I wish somebody w/ followers wld explain how shitty it is being in the minority in Congress. It sucks dead dog dicks. You have no power. GOP controls legislation & oversight. It’s only when you get a maverick GOPer that anything good happens. Bring back 8th grade civics. And vote in the midterms!
I think yr estimation of Schumer’s power is optimistic. What makes you think he’s not doing those things? A slap of the wrist is . . . a slap of the wrist. & if yr in the minority, life is already shitty. Not like Chuck has any plum committee spots to hand out. Hope yr right but don’t see it.
Very important reporting
Hegseth essentially shut down programs to mitigate civilian casualties, despite support for the program even by current appointees & military leaders.
#WarCriminals
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
You say, “that they can do,” but I don’t see how? Not being snarky, just really worried.
But how can they force him to walk it back? I mean, what actual
procedural steps can Dem leadership actually take to force him to walk it back? If there is a mechanism whereby they can do that, I’ll call my senators and ask them to do it.
It's not MSM, it's 5 Trump billionaires who own everything.
If Biden had said that, they’d be talking about his cognitive decline for the week. I loathe MSM’s parasitic relationship w Trump. They just feed off of his bullshit for ratings.
"The President sometimes sounds like a gibbering lunatic when asked to give figures."
Speaking in Kentucky, President Trump said that “we hit 28 mine ships as of this moment.” The president sometimes exaggerates or is imprecise when giving figures. U.S. officials previously said that the U.S. military had struck 16 mine-laying ships near the Strait of Hormuz.
Understatement of the year from the New York Times: ”The president sometimes exaggerates or is imprecise when giving figures.”
I agree that he’s a disaster but what, realistically, can Dem leadership do? Genuinely asking. We’ve had Senators like Sinema and Manchin before and were we able to do anything? Also, I wish his family would step in. That would be the loving thing to do.
Who was that reporter? Good for her to keep pushing back.
Trump melts down when his "rigged election" lies are debunked to his face.
He snaps, “You’re a rotten reporter!” after she factually points out that his own Attorney General, Bill Barr, stated that the Department of Justice uncovered no evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 election.
BOMBSHELL: Trump Accuser Got Payoff from Jeffrey Epstein Estate! Today Epstein's former accountant Richard Kahn testified under oath to Congress that a Trump accuser “was given a settlement” by Jeffrey Epstein’s estate. So Epstein helped Trump cover up crimes! www.mediaite.com/media/news/b...
Thanks!
Thanks.
[pic of a photographer in a cirlcle and then an ugly pic of hegseth - breaking - pentagon bans photographers for taking 'unflattering" photos of hegseth - this comes a day after hegseth was exposed for spending millions on crab. donuts, and a grand piano
Even science has limits
Unflattering like this, Mr Secretary of War?
Please do your part and don’t share unflattering pictures of Hegseth!
Please do not share these "unflattering" photos of Pete Hegseth. talkingpointsmemo.com/gallery/slid...
DOOCY: You said it's an 'excursion,' and you said it's a 'war.' So which is it?
TRUMP: Well, it's both. It's an excursion that will keep us out of war. For them it's war. For us it's turned out to be easier than we thought.
Trump continues to threaten to cut off trade with Spain to “punish” them.
But the U.S. runs a $4.8 billion trade SURPLUS with Spain. We are winning that deal. And Spain is in the EU, so you can’t just target Spain alone.
This isn’t America First, it’s America Confused.
a photo of Trump looking a bit like a reanimated corpse
Trump as photographed by Win McNamee of Getty a short time ago
Why is there no chance that Senate Republicans will vote to nuke the filibuster?
What do Senate Democrat need to do stop Rs from nuking the filibuster?
Who are the definite nos? And how many won’t do the nuclear option?
Is it likely that Republicans can get enough votes to get rid of the filibuster in order to pass the SAVE Act?
This is spreading all over Bluesky today and is wildly misleading--it is from eight months ago and it is in reference to working with NATO allies and arming Ukraine.
The news clip says the FBI says the drones will be launched from an “unidentified” ship off the California coast. I don’t trust the FBI and wonder if this is propaganda.
🇺🇸🇬🇧🇩🇪🇯🇵🇨🇦🇫🇷🇮🇹 The G7 countries have agreed not to lift sanctions on Russia despite the ongoing war in the Middle East.
“Rising oil prices caused by the war in the Middle East do not justify lifting sanctions on Russia,” said Emmanuel Macron, President of France, after the G7 virtual meeting.
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