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Mr.WeRP

Mr.WeRP's Journal
Mr.WeRP's Journal
June 3, 2025

One thing about the successful Ukrainian mission

Ukraine kept Trump in the dark. But they did not keep our closest European allies in the dark. There is no doubt at least the UK, France and Germany knew. That means it wasn’t just Ukraine keeping this information from the US. And none of our best assets in those countries were able to or would not inform the US.

May 29, 2025

Someone is a Whiny Titty Baby when the've had too many TACOs

For those who haven’t seen the CNN panelist call Trump a “whiny titty baby” on live TV.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKPioHaxqOB/?igsh=ZHYzcjUzeTN2OXY4

Guess he has just been hurt by all the name calling

May 22, 2025

Remember folks, if Schumer hadn't caved on the CR

Earlier this year, Repubs would have had to use reconciliation to pass it, and they would have done that as was reported.

But since he caved, they can pass this budget bill now with a simple majority in the Senate. Goodbye SNAP and Medicaid. Hello to another $4T in debt.

May 14, 2025

Why The Fuck Are Democrats Helping Build MAGA's Censorship Machine With KOSA?

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/05/14/why-the-fuck-are-democrats-helping-build-magas-censorship-machine-with-kosa/

The Trump administration is methodically implementing every element of Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 censorship playbook, and Democratic leadership’s response is… to help them? Earlier today, Chuck Schumer and Richard Blumenthal joined MAGA Republicans to reintroduce the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) — a bill that Heritage itself has proudly proclaimed as central to its strategy of censoring progressive content around LGBTQ issues and abortion. The new bill appears to be effectively identical to last year’s version.
It raises a huge question of… what the fuck are they thinking?
The press release touts its “bipartisan” nature, with Democratic Senators Chuck Schumer and Richard Blumenthal sponsoring the bill, alongside Marsha Blackburn and John Thune.
Last year, when Heritage Foundation declared its desire to use KOSA to censor LGBTQ content and announced it would leverage the bill to remove pro-abortion content if Trump won, perhaps some could dismiss it as empty rhetoric. But now? The Trump administration is systematically implementing every element of Heritage’s Project 2025 censorship playbook. There’s no more room for wishful thinking about how KOSA might be used.
May 13, 2025

Repeat this loud and clear: Trump sold us out to the Saudis

You know, the guys who crashed planes into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon on 9/11? Trump has cut a deal to improve their military.

Also the guys who dismembered alive a WaPo reporter via a bone-saw because Trump gave him up to them. His name was Jamal Khashoggi.

Oh, and guess who is there is well? F-elon.

https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/s/U4SwRJf9f6

May 13, 2025

Wait, let me get this straight...

Trump just signed a deal with the Saudis so America can pay for the Saudi military.

Is that what I am hearing in the news?

I. Just. Can’t . Even.

April 30, 2025

Where Trump Is Really Taking Us

In post-Ukraine invasion, Russians felt the power of sanctions through empty goods on store shelves. What kind of items? Everything from groceries to luxury items. https://www.newsweek.com/viral-videos-reveal-nearly-empty-shelves-ukrainian-grocery-store-1688286

This is happening now in the US by default, due to primarily four major factors:
- The Trade War started with Trump’s tariffs, which violates multiple treaties, including Trump’s own North American Trade agreement with Canada and Mexico
- The talk of taking/invading sovereign states like Canada, Mexico, Greenland and Panama
- Reversal on support for Ukraine and an open shift toward Nazi-like authoritarianism with public demonstrations of Administration officials that include Nazi symbolism and even salutes.
- The Constitutional crisis we are in which is showing the world that the US government can’t even honor its legal contract with its own citizens, let alone agreements with other countries.

By end of summer 2025, most Americans will have experienced the inability to buy some basic goods.

Then again in 2024, Russia took aim at immigrants, further destroying their supply chains for groceries and produce. Store shelves once again empty of basic goods. https://www.newsweek.com/russia-labor-shortage-migrants-economy-1933013

In America, migrant workers are not returning to work farms for fear of being swept up in ICE raids. They are going elsewhere to work fields. Additionally, Farmers are some of the hardest hit by Tariffs as their goods are not being bought by our once reliable trading partners. This will push a large percentage of farmers out of business, reduce availability of produce and increase costs of everything as items become scarce. Furthermore, the public’s confidence in consuming goods like dairy and meat will be shaken as the first people start getting sick from these products now that FDA testing of these items is cancelled.

Finally, the number of people unemployed as a result of tariffs and government firings while food security programs like SNAP are cut to the bone, people are going to go hungry and likely starve. The unemployment numbers from just the impact of tariffs are bad, but when you consider the CBP/ICE treatment of tourists and even citizens, as well aswith strict tourism boycotts from Mexico and Canada from Trump’s treatment of them, the unemployment numbers will be higher than anything most people alive today have ever seen.

You simply have to look at how Russia was impacted post-invasion of Ukraine and then consider it will be worse for us since Russia could still rely on some of its allies to trade with like China and India.

We are headed for some very dark shit because of Trump. I recommend folks learn how to backyard or community garden in a hurry.

April 30, 2025

He's dead!

Hitler died on this day, 80 years ago.

April 21, 2025

If you are a lawyer in DC or a member of the DC Bar, vote against Bondi



AG Pam Bondi’s brother is running to head the DC Bar, and if he wins, will shift legal ethics in Trump’s favor in the overall justice system. You do not want Trump using the bar to punish good attorneys.
April 18, 2025

Senator Van Hollen Appreciation Thread

Let’s give it up for Senator Van Hollen for actually DOING SOMETHING about saving Democracy!

Thank you Senator!

I know this sentiment is shared by a vast majority of Americans!

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