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MAGA has completely turned on Trump. These are the replies to his most recent statement on Epstein. Not a single positive comment. MAGA is furious at Trump right now.

@RadioFreeTom This is the only positive about Twitter at this point- someone knowledgeable refuting false assertions from MAGA. Kudos.

Fine. I’ll play ball. Russia is the bad guy because: 1. They crack down on political dissent with violence and even assassinations - you don’t really think all these people are just falling out of windows, right? - they criminalize both protests and NGOs that attempt to circumvent the regime’s censorship 2. They brutally suppress media that is critical of the regime. 3. They shot down Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. 4. They invaded Georgia in 2008. 5. They invaded Ukraine in 2014 and in 2022. 6. They indiscriminately bombed hospitals and targeted civilians during the Syrian civil war. 7. They’ve been caught meddling in US and EU elections. 8. They’ve been responsible for some of the most devastating cyber attacks in history: - Estonia in 2007, Russia shut down the entire Estonian internet, banking, government websites, etc. - NotPetya in 2017, caused billions of dollars in damage globally - this is the hack that shut down Merck, Maersk, FedEx, etc. - SolarWinds in 2020 - impacted tens of thousands of organizations globally, including a large chunk of the US government 9. Russia frequently threatens the world with nuclear armageddon, even though they’re normally the aggressor. 10. Russia has used chemical weapons multiple times, including in foreign assassination attempts - Alexander Litvinenko (2006) - Sergei Skripal (2018) - Alexei Navalny (2020) 11. Their paramilitary groups sow discord globally - Wagner has been active in Syria, Africa, and Ukraine - in Africa, Russia is almost exclusively responsible for the explosion of illicit weapons 12. They frequently use energy production to blackmail entire countries into ignoring their criminal actions I could keep going, but if you haven’t figured it out by now, you don’t want to.

@MZanona @HC_Richardson Good grief. How long before Santos makes his comeback?

If GOP Rep. Byron Donalds runs for governor or leaves for the Trump admin, there are already several former members eyeing his Florida seat: —Chris Collins, who served prison time for insider trading —Madison Cawthorn, who had a brief & controversial career in Congress

@Angry_Staffer I feel powerless at this point. Until Trump takes office and the country starts falling apart there doesn’t seem to be a lot that can be done to fight back. Being shocked at what is happening now gets old. The resistance hasn’t taken shape yet.

The mass exodus here is crazy. You can also find me at at the good place:

@RudyGHanky @nytimes This is true although I don’t think Trump is concerned about there being a conflict of interest. He had family on the inside during his first term.

@dr_moreau1896 @nytimes He being there is a conflict of interest

Breaking News: Donald Trump said that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would lead a new effort he called the “Department of Government Efficiency.” nyti.ms/4esPytW

@RpsAgainstTrump It’s a week after the election and his honeymoon period is already ending. No peace in UKR within 24 hours and this immediate ceasefire isn’t even close to happening.

What a bunch of fucking clowns.

@Angry_Staffer Whenever a government agency issues information that reflects badly on the admin that agency will face corrective action and future reports will be favorable, regardless of the facts. When a media outlet is critical that outlet will be froze out and marked for retaliation.

One thing I think people need to be aware of is the absolute torrent of bullshit we are about to see. Pay attention to what else is happening when the big distracting things - deportations, etc. - start. They’re going to try to flood the zone and ram it all through at once.

@NikkiHaley Embarrassing

@RadioFreeTom I have family members that probably voted for Trump while holding their nose, so to speak. I’ll be there for them as needed as I think they will be there for me. I’ll continue to live my life by my beliefs and hope that it will suggest to them to re-examine theirs.

@nytopinion @oren_cass Fascinating perspective. It will depend how much Trump is willing to flout the legalities that exist and how he is able to manipulate the media coverage of what his administration does. He will fail as a leader but can he blame it on a scapegoat and have his supporters believe?

“This is the first moment when presidencies go wrong. Rather than prepare to govern on behalf of the electorate that put them in power,” @oren_cass writes, new presidents “convince themselves that their personal preferences are the people’s as well.” Read:nytimes.com/2024/11/09/opi…

Until we make it clear that Republican policy causes their economic woes, Americans will continue to believe Republicans are better on the economy. It’s not about the issues. Biden delivered big for the working class but none of it mattered bc of ingrained perceptions.

@RachelBitecofer @HC_Richardson It absolutely sux that Trump is going to benefit from the Democrats’ work to rescue the economy from Trump’s disastrous pandemic response. There was never the recession that the GOP guaranteed would happen. Inflation is down, jobs good, interest rates decreasing. Gas? Lower.

@brianstelter As much as I didn’t want to read it I did. Mistakes made, consequences suffered now and for the future. Now, find a way to rebuild and and take advantage of the incompetence of the next administration that we will see in the next 2 years.

"I’m amazed that we even got close." notus.org/harris-2024/ka…

@elonmusk No. Twitter became a less reliable and credible source after you bought it. You wanted it to become the media and instead made it suspect as a source of news and information. It is your personal megaphone now- not the media.

You are the media now

@newrepublic @shannonrwatts It will be Bannon, Flynn, Stone, Navarro, the Jan 6 convicts, etc that will be the most extreme voices going forward. Anyone who was held accountable will be out for revenge. Will Trump simply use them as his attack dogs or will they have actual power is the question.

Bannon went on to say that Democrats and their institutions “don’t deserve any respect, you don’t deserve any empathy, and you don’t deserve any pity.… You deserve what we call rough Roman justice, and we’re prepared to give it to you.” trib.al/w4MRjDd

@atrupar @Randi_RLB Haley isn’t a surprise. If Harris had won I figured Haley would be the 2028 GOP candidate. No chance of that now. Was it Pompeo’s NATO/UKR support that put him on the sh*t list? This is going to be such a sh*t show that if we survive it will be a miracle.

Trump pre-fires Nikki Haley

@RadioFreeTom Good grief. The next four years is going to be one long extinction threat crisis, isn’t it? Mexico refuses to take deportees and Trump threatens nuclear war. EU countries increase support for UKR and Trump oks Putin to go nuclear. Bibi says Iran has nukes and nukes them.

@KatiePhang I’ve reached acceptance of what we have lost and am looking for the path forward. I don’t think the Trumpers will suddenly become competent leaders so we will have openings to fight back and appeal to the electorate for the future. We do need a party leaders who can set a new way

I’m still angry, numb, confused, scared, and baffled. I’m also very, very tired. But I still believe in YOU and the knowledge that WE can take care of each other, like we’re supposed to do. WE are a community that is resilient and stubborn and smart and savvy. WE can recharge, regroup, and rebuild. I’ll be here for YOU. That’s a promise.