I'm old enough to remember when the GOP ranted about how Obama wanted to throw Grannie off a cliff....

Important point here: beyond the circus, the true grift and corruption is what keeps it going

This really hits home the idea that everything is for sale in the new America: a place where grift, corruption, shakedowns and showy displays determine policy and founding ideas are bulldozed to make room.

okay lol I just checked and I kid you not this is literally the cover of my own copy of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense. Note: This was published in 2012, more than a decade ago. This was just the iconography the publisher felt best expressed Paine’s views.

Media failing to call out the cult for what it is: pardoning Santos who a jury ruled was guilty, along with dozens of other of Trump's friends who were ruled crooks, to say nothing of the 1600 J6ers pardoned for their crimes is a 'commitment to the American people' in what way?

This is what the 25th Amendment is for.

Nice turn of phrase

Toronto out in support of democracy loving American neighbours

obviously what was being said in that chat was vile but the most reputation-destroying fact about any member of any Republican organization should always be that they are Republicans, a white supremacist gang waging war against democracy and the U.S. citizenry

The travesty continues….another convicted felon evades accountability. The hundreds, possibly thousands of their victims lose court ordered restitution. Ghislaine being teed up

The infantile nature of this regime stems directly from its man-child leader.

This is so over the top delusional. It was never their intent to get rid of undocumented criminals. They want to get rid of or make 2nd class citizens of a huge swath of Americans based on pure lies

"Most of THEM" Racist puke with his usual and unoriginal slur against POC. He's truly an awful human being

The subtext is offensive and telling. The idea that diversity, equality, & inclusion undermines merit or its, corollary, that white ppl are being victimized, is racist BS. One only has to look south to see the white meritless buffoons replacing qualified decorated POC to know this position's intent.

Abject lying on display in a place they know they get no follow up....like the fact that Jack Smith wasn't even hired when MAL was searched. They don't seem to have a concept of how time works.

This is it, but few are willing to hear it. The GOP are literally a collection of the worst in America. It isn't about low taxes, or small gov't, and it surely isn't about libertarian values. It's a criminal enterprise that will use ignorance, racism, misogyny and propaganda to enrich & enslave.

It's beyond stupid, it's disgusting. And just as Reconstruction was dismantled bc whites could not accept any level of equality, the VRA is likely to follow. 400 years and little has changed. The Roberts Court has already dismantled much of it and, I fear, is setting up for a final blow. 🧵

Democracy dies in dark money

Oliver's piece is gold. Making someone like Weiss, an appalling unqualified narcissist, head of News is indicative of what 'news' will become under billionaire concentration. She's terrible & Oliver has the receipts, but you won't ever get this level of journalism from the MSM anymore.

Pretty rich given the ever changing US tariffs on just about everything, the $20B Argentinian bail out, and the constant buffoonery from Trump on the global stage.

… today, a group of 160 scientists from 23 countries is announcing that the planet has already reached its first major tipping point: the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs.

Trump's outright rejection is why the Nobel Cmte HAS credibility and why the prize remains 'dignified'. Giving it to a career felon/predator whose narcissism is legendary, as are his dictatorial impulses, would sully the prize to the point of meaninglessness.

The Democratic Party in one sentence.

This remains the most important piece i’ve written about the goals and ideological principles of the second Trump administration www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... bsky.app/profile/jame...

This is part of the devastation wrought by electing the the dumbest, cruelest, most corrupt people in your country

This is indicative of just how shallow and desperate Republicanism has become. It isn't restricted by any decorum or morality and is fuelled entirely by misplaced rage and grievances borne from ignorance.

"Haven't heard the name in so long." Same lying disease the rest of the Republicans have when asked about an unseemly issue. He's going to do it clearly. Convicted felon isn't fooling anyone.

"Trump is explicitly saying he is going to crush his political opposition...sending the military into US cities with the clear message that protest will be crushed...saying openly they will annihilate Democratic politicians, their organizations, and their supporters" substack.com/inbox/post/1...?

Worth watching

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

A reminder that Trump has the 'best people' working for him.... Abolish ICE

How to make your citizenry dumber…use a fake university’s ‘resources’

His narcissism is outrageous. What an absolute buffoon.

Once again, not trans, not a drag queen, not radical leftists, but mainstream conservatives, pastors, religious people who spend much of their time railing against the evils of everybody else.

Trump regime losing hearts & mind and resorting to stochastic terror.

The traditional media grows more and more worthless every day.

Yeah, that certainly sounds like a healthy democracy. If any other country did this, US media would be assailing them as thuggish dictatorships. Abolish ICE

If the numbers were good, Trump would be spreading the news everywhere. But even after firing the head for reporting numbers he did not like last time, he can't hide the fact that he has caused immense damage to both domestic jobs and the American brand. Running America like his businesses.

This is a key point: it isn't just Trump/cronies making this outlandish claim, but an entire system geared towards giving deference to the right, even when they are ignoring all laws, while questioning the slightest pushback from anyone else.

Perfect case example of mediocrity being raise to the top level based on the politics of whiteness. This is the only true 'identity' politics.

Note: not trans, not a drag queen, but, as is the case in many if not most incidents, a person of the cloth, or closely associated who is also often a ‘conservative.’

Miller, Hegseth, Trump, etc. are the weakest, the shallowest, & the most cowardly of men. They do not inspire greatness, but stand as historically mediocre examples of the opposite. An America ruled by this kakistocracy is unsustainable. Time for the good people of America to end this embarrassment

Some federal courts are trying their best to save the Republic.

Completely unserious. Total clown show.

Lord, please grant me anything resembling this clarity.

Hard to believe how stupid the US regime has become. It's not just a question of decorum, but abject stupid partisan buffoonery.

The corruption in Trump 2.0 is staggering. Hard to keep track of his openly quid pro quo oligarchy. And even more galling is that he's taking away healthcare from millions of Americans so he can bail out crooked billionaires.

Warren highlights the absurdity of SCOTUS’s decision to let Trump override Congress’s constitutional budgetary power. Why would Dems agree to anything knowing Trump can just impound on a whim? Watch Schumer cave.