After probably the most embarrassing speech to try and convince the world yesterday that the US won the war with Iran, I am reminded that we once lived in a world when a president understood the importance of TRUTH.
Moreover I am reminded that intellectual capacity is essential in our leaders and that dumb is NOT the new smart, no more than a lie is the truth.
I listened intently to Michelle Obama’s speech a short time ago at the opening of the Obama Presidential Center. It reminded me what a tour de force she is. She never mentioned Trump once, while eviscerating him for the tyranny he has imposed on the bottom 90% of Americans.
Should she ever decide to run for president, I would certainly not like to be her opponent that’s for sure.
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@Mustard35389585@JoyceCarolOates Yes, the combination of 9/11 and then the Obama Presidency broke their minds. We had a similar melt down due to Covid and the many changes that came from that. Trump, Fox News & others profiting from hate & victimhood. We’re in a bad place w our national identity & soul.
Trump looked into the camera and said of the ballroom, “This is taxpayer-free. We have no taxpayer putting up 10 cents.”
Three weeks earlier, his own contractor had already put it in writing. The ballroom would cost $600 million, with half of it from you, the taxpayer.
Trump knew. He said it anyway.
This administration has no problem shortchanging Medicaid or food for kids.
But $300 million for a ballroom and a private bunker? Found that money instantly.
I am an appropriator. I see the budget. This was never about what we can afford. It is about who they choose to spend it on.
I will fight this in every hearing, every markup, every vote, until the last dime is accounted for.
Most of my Republican colleagues are silent while the public is robbed in broad daylight.
Where in the hell are they?
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Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) faked a phone call for roughly 90 seconds after being asked about Speaker Mike Johnson’s comments regarding potential Social Security cuts.
The phone's screen remained visible, with his cheek inadvertently tapping different parts of the display.
As people gather on the National Mall today to rededicate the nation to God, remember that if this were really a Christian nation, we wouldn’t have homeless people, hungry children, or megachurches and billionaires sitting on piles of wealth while everyone else struggles.
🧑🌾 WATCH: “If farmers contract cancer from this chemical, if this makes it into the Farm Bill you won’t be able to sue.”
@RepThomasMassie warns🚨about a provision protecting foreign pesticide corporations from lawsuits by sick farmers —a bill @rustygrills pushes in Tennessee🤔
UK Refuses Blockade
Britain just said no.
The UK will not join Trump’s Strait of Hormuz blockade.
This is America’s closest military ally. The country that stood with Washington through Iraq, Afghanistan, and every intervention for 25 years. The country whose Armed Forces chief said this week that the peace dividend is over.
They looked at this blockade and said no.
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Trump and Mike Johnson have made a big a deal about prioritizing the production of “credible information” from the Epstein files. Now the DOJ is saying they are intentionally producing “fake documents” before the other records.
BREAKING: Former Special Counsel Jack Smith is demanding that Jim Jordan release the full video of his Judiciary Committee testimony.
Smith says the American people deserve to hear directly why he believes Donald Trump committed crimes, not filtered talking points or political spin.
Release the tapes. Transparency or admit the cover-up.
The Jackson, Michigan City Council passed a resolution directing police to deprioritize enforcement of laws against the purchase, cultivation and possession of certain psychedelic plants and fungi.
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