MARKWAYNE MULLIN: I said I will never break the Constitution. We will enforce the law
MURPHY: Will you implement court orders when they tell you to stop?
MULLIN: You're making an assumption
MURPHY: Will you or will you not? Listen, if you're a Democrat or Republican on this committee, you should be really freaked out
Rubio tosses RFK Jr under the bus on vaccines: "The State Dept made the decision that we are going to reengage ... we have certainly allowed Sec. Kennedy to play a leading role, but right now we're at a stage where we are going to reengage."
James Talarico on abortion: “If you’re a 16-year-old girl who’s been raped, does that fetus, does its rights trump the rights of that girl? I say no. I think most Americans say no. To me that exposes the lack or support for fetal personhood. I do think it’s clear that most Americans believe a woman or a girl should have the autonomy to make those decisions about their own body”
This is pretty incredible - holy cow!
A bipartisan group of 35 former federal judges asked the judge who oversaw Trump’s remarkable lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service to reopen the case and conduct an inquiry into whether the hasty deal to resolve it could be challenged as an act of fraud.
I gifted this so you can read it. nytimes.com/2026/05/27/us/…
@mysteriousrona Good goal. Good luck.
I try to put my trumpet on my face for an hr or so most days. Friday nights when VT weather allows, I pour some bourbon, get out my horn and jazz fake books. Play a bit, sing a bit, sip a bit.
I've given up on sanity, but I am happy.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: 'Trump texted me that if my son gets killed, I deserve it because I was a traitor to him. I'd probably get put in jail if I released the texts. That's our president'
MAGA was never about America. It was about one man's ego - and everyone who crosses him learns the hard way
President Trump's renovation kick has now reached the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
The president told reporters Thursday that his administration is planning to pour down a new surface onto the bottom of the pool, atop its stone flooring. The swimming pool-style surface — made out of the "latest and greatest filament" — will be colored "American flag blue," he said.
He estimated that renovating the pool will take about a week and cost roughly $1.5 million. He said contractors have begun working on the stones, and started laying down its new "industrial-grade" surface on Thursday.
@CBSNews@SecWar
You are a drunk driver going the wrong way of a one-way strait.
Stop talking bullshit and blowing my fucking tax dollars on your stupid fucking war, not-a-war.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the "free riding is over" for American allies who were benefiting from U.S. military operations in the Strait of Hormuz.
He called out allies in Europe and Asia during a Pentagon press conference, looking directly into the camera and saying, "America and the free world deserve allies who are capable, who are loyal, and who understand that being an ally is not a one way street. It's a two-way street."
@ArielGonzalez_1@MykhailoRohoza@ardwen2 they subtly hinted if the US refuses to honor an agreemt they made with Ukraine, then why should Iran trust the US's promises
During talks between U.S. and Iranian delegations in Pakistan, the topic of Ukraine unexpectedly came up.
While discussing U.S. guarantees in the event that Iran halts uranium enrichment and abandons the development of nuclear weapons, the Iranian side asked how the United States is fulfilling the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, in which it pledged to respect and protect Ukraine’s sovereignty.
The U.S. delegation left the question unanswered.
Trump's White House Faith Office advisor Paula White: Trump has been raised up by God because God says that he raises up people and places them in positions of authority. It is God that raises up a king. When you fight against the plan of God you're fighting against the hand of God
@FightingForDem7@kylegriffin1 I can't like your tweet, but I certainly do share your sentiment. Evil unbound. Trump is a walking talking embodiment of the seven deadly sins.
I'm no innocent, but sheesh. This fuckin guy!
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Tulsi Gabbard just referred the whistleblower whose complaint led to the first impeachment of Trump — and the Inspector General who deemed the complaint "credible" — for possible criminal prosecution by the Trump Justice Department.
@PopularLiberal Twitter was a loss leader so he could disrupt worldwide journalism and fuck it all up for election cycles. What TF does he need money for. Twitter gave him much more power and influence than money could buy.
FUN FACT:
Paid $44B for Twitter in '22. Now worth ~$9B. Revenue halved.
Debt hit $12B. $30B+ vanished.
"Department of Government Efficiency" couldn't run a website.
ELON’S ENDLESS FRAUD! "Untapped potential" = code for "I'm lying to your face."
Elon Musk looked a judge dead in the eyes and claimed X was worth $200-300 BILLION because it had "untapped potential"—same way he told banks his lies were investment advice.
Turns out that "potential" was DOGE stealing 300 MILLION Social Security numbers and life histories from Treasury/SSA—arming GOP leaders to end democracy and strip your liberties.
He lied to banks. He lied to investors. He lied under oath. Then he looted the government.
Biggest fraud in American history—and the deposition proves he knew exactly what he was doing. Lock him up.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says President Trump and the Department of the Interior will submit plans for a 250-foot “United States Triumphal Arch” to mark America’s 250th birthday. The proposed monument would stand on Columbia Island in the Potomac River, on land managed by the National Park Service.
@Jan6Patriot@Pontifex Well, thes hypothetical you posited could also be considered bad faith and certainly bad taste.
My answer. My first instinct would be to safeguard my loved ones to protect them from further harm in the moment.
I would hope not to let rage and bloodlust get the best of me.
That’s not a good faith response so I’ll end this exchange here but I will give you my answer.
The Bible has many conflicting messages on how to handle evil. At this moment, the world needs OT intolerance to conquer evil. Our Christian faith has been used as a weapon against us to advance evil and attempt to destroy Christianity for far too long.
My scenario was not far off from reality. Among many other atrocities, the Iranian Regime would arrest young women for all kinds of offenses. In prison they would be forced to temporarily marry a guard or government official and then raped before execution for the sole purpose of preventing them from going to heaven.
“Virgin female prisoners should be raped before execution so that they do not go to heaven.”
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
It’s not possible or practical to attempt dialogue with these evil people as the Pope would suggest. The War in Iran and the killing of the Iranian Regime is righteous and justified just as you would be righteous and justified in defending your daughter from rape and murder by killing the evil man engaged in that violence.
God does not bless any conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs. Military action will not create space for freedom or times of #Peace, which comes only from the patient promotion of coexistence and dialogue among peoples.