Chuck Staples

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[Chuck Staples @cjstaples]

What Maab has said is true - our ways are different. What Donald Trump has said… is unimportant, and we do not hear his words.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Booker: You keep telling us how we’re winning this war.

Rubio: The war is over.

Booker: The war is not over. The American people see how we're losing at the pump and with their costs, and yet this thing still hasn't been resolved. Every day he tweets out, oh, we've obliterated them, we've annihilated them. They're going to surrender But yet we still find ourselves spending billions of dollars a week.

Risch: You’ve gone over your time. *bangs gavel*

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Asked today how he feels about negotiations with Iran collapsing, Trump said, "I couldn't care less."

You'd think the president of the United States would care about service members dying and millions paying more for gas because of his illegal and unconstitutional war.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

Evergreen.

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

A message to all sane Republicans:

He pardoned 1,600 violent criminals.
You said nothing.

He bulldozed the East Wing.
You said nothing.

He interfered with the release of the Epstein files. You said nothing.

He took over the Kennedy Center and renamed it after himself. You said nothing.

He accepted a $400 million airplane as a personal gift. You said nothing.

He threatened Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Greenland, Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil. You said nothing.

He tariffed just about everyone but Russia, causing inflation and instability worldwide. You said nothing.

He attacked a nation during mediated negotiations. You said nothing.

His ill-conceived war killed 175 children on day one. You said nothing.

He alienated and insulted our allies. You said nothing.

His ICE Army terrorized and murdered U.S. citizens. You said nothing.

He committed murder on the high seas. You said nothing.

He co-opted the Justice Department and directed it to prosecute his political enemies. You said nothing.

It’s time to start talking.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Donald Trump cheated on his first wife, who said he raped her, with his second wife, who he cheated on with his third wife, who he cheated on with a playmate and a porn star.

So MAGA can take their performative pearl clutching act about fidelity and fuck all the way off.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Donald Trump is weak.

When you stand up to his bullshit, he retreats. When you challenge him, he folds.

Bullies count on fear. Stand up to them.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 HOLY SHIT.

A U.S. citizen just testified before the Senate that ICE agents ignored his passport, detained him, placed him on suicide watch, and released him WITHOUT charges or explanation.

Read that again.

An AMERICAN CITIZEN says he showed agents his passport multiple times…

and still ended up locked in a cell under 24/7 lights, stripped naked, wearing a hospital gown while guards watched him constantly.

His family reportedly had no idea where he was.

Then after all of that?

No charges.
No explanation.
Just released.

[Chuck Staples @cjstaples]

@WhiteHouse Complete and utter bullshit.

[Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

My thoughts go out to Tulsi Gabbard and her family, as her husband battles this serious health problem. I hope and pray that he makes a speedy and full recovery.

While the circumstances around her departure are deserving of our sympathy, let’s be clear: Tulsi Gabbard’s only positive contribution to our nation's national security is her resignation.

She politicized intelligence. She dismantled critical agencies keeping Americans safe. She weaponized the IC to pursue baseless election fraud claims. And more.

We must ensure that her tenure — marked by a devotion to the person of the president and not to the security of the country — represents a terrible exception at DNI and not the new normal.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Morning everyone.

Do you know that your President just exempted himself, his family, and all his family's companies from our tax laws?

You are subject to the law. Now he is not.

No one should not pretend this is okay or normal. It's an ongoing constitutional crisis.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

Good morning and Happy Friday to everyone who will miss Colbert's razor sharp humor and humanity, and knows that comedians are often the last line of defense against authoritarian BS.

A heartfelt f*ck you to CBS for surrendering to trump's hurt feelings.

[GBX @GBX_Press]

Well, it would be cruel to repost this picture. But addiction is a cruel mistress.

[ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ @LePapillonBlu2]

Trump is gonna hate this photograph, it’d be a shame if it went viral.

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

That's so cruel. No one should repost this over 100 times.

[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.

[Miles Taylor @MilesTaylorUSA]

Donald Trump is about to turn Jan 6 criminals into MILLIONAIRES.

With your tax dollars.

The people who smeared feces on the Capitol walls…
…hunted Mike Pence through the halls of Congress…
…assaulted cops.

He’s creating a $1.7 billion apology fund for them.

Disgusting.

[Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @SenatorWarnock]

These gerrymandered maps only work if we don’t show up.

That is what they are counting on.

These maps will break under the pressure of turnout.

[Roger Parloff @rparloff]

Kash Patel's "VIP Snorkel" with 9 guests, accompanied by Navy Seals, over the tomb of 900 sailors at Pearl Harbor: "[A]s disrespectful as playing kickball on top of the graves at Arlington."
https://t.co/oNwsCXBigJ

[Canada Hates Trump @AntiTrumpCanada]

WARNING: This may be the least flattering photo of Trump ever taken.

Fuckface would absolutely HATE seeing this spread across timelines.
So whatever you do… DO NOT RETWEET! Don’t share it.

Let’s all be mature adults and make sure that doesn’t happen.

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

Trump is negotiating to settle his lawsuit against his own IRS, and one of the remedies being floated (along with almost 2 billion dollars) is the IRS dropping all audits of Trump, his family, and his businesses.

Just absolutely staggering corruption.