Steph
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I'm a retired large bank corporate lender. Married for 50+ yrs, proud of our two daughters. Very concerned about Americans who do not read or fact check. Trump gets away with lies because many Americans are willfully uninformed. Please be one that reads.
Trump wanted the oil. Bondi stated the Venezuelan oil tanker was taken b/cause of its involvement in an "illicit oil shipping network supporting for. terrorist orgs"(e.g. Iran).Yet, Trump pardoned former Binance CEO, C.Z who pled guilty to fed charges related to processung trans for terrorist orgs
December 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Trump wanted the oil. Bondi stated the Venezuelan oil tanker was taken b/cause of its involvement in an "illicit oil shipping network supporting for. terrorist orgs"(e.g. Iran).Yet, Trump pardoned former Binance CEO, C.Z who pled guilty to fed charges related to processung trans for terrorist orgs
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12.... To reiterate, drugs is just a pretext for gaining access to Venezuelan oil.
Trump Administration Live Updates: U.S. Seizes Tanker Off Venezuela, President Says
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December 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12.... To reiterate, drugs is just a pretext for gaining access to Venezuelan oil.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u.... Taking his lead from Trump's continuous corruption, "SNAKE" Miller "just happens to sell" his stock after the Trump Adm. enters into contracts with these cos, or after Trump demands an equity interest in certain cos? Rs are complicit in this corruption.Vote them out!
Stephen Miller’s Stock Sale Raises Questions, Ethics Experts Say
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December 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u.... Taking his lead from Trump's continuous corruption, "SNAKE" Miller "just happens to sell" his stock after the Trump Adm. enters into contracts with these cos, or after Trump demands an equity interest in certain cos? Rs are complicit in this corruption.Vote them out!
share.google/mkEZbPVkLIyU.... I was always afraid of this, that Trump would delay, cancel or outright change econ data that reflected poorly on him. The U.S. Bureau of Econ.Analysis said on Mon. that it has canceled the release of its advance est. of third-quarter GDP.No jobs report either..a 1st
Trump canceling GDP report comes under scrutiny
The canceled release of the third-quarter GDP advance estimate has fueled speculation about the state of the economy.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
share.google/mkEZbPVkLIyU.... I was always afraid of this, that Trump would delay, cancel or outright change econ data that reflected poorly on him. The U.S. Bureau of Econ.Analysis said on Mon. that it has canceled the release of its advance est. of third-quarter GDP.No jobs report either..a 1st
When Trump was asked to give himself a grade on the economy, he replied, "A+++++.What he really meant was that he, personally, was doing that well: $400M on the Qatari plane, $2B (shared w/ Witkoff) from the UAE investment in their personal co.World Liberty Financial, $230M adm. tort claim, & more!
December 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
When Trump was asked to give himself a grade on the economy, he replied, "A+++++.What he really meant was that he, personally, was doing that well: $400M on the Qatari plane, $2B (shared w/ Witkoff) from the UAE investment in their personal co.World Liberty Financial, $230M adm. tort claim, & more!
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www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/.... The moral decrepitude of many Rs: Bongino admitted that he LIED FOR THE MONEY! Fox News does it for the money! In his deposition associated with the Dominion Voting Systems case, Murdoch admitted that "it wasn't about red versus blue; it was about green."
Dan Bongino Admits to Lying During His Pundit Days
Before he joined the FBI, Bongino spread bogus claims about the January 6 pipe bomber—and now says he did it because he was getting paid.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/.... The moral decrepitude of many Rs: Bongino admitted that he LIED FOR THE MONEY! Fox News does it for the money! In his deposition associated with the Dominion Voting Systems case, Murdoch admitted that "it wasn't about red versus blue; it was about green."
THE PRESS SHOULD ASK TRUMP A SIMPLE QUESTION: IF THERE WAS NO OIL IN VENEZUELA, WOULD YOU WASTE HUGE U.S. RESOURCES BY GOING AFTER MEDURO,esp since most of the drugs that are hurting Americans (e.g. fentanyl) are coming in from Mexico? If drug trafficking is the real issue, why not go after Mexico?
December 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
THE PRESS SHOULD ASK TRUMP A SIMPLE QUESTION: IF THERE WAS NO OIL IN VENEZUELA, WOULD YOU WASTE HUGE U.S. RESOURCES BY GOING AFTER MEDURO,esp since most of the drugs that are hurting Americans (e.g. fentanyl) are coming in from Mexico? If drug trafficking is the real issue, why not go after Mexico?
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Donald Trump’s bleak, incoherent foreign-policy strategy
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Donald Trump’s bleak, incoherent foreign-policy strategy
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Donald Trump’s bleak, incoherent foreign-policy strategy
Allies may panic; despots will cheer
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December 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Donald Trump’s bleak, incoherent foreign-policy strategy
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www.propublica.org/article/trum.... Conman Trump lies and cheats constantly! In a secret recording, even his own sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, stated that Trump has 'no principles'. While many working Amer. are struggling financially, Trump is trying to abscond w/ $230M from our govt. IMPEACH!!!
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
www.propublica.org/article/trum.... Conman Trump lies and cheats constantly! In a secret recording, even his own sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, stated that Trump has 'no principles'. While many working Amer. are struggling financially, Trump is trying to abscond w/ $230M from our govt. IMPEACH!!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u.... We must all fight back! This administration is both incompetent and corrupt.
A Dozen F.B.I. Agents Sue Patel After Being Fired Over Kneeling at Protest
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December 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u.... We must all fight back! This administration is both incompetent and corrupt.
Trump's deep seated MISOGYNY corrodes our country. Trump hates being upstaged/challenged by anyone, but he really hates it when a woman does it because he has a PSYCHOLOGICALLY ABERRANT VALUE SYSTEM (best friends with a pedophile who also objectified women!). Trump is mentally unfit for office.
December 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Trump's deep seated MISOGYNY corrodes our country. Trump hates being upstaged/challenged by anyone, but he really hates it when a woman does it because he has a PSYCHOLOGICALLY ABERRANT VALUE SYSTEM (best friends with a pedophile who also objectified women!). Trump is mentally unfit for office.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/04/t.... It was always about favorable bus deals that primarily benefited Trump, Witkoff, Kushner & certain oil cos. Putin's goal is to reconstitute the former Soviet Union.He has always hated the U.S. for the dissolution of the U.S.S.R. & will continue to undermine us
Trump’s Ukraine Peace Push Was Always a Naked Cash Grab - The Moscow Times
Opinion | When the Trump administration’s 28-point peace plan for the Ukraine war leaked last month, its evident pro-Russian bent was treated with a mixture of disdain and confusion in Kyiv and across...
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December 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/04/t.... It was always about favorable bus deals that primarily benefited Trump, Witkoff, Kushner & certain oil cos. Putin's goal is to reconstitute the former Soviet Union.He has always hated the U.S. for the dissolution of the U.S.S.R. & will continue to undermine us
"Fix health insurance, not regime change in Venezuela", MTG recently stated. Trump has NO INTEREST IN FIXING HEALTH INSURANCE, BUT HE DOES WANT ACCESS TO VENEZUELAN OIL. I don't believe that Trump will risk armed conflict with Venezuela, but will rely on CIA clandestine operations to remove Maduro.
December 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"Fix health insurance, not regime change in Venezuela", MTG recently stated. Trump has NO INTEREST IN FIXING HEALTH INSURANCE, BUT HE DOES WANT ACCESS TO VENEZUELAN OIL. I don't believe that Trump will risk armed conflict with Venezuela, but will rely on CIA clandestine operations to remove Maduro.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1.... When you elect a truly ignorant, delusional person with no interest in learning, this is what we get: a befuddled screw up who blames everything on someone else.Trump dismisses everything he doesn't like as a hoax:affordability, the Epstein files, global warming
Trump Doesn’t Understand Inflation
Having promised to lower living costs, the president seems keen to make American life more expensive.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1.... When you elect a truly ignorant, delusional person with no interest in learning, this is what we get: a befuddled screw up who blames everything on someone else.Trump dismisses everything he doesn't like as a hoax:affordability, the Epstein files, global warming
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti.... 'Judicial decision-making w/o reasons fundamentally undermines the rule of law.A SCOTUS that issues consequential rulings w/o giving reasons is on the dangerous path of appearing to ACT ARBITRARILY WHICH IS SERIOUSLY DAMAGING TO THE LEGITIMACY OF THE COURT ITSELF.'
The Supreme Court’s Silent Opinions Undermine Its Legitimacy
Without explanation, the majority blocked lower court orders halting President Trump's dismantling of the Department of Education. That erodes the rule of law.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti.... 'Judicial decision-making w/o reasons fundamentally undermines the rule of law.A SCOTUS that issues consequential rulings w/o giving reasons is on the dangerous path of appearing to ACT ARBITRARILY WHICH IS SERIOUSLY DAMAGING TO THE LEGITIMACY OF THE COURT ITSELF.'
www.bloomberg.com/news/article.... TRUMP IS RUNNING OUT OF LOYALIST STOOGES, RESULTING IN MULTIPLE KEY JOBS BEING HELD BY 1 PERSON.If Hassett moves to be Fed Chair, Bessent would have (3) jobs: Treasury Sec., Acting Head of the IRS & Dir. of the Nat'l Econ. Council, backfilling Hassett's job.Idiocy
Market Doubts Hassett Can Deliver in Fed, Says PGIM’s Peters
Kevin Hassett may not have the ability to deliver the rapid pace of interest rate cuts US President Donald Trump would like even if he is approved as the next Federal Reserve Chair, said Gregory Peter...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
www.bloomberg.com/news/article.... TRUMP IS RUNNING OUT OF LOYALIST STOOGES, RESULTING IN MULTIPLE KEY JOBS BEING HELD BY 1 PERSON.If Hassett moves to be Fed Chair, Bessent would have (3) jobs: Treasury Sec., Acting Head of the IRS & Dir. of the Nat'l Econ. Council, backfilling Hassett's job.Idiocy
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o.... 'This is one of the most shameful episodes in American foreign policy, and the entire Republican Party is complicit in its perpetuation.'
Opinion | The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute
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December 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o.... 'This is one of the most shameful episodes in American foreign policy, and the entire Republican Party is complicit in its perpetuation.'
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec.... 'On Trump’s return to office, the president had given Grenell a clear mission: get a deal that would give U.S. companies access to Venezuela’s enormous oil and mineral wealth and force tougher action on gangs and drugs.' (to a lesser extent).
Why Venezuela?
The United States is amassing an armada in the Caribbean as Trump figures out his endgame with Maduro.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec.... 'On Trump’s return to office, the president had given Grenell a clear mission: get a deal that would give U.S. companies access to Venezuela’s enormous oil and mineral wealth and force tougher action on gangs and drugs.' (to a lesser extent).