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Gregory Minchak

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Comms and policy professional - Currently @lincolnproject.bsky.social - Retweets endorse good reading. Thoughts all my own.

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Watching the Whatley speech tonight. Zero uplifting remarks; Just a dystopian speech filled with recycled grievances and designed to scare.

I'm sure there's a consultant in his ear, but what a sad way to introduce yourself to the general election voters.

04.03.2026 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s War While thinking about the Iran attack this weekend, I started to consider its place in the Administration’s overall approach to governance.

Since Trump took office, Congress has abdicated its responsibilities to an imperial President.

Wrote about here on the Substack.

open.substack.com/pub/gregorym...

02.03.2026 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The gap between how cool he thinks he sounds and how he actually sounds would take light eight centuries to traverse.

02.03.2026 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2872    πŸ” 460    πŸ’¬ 162    πŸ“Œ 13

Can't wait until Trump needs to send in troops to calm the situation because the Iran/Afghan border becomes nonexistent. Especially since Afgh and Pakistan are now in open war with one another.

28.02.2026 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So now the real chaos starts.

This is going to get very ugly as every strongman tries get enough backing - and kill enough rivals - to win the about-to-start civil war.

28.02.2026 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

the current position of the US government is that NVIDIA should be allowed to sell chips directly to China but banned from using Claude, because the latter is a larger national security risk. that is the level of absolute insanity coming out of the White House & Pentagon nowadays

27.02.2026 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2293    πŸ” 573    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 19

When you think about it for more than 5 seconds, it really is both insane and outrageous that *HILLARY CLINTON* - a woman who apparently has never met with nor corresponded with Jeffrey Epstein was one of the first people deposed.

28.02.2026 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 23756    πŸ” 4303    πŸ’¬ 1329    πŸ“Œ 321
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Pentagon approves OpenAI safety red lines after dumping Anthropic The Pentagon has complained Anthropic's red lines on military use were "woke."

NEW: The Pentagon has agreed to OpenAI's rules for deploying its technology safely in classified settings, though no contract has been signed, a source tells Axios.

The department appears to have accepted conditions similar to those put forth by Anthropic.

27.02.2026 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 16

Just saying, but when people are trying to do everything they can to prevent you from voting, that’s when you absolutely need to vote.

Ready to make this the biggest midterm turnout in history?

27.02.2026 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 18036    πŸ” 5176    πŸ’¬ 503    πŸ“Œ 247

Everyone should read this and be appalled at this blatant attempt to suppress the vote and disenfranchise millions of voters.

27.02.2026 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thomas Massie Is Testing Whether a Trump Nemesis Can Win a Republican Primary Thomas Massie has never been more influential, taking down foreign leaders with the Epstein files. But his independence from Trump could hurt him at home. β€œI'd call him a Judas,” his primary challenge...

β€œHow do the Epstein files help me? In no way, shape or form. It doesn’t reduce taxes,”

Die-hard MAGA's have embraced the nihilism.

www.notus.org/2026-electio...

26.02.2026 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

McGovern nails it here.

26.02.2026 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TV Ratings: State of the Union Trends Down in Early Numbers Viewing across the broadcast networks and three biggest cable news channels falls by about 12 percent vs. a year ago.

People don't want to hear it anymore. Trump without ratings is just a guy yelling at clouds.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/s...

26.02.2026 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Tax Nerd Who Bet His Life Savings Against DOGE Until Elon Musk came roaring into the nation’s capital, Alan Cole was largely a plain-vanilla investor.

Love this story - shows a lot of people on these betting sites have no clue what they are throwing money at... make themselves easy marks for those who do.

www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

26.02.2026 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

And Hegseth wants Anthropic to do domestic spying and autonomous kills.

www.newscientist.com/article/2516885-ais-cant-stop-recommending-nuclear-strikes-in-war-game-simulations

25.02.2026 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This State of the Union is not going in anyone's book of "Great American Speeches"

25.02.2026 03:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is why you do stunts.
This is why you do stunts.
This is why you do stunts.

25.02.2026 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5661    πŸ” 999    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 58
Five polls showing Trump at between -21 and -26 approval

Five polls showing Trump at between -21 and -26 approval

*chanting* New floor! New floor! New floor!

23.02.2026 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2535    πŸ” 263    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 46
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Lmfao yikes dude, Trump is cooked

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Trump Goon Demands β€˜Pro-America’ Content From Networks The FCC Chairman calls on broadcasters to β€œpledge” their support to the president’s β€œpro-America” agenda.

They should tell Carr they'll produce documentaries on Harriet Tubman and Joseph Rainey. Watch how fast Carr changes his mind.

www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/tru...

23.02.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump's stumbling around the White House at night mumbling to a skull from Roswell.

20.02.2026 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A week out from the State of the Union and they are still searching for their message? That's an Administration in disarray...

18.02.2026 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sure. They do this, but Michelle Obama plants a garden and you'd think she sold out the country.

18.02.2026 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin O’Leary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, β€œObama: Dems need to avoid scolding and β€˜virtue-signaling.’” The post quotes O’Leary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.

Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin O’Leary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, β€œObama: Dems need to avoid scolding and β€˜virtue-signaling.’” The post quotes O’Leary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

17.02.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 36724    πŸ” 11203    πŸ’¬ 1004    πŸ“Œ 377

Since people are telling Robert Duvall stories, here's mine.

I watched a lot of his movies and he was really good in them.

Its sad to see he's gone.

17.02.2026 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GOP Rep. Carter (GA): "We can't have a warrant every time"

You cannot be a "patriot" and be OK with lawlessness.

17.02.2026 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4455    πŸ” 1069    πŸ’¬ 391    πŸ“Œ 102

If 20yr+ old college poetry is the only oppo they have, then they are going to have a tough time trying to beat him.

17.02.2026 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Barkley Marathons - Wikipedia

Forget the Olympics, the most batshit race is going on...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkley...

15.02.2026 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is just pure evil.

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