The dude should technically be in the US right now

4/20/2025 12:33:45 AM

13) Wait Wait WAIT!

I need a quote

4/20/2025 2:00:37 AM

Quote :

" Breaking News: The executive producer of “60 Minutes” said that he would resign from the long-running program because he had lost his journalistic independence. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/business/media/cbs-60-minutes-trump-bill-owens.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes "

4/22/2025 1:34:47 PM

That's more like corporate owners kowtowing because of concern about their pending mergers, isn't it?

4/22/2025 2:47:58 PM

Yeah but 60 minutes was actually pretty solid. Trump destroying a decades old credible program is very ominous

Also validates leftist rhetoric that capitalism leads to fascism

Theyre really putting money over people and the country

4/22/2025 3:52:22 PM

Openly talking about suspending habeas for their fake invasion in order to get around judges

5/9/2025 11:10:27 PM

I saw that. Can you imagine having Stephen Miller as a family member?

5/10/2025 7:08:56 AM

This is the kinda thing that causes civil wars

Quote :

"Governor Newsom suggests that it may be time for Californians to withhold federal tax payments as long as the Trump administration continues to cancel federal funding for California. “”” Gavin Newsom O @GavinNewsom Californians pay the bills for the federal government. We pay over $80 BILLION more in taxes than we get back. Maybe it's time to cut that off, @realDonaldTrump. = CNN Politics Subscribe Trump preparing large-scale cancellation of federal funding for California, sources say “”” "

6/6/2025 7:16:46 PM

Quote :

" 3) Civil unrest; Trump imposed martial law 4) Civil unrest; Trump gives in "

6/9/2025 3:13:22 PM

Guess Republicans have officially given up on the first amendment

Quote :

"President Trump warned on Tuesday that protesters who assembled during a military parade he planned in Washington on Saturday for the Army’s 250th birthday would be met with “very big force,” making no distinction between peaceful demonstrations and violent confrontations. "

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/politics/trump-military-parade-protests.html?smid=bsky-nytimes&smtyp=cur

6/10/2025 7:30:38 PM

Sure to be good optics.

6/10/2025 8:06:00 PM

Maybe not the most approriate thread:

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/12/nx-s1-5431731/padilla-removed-dhs-press-conference

[quote]Sen. Padilla forcibly removed from DHS press conference
JUNE 12, 20253:24 PM ET
By

NPR Washington Desk

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was removed from a Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.

Padilla is the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee.

A statement released by his office said Padilla "tried to ask the Secretary [Kristi Noem] a question, and was forcibly removed by federal agents, forced to the ground and handcuffed. He is not currently detained, and we are working to get additional information."

A statement on the Homeland Security Department's X account accused Padilla of "disrespectful political theatre," charging that he did not comply with requests to back away. The statement said that the senator and Noem spoke for 15 minutes after the incident.

"I'll let the law enforcement speak about how this situation was handled, but I would say that people need to identify themselves before they start lunging at people, during press conferences," Noem told reporters as she left the press conference.

From a video recording of the exchange, Padilla can be heard identifying himself as he's pushed away. A recording later shows Padilla being handcuffed on the floor once he's taken from the room of the event.

Ahead of the press conference, the department said the event was for Noem to "show her support for DHS, law enforcement, and U.S. military personnel who are working to restore law and order."

The Trump administration has called on National Guard troops and Marines in recent days in response to protests of the administration's immigration enforcement tactics.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, posted a video of the incident:

On the Senate floor, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., referred to video of the incident saying, "I just saw something that sickened my stomach; the manhandling of a United States Senator. We need immediate answers to what the hell went on."

6/12/2025 3:48:59 PM

if Dem leadership can’t use this as a watershed moment…..

6/12/2025 4:47:48 PM

They won’t. It’s about to get really, really ugly.

6/12/2025 5:40:23 PM

2026 midterms won’t matter

6/12/2025 8:30:16 PM

Padillas treatment was egregious but I feel noems speech was worse

When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.

6/12/2025 9:54:12 PM

Quote :

"KHANNA: Can you assure the American people you will respect the SCOTUS decision on this matter about whether the Marines are constitutional & you will respect the district courts? HEGSETH: What I can say is we shouldn't have local judges determining foreign policy or natl security for the country "

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lrhdjorwdk24


They have deep contempt for democracy that should be impeachable

6/13/2025 2:35:33 PM

we should have a fox news host determining foreign policy and natl security

6/13/2025 6:14:51 PM

^Good idea! Has anyone tried that?

6/13/2025 7:55:09 PM

Quote :

" BREAKING: US Marines deployed to Los Angeles have carried out the first known detention of a civilian, the US military confirms. It was confirmed to Reuters after they shared this image with the US military. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-marines-carry-out-first-known-detention-civilian-los-angeles-video-shows-2025-06-13/ "

6/13/2025 10:58:47 PM

Quote :

" Due to a shelter-in-place order and ongoing safety concerns following a shooting that targeted two elected officials, the No Kings protest in Northeast Minneapolis has been canceled. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families, and the communities impacted by this horrifying violence. https://www.fox9.com/news/melissa-hortman-john-hoffman-lawmakers-shot-minnesota.amp "

https://bsky.app/profile/indivisible.org/post/3lrl7do3uak2s

6/14/2025 10:55:50 AM

yeah 11 million patriotic Americans peacefully denounced Trump in a single day

and one of his supporters attempted to assassinate two elected officials - 2 dead, 2 injured

that's the difference

6/16/2025 10:53:53 AM

Quote :

"Helicopters. Armed troops wearing masks. All for a freaking military-grade raid at a flea market that appears to have resulted in two measly arrests. DHS and ICE are out of control. https://ktla.com/news/local-news/dozens-of-heavily-armed-ice-agents-swarm-popular-l-a-county-swap-meet/ "

6/18/2025 1:29:01 AM

Great but sad column
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/its-not-just-a-constitutional-crisis-in-the-trump-era-its-constitutional-failure/

6/28/2025 6:55:14 PM

Abolish ice:

Quote :

" With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending “If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029: - $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion - $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million - $8 billion for hiring/retention - Billions more. “ "

6/29/2025 11:35:27 AM

Constitutional Dereliction of Duty

6/29/2025 11:49:59 AM

This actually has a chance to rapidly destroy the country more so than the concentration camps. Maybe the most terrifying thing in the pipeline

Every time in history a country enters an economic death spiral it happens quickly— in a matter of months to single digit years.

Quote :

"More than 90% of the economists polled by the Financial Times were either somewhat concerned or very concerned about the safe-haven role of US dollar denominated assets over the next five to 10 years https://on.ft.com/3GesC6U Trump's fiscal policy and attacks on the Fed put US safe haven status at risk, economists say "

6/29/2025 2:44:16 PM

What is the actionable suggestion?

6/29/2025 4:04:38 PM

Keeping the federal reserve as independent and expert-run as much as possible. If trump gets one of his unqualified DUI hires in there we’re screwed. The country can weather a lot of bad tax and spending policy but when you start to mess with valuation of currency this is bad. Trump is too friendly with crypto too. It should be a scorned but tolerated asset, not positioned as the future of finance

Eric trump bragged that after banks cut them off from the insurrection attempt, they could use crypto still.

6/29/2025 4:51:00 PM

Oh, yeah. I meant what is someone supposed to do in the way of personal finance with this prospect in our future? There is probably no good answer, so I am probably going to change nothing and go down with the ship.

6/29/2025 6:50:15 PM

Oh sorry. Investor subreddits is saying shift to German securities — theyre the new adults in the room globally.

6/29/2025 9:11:11 PM

Germany has problems with Chinese manufacturing competition and expense of energy. They were too reliant on Russian gas and also shut down their nuclear reactors in 2023. They are also exposed to current and future bad actors in the EU.

The US might still emerge as the cleanest dirty shirt in the hamper.

6/30/2025 7:22:26 AM