Thank you to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for having me on, one of the v few people in the UK press to follow this story during what is now a decade of media apathy &/or complicity

a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom

NEWS: Journalist Michael Wolff has filed a lawsuit against Melania Trump in New York seeking a declaratory judgment and damages for defamation. Wolff is striking back after Melania allegedly threatened to sue him for $1 billion over comments he made about the Trumps and Jeffrey Epstein.

FYI :“Destruction of federal property is a federal crime. 18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines the crime as willfully injuring or committing any depredation against U.S. government property. If the damage exceeds $1k it is a felony with a fine, up to ten years in prison or both.” Awaiting law enforcement.

Warren: So now Trump wants to give Argentina $40 billion. He talked about how tough things are for the people in Argentina and how hard they’re fighting for their economic survival. Look around America. Look at all the farmers sitting on soybeans they’ve got no buyer for now.

Trump's 'rot' is on full display in 'this vile moment': conservative Rick Wilson www.rawstory.com/trump-east-w...

Families are already hanging by a thread, but the sad truth is it’s about to get a lot worse when SNAP benefits don’t go out in November. It’s time to find our local food banks and help out with donations and volunteer hours if you are able.

🚨Tortured; the streets of America, 2025. Keep buying your shit from Apple, Amazon, Home Depot, United, Delta, AT&T - and you are contributing to this barbarity. 1/2

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced new sanctions against Russia’s two biggest oil companies and blasted Moscow’s refusal to end its “senseless war” as U.S.-led efforts to end the war floundered and the Ukrainian president sought more foreign military help. https://to.pbs.org/47belRG

Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."

In the wake of Trump disgracefully & corruptly seeking $230M in compensation for the investigations into his criminality—money that would come from us, the taxpayers—you might find relevant my story questioning our tax paying to fund this criminal’a actions. www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-w...

So we’re now paying federal taxes so Donald Trump can withdraw them from the Treasury like it’s his own personal bank account? Really?

Momentum Builds For The Resistance: Portland’s Courage, Grijalva’s Grit, Obama’s Fire, and Biden’s Strength

Message from Attorney General Kris Mayes, Arizona Swear in ADELITA GRIJALVA

Mike Johnson keeps saying that Democrats hate America But I can’t think of anything more hateful to our country than refusing to swear in a duly elected representative to protect a pedophile or his president pal Adelita Grijalva MUST be sworn in NOW

NEWS: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva have SUED the U.S. House of Representatives in federal court in Washington, D.C. over Speaker Mike Johnson’s refusal to swear in Grijalva. Grijalva would be the 218th vote for the Epstein Files discharge petition.

Don JR: If he was a king, he probably would have never left office the first time (He literally tried to do it)

The government has killed 32 people in 7 strikes with no evidence they were traffickers. The admiral leading the mission quit. If we had proof, they’d face a court, not a drone. The law still applies, even to suspected drug traffickers, and right now, the Administration’s story isn’t adding up.

Mike Johnson has't made me want to be his kind of Christian, but he has made me believe in the concept of evil.

I blame the Republican Senators for not impeaching Trump the 1st two times First Abuse of power Obstruction of Congress Second High Crimes and Misdemeanors Trump clearly feels he is above the law So now he is suing for 230 million for legal investigations by the DOJ

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Listen, we can’t send this guy enough of our money. Most trustworthy investment ever.

The incompetence and corruption of everyone in the TRUMPSTEIN administration is simply mind-boggling. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

If imitation is the highest form of flattery, then The Lyin’ King is a mastering it!

AZ AG Mayes: We have people in Arizona who are being actively harmed by Mike Johnson playing politics and apparently trying to protect the Epstein files. That’s not okay. We’re going to fight as hard as we can to put an end to it and to get Adelita Grijalva sworn in.

Arizona announces they are suing Mike Johnson for refusing to swear in Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva. She is the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

🚨BREAKING: The State of Arizona filed a lawsuit accusing House Speaker Mike Johnson of violating the Constitution by refusing to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. The plaintiffs argue that Johnson’s delay has deprived hundreds of thousands of Arizonans of representation.

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

From today’s Russian papers: “There isn’t a single reason Moscow should agree to a ceasefire [in Ukraine].” Same paper accuses Trump of “intellectual laziness.” Another: “Everything we’ve seen suggests [Trump] is not ready to take tough measures against Russia.” #ReadingRussia

he'd give to charity. yep. The entire crime family was banned from having a charity in NY after stealing money from the phony one they set up.... for children's cancer.

#AZ07 @acyn.bsky.social

Adelita Grijalva: "There is so much that cannot be done until I'm sworn in. So every moment that passes that I'm not able to provide constituent services or be a voice for Arizona, I cannot bring the issues forward that they send me here to do."

Raskin: "Speaker Johnson described the exercise of 1st Amendment rights across the country by 6 or 7 millions Americans as part of No Kings as a 'Hate America Rally.' The Hate America Rally happened on January 6 ... there were more than 140 police officers who were wounded."

"Young 'conservatives' have no conception of conservatism outside of the MAGA movement... They are utterly untethered to reasonable discourse...in a perpetual, hateful adolescence." - Peter Rothpletz, with his first 'First Draft' newsletter for Zeteo:

Can’t wait for Mike Johnson and Karoline Leavitt to tell us how this January 6th insurrectionist-pardoned by Trump-who threatened to kill Hakeem Jeffries is a Hamas supporter, terrorist and a violent criminal who hates America

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Johnson: They go before cameras incredibly and just lie to the American people. Over and over. It's a stunning thing to watch

A note for sports: Bluesky’s engagement rate was x10 higher than X’s across a sampling of identical posts made on both platforms by @rapsheet.bsky.social (sharing with permission) Fwiw we see a similar trend across all communities, not just sports. Real people, real conversations.

Peter Thiel always looks like he just burned his eyebrows off while lighting a crystal meth pipe at a sweaty sex party for waxed gay men who aspire to look like butch lesbians. If the scent of amyl nitrate took human form… 👇🏻👇🏻

Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"

Let’s get this done!