Trump wraps up a speech to military leaders that represented a major escalation of his effort to weaponize the armed forces into a tool he can use to violently quash domestic dissent. Hard to imagine how anyone with a shred of dignity can keep serving after this, which of course is the point.

Trump is now claiming to have ended eight wars since he entered office, up from seven last week

Apply this to the commander-in-chief!

1) it’s all about lethality 2) no fatties

I can't get over how the right-wing doesn't understand modern militaries, with the majority serving non-combat roles. You think the best IT security & logistics personnel spends two hours in the gym every day to look like the cast of 300? They're at furry conventions and model train shows.

i'm guessing this is for his buddies who have been accused of war crimes or blatant racism

Bring on the war crimes

It's like stupid Stalinism

jesus: turn the other cheek pete "christian crusader" hegseth: shut up pussy

New in PN: Get ready for the next big bailout "What this means is that the farmers will be insulated at least somewhat from the damage Trump’s foolish trade war did to them; in other words, they’ll get a bailout. The rest of us will pay for it. And the economy will get no benefit at all."

Hegseth proudly announces he is bringing back bullying

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

I literally sent my children (14 & 11yo) on a scavenger hunt around D.C. last week BY THEMSELVES. They walked, they took the bus, and they took the metro/subway. These folks are either the biggest liars for their own political purposes or the biggest bunch of sheltered wimps on the planet. Or both.

Not even the National Guards will silence our voices. Stand tall, D.C. and we will do the same in our cities. The pedophile can deflect all he wants but he will NOT silence us… we will continue to call his vile ass out! #Pinks #SheShed

Trump was just fine with this and never deployed the Washington, D.C. National Guard. I can't qWhite understand that.

Funny how Trump didn't do this on J6. AND pardoned all of the J6 criminals. 8647

“People are spitting in D.C. cops' faces, but they aren't allowed to do anything about it”-Donald Trump today. “Pardon this patriot for beating a D.C. cop with a flagpole”-Donald Trump in January

"Let me be crystal clear: crime in DC is ending and ending today."

🚨🚨🚨 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did. 🚨🚨🚨

Colbert should just run for President. I mean, it worked for Trump when his show was cancelled.

Colbert, FTW

Stephen Colbert, if you’re reading this: the door is open at the MeidasTouch Network open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Colbert has the highest ratings of any late night host. "Financial reasons" my ass. This is political.

Boycott Florida! @disneyworld.bsky.social

MUST WATCH: Oceanside CA: Militarized DHS (HSI) smashed windows, assault rifles drawn, tossed flashbangs and sent drones into the apartment which had 2 kids inside. They then told neighbors they were going to use tear gas, and they’d probably be exposed. Please share widely. WTF

Damn‼️ Federal agents blew a door off for this? Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids. She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms. Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen. 🧵

Thank you, @governor.ca.gov for suing Fox Propaganda!!!

Bondi just said DHS is helping rid us of criminals from the Sinaloa Cartel, but she failed to mention the asylum she gave to family members of the Sinaloa Cartel. She also said we're ridding the country of MS-13, but failed to mention the asylum she's giving to MS-13 leaders in the Abrego case.

@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Donald learned from Roy Cohn: 1. Attack! Attack! Attack! 2. Never admit any fault. 3. Always claim victory.

What a POS Ron Johnson is.

I know you are but what am I.

The dumbest being Trump. He's the one who killed the multinational Iranian Nuclear Deal. He just had to drop big bombs again. Remember the Mother Of All Bombs in Trump 1.0? 2026: elect only Deocrats. 2027: impeach, convict, remove Trump

Also, surely this should be the core media narrative about this war - they’re not doing it for any reason they can articulate! There’s no intelligence supporting their claims, Trump himself seemed to think it was a bad idea a week ago, but no one’s in charge and Trump is an easily-pressured fool

Total BS, as usual, from JD. Trump is the one who killed everything that diplomacy had accomplished when he withdrew from the JCPOA, the Iranian Nuclear Deal. Trump couldn't accomplish a deal with anyone. There's a reason that he constantly went bankrupt.

New in PN: “Neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party” — @mcopelov.bsky.social unpacks his signature phrase "When the right-wing party becomes a far-right party, that’s a recipe for our system being taken over."

Can someone in immigration law explain to me how this is legal?

Trump dismantled diplomacy, gutted the national security apparatus & pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal, decisions that helped destabilize the region. Now, it’s all bravado & this attack on Iran is likely to lead to a protracted conflict. This is provocation through chaos. This isn’t a “win”.

Q: The DNI concluded in March that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon. What new intel does the US have that Iran changed its position? HEGSETH: The president has made it very clear that he's looked at all the intelligence and come to the conclusion that the Iranian nuclear program is a threat

Pete Hegseth: “Many presidents dreamed of delivering the final blow to Iran’s nuclear program & none could until President Trump.” Yes, Pete—Trump finally did what others wouldn’t: ignore intel, destabilize the region, & risk another endless war. Bold move if you’ve learned nothing in 20 years.

Our grain farmers in Illinois were really impacted. China found other markets. Is it any wonder that Trump went bankrupt 6 times? And even in casinos!

To be clear: a tariff is a tax.

Fact-check: True

They do seem like inconsistent positions, but the attacks on teachers was really about dismantling public schools to get taxpayer dollars for home schoolers and private charter schools run by charlatans.

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