1/ Donald Trump may be aiming to annex the Great Lakes – and possibly south-eastern Ontario in a maximalist scenario – and kick Canada out of NORAD, judging by first-hand accounts of talks between Canada and the Trump Administration. ⬇️
THREAD: Since stepping back into the Oval Office Trump's been purposefully flooding the zone w/ a constant stream of outrage porn to distract. Here's the stories that actually matter that you might've missed this week:
Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce how the Elon’s Election Interference Machine™ (EIM) works. Since Musk & his broligarch allies won the presidency for Trump, they’ve now harnessed the machine to interfere in European elections, including the ones in Germany & Romania.
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After several delays, @DOGE has finally posted its purported savings. Why did it take so long to create a simple webpage with a 1000-row table? Who knows! Let's dig in.
Headline number: $55B saved. They list the savings per nixed contract. This should be easy to verify then.
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Secret Service: $7M to $10M.
Air Travel and Motorcade: $4M-5M.
Stadium Security Upgrades: Additional metal detectors, bomb sweeps, security checkpoints: $2M.
Local Law Enforcement: Overtime & personnel: $1M.
Trump's Super Bowl attendance: $15 to $20M. Where’s DOGE?
Guess we're in the 'find out' stage 🤷
During his campaign, Trump promised lower grocery prices if you voted for him, but he backtracked in his recent Time interview
🚨NEW: Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) has introduced a constitutional amendment to create term limits for U.S. Supreme Court Justices.
RETWEET to thank @SenPeterWelch for standing up for our democracy!
MAGA and the other dumbfucks you voted for him. That is what he thinks. Never forget Billionaires (the rich) protect their own. You are not in their club. They needed your vote and now you can fuck off.
My response for my client @OliviaTroye to President Trump's nominee for Director of the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (#FBI) #KashPatel's threat of a forthcoming defamation lawsuit.
#RightBackAtYa
BREAKING: Alexander Vindman RESPONDS to Elon Musk’s threat that he will “pay” for his “treason”:
“Elon, here you go again making false and completely unfounded accusations without providing any specifics. That’s the kind of response one would expect from a conspiracy theorist. What oligarch? What treason?
Let me help you out with the facts: I don’t take/have never taken money from any money from oligarchs Ukrainian or other otherwise.
I do run a nonprofit foundation. The https://t.co/8LnKVAamgd to help Ukraine defend itself from Russia’s unprovoked attack on Feb 24, 2022. I served in the military for nearly 22 years and my loyalty is to supporting the U.S. Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. That’s why I reported presidential corruption when I witnessed an effort to steal an election. That report was in classified channels and when called by Congress to testify about presidential corruption I did so, as required by law.
You, Elon, appear to believe you can act with impunity and are attempting to silence your critics. I’m not intimidated.”
Hit the ❤️, drop a comment with your opinion of Musk and Vindman, and pass this on to thank Alexander Vindman for setting Elon Musk straight!