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@nicollewallace.bsky.social The majority of Trump’s $2b enrichment comes from his “crypto investments”? It is no wonder the American public is so poorly informed. A scam where you issue valueless coins so anyone can anonymously funnel cash into your pocket is an “investment”? Sickening.

@rhodesben.bsky.social Take a moment to learn the difference between “uninterested” and “disinterested”. Judges are disinterested (objective); children are uninterested (bored). Trump is “uninterested” in Putin’s perfidy, he is NOT “disinterested”. Getting it wrong makes you sound illiterate.

@aliciamenendez.bsky.social Could you PLEASE inform yourself as to the difference between “disinterest” and “uninterest”? Good lord, the difference is vast. A disinterested (objective) judge is good. And uninterested (bored) judge is bad. It’s not hard. Getting it wrong makes you seem illiterate.

Gun control: states rights. Abortion; states rights. AI regulation: prohibit state rights. No coincidence Trump is gorging at the trough of crypto scams and crypto donors. #BananaRepublicans

@npr.org FirstUp Dec 13: Charges against Trump did NOt “wind up being dismissed following the election.” Trump’s control of the DOJ permitted him to direct that the charges be dismissed. Pure farce and corruption. Such soft pedaling and sloppy language is outright irresponsible. #WordsMatter

When will US forces seize a ship in violation of Russian oil sanctions? Trump’s blatant selective enforcement of the law both at home and abroad tear apart any legitimacy these laws might have and paint the US as shallow hypocrites.

@michaelcohen212.bsky.social Comey “has his hands all over the Russia Hoax”? As Trump’s FBI director he informed Trump that the information was out there. And that Trump knew of, encouraged, benefitted from, and covered up Russia’s interference in the 2020 election has been repeatedly confirmed.

Here’s the thing: Trump’s simple answer to the Ukraine war is for Zalensky to sell out his people. Understandably, Trump cannot comprehend the resistance; Trump would sell-out his country in a snap and has repeatedly done so to date.

@davidpakman.bsky.social The talk of bond prices and yields may be more clearly explained analogizing to an apartment. Buy today and lease at $500/month. If rents later go down, the $500 lease is worth more; if rents go up, the $500 lease is a burden.

@davidpakman.bsky.social Re Ukraine & NATO “root causes”, Putin justified his war insisting Ukraine not a real country. NATO is a DEFENSIVE alliance and would frustrate Putin’s warmongering. And the war prompted border-states Finland & Sweden to join NATO; Putin shrugged.

Under Biden and Obama the MAGATs shrieked hysterical the Feds were sending troops to Texas, grab your guns! As Trump sends troops to LA and DC, where are they now? #hypocrites #BananaRepublicans

Under Obama and Biden the MAGAssholes shrieked bloody murder the Fed were gonna send troops into Texas. The dumbasses bristled and waved their guns around. Now, Trump on absurd pretexts sends troops into LA and DC. Do the MAGAssholes have anything to say about it? No.

@richardldn.bsky.social Trump cares nothing for “US economic interests.” His flailing incoherent policies serve only his own interests. If he can be the center of power and attention, Trump cares not a whit about US fortunes. Crediting Trump with higher motives is a massive failing of the press.

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Paul Krugman is both a serious economist and a plain-spoken one. He describes Trump’s policies as “malignant stupidity” and his process as “ignorant whim”. Spot on. MAGA has inflicted a dangerous fool on the American republic. Let us hope the electorate deliver a resounding rebuke.

To summarize the Trump administration’s view of the law: The government can do anything to anyone at any time for any reason. Welcome to American fascism.

@11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social please reconsider using the word “loyalty”. What Trump demands is blind slavish unquestioning obedience to his whim-of-the-hour. The difference is vast. Sloppy use of language has led us to the brink of fascism. #WordsMatter

Trump has gutted government functions, shredded trading relationships, spit in the face of allies, appeased Russia, undermined the rule of law, attacked academia, devastated US credibility, lied to courts, etc etc … and for what? FOR WHAT?

Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.

worth reiterating that in literally any other context a 10% tariff on Japan alone would be getting wall to wall financial news coverage, would be considered the largest trade war escalation in modern American history and the dumbest economic policy move by a President in decades

What the markets are saying: When you are so evidently corrupt, sloppy, thoughtless, and haphazard in every aspect of governance, how can we count on you?

@velchi.bsky.social Musk didn’t put “millions” into Wisconsin SC election, he put “tens of millions”. The Fox settlement wasn’t “multimillion” it was “hundreds of millions”. Language matters, these numbers are off by orders of magnitude. The right exaggerates and the left diminishes. I don’t get it.

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Sloppy on domestic policy. Sloppy on national security. Sloppy on foreign policy. Sloppy on health policy. Sloppy on immigration. Sloppy on economic policy. More dumpster fires of dumbfufuckery to come. #BananaRepublicans

Trump SAYS “short term pain, long term gain”; “bring back manufacturing”; “being down trade deficit”; “make America wealthy again”. Does anyone believe Trump actually wants what’s good for America? I do not. Trump does only what serves his personal interests.

@milkepescs.bsky.social As to your broader posture with @davidpakman.bsky.social compare the entire GOP 2020 or J6 lies with a couple of elected Ds acknowledging an examination of police funding might be in order. #BothSidesBS

@milkepescs.bsky.social I appreciate your take on many topics, but you give the Hur report far too much credit. Hur had no qualification to come to cognitive conclusions, such conclusions had no place in his report, and Trump made every effort to evade a similar interview.

@indyamericans.bsky.social Disagree that effort is an end in itself. Effort inspires, signals, pushes the envelope, challenges inertia, and focuses energies. Effort is leadership. Immediate results may not be the objective, but I would maintain effort advances longer-term results. #coreybooker

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Soooo … let me get this straight. The rest of the world has been ripping of the US for decades; we’re the poor victims. And yet … the US is the most prosperous and powerful country on the planet? How’s that now? #MAGAssMunchers

What part of unmarked vans, masked abductions, fear, intimidation, menace, and the gutting of every institution from academia to the judiciary to the legal profession do the #MAGAssHoles believe constitutes “small government”? After decades shrieking about “tyrannical gov” this?

#signalgate wasn’t a “mistake”; it was lazy, arrogant, dangerous, stupid, reckless, irresponsible, and illegal. Can we not call a thing a thing? @BananaRepublicans

Trump operates in his personal interest, not the national interest. Everything he does must be seen in this light. He weakens the US for self-aggrandizement.

@maddow.msnbc.com Two key unanswered questions 1. Were not the numbers of participants viewable on the chat? Do those tie to the personal or government phone; 2. Can #Signal even be installed on government phones?

@lastword.msnbc.com Forget about Signal not being the right place for such communications. What business did those folks have in real-time updates of an ongoing operation? No a single one represented the military. #PackofFratBoys

“But her emails” they shrieked for a decade. “Cancel culture” they screamed. “The Constitution” they sneered. “Executive overreach” they snorted. And now they shamelessly serve up heaping helpings of it all to the nth degree and insist “nothing to see here”. #BananaRepublicans

Props to @strictscrutiny.bsky.social Seems an R president (not D!!) can fire anybody, empower anybody, flout any law, deport anyone, impeach any judge, ignore Congress, shutter any law firm, and dictate the curricula of any university. That’s tyranny.

Where we are: Gut government; Gut judiciary; Gut academia; Gut research; Gut free speech; Gut free press; Gut legal profession; Gut alliances; Gut trading partners; Elect a criminal; and promote lawlessness and corruption. The path to autocracy and kleptocracy, not a thriving innovative society.

@hartmannreport.com In fact the litter-box right-wing fantasy has some basis in fact. As I understand, some classrooms maintain litter as a precaution in the event of a school-shooter lockdown. I do not have solid confirmation but this seems plausible and indeed sensible.

@velshi.bsky.social Please stop parroting the phrase “waste fraud abuse” as though it is associated with reality rather than a pretext to guy government. If any *real* activity implicate fraud, refer to that.