It’s never been more clear that racism is a scam perpetrated by wealthy elites to convince working people to blame someone other than the wealthy elite.
"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."
Anthony Davis on why some Trump supporters refuse to abandon him, even as his approval rating falls to record lows.
“Admitting that a long-held political stance was mistaken requires accepting that years of defense, personal friction, and social conflict were based on a flawed premise.”
JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...
Top Trump Aide Steve Witkoff, to Vladimir Putin:
"You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian, you are a humanitarian also, sir. I salute you, and I commend you."
#FalseClaimsAct
a/k/a a qui tam action pays the whistleblower 30% & it's a Civil War era law in effect since 1863.
Only a fool would go to Trump's site for 1% when for the last 163 years whistleblowers get 30%.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_C...
Trump: "With Roger Marshall in the Senate, we will make year-round E15 permanent. But if Adam Hamilton is in, I'm not going it. That's it. I'm only doing it for him. That's a big deal for Kansas."
Amy Acton, Dems' nominee in Ohio, has long said she was molested by a man her mother married when she was a young child. There was a court battle. She went to live with her dad at age 12 ,a& she no longer talked to her mother.
Ramaswamy released an ad ft the mother attacking her daughter as a liar.
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."
FALLON: This little radically woke soy boy is completely out of touch with Texans
FOX BUSINESS: But congressman, you can say Talarico is out of touch, but he seems to be in touch with perhaps a majority of the people who are gonna vote in this election
Ron Johnson blames US for Putin invading Ukraine: "The way we treated Russia after we won the Cold War, how we pushed them. I'm not defending Putin, but we said we were not gonna move NATO one inch to the east. We brought it right to their doorstep basically. What did we think Putin was gonna do?"
February 5, 2025. Trump announces he is going to build a new ballroom at the WH and pay for it with his own money: “It’s going to cost nothing. I will spend the whole thing myself.”
(Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter.
@reuters.com 🇺🇦
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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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ADAM JOHNSON: “The raid on @repilhan’s home has thus far received zero of the above media interventions. No editorials, no opinion columns in the Times, Post, or Journal…” theintercept.com/2026/10/15/i...
Katie Zacharia sat on the advisory board of an organization that calls for women who have abortions to be executed “in the public square,” and for pro-choice Americans to lose their right to hold public office.
Trump on Cognitive Exam: “They give you five words: Hat, Hair, Logo, White, Black. I repeated them later. They said, “holy shit.” Almost no one can do it. But I can because I’m a freaking genius. He already forgot they were Person, Woman, Man, Camera and TV.
Courtesy of @acyn.bsky.social
Mike Rogers’ wife Kristi is handing out $10 gas cards in Michigan, in an attempt to buy votes for him.
Fun fact: Mike Rogers actually voted to raise gas taxes as a state senator. Consider it a partial refund. VERY partial.
RFK Jr announces a new initiative to kick people off their healthcare coverage but insists it's no big deal because "they don't even know they were enrolled in anything. They never make a claim."
SUSAN COLLINS: My heart goes out to the family of the man who was shot in Biddeford. My Duran Guerrero
TROY JACKSON: Well the man's name was Johan Sebastián Guerrero. That was his name.
Q: You said Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire, but both sides said they have not agreed to that
TRUMP: Well they agreed, you know why? Because I said 'you agree.' That's why.