Sara Mitchell

In a normal world, a sitting US president who paid the woman he raped $5.6M would be historic news.

Hegemonic suicide

THOMAS MASSIE: “It’s ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, & the White House -- and we're yelling 'election fraud'? We won all the damn elections. What are we doing with that? We’re bankrupting the country. We’re starting new wars. We’re violating the Constitution. We’re not cracking down on the fraud. The problem is not the elections. We won the damn elections. The problem is that we’re wasting the opportunity voters gave us."

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If Rubio cares so much about international law, he may want to revisit the UN treaty on state sovereignty over their own natural resources and the rules of engagement with vessels at sea. And not try to kneecap the ICC 🤷‍♀️

So now we’ll have the Strait of America?

New @wapo story today, the Trump family has secured about $3.2 billion in Pentagon contracts for firms which they are involved in. This is the tip of the iceberg in the largest corruption saga in US history.

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I underestimated the ability of this administration to enact hegemonic suicide on so many domestic and international fronts. It’s like they have a department dedicated to this task.

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Perhaps the most stunning part of this is the Israeli’s willingness to reinstall this guy in power

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The worst part about this outbreak is that, bc every news agency is owned by corporate billionaires, not a SINGLE ONE has the courage to link this outbreak to Trump and his dismantling of our food safety protections. So the general public just assumes this is business as usual.

The New Mexico Attorney General is claiming that the Justice Department — effectively acting at the behest of Trump — is obstructing the investigation of Epstein's former Zorro ranch. "Survivors of serious criminal conduct at Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico are being denied justice. That harm is a direct consequence of the USDOJ's continued failure to comply with the NMDOJ's outstanding records request." ms.now/opinion/epstei…

Winner joins EU?

The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board tears apart Trump’s tariffs in a blistering editorial: “The President is right that his tariffs are at work—in destroying U.S. jobs and raising prices. The U.S. has lost some 75,000 manufacturing jobs since January 2025, including 25,900 in motor vehicle and parts production... there’s no question his tariffs are raising costs for U.S. manufacturers.…Mr. Trump and his advisers claim that foreigners pay his border taxes, but the evidence shows that U.S. companies, workers and consumers are picking up most of the tab. The Anderson Economic Group estimates that auto tariffs on Canada and Mexico alone added about $1,600 to the cost of each car made in the U.S. last year. While auto makers absorbed some of the Trump tariff costs, they also passed on a large share to customers…Call it the Trump tax.”

If you’re not alarmed you’re not paying attention. propublica.org/article/federa…

The cruelty is the point

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