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This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.

Hot take here, but the President tweeting out "we cannot give everyone a trial" should by itself be impeachable.

The stage of capitalism where a failing car company has a 500:1 P/E ratio because its CEO is buddies with the president.

Does Kristi Noem carry $3,000 in cash in her Louis Vuitton because she can't get a credit card or because she doesn't want a credit card recording of where she spends money?

To modernize Benjamin Franklin: Those willing to sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither.

The mainstream media keeps trying to bring Sec Def Hegseth down by accurately reporting things he did.

Pete Hegseth is a pretty despicable human being, on top of the other, many deficits he brought to the Pentagon But you should be even madder at the 50 senators who knew Hegseth was an alcoholic, a serial abuser of women, and a poser massively unqualified for the post and yet voted for him anyway

Left untreated, autism can cause dangerously antisocial behavior including dumping bears in Central Park, mulching animals in a blender, fondling babysitters, and injecting massive amounts of heroin. by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

We were just denied entry into CECOT — the notorious prison in El Salvador where Mr. Abrego Garcia is being illegally held. We were there for one simple reason: to check on his well-being, which his family and lawyers have not been allowed to do. We won’t stop fighting.

People want institutions to stand up www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

September 2024

I have to spend the next 4 years watching all the top analysts completely misinterpret and abuse primary polling data. And this time we might not even get the election🤣🤣 Btw: if you want to win a prez nomination, better call me. I know things.

For those breaking the constitution on behalf of Donald Trump with the assumption that he has your back: he may. But he’s 78, never exercised in his life, and will be president max another 3.5 years. There will be not statute of limitations for violating it

The only reason we ever became concerned with a “trade deficit” was in the 80s when Japanese car companies were eating American companies lunch. That’s it. It’s not meant to be an economic strategy. I have a trade deficit with Applebees but we’re fine

Rich people are amazing. People will be going hungry out there, and they’ll be like yeah, but I went to space.

This was 100% predictable (and predicted). The big firms that capitulated will cave and do whatever Trump wants. He owns them and will humiliate them for the next 3+ years. If you are a lawyer at one of these firms, leave now with your dignity. If you are a law student -- is this what you want?

The ‘1984’-style Ministry of Truth in full effect

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Toad sat on the edge of his bed. “Blah,” said Toad. “I feel down in the dumps.” “Why?” asked Frog. “I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad.

Only two presidencies produced atypically short honeymoons due to gross incompetence and both times it was Donald J. Trump

Skipped the paperwork. Ignored the court order. Broke the law. Ignored the constitution. This ain’t immigration policy. This is straight-up defiance of the rule of law.

We must all stand as a united front against the kidnapping and illegal detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. Senator, I am willing to join you and help Organize other members of the House to do the same. @vanhollen.senate.gov

If you don't think we're headed here, you aren't paying attention.

I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

“I was just following orders” was not a defense at Nuremberg. And it won’t be a defense in the future here.

Putin owns him

When will the media stop treating Trump’s lawlessness as “controversial” instead of criminal? Every day, Trump crosses a new moral or legal line. Every day, some media outlets call it a “bold move.” ENOUGH.

I’m going to be blunt: outside most of us here? The average person doesn’t care about or understand politics. When you think someone is popular, they really aren’t. Crowd size doesn’t translate to votes. A lot of people think shit just magically happens. 💁🏾

One helpful thing about social media is it will immediately cure a good mood.

I know times are bad because any date from the future (2034, 2078, 2026) sounds like it could be the title of a post-apocalyptic movie.

More in No, Other People: New poll: “America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.” • 80% of Americans agree • 20% disagree “I would be better off if I worked in a factory.” • 25% of Americans agree • 73% disagree • 2% currently work in a factory

Here's the reality: they've backed themselves into a corner. If they bring him home there will be hell to pay. It's clear that they believe that the lesser hell is not bringing him home. So we need to make that hell the worse hell. Start calling and screaming at all of your representatives now! 1/2

kind of like watching your car go up in flames on the side of the highway. undeniably mesmerizing, but also it's your car

Stick it right into my veins

No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks. We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.

My fav under the radar thing from the tariff BS so far is the EU reciprocating with tariffs aimed at red states, and even red counties in blue states, to undermine the GOP voter base. well done, EU. well done.

It’s been a full week, and not a single penguin has backed down or sold out. Could there be a lesson here for America’s law firms and universities?

I’d argue that issuing EOs to direct the DOJ to investigate political enemies is crossing the rubicon.

Don’t overthink this. He’s asking for bribes.

We live in a country where people would vote to have their neighbors sent to a concentration camp in exchange for a free entree from Steak and Shake.

This isn't The Art of the Deal. It's insider trading with a bad comb-over. Step 1: Tank the Market, Scare the Non-Millionaires Step 2: Let the Aristocrats Feast Step 3: Flip, but say ‘Winning’ Step 4: Pretend None of This Ever Happened & Get Your Media Dregs To Do The Same Rinse, Enrich, Repeat.

Even though the market rises because of the tariffs pause, the cost associated with the rest of the world realizing they can’t count on us not to be nuts will be immeasurable and far-reaching. 🇺🇸

Sure, Kamala Harris would have have preserved our global power and domestic prosperity. But she would have done so as a Black woman. by Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller

You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.

Where is the “25th amendment small group PC” signal group?