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Trump Calls Putin ‘Crazy’—And the Kremlin Shrugs The Russians continue their bombing while snarking that the American president is too emotional.

The Russians have made clear that they plan to kill their way out of the Ukraine war. Donald Trump’s response was to send a mean social-media post, Tom Nichols writes in The Atlantic Daily.

Sorry wut?

And it’s coming from inside the house

@kairyssdal.bsky.social @marketplace reporters need to stop referring to “liberation day” unless it is clarified as “Trump’s name for the day that he increased tariffs.” Otherwise you look like state media.

Trump Claimed a Social Media Video Showed ‘Burial Sites’ of White Farmers. It Didn’t.

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It's remarkable how much of this administration's agenda has been laser focused on simply making life worse for ordinary Americans.

It’s still hard for me to believe that after so many years of deranged posts like this, we’ve still never had a serious national conversation about this man’s mental health.

We know exactly why House Republicans will meet in the dead of night on Wednesday to prepare Trump’s budget for the floor—because they’re cowards who want to hide away while they gut health care and food assistance.

They think we won’t notice. They better think again.

"The Constitution prohibits public officials from accepting a present from a foreign state" -- Mike Pence has discovered the Emoluments Clause!

Van Hollen: "Trump's visit to the Middle East- my view is the narrative here was selling out US national interests for the private gain of his business. He essentially gave away the crown jewels of US AI and semiconductor tech to the gulf in exchange for a $2b investment in his stablecoin venture"

Chris Murphy: "Why did Trump choose these 3 countries to go for his first major foreign trip? It's not because these are our most important allies or the most important countries in the world. It's because these are the 3 countries willing to pay him off ... this is the definition of corruption."

Pence: "Individuals who broke into the Capitol, who assaulted police officers...should have been prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law...The heroes on January 6 were all wearing uniforms...To have pardoned the people who assaulted police officers that day, was wrong."

Rand Paul: "Tariffs are taxes & when you put tax on a business it's always passed through as a cost, so there will be higher prices. There's an economic fallacy that trade deficits mean anything. They're artificial accounting. The only trade that means anything is the individual who buys something"

Chris Murphy: "There's just no doubt that it was Donald Trump who added more to the deficit than any president in the history of the country, and he is on pace to do it for a second time. It's gonna crater to the economy, and it won't have an impact on his billionaire friends."

They found no fraud—just a new way to screw over retirees at Silicon Valley speed.

Wall Street Journal headline: “Trump’s Budget Hawk Takes Over the DOGE Agenda. First Up: The Military,” with a photo of Russ Vought. Highlighted text discusses Vought pushing for Trump to use “impoundment” powers to block Congress-approved spending. Link in thread

This should be bigger news:

ICYMI - Project 2025’s puppet master Russell Vought just replaced Elon as head of DOGE.

People still in denial & believe Trump knew nothing about Project 2025, need to explain why he just handed the keys to the whole damn thing to its architect. He is the plan. Wake up.

My statement on the events that occurred at Delaney Hall today:

Disgusting, naked, open blatant corruption. Whether it is crypto, Trump Media stock, real estate developments, licensing deals or jets, foreign governments continue to buy our presidency by bribing our criminal president.

The foreign emoluments clause was written to prevent exactly this. Blatantly unconstitutional

The US has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year. It’s only the second time the US has hit this dangerous milestone in the past 30 years and it’s only May. This is the Make America Sick Again agenda.

Trump Sons’ Deals on Three Continents Directly Benefit the President

Trump’s older sons are pursuing a blitz of family moneymaking ventures for the Trump org., capitalizing on their father’s position.

@propublica.org @citizensforethics.org @whitehouse.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov

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republicans have gone so far overboard for Trump that they are now iffy on the US Constitution.

The law specifies that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a private entity, not a federal agency, to afford it "maximum protection from extraneous interference and control" — in other words, to avoid a situation like this. You can read it for yourself here. It's pretty clear.

Trump's firing spree has hit the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the entity that disperses federal funds to public TV and radio stations across the country. There's only one problem: Under the 1967 law that created the private corporation, Trump does not have the authority to fire them.

Rep Eric Swalwell walked out in *shock*—and who could blame him?

Every single GOP member on the House Judiciary Committee just voted to let Trump “deport” American citizens.

This is illegal, authoritarian, and unforgivable 🤬

Time to call, write, & protest before the full House votes.

Senate GOP leaders succeed in protecting Trump tariffs It comes the same day the Commerce Department reported that the U.S. economy contracted by 0.3% in the first quarter — the first contraction in three years.

(AXIOS) - The Senate on Wednesday killed a resolution that would have effectively reversed President Trump's 10% tariffs on all imported goods, with just three Republicans joining with Democrats in support of the measure.

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I’m going to continue reminding folks that this is the kind of thing that warrants impeachment. (Not for nothing but Republicans impeached Mayorkas for just existing)

I hope you put up the whole clip tomorrow because it is UNBELIEVABLE. Stephen Miller obviously told the old man that it was real and he's too demented to see that it was fake. There is no doubt in the clip that he truly believes that stupid picure he held up was real.

Arresting judges.

Threatening allies.

Lying about trade deals.

Trying to sell campaign merch from the White House.

Floating a 2028 run.

Deranged. Dangerous. Undemocratic.

We must retake our democracy.

Trump may soon offer a motherhood medal, an idea popularized in Nazi Germany He wants to be known as the 'fertilization president.'

In a move to change cultural attitudes about childbearing, the Trump administration may soon start bestowing mothers of six or more children a special medal.

Here's a not-so-fun fact: This idea was popularized in Nazi Germany.