Joellen Pinter, MSW

Murkowski and Tillis and two more GOP Senators who recognize Trump's power-drunk, autocratic bent, and the harm he is doing, should declare themselves Independents, say they're prepared to caucus with Dems so as to flip the Senate now, then issue demands. Four GOP Senators WOULD have that power. Yes, it would take enormous courage. But this is the time for it, and it shouldn't be as inconceivable as it has somehow become - and I say that because, after all, ordinary unelected people exhibit that level of courage every day.

Today, Trump goes to Walter Reed. I'm sure we'll get an accurate report, which has probably already been written. We will learn again that the bloated, medicated, cognitively cratering insomniac is actually in perfect health, and his hands, ankles, skin, digestive tract, and gait in particular, are like that of a top Olympic athlete. He owes much of his enviable robustness and alertness to his ideal diet of cheeseburgers and diet soda, and his carefully measured disposition of non-stop rage, never being wrong, and avoiding reality.

He brought everything he loved to help ❤️

Donald Trump promised the war in Iran would end with unconditional surrender. But he never said which country would do the surrendering.

Good morning. The sky is clear. My dog is a good boy. Markets are antsy. Oil prices are up. The Strait of Hormuz is closed. The world laments the fact that the US is led by a psychopath - who is old, ill, trapped, incompetent, desperate for grandiosity and to avoid humiliation, who only speaks lies and hyperbole.

We all know that Iran was - and is - an extremist regime whose clerics and proxies have been harmful to the region and beyond, for decades. We also know that Obama struck the JCPOA to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons - a deal that had strict limits, independent monitoring, and verification metrics - and by all accounts, Iran was complying. But because the JCPOA was an Obama success, and Obama occupies a special place in Trump's ignorant, malignant, delusional, discombobulated, and highly disordered brain, Trump hated the Obama deal and tore it up. We all knew then this was a mistake. When Trump made the consequential decision to strike Iran - without approval (except from Netanyahu), without proffering clear goals (except Netanyahu's goals), and without an explanation for its timing (beyond the obvious truth that Netanyahu got over on him), the superiority of our military shone through, the Ayatollah was taken out, and Iran was weakened. But they were not "totally decimated" and they were certainly not "obliterated." Trump - as usual - put forth immediate bluster and bravado - more than his usual - even threatening war crimes with glee - while ignoring reality, because he doesn't live in reality. Trump - as usual - had little substance supporting his bravado - no follow-up, no creativity, no strategy, no forethought, no expertise, no accountability, no cause-and-effect analysis. Basically - no f*cking clue. So - here we are - months later - and the Iranian regime is intact, in possession of enriched uranium, and in control of a most significant energy waterway. There are dead Americans, and dead Iranian schoolchildren. Our allies in the Gulf have damages and costs. Our American allies, except Netanyahu, are disgusted and showed this by universally declining to join the ill-conceived war of choice. Russia and China are stronger. And our Treasury here in America is at least $30B lighter - some say it's way more than that. And American consumers - like you and me - hey Trump, remember us? We're out the most $ of all. Trump's polling has tanked, his blustery narratives less effective, his control over his loyalists is fraying. He needs to exit this conflict. Iran sees his predicament because he is such a transparent fool. The world wants a resolution. Reports now indicate that Iran is likely to receive billions of dollars, being permitted to continue to enrich uranium, and a maintained control over the Strait of Hormuz. What a f*cking surrender this would be - IF that is what is happening, but we have no clarity yet, that it is. Whatever the outcome proves to be, it won't be good. Trump needs an exit. Will Trump declare victory, nonetheless? Of course! It's the only thing he EVER does. Let's hope this is not another propagandized event. Unlike the Jan 6 insurrection - this must be a failure that stays a failure - maybe the costs at the gas pump with help. Maybe the media will finally help too. Trump's lies need to be treated like lies; like the ramblings of a naked octogenarian wannabe Emperor; like more failed efforts of a dysfunctional mind in decline. Which is exactly what ALL his lies now are.

Thomas Massie was straightforward on Meet the Press this morning. He said he WILL publicly read names of Epstein clients before he leaves office. He blasted Blanche (and Patel) and Melania too - saying she knows Epstein had associates who were full-on co-conspirators.

Trump's corruption and criminality is off the charts. It IS going to keep ratcheting higher as his mortality and pathology combine to increase his overreach. THIS is what Dems need to message more about. THIS is what I think can sink him.

Trump ran for president to distract from his criminal cases, shorten the clock, and stay out of jail. He started a bullshit war to feed his craving for grandiosity and distract from the fact that he’s all over the Epstein files. He isn't even a fully formed person. He's a pathology.

The cat did not expect this ending 🥹😂

🚨🚨The Trump Crime Family is more corrupt than the totality of All Previous Organized Crime Families Combined in the history of the United States. ——————————————— I spent thirty (30 years investigating Major Organized Crime Families & Gangs and without a doubt, Donald Trump has committed more crimes against the United States of America and its citizens than all Organized Crime Syndicates. TRUMP is directly responsible for the theft of billions of dollars and the systematic destruction of our economy, the rule of law and our democracy. TRUMP must be Impeached and Removed from office by the U.S. Congress this year. Both Democrats & Republicans must join together to save our nation.

Lutnick: "Serving in the cabinet of Donald Trump is the greatest honor of a lifetime. As his commerce secretary, my job is to bring in investment, and we brought in $18 trillion." (The $18 trillion figure is made up -- the entire GDP of America is about $32 trillion.)

BROWDER: We should continue cutting off Russia's access to world’s money. Because if we don't, more Ukrainians will die. Russians not only going after Ukraine. They are enemy. To do anything not completely harsh to Russians is leaving ourselves open to God knows what in future.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but spreading hate about trans people will not bring down gas prices, grocery prices, or utilities. Neither will invading Cuba or Greenland this weekend. Or building a ballroom with taxpayer funds. Or a slush fund for January 6th thugs. Or ignoring the Epstein files. Or blaming Joe Biden. Or GOLFING. You have to care about Americans. You have to take responsibility. You have to keep your promises. You have to DO YOUR FUCKING JOB.

This is Officer Caroline Edwards. She was attacked by the insurrectionists on January 6th. They cracked her heac open, resulting in a permanent brain injury. For all those who support Trump's pardons and say you "back the blue". You don't. You support fascism.

Putin didn't invade Ukraine because of NATO. He invaded because Ukrainians were proving democracy works. Historian and Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum puts it plainly: Putin looked at Ukraine's democratic movement and thought, "If they can do it in Ukraine, then people could do it in Russia. So I need to crush this." That's the real threat Ukraine posed. Not missiles. Not borders. A working democracy next door. Applebaum frames the war as a fault line between the democratic and autocratic worlds. Russia isn't just trying to take territory. It's trying to erase Ukraine as a nation, reduce it to a colony, and send a message to every country that the post-1945 rules of Europe no longer apply. Those rules were simple: no invasions, no wars, borders don't change by force. Russia understood exactly what it was breaking when it crossed into Ukraine.

As a lifelong, avid @Giants fan, I am beyond disappointed & flat out angry @JaxsonDart has chosen to align himself with an unhinged, racist, criminal, lunatic destroying our democracy. How is this going to go over with his teammates? This is a terrible look for the org.

Trump, fixating again on his cognitive ability, said today that most people don't know that the word "dumb" ends in a B. You can't make this shit up. And considering he leads the most powerful nation in the world, you sure as shit wouldn't want to.

Trump looks like a bloated whale. He sounds raspy, crazed, defensive, and somehow - and I didn't think this was possible - his vocabulary keeps shrinking. On balance, this was a terrible week for him. Even his owned and controlled Congressional chambers had to postpone votes because he'd have lost them. His Gabbard distraction didn't take. Nobody trusts him and I think that disposition has become permanent. His polls keep cratering. He isn't even going to Junior's wedding. Expect a new distraction soon.

Hey Fuckface, you can take any piece of dog shit on the street and that would make a better president. Also, speaking of dead, the entire world is anxiously waiting for your demise. It will be a day of laughs, celebration and heavy drinking. We will all be united.