J6 Plaque

Good, yes, agree. They are very desperate because it isn’t going their way.

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Gah

The next Big Lie is to taking shape right in front of us. Donald Trump will try to use this to assert illegal and unconstitutional powers over the 2026 elections.

It would be cool to have a legislature that acted to defend its own constitutional prerogatives and, maybe as a treat, the interests of the people it represents too.

Remember that time there was part of a file so incriminating it wasn’t redacted it disappeared and then we went to war?

That’s now

I think it's once again worth reviewing Trump's serious psychiatric disorders and how they relate to the performance of the duties of his office this morning.

Yes, he’s afraid. Oppression is the mask of fear.

Strongmen, like Trump, live in constant fear of being held accountable — which is why all of us should be concerned about what they might do to the upcoming midterms.

The best thing we can all do is pay attention, call them out for what they’re doing, & turn out in huge numbers in November.

I too think more networks should run "pro-America content" like handy explainers on the constitutional limitations on the president's powers and the independence of Congress

Huh. So his very powerful other ways of doing this not going great?

Here’s the thing about real estate huckster and TV star Donald Trump. He’ll do it if he thinks he can get away with it. The only constraint that deters him is public reaction. React.

Trial balloon

1. Attack, attack, attack
2. Deny everything, admit nothing
3. Claim victory no matter what

Be strong 💪

Strength is about doing the right thing, decisively, consistently, rather than checking to see how it plays with voters in Ohio first. There is an opportunity here for Dem candidates who offer decisive, CONSTANT radical defense of democracy and a full-throated fight against the tech-fash oligarchy.

Yes. It’s bad.

Bad grammar, to boot. Should slow down and proofread.

De-Bondification of DoJ
De-Noemification of DHS
De-Tulsification of the Intelligence Community
De-Trumpification of everything

Go after all of it when he’s gone. At the earliest possible moment.

I’m so sorry

Don't walk out because he's offensive, walk out because he's lost you. Worse than dangerous, he's a listless and boring liar who can't hold a room anymore. Be the physical manifestation of his time running out.

For one thing doesn’t Congress do the giving of it?

Felt even longer

Hey media, he’s a crazy old man

You don’t need to quote the crazy old man things he says, it’s actively harmful if the goal is understanding him

Nice

If our European allies would like to demonstrate that they're not like Trump and, at the same time, do something that will absolutely enrage him and possibly even damage his presidency, this is the way:

I’m never going to get over this

Kari Lake seized control of VOA, shut it down & then revived, with bare-bones staffing, several of the language services, which parrot administration talking points in violation of its charter. Her appointed head of the Persian Service banned coverage of the exiled crown prince, angering supporters.