"Trump’s visit to Beijing is a field trip by a failing, flailing would-be autocrat pleading with a real strongman, who leads a much more serious country, to bail him out of the mess he’s made... "

"As a result of Trump’s petulant, self-destructive policies, much of the world now holds him and America as a whole in contempt. As the New York Times reported before Trump’s visit, the Chinese now talk routinely about “American decline,” and describe Trump as “an accelerator of American decay.”

"If the Epstein files was full of black people they would have broadcast them on live national television."

BREAKING: New information just leaked that in 2021, Biden's oldest son Hunter traveled with his father to China to meet President Xi, while running a business in which his father had majority ownership. Oops, never mind, that was Eric Trump, and it was today.

"... corporate bankruptcies last year were at their highest level in more than a decade. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is paying almost $2 billion to stop wind projects and has cancelled or stalled dozens of other renewable energy products... tariff refunds will go to the “trade community.”

"On May 7, Catherine Rampell of The Bulwark called Trump “an economic serial killer, whacking firms left and right.” She noted that Trump’s tariffs, along with deportations of farm workers and cancelling of foreign food aid programs, led farm bankruptcies to rise 46% in 2025 from the previous year."

"In The Atlantic neoconservative scholar Robert Kagan ranked the Iran debacle as worse than Vietnam. There will be no going back to a world in which the Strait of Hormuz is open. Iran is now a key player in the region, China and Russia are strengthened, and the U.S. is “substantially diminished.”

On his eighty-ninth birthday.

Glass houses?

"Pregnancy related deaths in Texas have jumped 56% since abortion was banned. Republicans are so pro life that they will kill you."

We truly live in an evil age, and the Jews -formerly the most persecuted people on earth- are leading the way to hell.

"... the Washington Post reporting that under Trump, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which helps people prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters, has been denying aid to states that have Democratic-led governments while speeding it to Republican-dominated states."

"As the national average for a gallon of gas hit $4.56 today, the British energy giant Shell announced its profits were up 24% in the first three months of 2026. This amounted to almost $7 billion, more than twice what Shell made in the previous quarter." -Heather Cox Richardson, May 8, 2026

"Again and again, just before Trump makes announcements that raise hopes about the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, one or more “whales,” very large traders, sell large quantities of oil futures... reaping big profits as prices fall... The stench of corruption is overwhelming." -Paul Krugman

"... 59% of Americans believe Donald J. Trump does not have the mental sharpness necessary to lead the country. 55% think he does not have the physical health to serve as president. 54% say they don’t think Trump is a strong leader. 60% think Trump doesn’t carefully consider important decisions."

MAGA OHIO COACH ARRESTED Steve Smetana, 53, of Claridon Township, was taken into custody at his home on May 4 following a multi-agency investigation led by Parma Heights Police... charged with rape and sexual assault involving a juvenile, according to police and court records.

Hey. Stupid. youtu.be/Ss7XKc0xsFQ

Trump has successfully influenced another impressionable member of the House. The cost of this influence is a commitment to support all of Trump's initiatives, regardless of their rationality.

This is no longer a pattern. It's simply who they are.

Every damned one of them. Every damned one.

Was that a promise? www.youtube.com/shorts/LRGmm...

Do the laws not apply to the rich and wealthy? Kleptocracy? Quid pro quo. Bribery. You name it. All of this is wrong and illegal. Shameful.

Lower and lower.

Collins; the billionaires candidate. www.youtube.com/shorts/T9g5i...

"Krugman notes, Iranian officials have no incentive to make a deal, both because the pinch on oil is hurting the U.S. and thus Trump, and because they have no reason to believe Trump would honor any deal they made. He has made a habit of breaking deals."

"Trump is maintaining a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, and Iran says it will not reopen the strait until that blockade is lifted. Krugman notes that Trump’s ego will not permit him “to face up to the reality that he, single-handedly, led America to the greatest strategic defeat in its history.”

"... Trump’s war on Iran. A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that only 34% of Americans approve of the strikes on Iran, while 61% oppose them. Gas prices continue to rise... Senator Angus King (I-ME) noted that these higher prices are currently costing American consumers about $700 million a day."

"A new Washington Post–ABC News–Ipsos poll released today shows that Americans oppose the ballroom by a margin of about two to one. Fifty-six percent of Americans oppose it, while only 28% support it. Of those who oppose it, 47% oppose it strongly." -Heather Cox Richardson, May 1, 2026

"Today G. Elliott Morris of Strength in Numbers noted that Trump has hit a new low in overall job performance and in his handling of the economy... Indeed, Morris noted that Trump’s approval rating on the economy is so low it “literally broke the scale of this graph on my data portal.”

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They didn't get to be billionaires by paying for stuff themselves. youtu.be/3jko5OTg9NQ

"The Iranians are well aware that Trump has betrayed virtually every foreign policy agreement that he could get his hands on. He has actively worked to destroy NATO. Trump has demonstrated that he is not and will never be a credible negotiating partner." -Paul Krugman