I like it when my Secretary of Defense doesn't need to be vetted by his mom. I'm weird like that.

Far-right extremism is on the rise all over the world. And instead of stemming the tide of fascism, America joined in by electing sociopath and traitor Donald Trump. www.politico.eu/article/fran...

Musk’s subservience to Xi—he’s delivered threats to Taiwan (and thus the US!) for Xi—could be an actual point of friction. But I think the fix is in.

Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.

Sad, but we know this to be true from our own intelligence agencies, as well as warnings for years: www.politico.eu/article/forg... Trump has conditioned us to believe his lies and reject the truth that our own experts and military tell us. Russia declared an information war on the US in 2014.

Musk has now threatened the leaders of Canada,Brazil, Germany. X helped create a riot in the UK. Now it seems he doesn't want the UK to make its own legal decisions. Time to act?

Trump alone didn't beat the justice system. He had help. It took Oligarchs relentlessly amplifying his lies on their media platforms. Ethically compromised members of the Supreme Court. 70+ million willing to vote for a convicted felon. There's a lot to fix. But it can be fixed. It must.

Sound off if you’re still adamantly and unapologetically PRO Ukraine and PRO NATO 🇺🇦

If I lie and say I identify as a Republican, can I call Trump Hitler without triggering MAGA or is that just for RFK and JD Vance?

Friday newsletter: WWJD? Not This, FFS. I give you the party of family values and Christian virtue — a party deeply concerned about the sanctity of congressional bathrooms, but generally indifferent to actual molestation, sex abuse, pussy-grabbing, and rape. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

I'm not going to buy a Trump guitar, but if I did...

My 2023 essay on the international tribe of "fake populists." Trumpism is US equivalent. lucid.substack.com/p/the-new-wa...

“…the larger issue: Trump’s wholesale effort to dismantle the Federal government’s commitment to serve Americans not named Donald Trump or African immigrants named Elon Musk — or Russians named Vladimir Putin.”

At this rate Jeffrey Epstein is going to get a posthumous and honorary position is Trumps cabinet as Head of Child Protection.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: if the House Ethics report exonerated Matt Gaetz, they would have released that shit immediately. ALSO, why are we normalizing the sleaziest people for the highest positions in the country? You can't pick someone who's not a fucking sex offender???

Leak the fucking report.

One of the worst parts of Trumpism is knowing how many racists walk among us.

Three of rapist Trump's cabinet picks are accused of sexual assault. I know that nobody sees a trend......

Remember in the movie “Aliens” when no one listened to the woman and then everyone died? That’s what the vibe feels like right now.

Leak the report. Pass it on.

Matt Gaetz has paid more for sex than anyone I know…does that make him a sugar daddy, a pedo, or both?

I probably can't say to my MAGA mom, "It's ok. I'm used to you picking shitty guys over me," can I?

The Democratic woman didn't start the bathroom debate. Republicans who need to drum up faux outrage as red meat for their ignorant base drummed up the controversy. She just wants to use the bathroom.

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I will never be okay with this. He should be in prison.

I used to say politics was being treated like pro wrestling, but the difference now is that in pro wrestling, the performers know the outcome, the audience doesn't. In 2025, the audience (the public) will know too - whatever Trump wants, the GOP will give him.

We're beyond parody. The nation is going to be burnt to the ground and the Paper of Record is literally treating it like a reality tv show.

In total, nearly 22,000 Russians, including the Manzurins, have tried entering the United States through the country’s southern border just since October 2022. Is Trump going to round them up first?

Shocker...we are already watching state TV. We have a cherry picked news black out. No war correspondents reporting from Ukraine or Gaza. None in Africa. The same bias news from Washington. U.S. media thinks they need to censor the information. I go to foreign channels for news about the U.S..

“Many voters headed to the polls convinced that border crossings are higher than ever before (they are not), violent crime rates are rising (untrue) and inflation is soaring (ditto). We will never know how much this garbage may have swayed voters…” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/o...

⚡ Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha reaffirmed that Ukraine will not accept any peace proposals that compromise its sovereignty or territorial integrity.

Agonised screams pierced the air. It was Olga Cherniak's first morning in a detention centre in occupied Kherson. She was standing, blindfolded outside the room where her son was being tortured by Russian guards. 1/3

It's not the right wing echo chamber that did in democracy, it was the card carrying members of the mainstream media, led by the vaunted ~ paper of record ~ that normalized and sanitized Republican politicians to maintain their precious access

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Please repost Swing Left will host a virtual Post Election 2025 & 2026 Strategy Update at 8pm ET/5pm PT on Tuesday 11/19. Topics: - Building state power in 2025 and 2026. - Winning back the House with a strong Democratic majority in 2026.

Mike Johnson is not the Johnson who spent July 4th in Moscow. That was Ron Johnson, the senator from Wisconsin. If you're having trouble keeping your Johnsons straight, Lauren Boebert will be happy to lend a hand.

Matt Gaetz USED his alleged adopted son, poor Nestor Galban's PayPal account to pay women for sex. And he just got exposed doing it by lawyers for witnesses who testified to the House. But you may still call him Captain Venmo.

It’s crazy-making that Joe Scarborough said of Bezos: “Anticipatory kowtowing to a guy saying he is going to be an autocrat is the first step” Then took the step himself 🙃 As @oliverdarcy.bsky.social says: “they wonder why trust in the mainstream press is so low” www.status.news/p/morning-jo...

“I apologize sir. My wife is uglier than Heidi Cruz.” - Joe Scarborough

Nothing says, I've never had an original idea in my lift like this Decal. amzn.to/4hRsS9R

When two narcissistic megalomaniacs seek to forge an alliance, the mutual need to be The Guy (it’s almost always guys, usually compensating in obvious ways) leads quickly to the alliance shattering. I mention this randomly and for no reason. apple.news/A4E6MmO7rRXm...