James

VT '18

Whatever you do won't be enough. Try anyway.

[James @JamesWarren17]

2 days ago I watched @VT_Football produce the best comeback victory in school history. Today I watched the Tech basketball team beat #5 Duke

[Chris D. Jackson @ChrisDJackson]

Isn't it funny how the mainstream media suddenly loses interest when the truth destroys one of its favorite anti-Biden narratives.

Yes, you read that right: @HunterBiden won a defamation case over bullshit claims that he was corrupt.

And remember the FBI informant who claimed Joe and Hunter Biden took bribes from Burisma? He pleaded guilty to lying. But you probably didn't know that because it only made it to the back page headlines at the time.

The press gave the accusations endless headlines and wall-to-wall coverage. But when the stories collapse, the accusers are exposed, and the Bidens are vindicated?
Crickets.

Because the lie was profitable. The truth was inconvenient.

The lie gets the headline. The Bidens get smeared. The truth gets buried.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Never in the history of the American Republic has a sitting president put his name & face on government buildings, property, military weapons & instruments. It’s what kings & autocrats do - no US president ever has until now, enabled by Republican toadies, sycophants & cultists.

[James @JamesWarren17]

Meanwhile, countries with *actual* patriotism (Japan, for example) keep their public spaces clean and free of litter, turn down their AC to protect grids, don't allow for disruption on public transport, wore masks when necessary, and respect each other.

[James @JamesWarren17]

Many of the Americans that claim to be the most patriotic actually prove they do not give a single shit about their country during hard times. Refusing to reduce your A/C to prevent a power grid failure - refusing to wear a mask. Easy things that many people throw fits over.

[Isi Breen @isaiah_bb]

The degree to which some Americans take pride in never, ever doing something for someone else’s benefit, astonishes me every day.

[James @JamesWarren17]

@JamesSurowiecki @BBB8421 @Catch23x @TheAthletic You are giving his total stats, not referencing what his stats were when Jaylen was defending him. Jaylen was absolutely an elite defender that Finals series while guarding one of the best scorers in the NBA, which is one of the reasons he got Finals MVP.
https://t.co/ZpnYBrr9jr

[Lily Cooper @HariettCooper]

Levitt married a sugar daddy 32 years her senior. What real job did she have? Her failed 2022 congressional campaign still owes over $326,000 to more than 100 creditors, primarily because it accepted illegally excessive contributions that it has yet to refund. No accountability.

[Cuckturd @CattardSlim]

America 250 was going to be like a World Fair that would have attracted millions of people.

But Trump stole the money, denied permits, & renamed it Freedom 250 so he could make it all about himself & Republicans.

Trump stole America's Birthday from you! 🤬

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

It's actually mind-boggling that @JDVance would say Watergate would be a "10 hour story" today.
Just to review, Nixon's aides authorized a break-in of the DNC HQ to install bugging equipment--in a caper foiled by a night watchman, who called police. They then enlisted the CIA to mislead the FBI that the break-in was related to a probe of malign foreign actors.
The entire operation was paid for by a slush fund controlled by the WH.
The WH also enlisted the IRS to probe hundreds of Nixon's political enemies.
The AG, the WH COS and several other top aides all were convicted and served time for their involvement in the crimes and coverup.
Nixon was caught on his own secret tape system conspiring with them but was pardoned a month after he resigned by his successor, Gerald Ford.
That Vance thinks this would be a "10 hour story" today speaks volumes about the moral and ethical degradation of the Trump era.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

This is what Karoline Leavitt said about the Housing bill yesterday — the one that Trump refused to sign today.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Trump just killed a bipartisan affordable housing bill that passed the Senate 85–5 /the House 358–32 while people are drowning in rent, mortgages, inflation, & high gas and energy bills.
But sure, tell us all how this billionaire “populist” dickhead is fighting for working people.
MAGA got conned.

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

A note to my friends who still back Trump:

I am not here to dunk on you. I am writing because you have a working brain, and this story insults it.

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool got a $14 million paint job. Shortly thereafter the water turned green and the new “American flag blue” coating started peeling off the bottom in sheets. Trump says vandals did it. He claims, without evidence, that someone took a knife and cut a 300-foot slit, a number that grew to 350 feet while he was still talking.

Back on May 4, Trump bragged about that same coating and said, if you had a knife, you could not even cut it, so strong, like powerful rubber. He cannot have it both ways.

And the green water?

A George Mason scientist tested it and found ordinary, non-toxic algae, the kind that blooms in any shallow sunny pool. To fight it, crews dumped hydrogen peroxide into the water.

Hydrogen peroxide is also a paint stripper.

That, not sabotage or vandalism, is the obvious reason the paint came off. They wrecked their own paint job, then blamed phantom vandals for it.

The lone "vandal" they paraded is a 67-year-old Olympian who touched a flap of paint already peeling on its own.

Here is the thing. If they will look you in the eye and lie about something this small, something you can see with your own eyes, ask yourself what else they are lying to you about.

Again, you have a working brain. People like Karoline Leavitt are counting on you to stay loyal instead of exercising independent thought.

Prove them wrong.

[James @JamesWarren17]

🐐🐐🐐

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

OH MY MESSI... GOAAAAAL 🤯

2 GOALS. ARGENTINA WINS 🇦🇷

(via @FOXSports)

[Nicole Minét @mouvement33]

Hydrogen peroxide alone does not dissolve or strip a polyurea or polyurethane coating, which is what was just added to the Reflecting Pool. However, applying industrial-strength peroxide can degrade the polymer structure, leading to swelling, discoloration, or delamination if the coating was improperly applied. So it's safe to assume the coating was not applied correctly to begin with. The substrate must be completely cleaned, dried, and properly primed before applying polyurea/polyurethane.

The damage is not the work of left-wing vandals. The damage was caused by the people who were paid $15 million for a job they are not qualified to do. This is a mixture of incompetence and ignorance. But hey, the pool guy was a Trump donor, so he got the no-bid government contract based on his donations, not his skill or knowledge.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

I wonder who made such a big deal out of it

[Dem Saints @LDS_Dems]

He is lying about vandalism in the reflecting pool

He is lying about the Italian PM wanting a selfie

He is the President of the United States and he lies about the dumbest possible things.

How are you Trump supporters not exhausted by this all the time?

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Has Trump ever admitted failure once? He’s now claiming sabotage on the reflective pool.

His brain is filled with tapioca and raisins

[Conor Rogers @conorjrogers]

Trump: look at the pool, I fixed it. Everyone look at the pool, I did a great job. Obama never fixed the pool. I did. Look at the pool.

Media: the pool looks broken

Karoline: why are you guys talking about the pool, you’re deranged

[𝖢𝖧𝖱𝖨𝖲𝖫𝖨𝖫🇬🇭 @chrislil_gh]

If you’re seeing this, may your mum never experience CANCER!!!!

[James @JamesWarren17]

😂😂😂

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

What a rotten deal we made with Iran. We get nothing (except laughter at our stupidity). They get everything, including delay and big cash!

[Lucy’s Booth @HeatherK9070]

Honor Guards are trained for state funerals, fallen soldier ceremonies, and dignitary protocol. That is their sacred operational mandate. Trump just deployed them as set dressing for a UFC card. You don’t get to call yourself a patriot and applaud this.