David Rosenstein
@drosenstein.bsky.social
Climbing, Skiing, Mountain Biking, Trail Running and a bit of finance tossed in. If forced to politics.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
Hey let’s destroy Democracy and Capitalism. I thought these were the bedrock of the USA. Compassion and human rights were long since gone but I figured those were safe. I mean I thought we all agreed on those.
January 7, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Hey let’s destroy Democracy and Capitalism. I thought these were the bedrock of the USA. Compassion and human rights were long since gone but I figured those were safe. I mean I thought we all agreed on those.
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Per Trump:
The US government is now in the oil business
He's banning corporate buying of private homes
He's banning dividends & stock buybacks from defense contractors
...remember when we were warned that voting for Democrats would usher in socialism, communism & government overreach?
The US government is now in the oil business
He's banning corporate buying of private homes
He's banning dividends & stock buybacks from defense contractors
...remember when we were warned that voting for Democrats would usher in socialism, communism & government overreach?
January 7, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Per Trump:
The US government is now in the oil business
He's banning corporate buying of private homes
He's banning dividends & stock buybacks from defense contractors
...remember when we were warned that voting for Democrats would usher in socialism, communism & government overreach?
The US government is now in the oil business
He's banning corporate buying of private homes
He's banning dividends & stock buybacks from defense contractors
...remember when we were warned that voting for Democrats would usher in socialism, communism & government overreach?
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how's the post-woke order working out for you, business bros
January 7, 2026 at 7:17 PM
how's the post-woke order working out for you, business bros
MAGA America First is now all of North and South America. MAGA equals colonialism and imperialism wasn’t the original message was it? Time and again the cult leader changes and the cult ignores all logic and irony and is right there with them.
January 7, 2026 at 5:33 PM
MAGA America First is now all of North and South America. MAGA equals colonialism and imperialism wasn’t the original message was it? Time and again the cult leader changes and the cult ignores all logic and irony and is right there with them.
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Bacon on the administration's rhetoric about Greenland: "This is one of the silliest things I've heard come out of the White House in the last year. It's unacceptable and I hope other Republicans line up behind me and make it clear to the White House that it's wrong."
January 6, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Bacon on the administration's rhetoric about Greenland: "This is one of the silliest things I've heard come out of the White House in the last year. It's unacceptable and I hope other Republicans line up behind me and make it clear to the White House that it's wrong."
DOGE savings of course. Deficits, debt and for that matter reality doesn’t come into the calculus anymore.
January 6, 2026 at 10:29 PM
DOGE savings of course. Deficits, debt and for that matter reality doesn’t come into the calculus anymore.
Dude won’t be truly happy until he starts World War III. I just don’t get it.
January 6, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Dude won’t be truly happy until he starts World War III. I just don’t get it.
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And Chump Wrongly Thinks, It's
None of Our Business.......
None of Our Business.......
January 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
And Chump Wrongly Thinks, It's
None of Our Business.......
None of Our Business.......
Follow the money. Always follow the money. When this is all said and done I do hope for some Iran Contra type hearings. www.commondreams.org/news/paul-si...
Meet Paul Singer, the Billionaire Trump Megadonor Set to Make a Killing on Venezuela Oil | Common Dreams
Trump megadonor Paul Singer bought Citgo, the US subsidiary of Venezuela's state oil company, at a rock-bottom price last month. Now, the hedge fund "vulture" is expected to make a killing from Trump'...
www.commondreams.org
January 6, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Follow the money. Always follow the money. When this is all said and done I do hope for some Iran Contra type hearings. www.commondreams.org/news/paul-si...
Just like DOGE net cost goes to the taxpayers.
January 6, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Just like DOGE net cost goes to the taxpayers.
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It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
I hope all those glee appointees at the illegally named Dept of War realize the battlefield has fundamentally changed since Afghanistan and Iraq. If either had drones at the scale available now, the US casualties would have been exponentially higher. Russian in Ukraine is the better lesson.
January 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I hope all those glee appointees at the illegally named Dept of War realize the battlefield has fundamentally changed since Afghanistan and Iraq. If either had drones at the scale available now, the US casualties would have been exponentially higher. Russian in Ukraine is the better lesson.
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Judd Legum on Trump-supporting billionaire Paul Singer, who recently got his hands on CITGO and stands to profit significantly from Trump’s Venezuela invasion, after donating to Trump’s campaign. Because of course.
Venezuela raid enriches MAGA billionaire
The ouster of Maduro is a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.
popular.info
January 5, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Judd Legum on Trump-supporting billionaire Paul Singer, who recently got his hands on CITGO and stands to profit significantly from Trump’s Venezuela invasion, after donating to Trump’s campaign. Because of course.
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This shouldn’t surprise anyone. He also decided to raid Venezuela because Maduro was dancing on TV.
He doesn’t make decisions based on the reality on the ground - he makes decisions based on his ego. Always.
He doesn’t make decisions based on the reality on the ground - he makes decisions based on his ego. Always.
Insanity: Sources close to the White House told the Washington Post Trump lost interest in backing Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado to lead the country because she accepted her Nobel Peace Prize rather than demanding it be given to Trump, which was viewed as an “ultimate sin.”
January 5, 2026 at 2:11 PM
This shouldn’t surprise anyone. He also decided to raid Venezuela because Maduro was dancing on TV.
He doesn’t make decisions based on the reality on the ground - he makes decisions based on his ego. Always.
He doesn’t make decisions based on the reality on the ground - he makes decisions based on his ego. Always.
The pro-life party is so cavalier with life. kill civilians no problem. Have children starve to death from USAID cuts who cares. Preventable malaria deaths too expensive. The list goes on and on. But kill a 5 day old fertilized egg, the doctor should go to jail.
January 5, 2026 at 12:23 PM
The pro-life party is so cavalier with life. kill civilians no problem. Have children starve to death from USAID cuts who cares. Preventable malaria deaths too expensive. The list goes on and on. But kill a 5 day old fertilized egg, the doctor should go to jail.
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On Saturday, Trump focused on Maduro’s complicity in drug trafficking. But just a month ago, Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, who was tried and convicted in a U.S. court of similar drug trafficking offenses. wapo.st/495KWuH
Opinion | Trump claims the U.S. will ‘run’ Venezuela. What’s the plan?
The raid to nab Maduro was brilliantly executed. The aftermath could get extremely messy.
wapo.st
January 3, 2026 at 8:14 PM
On Saturday, Trump focused on Maduro’s complicity in drug trafficking. But just a month ago, Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, who was tried and convicted in a U.S. court of similar drug trafficking offenses. wapo.st/495KWuH
Beyond kidnapping an objectively bad and illegitimate state leader. Then telling the rest of the regime to behave or else and regardless we are taking your oil. Also discredited the legitimately elected opposition. So if success looks like a Libya then mission accomplished.
January 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Beyond kidnapping an objectively bad and illegitimate state leader. Then telling the rest of the regime to behave or else and regardless we are taking your oil. Also discredited the legitimately elected opposition. So if success looks like a Libya then mission accomplished.
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I cannot stress enough that Donald Trump stood on stage and said the United States is toppling a regime for their oil, oil that he stressed in 2023 is probably not worth refining because it's too shitty and dirty.
You're going to be seeing a lot of this deranged Trump clip from 2023. He says we should have toppled Venezuela and taken the oil, which is terrible, terrible oil and will pollute the hell out of us.
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January 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I cannot stress enough that Donald Trump stood on stage and said the United States is toppling a regime for their oil, oil that he stressed in 2023 is probably not worth refining because it's too shitty and dirty.
When it is all said and done it will have been cheaper for the government to pay to retrofit gulf terminals to process WTI vs the cost of boots on the ground to hold Venezuela oil for the current Gulf terminal configuration. America First would look at the retro fit. This is something else.
January 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
When it is all said and done it will have been cheaper for the government to pay to retrofit gulf terminals to process WTI vs the cost of boots on the ground to hold Venezuela oil for the current Gulf terminal configuration. America First would look at the retro fit. This is something else.
This refrain that we need Venezuela oil is utter and complete BS.
January 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
This refrain that we need Venezuela oil is utter and complete BS.
I generally agree, but when he quotes himself with the pottery barn analogy, like he was all knowing beforehand, he should add the disclaimer.
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 AM
I generally agree, but when he quotes himself with the pottery barn analogy, like he was all knowing beforehand, he should add the disclaimer.
If she is still that opposed she should resign.
January 3, 2026 at 10:54 PM
If she is still that opposed she should resign.
Wolfowitz was a bozo but is still smarter than anyone in the room today.
January 3, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Wolfowitz was a bozo but is still smarter than anyone in the room today.
I agree with Friedman here but he down plays his overall cheerleading for regime change in Iraq. Powell used it as a warning to Bush. Much like some others today, he later regretted calling for regime change after it went south.
January 3, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I agree with Friedman here but he down plays his overall cheerleading for regime change in Iraq. Powell used it as a warning to Bush. Much like some others today, he later regretted calling for regime change after it went south.