TheDeepEstate

9 months back in power, and every branch of government now merged into one corrupt man. The House, the Senate, the Supreme Court, all nothing but autopens for a crook who’s doubled his fortune while Americans starve.

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The national debt has grown by a trillion dollars in 70 days.
During the time, the House has been in session fewer than 12 days.

Making No Kings signs on an October evening is as fun as carving jack-o'-lanterns.

The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.

Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.

Democrats miscalculate by choosing health care as their hill to die on.
The shutdown should instead be framed as a refusal to be complicit in unchecked presidential power.
That's what's about to kick into hyperdrive, which would then drive home that messaging.

My sense is that most Americans had not heard of Charlie Kirk until yesterday. The first and perhaps only thing they're going to hear about him from the most trusted and important voices in American politics is that he was a model and constructive participant in good-faith political discourse.

When people I know express deep admiration for someone who has publicly and repeatedly said truly awful things, I wonder if they've never heard those things, or simply agree with those things.
One answer is troubling; the other is disturbing.

“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

"critics call it extortion" gee thanks @nytimes.com pls let us know when you find out what's going on

We've rolled out the red carpet on American soil for a criminal--to say nothing of how we're pampering Putin.

THIS! Feigned ignorance to avoid confronting the real issue.

Slightly diminish a band: REI.

The Trump Administration Is Using Memes to Turn Mass Deportation Into One Big Joke Memes shared by the White House, DHS, and ICE have used catchy TikTok tunes to normalize mass deportation and Christian nationalist narratives. Experts say that’s the point.

"While WIRED runs cover for criminal illegal aliens, we won’t apologize for posting banger memes."

Yes, this is an official statement from a White House spokesperson.

www.wired.com/story/trump-...

I’m Not Panicking. I’m Outraged. Read more here.

I have been the subject of many spurious accusations and politically motivated attacks, but this one is in a class by itself. According to Tulsi Gabbard — the nation’s top intelligence official — my refusal to post on Twitter is being reviewed by the Department of Justice as evidence of wrongdoing.

I agree. I continue to call my GOP Rep asking if she wants Canada to be our 51st state.
Make them answer for everything.

So --

Epstein was a distraction from Iran
Rosie was a distraction from Epstein
Epstein was a distraction from Rosie
Donald's health was a distraction from Epstein
Epstein was a distraction from issues

Dammit enough with the distraction policing! It's all damage. Pay attention to everything.

After voting to cut Medicaid, Josh Hawley files bill to fend off future reductions Saying he still opposes Medicaid cuts, Missouri’s senior U.S. senator defends supporting spending bill because there were too many benefits to oppose passage.

I'd like to congratulate Sen Josh Hawley for raising his puny fist in opposition to legislative action taken by Sen. Josh Hawley.

An attack which risked the lives of US service personnel and now puts 40,000 others in the region in harm’s way.

Yet Hegseth indulges in a long, sycophantic tribute to Trump.

It’s so inappropriate, deeply unserious and internationally embarrassing.

By disregarding his own intelligence advisors that Iran was *not* about to have nuclear weapons, Donald Trump has, without any justification whatsoever, provoked Iran to retaliate against American troops in the Middle East and American civilians at home. He is a irresponsible, simpleminded idiot.

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

2 of 53 Republican senators spent the day mocking the assassination if a Democratic lawmaker from Minnesota. They will face no accountability from Corporate Media or Republicans because no one holds Republican lawmakers accountable for anything, they are assumed to have no agency for their actions.

This paragraph is simply magnificent.

My No Kings sign is ready for Saturday.

🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Sure, why not wreck another great American institution that has been a beacon of light around the world for decades and replace it MAGA’s North Korean style channel. www.npr.org/2025/05/07/n...

Didn’t have it in me today. Usually I’ve got a fire lit under me about everything Trump represents, but today it just felt heavy.

The erosion of decency, the creeping authoritarianism, it all just sat on my chest like a weight.

Tomorrow, I’ll shout again. Today, I’m just breathing.

Proud Boys’ Ex-Leader Thanks Trump for Pardon at Mar-a-Lago Encounter Enrique Tarrio said he told Mr. Trump that he had saved his life by including him in a blanket grant of clemency for Jan. 6 defendants.

Felon Enrique Tarrio (seditious conspiracy and obstruction of law enforcement), leader of the Proud Boys, thanked felon Donald Trump (deliberate falsification of business records), leader of the GOP, for pardoning him for his role in the attack on Congress and the police.

RESISTANCE STARTS WITH PLAIN SPEAKING Fake news is propaganda. The powerful demanding apologies from artists is censorship. Business dealings while in office are corruption. Threatening protesters and petitioners is authoritarianism. Declaring a minority an internal enemy and calling for militarized unity is fascism. Everything starts with naming these things in public.

It will irritate me to my dying days when I think about how Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts delayed Trump’s immunity case for 9 months

When he’s now ordering parties to file briefs on Trump administration emergency applications within 10 days