I passed the denial stage now im just scared

"This will go further".
Despite being a massive liar, he always tells you what he's going to do next, if you just listen.

I grew up in Washington DC and it has never felt safer or cleaner. Trump's "emergency" is fake, straight out of the authoritarian playbook

India and Russia will meet in Saint Petersburg next month to plan the next year’s military cooperation. That’s training and joint exercises, defence projects and collaboration on BrahMos missiles and AK-203 rifles, Ukrainian intelligence says.

YouTube video by Ryan Goodman Why Trump DC Takeover Is No Simple "Distraction"

Why Trump DC Takeover Is No Simple "Distraction"

It's the plan. No distraction.

Keep an eye on what Trump is saying explicitly. Scope of Executive Order for using Guard/Marines for immigration protests. Leaked DHS-DoD Memo. DOJ arguments in court.

youtu.be/kAn14WGp8ec?...

FBI agents are not trained to patrol streets. And every agent that is assigned to do that is NOT investigating:

*foreign spies stealing gov’t and trade secrets
*foreign and domestic terrorist threats
*crimes like fraud, corruption, trafficking, and violent crimes (among others)

Do you feel safer?

This is how the mob works. Taking a cut they don't deserve simply because they they issue some threats.

“The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators”. — Peter Baker

Trump is building a golf resort in Vietnam but of course that's not a conflict of interest with his conduct of foreign policy or tariff policy. WTF.

Canada wildfire season already second worst on record as experts warn of ‘new reality’ More than 470 Canadian fires classified as ‘out of control’ as scientists say climate change exacerbating the burning

Canada wildfire season already second worst on record as experts warn of ‘new reality’.

More than 470 Canadian fires classified as ‘out of control’ as scientists say climate change exacerbating the burning

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

‘I risked everything’: remembering six media workers killed by Israel in Gaza CJP says the period since 7 October 2023 has been the most deadly for journalists since it began gathering data in 1992

‘I risked everything’: remembering six media workers killed by Israel in Gaza.

CJP says the period since 7 October 2023 has been the most deadly for journalists since it began gathering data in 1992

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

They should not be able to sustain any illusion that they are “protecting” the community. It needs to be crystal clear to them that they are despised by ordinary citizens who do not welcome their presence.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Let's focus on qualifications: Antoni finished grad school 5 years ago at Northern Illinois with no distinction. Dissertation: No focus on labor or data collection. Zero publications. One lifetime citation (by a former colleague).

This record would not earn you a job as junior economist at BLS.

Former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under Obama👇👇

Ru still demands Ukrainian demilitarization, which means Ru wants Ukraine to be a sitting duck for a third invasion. Ru wants all of Ukraine.

The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics President Trump is imitating the Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into the economy.

www.wsj.com/economy/the-...

Are there any civ-mil scholars who are not alarmed by this?

Anyone?

We are approaching arguably the geopolitically defining moment of the war. Trump has admitted he is cooking up a plan with Ukraine ceding territory to Russia. Ukraine will want to reject…and then European states will have to step up and be counted.

pretty willing to believe that Tom Cotton’s interns have “no go zones” in DC, such as keeping at least 1000 feet away from schools and playgrounds

An "economist" so dumb I had to explain to him how the import price index works last month will now lead the BLS, kill me

If you look at the map around Pokrovsk, you may finally see why I’ve long been worried, about both the city and the trajectory of the war. Talk of big enemy losses, forecasts of economic collapse, or claims I’m “too negative” won’t change it. Change starts by seeing problems

He is desensitizing the public for future use. He's testing this out so he can control the capital and decide gets to count votes for the next election. This isn't about today. It's about his future.

You don't pave over the patio and want to build a ballroom on a house you expect to ever leave.

From 2020 to 2022 COVID vaccines prevented over 18.5 million hospitalizations, 3.2 million deaths and saved the US $1.15 trillion.

mRNA vaccines and treatments are being developed for diabetes, HIV, cancer, and more. Imagine how many more lives we could save if we don't defund science.

I’m sorry, but “territorial concessions” by any democratic nation protecting their sovereignty and their citizens to any invading army seems kinda nuts, as well as contrary to what our US has always believed.

Why is this on the table at all?

I cannot begin to tell you how much this Canadian, and every Canadian I know, detests this ignoramus. My English, Scottish, French, Dutch, German, and Swedish cousins feel similarly,

There is no legal or political system that can hold together a culture that has lost all sense of public morality or shame.

This Federal Judge Is the ‘Tip of the Spear’ of Trump-Era Conservatism

NYT article about how the Trumpies stack the courts with judges that not simply interpret the law but are intended to do it in a way that favors conservative agenda. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...

So Free Markets. Much Limited Government. Very Capitalism.