Mitch King

MAGA: Back the Blue! Also MAGA: But not the ones who protected the Capitol on January 6 because they make Trump look bad! ———————————— MAGA: Support the troops! Also MAGA: But not the ones complaining about conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln because they make Trump look bad!

See my colleague @mollyroberts.bsky.social's definitive backgrounder. Funny, but not funny. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-...

This is a significant story about a highly credible victim who allegedly was raped by Donald Trump. Where is the legacy media? The expanding evidence of his raping not as interesting as Hillary’s emails? www.mediaite.com/media/news/f...

"If DOJ or ICE agents show up claiming emergency powers, election officials should say that none of their instructions will be obeyed without a court order signed by a judge. The “administrative warrants” issued by Homeland Security are not sufficient." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/o...

Why is this not headline news??? www.mediaite.com/media/news/f...

When Trump says he doesn't "give a damn" about high gas prices because "we're making a fortune" -- he means it literally: www.jec.senate.gov/public/index...

Did you know we’re below the minimum recommended amount of oil, and just barely above the *statutory minimum* in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve? Lowest level since 1982, and gas is still through the roof. What happens when the war in Iran kicks back off?

There's so much else wrong with this stupid lawsuit but on this specific point: despite being "busy" with "lives" and "jobs," Alaskans were able to spell M-U-R-K-O-W-S-K-I when they reelected her to the Senate as a write-in candidate in 2010 after she lost the GOP primary.

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The president is staring into the abyss of defeat in Iran. After the midterms, he may reach for one last face-saving escalation: bomb again, sanction China, raid buried uranium, or call a failed deal victory. New on Lawfare - Iran's options with Cole Bucy, Nate Swanson and @atabatabai.bsky.social.

A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan. He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

.....and weirdly, there were no news stories about one of the President's "top people" being murdered in DC.

Great thread, especially the math at the end

Two former Governors of South Carolina - one from each party - have endorsed Democrat Annie Andrews who is running against Sen. Darline Graham R-SC

Elon Musk has spent more money on American elections in the last two years than George Soros has in his entire life.

I hope Natalie shows Trump this clip of Harry Enten comparing Obama's popularity with his unpopularity

“…I was pretty intent on explaining his body type ‘cause nobody knew he was an All-American football player...” Why can’t he just say, “He was an All-American football player. Nobody knows that about him just like they don’t know there’s a B in dumb.” No need to discuss his physique at all.

Moscow paid nothing for that, and he used the power gained from foreign help to blind and disarm his own country. As I wrote in my Lawfare essay, “The Unhidden Hand” - the hand that mattered most was never hidden.

Trump: "I will be a dictator on day one!" MAGA: "Why can't you take a joke?" Obama: "The White House looks like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheese Cake Factory." MAGA: "Arrrrrrrggggggghhhhh!"

The ballot is CLEARLY MARKED! Alaskans are essentially being called too stupid to vote correctly. By a man who thinks he’s a genius because he can remember five words, and identify a drawing of a giraffe.

Whenever Trump says the reason we need to go all-in on AI and data centers is because otherwise China will catch up and beat us, remember who reversed *his own ban* and allowed China to access Nvidia chips — and just last week, 3 Chinese tech companies ordered $35 billion worth

Flanagan on Tafoya: "She made a point of having ICE terrorizing our neighbors in her campaign launch video. And just days after Renee Good was killed and little Liam Conejo Ramos was taken, she went on Fox News and said ICE treats children 'really really well'...she is running to stand behind Trump"

This is a chilling hate rally. And, just in case you think this doesn't matter to you, the President of the United States is also mocking the idea of Constitutional liberties.

They’ve already started. They filed a suit today to effectively throw out Alaska’s election results if Dan Sullivan (the incumbent) doesn’t win

Total respect for NBC's Monica Alba, who asked Trump exactly the question he needs to answer. By refusing to answer, and attacking her, he has effectively told the world that no, sexual abuse allegations do no mean a thing to him. Imagine if she wasn't there. We'd be the poorer for it.

Happy Halloween! Nothing scarier than term limits. 😬🎃 Stick around for a sing-along séance.

Oh my. Watch this entire clip. There’s the disinhibited assholery. But there’s also the completely out of touch grandpa ranty. And then on top of all that, his hair is telling us that he’s also struggling with his grooming.

In 2020, Jared Kushner was senior advisor to the president of the United States, a full-time employee of the United States government, and was subject to numerous disclosure requirements and ethical restrictions under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.

This is fucking insane. It reads like a bad spy novel. The corruption is almost cartoonish at this point. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

Trump on the Iowa Senate race: "I don't even understand why they are having the election, to be honest with you"

🚨BREAKING: U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, in new comments Thursday, did not rule out that the Department of Justice (DOJ) could try to prevent a state from certifying its election results — a process over which the federal government has no authority. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

NEW AD: Have you seen these anti-Talarico attack ads? Elon Musk paid for nearly all of them. The world's first trillionaire knows if he drags the most corrupt politician in Texas across the finish line, Ken Paxton will owe him everything. Elon Musk: Texas is not for sale.

If you were waiting for your sign to donate to an insurgent campaign for Congress in Missouri...this is your sign. I'm current polling 5 points ahead of 14 yr incumbent Ann Wagner in a seat held by the GOP for 34 years. I need you now. We can take this across the finish line and change Missouri.

Oh look, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is exactly as corrupt as we all know he is. “More than $700 MILLION in transfers” — Saudi Arabia & UAE set up a multi-billion dollar slush fund for him. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

Trump on Camp Lejeune settlements: "If the Republicans don't do well, I'd say maybe they won't get their money"

Remember when Pete Hegseth's mom wrote him a letter telling him he was a misogynistic POS?

I don't think people fully appreciate what a sociopath JD Vance is. He's "disgusted" by R's distancing themselves from Amy Acton's mother. He's *not* disgusted by Acton's mother offering her children up to a pedophile. www.thebulwark.com/p/jd-vance-i...

New from me in @lawfaremedia.org. On the 10th anniversary of Moscow's interference in our election I break down Russia’s covert action as a practitioner would. The hand that mattered most was never hidden, and did not belong to Russia but to the supported party—the President.

“Departures from these practices should never be countenanced because they risk allowing prosecutors to impact national elections.” -Todd Blanche on DOJ’s 60-day rule, September 2024

One party is obsessed with talking about gender and it’s not the Democrats. Go figure.

Ramaswamy has produced an attack ad weaponizing the rape of his opponent, Amy Acton, when she was 12 years old. It features Acton’s mother, who abandoned Acton after she was raped by her step-father, fleeing the state with her husband. Here is the corporate money helping fund that ad.

NEW: Nearly 200 people granted pardons or other clemency by President Trump for Jan. 6 riot prosecutions are suing so far for millions in US payouts. More than a quarter were convicted of assaulting or interfering with police, court records show. Deep dive: buff.ly/keDq09P

It's extremely clear at this point that Todd Blanche has opened this probe for one reason: to block or subvert the real criminal investigation now underway headed by Raúl Torres, the attorney general of New Mexico. The technical term for what Blanche is doing is perverting the course of justice.

Wow Trump is just making huge gaffes during this speech: They gave the wonderful peace prize, right? Does anybody know the name of that peace prize? They gave the Pulitzer Prize to a young lady

Q: There's a report that FEMA is telling states to prepare to handle disasters on their own. Any reaction? OSSOFF: So the Trump administration is telling folks across the country to prepare to fend for themselves while taxpayer dollars are sent to back Don Jr & Eric's mining interest in Kazakhstan?

Hostage takers who then release their victims are the true humanitarians.

literally moments after claiming he gave up nothing in exchange for a hostage who was being held by Putin, Trump admits that he didn't implement sanctions on Russia in order to get the hostage

Trump: "We have been pretty happy with Russia that they have not gotten involved in Iran ... Russia and China have not participated or, participated in a much smaller way than they could have." (Both Russia and China have actively helped Iran fight America.)

Forbes has been tracking Trump's wealth since the early 80s. They described Trump's first year back in office as "the most lucrative year of [Trump's] life." And it's not even close. Trump is earning hundreds of millions more than he ever has.

Glad to see CNN reporting on this. @jimacosta.bsky.social and I raised concerns about DHS potentially using a military-grade “heat ray.” After 20+ years in national security, I find this deeply troubling. A weapon designed to inflict intense pain. Against civilians? Why does DHS need this?

The White House official accounts are posting Down Syndrome slurs to attack journalists. These people are disgusting and morally depraved.