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Mission Accomplished, Iran Edition
Read more . . . →Trump declared victory in Iran. Big speech, flag backdrop, the works. One problem — he didn’t accomplish a single thing he said the war was for. Iran can still attack its neighbors. The nuclear program is intact. And the regime is more entrenched than ever because nothing rallies a population like getting bombed by a foreign power. Zero for three, but the photo op looked presidential, so I guess that’s the bar now. This is Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” banner except dumber, because at least Bush waited a few weeks before the lie fell apart. Trump’s doing it live while the...
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'A Whole Civilization Will Die' Is Not a Foreign Policy
Read more . . . →“A whole civilization will die.” That’s a direct quote from the sitting president of the United States, on camera, about Iran. Not a warning — a promise. Iran froze nuclear talks this week and Trump’s response wasn’t to regroup or find another angle — it was to go on TV and threaten to erase a country from existence. This is what happens when your foreign policy is run by a guy who thinks diplomacy is losing. We went from “we’re open to a deal” to genocide cosplay in a single news cycle. Iran walked away from the table — which,...
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Trump Walked Out of His Own Supreme Court Humiliation
Read more . . . →Donald Trump sat in the front row of the Supreme Court to watch his executive order against birthright citizenship get torn apart, and he couldn’t even sit through the whole thing. He walked out midway through oral arguments — the constitutional equivalent of rage-quitting a multiplayer game you started. Then he went on Truth Social to call the country “stupid” for protecting the Fourteenth Amendment. The man tried to end a right that’s been in the Constitution since 1868 and got mad when the justices who can actually read told him no. Amy Coney Barrett — his own appointee —...
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28 Percent of Americans Support This War and Trump's Already Declaring Victory
Read more . . . →So we’re a month into a war with Iran that nobody asked for, 72 percent of the country opposes, and the president went on primetime TV to tell us it’s basically already won but also needs to keep going for a few more weeks. Pick one. You can’t “mission accomplished” your way through a conflict while simultaneously asking for more time and more money. Oil prices are through the roof, people can barely afford to fill their tanks, and the guy responsible is up there taking a victory lap. This is what happens when foreign policy is just content strategy...
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Under New Management
Read more . . . →His defense lawyer now runs the DOJ. At this point just rename it.
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Trump Just Slapped a 100% Tariff on Your Prescription Drugs
Read more . . . →The man who got slapped down by the Supreme Court for illegal tariffs two months ago just put a 100% tariff on patented prescription drugs. One hundred percent. As in, your medication now costs double at the border before it even hits a pharmacy shelf. This isn’t some abstract trade war number — this is insulin, cancer treatment, the stuff people literally die without. But sure, let’s “bolster national security” by making it financially ruinous to stay alive. The kicker is the carve-out. If you’re a massive pharma company willing to cut a deal with the administration — “Most Favored...
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Trump Fires Bondi For Not Being Corrupt Enough, Installs His Personal Lawyer
Read more . . . →Pam Bondi got fired as Attorney General today because she wasn’t prosecuting enough of Trump’s personal enemies. Read that again. The top law enforcement officer in the country lost her job because she didn’t weaponize the Justice Department fast enough. Trump wanted a hitman and Bondi was only willing to be an accomplice. Not loyal enough for the loyalty cult. And the replacement? Todd Blanche — Trump’s personal defense lawyer from his criminal trials — now running the DOJ as acting AG. The guy whose entire legal career peaked at keeping one man out of prison is now in charge...
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Happy Liberation Day
Read more . . . →One year ago today, they liberated us. The savings should be arriving any minute now.
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The Supreme Court Said His Tariffs Were Illegal. He Did It Again The Same Day.
Read more . . . →The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump’s IEEPA tariffs were illegal. Not a technicality — the man literally did not have the legal authority to bypass Congress and impose duties on every import in the country. $166 billion in wrongly collected tariffs now has to be refunded. Customs is still trying to figure out the logistics. And what did Trump do hours after the ruling? Signed a new executive order slapping a 10% global tariff under a different law. Same policy, different letterhead. The Supreme Court struck it down and he just reloaded. This is what “rule of law” looks...
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Trump Goes to China With Nothing
Read more . . . →The Supreme Court told Trump his tariffs were illegal. His response was to slap on a new 15% global tariff using a law that expires in 150 days. And now — today — he’s boarding a plane to Beijing for a summit with Xi Jinping. The man who spent a year screaming about China eating America’s lunch is flying to China with the legal equivalent of a parking ticket in his back pocket and calling it leverage. Trump got his signature economic policy struck down 6-3 by a court that includes three justices he appointed. His replacement tariffs are temporary,...
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