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Pete Hegseth's Napoleon Complex is Compensating for Something But It Isn't His Height #ABlueView 🧵1/3
The Napoleon complex, or "short-man syndrome," is a popular, non-clinical, derogatory term for an inferiority complex where individuals—typically though not exclusively men...
Kinda what I was thinking when I asked the question ;)
🧵3/3 Pete Hegseth's Napoleon Complex is Compensating for Something But Its Not His Height
Hegseth, however, is not short—he's the avg American man's height—so what else might he be worried about & compensating for do you think?
🧵2/3 Pete Hegseth's Napoleon Complex is Compensating for Something But Its Not His Height
...of short stature—exhibit overly aggressive, domineering, or ambitious behaviors to overcompensate for their perceived lack of physical height.
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Pete Hegseth's Napoleon Complex is Compensating for Something But It Isn't His Height #ABlueView 🧵1/3
The Napoleon complex, or "short-man syndrome," is a popular, non-clinical, derogatory term for an inferiority complex where individuals—typically though not exclusively men...
"Turning out 12M will be daunting [3.5% goal]. It would be millions more than have participated in prior massive No Kings protests...To get there, more of you who object to what’s happening in this country but haven’t turned out yet need to do so"
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... incarcerate immigrants; as his oligarch buddies siphon billions from our Treasury; as decades worth of advances in Civil Rights are eviscerated; & as hard-working Americans struggle [with the cost of living].
It is time for us all to speak out."
Why Attend #NoKings3 Reason 259 #ABlueView
A personal plea from https://twp.ai/4ixCrJ
"The No Kings rallies will take place as massive, armed conflict spreads violently across the globe; as Donald Trump’s govt. moves aggressively to buy land to build gargantuan detention centers to ...
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Billionaires Are Increasingly Buying Elections
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Hiring Under Trump Goes Into Reverse
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Planning for #TrumpsWar is Being Done by the Very Stable Genius Himself
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WSJ: "Americans Are Now a TARGET in Trump's Immigration Crackdown"
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Tell Congressional Dems NO Funding for #TrumpsWar
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"Dems problem isn't being too liberal; it's being seen as too weak"
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#SendBarron to Fight #TrumpsWar #ABlueView 🧵1/2
Putin Rewards His Stuck BFF With Treachery & In Response, the Useful Idiot Removes Russian Sanctions #ABlueView 🧵1/2
#TrumpsWar #SendBarron #NoKingsMar28 #BlueWave2026
Tell Congressional Dems NO Funding for #TrumpsWar #ABlueView🧵1/3
Let's write & preemptively stiffen the spines of all the D's in Congress (especially wavering "centrists") to ensure they reject Trump's inevitable request for more war funding: https://twp.ai/4ixEhr
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🧵3/3 Putting the Financial Cost of #TrumpsWar in Context
"...It is twice our daily spend on all VA hospitals & health care for veterans.
The city of Boston’s entire operating budget was $4.6B for 2025. A few days’ worth of Iran spending could cover it." https://twp.ai/E6Hj5z
🧵2/3 Putting the Financial Cost of #TrumpsWar in Context
"A billion a day is more than double what we spend on all federal education & job training programs, including Pell grants & federal K-12 school aid to states..."
Tell Congressional Dems NO Funding for #TrumpsWar #ABlueView🧵1/3
Let's write & preemptively stiffen the spines of all the D's in Congress (especially wavering "centrists") to ensure they reject Trump's inevitable request for more war funding: https://twp.ai/4ixEhr
🧵2/2 Putin Rewards His Stuck BFF With Treachery & In Response, the Useful Idiot Removes Russian Sanctions
Putin Rewards His Stuck BFF With Treachery & In Response, the Useful Idiot Removes Russian Sanctions #ABlueView 🧵1/2
#TrumpsWar #SendBarron #NoKingsMar28 #BlueWave2026
"Dems real problem isn't being too liberal; it's being seen as too weak" #ABlueView 🧵1/3
"Americans, including swing voters, see the Republican Party as 20 points more extreme than Democrats—and the Democrats as weak and ineffective. So why would the *Democrats* moderate?"
Trump Sees an Imaginary Light at End of a Rapidly Deepening Tunnel
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From the History Rhyming Dept:
General William Westmoreland in 1967 told Congress he could see “the light at the end of the tunnel” — the U.S. remained mired in Vietnam for another eight years.
Is Corporate Cowardice Turning to Resistance? #ABlueView 🧵1/3
Microsoft filed a "brief in Anthropic’s lawsuit against the Trump Admin. urging a federal court to temporarily block the Pentagon’s designation of [it] as a supply chain risk. It is by any measure, a remarkable act."
🧵3/3 While the costs of #TrumpsWar Mount
🧵2/3 While the costs of #TrumpsWar Mount
Trump Sees an Imaginary Light at End of a Rapidly Deepening Tunnel
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From the History Rhyming Dept:
General William Westmoreland in 1967 told Congress he could see “the light at the end of the tunnel” — the U.S. remained mired in Vietnam for another eight years.
🧵3/3 Is Corporate Cowardice Turning to Resistance?
"... quieter. He didn’t attend Trump’s inauguration, as many other tech chiefs had. He also refused to fire Lisa Monaco, a former Biden official ... after Trump demanded her ouster."
🧵2/3 Is Corporate Cowardice Turning to Resistance?
"Microsoft’s move is a shot across the administration’s bow. Its C.E.O., Satya Nadella, has been far less visible in President Trump’s orbit than Jensen Huang of Nvidia or Tim Cook of Apple.
Nadella’s approach has been...
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Microsoft filed a "brief in Anthropic’s lawsuit against the Trump Admin. urging a federal court to temporarily block the Pentagon’s designation of [it] as a supply chain risk. It is by any measure, a remarkable act."