Pam Spaulding
@pamspaulding.bsky.social
Former natl political blogger, Pam's House Blend (2004-2013) during OG citizen journo era. Dipping back into pol discourse here. Spinal fusion vet (3x). DM only if I know IRL. Durham, NC native, now in Central Valley CA.
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The vile comments by Trump about allies re: Afghanistan are what finally penetrated *some* ironclad delusional MAGAts in r/conservative.
They realize *just now* that Trump is nutso. That maybe he's "lost the plot." 😳
Take a peek after the jump. ⬇️
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The vile comments by Trump about allies re: Afghanistan are what finally penetrated *some* ironclad delusional MAGAts in r/conservative.
They realize *just now* that Trump is nutso. That maybe he's "lost the plot." 😳
Take a peek after the jump. ⬇️
🌐 www.reddit.com/r/Conservati...
From the Conservative community on Reddit: Politics latest: Trump 'wrong to diminish sacrifice of British troops' in Afghanistan, says Downing Street | Politics News
Explore this post and more from the Conservative community
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January 24, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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The vile comments by Trump about allies re: Afghanistan are what finally penetrated *some* ironclad delusional MAGAts in r/conservative.
They realize *just now* that Trump is nutso. That maybe he's "lost the plot." 😳
Take a peek after the jump. ⬇️
🌐 www.reddit.com/r/Conservati...
The vile comments by Trump about allies re: Afghanistan are what finally penetrated *some* ironclad delusional MAGAts in r/conservative.
They realize *just now* that Trump is nutso. That maybe he's "lost the plot." 😳
Take a peek after the jump. ⬇️
🌐 www.reddit.com/r/Conservati...
It will take gens to repair the damage done by Trump, Vance, Heritage, MAGA electeds & supporters to our relationships w/our (fmr) allies. The oligarchs profiting from this must pay as well.
No one gets to quietly claim they "didn't know" or "didn't vote for him." We know who's who.
🦋 is.gd/1BSMPQ
No one gets to quietly claim they "didn't know" or "didn't vote for him." We know who's who.
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Canadians took massive casualties fighting the American war in Afghanistan.
Trump says we never stepped up. JD Vance says he's sick of our "sob stories".
MP Jamil Jivani is best friends with Vance. Will he deliver a simple message from Canada?
Trump and Vance can go F--k themselves.
Never again.
Trump says we never stepped up. JD Vance says he's sick of our "sob stories".
MP Jamil Jivani is best friends with Vance. Will he deliver a simple message from Canada?
Trump and Vance can go F--k themselves.
Never again.
January 24, 2026 at 2:08 AM
It will take gens to repair the damage done by Trump, Vance, Heritage, MAGA electeds & supporters to our relationships w/our (fmr) allies. The oligarchs profiting from this must pay as well.
No one gets to quietly claim they "didn't know" or "didn't vote for him." We know who's who.
🦋 is.gd/1BSMPQ
No one gets to quietly claim they "didn't know" or "didn't vote for him." We know who's who.
🦋 is.gd/1BSMPQ
📣 "Instead of allowing Ms. Mergen to work w/the U.S. attorney’s office in Minneapolis to investigate Mr. Ross, the DOJ has decided to investigate Ms. Good & her partner, Becca Good."
Under pressure from DC leadership., FBI Agent Tracee Mergen chose to resign.
🧾 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
Under pressure from DC leadership., FBI Agent Tracee Mergen chose to resign.
🧾 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
Breaking NYT:
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:59 AM
📣 "Instead of allowing Ms. Mergen to work w/the U.S. attorney’s office in Minneapolis to investigate Mr. Ross, the DOJ has decided to investigate Ms. Good & her partner, Becca Good."
Under pressure from DC leadership., FBI Agent Tracee Mergen chose to resign.
🧾 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
Under pressure from DC leadership., FBI Agent Tracee Mergen chose to resign.
🧾 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
Sorry, Decomposing Dictator, you can't erase documentation of the fact that *human beings owned other human beings* in this country.
Slavery denialism won't fly.
🧾 www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Slavery denialism won't fly.
🧾 www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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January 23, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Sorry, Decomposing Dictator, you can't erase documentation of the fact that *human beings owned other human beings* in this country.
Slavery denialism won't fly.
🧾 www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
📺 bsky.app/profile/lore...
Slavery denialism won't fly.
🧾 www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
📺 bsky.app/profile/lore...
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
In the spirit of Dr. King, we must respond to ICE's tyranny with peaceful, mass civil disobedience across America.
I stand with the people of Minnesota and other cities across the country who are doing that today.
In the spirit of Dr. King, we must respond to ICE's tyranny with peaceful, mass civil disobedience across America.
I stand with the people of Minnesota and other cities across the country who are doing that today.
We Need Civil Disobedience Across America
We need civil disobedience in this country. Now.In the words of MLK Jr: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice every
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January 23, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
In the spirit of Dr. King, we must respond to ICE's tyranny with peaceful, mass civil disobedience across America.
I stand with the people of Minnesota and other cities across the country who are doing that today.
In the spirit of Dr. King, we must respond to ICE's tyranny with peaceful, mass civil disobedience across America.
I stand with the people of Minnesota and other cities across the country who are doing that today.
Reposted by Pam Spaulding
Right now, Minneapolis: ICE is not welcome!
January 23, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Right now, Minneapolis: ICE is not welcome!
General strike today was in full force in front of Minneapolis airport Terminal 1...
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Thousands outside Terminal 1 at the Minneapolis airport now.
January 23, 2026 at 9:37 PM
General strike today was in full force in front of Minneapolis airport Terminal 1...
📺 bsky.app/profile/hami...
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@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social opens w/the ludicrous Trump threat to sue the NYT over the latest damning negative poll. 🤣
He focuses on how Trump's spiraling poll numbers over the #Epstein files vexes him — Jeffrey's reaching from beyond the grave to bring him down...
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He focuses on how Trump's spiraling poll numbers over the #Epstein files vexes him — Jeffrey's reaching from beyond the grave to bring him down...
📺 youtu.be/a_Zx44yRIcM?...
Lawrence: Republicans have abandoned the rule of law to embrace the rule of Trump
YouTube video by MS NOW
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January 23, 2026 at 9:35 PM
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social opens w/the ludicrous Trump threat to sue the NYT over the latest damning negative poll. 🤣
He focuses on how Trump's spiraling poll numbers over the #Epstein files vexes him — Jeffrey's reaching from beyond the grave to bring him down...
📺 youtu.be/a_Zx44yRIcM?...
He focuses on how Trump's spiraling poll numbers over the #Epstein files vexes him — Jeffrey's reaching from beyond the grave to bring him down...
📺 youtu.be/a_Zx44yRIcM?...
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"Prince Harry who served two front line tours in Afghanistan said the sacrifices made by British and other NATO troops, deserved to be spoken about truthfully and with respect"
"After Donald Trump falsely claimed they had avoided the front line" #C4News
"After Donald Trump falsely claimed they had avoided the front line" #C4News
January 23, 2026 at 8:45 PM
"Prince Harry who served two front line tours in Afghanistan said the sacrifices made by British and other NATO troops, deserved to be spoken about truthfully and with respect"
"After Donald Trump falsely claimed they had avoided the front line" #C4News
"After Donald Trump falsely claimed they had avoided the front line" #C4News
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
Protesters in Iran, like the rest of the world, should not trust Trump on anything (unless he profits, or gets pleasure out of some sort of retaliation).
The desire to roll back LGBTQ+ rights here in the U.S. is underway, so gay Iranians being deported to almost certain death tracks.
🧾 is.gd/qsBayw
The desire to roll back LGBTQ+ rights here in the U.S. is underway, so gay Iranians being deported to almost certain death tracks.
🧾 is.gd/qsBayw
January 23, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Protesters in Iran, like the rest of the world, should not trust Trump on anything (unless he profits, or gets pleasure out of some sort of retaliation).
The desire to roll back LGBTQ+ rights here in the U.S. is underway, so gay Iranians being deported to almost certain death tracks.
🧾 is.gd/qsBayw
The desire to roll back LGBTQ+ rights here in the U.S. is underway, so gay Iranians being deported to almost certain death tracks.
🧾 is.gd/qsBayw
📣 These 10 points from ezralevin.bsky.social apply to ICE funding, but can be applied to any contentious issue institutional Ds want to put on over on voters/small donors that they want & need to keep hitting up for 💰. It's rinse/repeat politics of the tired kind when our country is in jeopardy.
![10 Points on the politics of ICE funding
1/23/2026 (@ezralevin.bsky.social)
1) Trump/Miller/GOP want more ICE funding
2) Dem leadership doesn't want it but also doesn't see a way to stop it without focusing attention on it.
3) Dem consultants say focus on ICE is a political loser.
[❌ They are wrong — it's a winner]
4) Dem voters want to see elected Dems fight ICE.
5) Dem leadership wants to limit blowback from Dem voters.
6) Elected Dems issue statements against ICE to reassure Dem voters that we're all aligned.
7) Dem leadership quietly cuts deal with GOP on funding bills, including ICE.
8) Elected Dems (mostly) vote against the ICE funding, knowing it will pass.
9) Elected Dems get to claim they opposed, while paving the way for passage.
10) This theater allows Dems to fundraise off of ICE opposition, while shifting back to an affordability-centric campaign message.
Via Ezra Levin:
https://bsky.app/profile/ezralevin.bsky.social/post/3md3zbquglc2m](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6e4kpwbhah6ri44psz2nrccb/bafkreide45jocgk7tdkwhaiuh5gai6zvzxl2463xrfgzgvi6ep7uybwq2y@jpeg)
January 23, 2026 at 8:08 PM
📣 These 10 points from ezralevin.bsky.social apply to ICE funding, but can be applied to any contentious issue institutional Ds want to put on over on voters/small donors that they want & need to keep hitting up for 💰. It's rinse/repeat politics of the tired kind when our country is in jeopardy.
Reposted by Pam Spaulding
Until House and Senate Democrats throw out the current leadership and mount a real fight, they all should be considered collaborators imo. If you aren't trying to replace leaders who do this, you are signing on to this.
If you want to know what people mean when they say Democrats are "controlled opposition," rather than whipping votes against ICE funding, Hakeem Jeffries struck a deal with Republicans to allow Democrats to feign outrage at ICE while still funding the spending package.
January 23, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Until House and Senate Democrats throw out the current leadership and mount a real fight, they all should be considered collaborators imo. If you aren't trying to replace leaders who do this, you are signing on to this.
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1) There was no "neglect." They took away the child's father who was in the process of a totally legal asylum claim. 2) they refused to allow school officials to keep the child safe, but instead SENT HIM TO A DETENTION CENTER IN TEXAS. He's 5 years old.
3) This is a chilling lie.
3) This is a chilling lie.
Bovino: "Here in the US Border Patrol, I will say unequivocally that we are experts in dealing with children"
January 23, 2026 at 5:55 PM
1) There was no "neglect." They took away the child's father who was in the process of a totally legal asylum claim. 2) they refused to allow school officials to keep the child safe, but instead SENT HIM TO A DETENTION CENTER IN TEXAS. He's 5 years old.
3) This is a chilling lie.
3) This is a chilling lie.
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What are you going to do while ICE is terrorizing Mainers @senangusking.bsky.social?
They are your constituents. Your voters. Maybe think of them first instead of your usual pompous blather
They are your constituents. Your voters. Maybe think of them first instead of your usual pompous blather
👀 Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., one of 8 Senate Dems who voted for the November deal, slams the House-passed approps package. His concerns include ICE. As a bundle, he doesn’t support it “without significant amendment.”
This still needs 60 senators to avert a shutdown next Friday. Stay tuned.
This still needs 60 senators to avert a shutdown next Friday. Stay tuned.
January 23, 2026 at 3:39 PM
What are you going to do while ICE is terrorizing Mainers @senangusking.bsky.social?
They are your constituents. Your voters. Maybe think of them first instead of your usual pompous blather
They are your constituents. Your voters. Maybe think of them first instead of your usual pompous blather
This violent R cult of the Demented Dictator loves talking big about military action.
How many of the loudest "conservative" mouths we see on camera will sign up (or send their kids) to be on the front lines of any U.S. Article 5-triggering efforts? 🧐
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How many of the loudest "conservative" mouths we see on camera will sign up (or send their kids) to be on the front lines of any U.S. Article 5-triggering efforts? 🧐
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Rep. Greg Steube: "You see Macron and the French sending troops to Greenland. I would love to see the US military up against French troops in Greenland, because it would not last very long. It would be a very small skirmish ... we don't care about what Macron and the French want."
January 23, 2026 at 6:42 PM
This violent R cult of the Demented Dictator loves talking big about military action.
How many of the loudest "conservative" mouths we see on camera will sign up (or send their kids) to be on the front lines of any U.S. Article 5-triggering efforts? 🧐
📺 bsky.app/profile/atru...
How many of the loudest "conservative" mouths we see on camera will sign up (or send their kids) to be on the front lines of any U.S. Article 5-triggering efforts? 🧐
📺 bsky.app/profile/atru...
There are a ton of reasons, some related to #Epstein, why Trump is targeting Jamie Dimon & Chase. (It settled a survivor class action suit).
This article covers clashes, incl. a big one — Dimon said no contributions to any R that contested the 2020 election.
🧾 www.axios.com/2026/01/22/j...
This article covers clashes, incl. a big one — Dimon said no contributions to any R that contested the 2020 election.
🧾 www.axios.com/2026/01/22/j...
January 23, 2026 at 6:28 PM
There are a ton of reasons, some related to #Epstein, why Trump is targeting Jamie Dimon & Chase. (It settled a survivor class action suit).
This article covers clashes, incl. a big one — Dimon said no contributions to any R that contested the 2020 election.
🧾 www.axios.com/2026/01/22/j...
This article covers clashes, incl. a big one — Dimon said no contributions to any R that contested the 2020 election.
🧾 www.axios.com/2026/01/22/j...
🚨🔥 Speaking of Ka$h, he probably has agita over the NYT feature on him today, chronicling his man-baby acts, grifting, & incompetence at his FBI post over the last year, *as told by his own FBI staff & insiders*.
👀 Ka$h should prolly start desk clean out...
🎁 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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👀 Ka$h should prolly start desk clean out...
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Kash Patel’s FBI Is Making America Less Safe, Current and Former Employees Say (Gift Article)
Forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:14 PM
🚨🔥 Speaking of Ka$h, he probably has agita over the NYT feature on him today, chronicling his man-baby acts, grifting, & incompetence at his FBI post over the last year, *as told by his own FBI staff & insiders*.
👀 Ka$h should prolly start desk clean out...
🎁 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
MORE⬇️
👀 Ka$h should prolly start desk clean out...
🎁 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Ka$h continues purge of FBI agents to please his leashmaster in the WH (who's thinking of giving him the heave-ho for unholy bad PR).
As many as 6 agents in Miami were forced out over their connection to the M-A-L classified docs case, & agents involved in the Jan 6 investigation.
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As many as 6 agents in Miami were forced out over their connection to the M-A-L classified docs case, & agents involved in the Jan 6 investigation.
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Patel ousts senior FBI agents linked to Trump probes, say sources
As many as six agents in Miami were forced out over their connection to the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago. A special agent in charge in Atlanta was removed, as well as the acting assistant director in char...
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January 23, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Ka$h continues purge of FBI agents to please his leashmaster in the WH (who's thinking of giving him the heave-ho for unholy bad PR).
As many as 6 agents in Miami were forced out over their connection to the M-A-L classified docs case, & agents involved in the Jan 6 investigation.
🧾 is.gd/T1zYfI
As many as 6 agents in Miami were forced out over their connection to the M-A-L classified docs case, & agents involved in the Jan 6 investigation.
🧾 is.gd/T1zYfI
Wtf is 🤡 Scott Bessent smoking these days? So Grandpa Chaos's strategy now is to acquire Canada "on the cheap" by encouraging provinces to break away. 🤣
Uh, looking at what is occurring on our side of the border, what province would want to join this effed-up country?! 😳
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Uh, looking at what is occurring on our side of the border, what province would want to join this effed-up country?! 😳
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Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."
January 23, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Wtf is 🤡 Scott Bessent smoking these days? So Grandpa Chaos's strategy now is to acquire Canada "on the cheap" by encouraging provinces to break away. 🤣
Uh, looking at what is occurring on our side of the border, what province would want to join this effed-up country?! 😳
📺 bsky.app/profile/atru...
Uh, looking at what is occurring on our side of the border, what province would want to join this effed-up country?! 😳
📺 bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Khanna: "I do think the Epstein issue is what most concerns Donald Trump ... Donald Trump knows this has broken into the culture. It's broken into the culture because he said he was gonna hold people accountable, hold the elites accountable, and now he and Pam Bondi are protecting the elites."
January 23, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Khanna: "I do think the Epstein issue is what most concerns Donald Trump ... Donald Trump knows this has broken into the culture. It's broken into the culture because he said he was gonna hold people accountable, hold the elites accountable, and now he and Pam Bondi are protecting the elites."
We've got what clearly looks like an IV bruise on Trump's L hand, paired w/the rambling, babbling on the world stage & at home, yet no reporter can do better than to ask Decomposing Dictator on AF1 about his hand, "Are you ok?"
My earlier 🧵: bsky.app/profile/pams...
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My earlier 🧵: bsky.app/profile/pams...
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Frost: Any person who sees the president in his speeches blabbering incoherently knows that there is something bigger going on there.
January 23, 2026 at 10:49 AM
We've got what clearly looks like an IV bruise on Trump's L hand, paired w/the rambling, babbling on the world stage & at home, yet no reporter can do better than to ask Decomposing Dictator on AF1 about his hand, "Are you ok?"
My earlier 🧵: bsky.app/profile/pams...
📺 bsky.app/profile/acyn...
My earlier 🧵: bsky.app/profile/pams...
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Dan Bongino, free from hard work at the FBI, makes it clear he's a ho':
“I am not sure what’s so hard for these media morons to understand! When you are paid to do a job for the taxpayer, you serve the taxpayer. When you’re paid to do a political commentary show, you offer political commentary.”
“I am not sure what’s so hard for these media morons to understand! When you are paid to do a job for the taxpayer, you serve the taxpayer. When you’re paid to do a political commentary show, you offer political commentary.”
January 23, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Dan Bongino, free from hard work at the FBI, makes it clear he's a ho':
“I am not sure what’s so hard for these media morons to understand! When you are paid to do a job for the taxpayer, you serve the taxpayer. When you’re paid to do a political commentary show, you offer political commentary.”
“I am not sure what’s so hard for these media morons to understand! When you are paid to do a job for the taxpayer, you serve the taxpayer. When you’re paid to do a political commentary show, you offer political commentary.”
Grandpa Chaos did our friends north of the border a favor — he withdrew Canada's invitation to his latest grift, the Board of Peace!
Countries have to drop a cool $1B fee (admin by DJT!) for a permanent seat.
My 🇨🇦 friends, why was your boy Carney planning to join (b4 the rebuff)? 😳
🧾 is.gd/y9EhcX
Countries have to drop a cool $1B fee (admin by DJT!) for a permanent seat.
My 🇨🇦 friends, why was your boy Carney planning to join (b4 the rebuff)? 😳
🧾 is.gd/y9EhcX
January 23, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Grandpa Chaos did our friends north of the border a favor — he withdrew Canada's invitation to his latest grift, the Board of Peace!
Countries have to drop a cool $1B fee (admin by DJT!) for a permanent seat.
My 🇨🇦 friends, why was your boy Carney planning to join (b4 the rebuff)? 😳
🧾 is.gd/y9EhcX
Countries have to drop a cool $1B fee (admin by DJT!) for a permanent seat.
My 🇨🇦 friends, why was your boy Carney planning to join (b4 the rebuff)? 😳
🧾 is.gd/y9EhcX
I don't think the NYT / Siena poll folks are breaking a sweat over Trump's latest whiny baby tantrum. 😂
(I guess he feels the beatings will continue until the polls improve...)
🧾 Trump threatens pollsters after New York Times survey shows sagging disapproval
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
(I guess he feels the beatings will continue until the polls improve...)
🧾 Trump threatens pollsters after New York Times survey shows sagging disapproval
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 23, 2026 at 5:17 AM
I don't think the NYT / Siena poll folks are breaking a sweat over Trump's latest whiny baby tantrum. 😂
(I guess he feels the beatings will continue until the polls improve...)
🧾 Trump threatens pollsters after New York Times survey shows sagging disapproval
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
(I guess he feels the beatings will continue until the polls improve...)
🧾 Trump threatens pollsters after New York Times survey shows sagging disapproval
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...