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Miles Archer

Miles Archer's Journal
Miles Archer's Journal
May 15, 2026

Rapin' Bombin' Give Me $10 Billion Grampy: " I told (Xi), 'we do a lot of stuff to you that that you don't know about.'

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
Q: Did you talk to Xi about the cyber attacks that he's done in the United States?

TRUMP: I did. And he talked about attacks we did in China. You know, what they do, we do too. We spy like hell on them too. I told him, 'we do a lot of stuff to you that that you don't know about.'

Q: Did you talk to Xi about the cyber attacks that he's done in the United States?

TRUMP: I did. And he talked about attacks we did in China. You know, what they do, we do too. We spy like hell on them too. I told him, 'we do a lot of stuff to you that that you don't know about.'

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-15T12:06:52.965Z
May 15, 2026

Trump to NYT's David Sanger: I actually think it's sort of treasonous what you write. You should be ashamed of yourself

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
Trump to NYT's David Sanger: "I had a total military victory. But the fake news, guys like you, write incorrectly. You're a fake guy. We had a total military victory. I actually think it's sort of treasonous what you write. You should be ashamed of yourself. I actually think it's treason."

Trump to NYT's David Sanger: "I had a total military victory. But the fake news, guys like you, write incorrectly. You're a fake guy. We had a total military victory. I actually think it's sort of treasonous what you write. You should be ashamed of yourself. I actually think it's treason."

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-15T11:55:15.664Z
May 15, 2026

Trump on TAIWAN: "I don't think there's a conflict other than we don't need their strait"

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
Trump confuses Taiwan and Iran:


Q: President Xi said there was a risk of conflict with the US over Taiwan. What's your response?

TRUMP: I don't think there's a conflict other than we don't need their strait


Q: But on Taiwan

Trump confuses Taiwan and Iran:


Q: President Xi said there was a risk of conflict with the US over Taiwan. What's your response?

TRUMP: I don't think there's a conflict other than we don't need their strait


Q: But on Taiwan

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-15T11:43:50.858Z
May 15, 2026

Couch Effer, "weaving"...Dead people "vote for Democrats, they don't vote for us, my friends"

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
JD Vance on dead people: "They vote for Democrats, they don't vote for us, my friends"

JD Vance on dead people: "They vote for Democrats, they don't vote for us, my friends"

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-14T16:46:59.665Z
May 15, 2026

Trump on Iran "deal"..."I looked at it, and if I don't like the first sentence I just throw it away"

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
Q: Have you rejected the latest proposal from Iran?

TRUMP: I looked at it, and if I don't like the first sentence I just throw it away

Q: What was the first sentence

TRUMP: An unacceptable sentence. If they have any nuclear in any form, I don't read the rest

Q: Have you rejected the latest proposal from Iran?

TRUMP: I looked at it, and if I don't like the first sentence I just throw it away

Q: What was the first sentence

TRUMP: An unacceptable sentence. If they have any nuclear in any form, I don't read the rest

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-15T11:39:01.214Z
May 15, 2026

Trump expected to drop $10 billion lawsuit, then launch $1.7B 'weaponization' fund for allies "targeted under Biden"

Trump poised to drop IRS suit, launch $1.7B 'weaponization' fund for allies: Sources
The fund would compensate allies who claim they were targeted under Biden.

https://abcnews.com/US/trump-poised-drop-irs-suit-launch-17b-weaponization/story?id=132962661

Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion fund to compensate allies who claim they were wrongfully targeted by the Biden administration, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

The commission overseeing the compensation fund would have the total authority to hand out approximately $1.7 billion in taxpayer funds to settle claims brought by anyone who alleges they were harmed by the Biden administration's "weaponization" of the legal system, including the nearly 1,600 individuals charged in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol attack as well as potentially entities associated with President Trump himself.

While the settlement is expected to be agreed upon in the coming days, sources caution that the final terms will not be set until they are officially announced.

In addition to a public apology from the IRS, the compensation fund is believed to be the main condition for Trump to drop a series of legal actions he filed against the federal government, including the $10 billion lawsuit related to the 2019 leak of his tax returns as well as $230 million in legal claims related to the 2022 search of his Mar-a-Lago estate and the Russia collusion investigation he faced during his first term in office, sources familiar with the ongoing deliberations said.





May 15, 2026

Trump claims President Xi is "impressed" by his war (which he lost!) against Iran

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
Trump claims President Xi is "impressed" by his war (which he lost!) against Iran

Trump claims President Xi is "impressed" by his war (which he lost!) against Iran

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-15T01:07:56.946Z
May 15, 2026

Louisiana Senate approves map to axe majority-Black House district

Louisiana Senate approves map to axe majority-Black House district

Democrats accused Republicans of gerrymandering and argue the GOP-proposed congressional map dilutes Black voting power.

https://www.ms.now/news/louisiana-senate-approves-map-to-axe-majority-black-house-district

May. 14, 2026, 10:34 PM EDT

By Ebony Davis

Louisiana lawmakers advanced a congressional map on Thursday that would eliminate one of the state’s two majority-Black congressional districts, moving Republicans one step closer to securing a 5-1 advantage in the state’s House delegation ahead of the midterms.

The state Senate voted 27-10 to approve Senate Bill 121, a GOP-backed proposal that would largely restore Louisiana’s 2022 congressional map, created before Louisiana added a second majority-Black district following court challenges under the Voting Rights Act.

The proposal would dismantle the 6th Congressional District currently represented by Democratic Rep. Cleo Fields and redraw it into a Republican-leaning seat.

The map would leave Louisiana with a single majority-Black congressional district: the New Orleans-centered 2nd District represented by Democratic Rep. Troy Carter.
May 15, 2026

Gym Jacket Off Jordan says it's "certainly fine for" Eric to tag along with Daddy to China because he's not Hunter Biden

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
COLLINS: You talked a lot about Hunter Biden. Eric Trump is with his dad in China. He does not have a position in the govt.

JORDAN: I think it's certainly fine for people to travel with the president

COLLINS: Even despite his business ventures?

JORDAN: I don't have any issues at all

COLLINS: You talked a lot about Hunter Biden. Eric Trump is with his dad in China. He does not have a position in the govt.

JORDAN: I think it's certainly fine for people to travel with the president

COLLINS: Even despite his business ventures?

JORDAN: I don't have any issues at all

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-15T01:46:22.006Z
May 15, 2026

Hakeem Jeffries: "...an American president went to China & bent the knee to the Chinese Communist Party"

Acyn

‪@acyn.bsky.social‬
Jeffries: Trump went overseas to China and embarrassed the country, as always. It's unfortunate, but it's extraordinary to me that you had an American president go over to China and bend the knee to the Chinese Communist Party.

it's extraordinary to me that an American president went to China and bent the knee to the Chinese Communist Party.

Jeffries: Trump went overseas to China and embarrassed the country, as always. It's unfortunate, but it's extraordinary to me that you had an American president go over to China and bend the knee to the Chinese Communist Party.

Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2026-05-14T23:12:12.983Z

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Name: Miles Archer
Gender: Male
Hometown: Hamilton Massachusetts
Home country: USA
Current location: Nevada
Member since: Wed Oct 16, 2013, 07:49 PM
Number of posts: 24,288
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