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It would be nice to have a president who did NOT combine the mental acuity of a geezer and the temperament of a toddler. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/04/02/us-iran-war-strait-hormuz-future/
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Now will the press finally concede that this is and always has been a 100% Republican dysfunction-caused shutdown? Come on, folks. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/politics/house-dhs-funding-shutdown.html
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My conclusion: Patel has skids under him, just as Noem and Bondi did. Start the clock.
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His baggage exceeds his utility. Blanche can protect Trump without Patel and likely wants rid of him. A new AG will want rid of him. Wiles must be sick of him.
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Also, multiple agent lawsuits loom and will oblige Patel to testify. He will be a train wreck under competent examination, and leave a big mess.
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My guess is that Patel is next to go. He is DOJ’s Lewandowski: jets and partying not popular; lying to Congress not resolved; astounding incompetence.
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Many of the worst-hit states are represented by fossil-fuel-funded Republicans who ignore climate perils, so local advocacy could matter.
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It’s easy to be out-muscled by the thug muscle of the fossil fuel industry, but it’s really a shame barely even to try. yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/03/the-...
link:https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/03/the-ski-industry-is-oddly-quiet-on-climate-change/
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No wonder people are fed up and Trump polling is collapsing into low 30s range. They can’t govern. Incompetence reigns. Gangster gong show.
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Republicans can’t get out of their own way, insist on an unnecessary shutdown, won’t challenge an unnecessary war, ignore epic corruption.
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This week, massive failure to execute on House side on the deal they had just orchestrated with Senate Republicans — it is truly the gang who couldn’t shoot straight, this time into own feet. Sadly, DHS employees must bear the cost.
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Plus, OMB says that ICE/CBP can be funded by the billions they put aside in the Beautiful for Billionaires bill. They had the money all along. cdn.sanity.io/files/ifn0l6...
link:https://cdn.sanity.io/files/ifn0l6bs/production/c670140bd16b1109f0ca9fcd450b5a671f5b88cc.pdf?utm_source=semafor
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House Republicans could have accepted the unanimous Senate end to the shutdown, but instead they prolonged it unnecessarily as they quarreled. And now fumbled the ball.
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Senate Republicans could have accepted our offer of “yes” on Day One. Instead they held TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard etc hostage, before coming to their senses.
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At the end, the whole shutdown was completely unnecessary and 100% caused by Republican dysfunction. 🧵
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Key text: the U.S. has “failed to sanction a single new tanker under the current administration.” More Trump/Russia.
link:https://kyivindependent.com/exclusive-inside-russias-shadow-fleet/
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Some rare good news. Kudos, Uber.
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Just like clockwork.
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link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/us/politics/trump-pam-bondi-future.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XlA.-PfY.Bu10eu5FkFWw&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Bondi fell into the Trump Trap, giving up her integrity to keep her job, and looks like she now will leave with neither.
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About time they figured it out. So much unnecessary pain and hassle when this was our offer all along. “Yes to everything except the ICE/CBP bits that everyone knows need reform” — what was so hard about that? What was the point of holding all the rest hostage? www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
link:https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-announce-plan-end-dhs-shutdown-tsa-airport-delays-rcna266286
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Someone ought to tell President Trump...
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This is the woman whose FBI 302s were “mistakenly” withheld by MAGA DOJ, and interview notes still withheld. Some transparency.
link:https://newrepublic.com/post/208341/new-details-13-year-old-donald-trump-accuser-epstein
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Begging the question whether Trump, 79, is in full control of his mental faculties.
link:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/31/trump-words-iran-war-churchill
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In Trump’s dirty energy scam, families pay the cost.
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This is what happens when cranks, thieves and sycophants run the United States government.
link:https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/03/trump-us-power-iran/686567/
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Add another half-billion to the tab of Trump’s Crazy War, and chalk it up to Putin. Interesting how Putin gets away with that. Why is Trump the submissive one, in that one relationship?
link:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/03/29/how-iran-destroyed-500m-battlefield-nerve-centre-at-us-base/
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Curious: A. What was her business there? B. What was his business there? C. Did they take the bedroom jet? D. Who paid for it?
link:https://www.thedailybeast.com/kristi-noems-alleged-lover-corey-lewandowski-fired-in-middle-of-exotic-getaway/
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Boom! “Over the last several days, Ukraine, using drones and possibly a new cruise missile called the “Flamingo,” knocked out approximately 40% of Russia’s oil export capacity in one night.”
link:https://bobhomans.substack.com/p/bomber-command-without-bombers
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Thank you, everyone. It buoys us to know you have our backs. This was wonderful.
link:https://www.reuters.com/pictures/scenes-anti-trump-no-kings-protest-across-america-2026-03-28/
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When you’ve busted out an organization and need to feign “renovations” to cover that you’ve run it into the ground, you get this.
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/03/26/kennedy-center-layoff/
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If they want to blow up permitting reform, making this nonsense national would be the way to do it. Rule of Law must fall before Fossil Fuel? What has fossil fuel pollution done to Great Salt Lake, “Greatest Snow On Earth”?
link:https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2026/03/27/the-fossil-fuel-industrys-get-out-of-court-free-card-00848882
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Why does Trump love a guy who bombs maternity hospitals? Trump/Epstein/ Russia?
link:https://www.reuters.com/world/russian-drones-kill-four-ukraine-damage-key-infrastructure-maternity-hospital-2026-03-28/
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Trump is propping up Putin, who is losing, raising again Trump/Russia/Epstein.
link:https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/putin-losing-ukraine-war-trump-oil_uk_69c509d0e4b081f8eb150b42
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Has anyone swept the Speaker's office after this incursion by Russians?
link:https://thehill.com/policy/international/5803437-luna-russian-delegation-meeting/
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Had Biden gone on a mind-wander like this, the press would be all over his mental capacity.
link:https://www.thedailybeast.com/sharpie-calls-bs-on-donald-trumps-rambling-pen-story/
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Both-sides-ism makes no sense in this matter. It’s inaccurate reporting, plain and simple.
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Then Senate Republicans came to their senses and agreed to fund all the other parts including TSA. Not just bipartisan, it was unanimous. Now House Republicans play shutdown games, they say with Trump’s blessing.
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This story is off base. All along, Democrats offered to fund ALL the other parts of DHS. Republicans held TSA and the rest hostage.
link:https://www.npr.org/2026/03/27/g-s1-115366/senate-dhs-tsa-deal
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Vineyard Wind/Revolution Wind bring cheaper power, idling expensive polluting plants. Sworn statements and contracts prove the savings. As for Total, we will remember.
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Mucho hogwash. Offshore wind demonstrably less expensive than fossil; ask the grid. Trump pays back fossil donors by blocking cheaper competition. www.csmonitor.com/Environment/...
link:https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2026/0328/total-energies-trump-wind-farm
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But if you ask Republicans, the real crime was Jack Smith investigating any of this.
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/25/trump-classified-map-private-plane/
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Since they've corrupted our executive branch under Trump, it becomes more important than ever to claw back for consumers their crooked excess profits.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/business/energy-environment/natural-gas-prices-lng-shell-exxon-war-iran.html
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Is this that he just lies, or is it mental fatigue?
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Do we need to consider whether the “absurdly incoherent” statements of the President reflect some form of mental incapacity? He seems to have stopped making sense.
link:https://www.politico.eu/article/donlad-trump-strait-of-hormuz-allies-befuddled/
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Lyin’ Lee Zeldin deceived Congress, the courts, and the American people. I’m calling on him to go.
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If the Republican-controlled House screws this up, there’ll be no way for the press to pretend Republicans have not always owned this shutdown.
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/27/dhs-funding-house-tsa/
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Here we go again. If this were Biden, they’d be talking about age and mental fatigue and whether the President can keep track. Trump, nearly 80, gets a pass.
link:https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/26/i-have-no-idea-trump-allies-iran-00847304
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link:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fulton-county-foolishness/id1691954283?i=1000757781277