Ok, my last word on Platner (for now). He’s a really bad, dishonest guy. Look, every candidate has shit in their lives they gotta answer for. I certainly do if I ever run again. But Platner has A LOT of shit in his life, and it’s really ugly, cruel, troubling, bigoted, & violent shit. But even worse than that - You gotta be honest about your shit, own it, & take accountability. I’ve been doing that these past 8yrs. Platner has done the exact opposite - he’s lied about all his shit, he refuses to own any of it, and he gets pissed when he’s held accountable for any of it. Democrats, jettison him while you still can.
Boomers five years ago: “I DO NOT CONSENT TO MY IMAGE OR POSTS BEING USED BY MARK ZUCKERBERG FOR META, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, OR WHATSAPP TO SELL MY DATA. Like and share if you agree!”
Boomers today, for some reason: “hey I just uploaded all your baby pictures to ChatGPT and you and all your cousins look like penguins isn’t this cute I’m uploading all the grandkids next”
This *very same magistrate judge* publicly apologized four years ago to Jan. 6 defendant Lucas Denney after there was a delay in bringing him to court for a detention hearing.
Pretty sure that’s not the kind of question they ask on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test, which is what he reportedly took in his first term. https://t.co/ncxXOgheVC
Imagining explaining to the Founding Fathers that the president imposed tariffs without an act of Congress and then removed them at the request of the King of England
I know it’s really hard for some people to grasp, but if any other president — of either party — put his face and name on so many things the exact people who like it when Trump does it would be throwing a conniption about it.
If the indictment really is over “86 47” then it’s got a huge Watts v US problem. That case involved a prosecution of a man for saying “the first man I want to get in my sights is LBJ” if he was inducted in the Army.
“Political hyperbole” is not a threat.
there is literally no funnier way i could've imagined this. like that's it. that's the funniest possible version of how the olaf animatronic would power off
REPORTER: "What did you advise the president initially as he considered his actions in Iran and what are you urging him to do now...do you express any concerns like those you've expressed in the past on the possibility of these extended wars?"
VP VANCE: "Imagine the situation, we're in the Situation Room...and the president and I, and the entire senior team, are talking about the options..."
“I hate to disappoint you, but I'm not gonna show up here and in front of God and everybody else tell you exactly what I said in that classified room.”
“Partially because I don't wanna go to prison, and partially because I think it's important for the president of the United States to be able to talk to his advisors without those advisors running their mouth to the American media.”
The #Oscars will air an extended version of the In Memoriam segment this year:
“We’ve had an incredibly tough year of losses,” producer Katy Mullan tells Variety. “So many cinema titans have passed away, and there are so many people who care so deeply for a lot of the people we’ll be tributing and honoring. That has taken a lot of conversation, a lot of thought, and will continue right up into the show.”
https://t.co/fY5DPxfJgf
You know I’m no fan of Hegseth. And there’s PLENTY to hit him on. He’s disgraceful.
But paying for lobster and steak is not some frivolous DoD expanse. Same with ice cream and doughnuts.
It’s a standard way of taking care of troops and giving them a nice meal to boost morale—often during a long deployment. Like the USS Ford that is gone for 11 months:
https://t.co/dPLed6iwB4
And there are ~4,500 personnel just on that one ship. And there are many ships deployed right now—and they have been for much of the last year.
A good meal is one of the few nice and celebratory things for them to look forward to.
They’re missing countless birthdays, weddings, funerals. Deployments are hard. Food is often a rare highlight. And not frivolous.
Sorry, so the suggestion here is that it should be illegal for an American company to set the terms under which it sells its own product? And that the military should be permitted to force any American company to toss aside their most foundational beliefs and values?
It's unsettling to me that a federal legislator either doesn't know these numbers are given to noncitizens legally in the country to work who need them to work & pay taxes & don't actually grant them the ability to vote, or knows & is just lying about it.