Mark's Spot

Trump is lying.

Interest on the national debt topped $1 trillion this fiscal year. That’s $87 billion more than we spent on defense.

"In May, inflation reached 4.2% and has hovered above 3.4% since. It’s been nearly six years since Americans has seen inflation at a manageable 2% level." #EconSky

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

Mostly under Republicans' watch, and data centers will make things much worse... "For-profit water corporations, federal cuts and climate crisis are ‘supercharging water rate hikes’, study co-author says"

There is just no end to MAGA/Republican corruption... Ken Paxton Says He’s Tough on Crime. His Trust Invested $600,000 in a Convicted Fraudster’s Company. www.propublica.org/article/ken-...

Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia. I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.

Well, well, well…. An analysis of voter registration records reveals Republican operative Scott Presler had 3 out-of-state voters use his Pennsylvania address to vote in the 2024 election. This is what voter fraud looks like.

"Middle East dictators created a massive slush fund for Jared Kushner."

“We’ve lost the plot,” says one Republican strategist. “We had a real good chance and then we do this two weeks out.” Adds a second: “We now deserve to lose this race.”

Off by an order of magnitude.

When first reported, 2025’s jobs reports added up to 1.2 million new jobs. After revisions, the economy added just 116,000 — 90% less.

Please, sir, don't make us change the names of oceans on our maps... Isn't it clear by now that Trump lacks the authority to do most of the things he wants to do? What excuse do the richest and most powerful corporations have for repeatedly cowtowing to this criminal narcissist?

Again: Why does Musk have operational control over any *military grade* version of anything. That’s not how DOD contracts work.

"Adams County was one of the eastern #Washington counties that saw a spike in the number of mailed ballots being rejected for arriving too late after U.S. Postal Service changes." #vote

"They are hunting for construction workers, early in the morning, like you would an animal.”

Abdul El-Sayed is not, in fact, "from that part of the world." He was born in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. He's an American, no matter how much it makes the bigots cry

ICE thugs taze and tackle bicyclist, breaking his arm. Handcuff him in the gutter. He's an American citizen, eventually aided by the local police in the city he lives in and used to work for.

Trump sycophant Bari Weiss Exposed for Pushing CBS to Smear Democratic Candidates CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss has been pushing reporters to use incendiary language and go on goose chases in attempt to attack Abdul El-Sayed and James Talarico.

The “Tommy” shown in this viral video from Abdul El-Sayed is a former staffer for Sen. Josh Hawley and the son of a GOP strategist. For nearly five minutes, El-Sayed questioned the man about his understanding of the Constitution and the religious freedom it affords all Americans. Simply brilliant.

So the United States Secretary of State doesn’t know anything about global warfare satellites besides what he reads in the paper?

JD Vance is a quisling.

⚡US delaying Patriot missiles already paid for under NATO initiative, Zelensky says.

Drop off your ballot yet? Don't forget!

Thanks to @meidastouch.com for quickly covering this. Note that this is STILL not resolved. Hours later we still cannot post to the account. But there's no stopping 3,000+ No Kings early vote events this weekend. meidasnews.com/news/zuckerb...

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Vivek Ramaswamy's "entire campaign seems to be based on the most vile political ads we’ve ever seen and having the endorsement of President Donald Trump."

From The National Review: "Republicans and Democrats, together, should regard this week’s developments as the last straw."

"Producer prices were also 6.3 percent higher than a year earlier, the fastest annual increase since December 2022." #EconSky

The vote marked the second time the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) denied students at the nation’s largest historically Black university, with over 15,000 students, a midterms voting site. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

"The world is facing greater risk than ever from extreme weather. We are not prepared – and that inaction could have profound consequences for the global financial system." #EconSky

"Ahead of the midterm elections, the Trump administration is withholding detailed information that will illustrate how President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act hurt millions of Americans." #EconSky

In what way is Pete Hegseth a Christian?

The biggest election disinformation risk in the next few weeks is Elon Musk

“Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted,” the contractor said.

Senator Patty Murray Posted This Yesterday, As Well As Before......

1. Trump’s new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is a prolific user of Truth Social where she regularly promoted Pizzagate and QAnon conspiracies, accusing elites in the Democratic Party and Hollywood of running child sex rings and eating people.

Traitor Trump spreading Russian dezinformatsiya...

"The early Friday morning shooting comes as the Trump administration pursues an increased immigration enforcement operation in the Central Valley in the weeks leading up to the midterm election...."

"In a conversation that has been leaked in pieces to multiple publications, the GOP Senate nominee called for 'reasonable cuts to mandatory spending,' which is driven by Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid."

Kegsbreath wants the military to be American Isis.