Super-shocked. The ambush was a pretext to illegally impound Ukraine aid.
BREAKING:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump orders pausing of US military aid for Ukraine after Oval Office blowup, pressuring Zelenskyy on Russia talks.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump orders pausing of US military aid for Ukraine after Oval Office blowup, pressuring Zelenskyy on Russia talks.
March 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Super-shocked. The ambush was a pretext to illegally impound Ukraine aid.
gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
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Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:53 AM
gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing https://theonion.com/protesters-urged-not-to-give-trump-administration-pretext-for-what-it-already-doing/
December 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing https://theonion.com/protesters-urged-not-to-give-trump-administration-pretext-for-what-it-already-doing/
Vicious authoritarianism built on a pretext of shameless lies under the cover of scolding Christianity.
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Vicious authoritarianism built on a pretext of shameless lies under the cover of scolding Christianity.
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing https://theonion.com/protesters-urged-not-to-give-trump-administration-pretext-for-what-it-already-doing/
January 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing https://theonion.com/protesters-urged-not-to-give-trump-administration-pretext-for-what-it-already-doing/
Pretext for the next war, same as pretexts for the last wars. Some old story, same old song and dance.
May 17, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Pretext for the next war, same as pretexts for the last wars. Some old story, same old song and dance.
July 27, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing theonion.com/protest...
August 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing theonion.com/protest...
June 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
They're looking for a pretext to attack the ACA. Again.
Dr Oz: "We believe that 35 percent of the people using the Obamacare exchanges may not be legit. That's 5, 6 million people. We have to evaluate these numbers. They are extremely concerning."
June 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
They're looking for a pretext to attack the ACA. Again.
Oh… so it’s a pretext. 😤
January 14, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Oh… so it’s a pretext. 😤
She wrote an op-ed in her college paper. That's the pretext.
NEW: Rümeysa Öztürk says she's had 4 painful asthma attacks in ICE custody, and not only is her asthma going untreated but a nurse tore off her hijab, saying, "You need to take that thing off your head." www.aclum.org/sites/defaul...
April 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
She wrote an op-ed in her college paper. That's the pretext.
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
LOS ANGELES—Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump adm...
theonion.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
3. CNN bought by WBD, whose big shareholder, Malone, seems kinda Trumpy. New owner fires Zucker on pretext
January 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
3. CNN bought by WBD, whose big shareholder, Malone, seems kinda Trumpy. New owner fires Zucker on pretext
They're designating fentanyl as WMD as a pretext to invade Canada.
March 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
They're designating fentanyl as WMD as a pretext to invade Canada.
And they are determined to find a pretext.
A reason im not moved by the “don’t give the trump administration the pretext they’re looking for” is that we would not dare say that about any anti-authoritarian protest movement in literally any other country
June 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
And they are determined to find a pretext.
So the US has just unilaterally invaded a country and kidnapped its leader without even bothering with a pretext this time?
January 3, 2026 at 12:34 PM
So the US has just unilaterally invaded a country and kidnapped its leader without even bothering with a pretext this time?
Something I hope everyone covers this tomorrow notes is that...the President has no authority whatsoever to make trade deals without congress. None. Not even the pretext of one.
New: Trump is expected to announce on Thursday that the US will strike a trade deal with the UK, according to a person familiar with the matter, the first agreement for the administration since it imposed sweeping tariffs against its trading partners last month @theguardian.com story TK
May 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Something I hope everyone covers this tomorrow notes is that...the President has no authority whatsoever to make trade deals without congress. None. Not even the pretext of one.
The key to Trump’s authoritarian encroachments is pretext.
He pairs some shockingly dictatorial move with an incredibly thin pretext everyone knows is false - fighting crime, concerned about fraud - and every public figure talking about the situation feels the need to debate the pretext.
He pairs some shockingly dictatorial move with an incredibly thin pretext everyone knows is false - fighting crime, concerned about fraud - and every public figure talking about the situation feels the need to debate the pretext.
August 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The key to Trump’s authoritarian encroachments is pretext.
He pairs some shockingly dictatorial move with an incredibly thin pretext everyone knows is false - fighting crime, concerned about fraud - and every public figure talking about the situation feels the need to debate the pretext.
He pairs some shockingly dictatorial move with an incredibly thin pretext everyone knows is false - fighting crime, concerned about fraud - and every public figure talking about the situation feels the need to debate the pretext.
WASHINGTON (AP) - 25 states sue over Trump's latest tariffs, calling them pretext for replacing levies Supreme Court struck down.
August 3, 2026 at 8:45 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - 25 states sue over Trump's latest tariffs, calling them pretext for replacing levies Supreme Court struck down.
This story has extra juice when you know the pretext behind "operation Midway Blitz"
The video shows an Oak Brook police officer handcuffing and placing the ICE agent under arrest after he refused to undergo a breath analysis, telling police, “I’m not going to do that.”
‘Doesn’t look good’: ICE agent charged with drunken driving after shift at Broadview detention center
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has been charged with drunken driving after his car crashed after a shift at the Broadview detention center.
trib.al
November 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This story has extra juice when you know the pretext behind "operation Midway Blitz"
Is "conservatism" just an ideological pretext for being an asshole?
Discuss.
Discuss.
November 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Is "conservatism" just an ideological pretext for being an asshole?
Discuss.
Discuss.
The DOJ will indict one man over something that happened 30 years ago as a pretext for invading Cuba, but it won’t indict *any* men Jeffrey Epstein trafficked girls to as recently as 7 years ago as a pretext for protecting those men.
Time to remove the word “Justice” from the department’s name.
Time to remove the word “Justice” from the department’s name.
May 20, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The DOJ will indict one man over something that happened 30 years ago as a pretext for invading Cuba, but it won’t indict *any* men Jeffrey Epstein trafficked girls to as recently as 7 years ago as a pretext for protecting those men.
Time to remove the word “Justice” from the department’s name.
Time to remove the word “Justice” from the department’s name.
They thought they were going to get pretext to throw a bunch of liberals in prison bsky.app/profile/maya...
Will always be puzzled as to why Republicans hammered so hard on the Epstein stuff given that it was obvious that it would be a huge risk for their own guy
Trump and Epstein were buddies throughout the height of his trafficking -- what did they think would happen?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Trump and Epstein were buddies throughout the height of his trafficking -- what did they think would happen?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
They thought they were going to get pretext to throw a bunch of liberals in prison bsky.app/profile/maya...