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Data scientist, market analyst, foreign policy realist, avid history consumer.

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Is Trump letting himself be manipulated? Or is he actively cooperating with Putin? Rhetorical question.

11.08.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The typeface IS the cherry on top.

11.08.2025 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The latest fascist video posted by DHS.

(I'm sure the typeface at the end there isn't meant to invoke anything Nazi-like)

x.com/dhsgov/statu...

10.08.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1613    πŸ” 501    πŸ’¬ 275    πŸ“Œ 351

Abbott is not licking Trumpβ€˜s boots. He is an eager co-conspirator.

10.08.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

<Putin smiles>

10.08.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 327    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 3

Trump has demonstrated he intends never to use leverage over Putin. His intent is the opposite: to lever American power to help Russia and Putin.

09.08.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump’s unhealthy obsession is with helping Putin and Russia.

09.08.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No, he’s not giving Putin Alaska, but he is giving Putin a huge gift: the legitimacy of touching down on US soil at the invitation of a US president. A reward for the full-scale invasion of a sovereign, democratic country that the United States and its European allies support.

08.08.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2025    πŸ” 586    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 36

NYT played for fools? Or complicit in a Trump/GOP campaign to deceive Americans about an impending betrayal of Ukraine?

09.08.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

NYT played for fools? Or complicit in a Trump/GOP campaign to deceive Americans about an impending betrayal of Ukraine?

09.08.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The police hate journalists. This is a bonus for them.

09.08.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At that time one of them beat a female journalist in front of me knocking her to the ground and breaking her camera. I went in to assist and got my shit rocked by one of the officers when I did- even though I asked him to deescalate and said we are all press here. He said he didn’t care.

09.08.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 137    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Its amazing and depressing. A few days ago the conversation was all about what kinds of sanctions Trump will put on Russia, now the talk is about what territory Ukraine will be asked to cede to Russia.
And some people still think Trump might help Ukraine....

09.08.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 954    πŸ” 267    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 14

How many divisions does the judge have?

09.08.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Many American β€œChristians” are clearly heretical.

09.08.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A video arguing that women shouldn’t be able to vote was just shared by Trump’s Secretary of Defense, the guy in charge of our whole military.

And Democratic Party leaders still can’t stand up to this administration?! Our rights are on the line and all our party leaders offer us is silence.

09.08.2025 06:27 β€” πŸ‘ 22315    πŸ” 6188    πŸ’¬ 913    πŸ“Œ 361

Perversely correct. I feel the same way.

09.08.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s not what the Constitution says.

09.08.2025 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why can’t Western European defense companies proactively produce this?

09.08.2025 07:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump will then put massive pressure on European states and Ukraine to accept this dead. And it is despicable--though done with enormous skill and playing on the naive hopes of Ukraine backers. This is a free piece.

09.08.2025 07:29 β€” πŸ‘ 162    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
Trump Is Building a Maximalist Government
In a series of actions this week, the president sought to expand the government’s reach.

Trump Is Building a Maximalist Government In a series of actions this week, the president sought to expand the government’s reach.

The New York Times uses the word β€œmaximalist” because it’s afraid to use the word β€œdictatorship.”

09.08.2025 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4571    πŸ” 1388    πŸ’¬ 181    πŸ“Œ 132

Trump happily betraying Ukraine while pushing India firmly back into Russia’s arms. IOW, acting as Putin’s agent.

08.08.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.

Head of NASA Sean Duffy intends to destroy a satellite that collects key data on carbon dioxide and plant health, by causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. The U.S. Dept of Agriculture and private agriculture firms use the data to forecast crop yield, drought conditions and more.

08.08.2025 07:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1743    πŸ” 1058    πŸ’¬ 130    πŸ“Œ 291

β€œDefend your culture, no college required” is about as concise a summary of MAGA as you’ll find.

06.08.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 705    πŸ” 192    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 8
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The Banality of Weasel Donald Trump’s top economist isn’t necessarily a dumb man. He’s just not a strong one.

NEW: The banality of weaselβ€”on Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett.

"He's not the sort of guy you’d expect to join in an authoritarian purge. But that's precisely what he's done."
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-banali...

06.08.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 271    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 24
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Article 1, Section 9 & 10 have been removed from the official Govt website on the US Constitution. Among numerous points:
β€’Section 9 forbids suspending The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
β€’Section 10 forbids ex post facto laws

This better be a joke. Ignoring these is full blow dictatorship

06.08.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 14875    πŸ” 6548    πŸ’¬ 1030    πŸ“Œ 645
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Inside Trump’s New Tactic to Separate Immigrant Families

Miller's choice:

ICE officers told the couple they could leave US with their child & return to their native Russia, which they had fled seeking political asylum. Or they could remain in immigration detention in US β€” but their 8 y.o. son, Maksim, would be taken away
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...

05.08.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 9

From a report today on @npr.org: People held at Alligator Auschwitz have no legal path out. ICE says they're held on state charges, so Federal immigration judges can't hear cases for bond or anything else. The state hasn't charged them, so state judges can't hear the case because there's no case. 1/

05.08.2025 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3473    πŸ” 1858    πŸ’¬ 225    πŸ“Œ 149

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