Brian J. Karem

Thank you. And thanks for reading.

Thanks for reading!

I've covered Trump for years — and I've never seen him this scared As the shutdown shifts the focus, JD Vance waits in the wings

Donald Trump has never been more scared. J.D. Vance is eagerly waiting in the wings. . .
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I've covered Trump for years — and I've never seen him this scared As the shutdown shifts the focus, JD Vance waits in the wings

Donald Trump has never been more scared. J.D. Vance is eagerly waiting in the wings. . .
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Gotta say, always love hearing from a fan!

Indeed. So, you should be reminding everyone that the “Deal Maker” can’t make a deal, and the man who would be King and says he can do anything he wants as President, paints himself as a “Victim” whenever he doesn’t get his way.

Gotta say, always love hearing from a fan!

YouTube video by The Economic Times ‘It was just a joke’: VP Vance defends Trump’s AI video mocking democrats amid shutdown tensions

Nice to know Trump can joke about politics.
Comedians - fly and be free.
Make fun of him all you want.
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Just Ask the Press - Comey, the UN, and Kimmel In this episode, Brian Karem, Mark Zaid, and Tom Arnold discuss the week's news, focusing on the implications of Jimmy Kimmel's return to television, the ongoing Mar-a-Lago FOIA suit, and the legal ch...

Dive into the drama: Comey's indictment, Trump's UN antics, Kimmel's return & Mar-a-Lago chaos!

@briankarem.bsky.social hosts @markzaidesq.bsky.social & Tom Arnold for unfiltered insights. Must-listen! @mswmedia.com

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Trump's impact on military credibility The leader of the Vet Voice Foundation sounds off on Trump and Hegseth's sideshow at Quantico

Janessa Goldbeck, CEO of Vet Voice Foundation speaks candidly about Trump and Hegseth appearing at Quantico in a "vanity project".
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"Ordering America’s best military leaders to leave their duty stations at the same time to fly from all around the world to gather in one room to listen to highly partisan speeches is an incredible security risk and waste of taxpayer dollars. We should be focused on improving military readiness, supporting servicemembers and their families, getting our shipbuilding programs back on track, and addressing real threats from China, Russia, and other adversaries. Instead, Secretary Hegseth disrespected servicemembers, especially women who serve in combat, and announced steps to weaken Inspector General oversight that is critical to delivering safety and efficiency..."

"...President Trump’s proposal to use U.S. cities as ‘training grounds’ to address the ‘enemy from within’ should be deeply troubling to every American. It’s clear that today’s meeting was nothing but a performance for the Republican base and an effort by Secretary Hegseth to keep his position amid increasing reports of his erratic behavior and concerns from members of Congress, defense officials, and his own Administration about his ability to do the job."

My statement on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump’s meeting with military officers at Quantico:

The Day we see a M1/A1 rolling down our streets with active duty military personnel, that's when we've OFFICIALLY lost our democracy.

Diplomacy by insult: Donald Trump is "really good at this stuff" More people need to tell the huckster-in-chief to bugger off

Never forget #TrumpEpsteinFiles
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Typo. 80+ years.

FOIA departments are understaffed as well. More staff = better service and more accountability.

Expedited cases now can take 2 to 4 years to be heard.

Non expedited cases? Amelia Earhart. Trump releasing those files now? True irony and best indication of government transparency. It took 90 years.

There is some additional time (which varies by case) invested by staff into searching through the system for additional files.
It's reasonable, in some cases, to pay for the labor - to defray governmental costs. But these should be limited to extraordinary cases - not mundane.

Fees are based on "reasonable" standards. And used to be justified by telling us how much it would cost in paper and ink cartridges to duplicate everything for us.
Today, it's downloading a file onto a thumb drive.

Declassified by the Don himself.

I hadn't thought of that!

Whatever it is, they won't give it back to me.

Diplomacy by insult: Donald Trump is "really good at this stuff" More people need to tell the huckster-in-chief to bugger off

Whatever happened to every day people?
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Diplomacy by insult: Donald Trump is "really good at this stuff" More people need to tell the huckster-in-chief to bugger off

Jeff Epstein. Jeff Epstein. Jeff Epstein. Kind of like Beetlejuice.

Never has a president been so vindictive and so small-minded. Never has the United States looked so laughable.

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At the DOJ you got to pay the man This is not what transparency in government is about and it ain't justice

You want justice?
Put $50K in small, unmarked bills into a paper bag, and maybe, just maybe you'll get lucky . . .
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Trump Administration is seeking to impose $50,000 bond on us in @briankarem.bsky.social's FOIA lawsuit bc we sought expedited processing for "unclassified" documents seized by FBI at Mar-a-Lago.

What is USG scared of in those records? Perhaps that they are actually classified & Trump broke the law?

There is NO DOUBT that Trump's idea of justice is merely pay to play.
We sued to get information and now, the judge says, for a mere $50K . . . read the rest here:
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Diplomacy by insult: Donald Trump is "really good at this stuff" More people need to tell the huckster-in-chief to bugger off

Jeff Epstein. Jeff Epstein. Jeff Epstein. Kind of like Beetlejuice.

Never has a president been so vindictive and so small-minded. Never has the United States looked so laughable.

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World Leaders Laugh at Trump; Escalator & Teleprompter Join in www.blueamp.co/p/world-lead...

Sinclair/Nextstar ICE Shootings James Comey Zelenskyy

Nothing is impossible Ali had it right.

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According to my email Puff Donny was trying to call me at the same time he was on stage telling the world he deserved a Nobel Peace Prize.
I'm moved...