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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 1h

Trump’s ‘growing inability to form thoughts’ on full display during presser: journalist

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Trump’s ‘growing inability to form thoughts’ on full display during presser: journalist

President Donald Trump proudly touted a new deal Friday his administration had reached with a British drugmaker to lower drug costs, and as high as “1,000%” in some cases, a claim that journalist Jaso...

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 5h

Barron Trump is as if the Children of the Corn were crossbred with the Village of the Damned.

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 8h

Last night on MSNBC John Fugelsang suggested Trump might not live to see the midterms and Stephanie Ruhle held up her hand, “Hold on hold on hold on!” Once the whole table was quiet, “We’re not gonna say that.” It was genuinely weird. Why is Trump’s physical condition not up for real discussion?

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 21h

Remember when we had a President who was awesome?
Here’s the night Obama replaced Stephen on “The Colbert Report.”

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The Colbert Report - President Obama Delivers The Decree

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 22h

Jen Psaki did the Trump physical story at the end of the show. For less than a minute. And she focused entirely on the irony of his getting a Covid booster. She was oh so bemused.

Does Trump need to be vomiting blood before MSNBC covers this like a real story? With panels of doctors?

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Licht and a cabbage have saved a seat for Weiss.

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 1d

Charges against Bolton for improperly keeping documents at home? From the Trump DOJ? Trump?? Documents?? Can’t form sentences…Rage… overwhelming…

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s checkup is the perfect hook for the media to thoroughly cover his declining health. If they don’t blow it.

Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 1d

Just a reminder that at first George Washington didn’t have a Cabinet. He went to Congress to discuss important matters and experienced so much worthless grandstanding and speechifying he vowed never to go back. He formed the first Cabinet so there would be a private, robust exchange of ideas.

Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is, after all, a man who said that without a Heaven to reward you for doing good, what’s the point of doing good? In other words, the very opposite of a truly good person — for whom doing good is its own reward — and he doesn’t even know it.

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 1d

Half hour to Nobel announcement. Reading about the organizations on the short list makes me realize how many folks are out there doing good works, and how little Trump knows about truly good works.

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 1d

Remember in the film “The Mist” how Marcia Gay Harden’s character was a nut and a joke until gradually she became a dangerous cult leader? That’s the Trump era in a nutshell.

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 2d

A man who’s ordered masked thugs to shoot innocent American citizens expects to get a Nobel Peace Prize. Think about that.

Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry, Trump, you don’t get credit for a ceasefire in Israel until there’s a ceasefire in Chicago.

Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 2d

Why does Bluesky think I want a timeline full of these? And how many times do I have to click “Show less like this” before it stops?

Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 2d

If Lawrence Welk were still alive, ICE would be throwing him in a van while he screamed, “But I was born in America!”

Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve spent most of my life in Los Angeles and Chicago. They are the best of America, and don’t need Trump’s “help.”

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 3d

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 2d

There is a persistent rumor that Trump has a diaper odor. Reporters who are with him every day could easily report if it’s not true. Instead, silence.

Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 3d

A reminder, because I don’t think it’s mentioned enough: Trump has known Ghislaine Maxwell since she was a teenager.

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 3d

Usenet was so much fun.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 3d

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 3d

If the Attorney General refuses to participate in Senate oversight, Senate Democrats need to move to cut off DOJ funding until she does. Even if they fail, they need to try. Yesterday was outrageous.

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 3d

Most of the comedy shows have done a much better job than the political media of holding the Trump administration to account.

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Michael Markowitz @markowitz.bsky.social · 3d

One thing we learned from Bondi’s testimony is that she often stares at senators, unaware that her face is no longer capable of readable expressions.