“The Quiet Collapse.”
The economy looks fine, the towers are lit, the news still runs.
Underneath: war, AI propaganda, ICE in airports, gutted newsrooms, and a system quietly trading away democracy for profit.
Read if the vibes feel wrong but you can’t say why.
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Worth reading this thread and asking, why did the u.s. govt decide to carry out an act of war that has likely started an economic depression where societies will collapse, hundreds of millions will suffer, many will die prematurely, but the rich will become richer.
“All of this will lead to major political fallouts. Judging from the last crisis, the far right is the likely winner.”
it’s almost as if …
Remember: It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.
Cartoon by Mike Luckovich
The International Atomic Energy Agency said it is looking into reports from Iran that a nuclear site was attacked on Saturday, as its director Rafael Mariano Grossi called for “military restraint to avoid any risk of a nuclear accident.”
The president of the United States, folks.😕
Surely all who condemned the Charlie Kirk reaction will condemn Trump for this. Right? (cc: @MarshaBlackburn )
Our kids are watching.
Published months after her death, Virginia Roberts Giuffre's memoir illustrates how "victims of sexual trafficking are not born, they are made," says her collaborator. n.pr/4qq2gB4
SHE IS WOKE.
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I lived with my dad when I was very young and he didn’t apply for food stamps or free school lunches, though we qualified.
So, I went hungry. It was awful. I begged neighbors for saltine crackers. I can say it was the worst time of my life.
Children shouldn’t go hungry. Restore SNAP benefits.
Republicans: the second amendment protects the first!
Also Republicans: the No Kings Protest is terrorism
The new pentagon press corps is a predictable clown car of loyalists.
Well, accountability had a good run.
SNAP benefits are about to lapse for 42 million people, because nothing says “save the children” like starving them.
Reporter: Any more details on the president's Walter Reed visit? The doctor mentioned advanced imaging. What procedure was he referring to?
Leavitt: Advanced imaging is something that presidents receive and people receive when they go to the doctor.
My god it’s hideous
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“The president demolished the White House.”
“The president politicized the FBI and DOJ to go after his opponents.”
“The president is why life is more expensive today.”
“The president was besties with Epstein.”
Messaging isn’t hard and makes you wonder why Dems aren’t saying this every day.
If you’re driving around in unmarked cars, wearing masks, and kidnapping people, you’re not one of the good guys.
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“At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the President’s main priority.” — Karoline Leavitt
Not wages, education, utility bills, health care, housing, food insecurity, veterans, child care, climate disasters, tariffs, national security, or a gov shutdown.
A ballroom.
Updating my LEGO White House
No Kings organizers just announced they are planning a THIRD round of historic marches after Trump melted down over last weekend’s protests.
The framers had a remedy for brazen corruption: impeachment. Trump's grift is so far out in the open because he is sure he can get away with anything.
So YouTubers and right-wing influencers who were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars monthly by a company funded by Russia and indicted by the DOJ are now covering the Pentagon?
ICE now has a budget bigger than most militaries around the world and has increased spending on weapons.
It's also engaging in a race to recruit 10,000 new agents who will eventually be out in American streets.
Some will be vetted, but how many unqualified recruits will fall through the cracks?
A tweet from Mehdi Hasan reads: “This is his code for saying ‘We can’t have a free and fair election which we lose in 2028.’” It quotes Aaron Rupar’s post showing Donald Trump speaking at a desk with U.S. flags behind him, saying: “We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again… I know Kash is working on it, everybody is working on it… We can’t let that happen again to our country.”
He doesn’t plan on leaving. We will kick him out.
