The true weaponization of the federal government by the zealous nitwits the GOP has allowed into the executive branch coupled with the “moderate”GOP clutching pearls and remaining silent on egregious government overreach and abuse will backfire sooner than later.

My current favorite bit of right-wing Christian hypocrisy is Ken Paxton, a man whose wife is divorcing him for adultery, forcing Texas schools to unconstitutionally post "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery." www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Woman in crisis was stripped, strapped to chair at Florida ICE center, suit says - Miami Herald One wonders how much of this the American public will continue to put up with. I know I am sickened by this treatment of people by Trump’s unaccountable gestapo.

Kristi Noem Laughs at Criticism of Her Texas Flood Response - New York Magazine I understand needing a thick skin for public life, but she appears more ignorant and unreliable every day. Bad confirm Senate!

GOP Declares Tax-Cut Extensions ‘Free’ to Obscure Megabill’s Cost - The Wall Street Journal GOP, if you really care about reality and deficits and debt drop the tax cut extensions. Quit inventing “new math” tricks.

Trump’s tax bill conflicts with Trump’s trade goals - The Washington Post It is obvious that modern GOP worships the disproven belief that wealth trickles down. The long-term thought should have been let the tax cuts expire, eliminate real fraud and waste and do tax breaks for SMALL BUSINESSES

The Megabill Is a Total Bust, According to the GOP’s Leading Economic Populist - POLITICO Oren Cass has the pulse of it and makes sound points but totally misses the point that Trump

Trump Is Right to Lose Patience with the ‘SALT Caucus’ - National Review Garbage “reasoning” by a once respectable conservative magazine.

Newsom Reverses Course on Taxpayer Funded Health Care for Illegal Immigrants, Calls to Pause Enrollment - National Review This guy is positioning himself to seduce low information voters from MAGA to the Dem version of populism I am betting. The GOP will suddenly find their voice again when he does

The Huge Mistake Trump Keeps Making That Will Ultimately Doom His Presidency - Slate Brilliantly written piece by David Faris of Slate

We Told the Truth About Biden’s Decline - National Review Good job! Now do Trump please.

Musk's disclosure of planned fraud arrest troubles law enforcement officials: Sources - ABC News

Yep… That’s where we’re at. 😑😳

You realize, of course, that Trump’s gut instinct is that everyone is wrong and tariffs are a great source of income. So, why do supposedly smart business people get this wrong and think he is doing some 4d chess stuff instead?

Newt Gingrich says the "McKinley Model" requires high tariffs over a three-year transition period. Notable: Three years after the 1890 McKinley tariff, the economy had fallen into a severe depression. The GDP shrank by 10% and unemployment hit 18%. Certainly not the economic model I'd be copying. 😳

Funny how the many horrible things being done in this country are backed by so many Christians. Do they now believe they are instruments of God set to wreak His revenge on earth? I would like to see the Bible reference on that interpretation. More like they have surrendered to the Anti-Christ.

A Goldman-Sachs person speaking about the tariffs stated his belief in Trump’s planned effect for the tariffs and I just laughed. After all this time is anyone that gullible still or was this just a kiss to the royal butt cheek?

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

So, do we trust Putin to follow through on whatever promises he made to Trump? Are we now allies with the Communists against the Democracies? Why did Trump surrender?

Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats - The Guardian Trump surrendering our cyber security to Russia now. Im sure that will make everything better. 🫤

Tesla manager who spoke up against Elon Musk’s Nazi joke confirms he was fired - FORTUNE Free speech absolutist. What a sniveling liar Musk is.

Watching this administration’s policy and execution missteps is exactly akin to watching a slow motion disaster. Moving backwards in science and health, crashing the economy and wiping out the next generation of necessary federal workers. It is China’s world now. Is that what we voted for really?

Trump, Musk slashing of government draws backlash, even among some Republicans - Reuters So predictable. He is lazy and wanton as long as he has a dupe to take the fall for him. He did it a lot in his first term. He loves to watch the bus roll past himself and over his minions he throws under it.

If there have ever been more corrupted and less qualified people nominated and confirmed than Patel, Heg and Gabb I would like to know who they are. It is going to take so long to undo the damage in the future. Way to go GOP. You own this.

He is going to tank the economy. Wake up GOP. Your obedience is not working

Again, really in support of reducing the size of the Federal Government. Despondent that the ones in charge are “Ready! Shoot! Aim!” Clowns. Fearless prediction: they will cost us more than they save, they will not cut the right areas, corruption and special interests conflicts will be rampant.

Ah, so my whole life all of the events caused by communism were attributed to Russia, but now because Trump is President we abandon all knowledge and experiences since 1945 for the new Trumpian pro-Russia view? Wake up GOP, you are losing any semblance of connection to actual reality.

Hundreds fired at aviation safety agency, union says - BBC News This is, of course, insanity. May get people killed and cannot save much money. The idea of cutting the size of government is great, but if you put daffy duck in charge you will literally cartoonishly destroy legitimate opportunity

It is still amazing to me how hyper partisan party politics has bypassed the checks and balances. I am looking at you GOP. You broke it, you own it.

Is there anything more satisfying than a great pizza sauce?

This period will be marked by historians as a time of increased worship of wealth and temporary power over worship of God.

Rather than address issues that really will affect American lives, the Maga administration has chosen to divide us on issues that serve noone long-term. Taking a vital economy and treating it like his personal business, Trump ensures suffering for many of his voters as well as the working class.

All of the Christians out there punishing perceived enemies: How does this recommend you to the afterlife? Are you forsaking your soul for temporary gains on earth? Why are your religious leaders leading you down this path?

The new administration will almost certainly set the US back in nearly every measure. We were losing ground before but the losses will be accelerated. China will be the ascendant power if their government can contain its expansionist ambitions and keep its economy productive.

Most of us citizens have protections provided by a long established rule of law, one that in theory applies to all citizens. So the erosion of this is potentially dangerous for all of us who cannot hire minions including lawyers and security professionals.

I think we are certain to see a lot of ready fire aim actions by the new administration. The budget freeze fiasco is just the start. Instead of having solid advise from experts who think independently from the maga collective, we are going to get monkeys twisting the dials to see what happens.

So far Hegseth is really showing prowess in right wing pc bs issues. Hope he is as gung ho on things that really matter.

Is this the place to start a movement for headline reform? Maybe the author of the article can get veto approval of any headline that is incorrect or irrelevant to the written article?

Arguably the most glaring flaw of capitalism is sometimes some really stupid people make it really big, and then everyone assumes because they are rich they must be smart.