"And the skies will burn and the ground will become like marshmallows! Women will wail and rend their garments! Strong men, BIG Strong Men who never Cry will have Tears in their eyes, as their children gnash their teeth and clutch their three Dolls in their Arms! And everywhere will be heard weeping and lamentation as the stars go out one by one and the seas turn into BLOOD and Everybody blames Joe Biden!Donald Trump hates that he can’t be the king of America.
— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) June 1, 2025
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"I would like to say 'This book is written to the glory of God', but nowadays this would be the trick of a cheat, i.e., it would not be correctly understood."--Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."--Soren Kierkegaard
Sunday, June 01, 2025
“The Moon Will Turn Blood Red!”
Later That Same Day….
That is all he knows, and all you need to know.WELKER: Do you have any actual evidence that the people who will lose Medicaid coverage are engaging in fraud?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 1, 2025
MIKE JOHNSON: Well, there is a tremendous amount of fraud in Medicaid pic.twitter.com/rI4Y80EVO7
Time considered as a helix of semi-precious stones. Or a river. Or something that allows this sentence to make sense.STEPHANOPOULOS: When will we see an actual trade agreement? Will we see any this week?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 1, 2025
HASSETT: I expected we were probably going to see one perhaps as early as last week pic.twitter.com/dQitupw01x
Margaret Brennan totally exposes FDA Commissioner Makary for making it up as he goes and making conflicting recommendations in order to cast doubt on covid vaccines. He's so terrible during this interview that Brennan is left shaking her head as she wraps it up. pic.twitter.com/kHjHiUD1sI
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 1, 2025
When you’ve lost Margaret Brennan…MAKARY: 88 percent of American kids, their parents have said no to the covid shot last season. So the vast majority of Americans are saying no.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 1, 2025
BRENNAN: I don't want to crowdsource my health guidance. You don't go with popularity, you go with data. pic.twitter.com/K42GrhRsBp
But when are Democrats gonna do the thing I said they should do?Warnock as Welker presses him to relitigate Biden and 2024: "Here's what we absolutely know about last year's election -- it's over. And I'm gonna spend all of my energy focused on the task in front of us ... they are literally trying to take healthcare away from children." pic.twitter.com/3bmqCNpvlF
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 1, 2025
And “Groceries” Is A Beautiful Word No One Uses Anymore
A) What does he think the DMV is?*Musk: My frank opinion of the government is that the government is just the DMV that got big, okay, so when you say, like, let's have the government do something, you should think, do you want the DMV to do it? pic.twitter.com/YPtmtAPR4u
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 1, 2025
That’s how Trump explains itWelker: This was in relation to a democratic bill. You said the CBO has confirmed this bill adds nearly $400 billion.. So do you only believe the CBO when a Democrat is president, Mr. Speaker?
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 1, 2025
Johnson: No, this is very easy to explain. The CBO sometimes gets projections correct pic.twitter.com/JDBiv0WOPt
I don’t want to think Comer is this stupid, but he’s not leaving me any choice.Comer: And if we can find information that would lead us to believe that Biden had no knowledge of those executive orders being signed in his name, then I think that the trump administration could get them thrown out in court, and then trump would be able to execute his agenda a… pic.twitter.com/Z3SAPjttKy
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 1, 2025
"Damned if you do, and damned if you don’t. And btw, I got mine, fuck you all.”Brennan: Should companies cut back on the amount of goods they have on their shelves or just on their profitability?
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 1, 2025
Bessent: That's a decision company by company pic.twitter.com/Ww2wsg4fj1
ETTD.Brennan: Dimon predicted a debt market crisis,
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 1, 2025
Bessent: For his entire career, he's made predictions like this, fortunately none of them have come true. That's why he's a banker, a great banker pic.twitter.com/Kk5q50jnZu
Brennan: The speaker estimates this is going to add 4 to $5 trillion over the next ten years and there's that debt limit increase.
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 1, 2025
Bessent: That’s CBO scoring.
Brennan: That's the speaker of the house.
Bessent: No, no, no.
Brennan: He said it last Sunday on this program.… pic.twitter.com/KZuKqTymUG
Brennan: He said it last Sunday on this program.When all the lies start running into each other.
Bessent: He said that's the cbo scoring.
Brennan: No, he said that sounds right.
Slicing The Baloney
In the clip [OMB Director Russell Vought] can be heard stating, "“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down so that the EPA can’t do all of the rules against our energy industry because they have no bandwidth financially to do so. We want to put them in trauma.”Yeah, leopards eating faces, “good” immigrants v “bad.” This takes me back to an old and racist joke from my childhood, when the favored football team would be losing, and it was because “their n—-ers are beatin’ up on our black boys.” The joke was at least self-aware.
"Is that your goal as OMB director?" Bash asked.
"Look, I love how you jerry, jerry-picked (sic)the quote on trauma," he parried. "What I was referring to there was the bureaucracy. We do believe there is weaponized bureaucracy. We do believe that there are people who have been part of administrations that are fundamentally woke and weaponized against the American people."
"I have great people at OMB. There are great people at the FAA. There are great people a the NIH who are doing hard work and important public service activities and I think it's important to provide the full context of what people like me have said in the past," he pushed back. "But we're not going to be pushed, receive push-back, from the notion that we're going to dramatically change the deep woke and weaponized administrative state. "
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Yes, apparently so:Is “everyone dies” MAGA’s new buzz phrase of the week?
— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) June 1, 2025
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"Mercy Culture Preparatory, which is a private school in my district, also happens to be where I send my kids to school, he said they are the least vaccinated school in the state of Texas," [Tex. State Rep. Nate Schatzline (R-☠️)] observed. "Now, I was incredibly concerned for a couple different reasons. I was concerned that, number one, we're just finding out about this. Because the second concern is, why haven't we celebrated this sooner?"Bud Kennedy is the reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram who first noted Mercy(less) Prep was not requiring vaccinations.
"Look, I am so excited to say that Mercy Culture Prep is celebrating medical freedom where we honor the wishes of moms and dads over any type of health official like Rachel Levine or so-called public health expert like Bud Kennedy."
Saturday, May 31, 2025
Stephen Miller, LL.D.*
"Not people who have any right to be here.” Gives away the game, doesn’t it? Those whom Stephen Miller declares “illegal aliens” (not a legal term of art) are not persons, as in:Miller: The discussion about whether or not habeas would be limited for illegal aliens, not people who have any right to be here, is solely in the context of what are the options the administration would have to look at if the courts don't obey and abide by the laws pic.twitter.com/KcJ32E2eMv
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 1, 2025
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.And:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.And the courts decide what the law is. Not the POTUS. Not an advisor to the POTUS. They decide the law starting, in this case, with the plain language of the law. “No person” does not leave room for “illegal aliens are NOT people.” It certainly leaves no room for: “I don’t like what the courts say, so I have the authority to say’Fuck the courts.’” Although I will say you are pushing hard for an impeachment if you get Trump to take that line. Impeachment AND removal, especially if you make it grounds for who the voters choose in 2026.
Yes, they do. Until the appellate court says they don’t, or the Supreme Court says they don’t. That’s the way a federal court system works in this country; and has since Congress established it. Funny thing, but we don’t have laws for persons in only one party of the country, and wholly different laws for persons in another part of the country. Or state by state, for that matter. See Section I of the 14th Amendment, above, for further information.Miller: The craziest, most liberal lawyer seeks out the craziest most liberal judge and says I want you to shut down this policy nationwide.. Do the people of Florida consent to be ruled by the judge of San Francisco?
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 1, 2025
There are millions of citizens all over the country who… pic.twitter.com/MBzkEQ7oVx
Trump has never worked hard a day in his life.✅Miller: The people who work hard… they look around them and everybody else that isn't doing it right is getting rewarded… the scammers and grifters in Washington DC are getting rich. Illegal aliens are getting rich. The criminals are getting away with everything pic.twitter.com/YdS2N3l2WG
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 1, 2025
Donald Trump, more detached from reality than ever, just shared an unhinged QAnon post saying former President Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced by clones. pic.twitter.com/f3E8QIxmh4
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) June 1, 2025
Of Pictures And A Thousand Words
🐁 ? Even the mice are confused. 😵💫 If they quit trying to change mice 🐁 gender we’ll have less need for HIV vaccines for mice. Or something. 🐁🐁 I still don’t understand what those law firms thought they were doing. Contempt findings can’t come soon enough. Biden really should have had the foresight to protect the constitution from the voters. And I’m pretty sure the Roberts Court actively expanded unaccountable executive power all by its 6-3 self.
The Tooth Fairy 🧚 Could Not Be Reached For Comment
Condescending evangelism is never a good look.Absolutely bonkers — Joni Ernst doubles down on her “we are all gonna die” defense of Medicaid cuts while walking through a cemetery pic.twitter.com/tZrhtvODeK
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 31, 2025
Friday, May 30, 2025
Sen. Ernst Says: “Good Night, Kiddees”
JONI ERNST: When you are arguing about illegals that are receiving Medicaid benefits, they are not eligible
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 30, 2025
CROWD: People will die!
ERNST: Well, we all are going to die pic.twitter.com/Jm5gl9Eack
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So, it’s Harvard’s fault SpaceX rockets keep rapidly disassembling off-schedule?Trump: I would like to see the money go to trade schools. Where people learn how to fix motors and engines, people learn how to build rocket ships. Somebody has to build those rocket ships. pic.twitter.com/PRJBG8RwXs
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 30, 2025
He thinks it’s a bank loan, doesn’t he?Trump: We have to extend the debt. If we don't, we are in default. The Democrats might like our country to be in default…That was handed to them by a very well-meaning man that gave it to them because he thought it was the right thing to do. It could have been there a problem… pic.twitter.com/mIq9lUBGiD
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 30, 2025
Well, the former is impossible, and the latter is certainly possible, so…Reporter: What do you think would be easier: colonizing Mars or making the government efficient?
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 30, 2025
Musk: It's a tough call. But I think colonizing Mars and making life multi-planetary is harder pic.twitter.com/xseYXSS6Yo
Elmo gets his legal advice from TACO.🌮Musk: The New York Times. Is that the same publication that got a pulitzer prize for false reporting on the russiagate? Is it the same organization? I think the judge just ruled against New York Times for their lies about the russiagate hoax, and that they might have to give… pic.twitter.com/hUyU0t98aI
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 30, 2025
I would start the comparisons with what Hitler did to Europe. Or Covid did to the world. Or…Trump: Elon’s service to America has been without comparison in modern history pic.twitter.com/CJ9Yb0HZo3
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 30, 2025
I just like watching Stephen Miller make an ass of himself.Brown: So why did Trump put these “crazy communist judges” on the bench.
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 30, 2025
Miller: You heard you heard President Trump himself say that the federalist society and Leonard Leo has created a broken system for judicial vetting… We’re not going to be using the federalist society to… pic.twitter.com/N44eEjgKCz
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2/ RFK is a clown and it's a meaty news story to see what possible studies he cld be citing to support his claims. I keep reading seriously publications arguing that AI cld rreach escape velocity 'general intelligence' sometime in the next year. But that seems just really improbable.
JMM’s entire take on AI sounds like people trying to still defend Elmo by saying he’s still good “at many things.”
—Nobody wants his Cybertruck
—Legacy car makers are eating his lunch.
—StarLink is alive only because Musk used the government to strong arm foreign countries.
—The Boring Company is all but tits up.
—Tesla will not likely survive the failure to make an autonomous taxi.
—Elmo still thinks he’ll build autonomous humanoid robots to build his cars. And AI will achieve “general intelligence” by Xmas. Or at least eventually do all the things marketers of AI say it will. Eventually. Maybe. Someday. By and by.
By which time it will figure out not to make up references, no matter what it’s told? Which actually would exceed the abilities of the average student.
Look!👀 Over There!
Yesterday.Bessent on China talks: I would say they are a bit stalled… pic.twitter.com/xzZDykkKNW
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 29, 2025
Today.We are governed by a lunatic pic.twitter.com/TwvFYTKhOr
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 30, 2025
Chatter At The National High School Lunch Table
"[Leonard] Leo is somebody who's very close to those justices and we're already seeing signs, right, that the three Trump appointees are not so firmly in Trump's camp as some would have expected," the legal expert told the panel.🙀
"And to have that kind of unhinged attack calling Leonard Leo a sleazebag, the word the president used, I mean, it's almost incomprehensible," he added before recalling, "The last time I saw Leonard Leo was last fall at the Federalist Society conference, and he was not schmoozing with other, you know, wealthy lawyers who were there or other conservative legal activists who were there. He was sitting in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel that I know you all are very familiar with, chatting with a Catholic priest and a Catholic nun, okay, so the guy is not a sleazebag."
"There are people that will have disagreements and criticisms, will say he's anti-majoritarian, those are all things that I think one can debate as reasonable criticism," he pointed out. "But to call him a sleazebag is just sort of bizarre lashing out at someone because you didn't get your way and I don't think that's going to sit well with his friends on the Supreme Court."
Trump is usually a genius about wielding loyalties to his benefit.A lot!
But "real 'sleazebag'" Leonard Leo has spent a great deal of $$, um, influencing the people Trump needs.
Anyway, I've been noting import of far right involvement in tariff cases for weeks. So Imma mark this as a win.
Also, if you're wondering, that Leo screed is 510 words long.Because the real problem is what he said about people.
The Old Man had a lot to say...
Donald Trump is gonna have some real cognitive dissonance when he remembers that Aileen Cannon is a Leonard Leo gal.Ya know, those 510 words included this:
The horrific decision stated that I would have to get the approval of Congress for these Tariffs. In other words, hundreds of politicians would sit around D.C. for weeks, and even months, trying to come to a conclusion as to what to charge other Countries that are treating us unfairly. If allowed to stand, this would completely destroy Presidential Power — The Presidency would never be the same! This decision is being hailed all over the World by every Country, other than the United States of America. Radical Left Judges, together with some very bad people, are destroying America.
But that’s just Trump being Trump, right? I’m sure the Supremes will care less about Trump’s theory of Presidential power than they will about his gossip (well, with the probable exception of Alito and Thomas).
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Funny The Administration Never Talks About This
@MeidasTouch: Can you give us a sense of what is going on today at the ports across California?
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) May 29, 2025
@CAGovernor Newsom: The ports in LA saw 17 cancellations of vessels…10 cancellations already that we’re projecting in June. This has already had an impact. Shortages and supply… pic.twitter.com/WCYaajTiyM
>> @MeidasTouch : Can you give us a sense of what is going on today at the ports across California?
@CAGovernor Newsom: The ports in LA saw 17 cancellations of vessels…10 cancellations already that we’re projecting in June. This has already had an impact. Shortages and supply constraints are inevitable if this continues. It’s self-inflicted by the Trump Administration. We cannot overstate the impacts of the damage.
There’s a reason more people live in New York. For one thing, you never hear of “New York Man.”Bessent: "We want the US to be more like Florida and less like New York" pic.twitter.com/WpfdCmzu0S
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 29, 2025
That’s only with the concurrence of Congress. Which is precisely what the Court of International Trade ruled.Bessent on tariffs: "It seems highly inappropriate for the judiciary to wade in here ... the president absolutely has the right to set the trade agenda for the US." pic.twitter.com/MjCARZgXqV
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 29, 2025
It’s a conspiracy, I tells ya!Peter Navarro's message to small businesses struggling with economic uncertainty because of tariffs: "A lot of this back and forth is the result of the Democrats working with the globalist RINO Wall Street people to try to stop the Trump agenda." pic.twitter.com/18dcTZkokW
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 29, 2025
So you are gonna go to Congress, or nah?Q: Is your message to small businesses and markets that these tariffs are gonna go into effect regardless, and that the administration will find a way to get it done?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 29, 2025
NAVARRO: I think that's a fair assessment pic.twitter.com/jQJA9sfXUF
Outreach to the two most populous areas of the country!Peter Navarro today has repeatedly demeaningly referred to the West Coast as the "left coast" and the East Coast as "the elitist coast." pic.twitter.com/cZQTLzLwbo
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 29, 2025
Navarro makes you realize how much worse Trump could be. When you never thought that was possible.FOX BIZ: Could you explain the administration's justification of economic emergency invocation on dolls and Wayfair furniture and Lululemon yoga pants. That's gonna be a hard sell to a court.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 29, 2025
NAVARRO: Let's take the fentanyl issue first
FOX BIZ: I said Lululemon and Wayfair pic.twitter.com/BkseobBioy
See?NAVARRO: These are rogue judges that are basically operatin--
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 29, 2025
FOX BUSINESS: One was appointed by Donald Trump. That's a rogue judge?
NAVARRO: There was one appointed by Donald Trump
FOX BIZ: And one by Reagan
NAVARRO: More importantly ... pic.twitter.com/35gIUni2mJ
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 29, 2025
“The Presidency Would..Be The Same!”
Somebody’s really gonna have to sit this guy down…
Backroom 'hustlers' must not be allowed to destroy our Nation!" wrote Trump. "The horrific decision stated that I would have to get the approval of Congress for these Tariffs. In other words, hundreds of politicians would sit around D.C. for weeks, and even months, trying to come to a conclusion as to what to charge other Countries that are treating us unfairly. If allowed to stand, this would completely destroy Presidential Power — The Presidency would never be the same! This decision is being hailed all over the World by every Country, other than the United States of America. Radical Left Judges, together with some very bad people, are destroying America."…and take him through Article I and Article II, maybe with pictures and crayons.
"Under this decision, Trillions of Dollars would be lost by our Country, money that will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN," he added. "It would be the harshest financial ruling ever leveled on us as a Sovereign Nation. The President of the United States must be allowed to protect America against those that are doing it Economic and Financial harm. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
Trump. "The horrific decision stated that I would have to get the approval of Congress for these Tariffs.... If allowed to stand, this would completely destroy Presidential Power — The Presidency would never be the same!"Actually, the Presidency would be the same. The same as it has been since 1789. And the “trillions of dollars”?
Ignoring the plane from Qatar, Benen pointed out that Trump appears to love the figure "$5.1 trillion." He uses it a lot.But he does love the sound of “trillions of dollars.”
"He referenced it a week ago when unveiling the 'Make America Healthy Again' report, which came two days after he pushed the same line during a visit to Capitol Hill, which came one day after he repeated the talking point at the White House," wrote Benen, noting that last week Trump even suggested the sum could even be “$7 trillion."
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A Washington Post fact-check said that Trump has recently begun claiming successes and foreign investments secured by President Joe Biden as his own. Trump's fuzzy math includes Biden investments as well as those Trump had previously secured before the trip. Still, Trump maintained that "in about two hours," he secured $5.1 trillion.
"The sum of the deals is under $1 trillion," the report said.
The New York Times report did its own calculations, saying, "The value of the agreements appeared to total about $283 billion.”
All those old guard conservatives who incrementally moved closer and closer to MAGA are now members of a party that worships a draft dodger, hates NATO, loves Putin, started a trade war, passed record deficits, pardons criminals who beat cops, and hates the Federalist Society.
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 30, 2025
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So you are working on a plan B right now?" one correspondent asked.When plain truth is too ideological.
"Plan A encompasses all strategic options," he insisted. "We are not naive about rogue justices in the judiciary and Democrats filing lawsuits. This has got to stop, by the way. This weaponization of the judiciary."
A second reporter's question vexed the White House adviser.
"How much of that is because every time you get a court decision you don't like, you and your colleagues come out here and rail against rogue judges?" the reporter wondered.
"See, who is this guy?" Navarro demanded to know.
The reporter identified himself as Andrew Feinberg of The Independent.
"Okay, so that is such a biased question," Navarro huffed. "That is not a journalist question. That was like an op-ed, sir. So I don't even respond to that."
Well, until the court lifts the stay. Which could be fairly soon. And then it can’t go to the Supremes until there’s a final decision. And their year ends July 4. Which means they wouldn’t hear an appeal until late this year at the earliest. But more likely, next year. And then rule…? 🤷🏻♂️Hassett: What this judge tried to do is upended these deals, many of them are about to be signed, and the fact that the appeals court is giving us more time means we will have time to finish those deals. It's good news for American workers and farmers. pic.twitter.com/Acq0HYi9iE
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 29, 2025
Every Accusation Is A Confession
How does government work, again?Leavitt on Jill Biden: She's still lying to the American people. She still thinks the American public are so stupid that they will believe her lies. It’s insulting. She needs to answer for it. pic.twitter.com/5O4QRlf4xX
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 29, 2025
Election results suspend the rule of law. For Republicans, only.Reporter: Why would other countries continue these trade deal negotiations given the ruling?
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 29, 2025
Leavitt: Because other countries around the world have faith in the negotiator in chief, Donald J. Trump. And they also probably see how ridiculous this ruling is.. pic.twitter.com/hIcr6gzzyq
The suit in Judge Chutkan’s court is looming large.Leavitt: Three judges of the U.S. Court of international trade abused their judicial power to usurp the authority of President Trump to stop him from carrying out the mandate that the American people gave him. pic.twitter.com/W6ecAMxsB0
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 29, 2025
The point, that there is no substance, goes right over her head.Leavitt claims that with Elon Musk departing, "the DOGE leaders are each and every member of the president's cabinet and the president himself" pic.twitter.com/j5Va7Gci5N
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 29, 2025
NOTUS: A NOTUS investigation found that the MAHA commission report cites studies that appear to not exist. Does the WH have confidence that the info coming from HHS can be trusted?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 29, 2025
LEAVITT: Yes. I understand there were some formatting issues, but it does not negate the substance… pic.twitter.com/i1d5SMlGYy
NOTUS: A NOTUS investigation found that the MAHA commission report cites studies that appear to not exist. Does the WH have confidence that the info coming from HHS can be trusted?The NOTUS report found the study was rife with false sources, and several researchers contacted by NOTUS denied authorship of the “sources” listed.
LEAVITT: Yes. I understand there were some formatting issues, but it does not negate the substance of the report.
NOTUS: Did they use AI?
LEAVITT: I can't speak to that
"It’s not clear that anyone wrote the study cited in the MAHA report."
Wow. If these were freshman, caught using ChatGPT that made up bogus studies, they'd get flunked or worse.
Elmo Has A Sad 😞
The question always was how long would the Musk Trump show last. We now have the answer.Just as the statutory 150 day deadline for “temporary appointments” looms, and as Judge Tanya Chutkan is ruling on a challenge to the authority of DOGE and Musk for violating the appointments clause, a violation which could render void everything DOGE did. (The Administration argument is that Musk was only temporarily appointed, so there is no Constitutional violation.)
A Disillusioned Musk, Distanced From Trump, Says He’s Exiting Washington https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-doge.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Fear Of A Brown Planet: Trump 2.0 Version
Miller: Under President Trump’s leadership, we are looking to set a goal of a minimum of 3000 arrests for ICE every day and President Trump is going to keep pushing to get that number up higher each and every single day pic.twitter.com/9qrl6qTJgv
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 29, 2025
So the new goal is to make American cities white again?Duffy: "If you're liberal, they want you to take public transportation ... the problem is that it's dirty. You have criminals. It's homeless shelters. It's insane asylums. It's a work ground for the criminal element of the city to prey upon the good people." pic.twitter.com/EvF0XHJuQz
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 28, 2025
Yeah, About That…
The administration’s power to impose universal tariffs, the court argued, is specified in a different law: the 1974 Trade Act,” the outlet wrote.It doesn’t appear Trump is quite there yet.
This act allows Trump to impose a 15% tariff for 150 days. “It also allows unlimited levies (tariffs) on specific trading partners whose trade policy the administration judges to be ‘unjustifiable’ or to ‘[burden] or restrict’ American firms,” they said.
Trump is only able to impose this tariff after an investigation, a public notice, and a comment period. These restrictions were put in place after President Richard Nixon used an earlier version of the bill.
“It is to these alternative powers that Mr. Trump can now be expected to turn,” the Economist wrote. “A universal tariff of 10% applied under the Trade Act would give the administration about five months to have the ruling overturned on appeal.”
This, however, is not realistic because the act would require an investigation into every trading partner that hasn’t come to the table with a trade deal. Thus, the disputes will likely find their way to the Supreme Court.
I really don’t think we can expect any more coherence than this, for awhile.normal stuff pic.twitter.com/QWgIGoQhOi
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 29, 2025
Somebody tag Jake Tapper….REPORTER: When could the administration resume interviews for foreign students visa?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 28, 2025
TRUMP: On what?
REPORTER: Foreign student visas
TRUMP: For the French?
REPORTER: All the foreign students
TRUMP: What are you referring-- foreign visas for what? pic.twitter.com/ynKnbjQ0Xt






