Trump’s divisive address to the nation, annotated

Trump’s divisive address to the nation, annotated

President Donald Trump tried to hit the reset button with Americans on Wednesday night by reminding them of the Biden administration and arguing his own...

DONALD TRUMP HAD TO GIVE HIS SPEECH AT 9PM BECAUSE FCC RULED HIS NECK VIOLATES DAYTIME PROGRAMMING STANDARDS. 

AND PEOPLE WERE STILL EATING. - AwesomeNewsom

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Trump demands Venezuela pay for seized US oil assets after calling for 'blockade'
• Trump orders blockade of 'sanctioned oil tankers' into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on Maduro
• Venezuelan Navy Escorts Vessels in Defiance of Trump’s Blockade Threat
• Stephen Miller’s hard-line Mexico strategy morphed into deadly boat strikes
• 4 More Killed in Pacific Boat Strike as White House Ramps Up Demands for Venezuelan Oil
• Columbus mayor, police chief release video reassuring immigrants amid ICE deployment
• ICE agent ‘voodoo doll’ found strapped to tree in New Orleans as immigration crackdown continues
• Judge to ICE: Congress Can Visit Unannounced
• UN warns Israel is bringing Gaza to humanitarian collapse
• Ukraine Agrees to Swap GDP Warrants Into Bonds With Creditors

1.) Trump is in Epstein Files 2.) Trumpism is an American form of fascism 3.) ICE are like Gestapo 4.) Russia invaded Ukraine. - We pledge to remind Americans about this everyday! - Being Liberal

Bill Clinton: “WE forced Ukraine to give up nuclear weapons, cruise missiles, and strategic bombers, WE promised to protect Ukraine from Russia, WE made Ukraine vulnerable.  

So yes, this is OUR war!”  

Trump Gives $1,776 Checks To Troops Instead of Housing

In a speech Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump touted $1,766 “warrior dividend” checks that would be sent out to the troops for the holidays and claimed the funds were from tariffs. The next day, multiple media reports confirmed a very different funding source...However, the funds for these “warrior dividend” checks are actually coming “from Congressionally-allocated reconciliation funds intended to subsidize housing allowances for service members,” reported Defense One senior reporter Thomas Novelly, citing a senior Trump administration official.

Republican Shenanigans

• Will Pam Bondi release full Epstein files? The AG has doubters.
• Trump Is Renaming the Kennedy Center After Himself
• Trump’s New Youth Games Announcement Met with Lots of ‘Hunger Games’ Questions
• Sean Duffy’s Daughter Rages at ‘Unconstitutional’ TSA After ‘invasive’ Pat-Down
• ‘Kooky’ Tucker Carlson’s Brutal Misfire Shows Trump Kicked Him Out of MAGA Club
• Ex-InfoWars host pardoned by Trump: President’s ‘swagger’ is gone
• White House Says U.S. Would Be ‘Lucky’ if Trump Stays in Office ‘Longer’
• Melania lifts the curtain on intimate phone call with Trump in ultra-glam trailer for new film... as she shows president who's boss with curt remark

Uneducated voters pose a greater risk to this nation than undocumented immigrants ever will. - Gramps

Et Tu, Chip?

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) went off on his own party on Tuesday, accusing them of buying Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) vote for the National Defense Authorization Act.

At a House Rules Committee meeting on Tuesday, Roy declared he’s “sick” of political games he sees being played on his own side of the aisle. He even accused House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) of buying Greene’s support for backing the NDAA.

Oh look, a Republican President is Leading the Country into a Recession just like every Republican President for the last 50 years. - Brad

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Rock The Voter News

• Jeffries, Democrats press Johnson for immediate vote on ObamaCare subsidies
• Holder says GOP ‘didn’t have the guts’ to let Jack Smith testify in public
• Newsom summarizes Trump speech: ‘F— your health care and your grocery bills’

we could've stopped this s--t 13 months ago but you f--king idiots didn't like her laugh. - Jamie Bonkiewicz

From my 2012 archives

Kamala Tells Press That Biden Didn't Treat His DOJ As His Private Law Firm
Former Vice President Kamala Harris defended the Biden administration’s decision not to the Department of Justice files pertaining to the Jeffrey Epstein case as “right” on Wednesday night, framing it as a principled stand for the independence of the justice system ahead of Friday’s mandated release...Asked by host Jimmy Kimmel about the pending release, Harris cast doubt on whether the current DOJ would fully comply, accusing Trump of exerting pressure on federal institutions.

“You know, what he has done to treat the Department of Justice as his personal law firm is criminal in proportion to what it’s supposed to be and that it is supposed to be an independent body that does justice and blindfolded in terms of for whom, but for the country,” Harris said.

FUN FACT: All members of Congress have socialized healthcare that American taxpayers pay for. - Alex Cole

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Business/Tech News

• 42 percent in Fox News poll say Trump should pay more attention to high prices
• Trump Media to merge with nuclear fusion company that wants to power AI
• Meta sued over teens’ deaths by suicide
• Trump Reclassifies Marijuana For Medical Use, Stops Short of Full Legalization

McDonald’s USA 

— Employee: $15/hr, no benefits

— Big Mac: $5.79

McDonald’s Denmark 

— Employee: $22/hr, 6 weeks vacation, 1 year paid maternity leave, life insurance, pension

— Big Mac: $5.49

Tell us more about how raising the minimum wage would affect the cost of hamburgers. - Andrea Junker

What Will China Do?

The Trump administration has announced the sale of more than $10 billion in weapons to Taiwan, a move likely to upset China.

Among the weapons in the sale are medium-range missiles, drones and howitzers, The Associated Press reported. The package, if approved by Congress, will be the largest agreement with the U.S. ally, though Taiwan is not formally recognized as an independent state.

President Joe Biden rang the bell yesterday at the end of his chemo.

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Odd News

• Hubble Space Telescope spies dusty debris from two cosmic collisions
• Watch interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS make its closest approach to Earth in free livestream tonight
• NASA says Perseverance is in good condition, will keep exploring Mars
• Man sings Christmas songs for 42 hours to break world record
• Missing Kentucky child found in Florida 43 years later

Time To Deflate Photo

Marienplatz in the center of Munich, Germany all gussied up for the holidays.

Peace.

Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies

Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies

Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.

I didn’t think it could get worse than McCarthy, yet here we are… - cooltxchick

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Senate passes defense bill that defies Trump and forces sharing of boat strike videos
• How the Trump administration pushed to reopen immigration cases, putting thousands at risk of deportation
• Lawsuit alleges ICE is violating rights of people observing immigration operations in Minnesota
• US, Russia to hold talks on Ukraine war in Miami this weekend
• Israel fires mortar into Gaza residential area, wounding at least 10

Trump dismisses Susie Wiles’s claims: “if I had an alcoholic personality, I couldn’t be president. I’d be Secretary of Defense.” - Andy Borowitz

Hero versus Zero Heats Up

Senate Republicans are growing increasingly uneasy with the Pentagon’s investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced his office is escalating its probe into him.

The Defense Department announced Monday the review of Kelly has risen to an “official Command Investigation,” intensifying the feud between the two sides over Kelly’s role in a video he and other congressional Democrats made to remind service members of their duty to disobey illegal orders.

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-KY: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. And the president would not have pardoned Juan Orlando Hernandez. This is about oil and regime change.

“We're donating a $400 million ballroom...400...It’ll handle inaugurations. It’s got 5-inch-thick glass windows. Impenetrable by anything but a howitzer...  Who else but in our country would sue to stop $400 million beautiful ballroom?...Designed to handle inauguration." -  Trump

Republican Shenanigans

• ‘War is Coming’: Tucker Carlson Says a Member of Congress Told Him What Trump Is Announcing Tonight
• White House Puts Up Wild, Trumpified Plaques Describing Biden as ‘the Worst’ and Reagan as a ‘Fan’ of Trump Outside Oval Office
• Trump’s Chief of Staff Called JD Vance a Conspiracy Theorist—and It Wasn’t News
• ‘You’re Destroying Yourself!’ Alex Jones and Nick Fuentes Warn Trump to Stop Bashing Marjorie Taylor Greene
• ‘He Tried to Run Her Over With a Car’: Trump Goes Nuclear on Senate Democrat
• ‘I Have Not Lost Control!’ Mike Johnson Grilled On Latest GOP Defections

Will Hegseth Comply By Releasing The Video?
The Senate gave final passage to an annual military policy bill Wednesday that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs while pressuring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide lawmakers with video of strikes on alleged drug boats in international water near Venezuela...The bill pushes back on recent moves by the Pentagon. It demands more information on boat strikes in the Caribbean, requires that the U.S. keep its troop levels in Europe at current levels and sends some military aid to Ukraine.

Nation's Alcoholics Call Being Compared to Trump 'Hurtful'. - Andy Borowitz

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Rock The Voter News

• JUST IN: Senate Democrats Unveil New Initiative To Lower Costs Ahead Of Trump National Speech
• Fani Willis Slams Georgia Committee for ‘Dumb Ass Question’ at Hearing
• Eric Swalwell Has Missed More House Votes Than Congressman Who Died 9 Months Ago

Dear World,

He’s sick. Literally not sane. Neither his family, the White House or the Republican Party will speak up. Not a word. They are terrified of him.

Do not come to the U.S. until he’s gone. It’s not safe here. Not for us and definitely not for you. - BigBlueWaveUSA

I Miss Kamala Harris

Former Vice President Kamala Harris offered a blunt assessment of the current state of the Democratic Party, warning them they have a lot of work to do.

Harris joined former DNC Chair Jaime Harrison on his At Our Table podcast on Wednesday where she discussed both her unsuccessful, 107-day presidential campaign and what she believes Democrats need to do going into the midterms and 2028...Harris noted some Democratic wins she called exciting, like Zohran Mamdani winning New York City’s mayoral election, but she also accused her party of being “very much stuck in the past.”

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Business/Tech News

• The Oscars Will Move Exclusively to YouTube in Seismic Industry Shift
• FCC Quickly Scrubs Language from Website After Chairman Brawls With Democrat
• WWE Star Mick Foley Is Quitting Over Organization's 'Close Relationship' with Trump. He Says Rob Reiner Post Was 'Final Straw'
• Trump targets defense giants' shareholder payouts as cost overruns mount, sources say

Everybody wants Jack Smith to testify in public except Republicans. 

What does that tell you???? - Covie

Jack Smith Testifies Before Congress And It's Not Good For Trump
Jack Smith, the former DOJ special counsel, claimed in closed-door congressional testimony on Wednesday that investigators had proof “beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Donald Trump “criminally” conspired to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

I was so looking forward to see jim jordan, a man who couldn't pass the bar question Jack Smith, a former top war crimes prosecutor at The Hague. - Covie

I think more people need to start solving their differences with dance offs.

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Odd News

• Saturn's Largest Moon May Hold Warm Pockets Where Life Could Survive
• Interstellar comet 3I/Atlas will make its closest approach to Earth this week
• Two neutron stars may have formed the first known ‘superkilonova’
• 92-year-old grandmother wins 'Tekken 8' tournament in Japan
• Colorado neighbors fight HOA to keep 28-foot inflatable Santa

Time To Deflate Photo

Peles Castle, Sinaia, Romania looks beautiful and spooky.

Peace.

‘The Trump Era Is Ending’: Political World Rocked by Wild Susie Wiles Tell-All

‘The Trump Era Is Ending’: Political World Rocked by Wild Susie Wiles Tell-All

The political world marveled that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles would open up to Vanity Fair in such a manner on Tuesday.

The White House on Susie Wiles: This is a hit piece.

Vanity Fair: All ELEVEN interviews were RECORDED. 

🎶It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! 🎶 - Andee0047

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• U.S. military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people
• CNN Legal Analyst Torpedos Trump’s Designation of Fentanyl as WMD
• Hegseth Says ‘Of Course’ He Won’t Release Video of Strike on Drug Boat Survivors
• Gov. Healey demands ICE stop using Hanscom for flights
• Denver council rejects airport lease for ICE contractor Key Lime Air
• Real ID Deemed Not Acceptable as ICE Detains Citizens at Will
• Gaza families struggle to recover from torrential rains, floods that killed 12
• Moscow’s stark response after Trump says peace ‘closer than ever’

I just came out of the briefing with Sec. Rubio and Sec. Hegseth on the military strikes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. Here's what I learned.

Bottom line: there is no legal or national security justification for what they're doing. Not even close. - Sen. Chris Murphy

Will Trump be announcing that the Epstein files are now terrorists we are at war with and then have Pete Hegseth blow them up?

A president who has kinder words for Vladimir Putin than Rob Reiner does not deserve to lead the free world.

Trump Must Enjoy Shooting Himself In The Foot

The rifts within President Trump’s coalition grew Monday as members of his own party pushed back against controversial comments he made regarding the death of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and an executive order regulating artificial intelligence (AI) nationwide.

It's fun to think about how many different court documents will include quotes from Vanity Fair's Susie Wiles interview. - Jon Favreau

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump comments about Rob Reiner ‘indefensible’: Former adviser
• Trump Loses Nick Fuentes Over ‘Evil’ Rob Reiner Remarks
• Ann Coulter Disgusted by Trump and MAGA World’s Reaction to Rob Reiner Murder
• WH Chief of Staff Trashes Bondi as She Tells All About Epstein Files
• Wiles slams Vanity Fair interview as ‘disingenuously framed hit piece’ 
• Wiles says Vance has been a ‘conspiracy theorist for a decade’
• Wiles says Bondi ‘whiffed’ on Trump supporters’ interest in Epstein files
• Conservatives face reckoning over Kirk conspiracy theories
• Trump announces Donald Trump Jr.’s engagement at White House holiday party
• White House uses ‘Grinch’ poster, quote to criticize Democrats on healthcare
• ‘What Went Wrong?’ Fox’s John Roberts Bluntly Challenges Karoline Leavitt Over Disastrous Susie Wiles Story

Remember what Trump said about Rob Reiner and John McCain when he dies. I don't want any revisionist bs about how he was "controversial". He is a total piece of s--t with no redeeming qualities and his obituary should reflect that. - Henry M. Rosenberg

Whatever Kompromat Trump Has On Lindsey Graham Must Be Awful
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) blamed a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia on former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

So they're still hunting for the mass shooter at Brown University and the FBI Director is out here doing podcast interviews with his girlfriend????!! - Covie

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Rock The Voter News

• Democrats press tech giants over data center energy use, rising electricity bills
• Omar says negative news prompts Trump’s attacks: ‘Cue the bigotry’ 
• Newsom trolls Trump with website tracking president's 'criminal cronies'
• Michelle Obama on death of Rob Reiner, wife: ‘We were supposed to be seeing them that night’

The White House is not private property. It does not belong to Donald Trump. It belongs to the people.

I’m introducing legislation to protect the building’s historic character against the president’s bulldozer and Marie Antoinette ballroom. - Rep. Jamie Raskin

Is Lindsey Graham Playing Chicken? How Cute.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) spoke to reporters following a briefing for lawmakers on Capitol Hill by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Graham spoke just moments after Hegseth addressed reporters, telling them he “of course” would not be releasing the video of the second strike on survivors of an alleged drug smuggling boat.

“Why not just release this video…” pressed CNN’s Manu Raju.

Graham replied, “I think—I think it should be.”

Can't believe that the recipient of the FIFA Peace Prize is behaving like this. - Covie

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Business/Tech News

• Jobs report doesn't 'meet the test' for another Fed rate cut
• Unemployment rate hit 4-year high in November even as economy added jobs
• Ohio farmers see one-year, 74% loss in Chinese sales due largely to Trump tariffs, report shows
• Vance to tout Trump economic agenda in Pennsylvania
• Residential electricity rates in Costa Rica will drop between 4% and 16%.

Greenland Offers To Bail Out Crashing American Economy by Buying United States. - Andy Borowitz

Trump's comment about Rob Reiner, a beloved American, really demonstrates the rottenness of his character. - derek guy

Trump Filed Lawsuit Against BBC

President Donald Trump filed his long-promised $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC over a documentary broadcast that aired just days before the 2024 election, which edited a speech he delivered on January 6, 2021.

Court documents filed late Monday in a Miami federal court seek $5 billion in damages for defamation and a further $5 billion over alleged violations of trade practices. In the 46-page filing, Trump’s team argue the edit gave the “mistaken impression” he called for violence on that day.

Gov. Gavin Newsom: I was out there feeling a little alone doing same-sex marriage in 2004. It was Rob Reiner who reached out—it's how I got to know him—saying he had my back at a time when a lot of members of my own party, the Democratic Party, didn't.

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Odd News

• 30 models of the universe proved wrong by final data from groundbreaking cosmology telescope
• Why NASA’s New $4 Billion Telescope Will Stare at Absolutely Nothing
• NASA’s Webb telescope finds bizarre atmosphere on a lemon-shaped exoplanet
• Swedish man teaches pet octopus to play piano
• Cops: Woman Drove Stolen Van To Court

Time To Deflate Photo

Stuðlagil Canyon in eastern Iceland. Though the canyon was physically revealed between 2006 and 2009, it remained largely unknown until its popularization by Icelandic photographer and travel writer, Einar Páll Svavarsson, in 2016.

Peace.