The original White House--like the Capitol--was deliberately NOT garish.They were supposed to reflect republican governance: not monarchies, not aristocracies.They were supposed to show a commitment to We the People. The current decorations are the precise opposite. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

When you ask how Germans became immune to the horrors of Nazism during the 30s, remember that this is now 2025 and this crap is being said in the greatest democracy on the planet.

If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER. My latest in @thenation.com

He’s right. This is no different than the process that eventually led to the Holocaust in Germany.

Current US Policy: If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.

I’ve long advocated for the press corps to stand in solidarity and do two things: 1. Follow ups should be directly at him being an asshole and defending their coworkers 2. They should absolutely ignore him and refuse to give him any press other than the fact that he’s an asshole

Usually Trump wears 3-inch extended shoulder pads with his suits to hide his physical pear-shape & to give an illusion of strength. Here with no shoulder pads & his actual 2-inch shoulders. So much so that the seam for his shirt’s sleeve is drooped 2-3 inches below his shoulder’s edge. Sad?

Me too

“If they can do this to George, they can do this to anyone.” ICE brutally arrested and illegally detained George Retes, an American citizen and Army veteran. Learn more about how we are elevating his story here:

Important: WaPo is doubling down on its reporting on Trump's bombings, asserting expressly that the second strike was ordered "when" the two survivors were "detected." Hegseth is suggesting he didn't see the survivors, but the question remains: Were they visible, or not? Time to see the video.

Did you know Trump has added 2.2 trillion to the national debt since taking office 10 months ago?

this is literally what the nazis did. the nazis claimed that that 98 percent of prostitution worldwide was controlled by Jews.

The boat strikes are illegal. Dope couriers are not military combatants. So killing them with air strikes instead of arresting them is murder. It’s that simple.

If we define “news” only as what is novel rather than what is right in front of our eyes, this is not particularly newsworthy. Trump has been attacking racial and ethnic groups for his entire political career: Mexicans, Muslims, Haitians, Afghans, Africans... open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.

MS NOW: Are you getting any support from Republican colleagues saying this kind of rhetoric isn't okay? ILHAN OMAR: No. And it isn't surprising because the Republicans have bent the knee. They've welcomed his disgusting rhetoric. I'm not expecting any of them to develop a backbone now.

The President of the United States apparently spent five hours on his golden toilet blasting “Truth” Social posts. He’s nuts… youtu.be/1EYlkd5cdpc?...

It is time for @nytimes.com polling reports to demonstrate the courage of their convictions. They indicate a smaller subset of “”selected pollsters” that meet their standards for polling, but continue to post graphic results that include those that don’t. See the difference below.

He really is becoming one droopy-ass old man. Maybe the droopiest old man going.

My "Party of Lincoln" Father announced over Thanksgiving that he is ready to abandon the Republican Party altogether. The normal Republicans are now Democrats & Independents.

I will never get sick of Gavin Newsom trolling Donald Trump.

Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.

Trump’s claim he can order strikes on foreign civilians is unconstitutional Nowhere in the Constitution is he given this power, it's a violation of multiple US laws, and there is no precedent in American history I laid it out on @newsnation.bsky.social w/ @chriscuomo.bsky.social👇

Interesting that he omits the fact that the investigation into former Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernandez began during Trump’s first term So technically today’s pardon would reverse a Trump witch hunt But really, it's just another example of his "Biden Bad/Trump Good" fantasy

And the sun, it came up every day, thanks you you! Under your leadership the tides have risen and fallen daily, Dear Leader. And under your guidance, we are now going to have Christmas! Thank you for Christmas, sir! My turkey was not over- or under-cooked, thanks to your strength!

"Most energetic President in history" 🔥

Honestly, he is *this* close to blurting out the "n" word. I expect it any day.

Trump showed up with a bandaged hand, got confused and had to ask a reporter to use “fewer words,” thanked Colombia for sending cocaine, said “affordability is a hoax” and appeared to announce he’s going to blow up boats on land. Hey media, it’s spelled D-E-M-E-N-T-I-A

One thing is certain — he definitely is not woke

He seems to be constantly fighting 'wokeness' these days...

It is time to take grandpa back to his room, take off his slipper, and tuck him into his bed for a nice nap. (Funny, I don’t recall “Sleep Joe” falling asleep during public events.)

I’m on Ilhan Omar’s side here. You should be, too.

The grotesque racism and hatred is right out in the open now. There’s no denying what a corrupt and terrible person he is.

Watch #SleepyDon Trump struggle to keep his eyes open during and stay awake as his cabinet members engage in public bootlicking during his “cabinet meeting.”

Absolutely love that someone pulled this off: “SSecretary of War,” indeed. Though I still think of dear Pete as Pete Hegseth, #SecretaryOfWarCrimes.

The American MAGA right breeds utter monsters.

He’s completely nuts, isn’t he? “The president turned up the dial on his typical Truth Social post spree, making over 160 posts and reshares from 7 p.m. to nearly midnight on the East Coast.“

One of the four elements of malignant narcissism is sadism.

Thinking of today’s interview with the @nytimes.com editor in chief about how they cover (or don’t) Trump. This insanity is the sort of thing that they ignore, but it is critical to getting a sense of the mental state of this president. Just one more example of how the Times lets us down.

Insane thread. Does the WhiteHouse actually think this looks good?

If blowing up survivors in the water was the right thing to do because they are “narco-terrorists” (trust us, bro) and deserve no quarter, why did we rescue two other survivors in a different strike, fly them home, and let them go free?

He’s exactly right. Pete Hegseth, #SecretaryOfWarCrimes is an incompetent embarrassment.

Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders. What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

Trump: The stock market is booming! Only I could do this and it’s all because of me!

A study of recent ICE deployments shows unequivocally that the principal targets are US citizens protesting against ICE, not immigrants. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

try to imagine the media firestorm if the military was conducting strikes and obama, clinton, or biden said "i dont know anything about it" and how the media just shrugs at trump saying the same thing.

Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants. Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this. Do not.

Trump needs you to simultaneously believe that it's nuts to think the president of a country could actually be a drug trafficker, and that we are going to war with another country because its president is actually a drug trafficker.

Her parents owe their lives to the United States accepting them as asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution in Iraq in the 1980s. She wouldn't be here if we had not offered her family safe haven. The hypocrisy is stunning.