"People come up to me all the time—big strong men, with giant quill pens and tears pouring down their cheeks—and say 'Sir, the Magna Carta is truly a great Carta, but no one makes Cartas like you do, tremendous Cartas like no one has ever seen. How do you do it? How do you keep the Sharpie from smudging the parchment?'"
@MollyJongFast Like a teenage boy in search of those special tingly feelings…Hegseth got to blow some stuff up and capture the flag.
The America we knew slips farther away with every passing day.
To all the Ukrainian warriors in trenches tonight on Christmas defending freedom in Ukraine, Europe, and the world, thinking of you. In awe of you. #SlavaUkraini !
@RonFilipkowski Qatar gives Trump a big plane
Trump gives Qatar Article 5 protection
Trump gives Qatar an installation at a US Air Force base
Qatar finances a golf course for Trump in Qatar.
cozy isn't it?
@GavinNewsom Nexstar announced last month it had entered into a $6.2B merger with Tegna. The corporate merger will require approval from the FCC.
Trump's goon at FCC threatened Nexstar, using its power over the deal to get Jimmy Kimmel fired.
That's government oppression of free speech.
@highbrow_nobrow@Acyn@RadioFreeTom The US has already achieved the first, essential condition for an authoritarian (or, indeed, dictatorial) regime: It has normalised lying in public life to the point that its supporters simply do not care about the truth any longer. No democracy can function that way for long.
When making a MAGA cabinet, it's very important to strike a careful balance between billionaires, sex criminals, Russian assets, anti-vaxxers, and just plain unpleasant people.