Just paid $4.059 for a gallon of gas. Gee, thanks Trump enablers...

Trump says: "“Our warriors did not fight communism on battlefields..., only to have that menace rear its ugly head right back here in America. We’re not going to let it happen....It’s like a cancer. You’ve got to cut it out. You’ve got to cut it out fast.” Isn't Putin/Russia a communist country?

If we don't thoroughly prioritize and overhaul the education system in this country, the USA is doomed to fail. We need people thoroughly versed in actual history and critical thinking skills in order to move forward. A solid grasp of geography wouldn't be amiss, either.

Lessons are repeated until they are learned.

NYT: “Trump returned to the WH with an epiphany about mixing business and politics during his first term in office. ‘I found out that nobody cared, Trump said, revealing a remarkable indifference to potential conflicts of interest." -Ron Filipkowski Crimes must incur consequences, Congress!

"Trump: “By the way, on July 4th, it’s going to be approximately 107 degrees out, and I’m gonna go and I’m gonna make a really long speech just to show that I can do anything.” … Podcaster Keith Edwards: Just fyi, 3 presidents have died on July 4th.” -MeidasTouch

"Senator Chris Murphy [said]...“The White House is not a business opportunity. The presidency is not a license to steal from the American people. The government of the United States doesn’t exist to make Donald Trump rich." - Heather Cox Richardson Alas, facts prove that none of the above is true.

"...a source told Aileen Graef of CNN they expect the plane, newly painted in red, white, and blue like Trump’s private jet, to leave the service of the United States when Trump leaves the White House, going to Trump’s presidential library." - Heather Cox Richardson Why does a library need a jet?

This is NOT what I pay taxes for. "The Washington Post reveals a $500 million no-bid contract for Trump’s White House ballroom" - MeidasTouch

"Representing the government, Solicitor General John Sauer told the [Supreme] court that the president must be able to remove officials in the agencies because “...the one who has the power to remove is the one who…is the person that they have to fear and obey.” -Heather Cox Richardson Excuse me?

An unfit president shouldn’t be allowed to stay in power without a clear, independent process to remove them. Raskin’s bill creates that. But Congress won’t move on this unless we tell them to. Do your part here:

"This president and administration are turning the extraordinary resources of the American people—the things we the people have created over decades with our effort and our tax dollars—to their own ends. We are paying for their theft..." Heather Cox Richardson And I, for one, am sick of paying.

“If we lose, people might investigate us" is a helluva campaign pitch for "innocent" politicians.

This is NOT what I pay taxes for. "Reporting confirms taxpayers, not Trump, paid for that $689,000 granite walkway at the White House." -MeidasTouch

Warning! "Alex Kaplan of Media Matters notes that since Trump took office in 2025, his loyalists have urged him simply to declare a national emergency in order to justify dictating new voting and election rules to the states." -Heather Cox Richardson

This is the key (as noted by Heather Cox Richardson): "As Trump crumbles, it appears there is in the administration a drive to create unlimited power in the executive branch that will survive no matter who is in charge. That drive includes silencing political opponents while rewarding loyalists."

I realize that AI is just another tool in Corporate's vast array of "things to make me spend money." Well read my lips, Corporations: I DO NOT WANT TO SPEND ANY MORE MONEY. Therefore, you and all your "things" are irrelevant to me.

"As the Brennan Center—along with many others—has established, a person is more likely to be struck by lightning than commit voter fraud. It is vanishingly rare." -Heather Cox Richardson

From Meidastouch: "Politico has a...report out today on what the oil industry is privately warning the Trump administration: we are approaching “tank bottom.” ..."Globally, inventories have been falling by roughly 5.8 million barrels per day." "Gas is already at $4.26 a gallon nationally." "

I like this idea.

This is NOT what I pay taxes for!

Such winning we're doing... "U.S. consumer sentiment crashes to its lowest level ever recorded, worse than the 1973 Oil Crisis, the Dot-Com crash, and the inflation shocks of the 1980s." - MeidasTouch

Powerful words coming from a famed historian: "the most brazen act of presidential corruption in American history. By far." -Heather Cox Richardson on Trump's taxpayer-funded $1.776 billion slush fund. Where is our Congress?

GOP Vice Chair Blake Moore: "Our Republican priority will always be to put government ahead of Americans." They do not care about you.

"the Trump administration is the most corrupt U.S. administration in history."... "Trump’s corruption is mind-boggling."... " identified more than $50 billion in waste and abuse. "... -Heather Cox Richardson I sense a trend.

If we're not at war, and the US is killing people, can folks be arrested for murder?

Trump should be kept far away from children. For their sakes.

He actually said this yesterday during his Villages speech: "I shouldn’t be here... I should be indoors at a secure facility where I can quietly, beautifully, and safely play out my term, destroying everything that comes in our way." We're doomed.

I want congresspeople who will not refuse to do their jobs. This one should be fired. "Senate majority leader John Thune (R-SD) said yesterday he would not challenge Trump’s novel interpretation of the War Powers Act." - Heather Cox Richardson

Who ARE These people? "according to a WaPo-ABC News-Ipsos poll...19% believing that the US actions in Iran have been successful. " -MeidasTouch

This is NOT what I pay taxes for. "Last week, news broke that a start-up company backed by President Trump’s son Eric had won a $24 million contract from the Pentagon. Today news broke that the U.S. Air Force has agreed to buy an undisclosed number of drones from a company backed by Trump’s sons."

Yesterday, "Senate Republicans blocked another Democratic measure—the sixth, introduced by Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA)—to require Trump to end his war on Iran." -Heather Cox Richardson How much longer are we going to let this go on?

"On his Substack today, economist Paul Krugman [wrote]...“The question now is how much destruction will the world, and America, have to bear before Trump is willing to accept reality?" (from Heather Cox Richardson) No, the real question is how long are we going to continue to LET HIM wreck us?

Who ARE These people? "New polls show...White House ballroom gets 28% support" -MeidasTouch

This is not what I pay taxes for. "[T]he Pentagon asked Congress to change the name of the Defense Department to the “Department of War,”...This change...will cost taxpayers $52 million." -Heather Cox Richardson

This is not what I pay taxes for. "Yesterday Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and others...[presented] a bill to appropriate $400 million of taxpayer money to build the [Trump] ballroom. Republican loyalists in the House have also called for public funding of a ballroom." -Heather Cox Richardson

Who the heck ARE these people?? "According to a new poll out [yesterday] from Strength in Numbers/ Verasight, conducted between April 10 and April 14, ...35% of U.S. adults approve of Trump’s job performance. " -Heather Cox Richardson

"[Trump] argued that diet soda is good for him because it kills grass if it is poured on it, so therefore it must cure cancer cells inside the body. " - Ron Filipkowski of MeidasTouch Wait a second...why would Trump be concerned about having cancer cells in his body, unless...?

Just my periodic reminder that life would be better if we would please abolish the electoral college.

In a nutshell: "“Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY): “Trump is pathologically petty and cannot be trusted to keep his word. There is no point in yielding to his ever-changing ransom demands.” - MeidasTouch

"This is on you, Congress. Every single member of Congress who does not support impeachment, removal, and prosecution right now is complicit." - Dean Withers

Yes, please. "European leaders are discussing whether to retaliate against the U.S. using the EU’S Anti-Coercion Instrument, nicknamed “the Bazooka,” which can restrict imports and exports to any country trying to coerce an EU member and can limit U.S. investment there." - Heather Cox Richardson

We should stop thinking that Repubs in Congress are "too afraid of Trump" to stop him. I suspect they fully support what he's trying to do, and they should be viewed in that light and held equally responsible.

Humpty Trumpty sat on a wall Directing the United States’ great fall. All of the best women and men Couldn’t put the country together again.

No, indeed.

Important: Minneapolis killing should lead Dems to draw a much harder line against *any* ICE funding in budget talks, Swalwell/Goldman agree. "I am not going to pay masked thugs to shoot moms in the face. Period," Swalwell says. A Dem House should be for defunding. newrepublic.com/article/2051...

7 Democrats just voted today to confirm a Trump judicial nominee who refused to say what happened on January 6 or answer who won the 2020 election: Durbin Hassan Kaine King Klobuchar Shaheen Welch

Probably goes without saying, but I'm not interested in having my taxes used to pay Greenlanders for anything. "officials leaked one of the administration’s most reckless schemes yet: paying Greenland residents between $10,000 and $100,000 each if they support secession from Denmark." MeidasTouch