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[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia.

I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

Nothing he is saying here is true. Nothing he is saying here makes sense. He is an idiot. An absolute idiot.

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

This is how you say “go F yourself sideways with a porcupine” in inspector general speak.

Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds

[Stuart Stevens @stuartpstevens]

Trump could have appointed serious Conservatives to his Cabinet. Instead, he picked nuts and freaks. Why? To prove he could make Republican Senators do whatever he told them to.

Humiliation through submission.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Tbh, if I were a big Democratic donor, I'd cancel for now all my contributions to the DNC, DSSC, DCCC, and affiliated organizations. I'd explain that I'm targeting my resources to groups trying to do something meaningful to oppose Trump's authoritarian takeover.

[Chris Megerian @ChrisMegerian]

Applicants for administration jobs are being asked to prove their loyalty by explaining their moment of “MAGA revelation.” https://t.co/cKJ9nTN8dJ

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Blind the watchers. Discredit the enforcers. Equate the leader with the law. Deny the existence of truth.

[Fred Wellman @FPWellman]

The dumbest mother fucker on Earth is President.

[Patterico @Patterico]

He’s incandescently stupid. There’s poison all over the place. Lithium batteries burned, including at least one large array, not to mention all the electric vehicles, solar panels, etc. There’s soot, asbestos, and chemicals to be dealt with. And his attitude is “yeah, whatever.”

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

ITEM: Air Force removes video of Tuskegee Airmen.

ITEM: Grants to non-profits helping needy at home and abroad cut off abruptly.

ITEM: Musk flies to Germany to address the AfD.

The bigotry is the point.
The cruelty is the point.
The--dare one say it?--fascism is the point.

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

The election results put an exclamation point on pervasive concerns about distrust and dissatisfaction with the news media. Now a reckoning is underway. Media execs and rank-and-file reporters are wondering what needs to change. So here are some concrete ideas... 🧵

[Stuart Stevens @stuartpstevens]

A guy who spent large part of his adult life addicted to heroin. who abuses steroids so much it has killed his voice, who is opposed to all mandatory vaccines in school, including measles and polio, who opposes fluoridated water...

A guy his own family says is dangerous.

Do you really want this guy messing with your family's health and well-being?

Madness.

[Tim Alberta @TimAlberta]

Btw I’m not just picking on Haley here. This is how virtually every Republican talked about Trump in January 2021 — he’s a disgraced menace to democracy, but c’mon, there’s no need to hold him accountable. Don’t you know his career in politics is finished?

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Here's our statement on the results of the 2024 presidential election:

[Matthew D. Taylor @TaylorMatthewD]

I've tried to approach this election unflinchingly & w/ clear eyes, but this is the absolute worst case scenario.

We're in an epochal shift in American history of the worst sort, &, while it does not spell the absolute end of Amer liberal democracy, MAGA is a fatal illness. 1/

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Not too sure that Republicans going from calling Puerto Ricans garbage to calling a woman garbage is the whiz-bang political chess move they think it is

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

“One of the reasons why I think [Jan 6th] is important is because it highlights the reasons why a guy like Donald Trump is so fucking dangerous, is because a guy can incite a bunch of morons to do something really fucking stupid.” - Joe Rogan, June 2021
https://t.co/DTpWS4FHAC

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Republican Mayor of Mesa, Arizona John Giles: John McCain always taught us to put country over party. So tomorrow, this lifelong Republican is excited to vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz because I know that they will put the country first.