Sadly, now even @theguardian.com is using tepid euphemisms rather than stating the simple truth. The headline to the story about Rand Paul should have stated plainly: "Republican Senator acknowledges that Trump's military airstrikes are extrajudicial killings" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Article I of the US Constitution is clear: only Congress, not the Executive, has the power to levy taxes. Trump's claim of a "National Emergency" are laid bare by the fact that he raises and lowers tariffs randomly, or in response to someone bruising his ego. There is no legal justification.

When a false AI alarm causes police to descend on a teenager with guns drawn and pointed directly at him, that is NOT a "minor mix-up." The highschooler could have easily been shot. He was traumatized as he was roughly grabbed and cuffed. Stop this nonsense. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today. abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...

Just to be clear: By demanding $230 million in reparations, Trump is not suing himself since Trump won't pay a dime since Trump, like most billionaires, doesn't pay any federal taxes. Trump is suing ordinary Americans and will decided the case himself to line his own pockets. #Trump

Even while working in the White House, I was constantly awed by the history, beauty, and auror of the place. Stately rooms in the #EastWing featured treasured frescos and historic fixtures that are now reduced to mangled debris. A troublingly accurate metaphor for our Constitution.

Based on the sparse details made available by the Trump Admin, the new 'sanctions' on Russian oil firms are just words with little, if any, teeth. On Russian media, Kremlin insiders are scoffing at Trump's bluster as they continues to call him "Наш Трамп" ("Our Trump"). #Trump #Russia

A tenant does not demolish the temporary home they inhabit. Only the home owner can do that. Trump clearly believes that he is the permanent owner of the White House. Even a homeowner cannot demolish and rebuild without permits and approvals. Trump believes he is above the law. #EastWing

Vladimir Solovyov of Russia-1 (Moscow's counterpart to Fox News' Jesse Waters) has been gleefully pointing out what American media appear too intimidated to say: Trump is doing Putin's bidding on Ukraine. He and his guests are declaring Zelinskyy to be "the main loser," and that "Trump flipped."

Cutting through the double-speak, Trump's real policy goal is to make billionaires and megacorporations richer while allowing ordinary Americans to suffer and die in a toxic environment. #Trump #Resis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The fact that Igrassia is a racist and antisemite has been public knowledge for years. Igrassia made multiple appearances Fuentes January 6 rioter Hale-Cusanelli, who proclaimed that the only problem with Hitler was that "he didn't finish the job." #Trump www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Who would have guessed that the people who assaulted more than 140 police officers would assume that Trump's pardon meant that they go continue their campaign of violence? #Trump #January6 #RightWingWatch www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump's wrecking crew at work. #EastWing #Trump #Resist

Sept 24: Trump says Ukraine could retake all territory held by Russia. Sept 29: Trump says he's considering supplying Tomahawk missile to Ukriane. Oct 16: Putin calls Trump on phone. Oct 17: Trump tells Zelinskyy that Ukraine should cede territory to Putin and rules out Tomahawks. See a pattern?

Question for the hive mind: Today (October 18) Facebook disabled my account without warning or reason. I have never been suspended or warned. The Facebook Help page says when I attempt to log in I'll be given a link to appeal, but that does not happen. So, no way to appeal. Any suggestions?

So much winning: List of the 7 largest Dow Jones drops in history: 1. Trump, 3/16/20 -2,997.10 2. Trump, 3/12/20 -2,352.60 3. Trump, 3/9/20 -2,013.76 4. Trump, 6/11/20 -1,861.82 5. Trump, 4/3/25 -1,679.39 6. Trump, 3/11/20 -1,464.94 7. Trump, 03/18/20 -1,338.46

The man who campaigned on "I will bring down inflation on day one" now declares "I couldn't care less" if prices rise due to his policies. Think about that in the coming weeks as every American faces skyrocketing inflation caused by Trump's idiotic policies.

3 tariff facts: 1) If tariffs cause a sharp drop-off in imports, then tariffs will not raise significant revenues. 2) If tariffs do not lead to a sharp drop-off in imports, then they will not lead to job creation. 3) Tariffs are paid by importers, meaning persons and companies in the USA.

As ICE continues to nab international students off the street, it is knowing what US law actually says. 8 USC 1182(a)(3)(C)(iii) “An alien, […], shall not be [excluded or deported] because of the alien's past, current, or expected beliefs, statements, or associations

Using Signal for a Principals meeting is illegal under the Federal Records Act. It would be illegal even if the discussion were based only on publicly-available information. Using Signal to discuss classified information is illegal under the Espionage Act. That's the law.

Trump now claims that he did NOT sign the proclamation invoking the Enemy Aliens Act, which means that every deportation carried out under the order is illegal. meidasnews.com/news/donald-...

Trump Admin dreaming up new ways to demean and insult American heros. The web page on Maj. Gen. Charles Rogers has been deleted. A search for the page leads to a "404" error page titled "deimedal-of-honor." Disgusting beyond words.

This is what WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE look like. Musk gets massive FAA contract to manage services after his DOGE fired hundreds of FAA employees, leaving the agency unable to handle its own needs. Plus, the FAA already has a similar contract with Verizon. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

One of these is trash, the other is a trash container. On second thought, I guess they both hold trash, just different types.

My question is: Was the video put up by workers facing dismissal or by DOGE staff sent into HUD who are proud that Musk is the real king and Donny just the court jester?

Just a reminder of how "trickle down economics" really works. As an economist, I could go into detail about how Laffer's theory was based upon a mathematical impossibility, how it was a contrived lie to fool the masses, etc. Since that would take lots of math and graphs, I'll stick with this.

My first thought was from Forest Gump: "Stupid is as stupid does." My next thought was that Trump and Musk are competing to be real-life Bond villains. The email is not only blatantly illegal, but gratuitously vicious. The wanna-be Bond villains think it is diabolical, but really it is stupid.

In just one month, the United States has shifted from its historic (post WWII) role as the de facto leader of the free world to become a mouthpiece for dictators. It has shifted from defending the right of self-determination to advocating a "might makes right" international order.

With Trump and RFK Jr. in charge, we are moving from the era of Pax Americana to that of Pox Americana.

Elon Musk's DOGE just fired 300 National Nuclear Safety Administration without first even checking to see what they do. They keep nuclear weapons safe, not just from foreign attacks but also safe as in not exploding prematurely and wiping out American cities. We live in an Idiocracy.

Musk's DOGE minions have posted SECRET/NOFORN information from the National Reconnaissance Office (one of the most secretive of all intelligence agencies) directly to X. Personal, identifiable information that cannot be legally revealed to ANY foreign national is now on the web.

How Orwellian can Trump get? He just forced the US Park Service to remove all references to trans people from the Stonewall Inn National Monument. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Elon Musk wants to automate almost every government function, from the Treasury to the Air Traffic Control System (which keeps the 150+ million Americans who fly each year safe) using AI. Musk also wants to own the AI. He clearly plans to own the while country. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The same Musk minion who now has the personal information (including name, address, SSN, bank account number, and private health data) for the majority of all Americans was previously fired for leaking secrets. Let the bidding begin! www.thedailybeast.com/musks-teenag...

This time, the judge appears to have understood the problem. The previous injunction only forbade changing the data, not changing the code. Also, the previous judge did not seem to understand that "read only" access allowed Musk's minions to make a complete copy. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Gratuitous, vicious, cruelty is at the heart of Trumpism. Make children fearful again seem to be the motto. www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/u...

I guess I must be an alien. My ancestors arrived in the colonies in 1735, which means we are immigrants to this land even though we have lived here since before the USA existed. Under the new Trump nomenclature, I guess I must ben an alien (but without the space ship or ray gun).

Marko Elez, one of the two Musk minions that Trump appointed as "Special Government Employees" so that they could have access the Treasury's checkbook, has publicly posted "Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool" and "I just want a eugenic immigration policy, is that too much to ask."

First Trump paints a big target on every US Embassy and Consulate around the world with his plans to take over Gaza, and then Rubio decimates security at US Embassies and Consulates. What could go wrong? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A federal judge has blocked Elon Musk's access to sensitive government databases. The really shocking part (in today's America) is that Treasury agreed to abide by the ruling. abcnews.go.com/US/judge-wei...

This actual photo provides a perfect summary of what Trumpism means. At the FBI, they have literally pained over the Bureau's pledges for integrity, fairness, stability, respect, leadership and other qualities that are apparently anathema to the MAGA movement.

Musk's takeover of the US government has now reached America's veterans. Musk's employees have now taken over all VA data, which includes the personal health, financial, family, and other history for veterans. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Democrats who support any Trump nominee -- at any level -- are collaborators (or, better written in Vichy French, collaborateurs)...

Newly appointed deputy at USAID, Pete Marocco, instructed the State Department to get EVERY USAID employee out of their respective countries worldwide by Friday... Marocco said that if the State Department did not, the staff would be evacuated by the U.S. military. www.cbsnews.com/news/usaid-m...

Another mark falls for Don the Con. I sincerely doubt this what Mayor Amer Ghalib of Hamtramck meant when he said that Trump is the "right choice" for Muslims and then went on the campaign trail on Trump's behalf.

In the Trump/Musk dystopia, anyone obeying the law is treated as a criminal, while the criminals run rampant.