Empire suicide

Trump floats taxpayer bailout for Middle Eastern autocracy On Tuesday, President Trump said he is considering a financial bailout for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), an autocratic state experiencing an economic downturn due to the war in Iran.

Trump wants US taxpayers to bail out UAE, a middle-eastern petro-autocracy, because he & his family have a lot of private deals going on in UAE & they need to make their money back.

This sounds excellent. Do you have comments on how destination countries might deal with or humanely approach non-legal immigration?

Collective insanity. Our 2020 election was free and fair. The president’s scores of challenges were universally thrown out of court because they were obviously fabricated garbage.

The systematic poisoning of our American institutions will harm every Conservative and every Liberal.

RFK jr, not just a fascist but a stupid, sick one who will make us all sick.

IIRC if Wallace had won 1% more of the vote in two states it would've tossed the 1968 election to the House.

The panic was real and we almost got an Electoral College reform out of it

Warren: "Why try to end independence of the Fed? Bc Trump's economic failures are causing him political problems, he wants the Fed to artificially juice the economy Having a sock puppet in charge of the Fed would also give the president access to the Fed's powerful authorities to enrich himself"

As a Vietnam vet, this anti-soldier action is sickening

I subscribe, but understand your sentiments.

Orwell said it best: "... it is possible to carry on this (self deception ) process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield.".

NEW: Astronaut Reid Wiseman shares a video of ‘Earthset’ that was taken with his iPhone

“This is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye…” Wiseman said.

This has to be the greatest iPhone video of all time.

Of COURSE he's insider trading. He's a crook, he's ALWAYS been a crook, he's using the presidency to make billions.

He ran to stay out of jail, to make money and to feel powerful, because that's what a narcissist like him gets off on. It was never about helping people.

Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2

WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. 1/

Here we are "real Fall of Empire Stuff"

Absolutely.

"These people are stealing your tax money, robbing you of services you paid for to enrich themselves. I will stop that."

That's a pretty simple and effective message.

I don't think I'll ever get over Clarence Thomas ruling on cases related to Jan 6 knowing that his wife was an active participant in the attempted coup.

Or ruling on cases related to government regulations and a wealth tax knowing he took gifts from billionaires.

It's a disgrace.

“Feud with the Pope” is BACK as a likely Wikipedia section heading after a 400-year gap.

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”

I am not kidding at all when I say that every Democrat with a microphone should mock JD Vance every chance they get between now and 2028. Call him weird and feckless. Laugh at his eyeliner & dumb beard. Talk about the nazis & freaks he follows on Twitter. *Brand* him.

Yes. Yes I do.

Yes. The GOP at every level is populated with self-serving right wing shills.

Add to that:
- The staggering cowardice of most "elites".
- The complaisance of the (comfortable, educated) upper middle class.
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Stevens to RFK Jr: "To top it off, Mr Secretary, I got a copy of HR-944. You know what it is? It's your impeachment articles, sir. You have abused your office, you have gutted America's public health! You should be ashamed."

Unlike Starmer, Pope Leo realises that having principles and opposing evil (and yes, Trump is evil) is not only good for the soul but politically effective.

My favorite so far.

Pope Leo for the score

Ah this is US -- KING Croesus. Empire suicide!

As a "devout" atheist I say "Good for the US Conference of Bishops"