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I found Abraham Lincoln just under a month ago. His leg had been shattered and locals were throwing rocks at him.
Today was a very special day for Abe. Hard to believe how well he is doing
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It's fascinating to me how few on the political Right are firmly in reality about what just transpired. Ted Cruz gets it. MTG gets it. Tucker Carlson gets it. But all these RW influencers here on X are in their own self-generated purgatory of disbelief. Like they think it's going to go back to what it was. Cruz and Carlson know - it won't.
This was a rebuke of Trump - done WITH animus. The electorate was rebuking HIM, on a national level. They were doing it with disdain.
Nobody wants to tell him this to his face and even Cruz and Carlson don't want to put it out there overtly - yet.
But trust me - it's coming. Because it was the lying. And the grifting. And the mocking. And Trump can't do anything else. He was saying "affordability is a hoax" to their face out loud, and the electorate responded with "f*ck off." He was saying "we beat inflation" and "we won the war" and "we're making boatloads of money" - to their faces, out loud, and the electorate responded: "Are you f*cking kidding!? Are you mocking us!?"
Some Senator told the electorate, clamoring over the high price of beef, to "find another protein," Marie Antionette-style. And the electorate responded that they'll just find another Senator.
Trump is more than a lame duck. He's lame, period. He's toxic. He's toast. He's shot.
If the GOP doesn't want to be taken down for good, they know what to do. And if they want to stay craven and bury their heads like ostriches at the risk of being taken down for good, Trump will accommodate them.
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I don’t want retribution.
I don’t want to get even.
I want a reckoning.
For everything they stole.
For everyone they murdered.
For betraying our allies.
For trampling on our values.
For protecting the Epstein class.
For placing oligarchs and mega corporations above the law.
For gaslighting the country every day.
A dispassionate, merciless reckoning.
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Well it’s the morning after the awful night before. There’s no shame in admitting that I along with many other dogs am terrified of fireworks. Thanks for all your lovely messages & support & wish us well for another petrified night incoming 💥. Love Jasper 🐾 xxx #ItsADogsLife
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The stated position of the Trump administration is that the President of Russia is a humanitarian and that the President of Ukraine should be removed from office.
The American electorate have a chance to make their feelings about this known in less than two weeks.
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as "a humanitarian" following the release of U.S. citizen Stephen Hubbard on Wednesday. During a meeting in St. Petersburg, Witkoff thanked Putin for freeing the American — whom the U.S. government had declared wrongfully detained — and lauded the Russian autocrat, who ordered the ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost five years ago.
Witkoff was in Russia as Trump administration and Russian officials were set to have talks focused on the Ukraine war.
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It's a good time to restate: Trump CANNOT and DOES NOT see beyond himself - EVER. He is NOT strategic - he is transactional. He does not think, he feels. He's an amalgamation of impulses and cravings. Freud would call him a "human id."
He is now owned by his disorders. What I mean by that, is that his impulses and cravings outweigh even his self-interests. This is why it often seems as though he is trying to lose. He simply cannot pivot, he will almost always double down, he sees enemies in all disagreements, and he can never shut up or stop.
In his addled mind, there is no you or me. There is no America. There are no high prices. There is no future of the planet. There is only him, right now, in a zero-sum game. There is only his grandiosity, and again - his impulses and his cravings, and they comprise his reality. And if you're a reporter not reporting his reality, stay away.
This is a dangerous malignant narcissist, impatient and defiant, old and fearful of his own mortality, frustrated that he's no longer able to force-feed his concocted reality, and terrified that all he is and all he ever said he was, could be exposed and crumble like a House of Cards, forever.
He knows he is in decline, and he knows he is losing. He WILL get worse, and - footnote to Republicans - he will NOT want to go down alone.
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It was a long night. Birdie woke up every 90 minutes or so barking.
Had to figure out which bark meant she was thirsty etc. She was also a bit scared in new surroundings I think.
Her power is still very limited. (1/2)
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Trump says a lot of things just to foment outrage, project grandiosity, and hear himself bloviate. He feels that when he outrages normal people, it juices the abnormal contingent of his base, which is plentiful. He also uses hyperbole and ambiguity to make his point, and he uses stupidity both because he's stupid, and because he often has no point, beyond driving emotion, or misdirection, or diversion.
Here's a clue to help you process outrage: Ask yourself if something he says that is upsetting is flawed on its surface. If it IS fundamentally flawed, they you know it is being said for effect, and/or as a diversion.
EXAMPLE: Recently, he threatened California election officials - and in that threat, he claimed if they didn't do as he says, they will "go to jail for a long time."
Well, the only way someone goes to jail is if they are sentenced to jail by a judge. And the only way they are sentenced is if they are convicted. And the only way they are convicted is if they are indicted. And the only way they are indicted is if there is cause, or alleged cause.
The more Trump is cornered, defensive, and desperate, the more he overreaches with hyperbole. His bullshit aimed at California is similar to the "lock her up" chants of what probably seems, to Trump, as yesteryear.
Don't let his diversions outrage you. If you see they're flawed, smile to yourself and know he is flailing.
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This is pathetic. Ukraine tested Starlink speed restrictions in Europe and had no issues - the restrictions only exist in Ukraine.
The Trump administration is actively helping Russia kill Ukrainians - and risking the lives of US and NATO advisors in Ukraine.
Latest: Zelenskyy tells reporters over WhatsApp that restrictions on Ukraine's Starlink systems remain. Interceptor drones can't function, logistics and operations hobbled. The maximum speed is 161 kph; "exceeding this limit causes the Starlink connection to cut out completely, resulting in the loss of the drone."
He says Ukraine has done tests to determine whether SpaceX is truly facing technical issues, as has been told Kyiv by the US side, or if this is a "deliberate operation... to restrict us, cut us off, and prevent us from defending ourselves and protecting our people, both at the front and among the civilian population."
He says Ukraine "sent a couple of vehicles equipped with Starlink terminals into European Union territory."
"They moved at speeds exceeding 180kph, and the Starlink systems worked perfectly. We have the relevant logs and evidence to prove this."
He adds: "The conclusion is clear: the restrictions are in effect within Ukraine but do not apply within the European Union. In other words, this is a planned operation."
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Little Birdie had a small turn yesterday. I think that’s only a UK and Ireland saying.
Basically she collapsed as an old lady and we nearly lost her.
I’ve brought her home to my house tonight as I didn’t want her to be alone… (1/6)
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An update on Abe…
🪨 Still freezes like a rock and won’t move
🏥 Goes for a huge complicated operation to try save his leg on Tuesday.
Slowly slowly starting to see that he has a future ahead of him. Still extremely nervous
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I don’t think you have a dog in this fight but if you did you would have shot it.
I’ll take @ellalangleymsic over Kacey Musgraves any day.
And if I’m choosin’ Texas, I’ll take Ken Paxton over James Talarico.
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We got a call about a dog in desperate need of our help.
Probably one of the worst cases I’ve ever seen and that’s saying a lot.
We moved mountains to get him. Hopefully we can turn his life around… (1/8) 🧵
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Who remembers Rocky when he first came in very close to death?
Let’s check in on his progress in his new home (1/4) 🧵
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BREAKING: HELL YEAH! Trump gets NIGHTMARE news about his absurd "Triumphal Arch" as the Arlington County government unleashes a massive lawsuit to block its construction.
And it gets even better...
In their suit, the county's board asserts that the White House ignored a crucial review process in their deranged, rushed efforts to begin working on the President's vanity project. Since the proper process was not followed, construction should not be allowed to proceed.
Specifically, the administration failed to properly evaluate the possible environmental impacts of the arch and such analysis is required under the National Environmental Policy Act. Arlington is accusing the MAGA-controlled National Park Service of performing nothing but a "cursory" and "truncated" review of the project.
It should come as little surprise that this regime, as adversarial towards the environment as it is, would try to circumvent this key step. Unfortunately for them, the law is the law.
The arch — one of several construction projects that Trump is desperately scrambling to erect in the hopes that he might fashion a semblance of a legacy for himself amidst the ashes of his failed presidency — is supposed to go up on an island in the Potomac River that is officially part of D.C., but sits just a few hundred meters from Arlington. The suit urges the court to block any demolition or construction until an “appropriate environmental review” is conducted.
Hopefully, the judge sees the light of reason and grants Arlington this injunction. Once Democrats retake Congress in November, we'll have more power to throw up lasting roadblocks to this idiotic waste of tax dollars.
Pop quiz: What "triumph" is Trump even hoping to commemorate? The Iran War is a historic, economy-crashing failure and his domestic policies have been just as bad. This man does not have a single real victory to his name and yet he wants to be remembered like Napoleon. Pathetic doesn't even begin to describe it.
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