The Second Term of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States of America
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This is stunning — and dangerous: The Trump administration’s much-hyped 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine — the one Trump claimed Zelensky had days to accept or the U.S. would pull support — turns out not to be a U.S. plan at all. According to new reporting from PBS NewsHour’s Nick Schifrin, senators were just briefed that the document actually originated from Russia.
Sen. Mike Rounds confirmed that the plan was delivered to Trump envoy Steve Witkoff by someone believed to be representing Russia. Sen. Angus King says the document is “essentially the wish list of the Russians.”
Meanwhile, Trump endorsed it. His spokesperson publicly touted it. Allies condemned it. And Ukraine was told to treat it as an American proposal.
This isn’t a “leak.”
This is a foreign influence crisis reaching directly into U.S. national security decision-making.
How did a Russian-drafted ultimatum to Ukraine end up being pushed by Trump’s team as American policy?
And why is Rubio now denying involvement after Axios reported he helped craft it?
Sen. Mike Rounds confirmed that the plan was delivered to Trump envoy Steve Witkoff by someone believed to be representing Russia. Sen. Angus King says the document is “essentially the wish list of the Russians.”
Meanwhile, Trump endorsed it. His spokesperson publicly touted it. Allies condemned it. And Ukraine was told to treat it as an American proposal.
This isn’t a “leak.”
This is a foreign influence crisis reaching directly into U.S. national security decision-making.
How did a Russian-drafted ultimatum to Ukraine end up being pushed by Trump’s team as American policy?
And why is Rubio now denying involvement after Axios reported he helped craft it?
What did Democrats say?
On November 18, Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, Pennsylvania Representative Chris Deluzio, New Hampshire Representative Maggie Goodlander, Pennsylvania Representative Chrissy Houlahan and Colorado Representative Jason Crow posted a video on social media, directly addressing the country’s current military and intelligence officers.In the video, the six Congress members said: “We know you are under enormous stress and pressure right now. Americans trust their military, but that trust is at risk.”
“This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens. Like us, you all swore an oath to protect and defend this Constitution. Right now, the threats coming to our Constitution aren’t just coming from abroad but from right here at home. Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders. You must refuse illegal orders,” they added.
Why has Trump blasted US Democrats for ‘seditious’ comments?
Six Democratic Congress members call on the US military not to obey 'illegal orders'; but has Trump issued any?
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Even if true, this meme distracts from the more alarming fundamental.
The most vulgar American president ever? It sure as #$@!%* isn't Donald Trump
How repulsive was Lyndon B. Johnson? Contact with him put one at risk of encountering a profane spectacle of burping, farting and crotch-scratching
By Scott Van Wynsberghe, / Published Jan 26, 2018
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-most-vulgar-american-president-ever-it-sure-as-isnt-donald-trump
There are numerous possible explanations, but perhaps none more plausible than President Trump wants to be a dictator, whose word is obeyed without question.
Absolute despots can inflict pain with impunity, perhaps a factor in Trump expressing admiration for the totalitarian dictator North Korea's Kim Jong Un:
Trump terminates deportation protections for Somali nationals living in Minnesota 'effective immediately'
This is not a great gain for humanity.Instead it is an indelible stain on the U.S.' record of compassion.
It's not merely that President Trump addressed a reporter as post #1,904 discloses.
President Trump did so with other reporters as witnesses, on camera, open mic, Air Force One.
Trump's "piggy" comment is context for Trump's broader state of mind, confirming Trump's long-held view
that while there are rules, and laws, they don't apply to D.J. Trump.
The globe faces over 3 more years of this.
The danger?
Trump is media s a v v y enough to understand how to dominate the news cycle.
Trump may prefer lavish praise to substantive criticism.
It's anyone's guess what Trump would resort to if he felt his unpaid for publicity machine was slacking off.
Can we rule out Trump ordering a nuclear strike on Moscow, Paris, or NYC ?
You think not?
Well I didn't think he'd demolish the white house East wing.
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Missing the point. MTG will be eligible for her pension and has made millions in the stock market. She’s cashing out.
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I have a feeling I posted this before but if I did I can't find it.
Secretary of Health RFK Jr. said a paper that found no link between aluminum in vaccines and disease must be retracted. The journal refused.
In an extraordinary move for a U.S. public official, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has demanded the retraction of a large-scale Danish study that found no link between aluminum in vaccines and chronic childhood illnesses.
The Annals of Internal Medicine, which published the study in July, has firmly refused.
The study, covering data from 1.2 million children over more than 20 years, found no significant increase in autoimmune, allergic, or neurodevelopmental disorders based on aluminum exposure from vaccines. Researchers argue their findings are statistically robust and methodologically sound, despite Kennedy’s claims that the study excluded key data, such as children who died before age two and unvaccinated controls.
The journal’s editor-in-chief, Christine Laine, stated that retractions require serious errors or misconduct, none of which were present in this case. Scientists and health experts have long dismissed links between vaccine ingredients like aluminum and conditions such as autism, citing flawed early studies and decades of safety data.
Nevertheless, Kennedy’s criticism has raised concerns among public health experts about political interference in scientific research. The Danish authors, led by epidemiologist Anders Hviid, say they’ve addressed all critiques and stand by their conclusions. The episode highlights growing tensions between science-based policy and ideologically driven skepticism in an era of heightened vaccine misinformation.
What are your thoughts on the line between political oversight and scientific independence? How should journals handle these kinds of public challenges?
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For years I've had low-information blowhards try to tell me there's no such thing as an anti-science movement, or that "denialism" was nothing more than a propagandist label to discredit dissent (rather than a demonstrably accurate description of a certain pattern of behavior), and now anti-science demagogues have risen to power and are attempting to coerce scientific journals to retract valid research that contradicts their narrative despite exactly zero evidence of scientific misconduct.
Secretary of Health RFK Jr. said a paper that found no link between aluminum in vaccines and disease must be retracted. The journal refused.
In an extraordinary move for a U.S. public official, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has demanded the retraction of a large-scale Danish study that found no link between aluminum in vaccines and chronic childhood illnesses.
The Annals of Internal Medicine, which published the study in July, has firmly refused.
The study, covering data from 1.2 million children over more than 20 years, found no significant increase in autoimmune, allergic, or neurodevelopmental disorders based on aluminum exposure from vaccines. Researchers argue their findings are statistically robust and methodologically sound, despite Kennedy’s claims that the study excluded key data, such as children who died before age two and unvaccinated controls.
The journal’s editor-in-chief, Christine Laine, stated that retractions require serious errors or misconduct, none of which were present in this case. Scientists and health experts have long dismissed links between vaccine ingredients like aluminum and conditions such as autism, citing flawed early studies and decades of safety data.
Nevertheless, Kennedy’s criticism has raised concerns among public health experts about political interference in scientific research. The Danish authors, led by epidemiologist Anders Hviid, say they’ve addressed all critiques and stand by their conclusions. The episode highlights growing tensions between science-based policy and ideologically driven skepticism in an era of heightened vaccine misinformation.
What are your thoughts on the line between political oversight and scientific independence? How should journals handle these kinds of public challenges?
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Opinion: How Trump’s Four Ugly Words Reveal the Worst Is Yet to Come
David Rothkopf / Sat, November 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM EST
Jeffrey Epstein was right about Donald Trump.
Shortly after Trump first became president in 2017, Epstein wrote to a friend, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers: “I have met some very bad people… none as bad as Trump, not one decent cell in his body… so, yes, dangerous.”
Two days after this email was released to the public by the House Oversight Committee on Nov. 12, Trump demonstrated this lack of decency when, aboard Air Force One, he attacked Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey for asking him a question about Epstein. “Quiet, Piggy!” he hissed at her, thrusting a menacing finger in her direction, an outburst so inappropriate and repugnant that it shocked a global audience already all-too-accustomed to Trump’s previous expressions of vile (“grab ’em by the p---y”) misogyny (“blood coming out of her wherever”).
But Trump was only getting started.
On Tuesday, Trump welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to his gold-plated throne room in the White House, as part of two days of high profile activities in Washington. When ABC News’ Mary Bruce asked Trump about Salman’s responsibility for the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, the president publicly insulted her, too. And then, he went further. “You’re mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman you’re talking about. Whether you like him, or didn’t like him, things happen,” Trump said. “But (the Crown Prince) knew nothing about it and we can leave it at that.” ...
It resonates chillingly with the serial murders on the high seas of alleged drug traffickers, the rendition of alleged illegal immigrants to foreign prisons without the benefit of due process, the brutalization and incarceration of others here in the streets of American cities, and with the rampant corruption that is a brazen hallmark of this administration.
Opinion: How Trump’s Four Ugly Words Reveal the Worst Is Yet to Come
Jeffrey Epstein was right about Donald Trump. Shortly after Trump first became president in 2017, Epstein wrote to a friend, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers: “I have met some very bad people… none as bad as Trump, not one decent cell in his body… so, yes, dangerous.” Two days...
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Why would anyone be surprised by this?
BREAKING - TOP MAGA INFLUENCERS ARE BEING REVEALED ON X AS RUSSIAN TROLLS
Elon Musk’s social media site X has rolled out a new feature that has revealed that many of the site’s top MAGA influencers are actually NOT MAGA. In fact, they are not even American.
The new “About This Account” feature, which became available to X users on Friday, lets them see where an account is based, when they joined X, and how often they have changed their username.
And many of the major MAGA and right-wing influencer accounts were revealed to be originating from Russia and its allied Eastern European countries, and from India and Nigeria.
For instance, MagaNationX with 400K followers which bills itself as “Patriot Voice for We The People” is actually based in Eastern Europe.
And IvankaNews frequently posts about the dangers of Islam, the threat of illegal immigration and support for Trump. That account, with over a million followers, is based in Nigeria.
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Some accounts, of course, exist for the purpose of Russian propaganda, to weaken America with divisiveness and misinformation.
But others exist for MONEY. Certain content creators are paid for generating tweets, which allows them to cash in on the divisive nature of U.S. politics. For those in countries like Nigeria or India, the American dollars paid by X for their work can be highly profitable.
Either way, whether for propaganda or for profit, they are PLAYING their MAGA followers. And MAGA folks need to be made aware of that.
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SO did Elon Musk add this feature out of the goodness of his heart?
Hell no.
The European Union's Digital Services Act has been bearing down on .....
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BREAKING - TOP MAGA INFLUENCERS ARE BEING REVEALED ON X AS RUSSIAN TROLLS
Elon Musk’s social media site X has rolled out a new feature that has revealed that many of the site’s top MAGA influencers are actually NOT MAGA. In fact, they are not even American.
The new “About This Account” feature, which became available to X users on Friday, lets them see where an account is based, when they joined X, and how often they have changed their username.
And many of the major MAGA and right-wing influencer accounts were revealed to be originating from Russia and its allied Eastern European countries, and from India and Nigeria.
For instance, MagaNationX with 400K followers which bills itself as “Patriot Voice for We The People” is actually based in Eastern Europe.
And IvankaNews frequently posts about the dangers of Islam, the threat of illegal immigration and support for Trump. That account, with over a million followers, is based in Nigeria.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Some accounts, of course, exist for the purpose of Russian propaganda, to weaken America with divisiveness and misinformation.
But others exist for MONEY. Certain content creators are paid for generating tweets, which allows them to cash in on the divisive nature of U.S. politics. For those in countries like Nigeria or India, the American dollars paid by X for their work can be highly profitable.
Either way, whether for propaganda or for profit, they are PLAYING their MAGA followers. And MAGA folks need to be made aware of that.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SO did Elon Musk add this feature out of the goodness of his heart?
Hell no.
The European Union's Digital Services Act has been bearing down on .....
MORE>
