All that pandering to Putin, Modi, and MBS is really paying off, huh?

Also another reminder to Americans that Saudi Arabia is not an ally. I am horrified by what Trump is doing to our alliances with Europe and the Commonwealth, but we really do need to start uncoupling ourselves from SA and leave them on their own. 

Just want to add that I'm from Brazil and have disliked the USA for my entire adult life, so do a lot of people here. Nothing new about it.

But there is also a lot of people that really love it too, so I guess being number 10 works out.

Donald Trump is the George Wallace presidency the South wanted in 1968.

He's the leader that Adolf Hitler wishes America had during WW2.

This is why you fight these cowards.

The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.

Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.

He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

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— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc.bsky.social) 18 February 2025 at 03:17

Best Democrat.

• 'Executive Order' Cited As Reason For Sudden Closure Of JFK Library In Boston
• RFK Jr. Tells Staff He Will 'Investigate' Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Anti-Depression Drugs
• South African Scientists Were Testing a Promising HIV Vaccine. Then Came Trump’s Aid Cuts
• MAGA Actor Runs To Fox To Beg Elon Musk To Save ‘Good’ Pro-Trump Federal Workers From DOGE Cuts
• Missouri GOP Bill Would Set Up State Database To 'Track Pregnant Women'
• Top Social Security Official Exits After Clash With Musk’s DOGE Over Data
• Trump Administration Gives Schools a Deadline To End DEI Programs
• National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers on Trump’s Executive Order
• Federal Mortgage Insurer To Lay Off Nearly Half Its Workforce
• Republicans Consider Cuts and Work Requirements For Medicaid
• White House Scrambles To Combat Bird Flu Outbreaks and Blasts Biden Plan To ‘Just Kill Chickens’

America is fucking doomed, I change my mind, we don't need to build a wall around America, we need to drop a massive dome around America. The next deadly virus is going to come from America with these complete morons in charge. Forget Chlorinated Chicken, it's going to be Virus Riddled Chicken being exported and antivax idiots travelling abroad, we ought to start checking vaccine records for Americans travelling abroad at this rate.

Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.

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— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) 19 February 2025 at 01:04

Last weekend, JD Vance tried to lecture Europe on democracy.

Europe invented democracy.

We don't storm our parliaments. Europe defends the rule of law and democratic freedoms. We fight populism, disinformation and polarisation.

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— Renew Europe (@reneweurope.bsky.social) 17 February 2025 at 17:21

🔴Leaders of the pro-european groups in the European Parliament agree 'Europe can no longer fully rely on the US to defend our shared values & interests'.

The joint plea of @valeriehayer.bsky.social & partners: 'EU & its Member States have no choice but to take immediate action'

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— Renew Europe (@reneweurope.bsky.social) 18 February 2025 at 21:20

Those 4 groups have 446/720 MEPs and some MAGA think American relations aren't going to be damaged.

Trump's recent rhetoric on Ukraine is disgusting, the only country I hate more than America right now is Russia. If this was WW2 then Trump would be siding with the Nazis and victim blaming the rest of Europe like UK and France. If it wasn't clear before, it's blatant now that this guy is a Russian asset, anyone that says otherwise is just sticking their head in the sand because they must defend their dear leader no matter what.

Grow a fucking spine, have some damn self respect for yourselves, is it really that important to defend your leader no matter what he does and says just because he has a R next to his name? Utterly pathetic to cheer on this man as a tough leader whilst watching him deepthroat Putin as far as he can go. What the actual hell happened to Americans? Trump currently helping Russia more than his own damn country.

Fuck America and MAGA.

Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking to Expand IVF Access | Reuters

Guess the Breeder Weirdo (Musk) beat out the Christian Lunatics.

This is a good thing, oh look, I can recognise when Trump does a good thing.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive order bringing independent agencies under the control of the White House — an action that would greatly expand his power but is likely to attract significant legal challenges.

It represents Trump’s latest attempt to consolidate power beyond boundaries other presidents have observed and to test the so-called unitary executive theory, which states that the president has the sole authority over the executive branch. And it reflects the influence of Russ Vought, Trump’s budget chief, one of several conservatives in his orbit who have called for axing independent arms of the executive branch.

The theory was long considered fringe, and many mainstream legal scholars still believe it is illegal, given that Congress set the agencies up specifically to act independently, or semi-independently, from the president. These include the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission, all of which enact regulations and can impose hefty fines on businesses that violate the rules.

Trump signs order to claim power over independent agencies - POLITICO

President Trump on Tuesday indicated he would unveil tariffs on imports of automobiles, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals in early April, starting at 25 percent.

Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago that he would likely announce the tariffs on April 2, and he indicated the duty on auto imports would be “in the neighborhood of 25 percent.” Asked about tariffs on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals, Trump said it would be “25 percent and higher, and it’ll go very substantially higher over the course of a year.”

Trump signals 25 percent tariffs coming on cars, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals