Jim, he dealt with Trump the way he did because Trump is the way he is. It's not "playing" him.
31.10.2025 17:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@rklantian.bsky.social
Retired. Lapsed academic. Then nonprofit leader (large national business association). Lifetime of work on China. Opposed to the echo chamber. Unsentimental but not paranoid. At home in the US and global China field. Raised East, but many years in PNW.
Jim, he dealt with Trump the way he did because Trump is the way he is. It's not "playing" him.
31.10.2025 17:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I don't feel bad for Usha Vance or Melania Trump.
Neither should you.
They know EXACTLY what they're doing.
Complicit every single step of the way. They chose this. They participate in it to this day. They're all in.
Agree. But it's not wholly on "Democrats." It is on local communities, local and state officials, churches and their congregations, chambers of commerce local and national. Labor unions large and small. Whole-of-society decisions, in other words. It is like preparing for a tsunami or an earthquake.
31.10.2025 03:45 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yes. This is the Bonus Army re-make, and will give Trump his insurrection pretext.
30.10.2025 17:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Isn't it time the word "cleansing" should be used? Surely the Trump Mutants see all this as "cleansing," for one thing.
30.10.2025 17:25 β π 18 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Morning pedo alert
30.10.2025 11:57 β π 6 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0DJT fluent in Chinese? "Two guys walk in to a bar...."
30.10.2025 17:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0F-150s on Japan's streets? Who in his/her right mind would buy one? Will Ford invent a whole infrastructure of sales and service? Might as well dump MuskTrucks on poor Japan and walk away.
29.10.2025 19:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Another US president would long since have ordered US assistance to Jamaica as natural disaster victim. I don't have the knowledge to comment on potential US roles in South Sudan.
29.10.2025 19:36 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0DO NOT BE DISTRACTED & STAY LOUD!!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! Iβm gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared.
I wish everyone would stop laying these legitimate accusations on "Congress." Congressional Rs "are not moved," and haven't been all year. Don't lay this on Congressional Democrats.
29.10.2025 19:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Surely a lawsuit waiting to be filed, no?
29.10.2025 19:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wild recklessness.
29.10.2025 17:53 β π 1808 π 296 π¬ 157 π 22Just the beginning. Bill of Rights test for all federal officials. For all candidates for internationally-related jobs, Name Four Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (or Latin Americ excluding Brazil and Mexico, or Asi excluding China, Japan and India, or Africa -- etc.) Wheat separated from chaff.
29.10.2025 19:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"The Democrats are getting killed on the shutdown, because weβre closing up programs that are Democrat programs," Trump gloated earlier this month. Does that sound like a president who feels your pain? www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-isnt...
29.10.2025 19:00 β π 210 π 63 π¬ 16 π 1π©Έπ©Έπ©Έ NEVER FORGET: Instead of honoring our Constitution's key principle of a Peaceful Transfer of Power, POS Donald Trump Abused his Power on Jan 6th by inciting this violent & deadly attack on our country's Capital and should be in prison for life π©Έπ©Έπ©Έ
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29.10.2025 01:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So the president took a dementia test, and then they administered an MRI. Whereβs the media on this?
28.10.2025 19:38 β π 28831 π 7859 π¬ 1961 π 465Do you really think he got shot in the ear? But your point is on the mark.
29.10.2025 00:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The president had a MRI but won't say why.
He had bruises on his hands but wouldn't say why.
He just had an 'annual medical' even though he already had his annual medical.
He got shot in the ear but has never released the medical records relating to it.
How is any of this ok?
Check out the entire episode with Congressβ history teacherβ¦ my boss and political dad @repjamesclyburn.bsky.social ! youtu.be/TuTdA-CkoKI?...
29.10.2025 00:10 β π 79 π 29 π¬ 4 π 2Investment tip: blue books.
29.10.2025 00:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Of course critics are going to say that. Dog bites man. Come on, NYT.
29.10.2025 00:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Crap. I just iced WAPO. Do I have dump the Times after 70+ years?
29.10.2025 00:43 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 6 π 0Holy shit. In many countries. Including the US. an older woman who is close to adult parents of small and growing children and to the children themselves is "Aunt X" or "Auntie X." Anyone professing ignorance of that is lying.
29.10.2025 00:41 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Johnson is basically keeping the House out until January to protect pedophiles."
LOUDER.
Say it louder: Republicans only care about you if you're a wealthy pedophile. Everyone else can suffer.
Does everyone understand the assignment?
@lincolnproject.us
... just another reminder of the FELON in the White House...
27.10.2025 12:53 β π 1736 π 765 π¬ 47 π 34Two possibilities: gout, or dementia.
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