Ron Allen
oceanst8.bsky.social
Ron Allen
@oceanst8.bsky.social
Retired SONAR systems engineer, theater lighting designer, owns Tamarack Farm (horses, ducks, geese, cats, dog) with wife Carol Allen
Top officials of the Donald Trump administration have lashed out at Germany after the country’s domestic intelligence agency classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a 'proven right-wing extremist organization.'
Trump team clashes with Berlin over AfD designation as right-wing extremist
The heavy criticism from top American officials comes days before a new coalition government is set to take power in Berlin.
www.politico.eu
May 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Insanity!
May 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
TRUMPISM REJECTED IN AUSTRALIA

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been re-elected as his Labor Party surged to victory and is projected to form a majority government. In a historic first, opposition leader Peter Dutton—often likened to Donald Trump—lost his own seat of Dickson.
May 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Trump is losing it.

His “two doll” trade war is cratering the economy.

And national pushback against his agenda is growing — both in the courts and on the streets.

What does it all mean? We discuss this and more on a new Coffee Klatch.

https://youtu.be/-3WQz_T3LTk
Is Trump Losing It? | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich
Trump is losing it. His “two doll” trade war is cratering the economy. And national pushback against his agenda is growi
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May 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The country thats still defending is winning, the country that is breaking out tanks from WW2 in storage and attacking on donkeys and lost 900,000 men and got kicked out of Kyiv and begs NK for troops and Iran for weapons, isn’t.

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Still Think Russia Is Defeating Ukraine? Watch This
YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger
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May 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
So Navarro here is expressly admitting that it was Trump’s tariffs that caused the economy to contract in the first quarter of 2025.
Peter Navarro on CNBC reacts to the shrinking GDP number by insisting it's actually good news because if you strip out the effect of tariffs "you have 3 percent growth. So we really like where we're at now."
May 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This is petty. The FBI has reassigned several agents simply for being photographed kneeling in solidarity with racial justice protesters in D.C. during the 2020 demonstrations after George Floyd’s murder.
May 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
youtu.be/WX-uMnc4JZA Vance went ski vacationing at Sugarbush, Vermont. This was his reception.
Community Members Protest US Vice President JD Vance's visit to the MRV in Waitsfield, VT 3-1-2025
YouTube video by Mad River Valley TV
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March 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM