I understand why Putin wants to destroy America, and I can guess why Trump is helping him do it. But I'll never figure out why Congress is letting him get away with it.
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I understand why Putin wants to destroy America, and I can guess why Trump is helping him do it. But I'll never figure out why Congress is letting him get away with it.
βPlan? You mean there was supposed to be a plan?β
I live in NJ. The state of NJ, in both percentage and absolute terms, lost more manufacturing jobs than any other state in the union and it's not even close. Every single NJ county lost more jobs than the US average, and most lost >58% of jobs
And yet, nobody interviews "the forgotten man" here.
I understand that there are a lot of folks on the left who instinctively recoil from religious language, and with good reason given its use by the right.
But please listen to this, and focus on how he's trying to realign "Christian values" so they align with and advance progressive policy goals.
New in PN: The bombing of Iranian children is an unforgivable crime
"American disinterest in the lives of people abroad is a resource politicians use to justify cynical wars. It's hard to see on what moral grounds we claim a right to decide the fate of those about whom we clearly care so little."
Are we allowed to get the rest of the Epstein files now?
Itβs astounding really, and the women are as bad or worse.
Lindseyβs diplomacy working wonders in UAE.
Big Brown Dog (Chesapeake Bay Retriever) voicing opinions while out in the snow.
I'm not saying Trump is a Russian asset, just that I can't think of anything he'd be doing differently if he were.
Worse. Much worse.
British response to the film about Melania Trump: If they were screening it for free at the bottom of my garden I'd shut the curtains.
The owner of Twitter is inciting murder, according to the owner of Twitter.
A cheerful thought for a Sunday night: We're already 29% of the way through February; by the end of the month the UK will have an hour and forty minutes more daylight each day than it did at the start. Spring is coming x
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My old pal @mortenmorland.bsky.social celebrating my 15th anniversary in Downing Street in style
Long live Larry!
For lent this year I'm giving up napping. I shall still be sleeping, kipping and snoozing though.
Four years ago Russia began it's full scale invasion of Ukraine. They expected it to fall in days. They were wrong. Long live Ukraine.
USA, 1990 : iran is two weeks away from a nuclear missile
USA, 2000 : iran is two weeks away from a nuclear missile
USA, 2010 : iran is two weeks away from a nuclear missile
USA, 2025 : iran is two weeks away from a nuclear missile
USA, 2026 : iran is two weeks away from a nu
"Years ago, we tore up a nuclear peace deal w/Iran.
Months ago, we bombed Iran
& "obliterated" their nuke capabilities.
And now, we might just have to go to war with Iran
bc of their nuke capabilities."
-the ppl who tore up the nuclear peace deal w/Iran
Investigative Post obtained video of Border Patrol abandoning Nurul Shah Alam, the Buffalo refugee.
Border Patrol claimed the shop was open. The doors, however were locked. Agents never notified family or lawyers. Shah Alam died 5 days later.
TIMELINE:
www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/26/t...
βOn the merits, its detentions are illegal,β the judge wrote.
β[The government] knows this.β
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/n...
She was besties with Ghislaine too. Ghislaine called her sweetie.
When is Melaniaβs deposition?
Kristi Noem is nothing if not creative.
#ImpeachKristiNoem
Interviewer: "What's your take on how he's framing the economy?"
Me: "It's that he's lying."
PSA for Wisconsin folks⦠but the underlying issue applies all around the country.
When is someone going to investigate the real fraud in our govt? The big fraud?
When is Lutnickβs deposition, Mr Comer?
One of my professors predicted this with frightening accuracy in the 70s.