why would you even bother getting into elected office to watch democracy go quietly into the night. christ

And Trump 2.0 is fundamentally a grievance machine comprised of incompetents. There is very little overarching strategy. Each faction is mostly “using” Trump and taking advantage of his diminished mental state, especially true for Miller/Noem IMO.

I also hope those if you who monitor journalistic bad faith show no mercy towards the NY Post this year. You know it’s coming…. . every subway incident being the final spark that unleashes anarchy and mass exits to suburbs and other states… because “the socialist”.

I was amazed by his acting performance. Saw the movie yesterday.

I regularly remind people, “They’re eating the cats. They’re eating the dogs.” was stated in a Presidential debate and not some random comment caught on camera or a Truth Social screed. USA ***chose*** all of this dysfunction. So spare me the “I’m surprised” BS at Trump 2.0 behavior.

Exactly. Who knows what he says on those phone calls with Putin ? Casually assuming some info he previously received in briefings is “public” ?

Or the uproar from 100+ mostly deranged social media posts from Biden on Christmas Day ? Or a deranged social media post on Memorial Day ? Here’s Trump’s *** very Presidential **** Memorial Day post 😉. …. seems like 5 years ago. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Dems in Congress are fighting. If GOP won’t budge, then only Nov 2026 elections or a groundswell of even larger “No Kings” protests prior to Nov 2026 (to get the GOP Congress to budge) will work. What am I missing?

One thing that doesn’t get enough attention is how the myth of “liberal-dominated media” affects the behavior of mainstream news outlets. The right’s constant complaining – working the refs – has made news execs think they must platform patently false Republican narratives. 8/10 🧵

I think most moderate/left philanthropists know that vitriolic confrontation with Trump isn’t productive. They’re probably doing a lot more than we realize to mitigate the USAID fiasco. This was Melinda French Gates mild criticism of USAID cuts in February (on X):

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Scott Adams reposting drivel yet again … Whooweee smdh

THE THING means ?

Regardless, the impeachment trial would still have been after Biden’s inauguration and all of the same GOP excuses and fears likely would’ve happened anyway, especially for Senate GOP. What am I missing?

Vladimir’s wind-up toy performing well in Florida today I see ? Exhausting. Petty grievance diplomacy.

I think the Monday or Tuesday NFL coach pressers, regurgitating the last game with the local press, are even more useless more often than not. Insert the non-answer GOAT (Belichick) here.

Different sport, but my all time favorite from 2016 NCAA Basketball Tournament. Reporter to losing player: “How does Baylor get out-rebounded by Yale ?”

Answer: 👇

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I would slightly reframe this. I don’t think he wanted to invade per se. I think he wanted to control Ukraine, and a Ukraine moving West (and therefore aspiring to join the EU and NATO) would make that impossible. Of course, Putin as much as anyone propelled Ukraine on its westward trajectory.