Citizen Tom

Russia is now exempt from the Lindsey O. Graham Russia Sanctions Act. The US government is clearly allied with Putin against Ukraine. Vote Republican enablers out.

Seems apropos 37 years later: "O' beautiful, for spacious skies Now those skies are threatening They're beating plowshares into swords For this tired old man that we elected king" -- Bruce Hornsby and Don Henley (1989)

If you gave Trump a good enema, he would fit inside a matchbox. 🤡💩

Ron Filipkowski on PURL threat:

Truth 👇

"Flooding the zone" with this stuff might be in order.

Speaking of chickens... Today is the day that I will debate...an empty podium. Because Mike Rogers is…well…

How is it a lie when Marshall admits it is true?

Facts, plain and straightforward 😳😡

as always, The Guardian understands the assignment. Don't soft-pedal their bullshit. "Abruptly Ousts" is exactly the phrase to use. Good riddance, "Maria", you shameless, utterly SHAMELESS LIAR FOR FASCISM. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s...

RAMPELL: “.. I initially assumed this must have had some boring technical explanation—until I talked to the experts and learned just how truly insane the story is.” @crampell.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/europe-gol...

🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied a right-wing group’s request to force Michigan to place a proposed constitutional amendment requiring proof of citizenship to vote on the November 2026 ballot. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

In other words: Just gotta get past this election... Make up plans and "pipe dreams" 😬

Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇 Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases!

Hamilton was right for his day, but wrong for today. 18th-century protectionism will not foster economic prosperity for anyone, any more than a return to steam-catapult aircraft carriers and 16-inch-gun battleships will prepare us for the battles of today or tomorrow. 🙃

@redirect.bsky.app Price increases are not incidental to tariffs. They are the goal, to encourage purchase of more expensive domestic options. When no domestic alternative exists (often the case), consumers pay more for the same imported products, as importers attempt to recoup tariff costs.

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Just a thought: Maybe the collective freak-out about El-Sayed and the punditry that he is going to lose because he's too progressive, based on one single poll of the race, was a bit premature ?? www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-08-18...

She ran unopposed. #USDemocracy

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Not even days in office and already violating the useless Hatch Act.

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

Important perspective...

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The irony of Trump posting this is almost painful. 😂

Can I get an amen?

"The great majority... when they fall a prey to ambition for either military or civil authority, are carried away by it so completely that they quite lose sight of the claims of justice." -- Cicero, On Duties (44 BC)

Scott Bessent is a kook. His economic nationalist policies are regurgitations of Hamiltonian protectionism that worked in late 18th century environment of incubation for fledgling American manufacturing but make no sense today except to ideologues and fanatics fixated on pet ideas.

We must bend reality to comply with Dear Leader's delusions and self-serving lies. 🤡💩 This is the regime of cowards and clowns. History does not portend a good ending for them.

Trump sues (and urges the DOJ to prosecute) so dolts think he must have something--he must be serious. They never take notes of the dismissals, withdrawals, and judicial slap downs on nearly all of his litigation theater. Ask them to explain the disposition or current status of each case...

MAGA cheers a new civil lawsuit or investigation/prosecution but fails to follow the cases through to their predictable ends. This is why Trump does it. It's all about the passing headline. He knows his dimwitted fans will use the case as evidence in their arguments for months after it is dead.

Mike Waltz regularly says the stupid part out loud. He did not think through his reflexive deflection to Biden. Also, declaring that the leakers should be fired while simultaneously denying the substance of the leak is a logical contradiction.

A reminder from an 11th Circuit ruling, penned by the very conservative Chief Judge William Pryor in December 2023, STATES ADMINISTER ELECTIONS, NOT PRESIDENTS. The case was Mark Meadows trying to get his Fulton County case to federal court. media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...