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National political analyst/strategist. Author of Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts, co host of This is America on The Cycle on Substack 👇🦆🏈 I watch the news so you don’t have to. https://thecycle.substack.com/
Jimmy Kimmel at the Oscars: "As you know, there are some countries whose leaders don't support free speech. I'm not at liberty to say which. Let's just leave it at North Korea and CBS."
Journalist: Can you say why we're sending 5,000 Marines and sailors to the Middle East?
Trump: "You're a very obnoxious person"
Conan: “It's the first time since 2012 there are no British actors nominated for Best Actor or Best Actress. A British spokesperson said, 'Yeah, well, at least we arrest our pedophiles.'”
Omg I finally got complimented on my grammar!!!!
🚨🚨A List of Grievances
Let Facts Be Submitted to a Candid World
Experience shows that people are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by altering the systems to which they are accustomed.
Plz read & RP, no firewall! open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
I’m very grateful for everyone that reads my stuff, but I think it’s important more people read this piece so they can put together what is actually happening with the Dept of War 👇
Not yet. It’s only the catalyst
Thank you so much! ❤️
This free article is a must read if you want to understand how bad this is gonna end.
All of them. But let’s see if no wars moves them. It’ll take some time
Fox: There are new developments in the war and they are hurting the market. 3 ships attacked in the Gulf, 2 of them tankers, set ablaze. Oil is still well above $90 a barrel. Gas going up some more. The average for regular is now $3.59, getting close to $3.60.
The YouGov/Economist tracker is our baseline for any movement among Trump's partisan support.
In plain English, Trump support among MAGA and other Republicans remains at 94% among MAGA in the 1st poll after the attack on Iran.
We'll see what happens as attack becomes war in the public psyche.
🚨The Pentagon’s Armageddon Problem
When Christian Nationalism Runs the U.S. Military
Pete Hegseth's White Christian Nationalist wet dream was to start war in the the Middle East to bring on biblical apocalypse.
And here we are. 🧵
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Breaking:
Someone who received a settlement from Epstein’s money manager was a Trump accuser.
By the way, I’ve seen a few headlines in the last two days about Trump administration officials reportedly telling other people they could do whatever the fuck they want and Donald Trump will pardon them.
Little Elon here is being deposed.
Chefs kiss to the background music.
Trump: the oil tankers should “show some guts” and enter the Strait of Hormuz despite threats from Iran
Listen for yourself 👇
CNN: Iran has begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Virginia GOP has some nerve.
They just drew out Black reps all across the country with their own gerrymanders, but are sending this shit to Black voters on the VA redistricting law.
You cannot change the vote you cast. You CAN change what you do next.
You were lied to. You were betrayed. What matters now is what you decide to do about it.
DEAR DONALD TRUMP
NO ONE WANTS THIS WAR EXCEPT YOUR WHITE NATIONALIST WAR SEC WHO THINKS HE’S USHERING IN THE RAPTURE
We’re a couple of bad ass bitches who are out of fucks to give.
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🚨🚨🚨Iran’s Other Leverage: WATER
A couple days ago I wrote about the first lever Iran holds in this war: the Strait of Hormuz. If Iran disrupts shipping through that narrow channel between Iran and Oman, roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil supply gets caught. open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Maine voters
I have no thoughts on your primary aside from:
Do you really want to spend Oct and Nov watching shit like this from the Collins campaign?
Monday night!!!
Q: Are you worried about gas prices?
Trump: No.
In WhatsApp conversations leaked to the Miami Herald, participants used variations of the n-word more than 400 times, regularly described women as “whores,” used slurs to talk about Jewish and gay people and mused about Hitler’s politics.
🚨🚨🚨Shit is About to Hit The Fan in the Strait of Hormuz:
For 60 years, Middle East Experts Have Feared Exactly What Trump Just Did
There are a lot of people in the Middle East tonight who are staring at their phones and wondering what tomorrow is going to bring.
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Trump voter whose son, 23 year old AMERICAN Ruben Ray Martinez, was killed by ICE: