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#TuckFrump @realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social
· 5mo ago
Congressional dysfunction is entirely of the GOP's own making #AlterNet https://twp.ai/E5BTvz
Congressional dysfunction is entirely of the GOP's own making
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Congressional dysfunction is entirely of the GOP's own making

Republicans have held power in the House, Senate and White House for over a year but have failed to pass any meaningful legislation other than its budget. House Republicans are breaking the old rules of Congress in ways that are increasingly grinding the chamber to a halt. In a striking sign of how ...

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#TuckFrump @realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social
· 2w ago
Retired general accuses Trump of committing a war crime #AlterNet https://twp.ai/E5Fg0U
Retired general accuses Trump of committing a war crime
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Retired general accuses Trump of committing a war crime

Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling cautioned that President Donald Trump appears to have publicly confessed to a crime. Speaking to The Bulwark for the "Command Post" podcast, Hertling and host Ben Parker addressed Trump's speech to the United Nations, which the latter said would make them "bash our hea...

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#TuckFrump @realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social
· 2w ago
Trump caught pleading to world leader over issue threatening his presidency #AlterNet https://twp.ai/E5FSKR
Trump caught pleading to world leader over issue threatening his presidency
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Trump caught pleading to world leader over issue threatening his presidency

As surging costs threaten to turn more and more voters against Donald Trump and the GOP, officials leaked to the Financial Times that the president pleaded for help from a world leader during a recent phone call.As Trump's war with Iran continues with no end in sight, disruptions to the global oil s...

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#TuckFrump @realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social
· 1mo ago
Boosted by @MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social
Gay dating app Grindr goes down in Dallas during RNC's Trump-a-Palooza #AlterNet https://twp.ai/E5GCAD
Gay dating app Grindr goes down in Dallas during RNC's Trump-a-Palooza
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Gay dating app Grindr goes down in Dallas during RNC's Trump-a-Palooza

The fact that a queer dating app collapsing in Dallas at the onset of the Republican convention there was not lost on critics on X.“Of course ... of course,” posted podcaster Wajahat Ali.Downdetecter, which logs and maps user problems on websites recorded the collapse of the dating and hook-up servi...

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#TuckFrump @realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social
· 2mo ago
GOP senator blew off Epstein survivors after on-camera pledge to meet them #AlterNet https://twp.ai/E5Ew9p
GOP senator blew off Epstein survivors after on-camera pledge to meet them
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GOP senator blew off Epstein survivors after on-camera pledge to meet them

A prominent Republican senator was accused of blowing off a meeting with Jeffrey Epstein survivors, despite on-camera evidence that he had previously promised to take such a meeting.On Tuesday, Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump's nominee for Attorney General, was approved to move forward in the c...

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#TuckFrump @realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social
· 2mo ago
Even conservative legal experts call Senate deal with Blanche 'inexcusable' #AlterNet https://twp.ai/E5Eyvk
Even conservative legal experts call Senate deal with Blanche 'inexcusable'
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Even conservative legal experts call Senate deal with Blanche 'inexcusable'

Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Monday issued a joint statement saying that they both believe that an agreement with President Donald Trump's attorney general nominee, Todd Blanche, is trustworthy. At the same time, legal analysts and experts are flooding social media calling...

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#TuckFrump @realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social
· 2mo ago
Psychologist reveals the signs Trump is 'raging, confused, & unraveling' #AlterNet https://twp.ai/E5Dc6s
Psychologist reveals the signs Trump is 'raging, confused, & unraveling'
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Psychologist reveals the signs Trump is 'raging, confused, & unraveling'

President Donald Trump came across as "raging, confused, and unraveling" during his recent speech on live television, according to one forensic psychologist, who spotlighted all the signs of his decline and "strange behavior" he showed during the "somewhat unusual" address.Dr. John Paul Garrison is ...

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#TuckFrump @realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social
· 2mo ago
Baptist pastor tears apart Trump — and his 'abusive' MAGA movement #AlterNet https://twp.ai/E5DSbS
Baptist pastor tears apart Trump — and his 'abusive' MAGA movement
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Baptist pastor tears apart Trump — and his 'abusive' MAGA movement

A Baptist media publisher and pastor has urged his flock to admit that President Donald Trump is an “abuser,” deeming MAGA an “abusive movement that preys on the most racist and misogynistic tropes possible.” In an op-ed published Thursday, he urged his fellow Baptists to “admit the urgency of the c...

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#TuckFrump @realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social
· 2mo ago
MAGA influencer tears apart 'impotent' Trump #AlterNet https://twp.ai/E5DTjp
MAGA influencer tears apart 'impotent' Trump
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MAGA influencer tears apart 'impotent' Trump

A prominent Republican influencer, who frequently supports President Donald Trump, used his podcast and X on Wednesday to argue that the GOP leader risks alienating his base by appearing “impotent.”Erick Erickson, a conservative commentator who went from opposing Trump in 2016 to endorsing him in bo...

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#TuckFrump @realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social
· 2mo ago
Trump left White House staff 'shocked' after ignoring serious warning #AlterNet https://twp.ai/E5DVWD
Trump left White House staff 'shocked' after ignoring serious warning
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Trump left White House staff 'shocked' after ignoring serious warning

President Donald Trump reportedly left members of his own administration staff "shocked" after green-lighting looser regulations on advanced tech sales to a key Middle East ally, per Politico, after they had compiled extensive and serious reports warning him not to.According to Politico's Wednesday ...

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#TuckFrump @realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social
· 2mo ago
Trump creates 2-tiered justice system to help allies dodge 'legal accountability' #AlterNet https://twp.ai/E5DIbB
Trump creates 2-tiered justice system to help allies dodge all 'legal accountability'
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Trump creates 2-tiered justice system to help allies dodge all 'legal accountability'

Since returning to the White House one year and a half ago, Donald Trump has used to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to target his political foes — from former FBI Director James Comey to New York State Attorney General Letitia James — while pardoning allies, loyalists and supporters, including...

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#TuckFrump @realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social
· 2mo ago
Boosted by @MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social
'Humiliation': Young MAGA voters explain why they’re ditching Trump #AlterNet https://twp.ai/E5D6pn
'Humiliation': Young MAGA voters explain why they’re ditching Trump
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'Humiliation': Young MAGA voters explain why they’re ditching Trump

Young voters who cast for President Donald Trump in 2024 have delivered a dismal assessment of his second term, describing the “humiliation” they’ve experienced due to his policies and behavior. This is according to a New York Times focus group, the findings of which were published on Friday and rev...

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#TuckFrump @realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social
· 2mo ago
Seth Meyers believes Trump might need another cognitive exam #AlterNet https://twp.ai/E5D88J
Seth Meyers believes Trump might need another cognitive exam
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Seth Meyers believes Trump might need another cognitive exam

Late-night host Seth Meyers called for the president to do another cognitive exam as Donald Trump spirals into another rant calling "affordability" a made-up work by Democrats. This week, Trump spoke at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylv...

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#TuckFrump @realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social
· 2mo ago
White House insiders frustrated as GOP fears Trump speech will make things even worse #AlterNet https://twp.ai/E5DA33
White House insiders frustrated  as GOP fears Trump speech will make things even worse
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White House insiders frustrated  as GOP fears Trump speech will make things even worse

This Thursday night, July 16, U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to a deliver a prime-time speech that will include, he says, "really big news" on election security. And with the 2026 midterms roughly three and one-half months away, many GOP insiders, according to Politico, fear that Trump's s...

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#TuckFrump @realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social
· 3mo ago
'Everything here is stupid': Johnson speakership on life support as Republicans revolt #AlterNet https://twp.ai/E5DEbf
'Everything here is stupid': Johnson speakership on life support as Republicans revolt
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'Everything here is stupid': Johnson speakership on life support as Republicans revolt

MS NOW reporter Mychaal Schnell says House Speaker Mike Johnson has ended one Republican revolt, but is now facing the prospect of another. “As House conservatives lifted their weekslong floor blockade on Tuesday — allowing GOP leaders to resume moving big-ticket legislation — Republicans were alrea...

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#TuckFrump @realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social
· 3mo ago
Trump biographer alleges Trump cleaned 'incriminating documents' from Graham's house #AlterNet https://twp.ai/E5DEMq
Trump biographer alleges Trump cleaned 'incriminating documents' from Graham's house
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Trump biographer alleges Trump cleaned 'incriminating documents' from Graham's house

On Tuesday, amid reports that the FBI had swarmed the home of Lindsey Graham following his death, a leading biographer of President Donald Trump offered a theory on the agents’ shady intentions. “I couldn't understand why the FBI was investigating Lindsey Graham's death—in the absence of any suspici...

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#TuckFrump @realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social
· 3mo ago
Follow the money: Surgeons keep performing knee surgery despite evidence it doesn't work #AlterNet https://twp.ai/E5E4Y8
Follow the money: Surgeons keep performing knee surgery despite evidence it doesn't work
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Follow the money: Surgeons keep performing knee surgery despite evidence it doesn't work

Thousands of Americans who undergo a common knee surgery might be making their problems worse rather than better.Researchers who followed patients for 10 years after they received either the actual procedure, arthroscopic knee surgery to trim degenerative cartilage tears, or merely “sham surgery” — ...

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#TuckFrump @realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social
· 3mo ago
DC insider warns of very real GOP plot to stop Dem takeover after November victory #AlterNet https://twp.ai/E5E7Cu
DC insider warns of very real GOP plot to stop Dem takeover after November victory
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DC insider warns of very real GOP plot to stop Dem takeover after November victory

Veteran campaign consultant James Carville is warning that Democrats need to keep their eyes open for Republican hijinks as the election nears. The Daily Beast reported that Carville was responding to listener emails for his podcast, "Politics War Room," when someone asked about Speaker Mike Johnson...

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