Trump's a huge liar and gets zero credit for honesty, but, as a way of understanding his actions, this seems true. A lot of his decisions (e.g., gutting FEMA, turning off weather satellites, etc) are hard to understand unless Trump sees the whole federal gov't as his personal funds.
05.08.2025 12:42 β π 422 π 66 π¬ 17 π 2
I really hope Democrats are keeping a list of all of these things to investigate once they retake the house.
27.07.2025 17:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
We are watching in real-time as an administration and an entire party attempt to cover up the single most notorious child sex trafficking ring in modern history in order to protect their leader being implicated in it
27.07.2025 13:48 β π 3411 π 951 π¬ 87 π 30
Oh I see that Trump is telling everyone that he paid celebrities for endorsements before the election.
27.07.2025 12:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
When you strip away humanity
26.07.2025 11:31 β π 19119 π 8023 π¬ 548 π 956
I think this is a very good take on what Trump voters outside the MAGA base were expecting. And I think the current results are generally what most Harris voters expected a Trump Administration would be like.
24.07.2025 21:17 β π 20 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
The injustice is so tragic. These are people of morals and integrity whose lives are being ruined for nothing more than the sadistic pleasure of people who are vastly inferior to them.
24.07.2025 13:58 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
It's clear that the people acting on behalf of Columbia are just full-on Trumpists. They're into this and are quite happy to hand over the university to Trump.
24.07.2025 03:19 β π 13 π 1 π¬ 1 π 2
Incidentally, the coup in which Trump literally tried to overthrow the government should have been the issue that stuck with him. The media deciding to call it "January 6th" rather than "The Trump Insurrection" was such a huge mistake.
24.07.2025 01:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
It took forever but we finally found the scandal that Trump can't move past. Democrats and non-Trump media can't let this issue die out over the summer. They have to continuously keep bringing up the Trump-Epstein relationship.
24.07.2025 01:29 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
Paramount: Stephen Colbert's cancellation was a "financial decision" and had absolutely nothing to do with "other matters."
Trump: "I absolutely love that Colbert got fired."
18.07.2025 14:30 β π 1556 π 414 π¬ 123 π 136
This Democrat Wonβt Let Go of the Jeffrey Epstein Case, Either
New bombshell from my investigators on Epstein's sex trafficking operation: the Trump administration has an Epstein file detailing 4,725 wire transfers and almost $1.1 billion flowing through just one of his banks. Hundreds of millions more through others.
17.07.2025 15:03 β π 12759 π 5002 π¬ 509 π 680
One of the most important patterns of the past few decades that has to break is the idea that you only get one shot to stop a crook and if they have the numbers that day, you have to take the L forever, the crook is now a respectable official.
17.07.2025 13:10 β π 2511 π 556 π¬ 21 π 7
We're not "kicking off" a race to the bottom with gerrymandering-- it's already here. Republicans have gerrymandered NC, OH, FL, KY, WV, UT and now TX. Unilateral disarmament is not a sign of strength, it's literally how we lose. You're a CA assemblymember; if anyone should see the stakes, it's you.
17.07.2025 02:49 β π 2461 π 616 π¬ 195 π 19
This is a really good thread. When the people running a country truly believe that the laws don't apply to them, then the laws lose their meaning and society is only held together by brute force.
22.05.2025 20:55 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Imagine if Democrats had barely won control of the House and the deaths of three of their members had caused the majority to flip. It would be a huge national story. But it shouldn't take something like that for people to come to terms with the issue.
22.05.2025 20:50 β π 49 π 4 π¬ 2 π 2
Amazing how quickly the rhetoric of βpersonal choiceβ drops away once theyβre in a position to impose their crackpottery on everyone.
20.05.2025 20:10 β π 2013 π 562 π¬ 65 π 20
The fact that they would still give Covid boosters to people over 65 and people with preconditions means they know the boosters work and are needed. There is literally no justification for taking them away from everyone else besides just being huge dicks
20.05.2025 16:14 β π 1716 π 520 π¬ 44 π 13
Now just watch how many media outlets report the "413% increase" without asking any of those questions.
19.05.2025 14:42 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Yet again Trump is taking credit for what Biden did.
19.05.2025 13:50 β π 4137 π 1506 π¬ 126 π 79
This is a great thread that gives concrete examples of how a liberal news network could function in real life. It absolutely could be done.
16.05.2025 16:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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16.05.2025 14:02 β π 17 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
Why should we treat him with respect when he doesn't even respect the position he holds?
16.05.2025 14:00 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
I absolutely agree with this. Trump is doing real harm to the country in many different ways. The best course of action for Democrats is to publicly oppose those things, not to reflect on their personal flaws.
15.05.2025 13:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This is especially true given that we saw in 2024 just how incredibly short most voters' memories are. By 2028, most people aren't going to remember anything about the Biden presidency.
15.05.2025 13:37 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
It's ironic that conservatives led the push for guns everywhere and for stand your ground law protections, and yet those two things make it more likely and quite arguably legal, for someone to shoot masked people trying to grab someone while claiming to be an ICE agent.
09.05.2025 18:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
They don't need a warrant
A federal kidnapping in Worcester
A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...
08.05.2025 22:53 β π 5845 π 3104 π¬ 299 π 569
Exactly. The Pope adheres to ancient, straightforward Sunday School teachings about helping the needy and not being cruel to the vulnerable.
That this is being portrayed as radical and partisan says way more about the ones making the accusation than it does about him.
09.05.2025 10:43 β π 2480 π 510 π¬ 39 π 13
I appreciate the job that the courts have been doing to secure the release of the hostages.
07.05.2025 16:25 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
So, in other words, Trump fits the exact definition of a con-man - makes a bunch of promises, gets what he wants from you, and then delivers none of it.
01.05.2025 16:33 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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