After Trump’s late-night rant announcing that all trade talks with Canada are “terminated,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his country is seeking trade opportunities with “the economic giants of Asia.”

Lindsey Halligan is tough on leaks and fires leakers among her staff, but also...sends unsolicited texts about an ongoing case to a reporter? @annabower.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social in today's Bulwark Podcast:

Why is Apple, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Blackstone, Google, OpenAI, Amazon and others financing the destruction of the WH and desecration of the grounds, something that is infuriating to huge chunk of the American population? Do you hate your customers that much?

Why aren’t elected Dems publicly telling Trump that they’re going to raze the ballroom the minute the next D is elected? He would lose his shit.

What if POTUS decided to simply demo the entire White House, pave it over, and conduct all business from some other location. Camp David. NYC. Moscow. If he just allowed to do that? No notice? No permission? The answer now seems to be: Sure.

Well, well, well...

We’ve updated our story with an additional comment provided by the United States Justice Department.

Checking in on the White House renovations…

By the way, if the administrator of DOGE would like to text me, I’m on Signal at annabower.24!!

My signal is annabower.24 if any other United States Attorneys want to text me!

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OMG

Breaking: Today is officially one of the biggest days of protest in American history. Over 7 million Americans turned out to No Kings events to stand up against MAGA fascism.

OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.

this has incredible san diego energy

Interesting take speaking to someone that wants a religious government! He is talking to someone that believe he was attached by LITERIAL DEMONS! Not a bad person he calls a demon, LITERIAL DEMONS! I think Tucker is all about doing what religion wants!

Q: "You mentioned a $1,300 drug?" Trump: "Ya, I was referring to Ozempic, or the fat loss drug." Q: "Those are going to be $150 out of pocket?" Trump: "They'll be much lower." Dr. Oz, interjecting: "We have not negotiated those yet...Ozempic has not been negotiated yet."

Imagine if KJP or Psaki had said this about the Republican base: not just that half of them were “deplorables” but that the GOP’s “main constituency is made up of domestic terrorists, white supremacists, and violent criminals”? The media, not just Fox, would be in meltdown. GOP would be screaming!

Should also be noted that most major right wing pundits didn't denounce any of the horrifying stuff being leaked. They were just mad at "who snitched"

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

Instead of thanking the US president, perhaps people should be asking: why are the hostages only coming home now?

Israel Warns Gaza Still Harboring Hundreds Of Doctors https://theonion.com/israel-warns-gaza-still-harboring-hundreds-of-doctors-1850964439/

The tyrant that Albanese and Wong keep trying to ingratiate us with keeps ordering extrajudicial murders

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

“The ceasefire has held since the exchange, except for the Israeli military killing six Palestinians.”

Murder!!!!

Shitty vibe reporting is not new — but its shoddy practitioners usually spell the name of person they are inaccurately sliming correctly. Breaking news: The Tiffany Network is now silver plate.

Was waiting to see how Olivia Reingold (who Oliver's piece destroyed almost as much as Bari Weiss) would respond, and you can see the tweet below which also shows she either did not watch his piece, or just didn't understand it, since he actually addresses this point directly.

* Over 20,000 Palestinians killed since January * 100s starved to death, including kids * Congress bypassed to send more & more bombs to Israel * US citizens murdered in the West Bank I hope this ceasefire holds & I am glad the hostages are free, but this is Trump’s *actual record* so far.

The fact that top Republicans are already fearmongering about, lying about, the No Kings rallies this Saturday, across the US, tells you how worried they are about public pressure and protest against their reactionary, autocratic, anti-American agenda.

Re the protest, it turns out two MPs were yelling at Trump that he’s a terrorist: ‘MKs Aymen Odeh and Ofer Cassif were ejected from the Knesset during the speech as MKs shouted "terrorist." Odeh was holding up a sign protesting Trump reading "genocide."’

Today, House Republicans will take their 70th day off with pay in the last 82 days.

Pope Leo at Jubilee Mass: “Let us take care to avoid any exploitation of the faith that could lead to labelling those who are different — often the poor — as enemies, ‘lepers’ to be avoided and rejected.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Trump golfing today during the government shutdown

While Americans suffer from the government shutdown and farmers go bankrupt from Trump’s trade wars, Trump rides around his golf course telling his rich friends their taxes are going down. So out of touch.

Nothing to see here

blah blah Hunter Biden blah blah Burisma yada yada

Watch with sound (if you can)

Just voted YES on PROP 50!! Make sure to vote early! THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!

The amazing thing about the SNL sketch last night was not that Ashley Padilla wore a scarf nearly identical to mine.  It’s that I trust Amy Poehler as AG more than Pam Bondi.

Speaker Johnson: "People’s faith in the government is at an all time low" Republicans control all 3 branches of the government.

"If this is so, which it is" another instant classic I fear

The hush money payoff to Stormy Daniels cost more than house Leticia James bought for her grand niece.

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

The cost of homeowners and auto insurance in FL is insane, but Republicans are always laser focused on the important distractions from all that stuff.

Sorry but I had to #WITAOD

we told you, vivek.

Jack Posobiec says the quiet part out loud