www.forbes.com/sites/zachar... Trickle down grift.

www.cbsnews.com/news/lindsey... In case you were wondering if he could get even more craven.

15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment. Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

apnews.com/article/flor... And the grift goes on.

The commander-in-chief is not ok. read @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

I got to talk about this very issue on #WITHpod with @chrislhayes.bsky.social. An electricity cost crisis is coming. We need efficiency, smart technologies and policies, resilient infrastructure, and lots of clean energy. open.spotify.com/episode/32ps...

Cancelled my Disney/Hulu subscription indefinitely.

www.politico.com/live-updates... Say it with me, come on. What an asshat.

www.politico.com/news/2025/08... This guy is towards the very bottom of the list of those that can take any kind of moral or ethical stance on anything.

apnews.com/article/devo... It would be hard to find something more timely. 👍👍

oligarchy /ŏl′ĭ-gär″kē, ō′lĭ-/ noun Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families. Those making up such a government. A state governed by a few persons.

kleptocracy /klĕp-tŏk′rə-sē/ noun A government characterized by rampant greed and corruption. A corrupt and dishonest government characterised by greed.

www.politico.com/news/2025/08... hypocrisy /hĭ-pŏk′rĭ-sē/ noun The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness. An act or instance of such falseness.

apnews.com/article/okla... Of course they are requiring a purity test. How else are they going to purge critical thinking and adhere to the state ideology?

apnews.com/article/trum... No. No to all of it. ICE The Kleptocracy The entire clown car cabinet. Republican minority rule in the House and Senate. ALL OF IT.

www.politico.com/news/2025/08... Because Hitler's Germany and Hamas are essentially identical in scope and capabilities. I keep (foolishly) hoping that there might be one person in this administration that hasn't become completely morally bankrupt. Alas, I fear not

www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n... Another shining example of all the best people.

Finally updated the tariff calculations to incorporate the 50% copper tariffs, 40% tariff on Brazilian imports, and 5-31% tariff on imports from 94 countries that Trump has signed over the last 24 hours—overall tariff rates rise more than 2%, and are now 16% higher than pre-Trump

www.politico.com/news/2025/08... Congratulations!! We have reached full 🍌 Republic status.

FORD’S PROFIT WIPED OUT BY TARIFFS Ford reports a net loss of $29 million last quarter, compared with $1.8 billion in net income a year ago, after being hit by more than $800 million from Trump’s tariffs. 1/

The fact that literally zero outlets ever cover crime decline as a story is a huge reason. (And before you yell at me, we do!)

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc4W... How about something mostly apolitical. Who doesn't like a good shanty?

www.politico.com/live-updates... This whole constitution thing is really more of a guideline, and the three equal branches of government just doesn't work for us.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=_OVR... All we can do is pray speaker Johnson? Really? We can't do an assessment of what worked and more importantly what didn't? We can't assess flash flood areas that are highly populated like camps, and implement some form of early warning system for starters?

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthr... There is not one example from the ending of the Hawaiian monarchy to today where either through covert or overt force the U.S. has had anything like long term success in regime change or nation building. This should be required reading for any elected official.

There is no press outlet of any size, in any medium, that would offer this kind of coverage to a Democratic president, no matter the circumstances. There is a massive, explicit agitprop operation on the right, devoted to the power of the conservative faction, & there is no analogue on the left.

shocker

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... Well, that didn't age well. While you may not be able to draw a straight line from the toxic rhetoric of the current republicans, it's not a very long walk for the zealots.

www.politico.com/news/2025/06... Just in case you weren't sure if "Homeland Security" hasn't gone fully off the rails. Dragging a sitting U.S. Senator out of the room and handcuffing him for daring to question Noem pretty much covers the flyby.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana World history is littered with examples of those in power pursuing regal, dictatorial, fascist policies to the detriment of millions. None of this is new or sustainable in the end. It virtually always ends in misery.

www.forbes.com/sites/chloes... Not to worry, I'm sure the MAGA faithful will arrive in droves to reclaim the agricultural, packing plant, cleaning and serving jobs etc that these illegal immigrants have taken from them. 🤦

www.politico.com/news/magazin... Can someone explain the benefit of him going on ICE raids? Rhetorical question. Clearly a continuation of the TLC level of administration/Fox etc media gaslighting.

apnews.com/live/immigra... Clearly my understanding of waste, fraud and efficiency have been wrong the whole time.

Privatizing space launches, prisons, military contractors, etc. What could possibly go wrong? 🤔🤔

apnews.com/article/trum... In case you were wondering how long the bromance would last....... and scene.

Apparently, she decided her original callousness and arrogance wasn’t enough.

Breaking news: The decision will have far-reaching implications for Trump's trade policy because it appears to stop the US president from imposing tariffs using the justification he has claimed. https://on.ft.com/43h1nBm

NEW: First, diplomats warned what will happen if we halt aid to the rest of world. Now they are telling the Trump Administration what is actually happening: death, crime, sexual violence, trafficking. www.propublica.org/article/trum... @brettmurpsych.bsky.social & @annamaria.bsky.social:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=g2Bp... Executive order formula for 2.0

m.youtube.com/watch?v=wbx4... Fiction?

Part 2. 1, Stupid people that willfully or otherwise ignored all the economic data and his own plethora of crazy statements. 2, the anti American, racist, fringe. 3, the 1% including +/- the entire republican party that (aside from the truly crazy) know better but did it in their own self interest.

Part 1. I'm not sorry. I'm going to give a big f*'k you to each and every DJT voter. This trend of voters remorse for those that voted for him and worse, the cirque de solei of justification from the "base" and the oligarchy that supports him falls into 3 buckets.

Trump has made 200 trade deals with the 195 current countries in the world. 🤔

idiot /ĭd′ē-ət/ noun A person who is considered foolish or stupid. Anyone come to mind?

m.youtube.com/watch?v=nUk4... Mel Brooks predicting a Trump 2.0 cabinet meeting.

One name Pam Bondi should keep in mind. John Mitchell.

America, love it or leave it. It was bad in the 60's it's much worse now.

This is the gold standard measure of atmospheric carbon, the one you see in almost every chart that tracks emissions.