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Expect More. Pay Nothing. Target And Amazon Boycotts Are ON! www.wonkette.com/p/expect-mor...

here's today's post: "which fucking imbecile is running this country?" — your guess is as good as anyone’s. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —

Putting democracy above decorum by @rbhubbell.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...

hey, can one of the reasonable centrist writers condescendingly explain to me again that it is overblown to call these people segregationists?

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BREAKING - Trump just said he doubts whether France or other NATO members would help America if we needed it. WRONG. The Article 5 mutual defense obligation has been invoked only ONCE in the 75 years of NATO. To help America. After 9/11. And our allies answered the call.

NATO was created by the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949, approved by the Senate, 83 to 13, and signed into law. Under the Constitution, the president must "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed." If Trump won't uphold the Treaty, he must be EXPELLED from office.

This is the way.

With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:

“I will look forward to working with Mr. Marocco after such time that he is nominated for a seat on the Board and his nomination is confirmed by the Senate,” Brehm said in the letter. “Until these legal requirements are met, Mr. Marocco does not hold any thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Bernie Sanders Tried To Get Elon Musk Subpoenaed www.politicususa.com/p/bernie-san...

This whole riff on the ages of people on social security is IDENTICAL to the lies he's told about voter rolls and voting fraud.

Evil.

I’ve got some free time this afternoon - let’s do a quick Q&A. Share your questions below, and I’ll answer as many as I can.

I just watched Macron's address to France. It was urgent, impassioned and determined—and established Russia as a clear and present danger to Europe America can no longer be relied upon to help with. Europeans are preparing for a possible imminent darkness. My heart breaks that we aren't with them.

here's today's post: "what the fuck was that?" — seriously, what? thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —

here's today's post: "Donald Trump shits the bed on Ukraine, and Republicans roll around in it" — scenes from the aftermath of a foreign policy disaster. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

here's today's post: "gaslighting Republicans turn the bullshit dial up to eleven" — for fuck̦’s sake, we all saw what we saw. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —

from today's post — thanks for reading! link to the whole enchilada is here: bit.ly/3EWeq1d

here's today's post: "Donny Dumbfuck’s gonna learn about tariffs the hard way" — everyone with a brain can see what’s coming. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

Worth a watch: As videos of angry voters at GOP town halls circulate, worth noting that Democrats are holding them too. Tom Suozzi, who represents a Trump +5 district, got a standing ovation today: “I’m Mr. Let’s Work Together. But after what happened at the White House yesterday, I’m pissed off.”

Trump's America after 6 weeks: First measles death in 10 years, deadliest plane crash in 20 years, consumer confidence & stock market are down, inflation & unemployment are up plus he has alienated western democratic allies from Canada to Europe and made the US a Kremlin aligned country

Part of how we're rushing toward the abyss - the lawbreaking is so widespread that they may be unwilling to relinquish power voluntarily for fear of (rightfully) facing prosecution

Threads vs. Bluesky. Spot the difference.

Do it. Do not appease him. Do not placate him. He is a deranged bully. He is Putin's puppet. Treat him accordingly.

I’m pretty sure this is what voters want from their elected officials www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

Mass firings, shutting down critical services, blowing up our alliances, crashing the markets, encouraging inflation... These aren't the actions of a political party aspiring to get reelected. These are the actions of an authoritarian regime that does not intend to honor elections ever again.

More of this, please.

No. None of them can tell you why.

Protestors met JD Vance in Vermont when he went to vacation there today. This is a good one:

Rep. Harshbarger: “There’s been a mandate to the president from the American people. Am I correct?” Town Hall Crowd: “NO!!”

Please fold this into stories about Trump’s little performance yesterday.

So now after yesterday we are still supposed to believe that Trump didn’t try to pressure Zelensky to investigate Biden on that 2019 “perfect phone call”? That doesn’t seem like something he would’ve done?

Call your Senators & Reps tomorrow morning, especially the GOP ones, & demand support for Ukraine. Every GOP official needs to be asked if they are behind Trump & believe we should ally with Putin over Zelensky.

Australian PM Anthony Albanese: “We stand with Ukraine. The people of Ukraine are fighting not just for their own national sovereignty. They are fighting for the international rule of law. We will continue to stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes.”

The foreign policy of a nation often reflects its leader. Our foreign policy is now churlish, acquisitive, brutish, impulsive, reckless, callous, boorish, expansionist, shallow, ignorant, exploitive, nasty, dishonest, manipulative, corrupt and unethical. A reflection of our president.

Zelenskyy will meet Starmer in Downing Street this afternoon.

The fatality rate for bird flu in cats is staggeringly high (up to 90% depending on the study). Outdoor cats are at highest risk. Keep your cats inside. Don’t feed them raw food. Keep them away from birds (especially water birds). Wash your hands thoroughly if you’ve been in contact with livestock

fwiw if social media is any guide, pretty much every single thing Zelensky says publicly ends with a thank you. Here he is thanking Senators of both parties shortly before he got to the White House today:

If you’re a Dem elected and you’re not mentioning the massive cuts to cancer cure and social security funding in every public appearance you’re just not doing your job.

Every day I don't think it can get worse, and every day it gets worse. Throw this two-bit mobster to the curb. This ain't an episode of some stupid reality show. Trump is a fucking disgrace.

Watching Putin’s little stooges try to bully Zelenskyy in our goddamned White House is pretty repulsive.

It's infuriating to see Trump and Vance badgering Zelensky before the cameras. Two corrupt fascists abusing a democratic leader. I am ashamed of my country.

"He's going to run the government like his business!" Yes, exactly.