Also, restore the incentives for transitioning the public to our electric future (EVs, solar, wind) in order to decrease our reliance on oil and the crazy dictators and speculators that benefit when war drives the oil market to crazy highs.
Hey Alex, I understand that war is your cash cow and that you're an amoral piece of doodoo, but consider the words of Abraham Lincoln "Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”
Speaks volumes when the Congressperson that RNC sent to appear on FoxNews and defend open-ended war in the Middle East - just happens to be from Wyoming (and assumed to be impervious to a Dem challenger).
This story is likely just the tip of the iceberg www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"WE make a lot of money". Funny how "we" doesn't include me, my family, my friends, or anyone else I know even remotely.
I'm not a commodities guy but I don't know how many more events like this the markets will be willing to overlook because Trump occasionally shouts, "nearly done!" at a reporter from his golf cart.
NPR spent several days traveling across a pair of swing districts in Pennsylvania to find out. The answers show how much has changed since the 2020 election. n.pr/3P4vAir
Ossoff: "The president appears increasingly to have lost touch with reality. That is deeply concerning when you have a a cabinet much more concerned with winning his favor than giving good advice & the nation now plunged into war. It speaks to the necessity of winning these midterms in a landslide."
There is a reason every other president refused Bibi’s invitation to start a regional war. Trump was the only one dumb enough to take the bait.
Jen's getting at something bigger here – a feature of Trump's character. He assumes nearly all precedent exists because those who preceded him were idiots. He does not (cannot?) imagine that sometimes things are the way they are for good reason. That personality defect is a national security threat.
Trump during the campaign: “I will end that war in 24 hours. It won’t even take that long. There will be no more bombing of Ukraine and Russia and everyone will be happy. It wouldn’t even be that tough. I know just what to say to each of them. It will be over in one phone call.”
I'm pretty sure Trump is saying "it's never too early to claim victory" which was exactly their plan election night of 2020, except that Fox was the first network to call Arizona for Biden - which threw a wrench into the credibility of their plan to claim an early victory (Trump camp was apoplectic)
LANDERS: Why did the FBI seize election records in AZ?
TRUMP: They probably thought the election was rigged
LANDERS: It wasn't though
TRUMP: Oh really? How do you know?
LANDERS: Your own AG said it
TRUMP: If you say it wasn't rigged, you're a rotten reporter
LANDERS: Where's the evidence?
For once, Collins displaying good sense.
This shoe thing is maybe the best example of Trump being an avatar of pure malice. These are his allies. The guys carrying out his agenda, willingly and gladly. And still he’s got to humiliate them. Why? Because it’s just what he wants to do to *everybody*.
I think you may be onto something here... maybe Trump is *intentionally* buying them shoes waaayyyy too big so he can laugh to himself about it and/or marvel at the lengths at which people are willing to degrade themselves for his approval. "Those idiots, look at them wearing those huge shoes, lol"
Whenever Trump feels threatened, he resorts to pumping-up his fragile ego by staging a rally of his most fervent cultists, at which he will make a point of dancing to upbeat songs (like YMCA) because he knows that's what draws the most enthusiast cheers of his vapid cultists. He's compensating here.
looks AI to me; the smoke/flames in foreground and smoke/flames in background are blowing in different directions. Plus the clarity of the whole scene is too distinct, too sharp.
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Guards at a federal immigration detention facility aka concentration camp deep in the Florida Everglades have been wearing a patch that resembles Nazi SS death’s head insignia — and one of them made it himself and handed it out to colleagues working inside.
Adam Serwer’s term “gullicism” captures a dangerous mix: believing obvious falsehoods while dismissing credible evidence as conspiracy. Hannah Arendt warned that totalitarian movements thrive on this blend of gullibility and cynicism, where ideology replaces facts and snake-oil merchants flourish.
Adam Serwer coins a new word for the "mixture of gullibility and cynicism prevalent in all ranks of totalitarian movements" identified by Hannah Arendt.
He calls it 'gullicism.'
This is a thought-provoking piece about snake oil salesmen and why even smart people fall prey to them..
Gift link.
Democrats should demand a clawback of ICE's remaining OBBB money before agreeing to supplemental Pentagon funding.
It's a low bar.
I swear the shade of Trump's makeup is a "tell" into his emotional state: the heavier the makeup, the more threatened he feels.
Trump's a chameleon in both his countenance as well as any of his professed ideologies (guaranteed to last no longer than the time transpired from his mouth to your ear).
While Trump has let gas prices jump 60 cents in 10 days, he still hasn't given a straight answer as to why we're at war with Iran in the first place.
What's the mission? What is he putting our brave troops at risk for? What are the American people paying for? We deserve to know.
Well Trump is the 47th prez and Iran has supposedly been at war with US for 47 years, so the numerology dictates that Trump couldn't do anything other than launch an ill-conceived and disastrous war.
A forceful denial - case closed.
Share of election spending by billionaires before Citizens United: 0.3%
Share of election spending by billionaires in 2024: 19%
It is not a coincidence that we're about to get our first trillionaire while working people struggle to afford rent, groceries, and healthcare.
