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So if Trump is meeting with these people who bribed him the most with his cryptocurrency in his "personal" capacity, then it can't be an "official act" and thereby shielded from prosecution with SCOTUS immunity if taking enormous bribes turns out to be a crime, right?
May 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
So if Trump is meeting with these people who bribed him the most with his cryptocurrency in his "personal" capacity, then it can't be an "official act" and thereby shielded from prosecution with SCOTUS immunity if taking enormous bribes turns out to be a crime, right?
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The Republican Big Ugly Bill is an assault on the American people. Full stop. I casted my NO vote early this morning, and I’m furious about the harm this bill does to the most vulnerable in our country.
Let me tell you 6 reasons why. 🧵👇🏻
Let me tell you 6 reasons why. 🧵👇🏻
May 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The Republican Big Ugly Bill is an assault on the American people. Full stop. I casted my NO vote early this morning, and I’m furious about the harm this bill does to the most vulnerable in our country.
Let me tell you 6 reasons why. 🧵👇🏻
Let me tell you 6 reasons why. 🧵👇🏻
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Jawdropping.
You would expect this in a dictatorship, not the United States.
This country is unrecognizable.
You would expect this in a dictatorship, not the United States.
This country is unrecognizable.
March 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Jawdropping.
You would expect this in a dictatorship, not the United States.
This country is unrecognizable.
You would expect this in a dictatorship, not the United States.
This country is unrecognizable.
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I think we’re already there.
March 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I think we’re already there.
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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Elon Musk is swinging around a chainsaw at CPAC
February 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Elon Musk is swinging around a chainsaw at CPAC
Do you feel safer today than you did just a few months ago?
apnews.com/article/doge... Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash
apnews.com/article/doge... Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash
Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash
The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a fatal mid-air collision in Washi...
apnews.com
February 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Do you feel safer today than you did just a few months ago?
apnews.com/article/doge... Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash
apnews.com/article/doge... Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash
The intentions do not get any clearer than this.
February 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The intentions do not get any clearer than this.
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Every Democrat in leadership who thinks they are just gonna ride this out, wait for Trump to screw up and then take advantage in the midterms deserves to be hounded out of office.
These idiots will see us all tied up in a gulag in El Salvador before they actually fight back.
These idiots will see us all tied up in a gulag in El Salvador before they actually fight back.
February 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Every Democrat in leadership who thinks they are just gonna ride this out, wait for Trump to screw up and then take advantage in the midterms deserves to be hounded out of office.
These idiots will see us all tied up in a gulag in El Salvador before they actually fight back.
These idiots will see us all tied up in a gulag in El Salvador before they actually fight back.
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If you're wonder why the WSJ is so different in Trump 2 vs Trump 1, the reason is that rupert murdoch is the only billionaire who understands that the dollar collapsing would be very bad for billionaires
February 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If you're wonder why the WSJ is so different in Trump 2 vs Trump 1, the reason is that rupert murdoch is the only billionaire who understands that the dollar collapsing would be very bad for billionaires
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Tesla's sales are sliding across Europe, plunging 59% in Germany in January.
Tesla’s European Sales Drop in January After Elon Musk Disrupts Politics
The U.S. electric car company’s sales are sliding across Europe, amid what many see as interference in local affairs by Tesla’s chief executive, Elon Musk.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Tesla's sales are sliding across Europe, plunging 59% in Germany in January.
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We were just told that they won’t let us in. They are denying entry to 2 dozen members of Congress. Elon Musk has all our private information & we have no idea what he’s doing with it. This is happening completely behind closed doors. HELL NO. It’s illegal. We demand oversight!
February 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
We were just told that they won’t let us in. They are denying entry to 2 dozen members of Congress. Elon Musk has all our private information & we have no idea what he’s doing with it. This is happening completely behind closed doors. HELL NO. It’s illegal. We demand oversight!
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We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social
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government of morons, juggling knives
February 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
government of morons, juggling knives
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Valleys are flooding just so Donald Trump could brag that he "turned on the water in California."
Planes are crashing just so Donald Trump could brag that he "trimmed the staff at the FAA."
He is such a simple-minded person who never thinks of consequences. Maybe because *he* has never faced any.
Planes are crashing just so Donald Trump could brag that he "trimmed the staff at the FAA."
He is such a simple-minded person who never thinks of consequences. Maybe because *he* has never faced any.
February 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Valleys are flooding just so Donald Trump could brag that he "turned on the water in California."
Planes are crashing just so Donald Trump could brag that he "trimmed the staff at the FAA."
He is such a simple-minded person who never thinks of consequences. Maybe because *he* has never faced any.
Planes are crashing just so Donald Trump could brag that he "trimmed the staff at the FAA."
He is such a simple-minded person who never thinks of consequences. Maybe because *he* has never faced any.
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The NTSB has announced that it will only post updates for plane crash investigations on Elon Musk's website.
What next? They will only have their Christmas parties at Trump resorts?
What next? They will only have their Christmas parties at Trump resorts?
February 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The NTSB has announced that it will only post updates for plane crash investigations on Elon Musk's website.
What next? They will only have their Christmas parties at Trump resorts?
What next? They will only have their Christmas parties at Trump resorts?
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"Not Even Back in Office Two Weeks, Nepo Baby Trump Moves on From Empty-Headed Policies That Got Airline Passengers Killed to Boneheaded Policies That Will Cause Massive Inflation."
President Trump will move forward with new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China tomorrow, the White House says: cnn.it/40Dkzqw
January 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"Not Even Back in Office Two Weeks, Nepo Baby Trump Moves on From Empty-Headed Policies That Got Airline Passengers Killed to Boneheaded Policies That Will Cause Massive Inflation."
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STEPHEN MILLER: Does anyone believe that an unaccountable career bureaucrat should be able to approve vast sums of money for the projects that they personally agree with?
JAKE TAPPER: I'm literally asking about Meals on Wheels. I don't know what you're talking about.
JAKE TAPPER: I'm literally asking about Meals on Wheels. I don't know what you're talking about.
January 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
STEPHEN MILLER: Does anyone believe that an unaccountable career bureaucrat should be able to approve vast sums of money for the projects that they personally agree with?
JAKE TAPPER: I'm literally asking about Meals on Wheels. I don't know what you're talking about.
JAKE TAPPER: I'm literally asking about Meals on Wheels. I don't know what you're talking about.
Just a week in and multiple constitutional crises.
January 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Just a week in and multiple constitutional crises.
Even Fox News is calling this guy out. No, the military did not enter CA and turn on a spigot.
He is playing politics with people’s lives. We in California deserve better than this serial liar in charge of federal aid.
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
He is playing politics with people’s lives. We in California deserve better than this serial liar in charge of federal aid.
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump claims military entered California to release water flow, but state says that did not happen
President Donald Trump claimed that the military entered California and turned on the water, but state water officials say the president's claim is false.
www.foxnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Even Fox News is calling this guy out. No, the military did not enter CA and turn on a spigot.
He is playing politics with people’s lives. We in California deserve better than this serial liar in charge of federal aid.
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
He is playing politics with people’s lives. We in California deserve better than this serial liar in charge of federal aid.
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
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Mike Johnson represents a state whose largest city was built below sea level behind levees sandwiched between the ocean and a massive river on hurricane alley, but he doesn’t want to give aid to CA because their policies invite natural disasters.
January 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Mike Johnson represents a state whose largest city was built below sea level behind levees sandwiched between the ocean and a massive river on hurricane alley, but he doesn’t want to give aid to CA because their policies invite natural disasters.
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When Democrats lose, they concede. When Republicans lose, they make false claims of fraud.
REPORTER: Will you insist on voter ID as a condition for disaster aid for California?
MIKE JOHNSON: We have been lamenting the lack of voter security there for some time. We were deeply concerned in this last election cycle and we saw 3 of our seats frankly slip away from us in California.
MIKE JOHNSON: We have been lamenting the lack of voter security there for some time. We were deeply concerned in this last election cycle and we saw 3 of our seats frankly slip away from us in California.
January 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
When Democrats lose, they concede. When Republicans lose, they make false claims of fraud.