Ed Franks
@edfranks.bsky.social
PhD: Econolytics/RAND
MS: Biochemistry/MIT
BS: Chemistry/UCSD
MA: Theology/Fuller Seminary
⬆︎Reagan/Hayek/Hume/Locke/Z⬆︎
⬆︎TULIP/Calvin/Cromwell/Owen⬆︎
⬇︎Putin/Marx/China/Quds/Hamas⬇︎
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MS: Biochemistry/MIT
BS: Chemistry/UCSD
MA: Theology/Fuller Seminary
⬆︎Reagan/Hayek/Hume/Locke/Z⬆︎
⬆︎TULIP/Calvin/Cromwell/Owen⬆︎
⬇︎Putin/Marx/China/Quds/Hamas⬇︎
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Pinned
NSA detected foreign intelligence phone call about a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
I smell a big, fat rat here, namely that the DNI, who was last seen overseeing the FBI theft of 1000s of Fulton County, GA, ballots from the 2020 election, is furiously engaged in illegally blocking the release of info on malign conduct by Tramp w/foreign assets!? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Rarely has the world been drenched in such a display of obsequiousness as that by our MAGA SOS, Little Rubio. The humiliation which Rubio subjected the US to today is nearly unequaled in US history, except maybe for Tramp's tap dance w/Putin on the red carpet in Alaska. youtu.be/wXlxW7KETv4?...
MARCO RUBIO & VIKTOR ORBAN FULL PRESS CONFERENCE in Budapest | Remarks on Iran and Global Security
YouTube video by Diario AS
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Rarely has the world been drenched in such a display of obsequiousness as that by our MAGA SOS, Little Rubio. The humiliation which Rubio subjected the US to today is nearly unequaled in US history, except maybe for Tramp's tap dance w/Putin on the red carpet in Alaska. youtu.be/wXlxW7KETv4?...
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February 17, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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Rubio had to meet w/Orban b/c the latter is the only EU leader SHORTER than Rubio! Tramp got Rubio's nickname correct, except "little" applies not to Rubio's height but to his IQ as well?! Btw, Rubio started as a Papist, then jumped the shark to the Mormons, but now he's a Protestant! Or r u all 3?!
February 17, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Rubio had to meet w/Orban b/c the latter is the only EU leader SHORTER than Rubio! Tramp got Rubio's nickname correct, except "little" applies not to Rubio's height but to his IQ as well?! Btw, Rubio started as a Papist, then jumped the shark to the Mormons, but now he's a Protestant! Or r u all 3?!
WTF's Little Rubio doing meeting w/Fascist #2 in the EU theater?! Maybe he'll squeeze a visit in w/Fascist #3, Fico of Slovakia?! Whatever happened to John Winthrop's famous "City upon a Hill" sermon of Puritan times in 1630, the de facto founding theme of the US! youtu.be/GuD15g74b3o?...
Secretary Rubio holds a joint press availability with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
YouTube video by U.S. Department of State
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 9:37 PM
WTF's Little Rubio doing meeting w/Fascist #2 in the EU theater?! Maybe he'll squeeze a visit in w/Fascist #3, Fico of Slovakia?! Whatever happened to John Winthrop's famous "City upon a Hill" sermon of Puritan times in 1630, the de facto founding theme of the US! youtu.be/GuD15g74b3o?...
So be it. It's good sign that Zelenskyy's regime is willing and able to bring such criminals to justice in the midst of their existential war against Russia! kyivindependent.com/ex-energy-mi...
Ex-energy minister charged in Ukraine's biggest corruption case
Herman Halushchenko, Ukraine's former energy minister, was charged of money laundering and involvement in a criminal group as part of the country's major corruption scandal, the National Anti-Corrupti...
kyivindependent.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:16 PM
So be it. It's good sign that Zelenskyy's regime is willing and able to bring such criminals to justice in the midst of their existential war against Russia! kyivindependent.com/ex-energy-mi...
Yep. Well said, Mr Ossoff.
Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."
February 16, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Yep. Well said, Mr Ossoff.
Seems that Ukraine is not as much in danger of losing this war as Russia may be?! UKR only needs enough support to maintain its defensive lines, which it's currently still GETTING! Praise God that victory for UKR & the end of Putin is no longer so remote a wish! kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-dr...
Ukraine сonfirms strike on oil terminal in Russia's Krasnodar Krai, hits air defense system in Crimea
Ukraine carried out strikes on an oil terminal in southern Russia and a Russian air defense system in Crimea overnight on Feb. 14–15, according to Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR).
kyivindependent.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Seems that Ukraine is not as much in danger of losing this war as Russia may be?! UKR only needs enough support to maintain its defensive lines, which it's currently still GETTING! Praise God that victory for UKR & the end of Putin is no longer so remote a wish! kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-dr...
If guilty, Kuznietsov is only guilty of performing the greatest service anyone has done in the 4yrs since Russia invaded Ukraine! May God protect him & free him from the lame detention that Germany is imposing on him!!? God bless Kuznietsov! God damn Putin! kyivindependent.com/in-germany-a...
In Germany, Ukrainian veteran's role in Nord Stream attack tests wartime law
A former Ukrainian officer, Serhii Kuznietsov, spends his days in near-total isolation at Hamburg's detention center. He is accused by Germany of destroying Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines months a...
kyivindependent.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:58 PM
If guilty, Kuznietsov is only guilty of performing the greatest service anyone has done in the 4yrs since Russia invaded Ukraine! May God protect him & free him from the lame detention that Germany is imposing on him!!? God bless Kuznietsov! God damn Putin! kyivindependent.com/in-germany-a...
I have a better idea. Why not allow the UN to govern Russia entire forever, and leave Ukraine to be the independent, free, legitimately democratic country that it was prior to Putin's unprovoked, criminal, invasion?! kyivindependent.com/we-will-not-...
Russia revives election-day truce offer, proposes UN rule for Ukraine
Russia said it is ready to halt strikes on Ukraine for a single day of voting and floated UN-backed "temporary external governance," after Zelensky said elections could be held following two months of...
kyivindependent.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:23 AM
I have a better idea. Why not allow the UN to govern Russia entire forever, and leave Ukraine to be the independent, free, legitimately democratic country that it was prior to Putin's unprovoked, criminal, invasion?! kyivindependent.com/we-will-not-...
Tramp will not, methinks, escape prosecution for these war crimes, unless he drops dead first, and even if he pardons himself as his last act as president!? He will pay, as will his extended gang of thieves, God willing.
February 15, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Tramp will not, methinks, escape prosecution for these war crimes, unless he drops dead first, and even if he pardons himself as his last act as president!? He will pay, as will his extended gang of thieves, God willing.
FINALLY, Doctors w/o Borders (MSF) ADMITS that Hamas is active in areas that are supposed to be restricted only to int'l agencies providing aid! E.g., MSF admits that Hamas is using the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis as a God damn HQ!? Thank God MSF finally got religion!
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Doctors Without Borders Says Gunmen Are Using a Gaza Hospital, Posing Risk to Patients and Staff
Doctors Without Borders suspended all noncritical care at Nasser Hospital Complex last month after an uptick in what it called unacceptable acts.
www.wsj.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:49 PM
FINALLY, Doctors w/o Borders (MSF) ADMITS that Hamas is active in areas that are supposed to be restricted only to int'l agencies providing aid! E.g., MSF admits that Hamas is using the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis as a God damn HQ!? Thank God MSF finally got religion!
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
This looks really bad for the DOJ under Bush2 at the end of his 2nd term, when most of the world was busy trying to figure out why the EFF Putin thought he could get away with invading Georgia, the first violation of territorial integrity since WW2, prior to Ukraine!? usnewsper.com/2025/08/mich...
Michael Mukasey Under Fire for Jeffrey Epstein's Plea Deal | US Newsper
A former Attorney General under President George W. Bush is currently facing scrutiny from the House Oversight Committee. This scrutiny revolves around his
usnewsper.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:19 AM
This looks really bad for the DOJ under Bush2 at the end of his 2nd term, when most of the world was busy trying to figure out why the EFF Putin thought he could get away with invading Georgia, the first violation of territorial integrity since WW2, prior to Ukraine!? usnewsper.com/2025/08/mich...
OMG, say it isn't so! Not the AG under Bush2?! For Christ's sake, please God, NO! If so, GW needs to speak out loudly & quickly & do so PDQ, or the wrath of the God damn "church lady" will be his legacy forevermore, and rightly so! GW must distance himself from this, if he can. : /
This has totally been under the radar in the #Epstein files. The law firm negotiating for Epstein in 2008 was connected to the then-Attorney General under Bush, Michael Mukasey.
February 15, 2026 at 9:10 AM
OMG, say it isn't so! Not the AG under Bush2?! For Christ's sake, please God, NO! If so, GW needs to speak out loudly & quickly & do so PDQ, or the wrath of the God damn "church lady" will be his legacy forevermore, and rightly so! GW must distance himself from this, if he can. : /
Just for the record, the US now needs its own Navalny to save us from the fascism being imposed on us by MAGA after 250yrs of freedom, despite a civil war that killed (per capita) 4K/daily! Even so we had a fair election despite even Lincoln's belief that he was doomed! www.rferl.org/a/navalny-po...
Russia Poisoned Navalny With Exotic Frog Toxin, European Countries Say
The governments of five European countries on February 14 released a statement saying that they are confident that the Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin no...
www.rferl.org
February 15, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Just for the record, the US now needs its own Navalny to save us from the fascism being imposed on us by MAGA after 250yrs of freedom, despite a civil war that killed (per capita) 4K/daily! Even so we had a fair election despite even Lincoln's belief that he was doomed! www.rferl.org/a/navalny-po...
I suppose it's gotta be cheaper than creating an entirely new chemical like the approach used with Novichok, from a family of highly lethal, 4th generation nerve agents developed by the USSR & designed to be >5x more potent than the then standard VX nerve agent. www.rferl.org/a/navalny-po...
Russia Poisoned Navalny With Exotic Frog Toxin, European Countries Say
The governments of five European countries on February 14 released a statement saying that they are confident that the Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin no...
www.rferl.org
February 15, 2026 at 8:43 AM
I suppose it's gotta be cheaper than creating an entirely new chemical like the approach used with Novichok, from a family of highly lethal, 4th generation nerve agents developed by the USSR & designed to be >5x more potent than the then standard VX nerve agent. www.rferl.org/a/navalny-po...
Day by day the Ukrainians in Kostyantynivka are holding the line against the Russian invasion's desperate attempt to conquer the remaining portions of Donetsk that they still do not control after 4yrs of war. What a joke Putin's invasion is! www.rferl.org/a/defending-...
Holding The Line On A Drone-Hit Highway In Ukraine
Ukrainian soldiers are patrolling a key highway leading to Kostyantynivka, an eastern Ukrainian city not far from Pokrovsk. Newly deployed counter-drone patrols are shooting down Russian drones target...
www.rferl.org
February 15, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Day by day the Ukrainians in Kostyantynivka are holding the line against the Russian invasion's desperate attempt to conquer the remaining portions of Donetsk that they still do not control after 4yrs of war. What a joke Putin's invasion is! www.rferl.org/a/defending-...
Damn, too bad - better luck next time with the killing of those who are responsible for helping Russia continue to perpetrate their ongoing crimes against humanity! F#ck Russia! www.rferl.org/a/russia-gen...
Officials: Top Russian Intelligence General Shot, Wounded In Attempted Assassination
The No. 2 officer at the Russian military intelligence agency known as GRU was shot and wounded in Moscow, in what investigators called an assassination attempt.
www.rferl.org
February 15, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Damn, too bad - better luck next time with the killing of those who are responsible for helping Russia continue to perpetrate their ongoing crimes against humanity! F#ck Russia! www.rferl.org/a/russia-gen...
Praise the Lord, let the Ukrainians be guilty as charged, and may they have success in their "crime!" www.rferl.org/a/russia-gen...
Russia Accuses Ukrainian Intelligence Of Plot To Assassinate Top General
Russia officials said the man they identified as the gunman who shot the No. 2 general in the Russian military intelligence agency purportedly told them he was recruited by Ukrainian intelligence.
www.rferl.org
February 15, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Praise the Lord, let the Ukrainians be guilty as charged, and may they have success in their "crime!" www.rferl.org/a/russia-gen...
I don't think forcing Casey to sell his $multi-billion agency qualifies as taking his EFFING scalp, Herr Drudge?! Putting Casey in PRISON is closer to what we all should be looking for! www.wsj.com/business/cas...
Exclusive | Casey Wasserman Is Putting His Talent Agency Up for Sale After Epstein Fallout
Wasserman has said he “never had a personal or business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein” and told staff he felt that he had “become a distraction” to the firm’s work.
www.wsj.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:14 AM
I don't think forcing Casey to sell his $multi-billion agency qualifies as taking his EFFING scalp, Herr Drudge?! Putting Casey in PRISON is closer to what we all should be looking for! www.wsj.com/business/cas...
Well, now, that's what I call a "neutral" Russian athlete! May the IOC adopts this definition for all future Russian "neutrals?!"
A Russian-born athlete wins an Olympic medal for Poland
Speed skater Vladimir Semirunniy claimed a silver medal. After the start of the full-scale war, he left Russia and later obtained Polish citizenship. He also signed a declaration condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Speed skater Vladimir Semirunniy claimed a silver medal. After the start of the full-scale war, he left Russia and later obtained Polish citizenship. He also signed a declaration condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
February 14, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Well, now, that's what I call a "neutral" Russian athlete! May the IOC adopts this definition for all future Russian "neutrals?!"
I'm not sure quite how to say this, Herr Tramp, but regime change is the best thing that could happen in the US, TOO, methinks!? In fact, it's the best thing that could happen in Russia to boot! : ) Great minds think alike, eh?!
www.rferl.org/a/trump-airc...
www.rferl.org/a/trump-airc...
Trump Says Regime Change 'Best Thing That Could Happen' In Iran
US President Donald Trump said regime change is “best thing that could happen” in Iran and he confirmed that a second aircraft carrier would soon join a “massive” US armada in the Arabian Sea as tensi...
www.rferl.org
February 14, 2026 at 1:30 AM
I'm not sure quite how to say this, Herr Tramp, but regime change is the best thing that could happen in the US, TOO, methinks!? In fact, it's the best thing that could happen in Russia to boot! : ) Great minds think alike, eh?!
www.rferl.org/a/trump-airc...
www.rferl.org/a/trump-airc...
Moscow really wants the complete capitulation of Ukraine, as it's consistently wanted from day 1 of the invasion in Feb 2022. Nothing has changed. Nothing will change, until Russia realizes it can't win & must withdraw, completely!? This'll sadly need a new POTUS. kyivindependent.com/russia-just-...
Russia just laid out its Ukraine war endgame — here's what Moscow actually wants
As the United States renews its diplomatic push to end Russia's war against Ukraine, Moscow is making something clear: its position has not changed.
While U.S., Ukrainian, and Russian officials met f...
kyivindependent.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Moscow really wants the complete capitulation of Ukraine, as it's consistently wanted from day 1 of the invasion in Feb 2022. Nothing has changed. Nothing will change, until Russia realizes it can't win & must withdraw, completely!? This'll sadly need a new POTUS. kyivindependent.com/russia-just-...
Of course we know much more than we did then, perhaps, but still, why did it take you SEVEN EFFING yrs to come to this brilliant moment of clarity, Herr Dr Baden?! Are you EFFING kidding all of us! www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...
I witnessed Epstein’s post mortem. His death must be reinvestigated
In an interview with The Telegraph, Dr Michael Baden raises questions about paedophile’s suicide
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Of course we know much more than we did then, perhaps, but still, why did it take you SEVEN EFFING yrs to come to this brilliant moment of clarity, Herr Dr Baden?! Are you EFFING kidding all of us! www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...
Thank the Lord that Musk suddenly got a conscience & shut off Russian access to smuggled &/or bootleg Starlink terminals which were allowing Russia to take out logistics to Pokrovsk! (PS: Note how close Pokrovsk is to Slovyansk, where this all began in Spr 2014!)
www.wsj.com/world/starli...
www.wsj.com/world/starli...
February 13, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Thank the Lord that Musk suddenly got a conscience & shut off Russian access to smuggled &/or bootleg Starlink terminals which were allowing Russia to take out logistics to Pokrovsk! (PS: Note how close Pokrovsk is to Slovyansk, where this all began in Spr 2014!)
www.wsj.com/world/starli...
www.wsj.com/world/starli...
Buahahahahaha... : )
My hope is the tanning beds will take out RFK, Jr. just like the Big Macs will take out Trump.
If he were part of the UK's current gov, he would no longer be part of the UK's current gov!? This is insanity?! Can we really continue to allow such pathetic creatures to represent the US to the world!? I'm so embarrassed. What a nightmare. people.com/rfk-jr-went-...
February 13, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Buahahahahaha... : )