Even rules he is adamantly pushing for don't apply to him. What are you new?

Iran, if you are watching...

The ancient scrolls tell us that, in the Before Time, a president's admission that his administration had not considered the obvious likelihood of the war widening when they first attacked Iran would lead to immediate congressional hearings.

Is it any wonder people feel the system is rigged?

a what of your what now

He went from, "I will end that war on day one," to now suggesting that the US is making money off that "unfortunate war."

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AOC: Companies like Palantir are mining endlessly the data and privacy of the American people—keeping track of everything that they say and do. And sending it to a militarized government. 

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Saudi Arabia reportedly wants Trump to launch a ground invasion of Iran. Remember: Trump's family has deep business ties to Saudi Arabia, including new luxury properties in Riyadh and Jeddah. Trump cannot be trusted to put protecting American lives over lining his own pockets.

Iran’s Parliament Speaker warns the US along with another country in the region are preparing to seize what is likely Kharg Island, a critical oil hub. He says Iran is monitoring all movements and vows that if attacked, the regional country’s infrastructure will be hit with “relentless” retaliation.

FOX NEWS: Why isn't Trump involved in trying to end the government shutdown? MIKE JOHNSON: I think he is involved FOX NEWS: He shot down the plan yesterday JOHNSON: Well, that's what's been reported FOX NEWS: He said it in the Oval Office

Whoever is reading his Trump social posts is who he is "negotiating" with.

Transfer of power to his son is NOT a regime change and they know it. They have accomplished nothing, and it has cost American lives.

We invaded Venezuela, kidnapped their leader and installed a puppet, and are now pillaging the country's resources just like the fascists in the 1930s did, and somehow this has already been normalized and isn't being treated as the crime it is

SCHIFF: I don't want to hold up the rest of what DHS does, so I've fully supported vote after vote to fund TSA KERNEN: That's a carve out. It's not a clean bill, which has been business as usual SCHIFF: Well, business as usual right now is people getting killed in the streets. So I'm not for that

I cannot believe this.👀 You really must read. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

NEW: The California AG has asked a court to immediately pause a Republican county sheriff’s investigation into last year’s redistricting referendum election, arguing his seizure of more than 650,000 ballots “threatens to create a dangerous precedent.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

🚨BREAKING: Oklahoma announced Tuesday it agreed to turn over its full voter rolls to the Trump Justice Department — including sensitive personal data the state had previously refused to provide. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Democrats introduced seven bills to end the TSA shutdown. Republicans blocked them all.

MacFarlane: I think the rise of independent journalism is an unparalleled thing. They want—hopefully—what I do: speak directly, one-on-one, point-blank, conversationally, and simply explain the news. There’s no way any vertical integration can stop that.

“Mind-blowing corruption”

McGovern: He’s doing nothing to make healthcare more accessible. They say we don’t have the money—but we have a billion dollars a day to blow on this crazy war. I don’t think he gives a shit about the American people. Gas prices are skyrocketing, and he’s golfing.

Whatever he feels like calling it, Iran is definitely at war with us. This has gone so terribly, he wants to get out with zero goals achieved. And he can't do that either. We wouldn't be sending more troops every couple of days if we had already won.

BREAKING: I'm suing the federal government for access to evidence in the shootings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and Julio Sosa-Celis. It's astonishing this lawsuit is even necessary, but in Minnesota, nobody is above the law.

I feel like a lot of ppl are missing the big picture here with ICE in airports. (1/3) The President is freely moving federal law enforcement officers—who have shown a willingness to engage in violent behavior with no meaningful accountability—around the country to solve his political problems.

Whitehouse: "Americans are made less safe every time this committee holds hearings promoting fake outrage about Jack Smith, every time MAGA influencers like Loomer convince Trump to fire agency heads & every time Patel fires FBI experts bc he wants to distract from his own waste of taxpayer dollars"

that feels like something you say when you're wearing a wire

Given that Kennedy is airing all this on Fox News, it seems like that status quo is politically unsustainable.

You could just have republicans vote for the dem bill to fund TSA.

She was driving her suitcase straight toward me. My life passed before my eyes.

Jeffries: "The last thing the American people need is for untrained ICE agents to be deployed at airports all across the country, potentially to brutalize or in some instances kill them. We've already seen how ICE conducts itself."

Great job here by Pete Kegseth. Thought he was posting an active duty Marine Sgt. Major talking about deploying to the Middle East for Iran. Not quite.

Always remember, Fox News paid out $787 million for spreading lies about the 2020 election.

Monday - Send more troops Tuesday - Say we’re ending war Wednesday - Send more troops Thursday - Say ending war Friday - Send more troops Saturday - Golf Sunday - Golf

We did this with tariffs. Now we’re doing this with war. And some insiders are making a fortune off the chaos.

BREAKING: Federal judge tosses out provisions in Pentagon’s new press policy — which most longtime reporters refuse to sign on to — as violations of the First and Fifth Amendments. Background: www.lawdork.com/p/doj-is-bar... Opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Breaking News: The Pentagon’s restrictions on news outlets violated the First Amendment, a federal judge ruled, in a victory for The New York Times.

This is the quintessence of narcissistic sociopathy. And just plain stupidity. From @anneapplebaum.bsky.social:

Just days ago, Witkoff told us on @cnbc.com that Putin said he WASN'T sharing intel and that we had to "take him at his word."

The kakistocracy is here

"Boots on the ground" is fairly self explanatory. It's a really easy one.

All on our dime.

it's basically a meme at this point, but it's 100% accurate to say republicans are north korean style propagandists for trump it's fucking embarrassing

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Gomez to Gabbard and Racliffe: "If the president can just ignore what you're doing, why do you even have a job? Why even advise him? You're saying the president can say tomorrow China is an imminent threat no matter what the intelligence says, and then he can take his own action."

COHEN: The people you fired were experts on Iran, were they not? PATEL: I don't believe so COHEN: They worked in counterintelligence, did they not? PATEL: I'm taking you at your word COHEN: You're the director. I'm not. You should know the answer