Bob Coon

[Former Republican 🇺🇸 @Sjacobs2020]

1. East Wing: DESTROYED
2. Front Lawn Ellipse: DESTROYED
3. Reflecting Pool: DESTROYED
4. Rose Garden: DESTROYED

America’s Economy, Rule of Law, and Global Reputation: DESTROYED

#ETTD

[Sam Stein @samstein]

The algae infested reflecting pool is a metaphor

[Terry Moran 🇺🇸 @TerryMoran]

When your devotion to one man destroys your loyalty to your country and its laws.

For many in MAGA, Trump is the law.

And that is fundamentally un-American.

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

New newsletter: THE END OF MORALITY AND THE RISE OF THE 'MORAL BLANK CHECK'

Within a 48 hour period this week, Trump:
- got out of a $100m IRS fine
- secured IRS "immunity" for his family
- created a $1.8b slush fund for his supporters
- was reported for likely insider trading worth nearly $1 billion

Trump's corruption is obvious. What I find less obvious and more interesting is that practically nobody tries to defend him. The closest thing to a defense you get is the common argument that "Biden/woke was also bad," which isn't even an attempt at a defense. It's rather a moral blank check made out to the administration that promises to cover the cost of any transgression.

When you zoom out, it is extraordinary how rare it is in modern politics to hear universal arguments for virtue or morality. Just listen to the way we talk about right and wrong, these days. We hear that 'the rich don't play by the rules, so why should I?' We hear that Democrats are bad, so why should Republicans be good? It is broken social contracts and special excuses all the way down.

We are in a world after virtue. It's the age of vicemaxxing. And that's bad.

https://t.co/t6rI2D3iat

[Covie @covie_93]

Merrick Garland was too scared to investigate trump because he didn't want to appear political meanwhile todd blanche is out here giving trump, his family and businesses immunity from tax audits.

[Michael Freeman @michaelpfreeman]

Trump's flood-the-zone strategy has been working for years. Commit so many atrocious, illegal and unethical actions that no single one of them gets the attention it should.

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

This is easily the saddest time in American history. The absolute worst people are systematically destroying the country, and our system is completely failing to stop them.

[James Raab 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @JamesRaxz]

A court has to block this or it throws the legitimacy of our entire system of laws into question like never before.

[Joe @electionsjoe]

Watching the President of The United States commit mass market manipulation right before my very eyes with zero consequences is a sad feeling.

[Daniel Goldman @danielsgoldman]

Real story:

Judge was about to throw out the case bc Trump controls both parties.

Before it’s dismissed, Trump tells both parties to reach a “settlement.”

Settlement shields Trump from any future audit and creates a secret slush fund that can dole out money to anyone with no transparency.

Mind-boggling corruption.

@SpeakerJohnson - you may not know it, but your job is to conduct oversight of the admin. You can’t run away from this one.

[Jack @tracewoodgrains]

It's almost awe-inspiring, in a sense, how ambitious and extensive this admin's corruption is, how devoid of any notion of fair dealing, how openly they loot the pockets of their followers and the treasury alike for personal gain

what do you even say at this point?

[💙🌊 Zero Dark Twenty-Nine 🌊🌊🖋️🧫 @herotimeszero]

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled is convincing people that Republicans are good for the economy.

[Sara McGee for Texas HD 132 @SaraForTexLege]

If there is ever a social phenomenon that needs to be studied, it is how the GOP has been able to hoodwink people for decades into thinking that they the party of “fiscal responsibility” when there is absolutely ZERO evidence to support that claim.

And I mean ZERO.

[scary lawyerguy @scarylawyerguy]

What happens when Republicans pass four multi-trillion dollar tax cuts for the wealthy and start two multi-year wars, with a third ongoing, add an unpaid for prescription drug benefit for Medicare but the media pretends they are the party of fiscal conservatism 🤡

[scary lawyerguy @scarylawyerguy]

Back in 2000, Clinton had us on a path to pay off ALL outstanding debt by 2009, but much like 2016 the media decided W was more fun than Gore and slanted coverage just enough so that 5 Supreme Court justices could steal it for the GOP and the rest is history

[Kim W. Chafee @RevKimWChafee]

Indeed.😔

[Jennifer Erin Valent 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @JenniferEValent]

There’s something truly infuriating about having this disgraceful man’s visage constantly forced upon us. His insatiable thirst for attention and adulation is like kudzu rapidly choking out our nation.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Every day, every fricking day, it’s something new with this narcissistic wannabe dictator.

[Jessica Riedl 🧀 🇺🇦 @JessicaBRiedl]

Sorry MAGA voters, you can't cheer a president whose entire brand is steamrolling norms, rule of law, and democracy in order to crush the opposition... and then scream "not fair" when one of your own tactics is turned around against you. The lack of self-awareness is wild.

[The Midnight Delusions @NightyDelusions]

I will live to see my beautiful country decay into a hollowed out wasteland where everyone will struggle to survive.

This sham of an economic and political system is dying and taking everything down with it