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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

Absolutely shocking that this headline doesn't read "for Putin" and "decades"
www.thedailybeast.com/melania-has-...

Melania Has Been Secretly Working With Putin for Months

The first lady has been engaged in talks with the Russia leader over the war in Ukraine.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 2d

Skimming the @npr.org newsfeed and man, the Trump administration illegally laying off thousands of people during a shutdown crisis of their own invention has got to be the worst news I've read all day

Let me just scroll down a little more to confirm that

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 2d

Oh Celeste, my deepest condolences to you and to your family. Glad that you were able to be with her, and that her passing was peaceful. ❤️

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 2d

Also there is zero chance this isn’t tied to nepobaby / unregistered Qatari lobbyist and funds beneficiary Jared Kushner suddenly being called in as a new player in the Middle East fray. The corruption is just out in the open for all to see.

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 2d

I don’t think Qatar is quite in the same bucket as NATO or Singapore given that they were major state funders for radical extremists through at least the mid 2010s and have continued to give them shelter even today. Like that’s the entire rationale Israel gave to its surprise missile attack on Doha.

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 2d

MIT is the new Harvard
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 2d

Here's Thiel claiming Greta and critics of AI are secretly his legionnaires

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of AI are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

wapo.st

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 2d

Israel surprised the US by bombing Qatar's capital Doha exactly one month ago. Lucky for Qatar, they're rich enough to bribe Trump (free plane) and his nepo-emissary Jared Kushner ($1.4B) to get them to station Qatari military forces somewhere that's *probably* safe from Israeli Army attack:

Idaho

Mountain Home Air Force Base to host Qatari air force facility, F-15 training

Fox News is reporting that the Pentagon has agreed to host a new Qatari air force facility in Idaho, at the Mountain Home Air Force Base.

idahonews.com

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 2d

The whole thesis of "diplomacy" in this latest Trump era is boiling down to "😍 rich Muslims, 🖕poor Muslims"
bsky.app/profile/orig...

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 2d

Israel surprised the US by bombing Qatar's capital Doha exactly one month ago. Lucky for Qatar, they're rich enough to bribe Trump (free plane) and his nepo-emissary Jared Kushner ($1.4B) to get them to station Qatari military forces somewhere that's *probably* safe from Israeli Army attack:

Idaho

Mountain Home Air Force Base to host Qatari air force facility, F-15 training

Fox News is reporting that the Pentagon has agreed to host a new Qatari air force facility in Idaho, at the Mountain Home Air Force Base.

idahonews.com

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 2d

The whole thesis of "diplomacy" in this latest Trump era is boiling down to "😍 rich Muslims, 🖕poor Muslims"
bsky.app/profile/orig...

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 2d

Israel surprised the US by bombing Qatar's capital Doha exactly one month ago. Lucky for Qatar, they're rich enough to bribe Trump (free plane) and his nepo-emissary Jared Kushner ($1.4B) to get them to station Qatari military forces somewhere that's *probably* safe from Israeli Army attack:

Idaho

Mountain Home Air Force Base to host Qatari air force facility, F-15 training

Fox News is reporting that the Pentagon has agreed to host a new Qatari air force facility in Idaho, at the Mountain Home Air Force Base.

idahonews.com

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 2d

Israel surprised the US by bombing Qatar's capital Doha exactly one month ago. Lucky for Qatar, they're rich enough to bribe Trump (free plane) and his nepo-emissary Jared Kushner ($1.4B) to get them to station Qatari military forces somewhere that's *probably* safe from Israeli Army attack:

Idaho

Mountain Home Air Force Base to host Qatari air force facility, F-15 training

Fox News is reporting that the Pentagon has agreed to host a new Qatari air force facility in Idaho, at the Mountain Home Air Force Base.

idahonews.com

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 4d

This is happening TONIGHT! Hope to see you there!

www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylig...

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 6d

“Our unhinged policies have destroyed the agricultural labor force and ruined free markets. Now we’re going to use coercion & bribery to induce political satellite nations to take unwanted goods while propping up producers with central-government handouts.

What makes you bring up the Soviet Union?”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Hassett: "China has stopped buying US soybeans. The silos are full and there are soybeans sitting on the ground w/tarps over them. That's unacceptable to POTUS. We're calling up our soybean customers around the world as part of our trade negotiations & we'll strong policies to support our farmers"

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 8d

THEY CALL US BRUCE, the podcast @angryasianman.bsky.social
and I have hosted since 2017, is celebrating our 300th—and what better way than a LIVE convo with longtime pal Jeff Chang @zentronix.bsky.social on his fantastic new book WATER MIRROR ECHO, about our shared inspiration—the great Bruce Lee!

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 8d

Join us Tuesday at 7 pm at @skylightbooks.bsky.social in Downtown LA for a truly mind-blowing talk, and your chance to get a signed copy of Jeff’s book.

We can’t wait to see you!

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 8d

THEY CALL US BRUCE, the podcast @angryasianman.bsky.social
and I have hosted since 2017, is celebrating our 300th—and what better way than a LIVE convo with longtime pal Jeff Chang @zentronix.bsky.social on his fantastic new book WATER MIRROR ECHO, about our shared inspiration—the great Bruce Lee!

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 8d

Join us Tuesday at 7 pm at @skylightbooks.bsky.social in Downtown LA for a truly mind-blowing talk, and your chance to get a signed copy of Jeff’s book.

We can’t wait to see you!

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 8d

THEY CALL US BRUCE, the podcast @angryasianman.bsky.social
and I have hosted since 2017, is celebrating our 300th—and what better way than a LIVE convo with longtime pal Jeff Chang @zentronix.bsky.social on his fantastic new book WATER MIRROR ECHO, about our shared inspiration—the great Bruce Lee!

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 8d

THEY CALL US BRUCE, the podcast @angryasianman.bsky.social
and I have hosted since 2017, is celebrating our 300th—and what better way than a LIVE convo with longtime pal Jeff Chang @zentronix.bsky.social on his fantastic new book WATER MIRROR ECHO, about our shared inspiration—the great Bruce Lee!

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 8d

Yes I’m being dryly sarcastic for emphasis, in the British way*

*I’m not British

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 8d

The fact that Takaichi was inspired by and sees as her hero *Margaret Thatcher* tempers the excitement over this representational breakthrough

Reuters @reuters.com · 8d

Inspired by Thatcher, Japan's PM-in-waiting Takaichi smashes glass ceiling reut.rs/4gWJuwL

Inspired by Thatcher, Japan's PM-in-waiting Takaichi smashes glass ceiling

Sanae Takaichi came out top in a male-dominated race to lead Japan's ruling party on Saturday, putting her on course to emulate her hero, former British leader Margaret Thatcher, and become her country's first female prime minister.

reut.rs

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 8d

Earmark of a fascist state.

Our law about not putting the faces of the living money was explicitly to avoid politicization of our currency and the creation/amplification of cults of personality.

Eg: We don’t put our living leaders on coins because we are a country with No Kings.

Until now.

Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin

www.nytimes.com

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 9d

The Asian-Black solidarity against white supremacy I’ve been looking for

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 9d

White House posts target list of Democrats.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

Democrats’ Unhinged Crusade Against ICE Fuels Bloodshed

The carnage in Dallas, Texas — where a maniac with “ANTI-ICE” ammo gunned down an ICE field office in an attack clearly targeted at ICE personnel — lays

www.whitehouse.gov

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 9d

THEY’VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...

No, not that Elon ... An NC university tries to distance itself from the DOGE leader

Elon University often gets confused with the billionaire in charge of DOGE, despite no connection, but the mix-ups have increased in the most recent Trump era.

www.newsobserver.com

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 9d

Really kind of shocked that this school doesn’t run a disclaimer on its ads and website saying “no, not THAT Elon”

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 9d

“Enigmas never age”

But 12-year-olds do, and they remember what you did, and sometimes, they get the justice they deserve.

www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

Trump’s Former Faith Adviser Pleads Guilty to Child Sexual Abuse

Robert Morris will serve just six months of his 10-year sentence.

www.thedailybeast.com

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