Trump posts fake AI endorsement from Taylor Swift

I hope she sues him.

Trump posts fake Taylor Swift images on Truth Social to falsely claim singer’s support https://t.co/Ebe93V4OPT
— Axios (@axios) August 19, 2024

The thing about Trump stealing Taylor Swift’s image to fake an endorsement is that it’s exactly who he is. If he wants something from a woman, then he takes it. Whether or not she wants to give it to him. 🐍🐍 https://t.co/kaKemdzrrV
— Jennifer Mercieca (@jenmercieca) August 19, 2024

Lol, Trump posted a collage of AI generated Taylor Swift fans wearing ‘Swifities for Trump’ T-shits, and wrote “I accept!” as if this were real.

I mean…..this is uniquely pathetic, even for Trump. pic.twitter.com/GUVXQLqzYo
— Peter Henlein (@SwissWatchGuy) August 18, 2024

The "Swifties for Trump" campaign that Trump touted over the weekend using AI-generated images, appears to mostly consist of one woman from Wisconsin, who is selling homemade "Switfies for Trump" t-shirts on Etsy.

So far she's sold six.https://t.co/bswl4YV95H
— David Gilbert (@daithaigilbert) August 19, 2024

Trump’s disgusting comments on honorary medals

What an ignorant piece of crap he is.

Exclusive: John Kelly rejects Trump’s comments that civilian award is ‘much better’ than Medal of Honor: ‘Not even close’ https://t.co/NHbOAfR3zc
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 19, 2024

Trump is standing by his take that the Presidential Medal of Freedom is better because it doesn't involve sacrifice.

Story: https://t.co/HXq2j6yOxk pic.twitter.com/Xfr5iXfHkn
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) August 19, 2024

Aside from being breathtakingly bad politics, it's a glimpse at how unable Trump is to think outside of himself for even a second. He's simply incapable of understanding or appreciation doing something outside of one's personal self-interest. https://t.co/oXbLJCdHhD
— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) August 19, 2024

"More than 600 individuals have received the Medal of Freedom. I was proud to attend the WH ceremony in 2002 when my father was honored as one of an impressive group…None of them thought their award was in any way equivalent to the Medal of Honor."https://t.co/GfwuSYxALR
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 19, 2024

Trump consistently dodged service, mocking our military and POWs. He has no right to speak on stolen valor or veterans, period. pic.twitter.com/5RMNdtXycw
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 17, 2024

Tammy Duckworth rips Trump over remarks about medal-winning soldiers https://t.co/19Xwpq1JNY
— POLITICO (@politico) August 18, 2024

In this interview with VFRL member Ken Harbaugh, Medal of Honor awardee David Bellavia says:

1. Other Medal of Honor winners are upset with Trump’s disrespect to the award.

2. The MoH is of far higher meaning than the medal Trump gave Rush Limbaugh.

Why won’t Trump apologize? pic.twitter.com/a2FbFfiTcC
— Veterans For Responsible Leadership (@VetsForRL) August 18, 2024

The US is now an oil exporter and has increased production

Trump lies about oil like he usually does.

Trump talks a lot about Biden buying Venezuelan oil, but maybe he’s just remembering his own days in the White House — Trump’s monthly imports were 6x higher than Biden’s. @Morning_Joe pic.twitter.com/XpOZA76fVt
— Steven Rattner (@SteveRattner) August 15, 2024

Not only is the US energy independent under Biden, we have also become a net exporter of oil for the first time in over 70 years. @Morning_Joe pic.twitter.com/gUqB1v4yef
— Steven Rattner (@SteveRattner) August 15, 2024

Jessica: It's not actually the best day for Trump to be doing this because the inflation report was a good one… There was a report out that our U.S. crude oil production is now 13.4 million barrels a day, so we are outpacing 35% ahead of Russia, 38% ahead of Saudi Arabia. pic.twitter.com/fdhPQ71T4J
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 14, 2024

BOOM: The Saudi king asked Biden to purchase oil, but received a firm “Hell No.”

After losing the 2020 election, Trump collaborated with OPEC to raise gas prices in a vengeful act.

Biden, an experienced "master oil trader," generated over $6 billion in profit for the United… pic.twitter.com/LuZcY4zh8O
— Popular Liberal 🇺🇸 (@PopularLiberal) June 22, 2024

US Oil production is not down under Biden, if a politician is saying that, they are lying. pic.twitter.com/spKwYwvvpA
— Adrienne Quinn Martin (@MrsAMartini) August 9, 2024

How does the GOP argument that the Democrats are destroying the oil industry survive the fact that US is in fact now producing more than ever? More broadly, it’s a question of how deep we are into a post-facts world. https://t.co/25JvAVNiyR
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 19, 2024

Problems caused by Republican unwillingness to adequately fund Social Security

I think Republicans want Social Security to do badly so they can push to privatize it which I oppose.

from the article:

While a Senate proposal calls for increased funding for the agency for the fiscal year starting in October, a House version instead calls for cutting the agency’s funding.

The House is run by the GOP and the Senate is run by Democrats.

'Record-breaking backlog' leads to $1.1 billion of improper Social Security payments, report finds https://t.co/YcRRVNDzsK
— CNBC (@CNBC) August 12, 2024

Donald Trump’s proposed tax policy will starve funding for Social Security and Medicare.

He either doesn’t understand tax policy, is trying to buy votes, or is trying to undermine the social safety net. We think it's a little bit of all three. pic.twitter.com/5nhuYxCMYN
— American Bridge 21st Century (@American_Bridge) August 7, 2024

My Old School is my favorite Steely Dan song

Steely Dan released “My Old School” in 1973. I saw them perform it in 1974 – no backup singers or horn section but still excellent.

The media helps Trump

Cowards.

They don’t do nearly enough to counter his lies. They minimize his bigotry and incoherence,

He never would have been nominated in 2016 without the excessive media coverage. Trump is terrible but he knows how to get attention. Of course, the GOP is at fault for nominating him but the media has given him a big assist. Don't put liars on TV.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 8, 2024

CNN allowing Donald Trump to spew this hate filled misogynist garbage for an hour is unconscionable.

It's hate speech.

It's gross attacks on the race, qualifications and intelligence of a woman. It's pure hate.
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) August 8, 2024

Compare the tame (fearful?) behavior of reporters in Trump “press conference” to reporters behavior in Biden White House press briefings.

Trump has been given special treatment by media from day one and still gets it.
— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) August 8, 2024

Trump should never be televised without live fact checking. There would be fewer viewers for a post lie-fest checking show. There’s no incentive for Trump and his cult to stop lying if networks keep broadcasting the lies.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 8, 2024

I keep saying it: Trump goes completely off his rocker and some in the media say: "Well, we can't have that headline, go find something that looks like policy and we'll run with that."https://t.co/K2ppWLEJWh https://t.co/5TmrNJRb5e pic.twitter.com/HD7miPns98
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 9, 2024

He doesn't use misogynistic language, he's a misogynist. This is like when media cowards say Trump's language is "racially charged" instead of saying he's a racist. The man's a bigot and the media should say so.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 10, 2024

The media, broadly speaking, is very generous to Trump.
Reality makes Trump look awful.
Many media members may be personally anti-Trump, but they distort to avoid making him look as bad as the facts do.
So they hold him to a lower standard, and edit what he says.
That’s not anti. https://t.co/55nnHRwSms
— Nicholas Grossman (@NGrossman81) August 9, 2024

Trump hasn’t paid bills in Montana

“Montanans haven’t forgotten that he came here four times to campaign against Jon in 2018, and the only thing he left was unpaid bills to our cities and towns.”@American_Bridge co-chair @GovernorBullock on Trump’s visit to Montana ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/nvmfPzFJWC
— Monica Venzke (@monicavenzke) August 9, 2024

Trump can't get the venues he wants in a lot of places because he STILL refuses to pay his bills from 2018 and maybe even before. 🤣🤣🤣https://t.co/2aMHA3vv3u
— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) August 7, 2024

Montana cities waiting on Trump to fork over $50K after stiffing them for costs of rallies https://t.co/1VxjS8ORnS
— #TuckFrump (@realTuckFrumper) August 7, 2024

Still hasn’t paid his bills the last time he was in Montana on 2018.

Sheeesh
He stiffed the police departments paid to assist the SS to protect him.

Not cool https://t.co/mAJRRG6pkp
— LisaDH (@LisaDH15) August 9, 2024

Because he likely hasn’t paid his fuel bills.

My dad was in the aviation fuel biz for decades. If Trump owes money to the fueler (ex: AvFuel, Edwards) they won’t refuel his plane there.

Billings uses Edwards.
Bozeman uses World Fuel Services.

Btw: my Dad started Worldfuel https://t.co/x5tALK0PAd
— The Sassiest Minx in MN 🌊 (@SassiestMinx) August 9, 2024

People are wondering why Trump is not campaigning and they think it's because he stiffed venues in

Lebanon, OH
Mesa, AZ
Erie, PA
Green Bay, WI
Eau Claire, WI
Tucson, AZ
Burlington, VT
Spokane, WA
El Paso, TX (over $500,000)
Billings, MT
Albuquerque, NM had to send Trump’s…
— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) August 11, 2024

I keep hearing of so many localities that Trump owes money to as a result of his rallies. They should all get together, file a class action suit and put a lien on all of his campaign funds and personal property.
— Henry M. Rosenberg (@DoctorHenryCT) August 11, 2024

An under-discussed factor in this election is the numerous venues and towns that will not let one of the candidates campaign there due to him having previously refused to pay them. https://t.co/2jrTdouZxX pic.twitter.com/iMulizC6dx
— Smom (@smomwetgobam) August 10, 2024

If anyone is paying attention, the Trump/Vance campaign is currently at a standstill. While no one has offered a definitive explanation, I would wager it’s connected to Donald Trump’s outstanding debts to several cities from past campaign rallies. These unpaid balances could have… pic.twitter.com/arDgkpzn6F
— Kenny Akers (@KeneAkers) August 12, 2024

Trump campaign forced to pay North Carolina city $82k in advance for rally https://t.co/MFKrxlG6N6
— Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) August 13, 2024

British films selected by Martin Scorsese

It has been an absolute pleasure to help programme a series of hand selected “Hidden Gems of British Cinema” at the @bfi from the one and only Martin Scorsese.

During the early days of the Covid lockdown, uncertain of when life would return to normal, I retreated into film. I… pic.twitter.com/0F2aOUgqtR
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) August 1, 2024

Over 400 people wanted to adopt a potty mouthed-parrot

After a potty-mouthed parrot named Pepper was surrendered to an animal shelter in Niagara Falls, N.Y., more than 400 people applied to adopt him.

“Do you want me to kick your [expletive]?” the parrot named Pepper asked a volunteer at the shelter. https://t.co/2rYW5Jqrrt
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 17, 2024

The most famous potty-mouthed parrot belonged to Andrew Jackson:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2025/07/02/parrot-potty-mouth-adopted-massachusetts/

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Volvo invented the three-point seatbelt

After Volvo engineer Nils Bohlin invented the three-point seatbelt, the company opened up the patent because "it had more value as a free life-saving tool than something to profit from." Learn more: https://t.co/PLag64STS3 pic.twitter.com/xWDgk5nXii
— Fascinating (@fasc1nate) July 6, 2024