The Donald Trump is Batcrap Crazy and The Leader of the GOP Thread

[Motor City]

If we win back The Gavel he'll have no choice but to force to pay up

Trump’s strikes on Iran could cost the American economy up to $210B, report says

The U.S. war with Iran could cost the American economy as much as $210 billion, according to fiscal analyst Kent Smetters, director of the widely used Penn Wharton Budget Model.

The ongoing conflict is already driving disruption to trade, global energy markets, and gasoline prices, though it is difficult to precisely estimate how much the war will impact the economy, Smetters told Fortune.

https://www.the-independent.com/news/wo ... 31403.html

Its redirecting spending away from human needs like health care and maintaining bridges and safety nets and instead spending on weapons and war supplies and militarization that transform the publics tax dollars into private concentrations of wealth for a handful of people.

In a sense the United States is treating itself like Venezuela or Cuba in sanctioning its most vulnerable through a war of attrition while enriching its most wealthy and powerful. Its like they are having a delusion that things will be so lopsided they will own and control everything but the reality with lopsidedness is that it will fall over in a way it cant easily get back up.

[ZoWie]

This current war is the oldest fascist/classist shit in the book. This is what fascists/classists do. They need a common enemy to blame everything on, so people will welcome being separated from their money. Now they have one.

"You guys take the pictures. I'll supply the war." --William Randolph Hearst

"War is a racket." --General Smedley Butler

Say, how's that price of eggs doing?

[ap215]

The GOP always throw a hissy fit when the truth is revealed so they wanna suppress it to stoop on their own lying agenda

CNN’s reporting on Strait of Hormuz riles White House

The Pentagon chief was angry about the network’s reporting that administration officials had failed to prepare for the possibility that Iran would move to close the Strait of Hormuz if it came under sustained assault.

“CNN doesn’t think we thought of that. It’s a fundamentally unserious report. The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better,” Hegseth, a former Fox News host, told reporters.

https://thehill.com/newsletters/defense ... ite-house/

[ZoWie]

Why do you think they intervened in the Paramount merger? It's so classist that Marx is almost relevant again. Almost, but no cigar.

They can't lie their way out of it. Been there too many times.

Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

--Peter Townsend

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Trump signs order to launch Vance-led anti-fraud task force

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order to launch an task force targeting federal benefits fraud to be led by Vice President JD Vance, intensifying the administration’s oversight of federal funds in Democratic-led states.

Trump and allies have sought to highlight fraud allegations in blue states, most notably in Minnesota, where the president seized on criminal cases involving Somali immigrants to justify in part an immigration crackdown in the state. Monday’s order aims to expand that anti-fraud scrutiny nationwide.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... ocialshare

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Federal judges read death threats and defend judiciary amid rising attacks

Federal judges read profane death threats and praised U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ recent comments condemning personal criticism of judges during an unusual forum on Thursday to highlight rising attacks on the judiciary.

None of the four judges singled out President Donald Trump or members of his administration, who have railed against judges that have ruled against them. One of the judges on the panel, U.S. District Judge Mark Norris in Tennessee, was appointed by the president.

https://apnews.com/article/federal-judg ... dium=share

[ap215]

Are you happy now War Criminal Trump

Iran puts Europe on notice with ‘game changer’ Diego Garcia missile incident

Iran’s firing of two missiles toward the joint U.S.-U.K. base in the Indian Ocean is putting Europe on notice that Tehran appears able to levy attacks previously considered beyond its reach.

In the March 20 incident, one intermediate-range ballistic missile fell into the water and the other was shot at.


https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5805 ... at-europe/

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The dysfunctional illegal rigging of the U.S. Elections has begun

Trump signs a new executive order on voting. Experts say he lacks the authority

President Trump on Tuesday escalated his efforts to reshape American elections, signing an executive order that seeks to create lists of U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote in each state, and instructing the U.S. Postal Service to send mail ballots only to verified voters.

Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he believes the order is legally "foolproof." But election experts said the order was unconstitutional, and voting rights advocates and Democratic state officials quickly pledged to sue to block the order from going into effect.

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/31/nx-s1-55 ... tive-order

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'Please vote!' Republican freakout over midterms hits new level

Republicans are slipping further into despair as markets continue to boil and poll numbers sink into the second month of President Donald Trump’s unilateral declaration of war on Iran.

“This is no April Fool's joke. This is disaster," said CNN data analyst Harry Enten of Trump’s dark-deep poll numbers, which sank lower than his hated predecessors, Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter (both of whom were removed by voters). "All these numbers are a disaster for President Trump.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... ocialshare

[ZoWie]

While I usually agree with people on MSNOW, I have to note that Joe Biden was not removed by voters. He dropped out of the race when it became clear that his health was an issue and that his poll numbers were well into the tank. His successor candidate lost the election, never really had much of a chance. I must apportion part of the blame for our current mess to the Democratic Party, because they could have tried a lot harder to prevent the inevitable results of a trump second term, which we now see playing out right on schedule.

[ap215]

See you in court

DOJ, rejecting decades-old law, says Trump can keep his presidential records

Donald Trump does not need to turn over his presidential records to the National Archives, the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel concluded in an opinion this week.

Rejecting a decades-old law enacted after the Watergate scandal to ensure the preservation of presidential records, Assistant Attorney General T. Elliot Gaiser stated that the Presidential Records Act was unconstitutional and "untethered from any valid and identifiable legislative purpose."

https://abcnews.com/US/doj-rejecting-de ... =131668575

[ZoWie]

More work for SCOTUS.

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Thank You Jack

Jack White calls out Christians who support Trump after his Jesus post, dubs him the 'worst American of all time'

"How did so many millions of people fall for this conman?" the "Seven Nation Army" rocker railed online after Trump's shocking AI post.

Jack White can tell that he and Donald Trump are not going to be friends.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/ ... ocialshare

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Swing state officials accused of secretly meeting to help Trump seize election files

A watchdog group accused the Georgia State Elections Board on Tuesday of secretly working to help President Donald Trump seize voting rolls from

American Oversight, a government accountability nonprofit, accused the election board of "improperly" filing an amicus brief in support of Trump's efforts to seize Fulton County's voter rolls. Earlier this year, Trump sent his FBI agents to retrieve hundreds of boxes of voting data from Fulton County under the guise of investigating federal election offenses. The data the Trump administration took included copies of ballots, ballot images, and tabular data, according to reports.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-fulton-c ... 676716468/

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Administration fires 2 immigration judges who ruled against deporting Palestinian rights advocates

The Trump administration has fired two immigration judges who earlier this year dismissed the deportation cases of students advocating for Palestinian rights, the union representing immigration judges confirmed Monday.

Roopal Patel, who was appointed as an immigration judge in 2024, ruled in February that there were no grounds to deport Rumeysa Ozturk, a graduate student at Tufts University. Ozturk was held in detention in Louisiana for 45 days.

https://abcnews.com/US/administration-f ... =131997768

[ap215]

So then what's your backup plan Hakeem

Jeffries says Trump impeachment not a top priority if Dems win House majority

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said Democrats will not focus on impeaching President Trump if they regain a majority in the lower chamber after midterm elections.

When asked if impeachment was a top priority, Jeffries said “of course not” during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5849 ... peachment/

[ZoWie]

He understands that impeachment is currently impossible even if the Democrats win back the House. It'll never get 2/3 in the Senate. The only crime/misdemeanor they can prove beyond all doubt is the Epstein thing, and that was before he took office.

All bets are off, though, if trump becomes too much of a liability for Republicans. If they come aboard, they can probably get him on insider trading.

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It serves him right

Trump Media Lost More Than $400 Million Last Quarter – While Notching Paltry Sales Figure

Truth Social’s parent company, Trump Media and Technology Group, lost more than $400 million last quarter and brought in less than $1 million in sales, according to a Friday press release from the company.

The company reported $871,200 in revenue during the first three months of 2026, a modest increase from the same period a year earlier, alongside a $405.9 million net loss and a $387.8 million adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) loss.

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/tru ... es-figure/

[ap215]

Not integrity an army full of liars cheaters and scum

Trump Says He'll Have 'Election Integrity Army' in Every State During Midterms That'll Be 'Much Bigger' Than 2024

President Donald Trump says he is going to deploy an “army” tasked with ensuring election integrity during the midterms later this year.

Trump, 79, made the announcement on Truth Social on Sunday, May 10, responding to the Democrat-led “elections task force” that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer unveiled in late April. The president also slammed Schumer and his allies in the lengthy post.

https://people.com/trump-says-he-ll-hav ... s-11971171

[ZoWie]

This election is going to be quite the spectacle. I suspect somewhere there will be something very unpleasant.

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Senate Parliamentarian Rejects Trump’s Ballroom Funding

Elizabeth MacDonough, the chamber’s parliamentarian, ruled that the language aimed at enhancing Secret Service security measures would need to be reworked if Republicans want to pass the larger bill along party lines as planned, according to a statement from Budget Committee Democrats.
MacDonough, the Democrats said, struck the entire Secret Service provision because it included funding that fell outside of the jurisdiction of the

Judiciary Committee, which included the language in their portion of the immigration enforcement bill. The administration estimated that approximately $220 million of the $1 billion would go toward the White House construction project.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5 ... m-funding/

[rainwater]

he wants his name on everything. miller is finding ways hour by hour of things places to park his moniker.
his boss wants a time zone named after him, or before him.

[ap215]

It's all window dressing nothing to see here

US indicts former Cuban President Raúl Castro over 1996 downing of planes

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro with ordering the 1996 shootdown of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles, a major escalation of pressure by the Trump administration on the socialist government. President Donald Trump has set a calamitous energy blockade on the island and has been threatening military action ever since U.S. forces captured the Cuban government’s longtime patron, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

https://apnews.com/live/trump-administr ... 05-20-2026

[ZoWie]

OK, who voted for trump because he wouldn't start these wars that give hard-right types a hard on? Fess up.