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Major cybersecurity event in Alabama. Officials are still trying to determine who’s responsible. www.al.com/news/2025/05...

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All reporting suggests that she is not a refugee by any definition of the term, yet she is being flown here at taxpayer expense and handed a path to citizenship while the real refugee program remains dead. I’ve got nothing against her, but I do have something against the president doing this.

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"This is naked corruption on a massive scale. But at least the golf stuff is covered by a tiny fig leaf, ostensibly separating the Trump Org and the Oval Office. Now, less than four months into his second term, Trump is ripping the bandaid off and discarding all pretense." -- @lizdye.bsky.social

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The sane-washing of Trump’s trade madness is inexcusable. US implements tariffs, China matches. US implements more tariffs, China matches. US surrenders & partly reduces tariffs, China matches. Media: “MAJOR TRADE DEAL!” What a joke.

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Watching the video is worth it because reading the text of this is bad enough but when you actually listen to Trump you realize how seriously deteriorated his brain is

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REPORTER: What do you say to people who view that luxury jet as a personal gift to you? TRUMP: You're ABC fake news, right? Let me tell you -- you should be embarrassed asking that question. They're giving us a free jet ... when they give you a putt, you pick it up and you walk to the next hole

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Trump wraps up his event by lashing out at a reporter who asks him about accepting a luxury jet from Qatar and mistakenly calling his executive order "a bill" (it's not a bill)

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Don't just shake your head over this. Move on to the next step: realizing that his supporters will buy it wholesale, and then a majority of the rest of us -- led by the mainstream media -- will excuse them and downplay the severity of Trump's corruption and the ridiculousness of this statement. .

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The “white genocide” myth began as a far-right conspiracy, but has been gradually mainstreamed through right-wing media, populist rhetoric, and selective focus on farm attacks, stripped of overt white nationalist framing but still rooted in the same distorted narrative.

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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - The Gaza Strip is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn't lift its blockade and stop its military campaign, food security experts said in a stark warning on Monday.

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To be clear - even the city of Nashville has no proof anyone ICE has arrested was a violent criminal or a gang member. (And due process is a thing) All anyone has is ICE’s word, backed up by @GovBillLee & Blackburn. Maybe the media could point that out instead of parroting their talking points?

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KILMEADE: Do you worry that if they Qataris give us something like this that they'll want something in return? LEAVITT: Absolutely not, because they know President Trump and they know he only works with the interests of the American public in mind

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It’s the narcissist’s playbook. 1. Do something bad/stupid 2. Blame someone else (“They (or you) did this/made me do this!”) 3. Loudly claim (usually falsely) to have fixed the problem 4. Take credit for 3 (but never blame for 1) and say “Look what I did for you! You should be grateful!”

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Legit LOL

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Trump says Democrats are losers for not getting hundred of millions of dollars in bribes from foreign dictators.

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"The judge overseeing the case against the Defense Department's firing of transgender service members revealed that the military spends eight times more on erectile dysfunction medication than on gender affirming care." www.newsweek.com/us-military-...

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Trump fails to understand that “gifts” like this are not “free of charge” which is wht the Founding Fathers wrote the emoluments clause into the Constitution. Fast legal action is called for here. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/u...

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Trump called price controls—which he is now pushing for pharmaceuticals—“communist” during the campaign. “It’s never worked…and it always leads to the same failure,” he said.

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Not that this needs to be said, but bribery out in the open is still bribery.

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I expect another big week for democracy in court. The best way for you to stay informed and support the fearless efforts of Democracy Docket is to become a premium member today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqV0

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If members of the WH Press Corp don’t ask this question RELENTLESSLY they should turn in their badges.

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"The President is selling access and influence to the highest bidder. Qatar isn't giving a $400 million jet out of the goodness of their hearts – they expect something in return. That's how transactional relationships work, and nobody understands transactional relationships better than Trump."

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Daniel Ziblatt--co-author of the book on how democracies die--is alarmed by the success so far of Trump's attempted murder. He discusses loyalists in power ministries, consolidation of personal power, and the abdication by political and civic elites. I highly recommend it. youtu.be/bVNX_PTQkRA?...

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This isn’t a good idea even if the plane was being donated to the U.S. government. But Trump GETS TO KEEP THE PLANE??? It’s simply a cash payment to Trump in exchange for favors. Just wildly illegal.

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The Supreme Court opened the way to this and the rest of the massive corruption by dismissing 2 emoluments cases against Trump in 2021. One more reason of many that this court will live in infamy. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

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Hungarian spies were caught in Western Ukraine, looking for defense vulnerabilities. Either they are planning to occupy a piece of territory themselves, or they intend to help Putin edition.cnn.com/2025/05/09/w...

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It’s amazing how this 25-year-old system was working fine right up to the point where DOGE started fucking with it, and then it suddenly broke. They’re like arsonists who set fires so just they can rush in and save people

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As we begin another week, my law firm is litigating 52 voting and election cases in 23 states. Democracy remains on the docket.

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It’s especially galling that AG Pam Bondi personally wrote the memo approving the gift of the Qatari airplane. Her last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar! efile.fara.gov/docs/6415-Ex...

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Medicaid covers... -40% of births nationwide -50% of kids with special needs -72 million people in total Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans. "Party of family values."

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The GOP wanted to impeach Biden for a fake $5M bribe from Ukraine that was made up by a guy sitting in prison for lying about it, but they’re cool with a $400M plane from Qatar. Do I have that right?

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Since I administered the WH emoluments rules, let me explain why this is forbidden Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office And he's going to keep using it after he leaves! Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal

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Federal judges say unsolicited pizza deliveries to jurists' homes that began in February may number in the hundreds across at least 7 states — prompting increased security concerns.  Many have gone to judges presiding over lawsuits challenging Trump policies. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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The UN was once celebrated by both Democrats and Republicans in the US. In Trump’s America, that's no longer the case.

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🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...