Skeets Of The Day

 

Moonwalking away from The Shart of the Deal --

 

Trump reaches a “deal” to pause the tariffs he imposed on China. I guess all those manufacturing jobs aren’t coming here now, the tariffs won’t replace income taxes, and all the other amazing things they were supposed to do for us are over. So much for Liberation Day.

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— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) May 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM

 

As per this, the "90 days" framework is properly seen as a comms strategy rather than economic policy. It's intended to create room to moonwalk away from the original policy. So you never have to say you blinked. Just 90 days and by that time everyone forgets.

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— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) May 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM

 

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— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) May 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM

 

Meanwhile, Trump attacking allies again;  Putin delighted --

 

Trump: "The European Union is in many ways nastier than China. We've just started with them. We have all the cards. They treated us very unfairly."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) May 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM

 

Transparent corruption and cluelessness --

 

You morons I’m taking a *public* bribe

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— Raffi Melkonian (@rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social) May 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM

 

Here’s what happens next. Intel Community will tell Trump it will take, say, six months to disassemble the plane and check it for surveillance devices. Trump will say screw that and just fly in it.

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— Barton Gellman (@bartongellman.bsky.social) May 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM

 

This isn't even true as a matter of a dictionary definition. Bribery requires a quid pro quo, but corruption does not!

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— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) May 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM

 

The media’s inability to state facts when it comes to Republicans (and Trump) is partially how we got here. The plane is a corrupt violation of the U.S. constitution (not to mention a security risk). This is a fact. Full stop. It’s not up for debate with weasel words like “raises concerns”

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— Michael McDonald (@electproject.bsky.social) May 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM

 

Hoping Trump brings his flying palace back into Newark International --

 

because of these chucklefucks it is a miracle that we go a day without a passenger airline crash

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— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) May 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM

What's that Musk-y smell?  Wankpanzer failure and corrupt coverups --

 

oh no www.vice.com/en/article/t...

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— Fred Wellman (@fpwellman.bsky.social) May 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM

 

New from me: Elon Musk's regulatory troubles have begun to melt away in Trump's second term www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...

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— David Ingram (@davidingram.bsky.social) May 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM

 

Republicans:  more trad wives, please ... --

 

Let's be clear: Republicans don't want more 'parents' at home. They want more *women* at home. If you think this isn't about eradicating women from the public sphere, you haven't been paying attention

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— Jessica Valenti (@jessicavalenti.bsky.social) May 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM

... with Trump providing the fertilizer --

 

Trump has called himself "the fertilization president," by which I assume he means a reliable source of horseshit

— The Borowitz Report (@borowitzreport.bsky.social) May 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM