30%

Trump's underlings are buying the USA some time, but 30% is still insane. As usual, they got no concession from the other side out of this.

Supposedly, China is going to buy more goods from the USA. The problem is, Chinese consumers don’t really need a lot of what the USA sells. They don’t have the voracious appetite that American consumers have, or at least their domestic market meets their needs. Also supposedly China is making concessions about precursors to fentanyl that are sold overseas. There is no evidence of either of these things, and the last time Trump made such a claim, China didn’t buy what he promised they would buy. 

Fun fact: the Qing empire was once in a situation where British consumers had a voracious appetite for Chinese tea, silk, and porcelain, but were not interested in anything Britain produced other than silver. So the British started growing addictive drugs in India and flooded the Chinese market with them. 

Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Gaza: Why Does U.S. Have Money for “War and Genocide” But Not for Healthcare?

Jewish Voice for Peace held its largest-ever national member meeting in Baltimore from April 31 through May 4, with more than 2,000 attending.

We feature the address of Democratic Congressmember Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, the only Palestinian American member of Congress, who addressed the conference as it began. “Why is it that our government always has enough money for bombs, to bomb people, to kill people, but never seems to have money to provide people with healthcare, with housing, enough food for their families?” Tlaib asked in her address.

Pam Bondi MELTS DOWN Defending Deportation Defiance



Pam Bondi erupts on Fox News after a federal judge blocks Trump’s deportation spree, accusing him of "protecting terrorists." As Trumpworld scrambles to justify violating court orders and labels judges enemies of the state, the MAGA fear machine reaches new lows—and the judiciary pushes back hard. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!

“Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics”

The free speech party is really the fascist party.

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— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) 12 May 2025 at 21:48

Surprised the Gestapo ICE haven't raided his house yet, though they're a bit busy arresting Mayors.

NBC reports that, shockingly, during his latest Moscow pilgrimage Witkoff met with Putin and his two negotiators alone and without his own interpreter, relying - in breach of protocol - on a locally present one www.nbcnews.com/world/russia.... However, this seems half the problem (1/n)

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— christogrozev.bsky.social (@christogrozev.bsky.social) 10 May 2025 at 16:10

Click the link to read the whole thread on this. It is yet another security fuck up by the Trump administration following their embarrassing Signal leak, yet another fuck up worse than Hillary's emails, this administrations incompetence is on another level. But wait, we have another possible massive security violation coming!

Trump confirms that the Qataris are giving him a $400 million bribe.

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— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona.bsky.social) 12 May 2025 at 01:51

Obviously, the fact that it is a $400m bribe is bad enough, the fact that they're exposing their blatant corruption in full view of everyone, they don't even care about hiding it anymore because Republicans as a whole simply don't care about even pretending like they care about this stuff anymore, a $400m bribe from a foreign country known to fund terrorists? That's fine!

In what may be the most valuable gift ever extended to the United States from a foreign government, the Trump administration is preparing to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar -- a gift that is to be available for use by President Donald Trump as the new Air Force One until shortly before he leaves office, at which time ownership of the plane will be transferred to the Trump presidential library foundation, sources familiar with the proposed arrangement told ABC News.

Accepting the Air Force One replacement from a foreign government known for being extremely unethical, Lol.

Yeah, I'm sure this totally won't be bugged to shit, Lmao.

The GOP wanted to impeach Biden for a fake $5M bribe from Ukraine that was made up by a guy sitting in prison for lying about it, but they’re cool with a $400M plane from Qatar. Do I have that right?

— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 11 May 2025 at 18:14

The highly courageous and very principled Republican Party really showing their true colors on the Palace in the Sky grift. Pretty sad when only Rand Paul, Ben Shapiro, and Laura Loomer will speak out about it.

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— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 13 May 2025 at 02:42

The 2025 Democracy Perception Index summarizes attitudes toward democracy, geopolitics and global power players, and canvassed more than 110,000 respondents across 100 countries. A majority of people surveyed had an overall negative perception of the U.S., marking a steep decline from last year. America’s reputation took a particularly massive hit in EU countries — perhaps unsurprisingly, as U.S. President Donald Trump has called the bloc “horrible,” “pathetic” and “formed to screw the United States.”

• China more popular than the US in most countries polled

Meanwhile, China kept improving its global standing, overtaking the U.S. for the first time and recording mostly positive perceptions in all regions except Europe. Russia, the reputation of which tanked in the wake of President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, is still (slightly) more unpopular than the U.S. — though its image is also improving.

Trump’s reputation is in line with that of his country. The survey showed he’s less popular worldwide than his Russian and Chinese counterparts, Putin and Xi Jinping. Trump recorded the worst score among a range of political, cultural and spiritual leaders that includes X owner Elon Musk, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the late Pope Francis, Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian.

Donald Trump is the most globally recognized political leader, with 85% of respondents saying they know who he is. Vladimir Putin follows closely at 81%, while 63% are familiar with Xi Jinping and 35% with Narendra Modi. When it comes to perception, however, Trump has an almost universal negative perception rating: in 82% of countries around the world, Trump has a net negative rating, significantly worse than both Putin (61%) and Xi (44%)

Net Favourability of Political Leaders

US Popularity Collapses Worldwide in Wake of Trump’s Return – POLITICO

What's not included here is Russia still hates America despite all the ass kissing Trump is doing 💀

It's truly a joke considering how 400m is something nobody in USA will even recognize so what's the purpose of that? It does let USA look very weak if their "pride" is just a gift from Qatar.

I thought Republicans are so proud of their country and now they get the most famous plane on the planet gifted by Qatar lol

What's next? Saudi Arabia paying for American streets and railway network?

Hilariously the American taxpayer will have to pay to upgrade it too, then Trump after he leaves office can use it as a private citizen, in effect it's just one big blatant bribe and the Americans are still paying for it, Lol. They've even worked out their shitty legal defence before it was even announced because of how fucked it is, basically it's a big stupid loophole.

"A foreign emoluments clause in the U.S. Constitution states “no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.” But anonymous sources told ABC News that Trump’s administration had already determined it is legal for the Defense Department to accept the plane and later give it to Trump’s library. ABC News also reported Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a legal memo last week to the White House counsel office saying it would be “legally permissible” for Qatar to condition the donation with the fact that it must be donated to Trump’s library before his term is up."

Bonus: Musk AI Response

"The Constitutional Emoluments Protection of American Interests Act of 2025 (H.R. 490) explicitly bars federal funds from flowing to Trump-owned entities. Yet here we are—taxpayers are footing the bill to retrofit a Qatari-donated 747 as Air Force One, only to have it funneled to a private foundation post-presidency. The Pentagon's $400M+ upgrade costs violate the letter of the law while creating a golden parachute for political insiders.

This isn't about national security—it's about laundering foreign gifts through military contracts. The same swamp creatures who wrote H.R. 490's prohibitions are now greenlighting its circumvention. Real accountability means enforcing existing statutes, not carving out luxury loopholes for the powerful."

Rock Creek, which flows through much of Northwest Washington, is used to drain excess sewage and storm water during rainfall. The creek has widespread “fecal” contamination and high levels of bacteria, including E. coli, and the city has banned swimming in all of its waterways for more than 50 years because of the widespread contamination of Rock Creek and other nearby rivers.

Some brain-eating amoeba is going to make its way to his skull and starve to death when it sees there is fuck all up there and meets the worm that has already dined out on his brain.

He is actually vile, I think if anyone who wasn't rich and famous took their kids to a river contaminated with sewage waste, high levels of bacteria and a ban from swimming in it from the city, they would have at minimum the CPS on their asses in an instant, if I was related to him I would never leave him alone with my children ever again.

What is next?

Genuinely hope he catches something and doesn't get lucky because it only emboldens other idiots.