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Americans are entitled to and should demand better than this from the President of the United States.

This seems bad

“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).

Do Megan and Harry really need the money? Do they need it so much that Megan is hawking 14 dollar jam? I don’t think so. I think they need the attention which is odd considering they left the royal family to avoid attention. Doesn’t make sense unless one of them, or both, are narcissistic.

If the US government can book Kristi Noem for a photo shoot in El Salvador’s jungle prison, DOJ’s claims to have no access or contractual authority sound like a bag of lies

🔥 OBAMA: “IMAGINE IF I HAD DONE ANY OF THIS… I say this not on a partisan basis. This has to do with something more precious — who are we as a country, and what values do we stand for?” 🇺🇸

And the rich get richer.

Breathtaking. A federal prosecutor in LA was fired Friday at the behest of the White House, after lawyers for a fast-food executive he was prosecuting pushed officials in DC to drop all charges against him White House ordered firing of L.A. federal prosecutor on ex-Fatburger CEO case, sources say

The fact that the Trump/Musk DOJ — without due process & in defiance of federal courts — snatches people up, puts them on planes, and deports them to an authoritarian country where those people will be forced into slave labor in an inhumane prison should be a much bigger story.

Are you fudging kidding me? Schumer is on a book tour? He fudging sold out to Trump and went on a book tour to make some money at the expense of the American people? Bloody Hell!

New: Former chief GOP strategist Stuart Stevens: “let us not pretend that those who have failed this moment are still good men and women. They are about the business of committing one of the most despicable acts of public perfidy in modern history.” newrepublic.com/article/1924...

This actually tells you a lot.

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

When the political leaders fire, for no apparent cause, senior leaders and, as important, the lawyers who embody the protection of the military members under the law... the relationship between the military and the nation has been fundamentally altered. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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@normornstein.bsky.social Wordle 1,344 2/6 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This was published last October www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

But of course!

Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

The Washpost, which is bleeding millions of dollars and shrinking its staff, accepted -- and then rejected -- a $115,000 ad that criticized Elon Musk. Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️ thehill.com/media/514849...

Like a USAID for billionaires

YES! Chuck, where do you live? Can you call your Senator?

Shoutout to all the straight white women who voted for Trump without realizing that they would be considered DEI hires too.

NEW: Deleted tweets from Darren Beattie, Trump's appointee for a top State Dept. job show him praising the violence on January 6th. Beattie was previously fired from the WH after CNN revealed he spoke at a conference that included white nationalists. www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/p...

If you weren’t clear: a President ordering a Federal health and disease agency to delete pages on its website is a public health crisis.

Question to which I probably already know the answer. Why is it fashionable for young girls to show their abdomen in short t shirts and low pants and not fashionable for young boys to do the same?

He may or may not be joking. But he is sure as shit diverting the national attention from his wack-a-doodle cabinet picks.

For future reference gasoline prices for regular gas ranges from 2.56 to 2.67 on this day in Little Rock, Arkansas. Let’s check back in 6 months and see how things are going.

It snowed. It’s not like there’s a violent mob outside beating up cops who are desperately trying to protect members of Congress inside.

Dear American Express, I’m not paying 28.49 percent interest. So no thank you on your offer of Platinum Card.

I feel like this won’t get 1/1000th the coverage of a single Biden slip. Getting the media to cover Trump’s weakening grasp on reality seems depressingly Quixotic.

Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public. He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit. Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

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