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No. of Recommendations: 13
People wonder out loud why the Trump administration would lie to us so frequently and so egregiously when the truth is so obvious. Just in the past few days:
— Cosplay Kristi claiming that Senator Padilla was “lunging” at her.
— JD Vance proclaiming that Los Angeles is filled with “rioters egged on by the governor and the mayor.”
— DNI Director Gabbard telling Congress under oath that the intelligence community does not believe Iran is building a nuke, then saying the opposite to the public on social media.
— Republican congresspeople and the Speaker of the House repeatedly promising that their billionaire-tax-cut legislation won’t cut Medicaid as they revive Reagan’s lie that tax cuts for the morbidly rich will help out average working people.
— Stephen Miller’s wife claiming that “The number [of fraudulent Social Security claims] is 40 percent” when in fact it’s so small as to be functionally meaningless.
— Trump attacked Iran despite that country posing no threat to the US whatsoever.
— ICE claiming the father of three Marines that they beat to the ground and pounded on was trying to attack them with a Weedwhacker, when in fact video shows no such thing.
The dirty little secret about fascism, authoritarianism, or whatever else you want to call the form of government Trump’s trying to impose on the United States is that it’s not even remotely legitimate governance on behalf of We the People but instead is merely a setup to steal everything that’s not nailed down.
Trump himself, after all, has already made at least a billion dollars off his presidency in just the first five months, his son Barron just made at least $40 million, and his other sons are cashing in on deals with foreign governments that run into the billions. It’s a haul worthy of Midas — or Putin.
Experts estimate that between 15 and 30 percent of the entire GDP of countries currently under authoritarian rule like Russia and Hungary is being skimmed off the top for the benefit of the leaders and their morbidly rich friends. The Nazis famously looted the wealth of Jewish and “socialist” families and businesses and transferred that wealth to Hitler’s friends, as did Mussolini, Franco, Pinochet, and Suharto back in the day, and el Sisi, Erdoğon, Khamenei, Mbasogo, Aliyev, etc. in modern times.
This is the model that Trump and the people surrounding him are following.
It goes by many names, as mentioned: fascism, authoritarianism, autocracy, oligarchy, etc. But at their core, all are simply modern reinventions of the old reign of warlord kings, where the people who hold the power use that power to enrich themselves while keeping everybody else poor.https://hartmannreport.com/p/trumps-empire-of-lies...
No. of Recommendations: 3
— Cosplay Kristi claiming that Senator Padilla was “lunging” at her.
Maybe because he was causing a scene and put his hands on officers? (Check the video)
JD Vance proclaiming that Los Angeles is filled with “rioters egged on by the governor and the mayor.”
Erm...because Hair Gel and Bass were making anti-ICE statments?
— DNI Director Gabbard telling Congress under oath that the intelligence community does not believe Iran is building a nuke, then saying the opposite to the public on social media.
Erm...she posted her remarks in full context and it was clear the media were the ones lying,.
Republican congresspeople and the Speaker of the House repeatedly promising that their billionaire-tax-cut legislation won’t cut Medicaid as they revive Reagan’s lie that tax cuts for the morbidly rich will help out average working people.
Erm...because they're not cutting Medicaid. They're adding work requirements that most other programs have.
I don't know about the other two, but the tell in whatever screed this is is this one:
Trump attacked Iran despite that country posing no threat to the US whatsoever.
Sure, Jan.
You need to read better writers, because this guy sucks. And of course it has a stupid Hitler reference. That's become catnip to you people.
No. of Recommendations: 7
No. of Recommendations: 3
Where’s the lie?
They had a deal. Then both sides started breaking it.
You can’t tell the difference anymore, can you?
No. of Recommendations: 1
trump crime family kleptocracy well prepared for when don eventually expires.
grift americans, invest ~100% new wealth in foreign assets with massive seizure obstacles.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/24/trum...patriotic capitalism in the golden age of grift.
No. of Recommendations: 4
They had a deal.
In Donald Trump’s everhopeful quest for a Nobel Prize, they had a deal.
In the real world, not so much.
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In Donald Trump’s everhopeful quest for a Nobel Prize, they had a deal.
In the real world, not so much.
In the real world, Donald Trump’s brokered deal is about as real as his many many tariff deals.
No. of Recommendations: 3
In the real world, Donald Trump’s brokered deal is about as real as his many many tariff deals.
And it's better that the deal fall apart, amirite? Way to root for peace!
No. of Recommendations: 2
— JD Vance proclaiming that Los Angeles is filled with “rioters egged on by the governor and the mayor.”Oh, and just to curb stomp this one in the street some more. This one's awesome!
https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/1937577489099878...That's a democrat Vice Mayor for you!
EXCLUSIVE: Per federal sources, the vice mayor of Cudahy, a city in southeast LA County, is under FBI investigation after she allegedly posted a video to social media in which she appears to call for 18th Street & Florencia 13 gang members in LA to defend their territory from ICE, even urging gang leadership to “get your f$cking members in order”.
I’m told Cynthia Gonzalez posted the video late last week, then deleted it, and that the FBI later visited her home & she is under active federal investigation.
Gonzalez posted on her social media that the FBI came to her house, and she needs a lawyer.
FBI LA tells FOX they cannot confirm or deny an investigation, but that they condemn any call for gang violence.
We’ve reached out to Gonzalez via phone and email & are awaiting a response. No response yet from the city of Cudahy either. Will update as we get more.democrats. Even the world's best parody writers can't do them justice.
