Longsarong
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Oh, I was so close.
September 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Oh, I was so close.
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I always learn a lot from Warren’s explainer videos.
Here she breaks down how private equity firms destroy businesses by selling them off for parts and why it’ll get worse under Trump.
I know broadly how private equity works, but it’s time I learn more.
This one’s for @pearcherry.bsky.social)
Here she breaks down how private equity firms destroy businesses by selling them off for parts and why it’ll get worse under Trump.
I know broadly how private equity works, but it’s time I learn more.
This one’s for @pearcherry.bsky.social)
July 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I always learn a lot from Warren’s explainer videos.
Here she breaks down how private equity firms destroy businesses by selling them off for parts and why it’ll get worse under Trump.
I know broadly how private equity works, but it’s time I learn more.
This one’s for @pearcherry.bsky.social)
Here she breaks down how private equity firms destroy businesses by selling them off for parts and why it’ll get worse under Trump.
I know broadly how private equity works, but it’s time I learn more.
This one’s for @pearcherry.bsky.social)
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Good on her.
This is not the biggest issue but, as an economist, I am amazed at how many people and vehicles ICE is wasting to make a single, simple arrest.
Imagine if we staffed Head Start classrooms like that!
This is not the biggest issue but, as an economist, I am amazed at how many people and vehicles ICE is wasting to make a single, simple arrest.
Imagine if we staffed Head Start classrooms like that!
July 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Good on her.
This is not the biggest issue but, as an economist, I am amazed at how many people and vehicles ICE is wasting to make a single, simple arrest.
Imagine if we staffed Head Start classrooms like that!
This is not the biggest issue but, as an economist, I am amazed at how many people and vehicles ICE is wasting to make a single, simple arrest.
Imagine if we staffed Head Start classrooms like that!
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So impressive- a lot for us to learn here. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘These are not numbers – they are people’: what ex-communist Slovenia can teach the world about child poverty
Slovenia’s children are less likely to know deprivation than any other European nation’s. Is that because of what the country is doing now – or its socialist past?
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
So impressive- a lot for us to learn here. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Every word of this www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There is a dangerous disconnect: on Gaza, politics no longer speaks for the people | Gaby Hinsliff
The government now faces a daunting task to show that society’s concerns can be reflected. It will need to do better than this, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Every word of this www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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So then Elon goes "Kill the Bill!" and Trump goes "Elon has TDS!" so Elon goes "I'm the reason Trump won!" so Trump goes "we waste billions on Elon!" so Elon goes "Epstein!" and a corpulent flunkie goes "Deport Elon!" and Elon goes "Impeach!"
And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.
And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.
June 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
So then Elon goes "Kill the Bill!" and Trump goes "Elon has TDS!" so Elon goes "I'm the reason Trump won!" so Trump goes "we waste billions on Elon!" so Elon goes "Epstein!" and a corpulent flunkie goes "Deport Elon!" and Elon goes "Impeach!"
And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.
And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.
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"Reducing the operating budget by $900 million, as the Trump administration wants to do, would require closing 350 of the 433 parks, monuments, historic sites and other locations overseen by the Park Service..."
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...
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Opinion | Is This the Beginning of the End of America’s National Parks?
www.nytimes.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"Reducing the operating budget by $900 million, as the Trump administration wants to do, would require closing 350 of the 433 parks, monuments, historic sites and other locations overseen by the Park Service..."
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...
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The new top voting lawyer at the Department of Justice was until recently an attorney and activist for a leading anti-voting legal group that has worked for years to spread fear about illegal voting and press election officials to tighten voting rules 👇
DOJ’s New Top Voting Lawyer Worked for Leading Anti-Voting Law Firm
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The new top voting lawyer at the Department of Justice was until recently an attorney and activist for a leading anti-voting legal group that has worked for years to spread fear about illegal voting and press election officials to tighten voting rules 👇
April 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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This Saturday Night Live White Potus take on White Lotus is just as amazing and equally disturbing. Watch until the very end.
youtu.be/o_1GzmjOvKQ?...
youtu.be/o_1GzmjOvKQ?...
The White Potus - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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April 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This Saturday Night Live White Potus take on White Lotus is just as amazing and equally disturbing. Watch until the very end.
youtu.be/o_1GzmjOvKQ?...
youtu.be/o_1GzmjOvKQ?...
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A seamstress named Elsy Noemi Berrios was forcibly detained by masked agents who did not present a warrant.
Elsy is about 52 years old & has an asylum case pending in court.
Her teenage daughter filmed this terrifying scene.
If they can do it to her, they can do it to you.
Speak out now!
Elsy is about 52 years old & has an asylum case pending in court.
Her teenage daughter filmed this terrifying scene.
If they can do it to her, they can do it to you.
Speak out now!
April 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A seamstress named Elsy Noemi Berrios was forcibly detained by masked agents who did not present a warrant.
Elsy is about 52 years old & has an asylum case pending in court.
Her teenage daughter filmed this terrifying scene.
If they can do it to her, they can do it to you.
Speak out now!
Elsy is about 52 years old & has an asylum case pending in court.
Her teenage daughter filmed this terrifying scene.
If they can do it to her, they can do it to you.
Speak out now!
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🔥Rufus Gifford, former U.S. amb. to Denmark, unloaded on JD Vance for saying Denmark “is not a good ally”:
Go to Denmark and say it to the faces of the parents of the young men and women who lost their lives alongside U.S. troops. Say it to them!
Go to Denmark and say it to the faces of the parents of the young men and women who lost their lives alongside U.S. troops. Say it to them!
March 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🔥Rufus Gifford, former U.S. amb. to Denmark, unloaded on JD Vance for saying Denmark “is not a good ally”:
Go to Denmark and say it to the faces of the parents of the young men and women who lost their lives alongside U.S. troops. Say it to them!
Go to Denmark and say it to the faces of the parents of the young men and women who lost their lives alongside U.S. troops. Say it to them!
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It’s hard to watch the faces of the amazing men and women in uniform behind Vance today has he repeatedly disparaged Denmark.
They work with the Danes every day. They know what a fantastic ally they are. They know how important the partnership is. And they know he’s clueless.
They work with the Danes every day. They know what a fantastic ally they are. They know how important the partnership is. And they know he’s clueless.
JD Vance: "The president has said clearly he doesn't think that military force is going to be necessary, but he absolutely believes that Greenland is an important part of the security not just of the US but of the world and of course the people of Greenland too ... this has to happen."
March 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It’s hard to watch the faces of the amazing men and women in uniform behind Vance today has he repeatedly disparaged Denmark.
They work with the Danes every day. They know what a fantastic ally they are. They know how important the partnership is. And they know he’s clueless.
They work with the Danes every day. They know what a fantastic ally they are. They know how important the partnership is. And they know he’s clueless.
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I am part of the 68% of Americans that support Ukraine.
Drop a 🇺🇦 and Share if you are too!
Drop a 🇺🇦 and Share if you are too!
March 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I am part of the 68% of Americans that support Ukraine.
Drop a 🇺🇦 and Share if you are too!
Drop a 🇺🇦 and Share if you are too!
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NEW: Tulsi Gabbard tried to appoint a rightwing podcaster who regularly promotes pro-Putin commentators to one of the most important jobs in the US intelligence community. She's a problem.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Tulsi Gabbard wanted a promoter of pro-Putin commentators to be her deputy
But Daniel Davis' appointment was killed because of his criticisms of Israel.
www.motherjones.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NEW: Tulsi Gabbard tried to appoint a rightwing podcaster who regularly promotes pro-Putin commentators to one of the most important jobs in the US intelligence community. She's a problem.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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holy shit this question at the Rep. Chuck Edwards town hall 🔥🔥🔥
March 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
holy shit this question at the Rep. Chuck Edwards town hall 🔥🔥🔥
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guys they're going to stop feeding TSA's bomb-sniffing dogs, per Fox News nat security correspondent:
March 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
guys they're going to stop feeding TSA's bomb-sniffing dogs, per Fox News nat security correspondent:
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NEW: When the Trump Admin abruptly cancelled almost all USAID programs, it also refused to pay $2bln the U.S. govt owes **for work that’s been done.**
One of the cut-off programs in Syria couldn’t afford security and was robbed by masked men.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
One of the cut-off programs in Syria couldn’t afford security and was robbed by masked men.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
March 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
NEW: When the Trump Admin abruptly cancelled almost all USAID programs, it also refused to pay $2bln the U.S. govt owes **for work that’s been done.**
One of the cut-off programs in Syria couldn’t afford security and was robbed by masked men.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
One of the cut-off programs in Syria couldn’t afford security and was robbed by masked men.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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"Ukrainian officials say their encounters with Mr Trump’s team are so confusing that they have been watching documentaries for clues about his negotiation style."
Here’s our piece on the state of play in the Ukraine-US mineral “deal”. Tldr: the American proposal is unclear, punitive and makes no sense. There are perfectly good ways for Ukraine to reward America for support by letting it exploit mineral deposits. This is not one of them.
Donald Trump makes Ukraine an offer it can’t refuse
A proposed economic deal would be punitive. Saying “no” could be worse
www.economist.com
February 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"Ukrainian officials say their encounters with Mr Trump’s team are so confusing that they have been watching documentaries for clues about his negotiation style."
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🚨NEW @financialtimes.com investigation reveals evidence that Russian executions of Ukrainian POWs are likely part of a systematic policy. And we uncover the identity of a Russian soldier likely involved in filming and carrying out the mass execution of 6 POWs.
📽️WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Muw...
📽️WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Muw...
'Film me!’: Russia's executions of Ukrainian POWs points to a policy | FT Film
YouTube video by Financial Times
www.youtube.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
🚨NEW @financialtimes.com investigation reveals evidence that Russian executions of Ukrainian POWs are likely part of a systematic policy. And we uncover the identity of a Russian soldier likely involved in filming and carrying out the mass execution of 6 POWs.
📽️WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Muw...
📽️WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Muw...
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Talking to Sasha Vasilyuk at the Los Angeles Review of Books (who calls me an international man of mystery in print), about my new novel 📕No Country for Love📕 and about love, survival and betrayal in impossible circumstances. 🇺🇦 lareviewofbooks.org/article/to-s...
To Surrender Is to Forget | Los Angeles Review of Books
Sasha Vasilyuk interviews Yaroslav Trofimov about his debut novel, “No Country for Love.”
lareviewofbooks.org
February 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Talking to Sasha Vasilyuk at the Los Angeles Review of Books (who calls me an international man of mystery in print), about my new novel 📕No Country for Love📕 and about love, survival and betrayal in impossible circumstances. 🇺🇦 lareviewofbooks.org/article/to-s...
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They’re going to try and prosecute their political enemies
February 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
They’re going to try and prosecute their political enemies
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Senate Republicans confirmed Kash Patel without even ASKING him about his unexplained "consulting" for Qatar, continued stake in a Chinese company accused of humans rights crimes, or a payment by a Russian propagandist. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Foreign money, alleged lies, and extremism—what GOP senators voting for Kash Patel ignored
Trump's pick for FBI director is severely compromised. Republicans don't care.
www.motherjones.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Senate Republicans confirmed Kash Patel without even ASKING him about his unexplained "consulting" for Qatar, continued stake in a Chinese company accused of humans rights crimes, or a payment by a Russian propagandist. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people.
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people.
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...