Gwendolyn Alley aka Art/Wine Predator

A few more thoughts from last night’s vote.

First, let’s stop pretending Trump cares one bit about the economic pressure regular Americans are under.

He treats hardship as something to exploit.

Disaster Recovery Is an $8 Trillion Driver of US Growth Investors are on the hunt for companies powering the disaster industrial complex, which are fueling US growth and outpacing the S&P 500

🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see

Like the US economy

Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.

Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗

Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.

more like 40 billion of your American tax dollars

So the senator who is retiring condemns it and the two senators up for reelection wanting Trump’s endorsement won’t comment. Courageous and principled as always.

This is a big deal… my congressman has been in DC for 24 years and hasn’t held a Townhall since 2012.

His rural constituents are standing up.

The government may be shut down, but at least one Democratic senator is still working. trib.al/hO171T7

“Trump wants us to believe that Portland, Oregon, in my home state, is full of chaos and riots. Because if he can say to the American people that there are riots, he can say there’s a rebellion."

Don't sleep on the way that Trump/Vought have systematically eliminated US defenses against cyberattacks, including -- here -- on critical infrastructure.

That charity looks like himself aka his big bullshit ballroom ...

Remember what’s coming: first, kill Affordable Care credits, doubling costs for tens of millions; then, cut Medicare half a trillion (sleazily, automatically) hurting seniors; then cut Medicaid by a trillion, pounding doctors, hospitals and nursing homes. It’s why we fight.

Stop saying “renovation.”

Better words:
Desecration
Violation
Demolition
Destruction
Retribution
Vanity-wrecking-ball

Trump Admits Americans Didn’t Vote for His Military Crackdowns Yet he and his party keep pretending they have a mandate.

"But Trump never had a mandate to federalize, much less militarize, urban law enforcement. And twice in the last week, he essentially admitted it.

Trump never told voters he would send troops into cities. And if he had, they wouldn’t have supported it."

www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...

Trump’s Mar-a-White House The president is desecrating a symbol of liberal democracy and replacing it with a tacky, bloated eyesore.

"No, destroying the White House is not as bad as blowing up boats carrying possibly innocent people. It’s not as bad as corrupting the Justice Department. It’s not as menacing as sending troops into American cities. And yet, this hurt is sharp."

www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-mar-...

Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina. Here’s $40B Trump’s Giving You. Trump’s MAGA allies aren’t thrilled by the prospect of our stocking up on pesos and Argentinian beef.

"The United States is now the proud owner of $20 billion in increasingly worthless Argentinian currency. America First, baby!"

www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-cry-f...

The National Trust for Historic Preservation warned that President Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom would “overwhelm the White House itself,” which spans just 55,000 square feet. https://wapo.st/4hmL8rC

Steve Witkoff promised to divest of his crypto assets linked to the Trump family’s crypto schemes.

But 10 months in, and he still hasn’t.

So many of these assets involve Middle East countries with an interest in U.S. policy.

The conflicts of interest are massive. We need answers.

So wait — Republicans are insisting Trump is paying for the $250,000,000 ballroom himself (he isn’t)… even as he extorts basically the same amount from the DOJ?

Y’all will really run cover for any amount of corruption and greed huh

Opinion | Paul Ingrassia’s ‘Nazi Streak’ The Trump nominee’s repellent texts are a lesson for young MAGA.

THIS is who the White House nominated to lead the Office of Special Counsel:

“MLK Jr. was the 1960s George Floyd and his ‘holiday’ should be ended and tossed into the seventh circle of hell.” “I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time, I will admit it.”

GIFT: www.wsj.com/opinion/paul...

Reporting exposes Trump-Bondi Justice Department as WEAK on drug trafficking.

Drug prosecutions have dropped to the lowest level in decades.

All while they waste resources on political pet projects.

Pay attention -- what he means is allowing Democrats to win a free and fair election.

“Trump is going to steal $230M in taxpayer dollars by having his DOJ pay him a settlement for his legal trouble. Watch.”
@muellershewrote.com

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Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.

Live look at next week's break-in at Fort Knox.

Which you will also have to sit by helplessly and watch, I guess.

What an absolute disgrace

“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving

The most upsetting part of this story to me is the line where the Times says it is “unclear” where the money came from.

Under our constitution,
it is either extremely clear where money comes from - a congressional appropriation - or an illegal channel. So so, @nytimes.com

The deal would give Bukele possession of individuals who threatened to expose the alleged deals his government made with MS-13 to help achieve El Salvador's historic drop in violence, officials said. For the Salvadoran president, a return of the informants was viewed as critical to preserving his tough-on-crime reputation. It was also a key step in hindering an ongoing U.S. investigation into his government's relationship with MS-13, a gang famous for displays of excessive violence in the United States and elsewhere.

They buried the lede. Here’s paragraph 6: https://wapo.st/4nbNiM4

i genuinely do not understand why he keeps digging the hole deeper on this one