I can't think of any large social attempt in modern history to sanctify a public figure that backfired so spectacularly. Even people I know who aren't media psychos like myself were like "Why is CBS interviewing Erika Kirk" and kids use 'kirk' as a verb.

It's all madness. Trump is deranged—a criminal & predator—immoral, abusive & dishonest. He's a liar—a charter member of the Epstein class. Trump’s cabinet is a menagerie of unfitness, corruption & treason. Nothing like it has ever existed in over 250 years. steveschmidt.substack.com/p/it-is-all-...

The only mainstream journalists speaking truth to power these days are cartoonists

WTF?

I have never served in the military or been to the Middle East, but I did win my fraternity's Battleship tournament senior year at Bucknell. Here's how the Navy should secure the Strait of Hormuz... (1/24)

No deporting citizens? I’m sorry. What?

watch Markwayne Mullin's facial expression as Rand Paul confronts him for "never having the courage to look me in the eye and tell me that the assault was justified. Today you'll have your chance. Tell it to my face."

No lies detected.

Trump: "I don't like young, handsome men. Women? I like."

Whoa. Prince Andrew arrested over Epstein scandal. The difference between the impact on government and government officials in Europe/England and here, and the continuing effort to minimize Trump’s role, are stunning.

THREAD 🧵 The latest batch of Epstein Files are disgusting and shocking. We wanted to give the public an understanding of the most important takeaways.

Moulton: I have an idea for ICE funding: zero. That’s what ICE needs.

Jones: All you do is keep people fearful because you get paid 45 million a year to keep people fearful so they don’t pay attention to the CEOS taking their healthcare. You don’t care about the American people. You want them to be afraid of immigrants because all you have is fear.

HAPPENING NOW: In federal court in MN, DOJ is struggling to articulate why a person following an ICE vehicle — so long as they are obeying traffic laws — can be stopped for "reasonable suspicion" of a crime. Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.

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Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York

“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.” In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.

Oh my goodness, this Wall Street Journal piece about Trump's ailing health that includes an interview with him (gift link). There are a number of ridiculous details in it and I'll put a few of them in this thread. (1/6)

Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct? Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.

The overwhelming majority of jobs at the two biggest companies in America pay less than $20/hr. Meanwhile, the heads of those companies are some of the richest people on the planet. See the problem?

Bari Weiss killed CBS News in 76 days open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...

Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.

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To be clear, this should be one of the biggest scandals to ever reach the presidency. DOJ - after illegally scrubbing Trump from the Epstein files - is retroactively removing files they missed that would be embarrassing to the President. It’s a complete affront to Justice.

Since I’m getting “what did I miss” from alot, Paramount Plus, owner of CBS spiked the El Salvador CECOT prison story yesterday on 60 minutes because it made the White House look bad. Cancel paramount plus Censorship. Bari Weiss

BRENNAN: What are you going to do to force DOJ to comply? MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.

Pamela Jo Bondi, doing her part to help an administration that calls itself, with a seemingly straight face, "The Most Transparent in American History."

“Do you support ICE?” “Not really.” “Hell f*ckin’ nah.” These two dudes drink for free on us if we ever run into them in Minnesota 🍻

We must operate under the assumption that EVERY redaction is a detailed account of Trump raping children. It's the only reasonable conclusion until he proves otherwise.

Schiff: "I think we ought to bring Pam Bondi before the Senate Judiciary Committee demand answers as to why the DOJ has violated the law."

Garcia: This is not a real release. This is continuing a coverup that's been going on now for months.

Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.

Lol, Rump's phony bonus for service members comes out of a fund to assist them with housing. Literally gifting them money that's already theirs. Everything about this guy is a con.

Urgent update. Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures. Mike Johnson should bring the bill to the floor immediately.

Read this. Then read it again.

1. A blockade is an act of war 2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨 3. It’s always about oil.

How we feel about this is how the whole rest of the world feels about Americans.

LMAO McGovern is on fire right now 🔥🔥🔥

Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.

Let’s remember: Maxwell is not just Epstein’s pal. She is also a trafficker and a serial abuser of women and girls. She was right at the heart of one of the most notorious sex trafficking rings in history. Despite all that, Trump himself says a pardon for Maxwell is on the table.

Second, the cushy treatment by the Trump administration of Ghislaine Maxwell is unacceptable. Who moved her to a cushy minimum security facility? Who are the secret visitors she’s getting? Why didn’t the Deputy AG follow up on ANY of the lies she told him in her interview?

All of us hope that the Trump administration follows the law and releases the Epstein files on Friday. But there are very good reasons to be skeptical of whatever the Trump administration releases. I’ll share a few reasons why.

The is a declaration and act of war without congressional approval, and imperialistic jingoism.

[email protected] : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela? AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.

Young American men volunteer for military service, knowing they may have to sacrifice their lives for their country. But they didn't volunteer to sacrifice their futures to protect the President or Secretary of Defense from being convicted of crimes. That's not the service for which we thank them.

Rand Paul: "The president also said, 'Be careful Colombia, you could be next.' I mean, if we're gonna go and topple regime after regime in South America, there's no amount of money that could be printed to pay for that and I don't think lives should be lost without a vote by Congress."

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Never in my life had I considered I might ever think that the US could ever possibly wind up part of a new Axis of Evil with Russia and China...but god dammit it looks like I'm going to have to revise that thought.