The winning continues!
U.S. Downgraded by Moody’s as Trump Pushes Costly Tax Cuts
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/business/us-credit-downgrade-moodys.html?unlocked_article_code=1.H08.wi3C.JsoA2deOAyc7&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
LOL. Trump stands for cheap shit.
'Very disappointed': Rhode Island man finds glaring typo on Trump watch he paid $600 for https://www.alternet.org/trump-watch-merchandis/
BOMBSHELL: Pam Bondi isn't really running the DoJ — here's who is
https://www.alternet.org/pam-bondi-doj-stephen-miller/
#SixYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet
May 13, 2019 – Trump hosted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the White House. Orbán’s actions include installing a barbed-wire fence along the border to prevent impoverished migrants from the Middle East and Africa from entering the country.
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#FiveYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet
May 13, 2020 – At a time when the coronavirus was spreading throughout American prisons, infecting thousands of inmates, Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was released from prison at his attorneys’ urging.
Manafort, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and obstruct justice, was allowed to complete his seven-year sentence under home confinement.
The clear sign that Making America Great Again is a big Trump lie
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-make-america-great/
The Episcopalians say fuck no to resettling White South African exiles!
Episcopal Church ends decades-long agreement with US over 'illegal' Trump policy
https://www.alternet.org/church-trump-policy/
I'll rest easier when Donald Trump is in prison where he belongs.
House Democrat demands ethics review of Qatari jet gift to Trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5295249-trump-qatar-jet-air-force-one/
I'm sure no one would notice...
House GOP sneakily proposes kicking 13.7 million people off Medicaid
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/5/12/2321890/-House-GOP-sneakily-proposes-kicking-13-7-million-people-off-Medicaid
How about donating it to the government, rather than pocketing the $400M?
Trump: I'd be a 'stupid person' saying no to Qatari plane
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5295507-trump-qatar-air-force-one/
How long before Trump accepts meme coin payments to not kidnap, deport, and murder citizens?
Elon Musk says the US is running a 'quiet trial' of Trump's $5 million gold card for the ultrawealthy
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-says-trumps-5-million-gold-card-plan-trialled-2025-5
The Federalist Society is surprisingly ambivalent about Trump
https://www.vox.com/scotus/412624/supreme-court-federalist-society-donald-trump-tariffs
#EightYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet
May 12, 2017 – After Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Sean Spicer, and President Trump each gave conflicting explanations for Trump’s decision to dismiss FBI Director James Comey, Donald Trump tweeted, “As a very active President with many things happening, it is not possible for my surrogates to stand at podium with perfect accuracy.”
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May 12, 2017 – Donald Trump tweeted, “James Comey better hope that there are no “tapes” of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!”
After the tweet, Comey was quoted saying, “Lordy, I hope there are tapes.”
#EightYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet
May 12, 2017 – Attorney General Jeff Sessions changed criminal charging policy, instructing federal prosecutors to pursue the “most serious, readily provable offense.”!
This shift returned to prominence the mandatory minimum sentences that had been against policy during the Obama administration.
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#EightYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet
May 12, 2017 – Morgan Lewis Tax Partners reviewed ten years of Donald Trump’s tax returns and reported that, with “a few exceptions,” he had no financial ties with Russia.
After investigation of Morgan Lewis, the Guardian found the tax firm had been named Russia Law Firm of the Year by an industry publication which ranks law firms by region.
#EightYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet
May 12, 2017 – The Environmental Protection Agency announced it would withdraw mining restrictions on Alaska’s headwaters, opening the door to a major mining facility in the area.
This reversal came after an EPA study concluded the mine could decimate salmon populations in the area, and thereby harm native Alaskans whose culture depended heavily on salmon.
