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Riley: Don’t tell me you give a shit about the middle class when all you are doing is shitting on the middle class

Elon Musk Suffered Humiliating West Wing Tongue-Lashing: ‘F*** You! F*** You!’ Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had a screaming match in April, with President Donald Trump in earshot.

If you've seen Scott Bessent talk, it's really funny to imagine him saying this.
www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-su...

Opinion | What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal. It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.

Where are we when *David Brooks* calls for an "uprising"?

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...

Nailed it

The most corrupt administration in American history wants you to look the other way from this.

We can't. We need answers.

“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).

Economic uncertainty update:

The thing about veering wildly between policy positions, favouring and then discarding a new maverick advisor each week, and using contradictory justifications at every turn, is that even if one particular pivot is in the direction of sanity, chaos is the constant.

Trump brags world leaders are ‘kissing my a**’ and celebrates ‘great Hannibal Lecter’ ‘Please, Sir, make a deal. I’ll do anything. I’ll do anything, Sir,’ Trump mocked just hours before his sweeping reciprocal tariffs were imposed

After several failed attempts, the president has finally settled on the true motivation behind his tariff policy.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Opinion | Why Catholic bishops are ending our refugee work with the government It was a gut-wrenching decision, but we can’t continue with the church’s resources alone.

wapo.st/3EmGTgJ

That photo doesn't do it justice, which is interesting

Indianapolis

Sex, Drinking and Dementia: 25 Lawmakers Spill on What Congress Is Really Like We interviewed Democrats and Republicans — on the record and anonymously — about life on Capitol Hill, what broke Congress and a whole lot more.

Interesting and entertaining
www.politico.com/news/magazin...

US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say | CNN Politics Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have b...

Cool!
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...

Proposed: The rapacious and randomly destructive US-Russia gangster axis could be the defining development of the 21st century.
Discuss:

Trump and Vance Rebuke Zelensky During White House Meeting: Live Updates

Holy crap:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump and Vance Loudly Rebuke Zelensky in Oval Office www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

Shameless inconsistency is a superpower.

He seems all set to annex Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal.

McConnell Retires: “My Work Destroying this Country is Done” “I retire with my head held high, knowing that I am leaving the country in smoldering ruins.”

www.borowitzreport.com/p/mcconnell-...

Or maybe a turtle?

Trump seems to question well-known part of Sen. Mitch McConnell's life — his childhood polio battle President Donald Trump seems to have questioned a well-documented part of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s life — his childhood battle with polio.

The president suggests that Mitch McConnell made up that whole polio thing

apnews.com/article/trum...

Hegseth's Ukraine bombshell and Trump's Putin call leave NATO reeling Europe has been bracing for this moment, but that hasn't made it any less painful.

Genius dealmakers give up the game before negotiations even begin.

www.axios.com/2025/02/13/n...

Trump Says He Will Install Himself as Kennedy Center Chairman The move by the president, whose authority to make the changes was not clear, is the latest attempt to bring a Washington institution under his control.

Sounds like someone has time on his hands! #kennedycenter

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...

NASA to wipe mentions of women, Indigenous people from websites NASA employees told to remove mentions of women, indigenous people, and environmental justice from websites.

www.chron.com/news/space/a...

Trump Proposes U.S. Takeover of Gaza and Says All Palestinians Should Leave The president met with the Israeli prime minister at the White House, meeting in person with another world leader for the first time since returning to power.

genocide = prime real estate
#gaza

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...

The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.

This is messed up

www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Some people apparently don't realize that the federal government does things.

bsky.app/profile/jaco...

Seriously?