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STAND BY: Court hearing is imminent here in DC, as plaintiffs seek judge's order to block Trump Admin. from seizing, closing and razing the East Potomac public golf course in DC Plaintiffs: "Trust is no longer an option. As it did with the East Wing, the administration has chosen arbitrariness over abiding by the law"

The same people who say the Pope should stay out of politics want to force prayer and the Ten Commandments in public schools

howard dean yelled a little too loud at the 2004 Iowa caucus and was deemed too unhinged to be president just thinking about that for no reason today

@adgirlMM Pretty sure he was also the guy who helped orchestrate Epstein's sweetheart deal in Fl in 2015 or so.

Just a reminder the new "acting" Attorney General of the United States is the president's personal lawyer and orchestrated the transfer of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell to a cushy prison camp.

Kayleigh: The Obama deal gave billions to Iran Jessica: We just gave them 14 billion in sanctions easing which is way more Watters: We used sanctions to keep the oil prices in check Jessica: I get it—when it’s you, everything’s great.

No one gives a fuck that he's a plumber, we give a fuck that he's an UNEDUCATED plumber. He doesn't know what the fuck he's doing. He's the fucking definition of a DEI hire.

Trump on TSA funding: "I'm suggesting to the Republican Party do not make any deal on anything" Congress leaves town tomorrow for 2 weeks. They aren't going to have TSA money before they go. Blame the GOP and Donald Trump for all of this.

TSA agent on ICE

Jesus loves. Christian Nationalism kills. You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you. I love you more than you could ever hate me.

Just a reminder that DOGE failed at every possible level: * At the micro level, they misread, misled and straight up lied about many of the 'savings'. They'd announce '500m saved!' and it would be some contract where the money was 98% already spent and already wasn't being renewed. * At the macro level, they didn't impact spending at all. The government spent more in 2025 than 2024. * At the institutional level, they didn't even convince the GOP that deficits are a problem worth caring about. The GOP only signature bill in 2025 exploded the deficit by trillions of dollars. * At a personal level, Elon got run out of town with his tail between his legs. The most notable public facts about the Cracked Coders are that one of them was a mini-Hitler, one was called 'big balls', and none of them bothered to learn how the government actually works before they set it on fire. They gutted a bunch of important institutions, fired whole departments at random, decimated medical research funding, killed millions of people dependent on USAID, and still failed at every possible level.

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Every Republican senator who tried to block the nomination of a qualified Black woman to serve on SCOTUS, calling her a "DEI hire," voted to confirm a white plumber with an associate degree in construction technology and no national security experience to lead DHS.

DHS SHUTDOWN, where are we? Per sources familiar: - There is hope and serious effort on all sides. - After Senate Rs (Britt esp.) worked with the president to get him on board a plan to fund all of DHS except for ICE removal/enforcement operations - That is on track to include some reforms. - BUT Democrats are looking closely at the details and - deciding if the reforms are enough. Thune is waiting until this is more firm (on paper as one factor) before putting out details. So stay tuned.

When the Japanese live translation goes silent because the translators are too stunned to repeat your Pearl Harbor “joke” to the Japanese PM, you’ve officially reached a new level of diplomatic failure. Those seconds of silence were the most honest reaction of the day.

@thejackhopkins Jack, I read something yesterday where he was trying to get permission to go to Afghanistan and "bring back" people like a rogue cowboy or something. He wasn't given permission by Congress but I wonder if he didn't do it with another group. Do you recall this?

Markwayne Mullin: Let’s slow this down for a second...because this is where people get misled by tone...instead of structure. Markwayne Mullin wants you to picture something cinematic. A “top-secret mission.” The kind of phrase that immediately fills in the blanks in your mind...classified briefings...covert travel...high-stakes operations. But...here’s the problem: the actual structure of Congress doesn’t support that story. In 2016, Mullin wasn’t operating in the world where those kinds of missions originate. He was on Energy and Commerce...a committee focused on healthcare, energy policy, telecom, and consumer protection. Not war. Not intelligence. Not covert operations. That lane belongs to the Armed Services and Intelligence. That’s where classified operational oversight lives. So...right out of the gate...the framing doesn’t match the architecture. Now layer in the second problem: the agencies that would have fingerprints on anything resembling a real “mission”...FBI, State, Defense...reportedly couldn’t find records backing his claim. That’s not a minor gap. That’s the entire foundation missing. Because real classified activity leaves traces across systems...even if the details are restricted. Then...it gets worse. When pressed, Mullin reportedly acknowledged he had no formal role with State or Defense. So now you’re being asked to believe in a high-level “top-secret mission” that: *Didn’t run through the committees that handle those matters *Didn’t involve the agencies that execute them *And doesn’t show up in the places it logically should At that point...you’re no longer evaluating a claim. You’re evaluating a story. And when senators walked out of the classified briefing...the one place this should have snapped into focus...they didn’t come out saying, “That checks out.” They came out describing it as “weird,” with indications it may have been closer to a whistleblower or NDA situation than anything resembling a "covert mission." That’s the tell. Because when something is real...the classified version usually strengthens it. Here, it appears to have shrunk it. So...the clean read is this: the most charitable explanation is that Mullin was involved in some confidential congressional matter and is inflating it. The less charitable...and more consistent with the gaps...is that he’s dressing up something routine or ambiguous in the language of covert operations in a weak and sad attempt to manufacture credibility. Either way, “Energy and Commerce top-secret mission” doesn’t hold up under even basic scrutiny. And...that’s before you even get to the oldest rule in the book: When someone leans on “I can’t tell you...it’s classified” to avoid specifics… they’re usually not protecting secrets. They’re protecting the story.

Peters: "Would you be willing to go to the SCIF this afternoon and tell us the classified activities you're talking about?" Mullin: "I think this committee made it very clear with the paperwork they gave me that I do not have to disclose…my official travel." Peters: "You're in no classified document that the federal government has, according to the FBI, and yet you're telling me you did all this classified work." Mullin: "I didn't say all…I get what you're trying to get to here, and that's fine, but I complied with everything the document said."

I worked for USAID when It was closed, these guys literally were firing senior Foreign Service Officers with 30 years of experience on the spot. These kids were drunk on power and a reckoning is coming. I will always be hot about this shit. I know for a fact we allowed children to die because of these snotty shits.

The president is handing out oversized clown shoes to his cabinet—and watching to see who refuses to wear them. It's Solzhenitsyn's Stalin story come to life: the first person to stop applauding ended up in the gulag. The lesson then, as now—never be the first to stop clapping.

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:

“Safe America,” a so-called media company, was incorporated just 11 days before it was handed $143 million in taxpayer money to produce a propaganda campaign starring cosplay Barbie. And the company’s listed address? The Virginia home of longtime Republican operative Michael McElwain. Eleven days old. No track record. $143 million contract. This isn’t government. It’s a taxpayer-funded cash grab for political insiders. While Americans struggle to pay rent and groceries, Trump’s circle is handing nine-figure checks to their friends and calling it patriotism.