@econrevirvine.bsky.social
Retired Health Economist Retired Episcopal Priest Canonical residence Utah, live in OC California Weird Coffee Person Love to cook Communitarianism & Virtue Ethics Have left Meta platforms Killed my Twitter/X account All opinions entirely my own
JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.
23.11.2025 20:52 — 👍 2152 🔁 983 💬 126 📌 67And the same isn’t also likely true for TikTok?
23.11.2025 23:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0That about $7 per rental unit. It’s less than the rounding error in their balance sheet. It’s a pittance.
23.11.2025 23:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Why bother? House and Senate are controlled by Republicans. and if the answer is to get them on record, they already are. This is a waste of time.
22.11.2025 16:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Seems bad
22.11.2025 03:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0DOJ is now recruiting for immigration judges by calling them “deportation judges.”
That’s seems really bad.
More evidence that the Trump/Witkoff “peace plan” for Ukraine came straight from the Russians - it uses Russian syntax.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Also didn’t understand the meaning of “signed declaration“.
20.11.2025 21:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I hope he’s losing sleep over this
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Trump’s “healthcare” plan will bankrupt and kill millions of Americans.
We can eliminate the private insurance industry, and save $650B per year with Medicare for All — which would cover everyone, save families money, and include dental, vision, hearing, prescriptions and longterm care.
And $2Bn to change it back?
19.11.2025 19:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Oftentimes is doing a lot of work in that sentence
18.11.2025 19:05 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0And the other WH reporters just stood by silently? A male reporter didn't have the courage to say, "Mr President, you're out of line,"?
18.11.2025 01:43 — 👍 23 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Operation shriveled mushroom
17.11.2025 02:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It was a very good year
17.11.2025 02:05 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
1969 was a very good year.
17.11.2025 02:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Meanwhile 1/4 of our active duty Navy is in the Carribean.
16.11.2025 03:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ouch. Merge the PBS and NPR news operations.
16.11.2025 03:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NEW: Trump administration takes formal step toward freeing Tina Peters www.9news.com/article/news...
14.11.2025 21:47 — 👍 318 🔁 161 💬 59 📌 36This is a criminal administration.
By and for criminals.
It was never the case. It was always Trump First.
14.11.2025 17:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0“The boss wants it so it’s ok.”
14.11.2025 01:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
13.11.2025 22:54 — 👍 4473 🔁 1793 💬 84 📌 51Mind the gap
13.11.2025 16:55 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Father Guido Sarducci
13.11.2025 03:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Members
Of the House don’t elect the Senate leader. This really doesn’t matter.
Just another example of no attention to detail
13.11.2025 03:09 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Yeah, it’s rough. Have you considered counseling? I’ve found that it can help me navigate my way through a rough stretch if I’m having trouble seeing my way.
12.11.2025 01:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0That’s in the neighborhood of 1/2 of the US budget. It’s a BS made up number.
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