Trump has fallen below 50% in the popular vote. His margin of victory (pop vote + electoral college) is the third smallest since 1888. (Only JFK in '60 and Nixon in '68 were smaller.) If 238k votes in the blue wall states had been different, he would have lost. Not a mandate.

“When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to [profess] things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.” – Thomas Paine

I'd like to remind the rest of the world that the majority of USA voters have voted against Trump for 3 elections in a row.

It has already started. The "private conversations at Mar-a-Lago"...."sources within Trumpword..." Let's not have another 4 years of secretive unnamed sources trying to make sense of the chaos. Let's use actual quotes from real people. Don't give it some false mystique.

The Framers put the "advise and consent" clause in the Constitution as a check on executive power. They also put the "recess appointments" clause in the same section so the president, during the very long Senate recesses in the 19th century, can put people in temporary office.

As I argued the other day, the conditions are ripe for right wing elites to loot the place from top to bottom. The failure to even have a public debate about Trump divesting is a key culprit identified in the piece: newrepublic.com/article/188467…

This would be a good time for Democratic Senators to say, sure, we'll take a look at your cabinet nominees, but not before you obey the law.

A Trump-appointed judge just struck down a Biden rule expanding overtime pay to 4 million working people. It's really surprising how little media coverage this has received. Trump faced no real questions about this issue during the campaign. 1/ (link) newrepublic.com/article/188663…

See, usually you indict the crook who tried to keep power via a coup. And you don’t let the crook who tried to keep power via a coup to run for president again. And you certainly don’t vote for that crook again. But we are after all the exceptional country….

What's behind Trump’s gonzo cabinet noms? Flood the zone? Yes, but it's deeper than that. Trump wants to deflect our attention while he and his fellow billionaires loot America. He's on his way to creating a government of billionaires, by billionaires, for billionaires.

Dear President Donald J. Trump, Use your absolute immunity and publicly release all of Jack Smith's findings from the election interference case. Best, Extremely Concerned Americans Who Watched J6 On Live TV

The vast majority of fentanyl is smuggled into the U.S. by Americans at legal border crossings. How are Mexico and Canada supposed to stop that? cato.org/blog/us-citize…

BREAKING: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum hits back hard at Donald Trump with a dire warning after he announces his disastrous tariffs — and breaks down exactly how idiotic his idea is. This is what a real leader sounds like... "Seventy percent of the illegal weapons

Trump’s mass deportation plan will cost $88 billion a year, the American Immigration Council estimates -- nearly twice the budget of the National Institutes of Health and four times NASA’s budget. ⁦German Lopez⁩ nytimes.com/2024/11/27/bri…

On Native American Heritage Day, this Administration honors the history, rich cultures, and vast contributions of Native people. We remain committed to working with Tribal Nations and Native people to write a new and better chapter in American history for Native communities.

A plea to my liberal friends: Don’t underestimate the right-wing lawyers who’ve studied the Vacancies Act, how to push its limits and exploit its vulnerabilities and maximize Trump’s power. Patel and others not getting confirmed will be the beginning of the story not the end.

.Bill Kristol is right about the convoluted Vacancies Act: We’re about to see Team Trump weaponize it in clear violation of its purpose

Buried in the flurry of Executive Orders last night is one that halts all funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Yes, the law that Republicans and Democrats came together to pass that fixes our roads, modernizes old bridges, and makes drinking water safer.