This isn’t about crime. 13 of the 20 U.S. cities with the highest murder rates are in red states—Trump never names them. Instead, he targets blue cities in blue states with Black mayors & declining crime. Trump is fabricating crises to grab power & mask his political weakness.

Great and necessary work from @abbydphillip here.

They have it all wrong. Refusing to acknowledge America’s sins is how you doom yourself to repeat them. Our capacity to reckon with our history, progressively right America’s wrongs, and continue to build this incredible multicultural experiment is what actually makes America.

RT @loisromano: FYI: DC restaurants are reporting a 30 percent decline in business since the troops arrived.

They still don’t get it do they? Gavin Newsom and his team are mocking how Trump and Republicans have shamelessly behaved for the past ten years. He’s holding up a mirror to their tactics. When they condemn Newsom’s posts, they’re condemning themselves.

Big thanks to @CapehartJ, @EugeneDaniels2, & @TheWeekendMSNBC for having me on! Shoutout to @MilesTaylorUSA for his incisive points. Grateful to be part of such great segments. Thanks to everyone who tuned in🙌🏾. You can read more on this in my newsletter:

I’m about to be on @TheWeekendMSNBC with @CapehartJ and @EugeneDaniels2 at 7am EST to talk about Trump’s latest authoritarian power grabs, how people are pushing back, and his desperate attempts to mask his deepening political weakness. Tune in 🙌🏾.

The contrast between how Trump treated Putin on US soil and how he treated Zelensky could not be starker. It speaks volumes.

Trump always treats Putin like the US is the junior player in this dynamic. Not how a US president should be moving in these high stakes negotiations. Also, just really strange behavior from a self-proclaimed tough guy obsessed with “strong man” imagery. Weak.

For someone who always falsely claims America was taken advantage of and manipulated before he took office, he sure has zero self awareness for when he’s being taken advantage of and manipulated. Putin played him like a fiddle.

Even Fox News can’t spin this. This is what happens when you rush to literally roll out the red carpet for a manipulative, murderous dictator on US soil without any predetermined, clearly achievable deliverables. All Trump did was hand Putin a propaganda win. Embarrassing.

RT @atrupar: oh boy. Trump is not going to like that Fox panned his big summit.

You can watch my latest conversation with Don Lemon here. We do these Substack lives weekly. The convos are always top notch. Check it out 👇🏾

Here’s the truth: Trump is just 3 points away from being as unpopular as he was after January 6. What we’re seeing isn’t dominance. It’s desperation.

Finally, a Democrat is forcefully telling the truth that many of us have been broadcasting for months:. Trump is a weak, historically unpopular president whose authoritarian moves are coming from a place of desperation, not strength.

Trump wants us to feel he has more power than he has and is more popular than he is. The truth is, he's weak and deeply bothered by the Epstein scandal, his slowing economy, and his dim midterm prospects. I wrote about this in my newsletter - subscribe:.

Trump isn’t strong. He’s deeply unpopular. His latest Gallup poll has him at 37%—a second-term low just shy of his all-time low of 34%. You know when he hit 34%? Days after January 6. Trump is 3 points away from his lowest moment ever. These stunts are all masks for weakness.

From his DC takeover to his gerrymandering push, Trump is manufacturing crises to deflect from his scandals and seize more power ahead of midterms he's afraid to lose. Bottom line: He's acting out of weakness. Don Lemon and I connect the dots 👇🏾

So, E.J. Antoni is the Chief Economist at the Heritage Foundation, a contributor to Project 2025, and was literally outside the Capitol on January 6. This is who Trump wants to be in charge of the BLS data that shapes global decisions and moves markets—an extremist sycophant.

Trump's D.C. power grab isn't about crime. It's about authoritarian spectacle. With scandals mounting and his economy slowing, Trump is fabricating a D.C. crime emergency to falsely justify authoritarian overreach and mask his political weakness.