Karen Monroy

"I asked God to forgive me, which he has."

Honestly this is the biggest perk of serving in Congress. Most people have to ask forgiveness and wonder. If you're in Congress you get a same day answer from the big guy.

China no longer buys US exports: Drawing the right lessons for the next Trump-Xi deal China essentially stopped buying US exports in April 2025. President Donald Trump had started his second term by launching a new trade war that he headlined with steep new tariffs on China. When China...

Without Trump’s trade wars since 2017, US exports to China would have been nearly 60 percent higher in 2025, or roughly $90 billion annually.

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Israel expects weeks-long war against Iran Officials and analysts say joint operation with US seeks to destroy key capabilities of Islamic regime

Israel/US divisions on Iran end game coming to light.

For Israel, “If we can have a coup, great. If we can have people on the streets, great. If we can have a civil war, great. Israel couldn’t care less about the future …or the stability of Iran”

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The Supreme Court, for some unexplained reason, keeps on rescheduling consideration of Donald Trump's appeal of the jury verdict against him in the E. Jean Carroll sexual assault/defamation case.

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Wow. Not surprised. But ugly as it gets. So, if I understand this correctly, Mike, we're engaged in crusade now? Do you know how those turned out the last time(s)?

As predicted. This is why you don’t let Republicans control our government. Period. Full stop.

Putin is having a really, big-time, shitty week and I am here for it brothers and sisters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

‘Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans’ racist group chat The chat is the subject of a Florida International University police investigation.

The secretary of Miami-Dade County’s GOP started a group chat for conservative students — and within 3 weeks, it was filled with over 400 instances of the N-word, Nazi rhetoric and writings of "dozens of ways of violently killing Black people"

YouTube video by MS NOW 'We’re about to take back Texas': James Talarico gives victory speech

This is about as strong as it gets youtu.be/bkwLltNGHek?...

What @timmiller.bsky.social and the Bulwarkers still don't seem to get is that the vast majority of gettable voters do not give half a slivered fuck about this stuff. And for the ones that do, if Talarico drives his strong core message, it crams this stuff back into perspective.

I don't have a problem with Tim. But I do think it is deleterious that so many smart people spend so much time on X, which has essentially become an algorithmically and AI-optimized far-right MAGA message testing and propaganda machine. People assume X posts represent the masses, but they don't!

So one Republican senator from Montana tonight suddenly announced he would not run for re-election this year, and the other Republican senator from Montana broke a guy's hand?

Neguse demolishes Noem (2/2)

"It is fraud" -- Neguse nails Kristi Noem for lying during her testimony yesterday when she told the Senate that DHS's $220m ad campaign starring her "went out to a competitive bid" (it did not), and tells her "I think there's gonna be accountability" (1/2)

ALERT: With 5 Republicans joining Democrats, House Oversight Committee has just voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify as part of their ongoing Epstein investigation

NOEM: I would disagree with the judge

CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree?

NOEM: A what?

CROCKETT: A law degree

NOEM: No I do no-

CROCKETT: Okay

Justice Dept. employee charged in child pornography case Timothy Parsons, a legal staffer at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C., is facing federal criminal charges in Maryland, where he lives, three sources said.

ALERT: Justice Dept. employee charged in child pornography case

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Horrifying. Jesus Lord in heaven.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA):

“For months, Atty General Bondi has been instrumental in orchestrating the White House’s cover-up of the Epstein files, and has failed to comply with our bipartisan subpoena for the release of the complete, unredacted files. The American people deserve transparency.."

Insane.

So the deficit is going to escalate?

hooooooo boy

Trump's face is drooping and his eyes are closed

“He had a feeling” is a crazy reason to start a war

Wait -- the answer isn't no?

The reason why our stockpiles are seriously depleted is not because of Joe Biden. It is because the Iran War is the SEVENTH bombing campaign by Trump in the past year. And that doesn’t count the Venezuelan boats. bsky.app/profile/atru...

In a FAFO world Trump voters should pay the bill. Consequences- they should be up to their eyeballs in them- sadly it’s a upside down world where we are taxed while the billionaires and poor states living off the government give the rest of us the bill to pay.

NOEM: Our federal detention centers are held to the highest standards in comparison to other detaining facilities

McBATH: Did you just hear me? He has to crawl through mold and feces and bodily fluids just to take a shower. This is absolute lunacy and you know it.

Ansari: "The DOJ was caught red handed withholding explosive and credible FBI witness interviews of a woman who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was a minor. Shouldn't we hold hearings on that? Shouldn't Pam Bondi be here, forced to testify about why she's violating the law?"

Ohio sends voter registration data of nearly 8 million residents to DOJ Secretary of State LaRose says the handover is required under federal law.

Shame on Ohio for handing over personal voter data to DOJ.

While other states DEFEND their voters and elections from Trump’s attacks, Ohio happily gives in.

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