CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸 (From @andertoon.bsky.social )

Sure Republicans, go ahead and tell yourselves you are going to be voted out just because of Trump’s disastrous war. Americans know you failed at your most central duty: to protect and defend the Constitution. You pack of cowardly traitors.

Republican values on full display.

1/2. Two months ago we came very close to an ethnic cleansing in Ohio, one grounded in Nazi slogans. It was held off by a court order. snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...

Imagine no inflation It’s easy if you lie No oil blockaded Economy sky-high

I think Hassett just invented a new logical fallacy

imagine if you hit powerball. imagine if you find out youre the secret heir to genovia and youre really anne hathaway. imagine dragons

In Hungary as elsewhere Trump and Vance did what was wrong and failed at it.

Don’t listen to a word Trump says. Instead look at the results of what he does. Who is at the top of the list of beneficiaries? Vladimir Putin.

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

Melanie said she met her husband at a NYC party in 1998. Just to be clear, she met Marla Maples' husband at an NYC party in 1998.

Meanwhile the Republicans in Congress remain 100% supportive of Trump. A never before seen example of cowardice and self interest over country.

No. The 2020 election was not rigged or stolen from Trump. These lies aren’t just a tantrum because his ego is bruised from losing—they undermine our free & fair elections and are a threat to our democracy. Oh, and didn't Fox News have to pay $787 million for spreading these lies?

Trump promised “to use the full Economic Might of the United States to strengthen Hungary’s economy.” What happened to America First? What about strengthening America’s economy?

If you believe Putin’s goal is to weaken the United States and its role in the world, and you looked at the results of Trump 2.0, it would be impossible not to conclude that Trump is the best agent Putin could hope for.

In other words, the war is one more reason to support opposition candidates, to organize, and to protest. May Day is the next big chance for Americans to do so. (14/14) indivisible.org/events/may-d...

With this settlement the US is worse off in every way than it was before the war; Iran is strengthened by the huge new tolls in the Straits of Hormuz, paid by the whole world. (1/14)

The Hungarian election is about Russian oligarchy and its support of the international far right. That’s why Vance is there. He is a node in that network.

"If you want an argument for throwing Republicans out of power, it’s that they wouldn’t even [have stopped] Trump from committing genocide. That’s what toadies they are." On the pod, @jenrubin.bsky.social is so good on the need to keep the focus on Trump's unfitness: newrepublic.com/article/2087...

Trump what a genius! Great costs to the USA in order to benefit Iran and Russia.

What did he achieve: Removed sanctions on Russian oil. Increased the price Russia gets for its oil. Severely depleted air defense stockpiles, reducing availability to assist Ukraine in their war with Russia. Trump: always serving Putin while injuring the USA.

Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas), a former Air Force officer, said Monday he expects President Trump to deploy troops in Iran and suggested such an escalation is unavoidable.

He abandoned Europe because Putin told him to.

Add another half-billion to the tab of Trump’s Crazy War, and chalk it up to Putin. Interesting how Putin gets away with that. Why is Trump the submissive one, in that one relationship?

Key text: the U.S. has “failed to sanction a single new tanker under the current administration.” More Trump/Russia.

My intel is that Trump administration used Orban to help sabotage the EU’s Russian-assets-to-Ukraine deal. More Trump/Russia.

All of our wars seem to be about supporting Russian oil exports. See my essay “Oligarchic Corridor” for thoughts

We are seven months away from the most consequential midterm election in US history. Meanwhile, we are fighting a war. These are the structural conditions for a coup attempt in which a president tries to nullify elections and take permanent power as a dictator. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...

Senator Whitehouse, @whitehouse.senate.gov thank you for your vital work to expose Trump’s full alignment with Putin. Keep up the good work!

"Encouraged by this blatant corruption, Trump’s most ardent supporters are demanding their own cut. This week, a group of J6 rioters filed a class action demanding recompense. The stage is set for the wholesale looting of the federal coffers by Trump and his MAGA allies." — @lizdye.bsky.social

I mean, Obama actually solved the nuclear problem completely for at least a decade, & the hue & cry was absurdly loud, so I can imagine quite a bit.

It is like they know the midterms aren’t going to happen and they don’t have to worry about those minor nuisances known as voters.

the arsonist is tackling fires

Trump voters: look at this photo, happy now?

Putin is apparently so spooked by reports that Israelis hacked Tehran's traffic cameras to kill Khamenei, that he has stopped coming to the Kremlin, started taking his meetings virtually, and shut down cell service in Moscow. My latest. puck.news/putins-post-...

What a photo, Trump and Bannon: two traitors serving Putin and not the USA.

Trump lies "about American support for Ukraine,which he repeatedly describes as worth $300 billion or more.The real number is closer to $50 billion,over 3 years.At current rates,Trump will spend that much in 3 months in the Middle East,in the course of starting a war rather than trying to stop one"

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: March 28 will be the biggest protest in US history. Find your local No Kings event to make clear you're part of The Resistance to this regime’s brutality at home, pathetic ineptness, perpetual lying & their illegal war in Iran. ✊https://app.sosha.ai/s/39HA7UDd

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What happened to "America First"?

Good morning! Since Trump was re-elected, Forbes estimates— 💰His net worth is up $2 billion, to $6.3 billion 💰Eric’s is up 10x, to $400 million 💰Don Jr.’s is up 6x, to $300 million 💰19-year-old Barron is worth $150 million And Jared became a billionaire last year. Have a great day!

Trump does not think strategically, historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later. Allied leaders know that if they help him in the Gulf, he won't be grateful, or even remember www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

1/2. He took the greatest military force in history, lost a war to a middle power in a week, begged the world to save him, & demanded the media lie about this & everything else. I try, but at a simple human level I do not see how anyone mistakes this man’s almost supernatural weakness for strength.

Trump is "a deeply broken, grievance-filled man driven by victimhood, one of the most obvious bullies to ever step near the WH...a very stupid man who imagines he can—not just bully enemies as military strategy—but abuse allies & they’ll keep coming back for more." open.substack.com/pub/america/...

Yeah, what idiot nominated him for that job in the first place?

Almost like it was a mistake to alienate all of our allies with idiotic trade wars, and then launch an actual hot war where we needed their help gcaptain.com/trump-calls-...

President Donald Trump told Speaker Mike Johnson in a private conversation this week that “no one gives a [bleep] about housing,” according to four sources who heard the speaker recount the conversation. punchbowl.news/article/hous...

Trump’s failure to secure the Strait of Hormuz and his plea for help are yet another example of ‘Make America Look Stupid Again’. Neither the US nor Israel has the naval capabilities to ensure the world’s oil supply. Without consulting anyone, they broke it, and are now relying on others to fix it.

But of course. 🤡 @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/u...