1st friendly fire incident in US airspace?)
Catching the FAA by surprise and prompting them to close the airspace.
Incredible interagency coordination.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/u...
“The servicemembers conferred, and decided the object could pose a threat to their position.”
So, is the suggestion here that U.S. troops shot down an unidentified aircraft in U.S. airspace on the basis of “unit self defense?”
Who specifically authorized this action?
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
COLLINS: Can you explain to the American people why the US would need to strike Iran to stop them from getting a nuclear weapon if the US 'obliterated' their enrichment program last summer?
JD VANCE: I'm not going to make any news on Iran today
You only want to trust the polls that bring in good numbers. Right? Why do polls if they‘re only going to bum you out? What does a president for life care about pole numbers anyway?
New in PN: Trump is about to start a war he hasn't bothered to explain
"He’s about to write a new chapter in the ignominious history of presidents thinking they impose their will by dropping bombs on foreign countries, yet he himself doesn’t seem to know why, let alone how it’s supposed to end."
Maria Bartiromo: "It's incredible to me that it appears to be that the Democrats are so angry about President Trump's success, he's been so successful on so many levels and has done things so fast that now the Democrats are boycotting the State of the Union."
Bessent, with no facts, is already blaming Dems for a guy getting shot a Mar-a-Lago: "This venom coming from the other side. Look at this terrible, profane Senate commercial in Illinois. I would call for them to take that down."
Howard Lutnick engaged in one of the biggest most abusive financial scams in American History when he persuaded TACO to implement tariffs that he KNEW were illegal.
The amount of money he is going to make by having hedged against the illegal tariffs while in office is an abomination
He should be
Democrats should run this year on returning tariff revenue to Americans. Trump already said today he’s going to fight this in the courts. An easy mode way to be on the right side of the affordability issue.
Warnock continued, “The folks who are so quick to use his name are some of the meanest people I know, and they support some of the meanest policies I know.”
contrarian.substack.com/p/undaunted-... None has been more eloquent than Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) in speaking about Jackson’s legacy and in setting an example for how people of faith should speak in the public square.
Peter Navarro: "Here's the statistic I want every American to understand -- 1% increase in rents for every 1 million illegals that cross our border. In the four years of Biden we had 20 million, so rents went up nationally 20% because Joe Biden left that border open."
The talking-point guidance Barr and his MAGA fellows are smugly paraphrasing doesn’t mention that the voter document is an entirely new and different identification card. It requires anyone who has changed their name, as women often do when they marry, to prove it. The idea is to disfranchise women.
Rep. Andy Barr: "Show a photo ID when you vote. You have to show a photo ID if you wanna buy a beer, if you wanna board an airplane in this country, sometimes to buy medicine in this country."
Ashley Moody was appointed to be an automatic “yes” vote for Trump. No wonder she refuses to be a much needed check on Donald Trump abuse of power.
I’ll be that check on the chaos and corruption that is running rampant in this administration.
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So the asshole deported a desperately sick 2 month old baby and left him with absolutely NOTHING.
The deep sick cruelty of this admin is SICKENING!
God, I HATE THEM SO MUCH!!!!
Leavitt: "The president is committed to deporting illegal aliens and those are not lawfully present in the United States, which he has done at a record pace, which has led to the falling of rents"
Not only did Trump fail to learn any lessons from covid, but his public health policies have somehow gotten far more dangerous and destructive in Trump 2.0. God forbid he and RFK Jr have to handle a global pandemic. We'll be pining for the days of Dr. Birx.
Not exactly mass mailed. There’s a list of people who regularly get the day’s, talking points and guidance on what to say. The more people you have repeating a message, the more the message will sound like it is the truth.
This talking point must have been mass emailed to everyone with an R after their name as this must be the 3rd of 4th interview I've seen this morning with these guys saying almost the exact same thing, word for word. 🤷♂️🙄
"When Lewandowski was told Noem's personal items had been left behind, including a heated blanket, he yelled at Coast Guard staff
The pilot came out of cockpit to see what was happening & Lewandowski insisted plane return to collect Noem's items
When he refused, Lewandowski announced he was fired"
Rep. Randy Fine: "People should know Democrats like AOC are saying 'we are going to get rid of your dogs.' Americans need to keep that in mind when they go and vote in November."
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (now known as DC Water) is an independent authority of the District of Columbia was created by Congress in 1996. Congress governs DC. The aging pipe that burst was buried underground. Why didn’t the Trump EPA see it coming?
Trump: "There is a massive Ecological Disaster unfolding in the Potomac River as a result of the Gross Mismanagement of Local Democrat Leaders, particularly, Governor Wes Moore ... I cannot allow incompetent Local “Leadership” to turn the River in the Heart of Washington into a Disaster Zone."