Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next
We arenβt at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.
As alarmed as people may be, they aren't alarmed enough. Trump just escalated this crisis from a fight between the federal government and a state, to a situation where one state is deploying armed forces to impose its will on another state. www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
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Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
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No one should have to sit there and pretend this painted up old idiot makes sense.
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Liar liar pants on fire. Everything βis criminal!β
with these people.
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β.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..β
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It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...
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She is obviously out of her depth but figured sheβd try out the $kash Patel βI-donβt give a fβ about-youβ demeanor. No doubt Big Daddy liked it.
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While Schiff was questioning, she smirked, played with her pens, made sure to show off her tacky big diamond ring and seemed to be cleaning out her purse.
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βRealβ masculinity? Trump is a painted up old man who loves to dance to YMCA and Hegseth a preening peacock whose wife (#3) installed a make up room for him in the Pentagon.
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Coincidence? I think not.
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Itβs past time for an βI am Spartacusβ moment
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Millet is a psycopath who is aroused by watching videos of his thugs zip tying crying toddlers in their underpants in the middle of the night.
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Or more corrupt, thereβs that.
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βHavenβt heard the nameβ¦β he is scared, very scared.
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Let me guessβ¦Trump will not βrecindβ the order. So now what do they intend to do about it?
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Itβs the movie βDaveβ.
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The CNN anchor did not explain how he verified that it was the president β not any of his aides β who authored the written responses to his questions.
He also did not explain whether heβd made any effort to speak with the president by phone, something that has become commonplace for reporters covering the second Trump administration because Trump has maintained use of his personal mobile phone since returning to the presidency and frequently uses it to contact reporters directly.
The presidentβs purported text message exchange with Tapper was also unusual because Trump is not known to be a frequent user of his phoneβs text message capacity.
He also famously eschews email and other written forms of communication and during his first term he openly complained when attorneys working for his administration took notes during meetings.
Trumpβs unconventional use of text-based communications to purportedly respond to Tapper comes as questions continue to swirl about the state of his health
Jake Tapper did a whole interview with Trump by text message? Which means he can't actually confirm it was him. And now everyone's asking even more than before very reasonable questions about the wannabe dictator's health.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell goes after CNN anchor Jake Tapper over "text interview" with "Donald Trump" - "If Joe Biden had used the words total obliteration, that same interviewer would have pointed at it as proof of mental incapacity to do the job of President."
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Jake Tapper βstill waitingβ for answers to βtextβ questions sent by Jake. Who was texting?? Stephen Miller? Melania?
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He is afraid of her courage. He is at heart a very frightened man.
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Hopefully sheβll get the Nobel. Sorry Donald.
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No Donald. You are scared. Youβve always been a coward but now the dementia has turned your cowardice into paranoia
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Every day Iβve been getting angrier when I think about how maga, the so called alpha male bros, always punch down at people who are less fortunate or struggling.
This isnβt manliness. Itβs cowardly, itβs shameful, and it makes you look like a tiny little douche face
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Jane Goodall's final message from her last interview:
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Miller gets excited about seeing toddlers in their underpants, ziptied together as tho theyβre on some sadistic field trip
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Iβll take βYes!β For $500
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Why ask βWhat the hell are you doing?β They know exactly what theyβre doing.
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