This dismantling of our public spaces and historic venues by Trump has to stop. He is nothing more than a temporary caretaker of the Executive branch but he continues to think that he personally owns DC and can just demolish whatever he wants to. When Democrats take Congress in November, this needs to be swiftly addressed.
American factory construction continued declining in official data released today as CHIPS Act projects finish, IRA projects get cancelled, and tariffs weigh on nearly all industries
Total US factory construction is down 30% from its 2024 highs and 20% over the last year alone
These trees were a gift from the Japanese and the oldest in DC
When Nats Park was built, the owners purchased cherry trees specifically bred to bloom early
Planted them in the outfield and cared for them lovingly
Like these trees have been cared for for years and years
They would early in time for Opening Day
When the entire city was covered in pink blooms
Thousands of Americans plan trips to DC to see them
And the monuments
And tour the WH entering through the majestic East Wing
On tours that were managed by the First Lady’s office
Trump doesn’t give a damn about history, heritage, tradition, relationships with foreign allies
If he did, he wouldn’t have unceremoniously torn down the East Wing
Is there ANYONE in DC who will stop this bullshit?
ANYONE
The magnitude of Trump's personal corruption and the monetizing of the presidency by him and his family have no precedent in US history.
It takes a total peasant mentality, or some weird cultish devotion, to defend or excuse this, especially if you objected to corrupt Biden transactions (as I did). It's on a completely different scale.
Trump set up a crypto company (World Liberty Financial) 4 days before his inauguration, then had the UAE pour hundreds of millions into his pockets for 49% of it, then gave rewards to the UAE. Jared getting $2 billion from the Saudis. On and on and on.
There was a multi-year campaign by Republicans, the media and the podcast manosphere to find some sort of corruption, ANYTHING on Hunter (and Joe Biden). Joe Rogan did entire episodes on it. In the end, all they came up with was that he got a job he was under-qualified for.
Meanwhile, Trump is doing the most brazen, unprecedented corruption on a massive scale and it gets reported on by the MSM one time and then everyone moves on. All the people who were obsessed with HUNTER BIDEN CORRUPTION (like Rogan and Glenn Greenwald) won't even mention it.
Unbelievably depressing.
Here we go: Collins officially leads in a high-quality poll of the Maine Senate race.
Platner is under-running the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, Hannah Pingree, by 14 points here. She has an 11 point lead.
The Tunguska event is a good example of how historical change is sometimes random.
This impact would be among the most significant events in modern times had it hit a major city. Instead, it hit one of the least populated bits of land on earth, so it's hardly remembered.
NEW: “It is general knowledge in our practice that for $2 million, you can have a pardon,” a prominent defense attorney told me. Others said $1-2 million is the going rate, though clients were offering *many* times that amount for challenging cases. @michaelscherer@TheAtlantic https://t.co/5KL2vV3HEn
New Details of Trump's Alleged Rape of a 13-Year-Old
A family member has come forward to share new details about the alleged victim. And what those details reveal is chilling: a woman still living in fear, still scarred from the day Jeffrey Epstein allegedly delivered her as a 13-year-old girl to Donald Trump, who then tried to force her to perform oral sex — only for her to bite back in terror before he struck her.
This isn't ancient history or "unproven hearsay." It's fresh corroboration, pulled from Epstein files, of a pattern that has defined Trump for decades: treating women and girls as his personal property.
The Access Hollywood tape where he bragged about sexual assault. The court finding him liable for sexual abuse. The swarm of accusers. The known friendship with Epstein. And now this — a child victim, introduced by one monster to another, violated in a "tall building with huge rooms," and left carrying that trauma for life.
Trump isn't just "flawed." He is a pedophile and sexual predator whose behavior with minors has been credibly alleged multiple times, protected by power, money, threats, and a cult of denial.
America has watched him evade real accountability for far too long while victims hide in fear. The family member's words cut through the noise: this isn’t politics — it's a predator's legacy finally resurfacing with new witnesses and new horror.
We need the country to finally say enough. No more predators in the Oval Office. No more excuses. This man should be radioactive to any decent voter. The sickness isn't in talking about it — the sickness is in pretending it doesn’t matter. It does. And history will judge every person who looked away.
Trump's pardons will be the capstone on his corruption. He's going to prove the anti-federalists right. An unchecked pardon power is a grave mistake that an unscrupulous president can use to wreck the rule of law.
Rovina Naboi in Kenya lost her little daughter Jane to starvation in a refugee camp. After Elon Musk threw USAID into the woodchipper, food was rationed to 40 percent of daily caloric needs, and one meal a day.
The world's richest man did this.
@AustinHoney30 Maybe John Roberts will die of an epileptic seizure the day after Clarence Thomas dies of a heart attack during the presidency of John Ossoff in 2029?
Really helpless feeling about where we're at. There's a historic (by American standards) level of corruption and looting going on right now and the party that could stop it is fine with it. And since it is cult of personality his supporters cheer it!
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Dear Washington Post. Once a guilty verdict has been rendered, it’s no longer an allegation. It’s a fact. The jury did not find that the disgraceful president allegedly sexually assaulted & then defamed Jean Carroll. The jury found that he did sexually assault & defame her. Duh