I decided to rewatch House of Cards and I’ve realized something that never would have dawned on me at the time the show came out.
Kevin Spacey/Frank Underwood is the fascist/fascist-enabling arm of the Democratic Party, and he is for real. (Including, most likely, everything that we know about Spacey now).
Only thing I am left wondering is: how many of the Ds are Frank Underwoods?
1%? 50%? 100%?
Donnerstag Exklusiv auf #punktube
Unser mega #stopmotion #Film von @bsfilms zur Aktion #Unplugtrump von @kuketzblog
#TuckFrump #FuckTrump #fcktrump #fckmusk #zölle #demokratie #bigtech #oligarch #usa #musk #elon #zuckerberg #meta #fckmeta #democrats
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Slate:
Donald Trump’s Corruption Reaches New Heights
Trump—who recently told small American children they’d have to cut back on the number of dolls they enjoy in this new era of buckle-tightening austerity—gets to use the $400 million gift…
Trump is also raking in foreign cash through his crypto venture, granting coveted access to rich foreigners who pad his pockets...
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/05/qatar-air-force-one-scandal-trumps-corruption.html
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Slate:
Donald Trump’s Corruption Reaches New Heights
The Constitution states that “no person holding any office of profit or trust” may accept any “present, emolument, office, or title, or any kind whatsoever,” from a foreign leader or nation without “the consent of Congress.” ...
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/05/qatar-air-force-one-scandal-trumps-corruption.html
Daily Beast:
Trump Uses BS Claim to Defend Importing White South Africans
Trump on Monday defended welcoming white South Africans as refugees, claiming baselessly that they were victims of “genocide.”...
South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S., Ebrahim Rosool, then claimed the Trump administration was trying to “project white victimhood as a dog whistle...
In response, Secretary of State Marco Rubio banned him from the U.S.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-defends-importing-white-south-africans-with-bogus-claim/
Axios:
Trump's executive order to lower drug prices may not do much of that
The White House's executive order to lower drug prices is largely an exercise in applying leverage, rather than actual policymaking...
"At the end of the day, was this just a distraction to try to get reporters not to focus on GOP efforts to cut Medicaid? That is probably as good of an explanation as any," Raymond James' Meekins wrote.
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/12/roadblocks-trump-drug-price-plan
TRUMP'S INTERNAL SHOE LIFTS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING AS HIGH HEELS
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The GOP can't govern. Here's how they're ruining our country today:
The corrupt Trump administration takes a gift of a free plane from Qatar, a violation of Emoulments. The GOP doesn't care. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-poised-accept-palace-sky-gift-trump/story?id=121680511
Trump gets to fly in luxury thanks to foreign powers, but our airports don't work. https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/11/us/another-equipment-outage-impacts-newark-airport
Also it's not safe to fly AND now the GOP is cutting Medical Care. https://apnews.com/article/medicaid-cuts-trump-tax-cuts-bill-1e2b12a91a3d12ceb0420ce7053de58e
Republicans want to stop states from regulating expensive, inefficient AI. https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5295706-republican-bill-blocks-states-ai-regulations/
US Popularity plummets. https://www.politico.eu/article/usa-popularity-collapse-worldwide-trump-return/
WHY SHOULD CHILDREN RATION THEIR TOYS?
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SOCIALISM IN MAGA EYES
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: #democrats #harrytruman #robertreich #socialism #uspol #uspolitics :
TARIFFGATE, EXPLAINED
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: #costofliving #democrats #donaldtrump #economy #tariffgate #tariffs #useconomy #uspol #uspolitics :
#Democrats in US #Senate prepare to censure #Trump for accepting the gift of a plane valued at $400 million from #Qatar, which they called "just wildly illegal" CN Senator Chris Murphy said “UAE’s investment in Trump crypto and Qatar’s gifting of a plane is nuclear grade graft.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/12/trump-qatar-jet-gift-democrats
Illinois governor is first in US to block federal access to personal data on autism https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/12/illinois-jb-pritzker-trump-autism-data #Trumpadministration #RobertFKennedyJr #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Democrats #Illinois #Autism #USnews
#DavidHogg also made the important point that the idea of younger, fresher faces challenging Democratic incumbents is not a new one.
“Some of the most prolific leaders in our party, whether it’s [Senator] #CoryBooker [D-NJ], whether it’s #AOC, whether it’s [Representative] #RoKhanna [CA] or even [House Minority Leader] #HakeemJeffries [D-NY] … all got there through Democratic primaries of incumbents,” he told Capehart.
#DavidHogg’s #primary plan: Will fresh faces save the #DemocraticParty?
Some #Democrats are ignoring a real issue for the party: Most voters want to see fewer elderly lawmakers in Washington.
#USpol
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/12/opinion/david-hogg-primary-democrats-dnc/
#DavidHogg roiled Democratic politics when his PAC, #LeadersWeDeserve, announced last month that it would spend $20M to target “out-of-touch, ineffective” #House #Democrats. DNC chair Ken Martin has maintained that party officers such as Hogg should stay neutral in primaries.
A lawyer for Hogg urged the Credentials Cmte to reject Free’s challenge last month, saying there is “no basis to question the credentials” of either Hogg or #MalcomKenyatta.
A #DNC panel on Monday evening is expected to weigh whether #DavidHogg & a 2nd vice chair #MalcolmKenyatta were properly elected earlier this year.
The challenge to their elections was filed >2 months ago. However, the panel’s meeting comes as Hogg faces criticism inside the party over a separate issue: his plans to support #primary challengers to #House #Democrats in his personal capacity.
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