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senseandsensibility's JournalJake Tapper calls trump's actions "through the looking glass" and "strange"
Is he taking baby steps towards questioning trump's mental ability? He just finished covering the "MedBed" story in which trump posted an AI video about a bogus "medbed" that could solve people's healthcare problems.
After Daniel Dale fact checked the video (MedBeds don't exist), he actually asked "Doesn't he know that medbeds are not real?"
After that, Jake Tapper and Daniel covered the bogus post by Abigail Jackson (deputy press secretary) in which she misinterpreted a graph that actually shows there is MUCH more R violence than D violence.
I admit to being surprised, and pleasantly so.
Breaking on CNN: Dems Stay Defiant on Health Care Demands As Shutdown Looms
That's CNN's "take" for what it's worth. Just posting as a contrast to other reports I've seen about Dems "caving."
So after the meeting between R leadership, trump and Dems, R's lie to the camera ! Color me not shocked!
Aaron Rupar is following the comments from Vance, Johnson, and Jeffries on bluesky. Here's an example of the lies JD and Johnson are peddling. JD blames "Biden policies" for rural hospitals shutting down in Sept. 2025. He scolds Dems: "You don't use your policy differences to shut down government." Mike Johnson is saying that if the govt shuts down, the WIC program and FEMA won't be funded. Because you know that Rs have always been BIG CHAMPIONS of those programs. 
Schumer's response: "We have very large differences on healthcare and on their ability to undo whatever budget we agree to through rescissions and through impoundment."
"Motive Still Unclear After 4 Killed, 8 Wounded in Michigan Church Attack" : CNN "breaking news" now
How long will they play dumb? Any guesses? I wonder why all these other outlets that I see posted on DU are able to find pictures of the suspect's Trump sign on his property and "make liberals cry" t-shirt? It's a mystery alright.
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First words out of every Dem's mouth when asked about the budget "negotiations"
should be that trump and johnson are lying about Dems wanting to shut down the government to give healthcare to those they insist on calling illegal aliens The corporate media will not fact check this sufficiently. Anyone who thinks they will have been asleep for the past ten years. And Rs and independent voters need to hear this repeatedly.'
An example of how deranged and dishonest these claims by Rs are appeared today in Tim Burchett's X acct: "How can the Democrats afford to give Healthcare to Criminal Aliens and take $50 billion from Rural healthcare?"
It is not legal to give government funded health insurance to undocumented people. Dems are not asking for that. And, Dems are not the ones cutting rural healthcare This really needs to spelled out hundreds, if not thousands of times, until it sinks in.
How is this order to deploy troops to Portland legal?
Former Rep. Max Rose (D) just said that he tried to play it straight when the trump administration was deploying the national guard and commented on the role of the governor and the president. But here, deploying troops against the will of the governor? He says this is not a legal order.
I don't know if it's just me, but it seems like this issue is not receiving the attention it deserves. I'm afraid that the administration's efforts to normalize this BS is working. Where is the outrage? It is very easy to prove that there is no emergency in Portland.
Last night, Eric Swalwell reminded MSNBC viewers why the House and Senate are not in session
It's because the House has the votes now to release the Epstein files. That's why no one is working towards a budget and we are about to go into a government shutdown. I think that simple fact would be a good one to repeat as these budget "negotiations" heat up next week.
Elizabeth Warren: "Portland is not 'war ravaged'. This is delusional and dangerous.
Sending troops into American cities doesn't make our communities safer--it just stokes fear and stirs up chaos. Trump is plunging further into authoritarianism every single day."
We can not let this be normalized. There is no "emergency" or anything like it in Portland. I have heard very little about this on CNN or MSNBC today. Showing video of the city would prove trump is a liar. I hope the corporate media gets a clue soon.
So apparently Chuck Schumer still has not posted anything about the Comey indictment
I just checked his bluesky account and there was nothing. I was first alerted to this by Ron Filipkowski who pointed out yesterday that Schumer had not released a statement. Now, 24 hours later, he still has not.
I don't understand this. I will never understand it.
This post is 4 hrs old from Ron Filipkowski, but seriously, what is going on here?
I will delete if Schumer has posted something since Ron made this post, but as of this morning according to him:
"Maybe I missed it Has the Democratic leader of the Senate posted on social media or made a statement about the Comey indictment yet?"
As i said above, if he has commented since I will delete, but this is not my idea of good offense.
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