Marianne

Lifelong Democrat, Cousin to James Madison, NEVER TRUMP, NO MAGA HERE, Ret. State Gov, Save Democracy, NO PORN, NO DM's PLEASE.
#BlueCrew #BlueWave

[Jerry_Saiyan @JerryWillResist]

Facts 😏

[New York Basketball @NBA_NewYork]

City Hall announces another Knicks watch party capacity 5,000 at Bryant Park

Free, registration required

This is in addition to Wollman Rink and Brooklyn Bowl

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Thomas Massie confirms that Section 224 of the NDAA will merge the United States military with the IDF.
What? Don't want to join? That's ok - They'll bring back the draft and conscript you.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Trump's Justice Department has seemingly refused all election integrity measures for the upcoming midterms.

The admin has canceled election integrity training, deleted a prosecution guide for election infractions, and does not appear to be appointing an Election Crimes branch director.

[CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk]

A federal judge has voided President Donald Trump’s requirement of a $100,000 application fee for H-1B visas, ruling that he lacked authority to impose the new policy for a program used by companies to hire highly skilled foreign workers in specialized fields. https://t.co/7DyFBsurGA

[FactPost @factpostnews]

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced a free Knicks watch party at Bryant Park.

This comes after watch parties outside of Madison Square Garden were canceled due to Trump's attendance.

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

IT HAS NOW BEEN 100 days since Trump launched a war on Iran with no plan and sent gas prices spiking nationwide.

FACT: Americans have been saddled with an extra $55.6 BILLION (and growing) in fuel costs.

That’s over 3 months of pain at the pump, increased grocery prices, and more — all eating into wages as inflation grows!

And yesterday Trump said he was “in control” of the war. Clearly that’s not true.

[Marianne @TenforJ]

@softtail65 Runaway ... Bon Jovi
https://t.co/mPw7nuwgjh

[Marianne @TenforJ]

@WhiteHouse Aw, look at that. The interview didn't go his way.

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

Toddler Trump throws a temper tantrum when called out for his lies and asked hard questions that hurt his fragile feelings! 🤣 #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #DiaperDon #ToddlerTrump

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

This war has been humiliating for Trump and American power generally. And when Trump announces he is going to call Netanyahu and tell him not to retaliate, and within hours Netanyahu retaliates, the humiliation just compounds.

[Texas Democratic Party @texasdemocrats]

BIG NEWS: The @dlcc just named 12 new battleground districts in Texas. We’re ready to protect our incumbents and flip districts across the state.

[MM  @adgirlMM]

Dear Trump,

The reason you "won an election in a landslide and got 94% bad press" is because:

1. You didn't win in a landslide. You won the popular vote by 1.5 percent, one of the smallest presidential victory margins in history.

2. You got bad press because the majority of Americans dislike you, have never voted for you, and the press knows it.

Hope that helps.

[The Halfway Post @HalfwayPost]

BREAKING: National security experts are warning that, with Jared and Ivanka having so much money tied up in their now frozen Albanian island resort, Kushner is an extreme blackmail risk because his Saudi and Emirati investors can withdraw their money and bankrupt him at any time.

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

Last night they tested the UFC stage lighting at the White House. Check it out.

The People’s House is looking more like a Six Flags amusement park after dark. It’s embarrassing.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: New lawsuit seeks to STOP Trump's White House UFC spectacle accusing him of turning public property into a private money-making machine for his buddies!

An 11th-hour lawsuit filed in federal court seeks to stop Donald Trump's planned UFC event on White House grounds, arguing that the president is using one of America's most historic public spaces to benefit political allies and wealthy donors.

Veteran journalist Scott MacFarlane reports that the lawsuit was filed by two community organizers, including a military veteran, who argue the event is not only unlawful but "deeply corrupt."

At the center of the complaint is UFC president Dana White, one of Trump's closest political allies and most loyal supporters. The suit alleges that White is being granted something no private businessman has ever received before: access to the White House and Lincoln Memorial grounds to stage a private, for-profit sporting event.

The complaint also points to reports that VIP packages connected to the event are selling for between $1 million and $1.5 million per person.
Wait a minute. A million per head? To get access to the White House?

Yup. According to the lawsuit, some of the most exclusive access to this taxpayer-owned event is reportedly being reserved for ultra-wealthy guests capable of spending seven figures for the experience.

The lawsuit questions who else stands to benefit financially. It names Paramount Skydance and media executive David Ellison, arguing that corporate interests with business before the federal government could profit from an event being staged on public property.

The suit also notes that the event is scheduled to coincide with Trump's 80th birthday, which raises questions about whether this is truly a celebration of America, as Trump has claimed, or a taxpayer-supported birthday spectacle built around the president himself.

The plaintiffs also point to Trump's public comments suggesting that some of the infrastructure being erected for the event could remain in place beyond the fight itself. They argue that major changes to historic federal property should not happen at the whim of one president without congressional approval and public oversight.

The suit asks, can a president hand over iconic public spaces to political allies, wealthy patrons and corporate partners for a private commercial event while ordinary Americans watch from the sidelines?

For years, Republicans claimed they were outraged by even the appearance of conflicts of interest in government.

Now Americans are being asked to accept million-dollar VIP packages, a presidential birthday event, with a close political ally running the show and the White House grounds being used for a for-profit sporting spectacle.
The lawsuit will have to move quickly if it hopes to stop the event. But regardless of what the court decides, it raises a question every American should be asking:

When did the White House become a premium event space for Trump's friends and donors? The White House belongs to the American people. Shouldn’t the “people’s house” serve the public, not presidential business partners?

Trump wants to turn it into a resort. He must not be allowed to.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

It appears that Trump never posted anything about D-Day, though he had plenty of posts on June 6. It's as if all pretenses are gone, and he's given up even pretending he's interested in honoring anything about America other than himself.

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

Trump to NBC: “First of all, I didn’t guarantee no war.” And: “So when you say I promised – I didn’t promise anything. I don’t like these endless wars. This is not an endless war.”

Reality: Trump promised in two of his highest-profile 2024 addresses not to have any wars at all, and he also made that promise in a bunch of other forums. Some examples:

June 2024 social media post: The election is “a choice between STRENGTH or WEAKNESS, COMPETENCE or INCOMPETENCE, peace and prosperity or war and no war.”

July 2024 Republican National Convention acceptance address: “With our victory in November, the years of war, weakness, and chaos will be over. I don’t have wars.”

August 2024 Pennsylvania rally: “Under Trump, we will have no more wars, no more disruptions, and we will have prosperity and peace for all.”

August 2024 North Carolina rally: Approvingly claimed Viktor Orban had said, “Make sure that Trump gets re-elected president and you're not going to have any more wars,” then added himself, “No more wars. No more disruptions. We will have prosperity and we will have peace.”

August 2024 Adin Ross interview: Boasted that he had no wars during his first term, then said, “And we won't have wars again.”

October 2024 Wisconsin rally: Did one of his numerous renditions of the Orban story: “Viktor Orban said, ‘If Trump comes back, you won't have any wars. You won't have any wars.’ And he's about as tough as they get, and he said it loud and clear and he said why. But you won't have any wars.”

November 2024 Election Night victory address: “I'm not going to start a war, I'm going to stop wars.”

That is in addition to the many times he struck similar themes without the explicit promise of having no wars period if elected again – for example, vowing to stop “endless” wars or prevent “World War III,” denouncing “warmongers,” boasting of having had “no wars” in his first term, or saying we don’t “need” wars.

Fact check with links to his full comments: https://t.co/qMQ8JmVG4z

[Marianne @TenforJ]

@RpsAgainstTrump

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

A UAE investor secretly gave Trump $187 million and his top Middle East envoy $31 million. And then Trump gave that investor access to sensitive defense technology that broke decades of national security precedent.

Brazen, open corruption. And we shouldn't pretend it's normal.