Mary Geddry

No New Wars (Terms and Conditions Apply) From “endless wars” to regime change in eight minutes as missiles fly, allies hedge, and the grift hums quietly in the background.

A girl can’t even leave for one short road trip without waking up to regime-change speeches, missiles over the Gulf, allies hedging, and Congress nowhere in sight. #iran #foreignpolicy #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Interest-Only Democracy Bomb now, deregulate later, freeze rates today and send the bill to your kids.

Re-Bomb #Iran, call it victory.
Offer $31,000 deductibles.
Hand utilities $26.5B loans, freeze rates now, bill your kids later.
Billionaires write AI laws while markets hedge for “implosions.”

The price isn’t gone. It’s deferred. #uspolitics #kakistocracy
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You Can’t Meme Away the Federal Budget How a quiet tax economist bet his life savings that Elon Musk couldn’t shrink the federal government and won.

#ElonMusk waved a chainsaw and promised to shrink the federal government.

A tax economist quietly bet his $342,195 life savings that he couldn’t. #uspolitics #doge
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Winning So Much We Can’t Stand It A fact-checked tour of the lowlights from Trump’s longest State of the Union from phantom trillions to tariffs that may need refunding.

Trump says we’re “winning so much we don’t know what to do about it.”

Fact-checkers say… otherwise. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Jumping the “v.” From United States v. Trump to bunker-buster déjà vu, climate legal pretzels, and a polite Olympic mic drop.

Brinkmanship abroad. Legal pretzels at home. “Days away” uranium déjà vu. A sealed national security report. Climate deregulation that may boomerang. And Olympic champions delivering a polite, devastating “no.” #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Riviera Renderings and Rising Gold From tariff resets to peace-board promises, the improvisation continues as Trump steps toward the State of the Union.

Gold is climbing. The dollar is dipping. The Supreme Court clipped Trump’s #tariffs so he rolled out a new 15% one. A $10B Gaza pledge with no clear funding path.

Ahead of the State of the Union, the real story is trust. #uspolitics #authoritarianism #kakistocracy
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Tariffs, Tunnels, and Tiny Violins From Supreme Court rebukes to Greenland hospital ships to Palm Beach jet noise, the week volatility became policy.

#scotus kneecapped Trump’s #tariffs. Corporate America wants $130B+ back. Allies are wondering if they overpaid. Europe is sharpening tools. Greenland doesn’t need a hospital ship (especially one that’s docked). #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism

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Governing the Long Way From tariffs to environmental rollbacks, the Supreme Court’s ruling forces Trump’s agenda out of emergency mode and into the slow, politically expensive machinery of democracy.

The #SCOTUS ended the tariff shortcut.

Now he’s raised the global levy to 15% under a 150-day authority that runs straight into midterms. #tariffs #emissions #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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You Can’t Charge $1 The Supreme Court narrows Trump’s tariff power. In a pique he announces a new 150 day global levy and calls it strength

#Trump loses a 6–3 #SupremeCourt case.
Declares victory.
In a fit of pique, Imposes a new global tariff under a different statute. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Tariff Messiah Meets the Supreme Court Trump’s favorite word just got ruled illegal, and Americans are left holding the receipt.

#scotus just blew up Trump’s global #tariff regime with four perfect words: “It does not.”

Emergency powers ≠ presidential blank check to tax the world.

And the funniest part? The trade deficit wasn’t shrinking anyway #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Britain Arrested a Royal. America Shrugged. Prince Andrew’s arrest over Epstein-related disclosures exposes a transatlantic divide in how democracies confront elite misconduct.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was taken into custody over alleged misconduct in public office tied to #Epstein disclosures, police at Sandringham, the King backing due process, the monarchy shaken.

In the U.S.? Headlines, resignations… and silence. #uspolitics
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Silent but Deadly Diplomacy Black History Month as pageant, the Epstein money trail under oath, and a “Board of Peace” that looks suspiciously like a fundraiser.

Trump’s surreal #BlackHistoryMonth speech, the bombshell that Les Wexner was never interviewed by the #FBI, and carrier strike groups assembling while diplomacy limps along. #uspolitics #epsteinfiles #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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A Regime at War With Arithmetic As the Fed warns inflation may prove stubborn, Trump’s team calls for punishment of economists who say tariffs raise prices.

The #WhiteHouse is now calling for #Fed economists to be “disciplined” for showing Americans pay most of Trump’s tariffs.

The Fed warns inflation progress may be “uneven.”

Trump picks fight with arithmetic. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Governance by Subtraction Peace talks without peace, elections without guardrails, climate policy without science and a ballroom that won’t shrink.

#Ukraine talks stall, #Russia ramps drones with Western parts, House GOP pushes new voting restrictions, Trump’s EPA guts climate law, and the #WhiteHouse gets a bigger ballroom. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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You Can’t Shrink the Big Things Faith, history, and justice don’t fit inside party branding, no matter how many files you seal or signs you remove.

“Best murder numbers since 1900.”
“Totally exonerated.”
Trump Bibles for sale.

Meanwhile: subpoenas in New Mexico, sealed files, erased history restored by a judge. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism #epsteinfiles
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The Spell Is Broken From governors to European allies, the fear and deference that once insulated Trump are fading and the White House is no longer neutral ground.

Trump still has the office but the reverence is gone. Governors are boycotting. Foreign leaders are shunning the photo ops. The spell is breaking, and the #WhiteHouse is no longer neutral ground. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Ask Not… Unless You’ve Got a Million Dollars President’s Day in Trump’s America: monetized power, tariff taxes, and allies quietly backing away.

President’s Day in America: the #WhiteHouse runs a “SALE,” companies jack up prices, and somehow Janis Joplin is in the #Epsteinfiles.

#Tariffs are taxes. #ICE raids are gutting construction. Canada is quietly preparing for a post-US anchor world. #uspolitics
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Dow 50,000 and the Schmoo Tree Economy Wall Street wants strong growth, low inflation, rate cuts, AI profits, and zero disruption, all at the same time.

Global markets have outpaced the U.S., AI is spooking entire sectors, rate-cut fantasies are wobbling, and #WallStreet seems to want a Schmoo Tree economy, growth, low inflation, Fed cuts, and zero disruption all at once. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Corridors, Not Colossi DHS escalates, Epstein exposes the web, Trump builds monuments — but the Rockies remind us systems can be redesigned.

Flash-bangs, file dumps, and a 15-foot bronze ego.
Britain convulses. America scrolls.
But up in the Rockies, someone is building something better. #epsteinfiles #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Fully Funded Power, Fully Hollowed Institutions While Trump stages strength at Fort Bragg and billionaires scramble over the Epstein files, TSA agents work unpaid, measles spreads in parking lots, and accountability becomes optional.

#Trump campaigns at #FortBragg, floats regime change, #DHS shuts down, #ICE stays funded, billionaires scramble over #Epstein fallout, and doctors are diagnosing measles in parking lots.
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Governance by Stock Chart Climate denial, Epstein fallout, ICE chaos, and a Homeland Security shutdown — but don’t worry, the ticker is green.

#PamBondi: please stop asking about Epstein.

Today’s roundup: ICE chaos, a DHS shutdown standoff, Kushner’s “geopolitical connections,” and governance by stock ticker. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Velvet Ropes, Coal Trophies, and Balloon Wars A week in Trump’s America: loyalty dinners, laser mishaps, tariff threats, DOJ deflection, and the slow collapse of institutional gravity.

#PamBondi stonewalls on #Epstein. Trump threatens Republicans over tariffs. The #WhiteHouse runs like a velvet-rope nightclub. Foreign influence comes with Rolexes and gold bars. The IRS hands immigrant data to ICE.

We are not moving on. #uspolitics #kakistocracy
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Black Ink and White Picket Fences The Epstein files, a nation of renters, and an administration exporting grievance abroad.

Black ink, white picket fences, and a DOJ that calls this transparency. #pamBondi heads to the Hill, lawmakers say 70–80% of the Epstein files remain redacted, and Trump’s “nation of renters” order quietly protects rental-only suburbs. #uspolitics
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The Don Colossus and the Return of the Bronze Age A toppled statue, a burning planet, and the price of mistaking spectacle for greatness

A 15-foot gold “Don Colossus” statue commissioned by crypto bros, now lying on its back in an Ohio workshop amid unpaid bills, copyright disputes, and a memecoin collapse. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #climatejustice #authoritarianism
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Opera vs. Policy How Europe sees Trump clearly and why America is still standing too close

Europe is staging #Trump as grotesque satire while the U.S. lives him as paperwork, ICE raids, buried whistleblowers, and 3 a.m. rage-posts. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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The Empire Crumbles During Commercial Breaks Super Bowl culture wars, ICE abroad, Trump’s Board of Peace grift, and Tulsi Gabbard’s classified lockdown

#BadBunny vs #TPUSA’s “alternate halftime,” Kid Rock’s festival falling apart, #ICE showing up in Milan, #JDVance getting booed, #Trump hiding from stadium crowds, and his new pay-to-play “Board of Peace” fantasy project… #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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The Firehose Isn’t Sustainable Trump floods the zone with cruelty and distraction, but even the wrestling crowd is starting to chant back.

Courts buckling under ICE chaos, corporate media ride-alongs turning into propaganda, crypto wobbling, Epstein lurking behind the distraction machine and even wrestling crowds chanting “Fuck ICE.” #uspolitics #authoritarianism
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Not Angels, Apparently Trump responds to two Americans killed by federal agents with the moral calculus of a man reviewing bad press.

#Trump looked at two Americans killed by #ICE in #Minneapolis and shrugged: “They weren’t angels.”

Three words that explain the whole regime: dignity is conditional, violence is excusable, cruelty is the point. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Prayer Breakfast or Power Breakfast? Donald Trump, the White House Faith Office, and the spiritual collapse of American Christianity.

A #WhiteHouse “Faith Office.” A strongman at the podium. Pastors applauding.
Trump is destroying democracy and cratering Christianity too. #uspolitics #prayerbreakfast #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Groomer Panic for Thee, Impunity for Me Pride proms get outrage. Billionaires get excuses. The Epstein fallout is exposing the real protection racket

Resignations from London to Wall Street to LA28, abusers coordinating behind the scenes, and the far right still screaming about Pride proms while protecting the powerful. Moral panic flows downward. Impunity flows up. #uspolitics #epsteinfiles
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