Today’s entry in WHAT IF OBAMA DID IT?

lol, great, so we're now subsidizing Argentine ranchers at the expense of American ranchers. Seems politically sustainable, no questions from me. *US SEEKS TO QUADRUPLE BEEF PURCHASES FROM ARGENTINA: POLITICO

Who approved the demolition of the fucking White House? Congress isn’t even in session.

We don’t have money to fund public schools, but we do have money to fund private religious or organizations taking field trip trips to Turning Point USA…

Trump Lied and Will Now Demolish Entire East Wing www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Everyone who carefully constructed obfuscations in politics over the last hundred years must feel like a real dummy. Actually you can call it The Department of Murder. You can post a video of yourself dumping diarrhea on the public. You can go on TV and say "I am stealing from you lol"

He bulldozed the White House during a government shutdown to build himself a ballroom, then sent a letter to the states saying that SNAP benefits for 42 million people may not go out in November to those who rely on it to eat.

I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak

He wants OUR TAXPAYER MONEY HANDED TO HIM. He wants our money. He’s making OUR WH into his own home. He is plotting to never leave and use OUR MONEY for himself. He will bleed this country dry along with all of us until WE have nothing and he has everything!! Why is no one stopping this lunacy?

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That's great, but y'all need to be pushing the "motion to vacate" every time the House convenes. Doesn't matter if you can get the votes or not, we want to see you TRY. Johnson is far overdue to be vacated.

I’m skeptical that a court can or will do this, but i think it has to be tried, because the GOP has descended to full lawlessness, and we don’t have any kind of government if the majority party can just refuse to recognize others.

Reminder that we have a rogue president who disregards his oath of office, is an enemy of the Constitution, orders the murder of foreign nationals, and has partially demolished the White House.

Homan: "At the No Kings protest, I watched more of the rhetoric. They've lost their minds. And I tell you: the bloodshed is not over if we don't address the rhetoric."

Jesus Christ, how hard is it to just say, "you can't have my support as a candidate if you have a Nazi tattoo." I don't actually give a shit how it got there or how they feel about it. Candidates have to meet a high standard and that's the end of the assessment in this case.

Historians of the American Revolution and Founding era spent many a year debating the meaning of corruption. A problem historians of American fascism won’t have.

As masked federal agents target street vendors on Canal Street, THE CITY watched one street vendor being detained. As the operation carried on, agents were confronted with a spontaneous crowd of protesters. MORE HERE: www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/i...

"Groceries have never been more expensive. We really thought this was something Trump might be able to help us with. But the high cost of food is worth it so a transgender teen in Idaho can’t use the school locker room."

I've been assuming that's what Vought/Miller/Vance are eager to have happen. They've been way too giddy about the shutdown. If they're allowed to expend money without any Congressional appropriation, make war, and hire and fire despite the "shutdown," then Congress is defunct.

Trump and Vought are testing how far they can go with just spending unlimited money on anything they choose by decree and so far it seems like they have infinite power of the purse and the ability to cancel and impound any appropriations.

Two things I found newsworthy: - this is from Washington Times! - Hegseth’s inner circle has dwindled to his wife, his brother and his flack.

ICE agents greeted by a hero on arrival in New York this evening. Make statues of this.

for context this is paoletta, the fixer who helped arrange and then defend Clarence Thomas's various sweetheart deals, gifts and billionaire vacas

I'm going to start a thread with examples of how the NYT uses euphemism to painfully avoid saying that Trump is committing blatantly unconstitutional and lawless acts. Let's start with this one... "stretched the limits of his spending powers"

US Marshals being shot by ICE agents - will this motivate SCOTUS to reign in the executive? (Doubt it).

Hundreds of people protesting ICE in downtown manhattan right now. Reads and Broadway. NYPD cops in riot gear on scene.

As recently as nine months ago I would’ve laughed off the idea that House Republicans might simply refuse to seat duly elected House Democrats and yet here we are. Hard not to see this as a trial run!

Right: he's treating Treasury accounts like slush funds to pay military personnel, he's buying luxury jets for cabinet members with our $$, he's using state power to extort bribes to fund his stupid ballroom, and now he wants to help himself to a 9-figure sum while fed workers aren't getting paid.

Valuable reporting here. I think the key thing is the use of Venezuela to accustom American armed forces to lawless murder. The goal then is to get them to do the same thing inside the US. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

The survivor of a U.S. strike on a submersible vessel accused by the Trump administration of transporting drugs in the Caribbean was released by authorities in Ecuador after prosecutors said they had no evidence he committed a crime. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Donald Trump broke a promise and then ruined something? Well, I never.

House Republicans are getting paid handsomely for their cushy no-show jobs, as long as they look the other way and ignore the sex trafficking operation that's tied to the boss. Classic mob tactic.

Once again, one reason Trump says & does whatever he wants is bc every societal institution, including the media, has totally normalized & internalized the idea that the laws, the Constitution, & the international treaties we have signed & ratified simply don’t apply to this one guy. It’s maddening.

Many people are outraged that Trump is demolishing part of the White House. But of course Trump can't do it without help. It's ACECO LLC of Silver Spring MD ("full-service demolition") that is tearing down the People's House. You can call them and let them know how you feel. 1/

Universal jurisdiction. Enjoy.

President began demolishing the East Wing of the WH to build there his $200M+ ballroom. East Wing was built in 1942 during the presidency of FDR. It was constructed to cover the bunker that he used during WWII and the President's Emergency Operations Center.

future grandchild: like shit, from an ass? me in 30 years: Swear to God. Then he demolished the White House

Trump has begun tearing down some of the White House, for his ballroom. wapo.st/4hqBNiU

They can't pass a budget but they did ensure that my health insurance premiums as an NC state employee rose 300% (literally)

You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.” @opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

An aristocracy served by workers they don't have to pay, women they don't have to respect, wealth without labor, unpunished and rampant sexual violence, and a deity who sanctions it all

All of this stuff makes more sense I think if you realize that we have a bunch of losers who are slowly talking themselves into believing in the theology/ideology of slavery www.liberalcurrents.com/sex-is-gay-r...

A man stirs the pot with a large stick. “It’s a metaphor,” he says. The frog is sweating. The frog is informed that this is due to a natural variation in temperature. “He’s clearly boiling the frog,” say the other frogs. All books about frogs have vanished from the library.

Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."

Remember how conservative grifters started selling “anti woke” products at a premium to separate gullible conservatives from their money? Well under Trump that’s just the economy now, since we’re all paying more in the name of being “anti woke” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

“The demonstrations were very small.”