Tom Charde

Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia...

I’m old enough to remember when we had 3 branches of government. Forget checks and balances. I guess we are a Muskocracy now.

Any news outlet reporting Mexico conceded anything to Trump to get him to delay tariffs has not done its homework.
Trump boasts he got Mexico to commit to stationing 10K troops at our border. Apparently he didn't realize Mexico already has 15K troops deployed there
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NEW: I expect there will be several new lawsuits filed tomorrow regarding the Trump administration's unlawful attacks on democracy.

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This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

A breakdown of the goods we import from Mexico

Column | Trump’s 2024 ‘mandate’ isn’t as robust as Biden’s was in 2020 The outcome of the 2024 election looks like a mix of 2000 and 2004, not 2008 or even 2020.

Trump's "mandate" isn't as robust as Biden's was in 2020. What's often happening is that he (and his allies) are conflating the 2024 shift with support — a shift that is in part a reversion of the 2020 shift to the left.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I watched it live, and have been watching all morning. They went on to continue criticizing him (as they should). The backlash feels unwarranted, and the cancelling won’t help.

Absolutely. Praise, flattery, gifts, cheeseburgers, whatever. Our adversaries are using the same approach with him, quite effectively.

I don’t see what the big deal is. Know thy enemy.

Media figures interviewing an incoming president. What’s the problem with this?

Shown here, destroying a lithium battery.