Taking Charge

@deprimeworld @AJEnglish Yeah, if only we could get an agreement with them to limit their nuclear fuel refinement, with international inspections…

@AJEnglish Iran should never be allowed to develop any nuclear weapons.

⭕ LIVE: US President Donald Trump signs executive orders at the White House and addresses the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Flabbergasted at how absolutely useless this place in terms of getting breaking news. Twitter used to be incredibly helpful during the War in Ukraine, Afghanistan and other global events. Now it's AI Slop and non-chronological tweets.

@JonathanTurley Seriously? That's your hot take? Read in context, Smith says that he had so much evidence against Trump that Hutchinson's hearsay testimony wasn't needed. He doesn't cast doubts on its veracity, just says, in a brief aside, it wasn't necessary to prove Trump's guilt.

In his deposition before Congress, former special counsel Jack Smith dismissed Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony as unreliable, unsupported, and unusable in any trial. Smith appears to have finally presented a conclusive indictment . . . of the J6 Committee. jonathanturley.org/2026/01/02/sec…

@OldManLefty1 Gimcrack (an old word that means "flimsy or poorly made but deceptively gaudy.")

It's just so....... what's the word I'm looking for?

"Idiocracy" looks more and more like a documentary.

It is a dark day for freedom of the press. Paramount’s decision to settle with Trump will only embolden him to continue his attack on the media. Trump is undermining our democracy and moving us towards authoritarianism, and the billionaires are helping him do it.

@ChadPergram "Landslide" Oxford definition: "an overwhelming majority of votes for one party in an election." Donald Trump: 49.9% of the votes cast. That's far from a landslide or mandate. Hold that gavel tight, @SpeakerJohnson, it's gonna be a rough ride.

Johnson: Today, in accordance with the Constitution, Congress met in a joint session to count electoral college votes and certify President Donald J. Trump’s election as the 47th President of the United States. In two weeks, President Trump will take the oath of office, cementing the greatest political comeback in American history. His landslide election and corresponding mandate from the American people dictate that Congress waste no time in delivering on the America First agenda, and we are prepared to hit the ground running.

@TencicFred Cut the Audi driver a break. It's not a big car - and the parking spaces look very skinny. And you don't know if the car to the left was there when the Audi parked. Coulda been a big car in their small spaces. Wanna vandalize someone? Target whoever designed this parking lot.

My new hobby is taking random pics with my cellphone. I took this today at a Trader Joe's parking lot in a very affluent town in my state. I call it: "The Decline of Western Civilization" Enjoy.

@greta In journalism, Greta, it's called inverted pyramid style. You put the most important thing highest in the story. Once AG Bondi starts Russian-style show trials of opponents, it will be her loyalty, not her legal resume, on full display.

AP headline could have been “Trump picks woman who has 8 years experience being A/G of Florida” —-

@TheTNHoller @PeteButtigieg @kilmeade And here is the @PolitiFact fact-check @PeteButtigieg referred to during the @kilmeade hostile-witness-style interview politifact.com/factchecks/202…

WATCH: “Is this an interview or a debate? Name one statement I just made that was factually inaccurate… there was a manufacturing recession under Trump, and he let China take the lead on EV’s. Look it up.” @PeteButtigieg schools a petulant @kilmeade

@EliseStefanik Would you tell them to bring some fresh cat and dog? I'm almost out.

A 2,000-person illegal immigrant caravan is heading toward the U.S. border ahead of the November election. Illegal immigrants know President Trump will secure our borders and stop the invasion once and for all so they are quickly trying to break into our country. On November 5th, we will vote for TRUMP to STOP THE MADNESS at our open borders. nypost.com/2024/10/20/wor…

@SteveSkojec @MoosemanNYC @PrinceOfAvalar @harris_wins Not the flex you thought. Southern Democrats' opposition to the civil rights laws you cite was the key reason for them switching to the GOP. You've put a spotlight on the proof beneath @MoosemanNYC 's argument. You're a flat-earther pointing to a globe and saying "See? Told ya."

BREAKING: More than 30,000 white dudes have now signed up for Monday’s White Dudes for Kamala call with Pete Buttigieg. Let’s go.

@ismurray Oh, Iain. I've lived through this many times. This is the same argument trotted out every time regulators rein in gouging by credit card issuers. Despite bankers' predictable boo-hooing, they won't pull out of the market. They'll keep lending. It's too profitable for them.

And if this goes through then most of those with very little in their savings won’t have a credit card at all.

@TCAT031013 @TexasScorecard It still is a safe place to live and visit. You really have to stop watching Fox News and fact-free fearmonger sites. kvue.com/article/news/c…

@TexasScorecard Good. Get rid of him. Austin used to be a safe place to live and visit.

District Attorney José Garcia of Travis County could be the first prosecutor to be removed under a new state law targeting rogue prosecutors, with citizens accusing him of “incompetency and official misconduct.” 📲Full Story: l8r.it/mqDL

@CharlieDaniels Narrator's voice: "And yet, as a political issue, Benghazi indeed went away."

Keeping Charlie's legacy alive. - TeamCDB/CWDMedia Benghazi ain't going away! #BenghaziAintGoingAway

@MollyJongFast I've commissioned a lot of polls in my news career. A sample size of 1,000 (cell + landline) absolutely is nationally representative with a MOE of +/- 3.5%, and is, in fact, the standard unit sold by many polling companies. Bias is always a thorny issue, but not this sample size.

Less then 1000 phone calls are going to dictate the newscycle today

@joncoopertweets It's a new right-wing fear campaign about a new "merchant category code" just for gun sales. That would let credit card banks separately track and set rules for these merchants, including cutting off card sales - "debanking" - violating merchants. 1/

I’m offering ONE MILLION DOLLARS to anyone who can rationally explain whatever the fuck Trump is saying here. 💵💵💵💵

@ramit You're both right in your own ways. @acekingspades correctly says what money-smart people *can* do. @ramit accurately describes what most people *actually* do. I wish our high schools had curricula that introduced people to credit basics, so more folks could play the game smartly

@acekingspades That's not simple

NEVER, EVER TRUST PEOPLE’S SELF-REPORTS ABOUT GROCERY COSTS As a general rule, most people do not track their grocery spend, they do not buy the same things every week, and they do not comparison shop Below, Megan complained about spending $50 for soup. She later admitted it was for 8 QUARTS, which means about $2-$3 per serving In America, the grocery store is one of the central vessels of our financial anxiety

@BettyBowers And may the odds be ever in your favor.

@Davidlaz @KTLA No. If I have to put more effort into the transaction than the employer, then no tip. And I'm uncomfortable with the lack of transparency in the automated tip prompts: Will the $ go to an underpaid server, or just drip to the bottom line of some corporate chain?

Coming up on @KTLA: If there's no interaction with an employee, should you still leave a tip when prompted at the self-checkout?