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I almost wish there were a giant statue of Donald Trump because it really feels like we need to pull one down.

Heather Cox Richardson is spot-fucking-on — and it was all preventable.

Great idea.

"We can fight to stop the ballroom. If this means leaving the area as a destruction site for the rest of Trump’s presidency, so be it. Let its ugliness exemplify the Trump era. Let its rubble symbolize what he's tried to do to the American republic." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark…

The more you know.

How is this being treated as normal? A Republican governor is declaring a state of emergency to cancel an ongoing election for Congress. If you think this is ends with redistricting, you are not paying attention.

I have been screaming to anyone who will listen that this White House plans something that will allow it to declare a state of emergency and cancel the election. What is happening in Louisiana is a dry run. THIS IS ONLY POSSIBLE IF THE ELECTED ENABLERS IN CONGRESS ALLOW IT.

Words literally cannot express how utterly insane and tasteless this aesthetic really is.

Sadly, Joe Walsh is spot on and absolutely correct! 😢

@TheRickWilson @Rfranz19 Yup, he learned from a master conman. 👇🏿

Always on team elephants 💪….screw all these people! dailymail.com/news/article-1…

Fo those that are just seeing the light about Trump, Noel Casler has known Trump since his days in The Apprentice. He has spoken out full-throatedly about Trump but Trump has never gone after him. We all know why. Follow Noel.

“I observe daily, folks on-air and in print, acting like the Trump's dysfunction is some recent phenomena - and I can tell you, with first hand knowledge, it has been a part of his life for decades. The drug abuse, racism and predatory behavior I spoke out about beginning in 2015 were no secret on the set of his reality show and beauty pageants. My colleagues allowed NDAs and apathy to keep them quiet, which was not an option for me. Not so much out of bravery but a realization that there was nothing on the other side of a Trump presidency: he is that destructive. However, it still seems quite hard to find a mainstream discussion of the threats we face by his mental instability and addictions. I told Hillary Clinton’s campaign everything I knew about Trump in October 2016. This was after the debate where he compulsively sniffed and menaced her throughout. The outreach was initiated by HRC campaign staff through mutual connections we shared from working on Obama’s two presidential inaugurations and my colleagues that worked on Clinton’s campaign, and they seemed to take me seriously. I think they believed the former First Lady, Secretary of State and U.S. Senator was assured victory after the release of the ‘Access Hollywood’ tapes until the waning moments of her campaign when they were of course blindsided by then F.B.I. Director James Comey’s ill-timed shenanigans. I also believe everyone involved wasn’t truly aware of the extent and efficacy of Russian interference into that election, which continues to power the MAGA machine to this day. Kushner played an outsized role in that interference and has yet to face any real scrutiny or repercussions.”open.substack.com/pub/noelcasler…

@Strandjunker And Melania stayed in the country ILLEGALLY as stated by Fox News. Elon and his brother Kimball Musk were both in the states ILLEGALLY as stated by Kimball at the Milken Institute Forum; Elon tried to cover by saying it was a “gray area”. Kimball replied “we were here illegally”.

I am deeply saddened by the recent escalation of attacks against Ukraine, which continue to afflict civilians. I express my solidarity with those who are suffering and assure all the Ukrainian people of my prayers. I renew my appeal for weapons to fall silent and for the path of dialogue to be pursued.

I cannot unsee this. I've been watching Trump answer questions for years. The confidence. The certainty. The way he shuts down a room. I genuinely thought he was one of the sharpest communicators alive. Then one day I caught myself finishing his sentence before he said it. Not guessing. Knowing. Word for word. Before he said it. So I pulled the transcripts. Press conferences. Interviews. Sprays. Egg prices. Greenland. January 6th. Military strikes. Different years. Different reporters. Completely different topics. Same thing every time. Every single time Trump is asked a question — any question — he runs the exact same 7 steps. In the exact same order. Without exception. This is not personality. This is not confidence. This is not charisma. This is a deliberate repeatable formula. And I can prove it. His actual words. Public record. Verify every single one yourself. 📷 STEP 1 — KILL THE QUESTION (First thing every time — make the question itself the problem.) 📷 "That's a stupid question." / "Fake news." 📷 STEP 2 — KILL WHO ASKED IT (Destroy the source so the question has nowhere to stand.) 📷 "Your ratings are terrible. Nobody watches your network." 📷 STEP 3 — INSERT HIMSELF (Every topic. Every time. Without fail. It always lands here.) 📷 "Nobody has ever done what I've done." 📷 STEP 4 — SCALE IT TO THE BIGGEST CLAIM POSSIBLE (Not good. Not great. The greatest. Ever. In history. Every single time.) 📷 "More than any administration — by far." / "Nobody has ever had crowds like I've had — in history, for any country." 📷 STEP 5 — UNNAMED PEOPLE AGREE (Faceless. Countless. Unverifiable. Always there.) 📷 "Smart people are saying it. Great people. A lot of people." 📷 STEP 6 — VAGUE THREAT (Something bad will happen. Never specified. Always implied.) 📷 "All hell will break out." / "They know it. Believe me." 📷 STEP 7 — LOOP BACK TO HIMSELF (Different words. Same destination. Formula complete.) 📷 "It's been an amazing period of time. Page after page of accomplishments." The question was never answered. The formula just ran. Go back and watch any clip. Any year. Any topic. Any reporter. Count the steps. I'll wait. This is the part nobody wants to sit with: Real conviction engages with the actual question. It sometimes stumbles. Sometimes says I don't know. It changes shape based on what's in front of it. A formula runs the same 7 steps whether the topic is war or egg prices. Which means the response was never built for the question. It was built for you. To feel powerful. To feel certain. To stop you from noticing that nothing was actually answered. And it worked. For years it worked. Pull any transcript. Public record. Count the steps yourself. This isn't about politics. This is about what you were never supposed to notice. I've found the same deliberate pattern running in another major figure in this administration. Different slots. Same principle. Same effect. Next post I break it down. Follow or miss it. VIA~~ Jamie Hoo