phyllis Ledgerwood

[The Halfway Post @HalfwayPost]

BREAKING: Donald Trump is reportedly threatening to leave the Republican Party and "burn it down" because GOP Senators are turning against him, the House is useless, the Supreme Court rejected his appeal of his rape verdict, and none of his voters showed up to the 250th fair.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

A federal judge on Monday ruled the Trump administration acted unlawfully when it created a centralized database that contains Americans' private information, which she said has since been used by some states to incorrectly remove U.S. citizens from their voter rolls. https://t.co/8duQeohEgs

[Brian Rosenworcel @bowl_of_worcel]

If you steal a paint chip it's 10 years in prison but take what you want from our Capitol, that's worth a pardon.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Trump announces plan to allow corporations to dump coal ash – which is TWICE as radioactive as *nuclear fuel* – into our drinking water!

Yes, you read that right. Trump’s EPA is proposing to weaken rules for the safe disposal of super-mega-toxic ash produced by burning coal that contains hazardous heavy metals and contaminates groundwater.

“The Trump administration proposed easing standards for monitoring and protecting groundwater near some coal ash sites, and rolling back rules that require the cleanup of entire coal properties rather than just the sites where ash was dumped. The revisions would also make it easier to reuse coal ash for other purposes,” reports the Associated Press.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the proposal reflects the agency’s “commitment to restoring American energy dominance, strengthening cooperative federalism, and accommodating unique circumstances at certain (coal) facilities.”

The rules were strengthened by – you guessed it – the Biden administration a few years ago, and now Trump is trying to gut them on behalf of his cronies in Big Coal.

It is shocking to see just how eagerly the Trump administration is gutting all the regulations that keep us safe.

“The Trump administration just took a sledgehammer to the health protections in place for toxic coal pollution,” said Lisa Evans, senior counsel at environmental group Earthjustice. “This is yet another handout to the coal power industry at the expense of our health, water, and wallets.”

He is more than willing to make us drink poison and develop terrible cancers, all so his donors can save a little bit of money on cleaning up the toxic byproducts of their carbon pollution.

There is nothing sacred to these nihilistic scumbags, no respect for anything but their own bottom lines. Trump is willing to burn everything to the ground just so he can be king of the ashes – with not a care in the world for the millions of people who will suffer and die because of his decisions.

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

So, myself and other left wing Twitter accounts are being censored by Elon Musk. Please, tell me, do you see this tweet? Can you see me?

[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

“Dogs are the best role models. They don't care if you're rich or famous. Just be nice to them and they'll love you forever." ~ @RickyGervais.

[EL PAÍS @el_pais]

“No podemos permanecer en silencio mientras uno de nuestros miembros más célebres es señalado”. La Federación de Músicos de EE UU sale en defensa de Bruce Springsteen tras los ataques de Trump llamando al boicot contra el cantante https://t.co/go9NIUYgTt

[CONSEQUENCE @consequence]

Local 802 and Local 47 of the American Federation of Musicians have released a statement in response to Donald Trump's attack on union member Bruce Springsteen.

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

The President of the United States woke up this morning and posted a 150-word personal attack on Bruce Springsteen.

Not on Iran. Not on the tariffs crashing global markets. Not on the recession warnings. Bruce Springsteen.

There is a standard psychological tool called the Hare Psychopathy Checklist. It has 20 items scored on a scale from 0 to 40. The cutoff for a diagnosis of psychopathy is 30.  The average person scores around 4. The average maximum security prisoner scores 22.  A panel of eminent psychiatrists assessed Trump before his 2024 sentencing in New York. He scored 36 out of 40. 

The 25th Amendment exists precisely for this. Section 4 allows the Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet to declare the president unable to carry out his duties.  It has never been used. In any normally functioning democracy, the bar would be far lower. Most leaders in that position resign themselves.

Instead, this one is on Truth Social at 7:58 AM calling a rock legend a dried-up prune.

America is fighting a war it cannot exit in Iran. Markets are in freefall. Allies are making alternative plans.
And the man with the nuclear codes is writing concert reviews.

Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

WHY ARE WE IN IRAN?

[Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar]

The SAVE America Act makes it harder for American citizens to vote.

It hands private voter data over to DHS and adds costly hurdles just to register.

We should be making it easier for Americans to have their voices heard and have their right to vote — not harder.

[Michael Steele @MichaelSteele]

.@realDonaldTrump you are a vile disgusting man. Petty and pathetic, you are a hypocrite who reeks of weakness and insecurities with no moral core. Regardless of the politics, the American people should be embarrassed and ashamed for ever having entrusted you with leadership.

God rest Robert Mueller.

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

Absolutely

[GoodTroublemaker @Xraydocs4Pete]

@Roshan_Rinaldi @ceciliainoc This tracks

[25 47 🦋 Abolish ICE ⛔️ @NoelinSD]

@Roshan_Rinaldi @Robert_Rants

[GP Dalton @gdalton64]

@Roshan_Rinaldi "Suckers and Losers..." - DJT

[Roshan Rinaldi @Roshan_Rinaldi]

BREAKING: A beer was thrown at President Trump during a press conference this afternoon in Washington. Trump was unharmed. Since the beer was a draft,... he was able to dodge it.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Trump disrespects fallen soldiers at Dover – Wears "USA" golf cap, fiddles with jacket during dignified transfer! Imagine if Obama did that!

Donald Trump showed up at Dover Air Force Base today for the dignified transfer of six U.S. service members killed in his unauthorized Iran war – and turned one of the most solemn presidential duties into a tacky fashion faux pas.

The president attended the ritual wearing a white "USA" golf cap, looking down and fiddling with his jacket like he was bored listening to one of his minions speak, completely distracted from the gravity of honoring fallen heroes.

This is the HEIGHT of disrespect: families grieving their loved ones killed in Trump's oil-grab adventure, and the commander-in-chief can't even bother to remove his golf cap or focus on the moment.

Imagine the MAGA meltdown if Obama had done this – they'd scream "disrespectful," "unpatriotic," and demand impeachment. But for Trump? Crickets from the right, while he shrugs off more deaths as "the way it is."

The dignified transfer is sacred protocol, a somber act for any president. Trump didn't speak, per tradition, but his casual attire and distracted demeanor screamed volumes. With six troops already dead in this endless war – no congressional approval, shifting excuses from nukes to oil – this photo captures the heartlessness at the top.

While Pope Leo slams the war as "immoral" and intelligence warns of homeland threats blocked by the White House, Trump treats fallen soldiers like a photo op.

Let’s think about this. Here’s a man who calls dead soldiers "losers" behind closed doors, sends them into the heart of harm’s way without a second thought, and now disrespects them in public. Yet he is the great leader to a third of his purposely blind flock of followers.

Enough of this guy! If Trump's golf-cap disrespect at the Dover dignified transfer boils your blood – and the GOP apoplexy if Obama had done it – please like and share.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

This is a picture of Tehran now. For you uneducated, untraveled, never-served, warhawks licking your chops of bombing it. It's not some low population desert. There are families, children, girls in schools, pets, regular working class people with dreams. You're sick to want war.

[phyllis Ledgerwood @PhyllisanRay]

@amyklobuchar God bless you