Thanks to Trump’s war of choice and rising gas prices you can expect:
•Reduced Purchasing Power
•Strained household Finances
•Decreased Discretionary Spending
•Inflationary Pressure
•Higher Cost of Living
•Increased Transportation Costs
#TrumpsTariffsCostUS
Listen to how Trump said “says” when he said, “As it *says* in the gospel of John.”
Trump struggled to read his Good Friday message off his teleprompter and didn’t even bother to do a corrected take.
The Army Chief of Staff, a combat veteran with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, asked Pete Hegseth why he was blocking the promotions of two Black officers and two female officers who had earned them.
Hegseth refused to answer. Then he fired him.
Nine U.S. officials told NBC News that Hegseth has blocked or delayed promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military.
Hegseth has now fired or sidelined more than a dozen generals and admirals.
He is an out-of-control, unqualified former TV host and nobody in the Republican Party will say a word about it because they don’t want to make Trump angry.
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@academic_la Is Iran sitting back and studying our flight patterns there, altitudes and skills. Then adjust their goals based on the information they have accumulated this past few weeks.
Just had a long talk with a former IAF commander on why Iran is managing to shoot down these US planes. He told me that since the 12 day war Iran has rethought its entire system after seeing how easily it was bombed. The new system is far better and more resilient and Israeli pilots have noticed how difficult it is to operate there now:
1) Each of Iran's 31 zones now has the authority to operate independently if central command is cut off, allowing local commanders to launch missiles and engage aircraft without waiting for orders from Tehran. That was a major problem for them in the past.
2) Recognizing that fixed sites are easily destroyed, Iran moved many of its restored air defenses into missile cities, deeply buried underground tunnels and rugged coastal terrain that serve as cover for mobile launchers. These targets are now hardened.
3) Since traditional radar gives away a system's location, Iran has leaned into passive infrared (heat-seeking) sensors and new software algorithms that can track jets without emitting detectable signals.
4) Iran has increased reliance on mobile, medium-range surface-to-air SAM systems. Its mobility allows shoot-and-scoot tactics that make it difficult to target with pre-planned airstrikes.
5) Iran has moved away from Russian missiles to its own Bavar-373 which appears to be superior to the S-300 and possibly to the S-400 too. Recent upgrades include increased autonomy for launchers, allowing them to operate even if centralized command centers are destroyed.
6) They use new Majid system, which relies on passive infrared detection rather than radar. Because it doesn't emit radar signals, it is significantly harder for aircraft to detect before a missile is launched.
7) Most important, he confirmed to me that Iran is using HQ-9B, the best long-range surface-to-air missile China has to offer. It has both active radar homing and a passive infrared seeker. This makes it harder for aircraft to spoof the missile with standard electronic countermeasures and improves its ability to track stealth. It seems to be exceeding expectations.
He told me, "the days when flying over Iran was a walk in the park are over." In sum, new tactics and a switch from Russian technology to Iranian and Chinese technology have turned Iranian airspace into a contested space. Air superiority there is gone. The IAF and USAF will have to adapt accordingly or lose more aircraft.
Hey everybody....we have an American serviceman running for his life in Iran after getting shot down, and no clear way to rescue him without invading southwest Iran and fighting the now thousands of IRGC troops that have swarmed the area
Where is the President with a statement of some sort?
It has been 12 hours since our guy has been on the run....what is going on about it?
This is absolute utter epic debacle for Trump....
@AaronBlake One plane shot down doesn’t negate that statement. To pretend it does just shows you’re a propaganda or desperate to “prove Trump wrong” than report the facts.
By all military account we have complete superiority over Irans sky’s.
We have helicopters refueling over Iran. STFU!
Trump & Hegseth both described US military as invulnerable in the air.
Hegseth cited "complete control of Iranian skies,” “uncontested airspace.”
Trump said Iran had "no anti-aircraft systems."
Trump repeatedly said Iran "can’t do a thing about it."
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Trump on pulling out of NATO:
“I don’t need Congress for that decision. I can make it myself.”
In 2023 Marco Rubio co-authored a law specifically giving Congress — not the president — the power to withdraw from NATO.
Trump just said he doesn’t need it.
NEW: New polling reveals a slim majority of Virginians favor Democrats’ redistricting plan that aims to win the party up to four more seats in Congress and counter GOP gerrymanders in other states.
Early voting is ongoing, with election day coming up April 21. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/vi…
@RonFilipkowski So this DOD money can be moved from agency to agency. It can be used by ICE!! This $1.5T budget is the largest in history, and it's only for 1 year. Unacceptable!! Where is the work on reducing the deficit?? @gop?? ANSWERS??
We are $39 trillion in debt with it accelerating more rapidly during Trump’s presidency than any other in history and Trump is asking for an obscene record shattering amount of military spending for his forever wars & bombings after he just got an obscene increase for DOD & ICE.
@PeteTheMan1@marceelias Our Constitution Clearly states that the states run their elections!! That's why this will be struck down by the courts. If you don't like our constitution...get the hell out of our country!! EO'S ARE NOT LAW!! ONLY CONGRESS CAN MAKE LAWS!! NOT THE PRESIDENT!!
And then it will soon be overturned at a higher court.
Marc is a grifter who wastes taxpayer dollars.
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee (U.S. Supreme Court, 2021): Perkins Coie (including Elias) represented the DNC and others challenging two Arizona voting rules (out-of-precinct ballot rejection and limits on third-party ballot collection). They won at the district court and Ninth Circuit, but the Supreme Court reversed 6-3, upholding the laws and narrowing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. This was a major reversal on appeal.
newyorker.com +1
Texas straight-ticket voting case (5th Circuit, 2021): Perkins Coie/Elias team sought to reinstate straight-ticket voting (arguing it disproportionately affected minorities). The 5th Circuit sanctioned Elias and several colleagues for “redundant and misleading” supplemental filings and lack of candor to the court (failure to disclose a prior denial of a nearly identical motion). Sanctions were upheld on further review; the underlying effort failed. The court recommended ethics training.
reuters.com +2
New York redistricting challenge (federal district court, 2022): Elias’s lawsuit (post-Perkins Coie) was dismissed by a Clinton-appointed judge, who called it a partisan “Hail Mary pass” intended to undermine fair elections.
freebeacon.com
Kansas foreign-funding ballot initiative law (2025): Elias Law Group lost its challenge to a Kansas law banning foreign actors from funding state ballot campaigns. Court rejected the suit; reporting noted this as Elias’s second failed attempt to block similar state foreign-interference election security measures.
washingtonexaminer.com +1
Wyoming proof-of-citizenship voting requirements (federal court, July 2025): Elias Law Group lawsuit challenging strict proof-of-citizenship rules was dismissed.
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Pennsylvania 2024 Senate race recount (post-election challenge): Elias represented losing Democratic Sen. Bob Casey. The recount and related court efforts failed; the case was struck out, and Casey conceded.
Democrats’ lawsuit to block Donald Trump’s new anti-voting executive order has been assigned to the federal judge who quickly blocked his last executive order on elections — finding that the president holds no power whatsoever to dictate election policy. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/in…
Trump: They cannot have a nuclear weapon there. They have very sick leaderships. We have a new regime, and the new regime is much better than the past one.
@bresreports I don't even use the mail anymore. I haven't since they lost a house payment back in 1998. Gmail is faster and more efficient 😂 i take my ballot to the polls and drop it in the box
Just a stunning executive order from Trump on voting by mail. The US Postal Service will monitor who gets mail-in ballots for federal elections & who mails them in
BREAKING: Trump claims that his new presidential library in Miami will also be a hotel or offices.
Note that presidential libraries are typically paid for by public donations in managed by the government with tax money.
So is he planning on collecting donations and having the government run a hotel for him? Are you kidding me?
TWEEPS: At 5pm today, trump moved to end mail-in voting while continuing to use it himself. That’s not election integrity, that’s blatant voter suppression.
I need 1,000 fast RTs and replies using #TrumpVotedByMail.
Please and thank you! 🙏💪