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"Blood bath at #RNC"
"Trump’s newly installed leadership team at the RNC began the process of pushing out dozens of officials.
All told, the expectation is that more than 60 RNC staffers who work across the political, communications and data departments will be let go. Those being asked to resign include five members of the senior staff, though the names were not made public. Additionally, some vendor contracts are expected to be cut" #Trump https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/11/bloodbath-at-rnc-trump-team-slashes-staff-at-committee-00146368
Democrats and Republicans both aimed at former special counsel Robert Hur in a congressional hearing about his investigation into U.S. President Biden’s handling of classified documents. Democrats took issue with Hur’s comments about Biden’s memory, while Republicans pressed him over his decision not to charge the president for willfully retaining classified materials. Read more from CNN.
Dan Rather notes that in Georgia Saturday, Trump mocked Biden's stutter, and the crowd roared with delight. He quotes John Hendrickson, a reporter who stutters:
“More than Trump’s ugly taunt, one thing stands out to me about these moments: the sound of Trump’s supporters laughing right along with him. This is a building block of Trumpism. The man at the top gives his followers permission to be the worst version of themselves."
https://steady.substack.com/p/calling-out-a-would-be-bully-in-chief
NEW: Trump has targeted political foes — including Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook — for claiming more than one primary residence on their loan papers.
But ProPublica found that at least three of the president’s Cabinet members have done the same thing.
#news #trump #FederalReserve #LisaCook #Government #Politics
Here come the #stormtroopers
#Pentagon approves use of #Navy base for #Chicago #ICE operations
*#Defense* officials have said the installation also could be used by #military forces who are called on to *assist* ICE.
#law #PosseComitatusAct #Trump #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #fascism #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/04/chicago-navy-base-great-lakes-pritzker-trump-ice/
"If he gets the chance, Donald Trump will cut Social Security and Medicare. I am confident of this not only because Trump has repeatedly said as much1 and not only because he repeatedly tried to do so when he was president but because a desire to cut Social Security and Medicare has long been central to the Republican cause."
~ Jamison Foser
#Trump #Republicans #SocialSecurity #Medicare
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https://www.findinggravity.net/p/work-at-the-mill-until-you-die
#BREAKING
“#Georgia judge ruled Friday that #FaniWillis should not be disqualified from prosecuting the racketeering case against #Trump and several co-defendants — with one major condition.
Judge Scott McAfee found "appearance of impropriety" brought about by Willis's romantic relationship with Nathan Wade should result in either Willis and her office leaving the case - or just Wade, who she'd appointed to head the case” 1/…
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fani-willis-trump-georgia-rcna139810
WTAF!
"U.S. intelligence officials are planning to brief #Trump on national security matters if he secures the GOP nomination this summer — despite concerns about his handling of classified information.
The decision would be in keeping with a tradition that dates back to 1952, but it would mark the first time an admin has volunteered to share classified information with a candidate who is facing criminal charges on charges that he mishandled classified documents." https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/07/biden-intel-briefings-trump-00145651
👀Via Timothy Snyder:
#Trump's allies are selling out #Ukraine in exchange for #Russia backing in the election.
A Trump victory in November would finish off US democracy.
And a Russian victory in Ukraine would doom freedom generally.
If this minority coalition of international fascists wins in 2024, life will be rotten for everyone else indefinitely.
If you want a chance to live in a decent world, you've got half a year to act.
#Doonesbury outdid itself.
#Trump: “I’m being persecuted the same way Jesus was in terms of horrible things being done to a big star.” #comics
Entire strip here:
Via Kyle Cheney:
#JackSmith filed response to #Trump's claim he= entitled to declare classified #documents he tk home w him as "personal" records. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.373.0.pdf
Says Trump's claim to possess DOE security clearance after leaving office is incorrect.
Prosecutors got *lots* of warrants on Walt Nauta..say Nauta brought Trump boxes to review, but Trump cut off review after lking at 15 boxes & ordered only those shipped to NARA, even though there were another 70-80 left in storage #legal
It’s really disgusting, with every step the #Trump regime takes it is normalizing military violence against civilians
Soon they shoot first can call ‘cartel members’ later
In the 40’s similar behavior was shown over and over and we know how that turned out or did we forget already..
Ignoring urgently needed reforms in favor of fruitlessly trying to find evidence of fraud, DOGE descended on the Social Security Administration “thinking it should work like a McDonald’s,” the agency’s former acting chief reveals to ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-doge-social-security-takeover-leland-dudek?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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⏳N.Y. district attorney #Bragg supports a 30-day delay in Donald #Trump’s hush money trial
The trial was scheduled to begin on March 25.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-trial-delay-rcna143481
Via Kyle Cheney:
JUST IN: Several #Jan6-related lawsuits against Donald #Trump have been greenlit by the D.C. Circuit since Trump opposed them based on the same 'civil immunity' argument the court recently rejected in Blassingame #legal
Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization that will provide funding to these students.
#News #Education #Deafblind #Students #Teaching #School #Trump
"The Hyundai raid hasn’t received much attention in the U.S. news media, which is arguably understandable given everything else going on. But the diplomatic and economic fallout will be immense. Trump has been saying that his policies have brought in $17 Musks trillion in foreign investment, which would be an absurd number even if America were behaving like a normal country with rule of law."
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #MaskedThugs #Hyundai #Georgia
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#Trump hush money trial briefly postponed until mid-April, judge rules
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin #Bragg had said he would support the trial being delayed 30 days, while Trump’s legal team requested that it be postponed for 90 days. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-hush-money-trial-briefly-postponed-april-judge-rules-rcna143612
Lol. #EJeanCarroll is awesome.
Via Klasfeld:
That said, it's hard to imagine E. Jean Carroll would oppose its approval.
From her triumphant newsletter:
"SURPRISE! #Trump just posted a bond to the stupendous amount of of $91,600,000."
Then, she adds this:
"Though the illustrious Robbie Kaplan is strong enough to yank a golden toilet out of the floor at Trump Tower & toss it thru the window, this bond saves Robbie the trouble of showing up w US Marshals on Mon. to do so."
🤢 The GOP Fascist Party's Jesus, ladies and gents:
“Aides said he talked about #Ivanka #Trump’s breasts, her backside, and what it might be like to have sex with her, remarks that once led John Kelly to remind the president that Ivanka was his daughter,” Taylor writes.
“Afterward, Kelly retold that story to me in visible disgust. Trump, he said, was ‘a very, very evil man.”
Guilty.
Via Aaron Rupar:
#Trump in Rome, Georgia: "The polls are all rigged. Of course, lately they haven't been rigged because I'm winning by so much."
"We know you have a choice of videos to watch of Donald Trump being booed at the US Open today.
Thank you for watching this one."
I like this one because it shows how just showing the image of Trump leads to audio of people booing. Also, the text tells people watching with the sound off that #Trump is being booed.
Bonus Brand Damage: The Emirates Airline logo is next Trump while people are booing him.
Johnson backs off claim that #Trump was an ‘FBI informant’ in #Epstein case
#House Speaker #MikeJohnson (R-Louisiana) on Sunday backed off his [ludicrous] claim that Trump was an #FBI #informant in the case of sex offender #rapist #JeffreyEpstein. …Last week, Johnson told reporters on Capitol Hill that Trump cares deeply about the crimes Epstein committed & said that Trump “was an FBI informant to try to take this stuff down.”
#FactCheck #GOPlies #law #rape
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/07/trump-epstein-johnson-fbi/
Two prominent scientists said in #whistleblower complaints filed late Wednesday that they had been removed from leadership positions at the #NIH after objecting to #Trump admin efforts to undermine #vaccines, flout #CourtOrders, withhold #research money & politicize the #grant-making process.
#RFKJr #PublicHealth #science #medicine #law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/health/nih-whistle-blower-complaints-vaccines-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare