A level of corruption in the Trump-Vance administration that would embarrass Boss Tweed. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

For those out there with USAA coverage, it seems that we have another example of the decline in the quality of service provided by the company once lauded for its service. www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/clai...

Too bad the East Wing didn’t have any memorials to traitorous confederate generals because then it may have been spared in the name of preserving history. 🙄

If a temporary resident of the White House can totally demolish the East Wing to build a gaudy ballroom, without any authority, approval, or regulation, he can tear down the rest of the White House to build a Walmart. That this destruction is allowed underscores how off the rails our country is now.

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"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." ~ United States Declaration of Independence

Argentina First.

But of course Trump would do this.

Important piece from Ed Luce in the FT today. "From today’s vantage point, Trump’s first term looks like a model of constitutional restraint."

Well, well, well. It looks like one US District Court internship won't be as valuable as earlier anticipated. The continued use of AI in drafting both opinions and pleadings is a big problem. www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...

"The Epstein Ballroom, we're calling it. The Epstein Ballroom. It'll be covered in the finest gold, 14 carat gold -- the best golds are in their teens, you know."

"The stated policy of every Democrat seeking the presidency should be that the first thing they will do is demolish the Trump ballroom and restore the East Wing of the White House and the White House grounds to their pre-Trump state." www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-a...

This is OBSCENE. It is a sin, really and truly in the deepest sense. To destroy something so magnificent to satisfy his g—damn ego.

Donald Trump invited Zelenskyy over the weekend to once again try to extort him on behalf of Putin. Zelenskyy didn't back down and stood up for his country. No Trump and MAGA are not isolationists, that's a myth, they are in an open alliance with Russia and Israel.

More people should realize this. Rather than solving problems, AI simply sifts through that which has already been discussed/revealed and then prints it. It is no more than a very powerful plagiarism tool. Sure, useful for research, but it's not giving us anything that didn't already exist.

as far as just messaging goes that video is probably the most embarrassing thing any president has done on the world stage in my life and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility

Authoritarianism doesn't happen in a vacuum. It requires enablers. When a leader posts fantasies of monarchical rule, and his entire party looks the other way, they become complicit. The issue isn't just Trump's posts; it's the institutional decay of a party that refuses to be a check on his power.

All week the pro-Israel and pro-Trump supporters screamed at us, in unison: why aren’t you celebrating the ceasefire?? Because we knew it wouldn’t last. But even I didn’t think it’d be over in less than a week. What a complete & utter humiliation for Trump, thanks to Netanyahu.

It's official. Nearly 7 million people. Today is the single largest day of protest in American history. Americans from all corners of the country are standing up and saying #NoKings. This is what peaceful, patriotic protest looks like.

Republicans went all in defending their young leaders in their 30s who praised Hitler and said rape was "epic." They are the norm, not feature, not the bug. Hoods off. MAGA hats on.

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office. “The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.

What's the biggest inside indicator of Trump's poor health? JD Vance's behavior. Vance knows that Trump's prognosis is poor. He believes this is going to give him the presidency before 2028. No American VP has ever behaved this way. His level of arrogance is off the charts.

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt: “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist." www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

More than half of ALL government shut down days in the history of America have come under just one president. Simply put, the man is a terrible leader.

The $20 billion bailout of Argentina is happening, but there’s no money to lower healthcare costs for Americans? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Pam Bondi gets uglier with every clip of her I see. People lying...when everyone knows they are lying...yet they do it anyway...they're the most repulsive thing you can ever see. That feeling of being repulsed...and what you are looking at...when you feel that way...fuse... permanently.

The President of the United States is living in an alternate reality and it's long past time for media outlets to start talking about it. We're beyond "Trump said without evidence." Trump is governing a world that only exists in his warped mind.

The judge also set an initial schedule for pre-trial motions. The first set is expected by Oct. 12. Per Comey’s defense counsel, that batch will include motions to dismiss for selective and vindictive prosecution, as well as a motion challenging the legality of Halligan’s appointment as US attorney

It's a Show Trial. No amount of makeup or distraction will ever hide your evil soul. Release the Epstein files.

Partisan gerrymanders may be legal, but only because SCOTUS said so. They are anti-democratic measures used by a party that fears losing power to hold onto control, a mechanism that lets parties choose their voters instead of letting voters choose who will represent them.

Vance’s is a white guy whose entire political career was handed to him by billionaires — a career also fueled by the grievance that U.S. institutions conspire against white guys.

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

And the Maxi-Grift continues apace, while American commercial/corporate media chooses to ignore it out of fear and its own economic interests.

And we have been saying this for a long, long time. This is what happens when life is lived within the Fox News world. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

Evey day, someone in the Trump regime does something that feels like the entire country is being punked. For example, the oil stooge running the Dept of Energy has banned the use of the words, "climate change." Yep, that fixes the problem, for sure. electrek.co/2025/09/29/t...

I still think it’s backwards that every mass shooter owning an AR-15 is considered a right while their victims’ healthcare is considered a privilege.

Trump's deal to sell TikTok won't just enrich his billionaire pal Larry Ellison. It also gives UAE investment firm MGX — a key business partner of the Trump family's crypto company — a major ownership stake and board seat at TikTok. Everything is for sale.

Today’s shameful shadow docket decision from the Supreme Court—allowing Trump to unilaterally cancel $4 billion in aid—is not behavior that any healthy democracy tolerates of its judiciary. It is a sign of constitutional rot that precedes the rule of law’s collapse. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Why isn't the damage Trump & Hegseth are doing to US military readiness a bigger issue? Beyond Hegseth's incompetence, his mismanagement of his own staff, his security breaches, we have seen resources improperly redirected to the borders, to policing our cities, and to impossible projects...

Trump's corrupt prosecutions of enemies as "retribution" for legitimate fact-based prosecutions of him are really about the core authoritarian goal of erasing the very idea of legitimate guilt and innocence. This new firing is all about that. Thoughts on this here: newrepublic.com/article/2006...

TikTok will be co-owned by China and Trump allies, Paramount was sold to a pro-Trump billionaire who's also set to buy Warner Bros, X is owned by an apartheid-bred fascist, WaPo and Meta are owned by Trump-cowering billionaires, and Murdoch owns the Fox empire. Here's why media has a liberal bias.

This is the most corrupt and disgusting thing I think I’ve ever seen from a president. A blatantly impeachable offense. Republicans in Congress will say and do nothing.

One person familiar with the federal investigation said that “thus far, there is no evidence connecting the suspect with any left-wing groups.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

"Ownership matters. When you've got Paramount that has all these other business interests, they have made deals to protect their other interests. Same thing with Bezos. Same thing with the Walt Disney Company. I'm hoping the New York Times is going to hold the line," says @krforde.bsky.social.

Surrendering to tyranny only invites more of it.

Previous generations fought fascism in nearly every corner of the earth. Today it’s on our streets, silencing opposition and attempting to control the airwaves. The GOP has declared all out war on free speech. It’s up to us to fight for it.

It takes a unique world view to declare as a “major terrorist organization” a thing that doesn’t really exist as an entity.

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.