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❗️After Zelensky’s interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” aired, what did Trump do? He sharply criticized the channel on his social media and threatened to revoke its license. Note: that day, the channel aired only one story related to Ukraine, and that was an interview with Zelensky.

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President Trump is expected to need a follow-up colonoscopy in 2027 (acting President Vance for a few hours?) and his doctor’s totally objective analysis notes Trump’s “frequent victories in golf events.”

submitted 1 day ago • 387 comments

there is simply no amount of child death that will move RFK to change his mind because he is a predatory narcissist who cares less about health than the gratification of his own ego

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would love to see a volume/time graph on these for the past week

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Kremlin: Republikeinen kwaad, eisen aftreden van Witkoff. Witkoff overtrad de veiligheidsprocedures en nodigde de Kremlin-gezant Dmitriev, die onder Amerikaanse sancties valt, uit voor een diner in zijn privéwoning. Musk gaat wel zaken met Dmitriev doen, dat is geen bezwaar.

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Couldn't have said it better myself, Rachel! talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...

submitted 2 days ago • 63 comments

The dream is dead

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on praying with her staff: "My faith is incredibly important to me." Ironic from the woman who repeatedly breaks the 9th Commandment by lying to the American people.

submitted 2 days ago • 575 comments

Someone should check which Trump allies and members of Congress bought Apple/tech stock on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/t...

submitted 2 days ago • 186 comments

Kabinet #WildersSchoof weigert etnische zuivering, moord, annexatie en uithongering te veroordelen. De Nederlandse regering is tot een moreel dieptepunt gezakt. Want de partij van Wilders -die vindt dat Nederland uit het Internationaal Strafhof moet stappen - maakt de dienst uit.

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

Fun fact: Trump is actually spending MORE money than Biden did. Musk and DOGE are a FRAUD — their real role is shutting down parts of the government that regulate Musk’s businesses while redirecting govt contracts to Musk and other insiders.

submitted 2 days ago • 78 comments

Taxes are rising the fastest since 1968. Prices are skyrocketing. Families are hurting. Markets are breaking volatility records. Business uncertainty is off the charts. International demand for US treasury bonds is becoming shaky, risking total collapse. Donald Trump is golfing.

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REPORTER: Why is American consumer confidence so low? LEAVITT: Look, I think there's a great optimism in this economy ... as he said, this is gonna be a period of transition. He wants consumers to trust in him, and they should trust in him.

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REPORTER: President Trump looks healthier than ever before. I'm sure everybody in this room could agree. Is he working out with Bobby Kennedy and is he eating less McDonald's? LEAVITT: I can confirm the president is in very good shape

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America has no allies in this trade war. Not the EU. Not Japan. Not Canada, not Mexico, not Australia. Not even Russia. OK, maybe El Salvador. MAGA wanted America alone. It got its wish.

submitted 3 days ago • 98 comments

“A U.S. Space Force colonel was removed from her position as the commander of Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on Thursday after she disavowed Vice President JD Vance’s remarks about acquiring the Danish territory.”

submitted 3 days ago • 50 comments

Hey, Bill Cassidy, look at the monster you created.

submitted 3 days ago • 34 comments

BREAKING: Women may no longer be able to vote if their birth certificates don't match married names. You know in The Handmaid's Tale when Gilead suddenly eliminates women's bank accounts in one fell swoop? That's what Republicans in Congress are doing to women's voting rights.

submitted 3 days ago • 164 comments

The Trump administration is rapidly dismantling the foundations of the US's status as safe asset in financial markets

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BERMAN: Do you have questions about the timing of Trump's tariffs pause? Was it market manipulation? REP. CARLOS GIMENEZ: No. Actually, we had lunch with a major stock broker from New York and we were talking to him about tariffs and one of the things he said was, 'It's time to buy'

submitted 4 days ago • 284 comments

I still can't get over how rapey the vibe of this tweet is from the White House, shocked it's still up. It sounds like trump wrote it.

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Oh.

submitted 3 days ago • 39 comments

We frequently criticize headlines for not conveying what is happening, so lets this. Clear, concise, and does not use the authoritarian's frame. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...

submitted 4 days ago • 17 comments

Kelly Loeffler: "Mr President, on behalf of America's manufacturers, I want to thank you for standing up to the Chinese communist party and fighting for our main streets, for our workers ... main street is grateful for you."

submitted 4 days ago • 296 comments

Imagine Merrick Garland saying this to Joe Biden at a cabinet meeting?! 😳

submitted 4 days ago • 21 comments

THIS. This is what is going to happen. China could not be happier to engage in a trade with Trump and his #TrumpTariffs. They know it ends with them filling the vacuum. It also means, America will never recover. NEVER.

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

Please arrest the man or men who have destroyed Tesla's stock price!

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

I think these people know they'd be nowhere near power in a legitimate meritocracy, so they're thankful that Trump is stupid enough to elevate them

submitted 4 days ago • 86 comments

Watch this and tell me it doesn’t remind you of how someone would talk to their senile grandpa at family gathering.

submitted 4 days ago • 114 comments

REPORTER: Can you give us a reaction to today's stock market drop? TRUMP: Well I haven't seen it because I've been here

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Bessent on today's stock market drop: "Up two, down one is not a bad ratio." (The stock market has been down 5 out of the last 6 days.)

submitted 4 days ago • 321 comments

*TRUMP ON STOCK MARKET DROP: I HAVEN'T SEEN IT

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Republicans are dismantling the government, weakening the dollar, harming our allies, trying to cut Medicaid and Social Security, passing tax cuts for the rich, killing regulations, dismissing scientists, and kidnapping immigrants. All for greed and racism. Burning the world down.

submitted 4 days ago • 68 comments

Next action RFK Jr: Forbid Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine.

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LOL -- after White House officials said earlier in the day that Elon Musk would not be at today's cabinet meeting, there he is!

submitted 4 days ago • 263 comments

Freedom of speech is when the government arrests people for protesting the President's car company.

submitted 4 days ago • 44 comments