Brian Webster

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[Brian Webster @briweb69]

Why do right-wingers admire authoritarians?

It’s easy: they admire POWER.

To them, democracy is *permission* to lead. And permission is for cucks.

To a right-winger, if you didn’t take it by force or cunning, it’s not really power.

So stay vigilant.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

MAJOR BREAKING: In a now deleted post by former MMA fighter Daniel Cormier, he posted screenshots of Eric Trump trying to get an insider scoop on whether any of the MMA fights at the White House are rigged so that he could try and illegally make money off of them..

Below is the Direct Messages that Trump allegedly sent Cormier. There is no reason to doubt the legitimacy of these messages.

[John Jackson @hissgoescobra]

I want to give you guys some facts about General Chappie James. He wasn’t a “DEI” hire—he was a complete badass that had to overcome MORE than any white pilot. Did 178 combat missions—that’s like 7 bomber tours on a B-17 in WWII.

His medal count? Impeccable. 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses, 14 Air Medals, Two Legions of Merit, and a Defense Distinguished Service Medal. One of the original Tuskegee Airmen, the first four-star African American General.

Hegseth couldn’t sniff the level of soldiering and warrior that was in Chappie’s DNA. God bless him. And Hegseth took down his picture from a hallway like a racist little child, which is what he is.

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

MAGA: Obama’s $1.7 billion to Iran to reduce uranium stockpile by 98% = TREASON.

MAGA when they find out 2026 proposal includes: $12B up front, $12B in 60 days, $300B reconstruction plan & conceding Hormuz to Iran & not addressing ballistic missiles or enriched uranium/nukes:

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

I wouldn’t be where I am today without the love and support that @MichelleObama has poured into me over the years. Her story — from her South Side roots to the White House and beyond — is a central part of the Obama Presidential Center.

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Tell us about the time you stole billions from Medicare, Rick.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Really Retro. Who did I sell access too? Show me one legitimate shred of evidence I sold access. But even if you believe all the BS about me, how is it your okay with this:
Don Jr. is a partner in a venture firm whose companies pulled more than $735 million in federal contracts in a single year. One, a tiny magnet startup, landed a $620 million Pentagon loan, the largest that office had ever made, months after his firm bought in. Its valuation went from $200 million to $2 billion.
Eric is a strategic investor in an Israeli drone maker going public at $1.5 billion. Drones the Pentagon buys. For the war their father runs.
And Don Jr. opened a private club in Washington. To join: $500,000.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

WTF timeline are we on. Someone called me the MAGA whisperer and I’ll gladly take the title. Left, right, D or R we all want the same things. We’re being divided on purpose by the Epstein Elite Oligarch class because as long as we’re at each other’s throats, they get fat and rich off of our misery. The second we figure out we agree on more than we disagree, they’re done. Love your neighbor. Be yourself. Radical honesty. No fucks given, no fucks taken. Everything else is just noise. (But still fuck Jake “Brick Tamland” Tapper on any time line)

[Kayla @KaylaDavis2000]

Adam Hoffman raped his son’s best friend for 3 years

First-degree felony. Life without parole.

Ken Paxton’s office gutted it to 60 days. He walked free after 30.

No sex offender registration. His record scrubbed clean.
Texas protects predators with power!

[Tom Dreisbach @TomDreisbach]

As the Trump DOJ mass-deletes government information about the Jan. 6 cases, reminder that you can still access NPR's database covering every single prosecution.

We also provide access to hundreds of videos presented in court.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Maddow: So in January, Trump buys hundreds of thousands of dollars of stock in Nvidia. Then a week later, his commerce department approves the sale of Nvidia chips to China. 

Also in January, Trump buys between 50,000 and $100,000 worth of stock in AMD. One week after he buys it, his commerce department approves AMD doing business in China as well. 

The following month, in February, Trump buys millions of dollars worth of stock in Dell. Nine days after he buys millions of dollars worth of stock in Dell, Trump veers off script in a speech in Georgia to tell the crowd literally, quote, go out and buy a Dell computer. 

Then in March, Judd Legum at Popular Information reports that Trump repeatedly buys up Thermo Fisher stock, and then he goes and visits Thermo Fisher on a presidential visit and praises the company.

That same day, Trump bought hundreds of thousands of dollars of stock in Apple. And then that same day he bought the stock, he did another event where he singled out Apple and Apple CEO Tim cook for praise. Apple a great company.

Then after that, Trump buys Micron stock. The very next day, he calls into the Fox News channel and tells them Micron is one of the hottest companies.

CNBC reporting Trump makes seven separate purchases of Palantir stock. Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Palantir stock. Then he gets on truth social and praises Palantir.

[JackTheRippler ©️ @RippleXrpie]

🇺🇸🇨🇳🚨CHINA CONFIRMS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP LEFT BEIJING EMPTY-HANDED:

- NO agreement on Iran.
- NO concessions on Taiwan.
- NO H200 deal.
- NO decision on rare earth trucks.
- NO release of Jimmy Lai, and fewer Boeing aircraft orders than expected.

It was just a holiday trip…

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

In the last 72 hours, Taiwan has gotten a heavy dose of the reality that Ukraine, Poland, Denmark and others have seen up close and personal. Just because you have been an ally for decades through admins of both parties, the US is not your friend as long as Trump is president.

[Not Your Average Liberal @NotAvgLiberal]

76 days ago - This motherfucker started a war with Iran.

75 days ago - He said the war “Was Over…. Complete Victory”

68 days ago - He begged NATO for assistance with the war in Iran.

68 days ago - NATO told him to fuck off.

65 days ago - 13 US Military personnel were needlessly killed in Iran….
Hundreds more have been wounded.

2 days ago - Trump asked China for help with Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz…. China said no.

In the last 76 days - This piece of shit has said dozens of times that he has beaten Iran….
And the war was over.

In the last 76 days -
Gas has gone from $2.59 to $4.79 a 110% increase.
Groceries are at the highest ever in U.S. History.
The cost of living is at the highest ever in U.S. History.

All because this motherfucker was elected president,

And started a bullshit war….

To distract from the fact -

He’s all over the Epstein Files.

He’s a Pedophile.

[K. @IbaraEleven]

Congress wants you to believe that they can’t survive on $83/hr but that you can survive on $7.25/hr. These people have nothing but contempt for you.

[Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 @FmrRepMTG]

There were only 4 of us, Republicans, that signed the discharge petition to force the vote to release the Epstein files.

Thomas Massie, Nancy Mace, Lauren Boebert, and myself.

Trump has come after us one by one ever since then.

The President told Speaker Johnson not to allow the vote to happen, but we courageously went against the President and refused to budge and overrode the Speaker to force the vote on record.

It was only when all Members of Congress had to vote on record did Republicans finally find their intestinal fortitude to do the right thing and vote YES to release the files.

Until then, they were absurdly obedient to the President who was doing everything in his reign of terror to hold them back.

Even now, all the files are still not released, and the Epstein class remains protected.

Wars are being waged, the markets are being manipulated, and the average American is being driven further into ruin while the Epstein class reigns and has yet to face any accountability.

I will never regret signing that discharge petition, refusing to back down, and resigning as I want nothing to do with a President and a Party that bows to the Epstein class.

[Micah Erfan @micah_erfan]

This happened in Texas and the guy got 0 criminal charges, btw.

[Adam Mockler @adammocklerr]

We live in a dystopian hellscape.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

I read something like this and I think: Some of us have been so focused on their authoritarianism and abuse of power and lawless that we’ve perhaps neglected to point out the additional fact that these are also just terrible humans—lacking class, grace, kindness or dignity.

[Dan Carlin @dccommonsense]

This isn't just how we handle THIS event, that's how all the worst laws get passed. "It's only for the bad guys" but then we find out what constitutes a "bad guy" is malleable. (See "terrorist" for more info on expanding "special" categories to include new folk all the time).

[Shaiel Ben-Ephraim @academic_la]

This is literally the funniest moment in the history of American foreign policy.