Yes, it’s true that oil tankers that otherwise would be full, from the Persian Gulf, are empty. And if they fill up with oil from the U.S. instead, what does he think happens to oil prices in the U.S.? This guy really can’t put two and two together.
there is no politician so irreplaceable that we must overlook sexual misconduct because nobody else could possibly fill their shoes
Oh FFS
Great piece that ends with a quote that panders to me, specifically
Steinbeck is due for a rediscovery by popular culture
"The arch is what happens when a powerful and deeply insecure man looks at hallowed ground and sees another opportunity for a monument to himself. The fallen buried at Arlington deserve better than to spend eternity in the shadow of someone else’s ambition."
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Is the fact that the Iran war wasn’t congressionally authorized something we no longer talk about? Seems like the reporting/discussion now just assumes that Trump can just do whatever he wants wrt the use of force
Happy anniversary to all who celebrate (the greatest celebrity-on-celebrity social media takedown of all time)
Started out with a bankroll from Daddy. Multiple business bankruptcies. How anyone ever thought he could run our country is still beyond me.
👇🎯 We all heard the evil things about Haitian immigrants & we all heard the Munich Security Conference speech & all the other things.
Major media outlets are helping JD Vance play both sides — posing as the principled adviser opposed to the war but also as the loyal helpmate supporting his president's war. Get a grip. Vance is helping a criminal president conduct an illegal war. It’s a scandal that working the press works so well.
1/ This is in direct violation of how our government buildings and monuments were designed.
The founding folk wanted a distinctly NON-MONARCHICAL style of architecture and design, to prove to all who could see that the U.S. was a democratic republic, NOT a monarchy.
Four-byline alert: 🚨
(WSJ) - Iran still has thousands of ballistic missiles in its arsenal that it could use by retrieving launchers from underground storage areas, according to American officials familiar with U.S. intelligence assessments.
@wsj.com
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Pardons can't stop the next president from handing over alleged war criminals to an international criminal tribunal, if they have the political will.
I hate when fantasy films I made a long time ago begin to come true in real life.
yeah dude, make them own that and defend it publicly on TV a lot
do politics you morons
What's even the point of being the labor secretary if you can't get your employees to do off the books domestic labor for you?
Quite literally the only reason to tell people this is to convince them to commit crimes
YES, A FAILED IMPEACHMENT MEANS REPUBLICANS APPROVE OF TRUMP'S CONDUCT. THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON TO DO IT
I'm sure it'll never happen again and there's no pressing need for anyone to take action now to make sure that doesn't happen.
Susan Collins thinks the president has learned a powerful lesson, I'm sure
That said, this is an affront to the rule of law and an impeachable offense
Obviously a very disturbing (though unsurprising) development for the constitutional order, BUT I continue to think it's an empty promise/threat because Donald Trump genuinely does not care about the well-being of the people around him, and once someone crosses him he disposes of them
Like this:
^^^Above from Madison's notes of the convention
Sunday, September 15, 1787:
On the president's pardon power, Edmund Randolph "moved to except 'cases of treason.' The prerogative of pardon in these cases was too great a trust. ***The President may himself be guilty. The Traitors may be his own instruments.***"
Randolph's proposal lost, 8-2
Trump officially submits plans to paint the historic Eisenhower Building blinding white, snarling 'Gray is for funerals,' despite a preservation lawsuit.
Why yes this should be added to the stack of reasons he should be impeached and removed.
@juliaazari.bsky.social on impeachment: goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/what-makes... - *always* read Julia on impeachment.
Me on impeachment '27: goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/impeachmen...
BREAKING WSJ:
Trump has repeatedly promised his top administration officials pardons before he leaves office, according to people who have heard his comments.
"I'll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval," Trump said in a recent meeting.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
#polisky share far and wide: @apsa.bsky.social Statement on the Proposed Elimination of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate at the National Science Foundation
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President Donald Trump's administration has admitted to a major error in data used to justify a federal fraud probe into New York’s Medicaid program.
If they don't want to uphold their oaths of office and do their actual jobs, they can stop collecting paychecks and resign.
Pictures: Thomas Carlyle (left), Psychotherapy couch (center), Donald Trump (right).
Psychoanalysis of leaders has been rightfully criticized. But when one man's psychology is so drastically reshaping global politics, we can't just pretend it doesn't matter.
New on my Substack: "The Return of the 'Great Man' (Unfortunately)"
zeitzoff.substack.com/p/the-return...