| second: White House budget chief Russell Vought requested $1.5 trillion in defense spending, a roughly 42 percent increase from 2026 funding levels. It comes as the U.S. war with Iran stretches to five weeks with no clear end in sight. Republicans have swiftly embraced Trump’s proposal, framing it as a fulfillment of key campaign promises. To pay for the spending increase, they propose cutting non-defense spending, stuff like Medicaid. And why not? Medicaid recipients do not control the Strait of Hormuz. Yes, deluded Trumptards are certain of their convictions and evil ones are convinced of their rectitude. [go to link] |
| THG: The government isn't funding these programs, the taxpayers are. And we want them. |
| THG: Trump and the republicans have been saying forever, as they tried to repeal the ACA that they would offer something much better. The country cried bullshit. Trump just said Medicare, Medicaid childcare and the rest are a scam and the government should not be footing the bill for any of them. |
| THG:
The Strait of Hormuz Remains Open...For Iran |
| second: BREAKING: Marco Rubio: “Just because you're born on US soil doesn't make you a citizen.
Your parents must be US citizens."
Marco Rubio was born to Cuban immigrants. His parents were not US citizens at the time of his birth.
Pack your bags, Marco. [go to link] |
| second: The Pentagon is ordering prefab bunkers shipped to the Gulf of Arabia because multiple American bases are all but uninhabitable: [go to link] Meanwhile, the troops have been relocated to hotels and office buildings, mixing military personnel with civilians in ways that may violate the Pentagon's own Law of War Manual and the Geneva Conventions. Iran is already targeting those hotels. That is what winning looks like to this commander in chief. [go to link] |
| second: Trump said people cannot have healthcare or child care, but can have war, contradicting 6ixStringJoker. Read what Trump said about paying for war and NOT paying for healthcare: [go to link] Ask yourself if Trump would lie to you in order to lower his income taxes. I know he would. |
6ixStringJack: Trump never said people can't have healthcare or child care.  |
| second: President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it’s “not possible” for the federal government to fund Medicare, Medicaid and child care costs, arguing that it should be up to the states to “take care” of those programs while the federal government focuses on military spending. [go to link] Sieg Heil My Fuhrer Trump! |
| THG:
Trump lawyer REFUSES to acknowledge Native Americans are birthright citizens |
| THG:
Trump called them scams |
| THG:
Trump: It's 'not possible' for U.S. to pay for daycare, Medicaid and Medicare |
| THG:
Trump says we can’t have health or child care |
| second: Franz Gürtner would be excellent as Pam Bondi's replacement at Trump's Department of Justice [go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: I'll settle for anyone who doesn't feel the need to try to get himself podcast famous when he's got an important job to do. Patel is like a child. |
| second: Heinrich Himmler would be perfect for Kash Patel's replacement at Trump's FBI. |
| 6ixStringJack: That's awesome that Bondi is out. I've been calling for her head since long before Bongino was out. Let's do Patel next. He's useless and incompetent as well. |
| 6ixStringJack: That's awesome that Bondi is out. I've been calling for her head since long before Bongino was out. Let's do Patel next. He's useless and incompetent as well. |
| second: Benjamin Wittes coined one of the best descriptions of how President Donald Trump governs: “malevolence tempered by incompetence.” Trump often issued executive orders that were not vetted by lawyers or policy experts — and thus were vulnerable to lawsuits and often achieved very little. And this penchant for taking seemingly bold actions that fall apart once they are exposed to the real world pervades both of Trump’s administrations. No one embodied Trump’s brand of incompetent malice more than outgoing Attorney General Pam Bondi. Her attempts to use the Department of Justice to seek revenge against Trump’s perceived enemies frequently floundered on the shores of bad lawyering. [go to link] |
| second: Trump's VA killed a home loan program. Vets are now losing their homes because of it. More than 10,000 veterans lost their homes to foreclosure since May of last year, when the Trump administration shut down a key safety net in the VA home loan program. Another 90,000 vets are heading toward foreclosure. A loan backed by the VA is considered one of the most valuable benefits for military service members and has helped millions achieve homeownership. But for nearly a year now, vets have had worse protections and options than most other homeowners if they fall behind. [go to link] |