Donald Trump can still become pope if Mike Pence has the courage.
08.05.2025 18:22 β π 2911 π 379 π¬ 38 π 24@johnmannii.bsky.social
Random musings of a DC-based corporate comms exec. Formerly a bigwig in Moscow. Russia/CIS, US politics, US/DC life, soccer. Chelsea fan. Beer drinker.
Donald Trump can still become pope if Mike Pence has the courage.
08.05.2025 18:22 β π 2911 π 379 π¬ 38 π 24Put aside the lies and the open defiance of the Supreme Court, as well as the cruelty, and ask yourself: who talks like this? This is the *official* account of the *White House* - is it being run by a six year old?
18.04.2025 19:44 β π 31741 π 7402 π¬ 2405 π 663The White House publication showing the tariff schedule. BIOT is listed with a 10% tariff.
A photo from above of the US military base on Diego Garcia. A runway is the most visible landmark.
The stupidity in Trumpβs new tariffs is apparently limitless.
He has introduced a 10% tariff on the British Indian Ocean Territory.
The only inhabited island there is Diego Garcia, home to US service personnel.
TRUMP HAS PUT A TARIFF ON A US MILITARY BASE
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Oh, snap!
06.03.2025 01:34 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
28.02.2025 17:57 β π 29668 π 7872 π¬ 817 π 521Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
Vive la rΓ©sistance!
25.02.2025 00:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wow. Heartwrenching read, but worth it.
20.02.2025 19:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Opinion | The last 80 years have brought unprecedented peace and prosperity to the US, Canada, and Western Europe. It's time that we ended it.
20.02.2025 17:13 β π 3527 π 594 π¬ 53 π 23J.D. Vance's lecture in Europe basically convinced every country to quietly create a new secret group chat without the US.
16.02.2025 23:28 β π 18346 π 3103 π¬ 425 π 143There is no one else who could calmly, factually and convincingly rebut the rampant disinformation line by line. Please, @petebuttigieg.bsky.social, make it so!
15.02.2025 17:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
15.02.2025 03:26 β π 98127 π 26126 π¬ 2564 π 943I love this
13.02.2025 05:41 β π 42291 π 7369 π¬ 3130 π 556I noticed the same
13.02.2025 19:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Congratulations America,
He spent $15 million of YOUR money to take a nap at the Super Bowl and leave before halftimeβ¦
All, on your dime.
I am still trying to come to terms with the idea that a billionaire has basically bought himself unfettered access to the federal government payment system of the United States of America.
03.02.2025 16:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Millions of Americans voluntarily bent their knee to one of the worst men on Earth. This will be studied by future generations with both shock and horror. Sadly, we have to live it...or try to survive it.
20.01.2025 22:22 β π 17211 π 2347 π¬ 418 π 66Who needs TikTok?
16.01.2025 17:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Why are Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk, Pichai and Tim Cook visiting and giving money to Trump ?
Because they are in βThe Race β to become the dominant platform in the world.
Amazon/Anthropic vs FB/LLama vs Google/Gemini vs Twitter/Grok, vs IPhones/ChatGpt is the penultimate global power war ever.
elling a reporter in October that his company is worth billions. Mr. Trump called him a βhighly respected leader in the business world, with extensive experience on the international scene.β The president-elect even lavished what may be his highest praise: a βdealmaker.β In fact, records show that Mr. Boulos has spent the past two decades selling trucks and heavy machinery in Nigeria for a company his father-in-law controls. He is chief executive of the company, SCOA Nigeria PLC, which made a profit of less than $66,000 last year, corporate filings show. There is no indication in corporate documents that Mr. Boulos, a Lebanese-American whose son is married to Mr. Trumpβs daughter Tiffany, is a man of significant wealth as a result of his businesses. The truck dealership is valued at about $865,000 at its current share price. Mr. Boulosβs stake, according to securities filings, is worth $1.53. As for Boulos Enterprises, the company that has been called his family business in The Financial Times and elsewhere, a company officer there said it is owned by an unrelated Boulos family.
"Fake it 'til you make it" hall of fame
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/w...
I've seen a child with tetanus, I've treated near fatal infections after chicken pox, and I've pronounced children dead from COVID whose parents refused to have them vaccinated.
We have lost our minds... and are about to lose so many of our precious children.
This is a no-brainer. Best possible choice to lead the DNC.
01.12.2024 14:26 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0hard to exaggerate how nuts the engagement is on Bluesky compared to π. a vastly smaller user base (at least officially), but just look at these stats for one of the biggest newspapers on Earth. Musk has absolutely trashed the platform. folks, you are not locked in on π. not even a little.
23.11.2024 09:21 β π 8458 π 1673 π¬ 215 π 191In Trump II thereβs so far only one Black cabinet member: once again to head up Housing and Urban Development.
He understands βurbanβ doesnβt mean βBlack,β right?
Trump says he is prepared to declare a national emergency and use military assets to carry out his mass deportation program
18.11.2024 14:08 β π 3034 π 774 π¬ 455 π 117Once again - that uniquely Russian way of falling to your death.
www.yahoo.com/news/russian...