Robert
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Retired.
Had an important NY State job.
Ex-world traveller...60 countries by backpack.
Always a reader with excellent common sense IMO.
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🤡🤡🤡 Kirill Dmitriev brought chocolates with Putin's quotes to the US.
The chocolates were given as part of the Russia-US dialogue. The second photo shows the chocolates themselves, with quotes on the wrappers.
The chocolates were given as part of the Russia-US dialogue. The second photo shows the chocolates themselves, with quotes on the wrappers.
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Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Google, Coinbase, Comcast and Meta are just some of the major companies who have made donations to build President Donald Trump's proposed 90,000-square-foot ballroom, according to the White House. https://cnn.it/47yWmpP
White House releases list of donors for Trump’s multi-million-dollar ballroom | CNN Politics
Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Google, Coinbase, Comcast and Meta are just some of the major companies who have made donations to build President Donald Trump’s proposed 90,000-square-foot...
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Poland’s #antitrust and consumer protection watchdog forced Peter Thiel’s #PayPal to drop contract terms that let it rewrite rules midstream and penalize users without clear justification. That’s how it’s done, folks—and that’s why the #US #NRx #oligarchy hates #Europe.
#Trump #JDVance #Thiel #Musk
#Trump #JDVance #Thiel #Musk
a man 's face is shown in front of a sign that says " live peter thiel reaction "
Alt: Close-up of South African-American billionaire Peter Thiel, visibly sweating and characteristically unsettling, framed against a sign reading “live peter thiel reaction.”
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We can tell
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
Q: Is $300 million for the ballroom the operative figure and why did it go up so much?
LEAVITT: $300 million is the operative figure and again, it's not gonna cost the taxpayers a dime
LEAVITT: $300 million is the operative figure and again, it's not gonna cost the taxpayers a dime
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President Trump pardons convicted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, following months of efforts by Zhao to boost the Trump family's World Liberty Financial (Wall Street Journal)
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Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Fetterman describes Trump trying to steal $230 million from taxpayers as "small ball, and I think we have much bigger problems than worrying about those things."
I’m disgusted by the photos of Ttump’s demolition at the East Wing, but I’m even more sickened by the renderings of his mar-a-lago ballroom dwarfing our White House. Once we’re rid of this despicable man, that ballroom must also be removed.
The press will not be permitted to cover today's Diwali Celebration at the White House A group of Indian-American business leaders and administration officials are set to attend, including FBI Director Kash Patel, ODNI Director Tulsi Gabbard and White House Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai.
Lankford: "I think now history has proven that Russiagate was a hoax. It was actually formed by James Coney and Brennan and others that were behind the scenes to push a narrative they knew at the time was false." (This is a lie -- would've been nice for Kasie Hunt to point that out.)
The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
Hassett: "One of the places where we've seen things that weren't moving in the direction we would like in the past is food prices. And we've had a really really big series of meetings where sometime soon, there's gonna be a really big agricultural policy that's gonna help our ranchers."
"We are deeply concerned with anti-Semitism. As for The Jews, they are on an express train to hell with all the other Non-Believers"
Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."
Unhinged Rep. Derrick Van Orden made 257 posts Saturday and Sunday on X, breaking Nancy Mace’s record for a weekend and pushing Mike Lee into 3rd all-time.
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It looks like it's already falling apart. Amid shaky truce, Israel says it struck Gaza after Hamas attacks wapo.st/3WKhl2C
Amid shaky truce, Israel says it struck Gaza after Hamas attacks
The Israel Defense Forces said Hamas militants fired at troops in Rafah in southern Gaza and later announced that two soldiers had been killed.
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☠️ One in every 117 Russian men has died in the war, - The Economist
❗️According to a study based on over 200 sources, Russia lost between 0.5% and 1.2% of men under 60.
❗️According to a study based on over 200 sources, Russia lost between 0.5% and 1.2% of men under 60.