Trump’s Quest for a Mar-a-Lago Papacy newrepublic.com/article/2091... via @newrepublic.com

Q: Mr. Secretary, let's start with an easy one. Do you have a medical or public health degree? Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr: No

The only things on Donald Trump’s schedule today are an intelligence briefing and going to Las Vegas to do a roundtable to tout his tax policies. Tomorrow, they’re saying he’ll be at his hotel in Vegas AND the White House for executive time before going to Phoenix to speak at a TPUSA event. 🙄

Trump Wants Regime Change at the Fed open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

“filth” is an absolute face-spitter of a word

$500,000 buys a “one-on-one meeting” with Trump open.substack.com/pub/populari...

The explosive growth of AI data centers have transformed opaque structures of inequality and power into literal ones. Oligarchy is now more than an idea, it is a place—and the people who live there are fighting back. ow.ly/s0UK50YKp3C

I cannot believe this man has a job in public health

Donald Trump claims there will be a 10 day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. It will be announced after the markets close. I’ll believe it when I see it.

Russ Vought on inflation: “We went from 9% to 3%.” Inflation was 3% when Biden left office. It’s 3.3% today.

One thing that pisses me off about this is he kept saying based on what he knows from his classified briefings and info he has classified access to, a war or extreme action of some kind would be justified because there was a unique, imminent seeming nuclear threat or some shit Ok dude if that were…

Trump: "It has been my Honor to solve 9 Wars across the World, and this will be my 10th, so let's, GET IT DONE! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

"You're just voluntarily complying with this whimsical cosplay" -- holy shit, Tim Kaine is *demolishing* Russ Vought

President Trump says Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire. A Hezbollah lawmaker told Reuters he is aware of an impending deal. But Israel’s security cabinet is meeting right NOW — so how can Trump confirm this without their approval on Israel’s side?

What is remarkable is “lied us into war in the Middle East” was the defining the scandal for two terms of bush, and with trump, he was just openly lying from the start and never stopped lying, and it’s weird to expect him to say literally anything true about the war

"In fact, if the third of Americans who comprise his bedrock base of red-hatted MAGAs are held aside, the rest of the nation is now nearly unified in deeming Trump’s second term a failure, if not a disaster." — @schaller67.bsky.social

This is a fantastic paper -- well worth your time to read!

Pope Leo XIV: Jesus told us, blessed are the peacemakers. But woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, or political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.

Trump claims Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire starting at 5 p.m. EST, following talks in Washington. He also says he’s inviting Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanon President Joseph Aoun to the White House.

What Happened Today - #440 open.substack.com/pub/gbounaco...

Senate Republicans Kill Democratic Attempt to Rein Trump in on Iran newrepublic.com/post/209125/... via @newrepublic.com

Mike Johnson Says Pope Was Asking for It newrepublic.com/post/209090/... via @newrepublic.com

Trump Has Become What He Most Despises: A Loser newrepublic.com/article/2090... via @newrepublic.com

Pentagon Secretly Plotting Military Operations in Cuba Next newrepublic.com/post/209121/... via @newrepublic.com

Dems Officially File Impeachment Articles Against Hegseth Over Iran newrepublic.com/post/209115/... via @newrepublic.com

Fresh Off AI Jesus Scandal, Trump Posts Another Crazy Jesus Photo newrepublic.com/post/209077/... via @newrepublic.com

Trump, 79, Makes Wild Error While Warning Supreme Court Justice Alito newrepublic.com/post/209084/... via @newrepublic.com

Ahhhhh. There it is. Perfect soft exit strategy. He will keep puffing up his brand but hand his mess to JD Vance blaming him and the Dems. He will keep giving pressers and playing golf.

“Don’t believe your lying eyes”—the Trump administration pushes a reality that doesn’t match what Americans are feeling at the pump or seeing in the courts. Meanwhile, efforts to rewrite January 6th are sparking outrage on Capitol Hill. Scott MacFarlane has it all in his evening report.

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"Now that he is doing some things that are completely insane, that even [Trump supporters] can't rationalize, and that they particularly dislike, like this war, the cognitive dissonance is becoming too strong."

MeidasTouch host Katie Phang testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the proposed merger of Paramount-Skydance and Warner Bros.: "Democracy cannot survive if powerful people get to decide which facts are allowed to exist and what version of the truth they want to peddle for profit."

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Off the charts shameless lying disgrace. It’s the whole party.

In a single sentence, our dementia-ravaged president says that he might not get the support of Senator Thom Tillis but it's OK because Senator Thom Tillis is not a senator anymore.

Just to go back to basics: I once worked on a (winning) presidential campaign. Something too obvious for anyone to mention was: "Don't get into a fight with the Pope over who knows more about Jesus." These people are morons.

Genuinely funny that Sonia Sotomayor issued a public apology today for her mild criticism of a conservative colleague on a specific, substantive issue, and then a few hours later Clarence Thomas picked up a mic and was like ALL LIBERALS ARE AMERICA-HATING COWARDS

When the White House released their ridiculous “weaponization of government” report, claiming the Biden administration discriminated against conservatives, the press lapped it up Meanwhile today the Trump DOJ looked to vacate convictions against seditionists and Tulsi Gabbard did this

YES

An examination by ProPublica shows how thoroughly and expansively the Trump administration has overhauled the federal government into what some fear is a vehicle for making sure elections go his way.

Gov Sherrill: “We inherited an agreement where FIFA is providing $0 for transportation to the World Cup. And while NJ TRANSIT is stuck with a $48 million bill to safely get fans to and from games, FIFA is making $11 billion.”

“I don’t want to see the pope as a politician” lady I got some news for you about how you get elected pope by a conclave of powerful men who all have strong opinions on how one of the oldest institutions in the world should be run

Yep. www.offmessage.net/p/call-their...

A terrifying look at something deal that you’ll wish wasn’t. If you’re not disgusted enough, this is also a known thing pedophiles do to their own children. The FBI briefed us on this at NCMEC once.

Why Justice Sotomayor's apology to Justice Kavanaugh makes sense open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...