National Guard troops are being deployed for Trump's White House UFC event. Our troops are being deployed not for a natural disaster or emergency, but to stand in as toy soldier collectibles for Trump's birthday.

Who is recording audio in the damn Situation Room????

Buy Canadian milk it is far superior in so many ways. Thank you, Dr. Chopra. #BuyCanadian #Canada

@london.gov.uk Do we really want these on the streets of London?

This is how the right wing press is covering Trump's childish tantrum. These dudes really think yelling at women is the same thing as beng "tough." But of course, only women who can't actually yell back. They're scared of that! They are total and complete weenies.

🔥 🇬🇧 @mrjamesob.bsky.social on Trump’s ‘Meet The Press’ tantrum: “ABSOLUTE MELTDOWN… his own relationship with his own lies is what came to light in that clip, and the fact that it is so fragile. He knows the most cursory scrutiny can make the whole thing come tumbling down.”

We quite literally have a whites only refugee program and somehow the media won’t call the Administration white supremacists.

Another reason that you probably need more sleep.

According to new reports, Trump's White House personally ordered the Pentagon to give a $620M loan to a company linked to Don Jr. Stocks for other Don Jr.-advised defense contractors are surging, amid rumors of more DoD deals. This is corruption. Watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBns...

Reframe the question and it becomes very clear. If you hire a manager to run your estate can that manager burn down the buildings on your estate or chop it and sell it off in parcels? Pretty obviously not. The president doesn't own the country. He's hired to administer it for four years.

Someone really ought to tell these folks about the Streisand Effect

what if, instead of deeply reported and careful assessment of world events, we had our marquee program be a conversation between two bags of steroids?

“Republicans complain about extremism on the left, but they are silent when it comes from members of their own party. House Speaker Destin Hall has not weighed in on the bill, nor has Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger.”

E. Jean Carroll didn't just "accuse" Trump of sexual assault. She won a civil lawsuit against Trump for sexual assault. A jury found that Trump sexually assaulted her. She deserves for us to call it what it is.

Autopsies show how hard doctors tried to save babies who died after not getting a vitamin K shot: tubes inserted in their airways, blood transfusions. They’re excruciating to read because they underscore how preventable these deaths could have been. By @deldeib.bsky.social

Losing badly and declaring victory is a description of both the Iran War and the 2020 election

He should've just gone to Jr.'s wedding.

Today on "Fuck This Fucking Guy."

#Rubio #Iran #IranWar #Hormuz

There's some quality memeage out there this morning!👊

1930s Germany

SO many HHS agency jobs open because working for RFKjr is reputational suicide. Pray that Ebola doesn’t come here. We have a completely incompetent HHS

Isn't this the weekend he skipped out on a memorial service because he was afraid his hair would get wet?

It’s worth noting that when Jan. 6 happened, the pro-Trump right used dozens of conspiracy theories to try and offload blame from themselves—e.g., claiming it was “antifa,” “feds.” Now, they seem keen to just admit they did it—all of it—and it was good.

We know what happened and is still happening and won't forget.

I can think of one way to disprove it.

Ghislaine Maxwell is eligible to file a claim with Trump’s $1.8 billion theft of taxpayer dollars. 5 appointees of Trump’s former criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche would then decide if she should get some of your money. This is the Republican Party.

the fact that even gop senators are already speaking out against this is proof they know what political napalm it is

Trump has found his Roy Cohn.

This was pretty widely reported at the time, so Blanche surely knew about it. Blanche's argument is that fund was not created when the crime occured, but senior MAGA officials have been talking about reparations publicly. Democrats even tried to pass a bill to prevent such payouts.

We have decided to test if the “falsely accuse others of what you’re actually doing” move has a limit. So far the answer is no. No one yet has discovered an accusation that’s so obviously false, so brazenly an accurate description of what the accuser is really doing, that people won’t swallow it.

So the high gas prices during the Biden administration were bad but the even higher gas prices during the Trump administration are good. Makes perfect sense.

The Roberts’ Supreme Court immunity ruling has abetted the most shameful and disastrous corruption in American history. They must be completely reformed. Expand the court. Impeach Roberts and Thomas. End lifetime appointments. Save democracy.

Fuck you, you traitorous little mascara weasel.

P.S. Trump just also pardoned himself for all tax crimes

GIFT LINK NYT 5/11/24: www.nytimes.com/2024/05/11/u...

This theft from taxpayers and this assault on justice cannot stand.

He just gave himself, and his entire family, a pardon, both criminal and civil.

Congress can stop this at any moment. And I don't mean in the "impeach and remove" sense but rather Congress can specifically prevent this fund from ever going into effect.

Good to see: Nearly 100 House Dems just filed papers calling on the judge to throw out the lawsuit that's the basis for Trump's "settlement" creating his new slush fund, arguing that DOJ is colluding with Trump to illegally circumvent Congress:

This is insane. The terms of DOJ's slush fund appear to transfer control of $1.8 billion beyond US government entirely. Unless I'm misreading this, that would circumvent Congress *entirely* and put the money outside of *any* constitutional and/or legal constraints ofany kind. Straight up theft.

In light of the tragic shooting at the Islamic Center in San Diego, here's a quote from the nation's Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. GOP Rep. Randy Fine wants the destruction of mainstream Muslims. Andy Ogles & Tuberville have also doubled down on hateful comments. Why are we surprised?

Pretty sure you don’t need to quote ethics experts to say the $1.8bn slush fund is corrupt.

No but like seriously everyone go pay for journalism. Pay NPR or if not us pay someone else. Just please pay someone or else seriously all these big ships are going to keep slowwwwwwly sinking.

The difference between GOP and Dems when they have power. www.notus.org/donald-trump...

A “fun” thing about the 1776 number is it makes it more clear how much the settlement agreement is corrupt. Todd Blanche signed his name to an official government document claiming this figure was “based on the projected valuation of future claimants’ claims,” which is clearly, obviously, a lie.

Trump also instinctively wants to destroy anyone who tells him no.

Remember when these MF'ers said they simply wanted to hand reproductive policy back to the states? Mifepristone remains approved for U.S. use by the FDA (as it should, since it's extremely safe) — yet Thomas calls its shipment a "criminal enterprise."

I hope some enterprising prosecutors will put this in a file — because for purposes of insider trading charges, it’ll be hard to immunize personal stock trading as some official act.

Can't wait for the book documenting the current anti-Black rampage among Tennessee power brokers that future reactionaries will seek to keep from libraries — to protect the children, you see.