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I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing.

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We have reached out to the company who was awarded this contract and they have confirmed the ceiling was $8 million—NOT billion. Here is their statement. The federal government is cooking the books.

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

Chelsea Clinton on misinformation and disinformation (lies) that she and her family personally benefited from USAID funds.

Why is Trump the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl? Because all the presidents before him realized it would be extraordinarily wasteful to spend 15-20 MILLION of our taxpayer dollars to go in person.

What people don’t realize is that you don’t HAVE to watch that thing, you can just read.

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Mitch McConnell fell again and is obviously not well. But he won't have to worry about medical bills or skipping tests because he has high-quality, government-funded healthcare — the thing he's fought to deny the rest of us. We need Medicare For All Congress needs term limits

If you’ve taken the oath to serve, today would be a good day to honor it.

Not for nothing but everyone realizes that these teenagers and 20 somethings who have complete access to the Treasury payment source code are now #1 espionage recruitment targets for Russia and China, right?

Any news outlet reporting Mexico conceded anything to Trump to get him to delay tariffs has not done its homework. Trump boasts he got Mexico to commit to stationing 10K troops at our border. Apparently he didn't realize Mexico already has 15K troops deployed there prami.ibero.mx/informes-y-i...

This is what it looks like when you’re scared of tough questions.

“Make no mistake, what’s happening right now is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private agency operating with a broad mandate and no concerns for the stability of the United States or the interests of the average American.” Alexander Vindman open.substack.com/pub/alexande...

It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives

She lost her life serving our country and because of the smears by the President her family doesn’t want us to know her name. It’s two weeks and this Administration is the most shameful imaginable. — Army withholds name of Black Hawk helicopter crew in D.C. crash www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...

Trump wants to distract you from the fact that he gutted the Aviation Safety Committee and ousted the FAA administrator last week. Don’t let him.

Yeah this..

I’m sure this had nothing to do with the crash whatsoever…

Trump: "I'm immediately appointing an acting commissioner to the FAA." (Duffy this morning didn't answer a question about who's in charge -- the previous commissioner was ousted on inauguration day)

DC plane crash, no survivors. This on the heels of trump planning to cut not only the TSA, but air traffic controllers! www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Sounds like a cheap hit. But maybe it wasn’t a great time to freeze hiring of new air traffic controllers for no reason why there was already a shortage. I’m not sure this is a stretch.

Trump is speaking right now, and he can barely look up from his piece of paper he’s reading off of. I guess he can’t speak from the heart, because he doesn’t have one. He’s the one who put two TV personalities in charge of the bloody departments of defence and transportation. His words are hollow.

Many in national security, myself included, who’ve worked w/ Kash Patel have seen his dishonesty & the threat he poses. Fear keeps many silent—but silence is not support. That this must be said about his nomination for FBI Director speaks volumes. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/welivedi...

I missed this entirely: The FAA Administrator criticized Space X’s safety record and threatened fines. Musk demanded he resign. He did. On January 20th. www.thedailybeast.com/faa-chief-mi...

Trump distracting from the fact that they fired the FAA head on the first day by criticizing DEI and "people with disabilities."

Really love this cartoon from the great Michael De Adder. The outpouring of support coming in has been truly amazing! Thanks everybody!

CNN's Jim Acosta signing off: "I will not give in to the lies. I will not give into the fear. Post it on your social media so people can hear from you too." I will not give in to the lies. I will not give into the fear. Post it on your social media so people can hear from you too. Pass it on.

Looks like somebody has ADS: Acosta Derangement Syndrome.

I appear on @CNN often. And if saying this means my days at CNN are over, then fuck it. CNN, removing @Acosta.bsky.social from his am show is cowardly bullshit. Acosta is an independent, unafraid host. To demote him to appease the crybaby in the White House is pathetic. Shame on u CNN. Don’t do it.

Trump is deporting the guy who mows your lawn but releasing the guy who bashed a police officer’s head in back to your community.

Trumpsters often say, “Politicians don’t keep it real or say what’s on their mind, but Trump does,” and that’s what they like about him. MAGA, please meet Anders Vistisen of Denmark… About Greenland: “Mr. Trump, f*ck off, It’s not for sale.”

This is how you do it...

This is NOT a reason for exercising the pardon power & it's not a legitimate use of presidential authority even if Trump is legally entitled to do it. Rewarding people for their political support of your candidacy by pardoning their kids is a sign of political corruption.

The "he's not gonna listen to her" reactions are missing many points. Lots of other people are also hearing it. Lots of people can see him hearing it, then weigh what she's said with what he'll do. Lots of people can see her refusal to surrender these ancient teachings to the latest face of empire

Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde doing God's work and showing more strength and courage than billionaires. Bishop at inaugural prayer service urges Trump to 'have mercy' on LGBTQ children, immigrants nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

Via RollingStone:

Today. Tomorrow. Next week. Next month. Next year. Forever... trump will ALWAYS be known as the convicted felon who was inaugurated today. A criminal, nothing more.

He didn’t put his hand on the Bible when swearing in. Probably because that would set it on fire.