LGRooney
@lgrooney.bsky.social
Foreign Affairs, Politics, Eastern Europe, Church-State separation, Small business development, Finance
Your god has nothing to do with my Constitution.
Time only moves in one direction; sentiment & wistfulness are for the weak and dying.
Your god has nothing to do with my Constitution.
Time only moves in one direction; sentiment & wistfulness are for the weak and dying.
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LGRooney
@lgrooney.bsky.social
· Oct 23
I find it quite disheartening that a generation ago a group of Ds began migrating to the GOP over their desire to keep institutionalized racism but we can’t find GOPers today switching from GOP to D to save democracy. Many no longer in office publicly support Ds but no one’s going further.
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Always an excellent plan, when you are running a corrupt and hated autocracy, to piss off the military and show the highest levels of command you’ll scapegoat them for your ineptitude and moral failings. Has worked out so well for dictators before: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth, with White House help, tries to distance himself from boat strike fallout
As Congress vows accountability, the Trump administration emphasized it was a top military commander — not the defense secretary — who directed the engagement.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Always an excellent plan, when you are running a corrupt and hated autocracy, to piss off the military and show the highest levels of command you’ll scapegoat them for your ineptitude and moral failings. Has worked out so well for dictators before: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ANYTHING ELSE.
December 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ANYTHING ELSE.
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I mean, these are titanically stupid FUCKWITS as a so-called cabinet. They're the worst of the worst... And somehow the best of the Republican party which really speaks to how shit that party is now.
December 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I mean, these are titanically stupid FUCKWITS as a so-called cabinet. They're the worst of the worst... And somehow the best of the Republican party which really speaks to how shit that party is now.
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"why would Trump, whose poll numbers are cratering, generate even more negative headlines by pardoning Hernández, who was duly convicted of conspiring to send more than 400 tons (!) of cocaine to America?
The answer is the influence of the crypto/tech broligarchy."
The answer is the influence of the crypto/tech broligarchy."
Trump: Pro-crypto or Pro-crime?
Or are they the same thing?
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"why would Trump, whose poll numbers are cratering, generate even more negative headlines by pardoning Hernández, who was duly convicted of conspiring to send more than 400 tons (!) of cocaine to America?
The answer is the influence of the crypto/tech broligarchy."
The answer is the influence of the crypto/tech broligarchy."
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Oh really
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Oh really
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But they need working cars to do their job.
December collection is open now.
Goal 7000 dollars
Donate: donorbox.org/fm-lifeblood...
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🇨🇳⚔️ Chinese businessman helps Russians kill Ukrainians - FT
Businessman Wang Dinghua is listed as the owner of 5% of the shares of the company "Rustakt". The company is the manufacturer of the FPV drone VT-40.
Businessman Wang Dinghua is listed as the owner of 5% of the shares of the company "Rustakt". The company is the manufacturer of the FPV drone VT-40.
December 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🇨🇳⚔️ Chinese businessman helps Russians kill Ukrainians - FT
Businessman Wang Dinghua is listed as the owner of 5% of the shares of the company "Rustakt". The company is the manufacturer of the FPV drone VT-40.
Businessman Wang Dinghua is listed as the owner of 5% of the shares of the company "Rustakt". The company is the manufacturer of the FPV drone VT-40.
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This is the most important op-ed you'll read this week. The Trump administration is about to get rid of the birth-dose of hepatitis B vaccine. That is a deadly choice for many families. @helenouyang.bsky.social tells her story. Now call your member of Congress. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
Opinion | My Father Died of Hepatitis B Before the Vaccine. We Must Not Go Back.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This is the most important op-ed you'll read this week. The Trump administration is about to get rid of the birth-dose of hepatitis B vaccine. That is a deadly choice for many families. @helenouyang.bsky.social tells her story. Now call your member of Congress. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
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The US counties dependent on human suffering: America's ICE towns
Short doc worthy of your time:
www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
Short doc worthy of your time:
www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
The Rise of America’s ICE Towns
Small towns are at the center of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, spearheaded by ICE. In one rural New Mexico county, officials are grappling with what it means to be an ICE town. (...
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The US counties dependent on human suffering: America's ICE towns
Short doc worthy of your time:
www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
Short doc worthy of your time:
www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
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a surprisingly cogent case that the trump administration is significantly tied to the sinaloa cartel and especially their cryptocurrency fueled money laundering operation
I got to thinking: "What if it's not about the contradiction between the Hernandez pardon and the air strikes, but about the consistency between them?"
As President of Honduras, he used the power of the government to go after certain cartels—primarily the rivals of the Sinaloa Cartel, with whom he
As President of Honduras, he used the power of the government to go after certain cartels—primarily the rivals of the Sinaloa Cartel, with whom he
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
a surprisingly cogent case that the trump administration is significantly tied to the sinaloa cartel and especially their cryptocurrency fueled money laundering operation
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Trump isn't doing anything to lower costs for your family, but he is using the full force of the presidency to make himself and his family very, very, very, very rich.
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Trump isn't doing anything to lower costs for your family, but he is using the full force of the presidency to make himself and his family very, very, very, very rich.
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And remember this? The Trump regime prepared to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars to Alberta separatists, in a blatant example of a malign foreign influence ops. www.desmog.com/2025/07/22/t...
#Ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
#Ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
Trump Officials Discussed $500M Alberta Independence Loan, Separatist Claims
Private details from a Washington D.C., meeting about Alberta becoming the 51st state were revealed at a separatism event attended by DeSmog.
www.desmog.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
And remember this? The Trump regime prepared to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars to Alberta separatists, in a blatant example of a malign foreign influence ops. www.desmog.com/2025/07/22/t...
#Ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
#Ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
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It's okay for some campaign promises to be about optics rather than policy. "We're going to bulldoze his monument to himself on Day One and rebuild the East Wing" would be a very good one for 2028.
“It is something that has been needed and desired at the White House for over 150 years, but something which no other President was equipped to do…”
November 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
It's okay for some campaign promises to be about optics rather than policy. "We're going to bulldoze his monument to himself on Day One and rebuild the East Wing" would be a very good one for 2028.
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
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This is infuriating on so many levels, but partly because it ignores Congressional intent to penalize immigrants who followed the rules. And partly because these are people who have done nothing wrong beyond trying to negotiate a broken system.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is infuriating on so many levels, but partly because it ignores Congressional intent to penalize immigrants who followed the rules. And partly because these are people who have done nothing wrong beyond trying to negotiate a broken system.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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“In nearly all of the examples Judge Ellis cited in her 200-plus page opinion, she says the Department of Homeland Security narrative contradicts the reality of what can be seen on agents' body-worn cameras.”
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
Federal agents engaged in widespread misrepresentations to justify use of force: Judge
The ABC7 I-Team is taking a closer look at a trove of videos ordered released by a federal judge in her explanation of the preliminary injunction she issued earlier this month restricting use of force...
abc7chicago.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“In nearly all of the examples Judge Ellis cited in her 200-plus page opinion, she says the Department of Homeland Security narrative contradicts the reality of what can be seen on agents' body-worn cameras.”
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
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Two main causes led to Russia’s full-scale invasion: Western leaders don’t understand who Putin is, and they are indecisive.
In retrospect, the West should have listened to what Boris Nemtsov was warning them about over a decade ago.
In retrospect, the West should have listened to what Boris Nemtsov was warning them about over a decade ago.
November 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Two main causes led to Russia’s full-scale invasion: Western leaders don’t understand who Putin is, and they are indecisive.
In retrospect, the West should have listened to what Boris Nemtsov was warning them about over a decade ago.
In retrospect, the West should have listened to what Boris Nemtsov was warning them about over a decade ago.
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Inch by inch, there's some sanity slowly beginning to creep back to DC.
Rep. Mike Turner on the double strike to comply with Hegseth's orders: "If that occurred, that would be very serious and I agree that would be an illegal act…This is completely outside of anything that has been discussed with Congress and there is an ongoing investigation."
November 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Inch by inch, there's some sanity slowly beginning to creep back to DC.
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Suddenly, the applause he gave on that red-carpeted airport tarmac makes a lot more sense. 🤡
“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Suddenly, the applause he gave on that red-carpeted airport tarmac makes a lot more sense. 🤡
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GUARDIAN: “Per head, 🇺🇸 output is six times China’s, and yet, inexplicably, there seem to be more abjectly poor Americans than Chinese. 🇺🇸 inequality is breathtaking… keeps getting worse…”
Wanting to address this isn’t radical.
NOT wanting to is.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Wanting to address this isn’t radical.
NOT wanting to is.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
GUARDIAN: “Per head, 🇺🇸 output is six times China’s, and yet, inexplicably, there seem to be more abjectly poor Americans than Chinese. 🇺🇸 inequality is breathtaking… keeps getting worse…”
Wanting to address this isn’t radical.
NOT wanting to is.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Wanting to address this isn’t radical.
NOT wanting to is.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"If you look at job growth between January and September ... for the past 15 years, it's only been worse once, and that was during the pandemic ... It is the worst first nine months for the labor market in 15 years."
November 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"If you look at job growth between January and September ... for the past 15 years, it's only been worse once, and that was during the pandemic ... It is the worst first nine months for the labor market in 15 years."
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Please amplify!
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November 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Please amplify!
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Mass pardons are coming. There will be no accountability without treating those as null and void. And that means a future administration taking an official position that Trump is not the legitimate president right now because he is disqualified by the 14th Amendment. The two things are inextricable.
November 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Mass pardons are coming. There will be no accountability without treating those as null and void. And that means a future administration taking an official position that Trump is not the legitimate president right now because he is disqualified by the 14th Amendment. The two things are inextricable.