Aaron Rupar

Aaron Rupar

Trump: “I want to just say, we love you God”

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Aaron Rupar

Trump threatens more strikes on Iran

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Trump basically says Mission Accomplished in Iran

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Trump is struggling to read his teleprompter

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I just want to say for the record that when the history books are written centuries from now, I believe the election of Donald Trump in a free and fair election in 2024 will go down as one of the most senseless and self-destructive own goals in human history

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“You would never know, as The New York Times churns out its usual policy-option thumb-suckers, that the United States is well down the road to dictatorship at home. That is the context in which a war with Iran will occur.”

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Hannity had been roused to anchor special coverage of Trump’s Iran strikes and Fox News is in full MAGA propaganda mode

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Trump announces on social media that the US has bombed Iran

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“You would never know, as The New York Times churns out its usual policy-option thumb-suckers, that the United States is well down the road to dictatorship at home. That is the context in which a war with Iran will occur.”

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"It's deeper than a critique of journalists. You can say, 'Fine. 'Both sides.' The left is unhappy w/ how the media covers things.' But it’s a systemic problem. Our political institutions are uniquely unable to deal w/ the rise of what is now a far-right authoritarian party" — @mcopelov.bsky.social

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"The media continues to cover politics as if it is still the 1990s. 'Both parties are basically center-right or center-left parties.' The journalism infrastructure in our country wants to pretend that that’s the world that we live in. The instinct is to treat everything politicians say as valid."

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New in PN: “Neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party” — @mcopelov.bsky.social unpacks his signature phrase "When the right-wing party becomes a far-right party, that’s a recipe for our system being taken over."

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Tammy Bruce: "I think it's important to not second guess the president."

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Q: If there is an attack on US assets, will you promise to conduct a full investigation and make it transparent before blaming Iran? TRUMP: Well, if there's an attack, we'll know almost immediately with modern equipment who made the attack (That's a no)

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Trump: "We're looking at doing something where in the case of good, reputable farmers, they can take responsibility for the people they hire. Because we can't put the farms out of business ... I never want to hurt our farmers. They keep up happy and healthy and fat."

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Q: It is still you expectation that NATO countries spent 5% of their GDP on defense? TRUMP: I don't think we should. But they should.

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Trump to a reporter: "You are even in danger talking to me right now. Do you know that? You are in danger talking to me right now. So I should probably get out of here. But you guys are actually in danger."

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Trump: "They should give me the Nobel Prize for Rwanda and if you look, the Congo, or you could say Serbia, Kosovo, you could say a lot of them. The big one is India and Pakistan. I should've gotten it four or five times."

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Q: Your intelligence community says they have no evidence that Iran is building a nuke TRUMP: Then my intelligence community is wrong. Who said that? Q: You director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard TRUMP: She's wrong

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Q: 20 years ago you were skeptical of a GOP admin that attacked a Middle East country on the idea of questionable intelligence on WMD. How is this different? TRUMP: That was somewhat pre-nuclear. It was the nuclear age but nothing like it is today *proceeds to lie about opposition to Iraq*

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New @davidnir.com & Rupar featuring @laurarbelin.bsky.social: Can Dems win Iowa?

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Tammy Bruce: "One thing of many that Americans have learned about President Trump is to believe what he says, to know that he'll deliver, and to not second guess the nature of the choices he's making."

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Byron Donalds: "We're not talking about WMDs in Iraq. We're talking about nukes in Iran. Very different situation. So if POTUS is presented with an opportunity where we essentially use some of our weaponry to take out this last nuclear facility in Iran, I think it's an opportunity we have to take."

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Trump says he wants a special prosecutor to validate his debunked lies about the 2020 election

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Rep. Van Orden: "Tulsi Gabbard is a rockstar. Donald Trump said he didn't like what she said during a campaign. I'm not concerned." (Trump said he didn't care what Gabbard says this week!)

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Harry Enten: "I think we can say Donald Trump has lost the political battle when it comes to what has happened in Los Angeles. Trump's net approval rating on LA - way, way underwater at -15 points... this is happening on what should be on Donald Trump's best issue ... he's losing on his core issue"

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DHS official Tricia McLaughlin: "These sanctuary city politicians are playing Russia Roulette with the lives of Americans."

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New in PN: "On Los Angeles Street where it meets the 101 freeway, I didn’t see anyone attacking police, nor did I hear orders to disperse. Like all riots, the matter of who started it remains, at best, an open question. But the police at the very least escalated things." — @justinglawe.bsky.social

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Incredible heat for Dave Roberts vs Mike Shildt at SummerSlam

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Aaron Rupar

Happy Juneteenth

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Fox News reports that Trump hasn't ruled out dropping a tactical nuke on Iran

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"Congress has done a 180-degree turn — and so have the CEOs whose future wealth and power depends on AI. Now they’re saying: You can’t possibly regulate us, because if you do, it will destroy the glorious AI future we’re bringing you. And not only that, what if the Chicoms beat us to the punch!"

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New in PN: Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism “'I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,' Judge Young fumed. 'I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this.' *More of this, please*"

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Trump been holed up in the White House all week and the best he could come up with on Iran is "I'll let you know in two weeks-ish." To call it theater of the absurd is too kind.

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Leavitt claims that Trump has been against Iran having a nuke "his entire life"

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Leavitt on Trump's rationale for possible Iran strikes: "The president hears all voices across the country, and he makes decisions based on his instincts."

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Q: It's Juneteenth. Does the president plan to commemorate the holiday at all or make any comment? LEAVITT: I'm not tracking his signature on a proclamation today. I want to thank all of you for showing up to work. We are certainly here. We are working 24/7 right now.

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Q: Why is Steve Witkoff not participating in the talks this week? LEAVITT: I can ask Mr. Witkoff why he is not

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Leavitt lies that Trump "won a majority of the public" last year

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Leavitt leaves the door open to Trump going to war with Iran without congressional approval

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Q: When the president says Iran is very close to a nuclear weapon, is he relying on US intelligence or intelligence sharing from an ally? LEAVITT: It is a fact and the US govt maintains this fact that Iran has never been closer to a nuclear weapon

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a reporter points out to Leavitt that Trump says something will happen in "two weeks" all the time and then it doesn't happen 🙃

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Q: What makes Trump think there's still a substantial chance of negotiations? LEAVITT: I'm not gonna into the reasoning and the rationale the president believes that. But that's his position. And he will make a decision within the next two weeks.

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Q: What's your message to every day Trump supporters who voted for Trump to stop the wars? LEAVITT: Trust in President Trump. President Trump has incredible instincts.

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beyond parody -- Trump, through Karoline Leavitt, announces he'll make his decision about whether to strike Iran "within the next two weeks"

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Leavitt: "President Trump has directed all of our ICE officers to do everything in their power to carry out the single largest mass deportation operation in history. Illegal criminals who are hiding in America's so-called 'sanctuary cities' will be increasingly targeted for removal."

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