Friday, February 21, 2025

Trump: Zelensky ‘has no cards,’ ‘shouldn’t be at meetings’ with Russia




Trump: Zelensky ‘has no cards,’ ‘shouldn’t be at meetings’ with Russia
President Trump on Friday lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, saying he did not think it was important for Zelensky to attend negotiations about the war in Ukraine.



Trump made a deal with the Taliban and cut out President Ghani, the internationally-recognized head of state of Afghanistan at the time.  The result was a complete disaster.  We cannot repeat that same mistake on Ukraine. - Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia








The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump


The Pentagon is now pausing their mass firing of civilian employees in order to evaluate potential impacts on military readiness. 
I’m just spitballing here, but maybe a readiness assessment should have been the first step.  - Angry Staffer








Isn’t demanding  Zelenskyy to give you half of his rare earth minerals, or we won’t protect you, extortion? - Frank Mitman








There May Be A Job Opening For The Special Envoy To Ukraine
Retired Lt. General Keith Kellogg, President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, praised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday amid his boss’s attacks on and smears of him.










Republicans don't even want US voters to be handed a bottle of water when they are in line to vote, but they are desperate for voters in Ukraine to come out and stand in line in a war zone. - Alex Cole








I'm glad Mitch McConnell lived long enough to taste the rotten fruits of his harvest. He was responsible for creating the extremist MAGA movement that has fully turned on him. One of the great villains of the past 30 years. - Ali








Not listening to no man wearing eyeliner talking about the 'essence of masculinity' - covie









Well, This Throws A Monkey Wrench Into Trump's Plans
A federal judge declined to immediately dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams at the request of President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice on Friday, despite a push from Trump’s Justice Department.










This question needs to be answered:

Why haven't all living former Presidents stepped up and shown collective rejection of the fascist takeover of America? 

Americans need to see this. - Devin Duke









I swear to God if I saw Stephen Miller walking in my direction those keys would be between my knuckles  in a ny second. - Ellen Barkin








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Rock The Voter News


The game is clear. We can see it. They're not even hiding it. There is not a rule of law anymore. There is one set of law for people who are loyal to Donald Trump, and there is one set of law for people who care criticize him. That is not democracy - Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)









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trump rooted for the Chiefs, even flew to the game, costing taxpayers $24M, and went down on the field & shook their hands. Then they got their asses kicked. trump rooted for Team USA hockey, even calling them before the game. Then they got crushed. Everything trump touches dies. - aintscarylarry









Firing 7k IRS employees in the middle of tax season isn’t good for anyone except the oligarchs.








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Business/Tech News


When did firing people like nuclear scientists and air traffic controllers seem like a better idea than simply taxing the rich? - Brad







You Know He's Gonna Mess It Up and Then The Economy Will Collapse
President Donald Trump is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service and absorb the independent mail agency into his administration, potentially throwing the 250-year-old mail provider and trillions of dollars of ecommerce transactions into turmoil.



If you really want to save money, stop going golfing every day. If you really want to save money, don't go to the super bowl. Don't drive your limousine around the racetrack. There you go. I just saved the government a couple billion dollars. Come on. - John Feal







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Thursday, February 20, 2025

Kremlin offers Trump support in Zelenskiy spat as Putin ally says US leader is '200% right'




The Kremlin offered Donald Trump support in his standoff with Volodymyr Zelenskiy, accusing the Ukrainian president of making "inadmissible" remarks about...



We are one news cycle away from Trump giving military aid to Russia. - The Lincoln Project







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Donald Trump is a Russian asset; it no longer matters if it’s witting or unwitting. He routinely spreads disinformation that originates in the Kremlin and the FSB, and does it to hurt America and our friends.

If you support Trump, you have—morally speaking—betrayed your country. - Seth Abramson







Trump Cancels News Conference For, You Know, Vlad.
A news conference that was planned to follow talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy was canceled Thursday as political tensions deepened between the two countries over how to end the almost three-year war with Russia.









Zelensky was willing to sacrifice himself to save his country.

Trump sacrificed his country to save himself. - Adam Schwarz








Republican Shenanigans


Crazy to me how many people have memory holed that first 6 months of Covid where so many people were dying that they had to park refrigerator trucks outside of hospitals. - stretch14tw









The Unvaccinated Cause Measles Outbreak










Mitch McConnell announced his retirement after 40 years of working hard to make Kentucky one of the poorest, most undereducated, and unhealthy states in the US. - Sundae Divine











What I cannot understand is why the American establishment and its institutions are folding so quickly. What are you people so afraid of? You never even had gulags. - Julia Ioffe








Trump Wants The Big Enchilada: Social Security
Before President Donald Trump started mass layoffs of federal workers, he demonized them, arguing, despite evidence to the contrary, that most never went into the office...With that in mind, consider what the Trump administration is now doing to Social Security, seeding the idea, which is not backed up by known facts, that millions of dead people are collecting payments.




Do you know what one of the absolute f--king saddest things about this moment in time is?

People are simply begging for their leaders to show real courage. - Lindsey Boylan









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Business/Tech News


Want to fix the budget???

ACTUALLY TAX THE RICH!!!! - Eric Garcia







Paging Elon Musk & DOGE!
Donald Trump has already spent $10.7 million of taxpayer money to play golf since retaking the White House last month, an expense that appears to have escaped the attention of his “Department of Government Efficiency” waste, fraud and abuse hunters.








So, a white lady (Trump supporter) asked me if I’d be offended if she called me “Chief.” I asked her if she’d be offended if I called her “Karen.” - Lakota Man


Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Trump calls Zelensky 'dictator,' warns of Ukraine's demise without elections.



U.S. President Donald Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a "dictator" in a post on his social media platform Truth Social, accusing him of...



Zelenskyy has become one of the world’s greatest heroes. — That’s eating Trump alive. - Andrea Junker







The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump


Once a superpower, the United States is now a bicycle courier delivering ultimatums from invader Russia to defender Ukraine. - Michael McKay







How A President Becomes A King...








I am stunned by how quickly checks and balances in the U.S. have collapsed. It’s as if they never existed-just a handful of people can seize control of the executive and ignore the courts
In Ukraine, that wouldn’t stand. If the judiciary failed, people would be in the streets. - Tymofiy Mylovanov, President, Kyiv School of Economics; Minister of economy, Ukraine, 2019-2020; Associate professor, University of Pittsburgh








When Trump invites the mass murderer Vladimir Putin to dinner at the White House I don’t want my tax dollars to pay for it. - Andy Borowitz









Republican Shenanigans


A Trump official from OMB just announced that Trump has signed an executive order claiming that “only the President and the Attorney General can speak for what the law is.”

Can people please stop saying stuff like “this might lead to a constitutional crisis”?

WE’RE THERE. NOW. - amoneyresists







Remember, Trump couldn’t pull this off without the Republican Party. If any of them had an ounce of integrity they’d stand up. If it weren’t for them, Trump would be in the rear view mirror. - itwasacoup







This Conservative Smells BS...
Conservative CNN contributor Jonah Goldberg ripped Elon Musk for “making stuff up as he goes” in his search for federal waste, and slammed the billionaire for pushing DOGE findings about government expenditure that turned out to be nothing.








This isn’t an administration. This is an occupation by terrorists who are working on behalf of a hostile foreign power and are actively destroying the government, looting the treasury, and deliberately trying to kill us all. S. O. F--king. S. - notscarylarry








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Rock The Voter News



Maybe we should hold off on paying Congress until they actually do something to earn it? - Tea Pain








Apparently, Musk and Trump Are Having A Lying Contest








Firing immigration judges and closing courts suggests they have no intention of following the law or due process.







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Business/Tech News


Americans do not understand the incredible crisis consuming all components of their government at once. Thousands of jobs lost, projects on hold, desks unmanned, services stopped, basic safety neglected. Total chaos. Stuff is going to start breaking down, maybe catastrophically. - Will Stancil






DOGE laying off dedicated employees at a time when the U.S. economy leads the world feels similar to corporations raking in billions from stock buybacks while slashing jobs. It’s the same sleazy corporate playbook—now creeping into our government. - Brett Meiselas









Wealthier Shoppers Are Frequenting Walmart. Gee, I Wonder Why?









I never had enough appreciation for boring politics. - John Collins









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Time To Deflate Photo
The Hoover Dam. An engineering marvel.


Peace.