Donald Trump is a decades-long, ongoing, severe drug abuser (Cocaine & Adderall).There's oodles of witnesses as well as direct and indirect evidence. It's been known for years. Why TF is no one talking about that – esp. in the face of Hegseth's posturing re Venezuela & Juan Orlando Hernandez pardon?

Interesting that he omits the fact that the investigation into former Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernandez began during Trump’s first term So technically today’s pardon would reverse a Trump witch hunt But really, it's just another example of his "Biden Bad/Trump Good" fantasy

My undying admiration will go to any reporter who brings up all the evidence of former Honduras President Hernandez's crimes running drugs, and reminds that he was convicted by a jury, and ask Trump how he can claim to be tackling the drug problem while letting such a large trafficker go free.

Gupta: These are the most credentialed radiologists in the country. No one is aware of any type of screening guideline that says as you age you should get an MRI of the heart and abdomen.

George Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Gupta: Nobody takes a Montreal Cognitive Assessment with this type of frequency. Doing it as frequently as he’s doing makes no sense. I don’t know any neurologist who would recommend doing a MoCA with that type of frequency. It’s not the flex that I think he believes it is.

Gupta: Clearly, it looks like he’s not getting enough sleep or he’s just more fatigued. I think The New York Times did extensive reporting that he and his team have panned, but it seems like their reporting on his fatigue and his functionality is bearing out in his public appearances.

Trump’s gerrymander cheat scheme isn’t going to fix this… The House GOP is collapsing from its own chaos, and Speaker Johnson is the guy left sweeping up the mess he never really had the power to contain.

When you’ve been up much of the night posting over 150 times on social media, these pesky cabinet meetings can interfere with your naps.

Holy ratio

The U.S. has conducted 19 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing at least 76 people. Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it. He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner. This is a danger to us all.

Facts

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NEW: DoD inspector general report on SignalGate is finished and could become public this week. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵

Trump laid the blame on Hegseth, and now Hegseth is laying the blame on Bradley. Is Bradley going to lay the blame on the 20-year-old naval man they ordered to fire the missile next? What a bunch of spineless little shits.

WAPO: “.. Officials in Congress and the Pentagon said Monday they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill two survivors of a targeted strike ..” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

NEW: Another purge of immigration judges just happened, this time in New York City. This latest purge includes one of the smartest people I know, an immigration judge who dutifully served on the bench for 10 years. She was unceremoniously fired in violation of civil service laws.

So military folks are mad that Hegseth isn't taking responsibility for the second strike - but if you carried out an unlawful order, that's on you, too. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.

The one thing Donald Trump has always and will always be afraid of is the truth. And right now, he’s scared.

I wonder if knowledge of the double tap prompted the six members of congress to make that ad, and that's what made Trump and Hegseth so angry about it.

Evaluating nominees is explicitly his job as a Senator. What "others" can give advice and consent of the senate?

Vote these spineless cowards out of their majorities so we can actually have some oversight on this serial criminality.

Why did the Pentagon only release video on the first strike?

Aaaaaand…this is exactly why the six lawmakers needed to remind servicemembers about not obeying unlawful orders (this will get driven home when Hegseth gets a pardon but no one else does)

Links: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...

NYT: Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago): “This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,” and “It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”

Hegseth announced his new rules restricting reporters’ access to the Pentagon two weeks after the double strike.

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Some might say, hacking billboards is noble work. 😉

Mark Kelly is not going to be silenced by the sick buffonery of Trump and Hegseth, two deeply unserious people. They picked a fight with the wrong guy.

Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us

Yes! I’d forgotten he is from Tennessee! Wish he’d won the presidency!!

Do you want to be a Country of Trump Bitches or do you want to remain an Independent Democratic Republic America?

Oh my goodness, I really love this angry Al! He would have been president in 2000 but for 500 votes in Florida, muddled by a weird butterfly ballot. A lesson to ALWAYS vote in EVERY election! Tennessee, we're counting on y'all to vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social! Do what's right!

Gore was robbed

Make tomorrow a turning point for our country. Vote Aftyn Behn

Gore coming in HOT 🔥

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I'm so tired of measles. I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this. Show what measles looks like.

Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.

This kind of performative nonsense will not last one day in lady prison.

This is insane, but a fun side note: former Overstock CEO and Maria Butina honeypot victim Patrick Byrne as been MIA (after his lawyer was arrested) in a defamation suit brought against him by Hunter Biden. A judge found him in default and Biden has filed a $33.3M default judgement request.