Every day, Mike Johnson blatantly lies right to the faces of the Capitol Hill press.

And every day they just take it.

“this mass deprivation, which we insist is bad and not our fault, is a great opportunity for us to talk about our plans for long-term mass deprivation”

Our cover this week

“Europe should take heart and recognise its own strength. Its military budget is already four times larger than Russia’s; its economy is ten times larger. Far from shying away from a financial contest with the Kremlin, Europe should embrace it—and win the war”

Mike Johnson’s Christian Values: Children Starve, Pedophiles Skate On Saturday, November 1, the real pain of the shutdown starts for people. Donald Trump and the Republicans have screamed: We. Don’t. Care.

New Column: These are such wretched, mean people. newrepublic.com/post/202518/... via @newrepublic.com

I’ve never heard it. Thank you for sharing this. Brilliant.

Of course he knows. He’s lying deliberately. Prepping the ground for when Trump walks away from Ukraine for good and declares he ended the war.
He is doing Putin’s bidding.
Evil playing out in front of our very eyes and ears.

Exclusive | Pentagon Has Quietly Blocked Ukraine’s Long-Range Missile Strikes on Russia The Defense Department has withheld approval for attacks as the White House has sought to entice Moscow to open peace talks.

Protecting the Russian aggressor makes the war bloodier and longer. And that is just what we are doing. Good reporting by WSJ here but poor choice of photo.
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Exposed: Trump’s 30-Day Plan to Walk Away from Ukraine Trump’s countdown to surrender: abandon Ukraine, empower Putin, disgrace America. In just 30 days, my sources confirm, Ukraine could be abandoned and Putin legitimized.

Exposed: Trump’s 30-Day Plan to Walk Away from Ukraine
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How Putin is Playing Trump and America Donald Trump is comfortable partnering with war criminals and authoritarians like Putin, who reminded the world yet again that he still controls his obedient pet in the White House.

How Putin is Playing Trump and America
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FEC records show Elizabeth Fago donated $1M to Trump's super PAC in April.

What happened next?

Three weeks later Trump pardoned her son, a nursing home executive who pleaded guilty to withholding millions from his workers' paychecks (while buying a luxury yacht).

Everything is for sale.

Fossil Fool How Europe took Trump for a ride

Agreed. Paul Krugman figured it out. EU has effectively side-stepped Trump. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

The Media Can’t Handle the Absence of Truth And their diffidence empowers pathological liars

The Media Can’t Handle the Absence of Truth
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Scotland Celebrates Departure of Trump Massive celebrations erupted across the land.

Scotland Celebrates Departure of Trump
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Active Measures Series: An Intro To the KGB Playbook Our New Series on How Russia Attacked the 2016 U.S. Election to Help Trump Win

Active Measures Series: An Intro To the KGB Playbook
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Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Takes Darker Turn as Dem Senator Drops New Bomb Ron Wyden has some ideas for Pam Bondi to pursue—if, that is, she’s genuinely interested in getting to the bottom of the Epstein scandal.

Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Takes Darker Turn as Dem Senator Drops New Bomb newrepublic.com/article/1982... via @newrepublic.com

The 2026 World Cup Could Be the Most Corrupt Ever The president has anointed himself chair of next year’s lucrative sporting event, which was once entangled in the biggest sports bribe scandal in history. What could go wrong?

The 2026 World Cup Could Be the Most Corrupt Ever newrepublic.com/article/1979... via @newrepublic.com

Facts matter.

“I was just following orders” - Ancient Nazi Proverb

July 4th protest in Tustin CA. Hosted by @ocindivisible.bsky.social & @50501oc.bsky.social

As Trump's family businesses invest heavily in crypto...

-He's instructing the government to ease up on regulating the industry
-His SEC is dropping major lawsuits against crypto companies
-His DOJ terminated a team focused on crypto crimes.

See the problem?

Trump's Brazil Tariff Is Blatantly Illegal Shouldn't someone be suing?

Trump's Brazil Tariff Is Blatantly Illegal
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As always, thank you for your service, sir.

Another acute case of DearLeader-itis. Call the medic!

Baltimore is seeing the city’s fewest homicides in 50 years. Here’s why. Multiple people have taken credit for the historic drop that mirrors a national decrease in violent crimes. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott says it’s due to a community-based approach to gun violence.

#Baltimore Mayor #BrandonScott invested in 42 summer youth camps, 29 literacy programs, extended the rec center hours to 11 p.m, planned block parties, opened the pools for safe fun, & opened several schools up for summer classes. Crime is down 62%. 🔥🔥 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Mike Johnson on Texas floods: "In a moment like this, we feel just as helpless as everyone else does ... all we know to do at this moment is pray."

Mike Johnson helped Donald Trump strip NOAA & NWS of funding and staff, and because of that more than 35 people have died as a result.

Helpless? Prayers? That’s what pastors and civilians should be doing. We pay members of Congress to ask hard questions, start investigating,and find out if the government could have done more. Do it now before the next storm. We aren’t paying you to pray. We are paying you to help all of us.

God Formally Notifies Mike Johnson That he is Going to Hell It was a move that many said was long overdue.

God Formally Notifies Mike Johnson That he is Going to Hell
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Republicans are making concentration camps great again what the fuck?

Republicans are making concentration camps great again
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