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I love Kristi Noem insisting that no matter how insignificant the long past crime or messed up paperwork, people must be deported. The law is the law and there can be no exceptions.

But drug kingpins, rapists and wealthy fraudsters get pardoned because Trump feels they were treated "unfairly."

We lost more than that his last year as president.

Not that anyone members that part. All we talk about is how people were forced to wear masks and kids had to go to school via computer for a few months. And it was hard to get a haircut.

The 1.3 million people who died are completely forgotten.

The Right: preferred pronouns? I don’t have to respect that bullshit, I’m free to act as I like

Also the Right: I demand you conform to my elaborate rituals designed to guard against me fucking you

trump surrounded by the 1980 us hockey team wearing cowboy hats. elise stefanik and kash patel are there, too.

what in the fuck

Enten on Trump being 40 points underwater on healthcare: "That is gosh darn awful! It's horrendous ... the bottom line is Americans very much dislike Donald Trump on healthcare ... this is just awful politics for Republicans ... they don't buy the Republican spin at all"

When your appearance with Trump has to be blocked out for your own protection

Trump tonight after losing: “I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved.”

Below is one of NINE Truth Social posts he made about it, which is in addition to phone calls, visits to IN by Vance, numerous public statements, and threats by several henchmen.

Trump: "When the real pollsters start doing the polls I think you're gonna see some really fantastic numbers."

How long before they make these demands on American citizens returning from foreign travel?

I'm still thinking about JD Vance pounding the table and cheering when Trump ranted about Somalis. He really enjoys that stuff.

Gaza's not exactly peaceful either.

Someone should give them a bottle and put them to bed. Whiny little twits.

"An anti-vaccine organization founded by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants the FDA to yank the most widely used COVID vaccines from the market, Axios' Caitlin Owens reports. That's despite RFK's promises that he won't take vaccines away from anyone — and part of a growing call from vaccine skeptics to pull the shots. Children's Health Defense this week filed a petition asking FDA commissioner Marty Makary to deem Moderna's and Pfizer's COVID vaccines "misbranded" and revoke their licenses due to a lack of "compliance with FDA regulations." 🚑 Its argument is based on the vaccines' conversion from emergency use early in the pandemic to full approval later on. In other administrations, the move would be an extreme long shot. 👨‍💼 But Kennedy's personal ties to Children's Health Defense may improve its prospects."

This is just monstrous ...

www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Me Too Forever Why the backlash was so short-lived.

This thought, which I have frequently, prompted in this case by Traister's latest:

“When will my delusions be validated?” says the rapidly decompensating man with multiple psychiatric diagnoses.

A screenshot of an Embraer 145 from ICE flight contractor Key Lime Air/Denver Air Connection on a tarmac with with guards and detainees . In the lower right hand corner is a contraption with a bunch of nylon straps and metal fasteners.

A closeup of the contraption

I’ve heard from immigration attorneys that clients say ICE guards lay out the WRAP device (essentially a full-body straitjacket) on the tarmac as a threat — “do what we say or you’re getting the WRAP on the whole flight.”

And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.

Tweet by Heritage Foundation co founder criticizing Heritage Action threat to Indiana

The Heritage Foundation is cracking

YouTube video by Salon JD and Usha Vance can’t escape divorce rumors

I admit that I get annoyed at the people who see this and feel a need to scold about how gossip is naughty.

First of all, this is how the left gets a rep for being woke scolds.

Second of all, JD Vance sticks his nose directly into everyone's business. So fuck him.

youtu.be/QEfkB7-6B5s?...

"I LOVE the miners! The data miners! And dating minors!"

Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.

Oh my. Trump's gonna be postin' some shit tonight.

guess we gotta keep getting the message out: boycotting Tesla is literally our best opportunity to hit back at techno-fascism, the thermal exhaust in the right wing Death Star

this is why Musk is so frantically pumping SpaceX and XAI: he knows Tesla can't support his empire

youtu.be/L-Imw_s1aaI

When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...

Donald Trump has decided that CNN must be sold to a conservative owner. But someone gave their pronouns at a PTA meeting last week. I have never felt more politically homeless.

there are not enough hotdog gifs in the world

Unhinged Trump ramping up his threats against Republican state senators in Indiana. The Republican Party is a mafia organization and the mob boss is angry.

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump There has never been a President that has worked as hard as me! My hours are the longest, and my results are among the best. I've stopped Eight Wars, saving many millions of lives in the process, created the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country, brought Business back into the United States at levels never seen before, rebuilt our Military, created the Largest Tax Cuts and Regulation Cuts, EVER, closed our open and very dangerous Southern Border, when previous Administrations were unable to do so, and created an "aura" around the United States of America that has led every Country in the World to respect us more than ever before. In addition to all of that, I go out of my way to do long, thorough, and very boring Medical Examinations at the Great Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, seen and supervised by top doctors, all of whom have given me PERFECT Marks - Some have even said they have never seen such Strong Results. I do these Tests because I owe it to our Country. In addition to the Medical, I have done something that no other President has done, on three separate occasions, the last one being recently, by taking what is known as a Cognitive Examination, something which few people would be able to do very well, including those working at The New York Times, and I ACED all three of them in front of large numbers of doctors and experts, most of whom I do not know. I have been told that few people have been able to "ace" this Examination and, in fact,

most do very poorly, which is why many other Presidents have decided not to take it at all. Despite all of this, the time and work involved, The New York Times, and some others, like to pretend that I am "slowing up," am maybe not as sharp as I once was, or am in poor physical health, knowing that it is not true, and knowing that I work very hard, probably harder than I have ever worked before. I will know when I am "slowing up," but it's not now! After all of the work I have done with Medical Exams, Cognitive Exams, and everything else, I actually believe it's seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean "THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES." They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it. They have inaccurately reported on all of my Election Results and, in fact, were forced to apologize on much of what they wrote. The best thing that could happen to this Country would be if The New York Times would cease publication because they are a horrible, biased, and untruthful "source" of information. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 908 ReTruths 3.07k Likes Dec 09, 2025, 9:11 PM

Couple of things here:

1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently

2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"

3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"

4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you

We now learn that Fifa had a very specific "ask" in exchange for its "Peace Award" to Trump, with loads of gold trinkets, and that was dismissal of a criminal corruption case against senior Fifa officials. And Trump granted it. Another corrupt bargain, barely noticed (and ignored by US media).

These “woke” regulations were over 50 years old!

Well, you might think they know something about health care...