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No Russian leader since Tsar Nicholas II has done his country so much harm, so fast, as Vladimir Putin. He has isolated Russia from world trade, made the ruble worthless, destroyed 25 years of economic gains in a a week. 1/x

We are headed toward a US constitutional crisis vastly bigger than Watergate

The difference: The upsetting things said by Trump and Vance are not true. The upsetting things said about Trump and Vance are true. Trump really did mount a violent coup against the Constitution. He and his relatives really did take bribes in office, including from foreign governments. He really was helped into power by Russian espionage agencies. He really did steal secret documents from the US government after his election defeat. And Vance really did, and by his own admission, intentionally "create stories" for political advantage that put residents of his state at risk of physical harm.

Why not cut out the middlewoman and just name Putin as director of national intelligence?

"Donald Trump tried to overthrow an election by violence." That's old news, we already reported that. "As president, Donald Trump directed tens of millions of tax dollars to his own pockets." Old news. (cont'd)

De-registered as a Republican today.

In 2019, Donald Trump was fined $2 million- and three of his children ordered to take training classes - as their penalty for misappropriating funds from charities they ran for their own use.

If you believe in the lab-leak theory of COVID - and are angry that the US government did not act on it - a reminder that every relevant decision here was Donald Trump's to make, not Dr Fauci's.

Big win for post-liberal politics and economics. Also for measles, mumps, polio, and tooth decay.

The revolution will be catered

Everyone who endorses the false claim that the US economy of 2024 is an inflation-wracked hellscape of misery for working people ... is doing advance comms work for the Trump administration when in 90 days time they start taking credit for the best economy since the 1960s.

Elon Musk is doing his utmost to use X/Twitter to tip the election to Trump, but he made the in-retrospect important error of wrecking the platform beforehand

Gaetz the most absurd; Gabbard the most sinister.

I have an intuition that this weekend in September is the weekend the 2024 presidential campaign stopped being close.

The president-elect himself is the security risk.

De-registered as a Republican today.

We are headed toward a US constitutional crisis vastly bigger than Watergate

Why not cut out the middlewoman and just name Putin as director of national intelligence?

The difference: The upsetting things said by Trump and Vance are not true. The upsetting things said about Trump and Vance are true. Trump really did mount a violent coup against the Constitution. He and his relatives really did take bribes in office, including from foreign governments. He really was helped into power by Russian espionage agencies. He really did steal secret documents from the US government after his election defeat. And Vance really did, and by his own admission, intentionally "create stories" for political advantage that put residents of his state at risk of physical harm.

Gaetz the most absurd; Gabbard the most sinister.

First democracy in history to collapse under conditions of full employment and rapidly rising wages. If nothing else, the end of the American experiment will generate a lot of lively poli-sci debate over the dark century ahead.

In 2019, Trump tried to blackmail Ukraine's Zelenskyy to produce dirt on the Biden family. Zelenskyy courageously refused. Trump was rightly impeached for this abuse of office. Trump's actions now are motivated by revenge for past defiance. There's no grand "strategy."

Elon Musk is doing his utmost to use X/Twitter to tip the election to Trump, but he made the in-retrospect important error of wrecking the platform beforehand

Eight years ago this night, my son asked me: "What do we do now?" I answered, "We walk to the bar, strike up the band, and sing The Marseillaise." These past few months, my plan for 2025 was to retire from political journalism. Seems I'll have to make new plans.

The president-elect himself is the security risk.

No student loan forgiveness for students arrested for disrupting other students' educational activities.

No Russian leader since Tsar Nicholas II has done his country so much harm, so fast, as Vladimir Putin. He has isolated Russia from world trade, made the ruble worthless, destroyed 25 years of economic gains in a a week. 1/x

Trump didn't "work" in a McDonald's. He posed.

Everyone who endorses the false claim that the US economy of 2024 is an inflation-wracked hellscape of misery for working people ... is doing advance comms work for the Trump administration when in 90 days time they start taking credit for the best economy since the 1960s.