EliMerril

EliMerril

@elimerril.bsky.social

New Yorker, Retired lawyer, loves books, movies and tv, animals , cooking, MahJongg, Mexico, I'm a foodie, and maybe retired politics junkie.

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1. Not sure when a new, on-the-record rape allegation against a sitting president isn’t considered news — especially considering Trump was found liable by a jury in a similar case — but it was ignored by most mainstream media outlets

Trump says believe the mother ( in the Acton matter) Did he believe the mother in the Hegseth case, who said her son was an abuser of women?

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Fuck Elon Musk. Fuck Donald Trump. Traitors to this country. Traitors to the free world.👇

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

TELEGRAPH: Trump & Musk conspired to throttle Starlink and make Ukraine more vulnerable to Russian attacks — then Musk tried to blame only Trump. Putin wins again, as usual. Russia was never a hoax. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

FFS! Has anyone counted the court orders this administration has blatantly violated? It’s becoming standard and should be the bases for impeachment and contempt. No core presidential power can be raised as a defense. Maybe others should start ignoring SCOTUS decisions.

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"Trump’s delusions need to be challenged—relentlessly and repeatedly—by the press. … If not, the press’s access to the West Wing won’t be worth the paper its inevitable judicial victory will be printed on."

Don't let up on the Natalie Harp stories. It's driving Trump and Melania insane. Wasn't it inevitable that somewhere in the Trump presidency story, there'd be a soap opera plot. Our American Presidency is a world-wide joke. Because - Trump.

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Apparently there are ways to remove a FIFA president, and Infantino's actions fall within the guidelines. The FIFA Congress should vote and the FIFA Counsel an suspend. Time to think about those courses of action.

Today’s top stories: Obama Library opened, greatest speeches and A listers abound. Knicks have ticker tape parade as NYC rejoices. Trump ruined reflecting pool. Iran bamboozles a defeated Trump.

Dolan's Trump invite to the Knicks' playoff game shows no respect or love for the fans who support the team. The necessary security will inconvenience fans & wash out the street watch parties. All so Trump can watch on big screen from a skybox. Trump ruins everything.

Just thinking: Trump's DOJ indicted 94 year old Cuban President, Raul Castro, for downing two planes. I hope the courts remember that when Trump relies on his advanced age to avoid prison after he's indicted for killing over 100 people in small boats & every other crime he should be indicted for.

People eligible for the slot sh fund: Letitia James, James Comey, Kat, Don Lemon, the Sandwich guy, numerous reporters, Adam Schiff, Harvard and other universities, Mark Kelly. Who else?

It is NOT the Strait of Trump, but it is the "Straits" of Trump. Trump is in dire STRAITS, because of that strait.

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

In fairness, naming a place that is not currently working and causing problems throughout the world after himself is as inadvertently introspective as Donald is ever going to get.

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I believe John Gleeson is the same person who was appointed a friend to the court in the dismissal of Mike Flynn's case - because both Mike Flynn and the DOJ at the time were on the same side. I'm hoping we see something like this in the motion to vacate the charges against the Oath Keepers, too.

Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social

JUST IN: Judge Kathleen Williams (Obama/FLSD) appoints 3 law firms as friends of the court to advise her on Trump's suit v. IRS. She earlier suggested parties aren't adverse enough to proceed. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Whoever runs on the Democratic ticket in 28 for President must not shy away from increasing SCOTUS justices. The republicans on the court are destroying our democracy.

Chuck Schumer@schumer.senate.gov

The Supreme Court just turned its back on one of the most sacred promises in American democracy—the promise that every voice counts. My statement on the Supreme Court's decision dealing a devastating blow to the Voting Rights Act:

Melania's command of the language is so poor, and Trump's command of satire is non existent, that I think neither actually got the joke that pregnant women ( expectant mothers) are described as glowing - hence expectant widow described as glowing.

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

I think it #BeBest if Melania didn't mindlessly parrot the hyperbolic nonsense about Jimmy Kimmel that her husband's lying administration is rotely churning out today. She should do something that *helps* the people in the United States—if only for the novelty.

It’s amazing how many foreign news outlets think the “attack” last night was staged. It has all the earmarks. No real danger. No real chance the shooter could get close. No fear from Trump. Shooter not killed. Also, everyone moved quickly on Fais except Trump. Hmmmm.

Why isn't anyone questioning whether Trump writes his truth social garbage himself. He doesn't have the vocabulary or spelling skill to compose them, notwithstanding errors. What aide is forced to compose these posts? Can one schedule posts -,explaining why so many come out late at night?

Someone explain, what do we have to lose by trying to impeach? But how to choose from the scores of high crimes and misdemeanors?

George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social

As I have been saying for a while this is going to happen and we need to start talking about it and pushing for it. We have to MAKE it happen If we take the defeatist approach that some Dems take—that he'll just magically disappear, or that we can just wait until Jan. 2029, ... (1/3)

Good on The Atlantic for continually posting its promo on the Kash Patel lunatic story in the wake of the federal complaint against it. It sends a strong message: "we've got the goods."

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com

Kash Patel’s colleagues are alarmed by what they say is erratic behavior and excessive drinking, Sarah Fitzpatrick reports. More than two dozen people she spoke with described his management failures and conduct that could harm national security.

No point in reporting everything Trump says and posts. It's an exercise in frustration because you can't count on anything he says. He lies, he's uninformed, and he wings it-can't remember what he says from one interview to another. What if the press just stopped covering him for a few days?

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Spain has recently outpaced the US in GDP growth, emerging as one of the fastest-growing major advanced economies. As of 2024–2025, Spain’s economy is growing at a rate over 3% annually, exceeding the US (~2%) and Eurozone (~1%) averages. Donald is such an uninformed idiot.

He wants the press for the filing the lawsuit to "protect his reputation," - and then, nothing more. I trust The Atlantic has the goods. The real question is why the President and DOJ don't care that he's a loose cannon and substance abuser.

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

It’s adorable that the widely ridiculed doofus Kash Patel is working under the quaint misapprehension that his already ruined reputation can still be destroyed.

The Roberts Court is the most corrupt and political in my lifetime, thanks to the extreme right wing Republicans, like Alito, the sexual harasser and moron Thomas, with a lot of help from another predator and drunk, Kavanaugh and a lift from Gorsuch. In 2028, Dems have to deal with this.

What do his adoring Christians say about Trump, accused of raping, hitting and threatening a 13 yr old girl, comparing himself to Jesus? How’s that playing with the evangelicals?