Steve Baker

Pix of Trump and Epstein

No matter how many boats Trump blows up or how many government buildings he demolishes – we're not going to forget about the Epstein files.

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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#NoKings

White House Fires Entire Fine Arts Board In Charge Of Reviewing Construction Projects—Including Ballroom, Report Says The agency was expected to review the president’s construction projects, including a recently announced “Independence Arch” near the Lincoln Memorial.

The agency was expected to review the president’s construction projects, including a recently announced “Independence Arch” near the Lincoln Memorial.

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Republicans Swiftly File Lawsuit in Bid to Block California’s New House Maps Republicans asked a federal court to block newly approved maps in California that were designed to flip as many as five House seats for Democrats.

Now that’s rich. All gerrymandering is anti-Democratic, in my view, and SCOTUS really blew it in Rucho by permitting it, but GOP lawsuit to block it in California while using it in other states is the height of hypocrisy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...

Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...

Citing concerns about DEI, the Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.

“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”

By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

not just climate, either

they've destroyed the entirety of federal consumer protection, corporate oversight and regulatory autonomy across every industry that touches every aspect of your lives

the impacts will be concussive, unprecedented, incalculable, and extremely fatal

Trump Is Turning the White House Into a Golden Goose When Donald Trump was demolishing the Bonwit Teller building on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue in 1980 to make way for Trump Tower, the Metropolitan Museum of Art approached him with a small request. It ask...

Trump jackhammered museum-worthy friezes the Met once asked him to preserve on the Bonwit Teller building. Now he’s reduced the East Wing to rubble. My column on 45 years of Trump’s gold rush and a monarchical presidency:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Trump Dragged After Making Outrageous Comparison To Zohran Mamdani In Viral Clip

Not even in his wildest dreams...🙄

A tweet from Adam Carlson (@admcrlsn) says: “Andrew Cuomo has now been endorsed by: Donald Trump Elon Musk Eric Adams Bill Ackman Woody Allen Eric Trump George Santos Rep. Nick Langworthy (R) Rep. Mike Lawler (R) Fmr. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R) Councilwoman Inna Vernikov (R) Steve Wynn Ronald Lauder Barry Diller Dan Loeb”

With friends like these, who needs enemas?

Kash Patel Lashes Out At Critics After Reports He Used Government Jet To Go Watch Girlfriend Sing

This is embarrassing even for him.

Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article) Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

Donald Trump has taken clear steps to erode our democracy in a slide towards autocracy. The Founders established a democratic republic and warned against such a leader. It is up to us to keep our democracy.

Grim stuff. This is who Trump wants to put in charge of the military. www.newyorker.com/news/news-de...

Delusions always shatter in a brutal manner For or against?

“It doesn’t matter how many soft soap interviews upon which Bari Weiss lurks on the edge of to propagandize an evil cause to the American people at the end of the day.”

steveschmidt.substack.com/p/delusions-...

Trump Demands Sinister Republican Response to MAGA Wipeout The elections were viewed as the first major test of Trump’s second-term presidency.

The government will remain closed until the CR includes funding the ACA. Trump wants to remove healthcare for millions of Americans and starve the most vulnerable into submission. We do not submit to the tyranny of kings. Lame duck writing is on the wall!

www.thedailybeast.com/trump-refuse...

Trump’s Shutdown Over ACA Subsidies Raises Health Costs Trump’s shutdown over ACA subsidies is driving up healthcare costs, deepening inequality, and revealing how “America First” policies hurt Americans first.

Trump’s shutdown is more than politics—it’s people’s lives.

Healthcare, frozen. Families, forgotten. 💊

#ACA #Shutdown #Brewminate

4 out of 5 people who rely on the ACA tax credits live in states that Trump won.

And over 80 percent of the people who will end up uninsured if these expire are in Trump states!

This is a MAGA health care hike, yet Trump won't lift a finger to save your health care.

Millions face losing SNAP benefits as shutdown continues with no end in sight As the government shutdown continues with no end in sight, millions of Americans are on the verge of losing access to SNAP. Many food aid groups feel the government is legally obligated to provide fun...

Local mutual-aid networks ramp up — neighbors stepping in where federal support stalls.
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An opulent ballroom filled with many people dressed as Great Gatsby style characters. Trump sits at the center. This Halloween party was hosted 1 day before SNAP benefits were to be cut Is this our “let them eat cake” moment?

A picture from the party that Trump hosted on Halloween at Mar-A-Lago. One day before SNAP benefits are to be cut. They are spitting in the faces of the millions who will starve due to income inequality Ironically, the theme for this party was Great Gatsby, a book where income inequality is central

We could fund over four months of SNAP benefits with the $40 billion Argentina received.

Millions Face Soaring Health Insurance Premiums as GOP Refuses to Extend Obamacare Subsidies The central fight in the U.S. federal government shutdown has been over healthcare costs, with Democrats demanding that Republicans agree to extend subsidies for the Affordable Care Act set to expire ...

“The purpose of healthcare has increasingly become profit-making rather than a public service.”

Illinois Lawmaker Hoan Huynh: Immigration Agent Pointed Gun at My Head Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is replacing ICE leadership at 12 of the 25 ICE field offices nationwide with Border Patrol officials who will take over immigration enforcement in those region...

Federal Agent Pointed Gun at My Head: Illinois Lawmaker Hoan Huynh Denounces ICE Raids in Chicago

Reuters: Trump Organization Earned More Than $800 Million from Crypto Assets A Reuters investigation has found that President Trump's family amassed more than $860 million from sales of crypto assets in the first half of 2025.

A Reuters investigation has found that President Trump's family amassed more than $860 million from sales of crypto assets in the first half of 2025.

“Extraordinarily Destabilizing Decision”: Trump Denounced over Call to Immediately Resume Nuclear Tests President Trump has directed the Pentagon to resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time since 1992. He made the announcement just before meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss trade relations. Dr. Ira Helfand, former president of Ph...

“We are facing the gravest danger of nuclear war that has existed on the planet since the end of the Cold War, and possibly worse than it was during the Cold War.”

U.S., China Reach Trade Truce as Trump & Xi Meet for First Time in Years U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to a one-year trade truce after meeting in South Korea. China will postpone export controls on rare earth minerals, and the U.S...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to a one-year trade truce after meeting in South Korea.

DOJ Indicts Illinois Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh over ICE Protests A congressional candidate in Illinois's 9th District has been indicted on federal charges by the Department of Justice.

DOJ Indicts Illinois Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh over ICE Protests

Trump Orders First U.S. Nuclear Weapons Tests in 33 Years President Trump says he's instructed the Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons for the first time in over 30 years.

Trump Orders First U.S. Nuclear Weapons Tests in 33 Years