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NYT:
Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy

Well, duh. He's not interested in spreading democracy in his own country

Layoffs have hit over 1.1M so far this year — the most since the pandemic.

Yet corporate profits continue to hit record highs, with corporations increasingly spending those earnings on stock buybacks to enrich execs and shareholders.

This is what a rigged economy looks like.

Opinion | What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes

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The psyche of America is on cruel display.

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I, too, would love to live with no bills and no taxes but still get roads paved and police and fire support and food and healthcare. Is he proposing communism? Socialism? Just livin' large while we go deeper into debt and then declare bankruptcy, a la his casinos and other businesses?

Have we Reached Peak Fossil Fuels? Wind & Solar met all New Energy Demand in Q1-Q3 '25 Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - Richard Black and other analysts at the Ember energy consultancy find that all new electricity demand in the first three quarters of 2025 was met by solar and wind, main...

Hey let's spend a decade building more pipelines and strip away enviro regs too. Man, that Carney fella is a 4D chess master: Have we Reached Peak Fossil Fuels? Wind & Solar met all New Energy Demand in Q1-Q3 '25 www.juancole.com/2025/12/reac...

Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.

In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.

I would feel safer without ICE.

Lake Louise

Curving forest path covered in red brown autumn leaves, leading into a dark stand of trees, with muted green and brown tones that give the scene a quiet, moody fairytale feeling.

WanderFall.

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Would any of them notice if their fortunes were halved, even quartered, leaving them with only several BILLION $$ each?

This level of wealth is an obscenity in a time when so many are struggling, starving, dying.

Wilder's Folly at Calcot near Reading in Berkshire, UK.
Oil on Canvas. 30" x 20"
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Jesus wept. The blatant family-connection corruption is obscene. Is anyone taking this to court?

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Say it loud. Say it often. They are not *warriors.* Hegseth is a murderer. Trump is a murderer.

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Full moon against a blue sky.

Today's morning moon...

The moon and moody clouds in the sky, small specks of night being through the cloud cover while the street lights slightly illuminate the tops of trees to the right

It's really easy to reverse your message when you have no moral compass and don't believe in whatever is coming out of your mouth at the time.

Trump is the walking embodiment of a con job, a scam, a grift. Corruption on two legs.

Tom Cotton: "He took his shirt off like he was sunbathing."

Yes, after narrowly avoiding being killed by a missile attack, he took a few minutes to relax on an overturned boat and work on his base tan.

Tom Cotton is evilly stupid or stupidly evil.

A vertical shot of a tranquil forest stream with silky, flowing water cascading over mossy rocks. Bright, warm golden light filters through the bare tree branches in the background, creating a glowing reflection on the water that contrasts with the cool, dark tones of the dense woodland and ferns on the riverbank.

Chasing Light. #nature #forest #river #longexposure #landscape #goldenhour #woodland #outdoors #scenic #stream #moody #naturelovers #water #smartphonephotography #photography

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Day 341 - Dawn colours and clouds, Aleenta, Pranburi, Thailand 2015More at fotosbyfaj.com
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Call. Get this murderer out.

"Doesn't piggy like coal?"

This is the pipe bomb incident that MAGA was trying to lay at the feet of Democrats.

Watch how quickly all go silent.

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