Don't Let The Chaos Mask Trump's Lawless Power Grabs

Originally published at: Don’t Let The Chaos Mask Trump’s Lawless Power Grabs

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Attempted Spending Freeze Amid chaos over everything from Medicaid access to scientific research to HIV treatment abroad, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., put a hold on the Trump administration’s abrupt…

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The best line from Dana Milbank’s column concerning whatshername’s press conference yesterday: Her cross is big enough to be used by vampire hunters.

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“I commit to telling the truth from this podium every single day,” Leavitt said.

The first lie of her first WH briefing.

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The flaming clown car continues to careen down the mountainside.

I want off this ride…

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If the Constitution and the republic is in crisis, shouldn’t top Democrat elected officials be trying our best to get it media attention?

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Hot Seat? You make me laugh!

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Not a kitty pic, but I do love it. It also made me smile this morning, instead feeling the rage that I’ve been feeling lately.

pspspsps…

h/t @stephen_maturin

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Get attention like this:

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Listening to the hearing it’s certain that Jr. is well qualified to work as a Trump WH spox.

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But is it big enough to keep Trump from grabbing her boobs?

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Y’know, it looks to me like the Felon in Chief is willfully breaking the law. Who the hell is going to stop him? I’m so glad we didn’t elect that nasty black woman…

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She welcomes the ravishment of her Lord and Savior. He can do no wrong.

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He’d grab her by her cat. The cross is to high up to prevent that from happening.

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Obviously not the Vichy Democrats. They are milling around, befuddled, mumbling stale aphorisms about the ancient and now obsolete concept of “bipartisanship.” They seem dazed, waiting for the Nazi steamroller to flatten them. A few voices in the wilderness dare to tell the truth, but the rest have faded into the woodwork.

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Topics of interest: 1.) Where is Michael Cohen and family today? 2.) …news about Ukraine and Gaza…3.) who’s behind all the grubby text messages for money from phony PACs? 4.) why has Kamala Harris disappeared?

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So TFG now claims the right to, in effect, retroactively veto bills from previous administrations with no possibility of override, and Dem Senators respond with “who should we confirm now?”

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Yeah totally their reponse you sure got it. /s

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Not sure if you watched Caroline Kennedy’s reading of her statement on RFK, Jr. All the tea was spilled. She calmly and firmly told the world exactly what RFK, Jr is, and has done to other people’s lives to make him unfit to hold the position of HHS Secretary.

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As to 4) did you miss this?

And blow back that ensued about husbands in grocery stores was…well interesting.

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