grumpy independent

I’m in.

@BamaStephen Oy. Sending strength and healing your way. 🙏

An important update and prayer requests from my wife regarding both of us.

WOW @dudes4harris just raised over $4M for Kamala Harris and their account gets suspended….insane

Go, Threads! #iunderstnandtheassignment and am amazed it’s not even remotely trending or even recognized here.

Reminder of what life was like under Donald Trump: - Murders rose 30% -- one of the largest increases in recorded history - Cuts to law enforcement were proposed every year - $8.4 trillion was added to national debt - Real GDP declined its largest drop since 1947 - Trade deficit rose over 40% -- the worst ever in U.S. history - 2.9 million jobs lost - 154,000 manufacturing jobs lost - Coal production declined 27% - Coal-mining jobs dropped by 17%

Reminder: Violent crime rates were HIGHER under Trump.

Done.

@BMeiselas The number of likes and reposts of this clip are going to eclipse the likes on the original Truth post (what MAGA gives a hoot about Kimmel or the Oscars?) by hundreds of thousands before daybreak.

Donald Trump’s crude, immature, and deranged social media post on the Oscars was just ruthlessly mocked by Jimmy Kimmel on live television in front of the world’s biggest celebrities on one of the most watched events of the year and the entire room laughed in his face. This is his nightmare.

Lol. Jimmy Kimmel just read Trump’s post at the Oscars and said: “Isn’t it past your jail time?”

Good morning, Mark - I was actually referring to the bozo who wrote the article you are peddling. If I had been referring to you, I would have used the term “angry bozo.” Have a nice Sunday.

NEW: THREAD: Okay. This is one of the BEST Jack Smith clapbacks I’ve read in a while. This is the DoJ response to trump’s fabricated complaints about how long DoJ is taking to produce discovery in the Mar-a-Lago case. It’s trump’s basis for asking for a trial delay. 1/

You’ve heard Netanyahu say it. Now here’s his coalition partner and Cabinet minister, Smotrich, saying it: support for Hamas was explicitly part of their strategy for dividing and ruling Palestinians. A colossal strategic error, one of the biggest ever.

Please stop. Stop criticizing the American President. He’s doing a great job standing with and defending Israel. He’s on top of this. Get behind him and let’s be unified on this. Quit being political.

@KlasfeldReports Isn’t that literally witness tampering?

Big: NYAG's counsel Louis Solomon digs in to the terms of Allen Weisselberg's $2 million severance agreement, including this section on "Employee Promises." Solomon notes that it bars him from voluntarily cooperating. The passage shown in court.

As a parent, I have no words. Absolutely heartbreaking.

Newsy Nugget: In the candidate forum, Rep. Ken Buck asked both Scalise and Jordan if Trump won or lost the last election, per sources. Multiple House Rs felt both equivocated. One said both “tried to have it both ways.” They argued how some states changed their laws bc covid…

A striking contrast between German and American papers: Der Spiegel: “A targeted massacre - at least 260 confirmed dead at festival near Gaza” Die Zeit: “Hamas Now Has an Awful Ransom” NYT: “Israel Battles Militants as Netanyahu Warns of Long War” WaPo: “Both Sides Reeling.”

@RpsAgainstTrump Because MAGAts are the only ones who eager to pick up their phones to tell the pollsters how much they love Trump? It seems like a digital version of their flags and truck decals.

How in the world does Trump still have 45% support?

Hamas terrorists reportedly killed upwards of 40 Israeli babies and toddlers and beheaded some of them. I’ve seen a lot of disgusting things over the years, but I have no words for this.

What a misleading, dishonest tweet. John, do you even know what “calling a lid” means? It doesn’t mean he’s not working. It just means he won’t be making public appearances. Because he’s working. You know, doing his job. And btw, he’s standing with Israel.

@RpsAgainstTrump Yes

Is Don Jr. a total moron or a Russian asset who’s doing Putin’s bidding?