Originally published at: Donald Trump Sets Out To Create His Own Deep State - TPM – Talking Points Memo
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. First Came The Purges … It’s always the same with Trump. His attacks on his foes usually telegraph not what they’re doing, but what he plans to do himself. So it is with the Deep…
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I too am from the race known as “The Old Ones”. I remember the time before the Tim Apple came into power when steam arose from under the hood and we had to stop to let the engine cool down on a long steep hill and change tires by ourselves on the road. Some even had tubes inside.
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His claim of “Europe has lowered 9 times and the US zero” was immediately fact checked on Bloomberg this morning. It was also stressed there that “the European economy and the US obviously aren’t the same They don’t have random tariffs added and removed without rhyme or reason.”
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Saying it loud and clear - this is what budget cuts are doing.
One can only hope the first one hits the Florida east coast. Perhaps the southern end of the state.
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Unfortunately, nothing will get fixed until Trump breaks everything, and the fixing will not occur until his base starts hurting. The good news is that they. have experience storming federal buildings. The White House will be taken next.
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London: “The Knowledge.” L.A.: The Thomas Guide.
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For your intellectual pleasure, a free link:
A 200-year-old condom with a racy illustration makes its museum debut
The decorated contraceptive unveiled at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is thought to be a brothel souvenir and was likely made from a sheep’s appendix in 1830.
June 4, 2025 at 1:31 a.m. EDT
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The Black Diamond Pool eruption exactly mirrors the reflux of espresso and chocolate croissant into my esophagus via my hiatal hernia.
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In a society where the selective application of the law is formalized, they can select anyone.
One of the emails, written by Marcos Charles, the acting executive associate director of Ice’s enforcement and removal operations, instructs Ice officials to go after people they may coincidentally encounter.
“All collaterals encounters [sic] need to be interviewed and anyone that is found to be amenable to removal needs to be arrested,” Charles wrote, also saying: “We need to turn up the creative knob up to 11 and push the envelope.”
The email later added: “We complained for the last four years about not being allowed to do our job, and now the time has come for us to step up!”
Another email reviewed by the Guardian was sent on Saturday by senior longtime Ice official Francisco Madrigal.
“While the weekend is still young, please look at efforts to increase our arrests over these two days compared to our results from last weekend,” Madrigal wrote. “We know there are different dynamics to consider on Sats and Sundays, and many of you have been pushing what works and trying out new lines of effort as well.”
“If you’d like to run something up or if we can help give a push somewhere, please reach out. If it involves handcuffs on wrists, it’s probably worth pursuing,” Madrigal added.
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Back in the 60s there was an oilfield company called The Western Company. There main advertising line was " If you don’t have an oil well then get one ! ". That seems to be the thrust of tRump 2, since he couldn’t find a Deep State he’s going to get one ! Valentine & Kombo Kat will be watching this closely…
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And in the corruption category -
‘Corrupt’ Trump official used new access for personal gain 100 times in first 5 months
As fElon makes his way out the door -
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the Democrat from Massachusetts, on Tuesday released a report chronicling over 100 examples of “unethical or potentially corrupt actions” that either benefit billionaire Elon Musk or one of his companies and which took place while Musk played a key role in the Trump administration.
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crikey!
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Trump’s Deep State: The Deep State that America Deserves.
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“Amenable to removal needs?!?”
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Delving deeply into the many important developments of the day.
lot of these executive orders."
[He does not]
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Renaming the Navy ships that had been named for civil rights heroes is pretty low. Any indication of the list of new, proposed names? Might they include
- USNS Nathan Bedford Forest
- USNS John Wilkes Booth
- USNS Bull Connor
- USNS George Wallace
- USNS Robert E. Lee
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Other ships in that class are also being targeted by Hegseth for renaming
Rename Reagan National, because, according to Republicans, Reagan was wrong.
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Given a choice of voluntary removal to your home country or being sent to permanent prison in a worse country, how amenable are you to going home?
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I imagine they’ll be named after Trump and other MAGA heroes
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