David Shuster

Husband, dad, journalist, U of Mich alum. YouTube: Rebel HQ. Progressive. Not a leftist. Substack: Blue Amp Media. Previously anchored for MSNBC + AJAM

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

Great fun hosting @MarkTLive show today. We led with a story most of the MSM had missed. Trump's PROPOSAL to Putin includes a provision that is pure Trump grift. Because what good is peace if Trump can’t make $$$ from it? https://t.co/CfoD6QQuRQ

[Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz]

There’s a reason why I’ve become so opposed to our election process as it currently stands.

It’s more than our ugly tone.
It’s more than our disrespect of each other.

All the tools of electioneering are now being used to mislead rather than enlighten. They are being used to destroy rather than to build.

The best example of this is the Ohio gubernatorial ad — I believe it will have an impact. In fact, I’m sure of it. But it’s a horrible example of how low we have sunk.

When people ask me to analyze an ad, they’re not asking for my opinion. They’re asking me for the impact it will have on voters. And that’s exactly what I try to give them.

This is different.
This is my opinion.

I think this ad will be taught in schools for decades about just how toxic our politics have turned.

I’m sad for what my country has become.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine on Vivek Ramaswamy's attack ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged and abusive mother:

“The ad, on its face is, deeply, deeply troubling. But when you know the rest of the story, when you know the backstory, when you know that the husband of the mom was indicted by a grand jury after hearing testimony, and then he took off along with the mother. When you know that, it just... makes it more serious. It makes it just more wrong. So it's wrong to run this... I would just urge the Ramaswamy campaign to take this down."

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

Trump $$$ Corruption Exposed In Putin-Zelensky Peace Proposal https://t.co/HCXcOCKjgV

[CUBS WORLD @CubsWorld80]

CNN dropped a compilation of Trump being gay af

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

He says Israel is NOT our ally. NOT our ally. Look, hate Netanyahu all you want, oppose the current Israeli government all you want, but if you don’t believe Israel is our ally, you don’t belong in the U.S. Senate. No Jew in Michigan who supports the state of Israel should vote for him. He just plain hates Israel. Fuck him.

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

IHere's what Pres.Trump has done for Vladimir Putin since 2017:
🇺🇸➡️🇷🇺 First term
1Stood next to Putin in Helsinki and took his word over U.S. intelligence
2Lobbied to bring Russia back into the G7
3Withheld military aid from Ukraine to squeeze Zelensky (impeachment #1)
4Pulled out of Syria, handing Russia a freer hand
5Openly questioned NATO's mutual-defense pledge
6Lifted sanctions on Deripaska-linked companies, including Rusal
7Walked away from the INF nuclear treaty
8Walked away from the Open Skies treaty, leaving our European allies with less visibility
🇺🇸➡️🇷🇺 Second term
9. Called Russia's G7 expulsion a "mistake"
10. Declared Moscow "holds all the cards"
11. Opened talks with Russia with zero preconditions
12. Berated Zelensky in the Oval Office, then paused aid and intel to Ukraine
13. Halted offensive cyber operations against Russia
14. Had the U.S. vote WITH Russia against a UN resolution condemning the invasion
15. Said "Crimea will stay with Russia"
16. Rolled out the red carpet for Putin in Alaska
17. Pressed Ukraine, not Russia, to give up territory
18. Starshield
19. Diesel
20. Revoke Graham sanctions
That's not "America First."
You could never make that list of things a President has done for Zelensky, or for NATO. Ask yourself why.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

This is what TOTAL HUMILIATION looks like: JD Vance attempted to greet Cincinnati Bengals players in the locker room and got snubbed and ghosted by every single player except one.

[Mitt Romney @MittRomney]

Churchill could have shortened WW2 by years if he had just “done a deal” with Hitler. George Washington could have done a deal to end the American Revolution. Zelenskyy is in good company.

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

Ramaswamy Comes Out As P*dophile Protector... Does NOT Go Well https://t.co/80aM5K7MDZ

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

😳 Trump loses it and SNAPS at a string of reporters, says Ilhan Omar might "go to jail," calls Somalia "a shit house," and boasts that thanks to a new program he announced today Americans "will make millions of dollars by turning others in" during absolutely deranged Oval Office event

Here's a supercut:

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

Fox Reports Trump Spawning GOP Mess https://t.co/uChzmRCRUT

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

Trump And Top Advisors Get TORCHED Over Economic Lies https://t.co/vtRNoanKIR

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

Ukraine Attacks Putin Hometown of St. Petersburg, HUMILIATING Russian Leader. https://t.co/oVslEdH1zf

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

It's been a good week for Putin. In recent days, Trump has:

* Struck a diesel deal lifting some sanctions
* Restricted Starshield for Ukraine
* Cut intel warnings of Russian missile launches against Ukraine for several days
* Canceled Lindsey Graham sanctions
* Demanded Ukraine dump Zelensky
* Absolved Russia for helping Iran fight the US
* Pushed Europe to resume buying Russian gas

[Mitt Romney @MittRomney]

“we will pay any price….to assure the success and survival of liberty.” Is this still true? Do we prize liberty or do we prize power and purse? No more clear test than the choice between Ukraine and Russia. Abandon Ukraine and we abandon liberty. Eventually even our own.

[Julie Roginsky @julieroginsky]

Shameful. Disgusting. This is on Trump, Hegseth and Musk. They have betrayed Ukraine, the West and everything the US has claimed to stand for.

[AffirmedAlydar 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @WollastonWntr63]

So Musk approaches Trump with a really neat plan on how to send a message to Zelenskyy, who Musk is losing his patience with for failure to capitulate, and Trump and Hegseth agree. They coordinate this with Putin. There is a night of carnage in Kyiv as all of a sudden Ukrainians are unable to defend themselves. Innocent Ukrainians die at the hands of Musk, Trump, Hegseth and Putin. If not for what those four agreed to do that night these dead Ukrainians would be breathing right this moment. Musk quickly disowns any responsibility the next day out of concern that bad publicity could affect European business. Nice job electorate. Really sweet. Because of your stupidity and carelessness the United States is now a country that murders its friends' citizens just to teach them a lesson. This represents a betrayal that is hard for me to believe and stomach.

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

Ukraine 🇺🇦 is a democracy that is defending itself against Russian invasion. Trump supporting Putin/Russia is obscene. Trump lifting the Russian sanctions Congress passed is shameful. Taken together, it is treason. Trump should be tried and punished accordingly. Enough.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

putin is a dictator and a war criminal. he has done more damage to the fate of his own nation than any major world leader in generations.

zelenskyy’s crime? the defense of his fellow citizens.

america’s allies understand this, every one of them.

president trump stands alone.