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Dictators and tantrums, Tantrums and dictators. A Freudian self-own, courtesy of the "America's Hitler" zone.

“covert surveillance inside houses of worship… “interrogations of churches’ staff… “ICE agents hauled off a nun who was wearing her habit and walking down the sidewalk en route to Sunday Mass… “suing a Catholic diocese in New Mexico to seize 14 acres of their land…” www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

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“We did a little ceasefire, which I never liked very much. I considered sort of a waste of time, but, you know, you like to listen to professionals,” Trump said.-Iran Intl

US President Donald Trump said Monday he considered a ceasefire during the war with Iran “sort of a waste of time,” as he touted the US blockade and said Washington now had “total control.” “We have the greatest blockade probably in naval history,” Trump said at a campaign rally in Mississippi.

🤨 Trump: "We didn't start the war with Iran. Iran started the war with us."

I had a religious education alongside my secular education up until age 16, so I'm intimately familiar with the idea that what gives a religious leader gravitas is the sense that they have admirable judgment. The day any religious leader I ever looked up to did something like this, we'd be through.

I'm well known for always accepting apologies, but I 100% do *not* accept any apology given by anyone who was involved with this—because I 100% don't accept that they didn't realize they were giving a religious imprimatur to the American who's closer to Satan than any American of my entire lifetime.

I have zero sympathy for anyone involved in this grotesque farce. When you travel all the way to DC to go to the home of the most infamous fascist in US history and get ushered into his office alongside a videographer and photographer, you know *exactly* what vile game you're playing. Disgraceful.

It’s just so appalling and enraging how casual and commonplace this has become. I’m out of words.

If we look at what Russia is doing on the ground every day, I don't think there's anything to suggest that peace is what they're seeking. What they're seeking is submission."

After all, gotta do somethin' to pack up all that meat Trump bought from Argentina and Brazil.

It’s time to have a serious conversation about this shift in philanthropic dollars to fund science, in the broader context of the Trump administration’s war on science as a public good. Thank you to @heidiledford.bsky.social for covering this. MY HOT TAKES 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Jeremy Lewin killed hundreds of thousands without a signed employment agreement.

691 words about Cheesecake. 434 words about rape.

Hot take, we don’t think a racist should be in charge of Americans health ?? #science #news #politics #rfkjr #stem

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Before the 2008 crash, Wall Street hid massive financial risks using accounting tricks. Now Big Tech appears to be following the same playbook. Americans and our entire economy are at risk because Trump’s regulators are choosing to look the other way.

JD Vance: Remember in 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine and gas prices skyrocketed? They skyrocketed,by the way,far higher then than they are today. They skyrocketed in 1979.They skyrocketed in 2001.They skyrocketed in 2007 They skyrocket every time some tin pot dictator decides to throw a tantrum.

CONGRESS APPROVED THE MONEY — SO WHY ARE OUR TROOPS STILL LIVING LIKE THIS? Pete Hegseth owes our troops & their families an explanation. #SupportTheTroops 🧵

The Russian drone operators call this "human safari."

Gas prices are “temporarily” high, says the president. That’s because Republicans are temporarily in power. Vote.

When will there be serious consequences for lying? No liar on important matters should be on the public payroll.

Oh, honey . . . your own mother shipped you off to a reform school (with cute little military costumes) after you were caught throwing rocks into a baby carriage and she realized you were too twisted to deal with.

Trump claimed he heard Obama's event in Michigan today was empty. Meanwhile, the venue was packed, lines stretched outside, and Obama even addressed an overflow room because everyone couldn't fit inside. Mercado Media

OBAMA: When I was president, all these Republicans are all deficits, deficits, debt, debt. You got to do something about it. And now—$40 trillion—Crickets. Somehow deficits only matter when a Democratic president is in office

We are making the oil oligarchs rich. We are making Trump and his cronies rich. It is literally at our expense every day. There’s no trickling down happening. And Trump is bragging about it knowing nobody in the Republican Party will stand up to him and say enough.

Empathy is foundational to being human. Without empathy, you're incomplete. Without empathy, a person is a psychopath-sociopath (ASPD). Empathy is *required* in order to experience love. In the absence of empathy, any behavior that at first glance, appears to be love – is merely parroted behavior.

A lot of dictatorships try to make these kind of arrangements when things go south. Important to remember there are other kinds of criminal, civil and reputational accountability pardons can’t touch. And if you’re pardoned you have no 5th amendment rights.

Why wouldn’t he admit it? The Supreme Court immunized this kind of stuff. It’s why Jack Smith had to take the Jeffrey Clark/DOJ/Trump conspiracy out of his Jan 6 indictment.

The attorney who wrote the lawsuit received $1.4M to his firm from Trump PACs for repping Trump’s criminal co-conspirator and witnesses to his crimes. Blanche’s firm received ~$10M from Trump PACs for criminal defense. Usually, they admit they just do Trump’s bidding — until that causes blowback.

“People are suffering at the pump. I don’t give a damn. Were making a frickin’ fortune.”

Trump wanted to create an Orban style autocracy & take away everyone’s liberties. But Orban knew u need to be popular when u put that into effect. But in just 20 months Trump failed so hard he’s more unpopular than any midterm Prez in 80 yrs. Chump just doesn’t have the cards. 🤣

Very few institutions can claim their entire purpose is aligned with democracy. By providing even the most rural locations a place on the map of the United States, the United States Postal Service is the embodiment of accounting for every voice. The USPS must be supported to keep all of us UNITED!

remember they were actually prying blue box mailboxes out of the sidewalks & throwing them into trucks, recall some tv station showing a number of them at a recycling center

I seem to recall a similar issue with that little ferret Louis DeJoy who was assisted into the role by Trump and had issues with repairing or replacing the sorting machines around Election time...but I could be wrong🤔.. NOT!

Correct. Read this story. Karma's a bitch... and MAGA deserves it. They've been trashing the USPS for decades and now it's going to bite them in the ass. bsky.app/profile/prop...

Every Republican out. Now. America *must* hit the restart button. Everyone sees this. Everyone knows this.