David Corn

The Great Red Scare of Mesopotamia was really something.

No follow-up questions allowed by Sen. Tom Cotton, the intel. committee chair, when the panel is considering the nomination of a director of national intelligence. That's absurd and an insult to democratic governance.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

Clayton's confirmation hearing was an absolute disaster, so much so that Tom Cotton is crashing out at the end of it

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It’s only a matter of time before poorly trained ICE officers, who are forced to meet unreasonable, quotas for rounding up migrants, shoot and kill American citizens. Oh wait….

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

Homan: "It's only a matter time when you weaponize that two ton vehicle where an officer is not going to be able to react in time and we're burying an ICE officer ... so the vehicle stops are back on"

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Don’t forget that Lindsey Graham played a key role in Trump’s effort to delegitimize the Russia investigation and dismiss the Trump-Russia scandal as a hoax and witch hunt, thus serving as a useful idiot for Putin.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

How Lindsey Graham, eager to serve Trump, became a useful idiot for Putin

It's an important piece of the late Republican senator's legacy.

Looking forward to all the Hunter Biden critics weighing in. Especially on Fox.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

Trump: "Almost anything my kids do -- if they buy a truck -- they have inside information"

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Remember that Ted Cruz and other Texas GOPers have questioned Talarico's manliness? Well, a real man answers tough questions and doesn't run away. Where's Paxton's machismo?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

Q: Mr Paxton, did you commit voter fraud? KEN PAXTON: *walks away* (This is at least the third time just this week he's literally run away from questions of this sort)

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Right-wing media amping up the BS.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

Tuberville: "We probably have four or five senators that didn't legally win. They shouldn't be up here."

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Rutte didn't answer the question.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"

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It's a parody of a parody.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

Trump: "I owned the Miss Universe pageant. And Miss Venezuela always did very well in that pageant. So I know something about the country."

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Once again, if Biden had said this….Oh, what’s the use?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

Trump: "We had 11 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan"

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Trump can’t defeat Iran but he can go after Pete Seeger’s boat.

Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social

The Coast Guard just removed the Clearwater from the tall ship parade in NYC for having "Save the Clean Water Act" and "Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice, Climate Solutions” banners. They were escorted out by the Coast Guard, US Navy, and NYPD. www.instagram.com/p/DaYOP8OlIq...

Sounds excessive but calling for the arrest of law-abiding citizens due to political differences is arguably grounds for impeachment.

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social

Trump Posts Video Demanding Arrest of Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani Video: “Criminalize democratic socialism. Arrest the leaders and deport them.” meidasnews.com/news/trump-p...

Trump Posts Video Demanding Arrest of Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani

Video: “Criminalize democratic socialism. Arrest the leaders and deport them.”

NEW: In his election security speech, Trump sought to cast China as the threat to US elections and left out the real culprit: Russia.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump’s election security speech: a good night for Putin

His China deflection covers for Russia.

The Deep State is a cover story created by Trumpers to prevent any accountability for his corruption and alleged criminal activity.

Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social

Breaking: Per MSNOW’s Vaughn Hillyard, acting DNI Bill Pulte is now firing dozens of intelligence officials at agencies beyond his own office as part of removing the “deep state.” Reportedly, the officials may have refused to provide him requested intel.

All hat, no cattle.

(BTW, what a diverse group of sheriffs!)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

Wow -- Ken Paxton and his team abruptly shut down a news conference and bail after journalists try to ask him about his various scandals

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Has any other world leader been such a dork at a World Cup final?

Earlier today, Sen. Eric Schmitt called centrist Dem. Sen. Mark Warner a commie and now he agrees with Benny Johnson's bonkers claim that the left is preparing "a mass slaughter event." (Remember, Johnson was one of the MAGA influencers who were paid millions in secret funds from Russia.)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

Benny Johnson tells an agreeing Sen. Eric Schmitt that "the left is setting themselves up, they're training, they're ready to try and stage a mass slaughter event" "Yeah," Schmitt replies. "They're drawing federal officers out and then they have snipers."

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Remember when Trump said Ukraine had no cards to play?

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social

42.74% of Russian oil refining capacity has been destroyed by Ukraine. 🥳

Normalization of Trump’s inanity.

Cowards wear masks.

Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social

The white supremacist group, Patriot Front, was seen marching through Capitol Hill this morning.

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Back to the real issues!!!

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social

“Sen. Collins was the deciding vote in appointing Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court in 2018. Before casting that fateful vote, she assured Mainers that Roe was precedent and would not be disturbed, that Kavanaugh would honor the concept of stare decisis, that Roe was ‘settled law.’”

Susan Collins is uniquely responsible for the fall of Roe | Opinion

The impact of the senator's vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court continues to be devastating for American women.

That didn't go well.

Elon Musk is horrifically dishonest here. He says zero people died because of his decimation of USAID and there was no harm done because the Gates Foundation and MacKenzie Scott had loads of money they could have used to replace the US funds—and if they didn't, they are to blame. Such rubbish.

Jonathan Harris @jonathan-a-thon.bsky.social

He's quite possibly one of the worst people to have ever lived.

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Pretty lousy to see a lying, anti-democracy, xenophobic demagogue on a podium celebrating internationalism and athletic success.