Missing The Point

Missing The Point

@missingthept.bsky.social

Ask not for whom the point is missed. It is missed for thee.

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Attacking Iran wasn't in President Trump's political interest, but at least it wasn't in the national interest either.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Rep. Joey Arrington over a graphic showing diesel at $6.35: "Thank God we have a commander in chief that's willing to do things that aren't in his political interest"

I’ve read more stories on the Cheesecake Factory controversy than the substantiated Trump rape allegations.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

i am inviting anyone from a legacy media organization to explain to me why the house judiciary dems report on trump’s epstein’s ties and multiple allegations of rape isn’t worthy of extensively reporting on. i’m serious. i want to understand.

“If you confront President Trump with the rape allegations he’ll just point to all the women he didn’t rape.”

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

i am inviting anyone from a legacy media organization to explain to me why the house judiciary dems report on trump’s epstein’s ties and multiple allegations of rape isn’t worthy of extensively reporting on. i’m serious. i want to understand.

"I won Minnesota three times, but they didn't give me the Victories."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Let's all get behind Michele Tafoya in MN. She's running a great race. Don't allow them to play with the Votes after the race is over. The Federal Govt will be watching closely. The only way she can lose is if they cheat. We can't allow that to happen, because I won MN three times ... "

It's a fair point, a Cheesecake Factory is classier.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump is BIG MAD about Obama saying the White House now looks like Saddam opened a Cheesecake Factory: "He's not a smart guy. He's not smart at all ... for you to say it's a Cheesecake Factory, that just shows why you were a lousy president"

"I don't know the circumstances of the First Lady and Elon Musk, I don't know that there's ever been an allegation..." LOL, my brother in Christ, wait 'til you hear the big news.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

GOP Rep. Randy Fine says he's been open to deporting Melania Trump and Elon Musk if it turns out they lied on their paperwork

"I'm sorry I'm entering a tunnel, the reception got bad."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

WELKER: Is a vote for you a vote for the Trump agenda? MIKE ROGERS: Um, I'm apologizing. I'm having some difficultly in my earpiece. But is a vote for you? I'm not sure. I'll tell you what a vote for me is. It's a great day for the state of Michigan

"They were asking her question after question, it was non-stop."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on Katie Zacharia: "She was a perfect, beautiful woman. When she walked in to the press room and they started screaming at her, she freaked out. And I said, 'You know what? There are nicer ways to make a living.'"

HulloThere@jethroreading32.bsky.social

Three years ago, my dad said that all fish are the same shape. Out of spite, I decided to draw all 478 families of bony fish listed in Nelson 2016. There's still some stuff I need to edit and some fish I want to redraw but, after 985 days, I finished my big dumb fish project last night.

I mean are they setting up a field hospital behind the school to do that in one day?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Angie Nixon was the lead sponsor of a bill to let schools turn children, all of them, transgender without parental consent"

Melania ordered them.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: Your ambassador to Turkey just said that 'absolutely, there could a strike on Iran this weekend.' Have you gone back on holding off until after the midterms? TRUMP: If that's the case, I don't know anything about it

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Every time they complain, we add another Dan Sullivan.

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social

The Trump administration is preemptively suing to block Alaska from certifying a Mary Peltola victory, should she win. Their argument is that the double Dan Sullivan thing is confusing voters. www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

Like when he called you a pedophile?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: Do you think it's right for the richest man in the world to have so much power over what goes on in a war because Russia and Ukraine? TRUMP: Well, I don't think he does. First of all, he's a very good person. He's not gonna do anything wrong. Elon will never do anything wrong.

A constitutional crisis looms as Donald Trump and Elon Musk disagree on Starlink’s Ukraine policy and the Constitution has no procedure to invoke in the event that there is an impasse between co-Presidents.

Alexander Clarkson@aphclarkson.bsky.social

Who do Zelensky, Burnham and von der Leyen call if they want to call America?

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Ask E. Jean Carroll.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump's affordability message: "Did you ever see a pile of a million dollars in hundred dollar bills? It's big!"