Thoughts for Pennies: “Calm Before”
05.10.2025 14:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0@glennstorm.bsky.social
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A reminder:
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly
A reminder:
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly
who might have thought that masked thugs
disheveled, untrained, and the very opposite of 'uniform'
empowered and over-funded by the state to patrol, harass, assault, arrest, detain and 'disappear' citizens
would be bad for the citizens, for business, and for the long term prosperity of the U.S. ?
A reminder:
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly
A reminder:
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly
When leadership hides, the reason is no good
Supreme Court reverses lower court rulings while hiding behind the shadow docket
Congressional Rs hide from press and negotiations, hide on vacation, then hide from constituents
The administration hides their intentions
Trump hides from accountability
A reminder:
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly
When leadership hides, the reason is no good
Supreme Court reverses lower court rulings while hiding behind the shadow docket
Congressional Rs hide from press and negotiations, hide on vacation, then hide from constituents
The administration hides their intentions
Trump hides from accountability
A reminder:
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly
When leadership hides, the reason is no good
Supreme Court reverses lower court rulings while hiding behind the shadow docket
Congressional Rs hide from press and negotiations, hide on vacation, then hide from constituents
The administration hides their intentions
Trump hides from accountability
A reminder:
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly
When leadership hides, the reason is no good
Supreme Court reverses lower court rulings while hiding behind the shadow docket
Congressional Rs hide from press and negotiations, hide on vacation, then hide from constituents
The administration hides their intentions
Trump hides from accountability
A reminder:
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly
who might have thought that masked thugs
disheveled, untrained, and the very opposite of 'uniform'
empowered and over-funded by the state to patrol, harass, assault, arrest, detain and 'disappear' citizens
would be bad for the citizens, for business, and for the long term prosperity of the U.S. ?
A reminder:
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly
A reminder:
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly
When leadership hides, the reason is no good
Supreme Court reverses lower court rulings while hiding behind the shadow docket
Congressional Rs hide from press and negotiations, hide on vacation, then hide from constituents
The administration hides their intentions
Trump hides from accountability
A reminder:
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly
who might have thought that masked thugs
disheveled, untrained, and the very opposite of 'uniform'
empowered and over-funded by the state to patrol, harass, assault, arrest, detain and 'disappear' citizens
would be bad for the citizens, for business, and for the long term prosperity of the U.S. ?
A reminder:
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly
A reminder:
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly
When leadership hides, the reason is no good
Supreme Court reverses lower court rulings while hiding behind the shadow docket
Congressional Rs hide from press and negotiations, hide on vacation, then hide from constituents
The administration hides their intentions
Trump hides from accountability
A reminder:
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly
who might have thought that masked thugs
disheveled, untrained, and the very opposite of 'uniform'
empowered and over-funded by the state to patrol, harass, assault, arrest, detain and 'disappear' citizens
would be bad for the citizens, for business, and for the long term prosperity of the U.S. ?
A reminder:
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly
who might have thought that masked thugs
disheveled, untrained, and the very opposite of 'uniform'
empowered and over-funded by the state to patrol, harass, assault, arrest, detain and 'disappear' citizens
would be bad for the citizens, for business, and for the long term prosperity of the U.S. ?
A reminder:
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly
who might have thought that masked thugs
disheveled, untrained, and the very opposite of 'uniform'
empowered and over-funded by the state to patrol, harass, assault, arrest, detain and 'disappear' citizens
would be bad for the citizens, for business, and for the long term prosperity of the U.S. ?
A reminder:
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly