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A False Halo Trump effect
“Investors’ unwillingness to believe that Trump would overturn the global trading order has to be seen as a willful blindness to who he is and what matters to him,” writes @jamessurowiecki.bsky:
Wall Street Blew It
Investors discounted everything Trump has ever said about trade and tariffs. We’re all going to pay for that mistake.
bit.ly
April 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A False Halo Trump effect
Spreading like toxic mold
Some tRump cronies are trying to gain control of a prominent legal association in Washington. Bradley Bondi, the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi, and a leading deputy to Ed Martin, the acting US attorney for DC, are seeking top roles at the DC Bar Association.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump allies launch a bid to take control of a powerful Washington legal group
Attorney General Pam Bondi's brother, Bradley Bondi, and a top deputy to Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for D.C., are vying for leadership roles at the D.C. Bar Association.
www.nbcnews.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Spreading like toxic mold
don’t Chuck!
Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader, said he would vote for a Republican-written bill to keep federal funding flowing past a midnight Friday deadline, making a forceful case for why Democrats could not allow a shutdown that many of them have demanded. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
March 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
don’t Chuck!
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tRump, said he thinks ‘Nato might have to get involved’ in the US takeover of Greenland as the country needs it ‘for national security’.
www.byteseu.com/826534/
www.byteseu.com/826534/
Nato 'might have to get involved' in US takeover of Greenland, says Trump – video | Donald Trump
The US president, Donald Trump, said he thinks 'Nato might have to get involved' in the US takeover of Greenland as the country needs it 'for national security'. When asked about a 'potential annexati...
www.byteseu.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
tRump, said he thinks ‘Nato might have to get involved’ in the US takeover of Greenland as the country needs it ‘for national security’.
www.byteseu.com/826534/
www.byteseu.com/826534/
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A federal judge in Washington has ordered Elon Musk and operatives involved with his Department of Government Efficiency to hand over documents and answer questions about its role in directing mass firings and dismantling government programs.
Judge Orders Musk and His Team to Turn Over Records and Answer Questions
Mr. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has largely been shrouded in secrecy, but court cases are one way opponents of President Trump’s overhaul efforts have sought clarity.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A federal judge in Washington has ordered Elon Musk and operatives involved with his Department of Government Efficiency to hand over documents and answer questions about its role in directing mass firings and dismantling government programs.
Welcome to the reality of most Americans today, courtesy of the man you elected
Mean, spiteful, envious, and uncharitable come to mind. Gleeful at others misfortunes, disappointments...its a cult
March 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Welcome to the reality of most Americans today, courtesy of the man you elected
Heroes
A team of volunteer archivists has recreated the Centers for Disease Control website exactly as it was the day DonOLD tRump was inaugurated. The site, called RestoredCDC.org, went live Tuesday and is currently being hosted in Europe.
www.404media.co/archivists-r...
www.404media.co/archivists-r...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
RestoredCDC.org
March 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Heroes
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NSA Mike Waltz said US support for Ukraine is contingent on a date being agreed upon by Russia & Ukraine for "peace negotiations." (Ukrainian capitulation to Russia)
This coercion appears to be a direct violation of the Budapest Memorandum.
Will the US honor section 2?
This coercion appears to be a direct violation of the Budapest Memorandum.
Will the US honor section 2?
March 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
NSA Mike Waltz said US support for Ukraine is contingent on a date being agreed upon by Russia & Ukraine for "peace negotiations." (Ukrainian capitulation to Russia)
This coercion appears to be a direct violation of the Budapest Memorandum.
Will the US honor section 2?
This coercion appears to be a direct violation of the Budapest Memorandum.
Will the US honor section 2?
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At the Capitol in NASHVILLE today…
March 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
At the Capitol in NASHVILLE today…
Meet our genius President
He thinks transgenic mice are transgender. That asylum seekers come from mental asylums. That exporters pay import tariffs. That contraception in Gaza province, Mozambique means giving condoms to Hamas.
The most stupid human ever to hold any political office, anywhere.
Root for the meteor.
The most stupid human ever to hold any political office, anywhere.
Root for the meteor.
March 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Meet our genius President
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to reduce its work force by more than 80,000 people, according to a memo seen by The New York Times outlining part of President Trump’s escalating efforts to slash the federal bureaucracy.
Trump Administration Plans to Eliminate More Than 80,000 Veterans Affairs Employees
The job reductions would be a major escalation of the downsizing that has already occurred at the department, which provides health care and many other services to veterans.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to reduce its work force by more than 80,000 people, according to a memo seen by The New York Times outlining part of President Trump’s escalating efforts to slash the federal bureaucracy.
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It can be hard to keep straight all of the alarming instances of politicization/weaponization of the Justice Department since January 20th.
I created a detailed Timeline, with Audrey Balliette.
We also link to all the publicly available documents.
Read the 25+ entries here:
#Democracy
I created a detailed Timeline, with Audrey Balliette.
We also link to all the publicly available documents.
Read the 25+ entries here:
#Democracy
Timeline: Politicization and Weaponization of Justice Department in Second Trump Administration
A detailed timeline of apparent efforts to politicize and weaponize the Department of Justice under the second Trump administration.
www.justsecurity.org
March 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It can be hard to keep straight all of the alarming instances of politicization/weaponization of the Justice Department since January 20th.
I created a detailed Timeline, with Audrey Balliette.
We also link to all the publicly available documents.
Read the 25+ entries here:
#Democracy
I created a detailed Timeline, with Audrey Balliette.
We also link to all the publicly available documents.
Read the 25+ entries here:
#Democracy
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This is informative. Thanks
Funeral Director here: People who pass away don’t receive social security checks once the agency has been notified. We fill out a form (SSA-721) and fax it directly to social security.
Elon Musk is lying to you.
Elon Musk is lying to you.
February 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This is informative. Thanks
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So let's get this straight: The U.S. and Elon are now extorting Ukraine and threatening to turn off their Starlink Internet access unless they give their critical rare earth minerals to the United States? Staggering levels of corruption.
February 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
So let's get this straight: The U.S. and Elon are now extorting Ukraine and threatening to turn off their Starlink Internet access unless they give their critical rare earth minerals to the United States? Staggering levels of corruption.
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President Trump reiterated his proposal for the U.S. to take over Gaza, telling reporters on Sunday that the strip of land was "a big real estate site" that the U.S. was "going to own." The idea, first announced last week, has drawn widespread international condemnation.
Trump Calls Gaza a ‘Big Real Estate Site,’ Reiterating Plan for U.S. Takeover
President Trump, speaking on his way to the Super Bowl, also mentioned building “beautiful sites for the people, the Palestinians, to live in.”
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
President Trump reiterated his proposal for the U.S. to take over Gaza, telling reporters on Sunday that the strip of land was "a big real estate site" that the U.S. was "going to own." The idea, first announced last week, has drawn widespread international condemnation.
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Conservative NFL fans are demanding a Super Bowl boycott after they discovered that the “Black National Anthem” will be performed on Sunday in New Orleans. Over the years, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has been sung during the NFL pregame events—and has always sparked some type of controversy.
Why Racists are Threatening to Boycott the Super Bowl, Our Ultimate Kendrick Lamar Playlist, A Chiefs Star's Best Fits, Jalen Hurt's Advice on How to Be More Handsome, Resurfaced Racist Tweets From Sa...
Ahead of Sunday's big game, we've rounded up our coverage of all things Super Bowl
www.theroot.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Conservative NFL fans are demanding a Super Bowl boycott after they discovered that the “Black National Anthem” will be performed on Sunday in New Orleans. Over the years, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has been sung during the NFL pregame events—and has always sparked some type of controversy.
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President Trump has promised a “colorblind and merit-based” society, while also aligning himself with those who are brandishing the term DEI as a catchall for discrimination against white people, and using it as a pejorative to attack nonwhite and female leaders as unqualified for their positions.
As Trump Attacks Diversity, a Racist Undercurrent Surfaces
President Trump has promised a “colorblind and merit-based” society, while also equating diversity with incompetence.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
President Trump has promised a “colorblind and merit-based” society, while also aligning himself with those who are brandishing the term DEI as a catchall for discrimination against white people, and using it as a pejorative to attack nonwhite and female leaders as unqualified for their positions.
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Wow. Just listen to this from Canadian MP, Charlie Angus on Trump's tariffs:
“The threat comes, of course, from the president of the United States—a convicted felon and known predator”
“The threat comes, of course, from the president of the United States—a convicted felon and known predator”
February 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Wow. Just listen to this from Canadian MP, Charlie Angus on Trump's tariffs:
“The threat comes, of course, from the president of the United States—a convicted felon and known predator”
“The threat comes, of course, from the president of the United States—a convicted felon and known predator”
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Please repost to join this apt apology to our neighbors.
February 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Please repost to join this apt apology to our neighbors.
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“Forget the myths the media's created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.”
NEWS: Amid pressure from Senate Rs over funding freeze, Russ Vought held emergency meeting Tuesday w/ baffled/exasperated staff
Vought said they needed to clarify the memo only applied to funds affected by Trump EO
"Anybody who could read English" could see it didn't, one U.S. official told me
Vought said they needed to clarify the memo only applied to funds affected by Trump EO
"Anybody who could read English" could see it didn't, one U.S. official told me
January 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“Forget the myths the media's created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.”
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
- George Orwell, 1984
- George Orwell, 1984
January 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
- George Orwell, 1984
- George Orwell, 1984