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Six Presidential Campaigns. Ambassador. Husband. Dog Dad. Twitter Refugee. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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I hate the fact that due to the insanity and increasingly unhinged nature of the Trump Administration, I’m starting to buy into the Epstein conspiracy theories.

12.07.2025 16:41 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Absolutely terrible for the country.

Absolutely fantastic for the Democrats’ political future.

The midterms will be a bloodbath.

01.07.2025 16:11 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hungary banned anything that β€œpromotes homosexuality,” which means Pride.

However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

28.06.2025 16:03 πŸ‘ 54494 πŸ” 12798 πŸ’¬ 560 πŸ“Œ 805
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In an attempt to find a bit of hope and peace and joy today in an increasingly unsettled and dangerous world, I’m focusing on what I love more than anything on earth…. Still trying to make sense of it all. ❀️

22.06.2025 20:53 πŸ‘ 144 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Remember people: If Trump hadn’t pulled out of the original Iran nuclear deal which he was desperately trying to renegotiate in recent weeks, the world wouldn’t be on the brink of war.

And he did it out of spite - to erase Obama era accomplishments - not to keep the US or Israel safer.

19.06.2025 14:38 πŸ‘ 97 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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Umm…. 😳

18.06.2025 14:02 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump Has Completely Wrecked America's Brand In Canada, crossing over to America is not just taboo now β€” it’s a kind of betrayal, even borderline treasonous.

"Donald Trump has wrecked America’s brand. He’s made crossing over from Canada a betrayal, bordering on treason, while turning the U.S. into a laughingstock around the globe." @rollingstone.com
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15.06.2025 07:26 πŸ‘ 8452 πŸ” 2124 πŸ’¬ 395 πŸ“Œ 146
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The MN assassin was a homegrown political terrorist.

14.06.2025 17:17 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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God evidently has feelings about Kim Jong Trump’s birthday military parade.

14.06.2025 14:17 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Americans should take some solace in the fact that exponentially more people will be participating in Anti-Trump rallies today than watching his North Korean military parade.

14.06.2025 13:56 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It is truly astonishing how little respect our traditional allies have for Donald Trump and his band of incompetent cronies.

While we will never be militarily or economically irrelevant, we are increasingly becoming politically irrelevant.

13.06.2025 14:13 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

The United States has never been weaker or more isolated on the world stage. Full stop.

13.06.2025 00:37 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Drag queens booing Trump at his signature event is something I’m going to need a lot more of.

12.06.2025 02:49 πŸ‘ 187 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Los Angeles ❀️

08.06.2025 02:35 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This is not based on any belief that Dems as a national party will be unified or delivering a cohesive national message.

It’s based on the fact that Dem candidate recruitment is strong and the Republicans are royally f**cking up.

07.06.2025 18:32 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My current predictions for midterms:

Chances Dems take back the house: 85%

Chances Dems take back the Senate: 55%

07.06.2025 18:23 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0
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My Friday afternoon office is nice.

06.06.2025 17:59 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nothing to see here other than the richest man in the world admitting that he at least bought and maybe even stole the election for Trump.

05.06.2025 20:51 πŸ‘ 1148 πŸ” 213 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 7

I almost feel compelled to rejoin Twitter 🍿 🍷

05.06.2025 20:02 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1
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Republicans created a monster.

And… well… KARMA

03.06.2025 20:30 πŸ‘ 159 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0
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❀️❀️❀️

31.05.2025 17:38 πŸ‘ 885 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 2

Clearly there will need to be photos of tacos lining the streets everywhere Trump goes for the next four years right?

29.05.2025 14:04 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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I ❀️ Massachusetts

23.05.2025 14:51 πŸ‘ 130 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3

Trump once again ambushing a foreign leader in the Oval Office.

Shameful. American diplomacy which has been a great force for good in the world is officially dead.

21.05.2025 17:10 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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So in a two hour call he got a commitment from Putin to begin negotiations to negotiate a ceasefire to lead to a negotiation to end the war.

Translation: Putin gave him nothing and continues to play Trump like a fiddle.

19.05.2025 18:01 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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Unhinged middle of the night tweet from the most powerful man in the world? Of course.

Equally important is that not a word of it is true.

19.05.2025 16:49 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1

I just can’t do it. Sorry. It’s a cesspool.

15.05.2025 22:55 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I forced myself to listen to Mark Halpern & Ben Smith just to hear his Rufus would respond. I hope he gets back into the game with Kamala and the sooner, the better. #BidenHarris was the best administration in my lifetime. πŸ¦‹

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15.05.2025 02:35 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Among many other things, I used to oversee Presidential gift giving. Which has a long, historic and often times ridiculous history. But none quite like this.

Time to weigh in on the insane story of the gifted Qatari β€œpalace in the sky” due to serve as the new Air Force One.

14.05.2025 18:07 πŸ‘ 120 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
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Qatar is said to be giving Trump a new plane The offer, which comes on the eve of Trump's visit to the Middle East, raises major ethical and legal questions.

I used to oversee the exchange of Presidential Gifts.

There is a long (and occasionally scandalous) history of gift exchange between leaders.

But nothing - I repeat NOTHING - in US history comes close to the absurdity of this.

www.npr.org/2025/05/11/g...

12.05.2025 13:44 πŸ‘ 122 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1