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Welsh. She/her. Retired criminology lecturer/researcher. Bookworm. Here mainly to indulge a lifelong fascination with US politics.
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In just 130 days, Elon... -Secured even more contracts -Derailed at least 40 fed investigations of his corporations -Gutted agencies that regulate his business -Installed loyalists throughout the government Elon has fallen out with Trump, but he got exactly what he wanted.

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Really shocked that an admin filled with podcasters, social media influencers, reality TV participants, indicted felons, crypto bros, drunks, Fox hosts, drug addicts, weirdos, and unqualified ass kissing toadies can’t keep their shit together for 24 consecutive hours.

Well I was only away for a couple of hours and the Musk/Trump breakup has escalated most entertainingly. That’ll teach me 😂

As always, @atrupar.com is doing sterling work on our behalf 👏🏻👍🏻

Things which can be true at once: A) It's entertaining B) It's deeply dysfunctional which the Trump court always was/was always going to be C) This happens when a political project is about vibes/personality cults rather than actual convergent beliefs D) It's pathetic E) They could make up

The breakup has reached the nasty accusations stage

Loving this very public breakup 💔😂

Jaw. Floor. "A year after graduation, the 22-year-old with no apparent national security expertise is now a Dept of Homeland Security official overseeing the government’s main hub for terrorism prevention, including an $18 million grant program intended to help communities combat violent extremism."

Of course he didn't include Egypt in his travel ban - despite the perpetrator of the Boulder attack being Egyptian - because he wouldn't want to upset his "favourite dictator" al-Sisi 🤨 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...

i know no one cares about hypocrisy or shamelessness or anything anymore but these people really used to tell us they were scared of an armed govt being turned against americans, they made an entire career out of it

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Wherever in the DoJ Ed Martin ended up, he was going to be a serious problem. “It’s part of a broader effort to rewrite history, to erase Trump’s failed coup attempt and elevate the DOJ’s role in shielding those responsible.” 🧵👇🏻

This is absolutely wild. God help us all.

Hegseth couldn’t hold a candle to any one of these great Americans. And, unlike them, he will not be remembered with gratitude, respect and admiration - quite the opposite, in fact (if he’s remembered at all, that is).

🚨NEW: VoteVets slams decision to strip Harvey Milk’s name from Navy ship. “This isn’t just offensive—it’s a calculated act of disrespect.” It's not about tradition. It’s about forcing out those who don’t fit Hegseth’s 1980s action figure fantasy of service. FULL STATEMENT ⬇️

Happy Pride!

LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Trump has pardoned or commuted the sentences of 7 federal elected politicians and 9 state and local politicians convicted of corruption charges. As part of a larger pattern of decriminalizing political corruption, his DOJ has dropped cases or charges into two others

This statement from Jonathan Joss's husband is heart breaking. No, headline writers, he wasn't "killed in an argument with a neighbor." He was *deliberately murdered* for being gay right after his dog was decapitated. Bet the murderer calls himself a "Christian." THIS is why Pride is important.

🤦🏻‍♀️ But I guess this is in keeping with the general imbecility of this administration 🤷🏻‍♀️

🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mis Balchder Hapus gan bawb ym Mhlaid Cymru! 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Happy Pride Month from everyone in Plaid Cymru!

"Dept. Q" on Netflix - terrific TV, from beginning to end. Do hope that we'll be seeing Morck and his team again soon ...🙏

Stop selling arms to Israel then.

Ukraine could’ve launched the attack on civilian population centers, like Russia does to them daily. Instead, they chose a strictly military target - the very bombers being used to kill Ukrainian civilians. A brilliant operation solely designed to defend their own people.

Absolute fucking clown show

The entire point.

Errrr....did you not actually *see* the state of him as you bade him farewell in the Oval Office yesterday?

Trump gives away the game that there is literally no process to his tariff announcements beyond the half-baked thoughts flitting through his head

Just totally shameless.

NEW: Harvard President Alan Garber gets a standing ovation at the University’s graduation ceremony as he takes a swipe at Trump: "Members of the class of 2025, from down the street, across the country AND around the world. Around the world - just as it should be.” 👏 (🎥 MSNBC)

And they’re not even trying to hide it now… (🤔 and this in a State Dept headed up by a Cuban-American)

Beyond parody.

Trump is just going to keep slinging pardons to the highest bidders because the power is unlimited & Repubs in Congress won’t say a word. Despite no legal or moral justification, they will come steadily all 4 years - each more reprehensible and brazen than the one before it.

62 years ago today, Bob Dylan released The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan—an album that gave voice to a generation and melodies to its questions. From “Blowin’ in the Wind” to “Don’t Think Twice,” it still sings to the soul.

Thou shalt not call yourself “the law and order party” when your leader is a convicted felon who constantly pardons criminals in exchange for millions of dollars in bribes.

Yet more dodgy pardons. The Chrisleys were found “guilty of conspiring to defraud community banks out of more than $30 million in fraudulent loans” and “of conspiring to defraud the IRS and tax evasion.” apnews.com/article/ente...

Yet more blatant presidential corruption.

*Where* is the humanity? #StopTheGenocide