On a Roll
Trump’s transactional presidency is taking a toll.
It’s corrupting the United States’ national soul.
Easter is no longer a celebration
Of Jesus Christ’s resurrection,
It’s about corporations sponsoring the White House Easter Egg Roll.
Year: 2025
Trump’s Imperial Presidency
About Trump’s imperial presidency, here’s the thing —
He could wear a crown and ermine coat and fancy ring,
But he doesn’t know what he’s doing,
And with millions of lives he’s screwing,
And we’re finding that it really sucks to have an incompetent king.
U.S. State Department Likely Violated Human Rights Law with $6 Million Payment for El Salvador Prison
But a U.S. law bars State’s financial support of “units of foreign security forces” — which can include military and law enforcement staff in prisons — facing credible allegations of gross human rights violations. That has led those who wrote what’s known as the Leahy Law and enforced it for years to question the legality of the $6 million payment made as President Donald Trump carries out his campaign of mass deportation.
The Trump administration on March 15 sent 261 men to CECOT, after invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to apply to Venezuelan nationals 14 and older who are suspected members of the gang Tren de Aragua.
On March 30, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said another 17 nationals from El Salvador were sent to CECOT, again alleging gang ties. On Sunday, Rubio said 10 more men were sent to the prison in El Salvador, and noted how “the alliance between” the U.S. and El Salvador “has become an example for security and prosperity in our hemisphere.”
Another Reason Championship Teams Shouldn’t Visit the White House
JD Vance is rumblin’, bumblin’, fumblin’.
The Ohio State Buckeyes won the first title in the first year of the 12-team playoff, defeating Tennessee, Oregon, Texas and Notre Dame in the final. So, like many championship teams do, they visited the White House for a photo op with the president and vice president.
Then Vance — the farthest thing from a championship athlete (or effective vice president) — fumbled the national trophy.
This Is a ‘Moment of Extraordinary Danger’
“We are living in a moment of extraordinary danger, and how we respond to this moment will not only impact our lives but it will affect the lives of our kids and future generations. We are living in a moment where a handful of billionaires control the economic and political life of our country.”
— Sen. Bernie Sanders, quoted by the Washington Post.
Trump Is an Incompetent ‘King’
“Once you grasp Trump as an elected monarch, his full rebuke to the very idea of America comes into clearer view. He is precisely — almost uncannily — what this country was founded to oppose: an arbitrary, corrupt, mendacious, and utterly incompetent king.”
— Andrew Sullivan
Sanders Draws Large Trump Protest Crowds
36,000
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) drew a record-breaking crowd of at least 36,000 at his rally in Los Angeles on Saturday, The Guardian reports.
Tanks for the Memories!
When you’re the king — uh — president, you’ve got it made.
On your birthday you want your might and power displayed.
Hey, you’re turning 79,
So you think it’s just fine
To grift — uh — gift yourself a $100 million military parade.
Tracking Poll Shows Drop in Trump Approval Since ‘Liberation Day’
Nate Silver: In our tracking, Trump’s approval is at -5, but if we only used polls since Liberation Day, he’d be at -8.5 instead. So that’s a pretty significant hit over the span of barely more than a week; he was at -2.5 on 4/1, just before Liberation Day.
