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No. Ours not a misogynistic society at all. Not one bit.

I see lots of fellow leftists & pro-Palestine ppl celebrating at the seeming ‘rupture’ between Netanyahu & Trump. Folks, it’s Trump. Don’t pay attention to what he says; pay attention to what he does - & what Israel does with his support. Right now, it’s the starving of Gaza.

Is getting a $400 million private jet gifted to himself from Qatar the result of one of his Tariff 'deals' we keep hearing about?

So if ICE agents are covering their faces and not wearing credentials, how do we know they’re not MS13 illegal aliens? You need more ID to take a book out of the library than you do to throw the mayor of Newark into the back of a van and drive off.

Legacy media, meanwhile, is pondering whether to take the drastic step of taking this on.

The European Union is ready to impose new sanctions against Russia if Moscow doesn’t agree to a ceasefire by the end of the day "The clock is ticking.If Moscow doesn’t accept the demand,preparations will be set in motion for fresh sanctions,"the Federal Government Spokesperson Stefan Kornelius said

The fact that the attorney general's last job before this one was lobbying for the Qataris is a little on the nose.

Where’s Sam Donaldson when we need him?

Remember that several people asked Pam Bondi during confirmation SPECIFICALLY what she would do on matters pertaining to Qatar (which she did not disclose) or GEO (pertinent to the Baraka arrest). She said she'd consult top career lawyer at DOJ abt recusal. Then she fired that lawyer.

🚨 Stephen Miller's group sent a 14-page letter last week to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel urging investigation into Henry Ford Health, one of the largest employers in MI. Miller's America First Legal expressed concern about DEI and "white male candidates" bypassed for hiring. HFH statement:

More shocking than the Qatar flying gauche-mobile, is the statement that the orange fuck wit is planning a library. What is it, a bunch of crayon emblazened pop-up books of Mein Kampf? JFC

here's today's post: "what kind of shithole country allows its president to accept ginormous bribes." Donny’s gifted his very own jet — and gets to keep it. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

Instead of fixing problems in her district, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna went to El Salvador to visit the dictator and his prison

It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.

Odd that those criticizing @gtconway.bsky.social for endorsing Diane Seltzer because he isn't a member of the DC Bar, ignore the fact that I have as well and I am a member. Vote Diane Seltzer for DC Bar president.

@carriejohnson.bsky.social describes how Pam Bondi's brother falsely accused his DC Bar opponent of saying something that @gtconway.bsky.social actually said. www.npr.org/2025/05/12/g...

Donald Trump is notoriously transactional. The notion that he *wouldn't* respond directly to an extravagant gift is so pathetically naive. Besides, this tacky plane is small potatoes compared to the $5.5 billion golf course Qatar is paying Trump to build.

And when it goes to the 47 Presidential Library Foundation, will that mean 47 will get to use it for “Foundation business?”

A major U.S. pension fund has moved to halt new purchases of Tesla stock hopefully others will follow.

All of us.... every single last one of us... are descended from immigrants. And without it, this country would just be a bunch of uninhabited islands on the edge of the world. Everything that built this country... and everything it is... springs from that. And we should embrace it, not decry it.

🇩🇪 Germany warns Russia: accept the 30-day unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine by end of Monday—or face new EU sanctions. “The clock is ticking,” said gov’t spokesman Stefan Kornelius. Preparations for fresh measures will begin if Moscow refuses. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

If I were a member of Congress I would have already introduced a bill prohibiting ICE agents from wearing face masks and requiring them to wear official identification at all times

Poland will close the Russian consulate in Krakow after finding evidence that Moscow was responsible for a massive fire that almost completely destroyed a Warsaw shopping centre in May 2024, the Polish foreign minister said on Monday. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

He mumbled an oath. He didn’t swear it. For 47 and his regime, the inauguration was simply cosplay.

Here is what happens when we act as a community.

The new head of FEMA warned staff, “Don’t get in my way,” and threatened to “run right over” anyone who tried to interfere with him.

It's hard to adequately describe how scary it is to watch mainstream political journalists barely push back against a sitting U.S. president accepting a $400M plane from a foreign government that would literally be designated as an emergency command-and-control center during a nuclear war.

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

The president has covered the Oval Office in gold, is planning a massive military parade for his birthday, and is now accepting $400,000,000 luxury planes from foreign powers as personal presents. What the fuck are we doing here?

"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people." - Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica

Good!

"Under the annual appropriations act, lawmakers are permitted to enter 'any facility operated by or for DHS used to detain or otherwise house aliens.' The law is clear that members of Congress are not required 'to provide prior notice of intent to enter a facility'..." www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/p...

🇫🇷 Macron responds to Putin's Istanbul counter-proposal: "France and the U.S. offered a clear, unconditional 30-day ceasefire. Zelensky agreed — no strings attached. Now it’s Russia’s turn. No real talks can happen while bombs are falling. Ceasefire first. Peace talks after."

When you watch these heartbreaking videos showing the cruel and thuggish behavior of ICE agents, remember that these people are not being FORCED to commit these acts — they do so willingly. They could quit their jobs at any time. They could say “enough!” ICE agents CHOOSE to do what they do.

MTG; failed parliamentarian.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Turkey on May 14-16 to participate in an informal meeting of NATO foreign ministers. Putin suggested that Ukraine-Russia negotiations take place on May 15 in Turkey.

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...

So many videos are circulating of ICE agents acting with cruelty and aggression. Behavior that eerily mirrors the “domestic terrorism” they claim to oppose. No one is forcing them to act this way; it’s a choice.

The Kremlin has fallen. So far, just a fake one in Khabarovsk region of Russia. But that's a start.

AOC: We need to be talking about ICE agents and the cowardly policy of covering their faces — and, in many cases, their identification… The idea that we’re going to allow a paramilitary force to bloom, one that isn’t accountable to the Constitution… we’ve got another thing coming.

Bribery in plain sight.

Sorry to sound Woke but I don’t think the feds should be bragging on live tv about their abilities to disappear an elected public official, for fun

Cowards. Every last one of them.

Let’s think about this. If value is an outcome of demand, are these devices really worth $800 Million?

God Protect both this person and those protecting her.

The same people who went apoplectic when asked to wear a mask to *protect people* in a pandemic eagerly wear one to *kidnap people* in Gestapo cosplay.