Mark Rubens
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Mark Rubens
@markrubens.bsky.social
Sometime TV producer
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Trump’s Commerce Secretary told people to buy Tesla stock last night.

The White House announced that it will use Starlink internet earlier this week.

And Trump held a Tesla showcase at the White House last week.

The robber barons of the first Gilded Age would be jealous.
March 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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1. Trump and his Death Eaters cannot tolerate any rival power. Europe, when united, is a major trading and diplomatic bloc. They see Russia (much less of a threat to US hegemony) as an excellent instrument for breaking up Europe, by threat or by force.🧵
February 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
February 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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The White House has said that any of Elon Musk's conflicts of interest regarding his work with DOGE will be monitored and addressed by....Elon Musk.

He's determining which government contracts are "fraud" while he himself has billions in government contracts.

Hello?
White House Says Musk Will Police His Own Conflicts of Interest
The White House said Elon Musk, the billionaire leading President Donald Trump’s government cost-cutting efforts, will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal s...
www.bloomberg.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Seb Gorka. Trump’s new National Director for Counterterrorism. God help us.
November 23, 2024 at 12:57 AM
So this is where everyone normal went
November 15, 2024 at 7:10 PM