"It's a shakedown." "It's literally protection rackets." @jvl.bsky.social and @crampell.bsky.social on Trump’s $800 million pay-to-play operation, where companies cut checks, buy access, and get what they want from the president.
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"There are, quite simply, very few actors who are better equipped to embody that sort of disembodiedness than Nicolas Cage."
‘Spider-Noir’ ReviewNicolas Cage playing a PI Spider-Man: What more could you want?lnk.thebulwark.comIf by "funny" you mean "makes some people laugh," then sure. But if you mean having any capacity for wit, nope.
Trump Was Never FunnyToo bad—humor is a good thing in a politician.lnk.thebulwark.comICE: Shoot first, tell lies later.
Assume ICE Is LyingPlus: How many citizens can Trump actually denaturalize?lnk.thebulwark.com"The prosecutors went to the trouble of contacting well-known mafioso Salvatore 'Sammy the Bull' Gravano. But he said that the mob would never use '86' to mean to kill someone because it was 'too obvious.'" lnk.thebulwark.com/4yRDi1J
"'You received an autopen pardon from a staffer in the Biden White House,' Sen. Rick Scott scornfully told Fauci." Yes, it's that crazy.
Here Are the Republicans’ Biggest Lies From Their Fauci Show TrialIn their retelling of the COVID story, the doctor was the bad guy, the vaccines were deadly, and Trump did everything right.lnk.thebulwark.com"Marco Rubio isn’t rhyming with Goebbels. He’s copying him." And Stephen Miller? Well.
Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller, in the Original GermanThey keep telling you who they are.lnk.thebulwark.com"Trump said the White House Correspondents Association didn’t hire a comedian this year. True, but they did invite a clown."
Trump Was Never FunnyToo bad—humor is a good thing in a politician.lnk.thebulwark.comFirst we were told that Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was evading arrest. Then we learned that ICE had given a gun to an unprepared and dangerously unsuited man and put him in a position to kill. The latest edition of Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4hIlHDa
There was nothing inevitable about Todd Blanche's nomination being held up. It happened because a handful of people made it happen. A lesson.
A Portrait of MAGA PsychodramaOr: On the political necessity of denouncing one’s friends.lnk.thebulwark.com"The majority party has typically pulled the reconciliation trick at most once per Congress....in this Congress, however, Republicans are trying to do it a record four times." Because they're the party of fiscal responsibility, you see.
GOP Fiscal Responsibility Is Always a Bill AwayRepublicans keep passing budget-busting bills—and promising spending cuts will come out tomorrow.lnk.thebulwark.com"It’s a comic book–inflected, body-horror noir informed by the world-destroying wreckage of World War I and the bleakness of a post-nuclear age, and Cage wears every one of those influences right on his face." It can't be bad, and it isn't:
‘Spider-Noir’ ReviewNicolas Cage playing a PI Spider-Man: What more could you want?lnk.thebulwark.com