JKirkpatrick

randahl , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

After a catastrophic week for Republican candidate for vice president Kristi Noem, how will she get away from the press, now that they only talk about her weird anecdotes in her new book, which mentions how she shot her own dog and falsely claims she has met Kim Jong-un.

But leave it to Newsmax to jump to the rescue in such a perfect ultra-MAGA way, it deserves a prize.

wdlindsy , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

I had the unsettling but enlightening experience yesterday of interacting with someone who believes, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding, that Trump was an outstanding president and is being maligned now. Emphasis on the word "believes."

This interaction taught me all over again how impossible it is to reason with Trump's fans who base their adulation not on reason but on raw belief.

Context: the person with whom I interacted is a man. He's over 90, retired military.

#Trump
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randahl , 1 month ago to random

Trump talks to the press, explaining he is not allowed to talk, which means he cannot testify in court.

Pardon my Danish — I am from Jutland, the farming region of Denmark, and I have seen stables with less horseshit than this.

Source: Fox News

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randahl , 1 month ago to random

The gloves come off: UK foreign minister Cameron says Ukraine can use British weapons inside Russia.

This is an important announcement, because the Storm Shadow missiles have a range of 550 km, bringing many Russian military targets within striking range, including targets in Moscow.

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britains-cameron-kyiv-promises-ukraine-aid-as-long-it-takes-2024-05-02/

randahl , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

If you have been wondering why Trump rarely takes questions, this is why:

One simple question, and his whole house of cards comes crashing down.

Source: https://youtu.be/EfGttCxb4Ks?si=mWhF719-n9rr1iTY

flexghost , 1 month ago to random

Trump just admitted his intent to lead the insurrection

Confirming Cassidy Hutchenson’s testimony

Confirming secret service agent accounts

How is this man still the leading Republican presidential candidate?

Video of Trump saying yeah I did more crimes but also I slept with my daughter. Ok the second part wasn’t out loud but come on.

Nonilex , 1 month ago to random

#Trump says #police raid on university #protesters 'beautiful to watch'

Trump, at a rally in Waukesha, #Wisconsin, called for tougher action against campus protests & again suggested some of the protesters were paid actors. He called on college presidents to “remove the encampments immediately, vanquish the locals & take back our campuses for all of the normal students.”

#Protests #CollegeProtests #Israel #Gaza #Palestinians
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-heads-wisconsin-michigan-after-being-hit-with-gag-order-fine-2024-05-01/

randahl , 1 month ago to random

Benjamin Netanyahu says he will defy the entire democratic world's calls for a pause and attack Rafah, and his security minister calls for "total annihilation" of Gaza.

Is it really that surprising, The International Criminal Court is about to issue arrest warrants for these men?

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JKirkpatrick , 1 month ago to random

If the Birther Conspiracy theory irked you, The Central Park 5, The Miss America dressing room invasions, the Jean Carroll rape, the Epstein statements ,his mysterious 'suicide', The Access Hollywood tape The trump University Fraud settlement. Multiple Bankruptcies, Destroying irreplaceable Art Deco murals to build Trump Tower. Multiple accusations of sexual harrassment and assault, Posing with Bibles, Selling Bibles, NFTs, Grifting off of everything, J6 Fake Elector scheme. Stormy D 1 of 3

randahl , 1 month ago to random

Man we live in crazy times…

Republican Bill Barr tells CNN, that when he was Attorney General, Trump would frequently inform him, he wanted specific US citizens killed, but according to Barr, it is not a problem, because the government did not carry out the order.

Imagine that: A president angrily suggesting to use the power of the state to assassinate people he does not like, and it all comes down to, whether the person he is talking to tries to calm him down… or not.

https://youtu.be/KqyjudAkFNQ?si=4mXvd9lR5qGN58tj

randahl , 1 month ago to random

Trump’s reality (picture 1): “TRUTH SOCIAL IS THE REAL VOICE OF AMERICA!!!”

Reality: Truth Social is one of the smallest social media platforms in the US, with around 1 million montly users. This is quite a low number compared to Facebook with 194 million monthly US users.

I am convinced Trump is hurting his campaign by using a medium which mostly only appeals to his base.

Source Truth Social active users:
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/27/truth-social-stock-facebook-twitter-ipo#

Source for Facebook active users:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/268136/top-15-countries-based-on-number-of-facebook-users/

randahl , 1 month ago to random

Stephen Colbert’s takedown of Trump’s potential running mate Kristi Noem is pure comedy gold.

https://youtu.be/M2mnIB5_Crw?si=aYGrP0AQCA6T8dhr

rbreich , 1 month ago to random

Sunday caption contest: friendship https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-caption-contest-support-6fc?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

randahl , 1 month ago to random

A MAGA life story in 4 posts.

(These are actual posts I encountered on Truth Social from a user account which looks legit)

wdlindsy , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

“'I am in shock that a lawyer stood in the U.S. Supreme Court and said that a president could assassinate his political opponent and it would be immune as ‘an official act,' lawyer Marc Elias, whose firm defends democratic election laws, wrote today on social media. He added: 'I am in despair that several Justices seemed to think this answer made perfect sense.'”

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #SupremeCourt #crime #immunity #Constitution #democracy
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-25-2024

randahl , 1 month ago to random

Another day, another 950 Russian soldiers eliminated.

And this weekend, Russia is expected to lose its 14,000th armoured fighting vehicle.

randahl , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

The only US House member who was born in Ukraine, republican Victoria Spartz of Indiana, voted against the Ukraine aid bill.

A politician being seen as a traitor, can happen.

But being seen as a traitor in two countries is impressive, I must say.

randahl , 2 months ago to random

I have a feeling, Marjorie Taylor Greene's reelection campaign will find itself challenged this year.

Going viral on social media right now: Moscow Marge — the Kremlin action woman.

lowqualityfacts , 2 months ago to random

Poor Brian.

randahl , 2 months ago to random

SMS sent by Ukrainian soldiers on the frontline to Ukrainian diplomat Olexander Scherba after the House agreed on the US aid to Ukraine yesterday:

"The whole unit was watching. After the vote, one could hear all over the trench: YESSS!"

Hope has returned! ♥️

GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

#WompWomp

AFP- #Trump postpones first rally since his trial began, due to bad weather

wdlindsy , 2 months ago to random

Noting that the Ukraine aid package passed in the US House today, Alexander Vindman writes,

"Americans on both sides of the aisle should view the package as a sign of Washington’s support for our allies abroad. Resuming delivery of material and equipment to Ukraine should translate into job growth in the United States, positive developments in Eastern Ukraine, and an expanding partnership between Washington and Kyiv."

A Trump defeat and Biden victory.

#Ukraine #Russia

https://alexandervindman.substack.com/p/the-package-passes

randahl , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Yes! 🙌🏼

The Ukraine aid bill has been adopted by the House.
Votes were 310 to 112.

Trump and Putin lost.

Freedom won.

Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦♥️🇺🇦

randahl , 2 months ago to random

Three wins just now:

— The House has advanced the Ukraine aid package with votes 165 (D) to 151 (R).

— Marjorie Taylor Greene has left the House in anger.

— Final vote tomorrow.

We are getting there!

flexghost , 2 months ago to random

Could someone tell me how the author of such gems as “Gazpacho Police” and “Jewish Space Lasers” is also the author of this bit which amends the Ukraine aid package:

“No funding shall be made available to Ukraine unless restrictions on ethnic minorities’, including Hungarians in Transcarpathia, right to use their native languages in schools are lifted.”

Bitch, find Transcarpathia on a map

MTG is a Russian asset. And what do we do with traitors again?

🇺🇸

Nonilex , 2 months ago to random

A man set himself on fire on Friday afternoon near the Lower Manhattan #courthouse where #JurySelection continued in the #criminal #trial of #Trump.

The man doused himself w/a liquid around 1:35PM ET in Collect Pond Park, across the street from the courthouse. Onlookers screamed as bright orange flames engulfed the man. It was unclear what motivated his action.

#extremism #radicalization #law
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/nyregion/man-on-fire-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

randahl , 2 months ago to random

Trump thinks, the US does not need to support the fight against Russia, because “We have an Ocean between us as separation!”

I wonder why that place, which Japan attacked in 1941, was called Pearl Harbor. 🌊

GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

NEW #TrumpTrial 🧵STARTS HERE
I CANNOT READ REPLIES. "NFL" (NotForLaffy) appreciated
#legal #Trump

1/...McBrien:

At 2:35 p.m. we have audio again, but still no video, and we hear Merchan say "Thank you, please be seated."

Merchan welcomes the jurors and starts by apologizing for how chilly it is in the courtroom.

Video is back on, and both sides are seated in the same seats as this morning

Merchan proceeds to read the boilerplate instructions for voir dire. Reminder: 30 mins per side

rbreich , 2 months ago to random

I still hear people arguing that prosecuting a former president sets a “dangerous precedent.”

The truly dangerous precedent would be to establish that presidents are above the law.

randahl , 2 months ago to random

Republican lies:

Picture 1: Republican Senator J. D. Vance tells CNN, the US cannot help Ukraine, because the US is “stretched too thin” and Ukraine is demanding “thousands” of Patriot systems per year.

Picture 2: In reality, Zelenskyy has said, just 25 Patriot systems would be enough to keep Ukraine safe — some of which they already have.

Source 1: https://youtu.be/c04I6oIk7xY?si=FaEBGIIaN0ASkMbp

Source 2: https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-ukraine-needs-25-patriot-air-defense-systems-to-be-completely-covered/

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randahl , 2 months ago to random

Mike Johnson is travelling to Mar-a-Lago today, to ask Trump how Mike Johnson should do his own job.

It is embarrassing, but it is a key element in the Republican doctrine called “The Art of the Kneel”.

#KissTheRing

randahl , 2 months ago to random

When asked if she would join Trump on the campaign trail, Melania Trump said, "Stay tuned."
That reply likely had a lot to do with the trial starting Monday, which will fill the media with colorful details about Trump's sexual encounter with a porn star.

Melania does not want to meet the press, when the obvious question of the day is, "How do you feel about your husband having sex with a porn star, and now facing jail time for trying to cover it up disguising his payments to her as legal fees?

randahl , 2 months ago to random

Three times this week, Trump has filed a motion to delay or dismiss his first criminal trial, which starts Monday.

For a guy who [quote] "did nothing wrong", he sure is scared to go to court.

#PerfectBootyCall

randahl , 2 months ago to random

@CoolBerth Welcome to Mastodon Berth.

It would be really helpful if you added a short description to your profile. Just a few sentences stating which country you are from, perhaps what you work with, or what your interests are.

randahl , 2 months ago to random

I kid you not — this is an actual post from an actual member of the US Congress telling her 1 million followers that solar eclipses are a sign from God.

I repeat: The solar eclipses which astronomers can calculate right down to the minute, years in advance, are not naturally occurring phenomena… but a sign from God.

Astronomers' predictions of eclipses began in China as early as the 4th century BCE, but in 2024 Marjorie Taylor Greene still thinks someone stole the moon to make us repent.

Wow.

GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

👀”The US is on high alert and actively preparing for a “significant” attack within the next week by #Iran in response to Monday’s Israeli strike in Damascus that killed top Iranian commanders, a senior administration official tells CNN.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/05/politics/us-israel-iran-retaliation-strike?cid=ios_app

randahl , 2 months ago to random

If Truth Social was loosing cash so rapidly, how could Trump keep it afloat up until the recent IPO? According to the Guardian, by borrowing millions from a Russian shell company controlled by Postolnikov — a guy whose name is listed on FBI search warrants in an ongoing money laundering investigation.

If all of this is true, the movie about the takedown Comrade Trump appears to write itself.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/03/trump-media-es-family-trust-2022-loans

randahl , 2 months ago to random

The US now has a presidential candidate, who had to be told by a judge yesterday, not to threaten the family members of court staff.

Let me repeat that: An influential person threatens family members of court staff to intimidate the legal system, and half the US still has this sick person as their preferred candidate for president.

randahl , 2 months ago to random

So Trump is now sharing photos of the daughter of New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan (Merchan oversees the Stormy Daniels trial).

What does this dangerous man have to do, for the US justice system to simply show him the same consequences, anyone else would face?

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-another-attack-judge-merchan-daughter-1234997020/

randahl , 2 months ago to random

While on trial, defendant Donald Trump encourages his following to kidnap the president of the United States.

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wdlindsy , 2 months ago to random

"The man facing a criminal trial in New York next month for paying hush money to a porn star after having an affair with her just six months after his wife Melania gave birth to their only child, told us: 'All Americans need a Bible in their home and I have many, it’s my favorite book.'”

~ Dean Obeidallah

#Trump #HolyWeek #bible #blasphemy #WhiteChristianNationalism
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https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trump-selling-bibles-proves-again

GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

#WompWomp

Judge rules John Eastman should be disbarred over efforts to overturn 2020 election

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4560409-judge-rules-john-eastman-should-be-disbarred-over-efforts-to-overturn-2020-election/

GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

#Trump’s Truth Social is now a public company. Experts warn its multibillion-dollar valuation defies logic

“Despite the late-day slide, Wall Street is still assigning Trump Media an eye-popping valuation of nearly $11 billion — a price tag that experts warn is untethered to reality.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/26/markets/trump-media-stock-truth-social?cid=ios_app