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Sriram (ஸ்ரீராம்)
@drkhe.bsky.social
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A former electrical engineer; former urban planner; former geography professor; … what’s he now? More at: https://substack.com/@ksriram
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this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
Even @nytimes.com allows this to be said in its pages!!!
"Trump’s approach to power is, in many ways, the fulfillment of the worldview of the Dick Cheney of a quarter-century ago."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
How Cheney’s Presidential Power Push Paved the Way for Trump to Go Further
www.nytimes.com
Well, big if true!
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OK to be serious for a second: Dick Cheney won. This is the kind of presidency he spent his entire career fighting to establish.

Like many revolutionaries, he was devoured by those who followed in his wake; but when it comes to his chief goal — formally installing an imperial presidency — he won.
Damn, I mean, DAMN!
I cannot understand why some people are opposed to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Surely there must be a reason ... can't quite figure that out 😁
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I often think about how Cheney wanted revenge for what happened to Nixon, and how we live in the ruins made by that dream.
Wait, somehow @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social found the spine to stand up? I say, good for him!
Jeffries: "The Trump administration and Mike Johnson are running a pedophile protection program. That's the reason they refuse to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva."
MAGA: Making America's Gilded Age
"America has a jarring split-screen of its own, between an oligarch president bringing a Midas touch to the White House and families going hungry, workers losing pay and government services on the brink of collapse."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry
Schmoozing the super-rich to fund a $300m ballroom while cutting food aid for those on low incomes threw the president’s architectural folly into sharp relief
www.theguardian.com
"Someone has to pay not only the players but also the fired coaches."
Guess who pays?
"the idea that the public won’t actually have to pay may be wishful thinking."
"According to CBS Sports, ten of the coaches fired so far this season are owed a combined hundred and seventy million dollars. Most of them are public employees."
Ah, yes, public higher education's mission is to entertain!!!
www.newyorker.com/sports/sport...
The College-Coaching Carrousel Is Completely Out of Hand
In most states, the highest-paid public employee is a football coach. Lately, more and more of them are getting money to go away.
www.newyorker.com
FTW!!!
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!

I know how hard you worked for this.
The reactions in India … 🤣🤣🤣
Fight on, Senator. You have our support.
Bondi, Bessent and Trump want to sweep Epstein under the rug. I’m not going to let them. The banks protected Epstein, and now the Trump administration is protecting the banks. More to come.
Gives me a lot of hope that the days of the lawless authoritarian government are numbered.
Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
I'm shocked, shocked, shocked to read that the bigoted Christian nationalist veep couch hopes that his Hindu wife will convert to Catholicism.
JD Vance drew a broad backlash this week after he said that he hoped that his wife, Usha Vance, who is of Indian heritage and was raised in a Hindu family, would eventually convert to his own Catholic faith.
JD Vance Says He Hopes Usha Vance Embraces Christianity, Setting Off Backlash
Critics included some Indian Americans, who said the remarks did not respect the religious decisions of Usha Vance, who grew up in a Hindu household.
nyti.ms
I think I love you, Shuffalo 😁

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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-...?
I'm shocked, shocked, shocked to read that cloud seeding failed to make rain in Delhi and that the city remains polluted!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
Delhi Tried to Make It Rain. Here’s Why It Failed.
www.nytimes.com
They call me the wanderer
Yeah, the wanderer
I roam around, around, around
Cause I'm a wanderer
Yeah, I'm the wanderer
I roam around, around, around, around, around, around
Yeah, I'm the wanderer
Yeah, I'm the wanderer
I roam around, around, around, around, around, around, around
Goodness gracious - part 2
"Naga leaders refused to join the new republic, declaring, "We are not Indians", and held their own unrecognised plebiscite for independence in 1951.
As armed conflict began to intensify, the Indian government sent in troops in 1955."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thuingaleng Muivah: The homecoming of one of the world's oldest rebels
After more than six decades, 91-year-old rebel leader Thuingaleng Muivah has returned to his home village in India.
www.bbc.com
"The NHC also said 40 inches of rain (100cm) was possible in parts of Jamaica over the next four days.
The Jamaican government has ordered evacuations for parts of Kingston, and the entire island has been classed as "threatened"."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Holy shit!
Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica braces for world's strongest storm of 2025
Meteorologists warn of "catastrophic and life-threatening winds, flooding, and storm surge" on the Caribbean island.
www.bbc.com
Funny ... not funny!
Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich
So ... is the #Republican strategy to close down the House until the midterm elections that they hope to win by rigging it?
Breaking News: Gov. Mike Braun of Indiana called a special legislative session to redraw congressional maps in his state to benefit Republicans, joining other Republican-held states in an effort by the Trump administration to keep control of the House in midterm elections next year.
Indiana Governor Calls Special Session to Boost Republicans in Congress
Indiana is the latest state to consider redrawing its maps at the request of the Trump administration, though it was not clear if Republicans have enough votes.
nyti.ms