"WORSE THAN VIETNAM?" University of Chicago Professor Robert Pape has a dire warning for Trump. Listen to him discuss why he believes Iran will emerge as a fourth major world power and the consequences for the United States. youtu.be/vGYCcFVH8AI?...
“This is Donald Trump spitting in the face of the rule of law.”
Former DC police officer @michaelfanone.bsky.social on Trump’s attempts to change the narrative about the events of Jan. 6.
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TONIGHT - Trump and his staff can’t get on the same page about Vance participating in second round of talks in Pakistan tomorrow. Plus, how Iran is wielding AI as a tool of war against the U.S., and the bombshell report that exposes the Supreme Court's secretive "shadow docket".
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TONIGHT - Trump humiliated on the world stage after Iran re-closed the Strait of Hormuz, sending the world economy reeling. Plus, protests erupt outside the infamous Dilley detention center, and Abdul El-Sayed joins to discuss his high-stakes Michigan Senate primary.
America last? Donald Trump has said repeatedly that companies should “buy American,” but a new report suggests he is poised to break his own rule. The New York Times reports that he has secured steel from a Luxembourg-based company to build his White House ballroom. WATCH: youtu.be/JYbMy1FqOps?...
“Wars of choice…are immoral.” Listen to Father Bryan Massingale, Professor of Theological and Social Ethics at Fordham University, unpack how the Pope is trying to appeal to people’s consciousness, rather than political ideology, in criticizing the war. youtu.be/pjEGidsxvdk?...
“There’s an above 0 percent chance that Donald Trump is going to be like, ‘Viktor who?’”
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social thinks Trump could drop Viktor Orbán after his landslide defeat.
@analiliafornj.bsky.social responds to GOP attacks on her criticism of Israel's government: "I find it troubling that my opponent can't distinguish between criticism of an administration... and then apply it as hatred across an entire community. That's disgusting and I fought against it."
When asked why the Trump Admin. is allowing veterans to lose their homes to foreclosures after ending a loan program:
"We're low hanging fruit."
Leann Ledford, whose husband is a veteran who was injured in Afghanistan, says the reality of losing her family's home is imminent.
@jayapal.house.gov: "We need to do whatever we can to get [Trump] out. Impeach him. Invoke the 25th Amendment. Push for him to resign. Whatever it is because this is so grave of a situation.”
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TONIGHT - George Conway on Trump's call to blockade the Strait of Hormuz after Vance failed his latest test on the world stage. Plus, the mountain of crises facing Congress as it returns this week, and where Trump is reportedly buying steel for his ballroom (hint: Not in America)
Vietnam War Veteran Jon Gundersen, who is part of a lawsuit against Trump's proposed 250-foot arch in Washington, DC explains the message the structure would send to Americans: "We're not here against a single president, just the idea that it is not a single person that we owe an allegiance to."
"This is a very corrupt administration... the Iranians know that... why would you have a real-estate magnet and a venture capitalist, who is your son-in-law, negotiating peace in Iran?" Quincy Institute's Amir Handjani on Trump sending Jared Kushner for negotiations with Iran.
@repdean.bsky.social on the sexual assault allegations against her colleague Rep. Eric Swalwell:
“Expulsion should not be on the table yet.”
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TONIGHT - JD Vance leads high-stakes Iran talks while Trump takes in a UFC fight. Plus, the Democrat who thinks he can win a Senate seat in ruby-red Iowa, and the veterans suing over Trump's ego-inflating (and incredibly tacky) "Arc de Trump".
@deanobeidallah.bsky.social: "Maybe [Trump is] actually Muslim. He's had three wives, he doesn't drink alcohol. We don't want him!"
“They govern from rage” @paoramos.bsky.social on how Stephen Miller and other Trump officials always find a way to implement their anti-immigrant agenda.
WATCH: Despite Donald Trump’s latest threats to Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, he’s repeatedly insisted in recent weeks that “we don’t use it” and “don’t need oil.”
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TONIGHT - Trump celebrates Easter by threatening to unleash "hell" on Iran. Plus, the Democrat who thinks he can flip Marjorie Taylor Greene's old seat blue, and the extremely cursed AI renderings of Trump's future presidential "library."
@jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social has his own ideas for Pam Bondi’s replacement:
“Lord Voldemort, Dr. Doom, Darth Vader, Thanos”
"The Democratic establishment ... is out of touch, lazy and lacks courage…. We need new voices, new vision, fresh ideas, and we need the truth!" @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social
"This isn't about policy, this is about being the department of just Trump"
@maya4rights.bsky.social bluntly lays out the DOJ's reimagining under President Trump following the ouster of Attorney General Pam Bondi.
