Mike W. Thomas

I’m not sure I understand how taking out his top political donor can be considered a “win” for Trump…

Some edits are improvements...case in point 👇

Children get only two dolls and five pencils.

Trump gets a free luxury jet.

Trump’s foreign aid demolition hits major Christian charities In a closed-door meeting, U.S. officials touted their success in “zeroing out” foreign assistance, but the downsizing has clipped religious allies, too.

If the Biden administration had done this, it would be deemed proof of the Democrats' hostility to religion. But Trump is doing it, so his Christian allies turn against Christian ministries and gut their ability to serve the poorest of the poor. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Trump compared to mobster Tony Soprano by former envoy to Panama John Feeley launches stinging critique of US president’s bully-boy approach to Latin America The former US ambassador to Panama has launched a stinging critique of Donald Trump’s approach towards Latin America, comparing his conduct to that of the…

Trump compared to mobster Tony Soprano by former envoy to Panama

Russia has been cultivating Trump as an asset for 40 years, former KGB spy says Yuri Shvets told The Guardian that the KGB had identified Trump as a potential asset as far back as the 1980s.

The KGB cultivated Donald Trump as an asset for 40 years, and he proved a highly valuable asset in repeating anti-Western Russian propaganda in the United States, a former KGB operative told The Guardian.

www.businessinsider.com/russia-culti...

The waste is coming from the White House. 👇

Just had a fun flashback to early 2009, when Obama hired some advisers (normal) without any formal decision-making authority (also normal) and Republicans pretended to be furious about a proliferation of “tsars.” Good times.

This is like a bank robber getting to fire the cops and disable the alarms just before he strolls into the bank lobby.

Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us.

So, Mexico has agreed to do what it is already doing?
www.reuters.com/article/worl...

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

A two-fer post today! Happy Saturday!

If the FAA director got fired over a business beef AND there was an air traffic controller hiring freeze despite huge shortages AND a chaotic blitz to hollow out federal bureaucracy, and then within a week the first American airliner crashes in 16 years, you would be insane not to talk about it all.

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years

Making America Great Again!

A tweet from Monty Hall says: "This is why these DEI conversations are funny to me. The Black guy had to achieve countless high-ranking military positions, earn the Silver Star, and be a four-star General to be considered for Secretary of Defense. Meanwhile, the other guy just had to be in the Army…SMDH." Below is an embedded tweet with two images: on the left, a Black man in a decorated military uniform, and on the right, a white man in a casual outfit with an American flag shirt and loose tie. The caption reads: "We went from Black excellence and class to just straight up trash."

DEI exists to help right the historic wrong of unqualified white dudes always getting the gig.

CARTOON OF THE DAY

The entire NYT op-ed page would have invoked the Saturday Night Massacre and called for his immediate impeachment

#EmbarrassmentInChief 🤮

The attack on our Capitol was an act of domestic terrorism—an unforgivable assault on America.

Trump and his MAGA extremists betrayed us all, spitting on the sacred oath our Troops swore to defend and dishonoring the Constitution and the sacrifices of countless Americans.

A poster for a Shen Yun performance in a reflective window. A headline reads: "How Shen Yun Tapped Religious Fervor to Make $266 Million"

The dance group Shen Yun Performing Arts has accumulated enormous wealth, in large part by getting followers of the Falun Gong religious movement to work for free and pay its bills, while exploiting young, low-paid performers, a New York Times investigation found. nyti.ms/40erBD9

“A Shot in the Arm” is a must-watch exposé on vaccine denial and RFK Jr.’s deadly role in the Samoan measles outbreak.

Now streaming FREE on PBS.org and the PBS App. This documentary includes damning evidence and footage of RFK Jr.

Call your senators—urge them to watch and take action!

Tim

Facts.

It’s ok because he’s a Republican and rules, laws and norms only apply to Democrats.

Brief thread on how we got here: Since the GOP won control of the House 2 years ago they have not passed a single appropriations package into law. Government has operated at funding levels set by Dems 2 years ago via continuing resolutions every few months. This is not normal.

Republicans planning to waste more of our tax dollars on partisan witch hunts.

Fuck that! Republicans don’t think the law should ever apply to themselves, but they are happy to use the against everyone else.

On Dec. 18, 2019, U.S. House impeached Donald Trump on two charges. The impeachment accused him of abusing the power of the presidency to investigate Joe Biden and then obstructing Congress’ investigation. The trials concluded with a Senate acquittal.

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