Hong Kong Will
@paomadei.bsky.social
Twitter escapee, Hong Kong, hikes with the dogs.
The dimwits in the Whitehouse are mulling replacing DUI Hire and perpetual embarrassment Hegseth. Who could have foreseen appointing someone so grossly unqualified would go so well?
Exclusive: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary
Source: NPR
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Exclusive: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary
Source: NPR
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Exclusive: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary
This comes as Hegseth is again mired in controversy over sharing military operational details in a group chat.
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April 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The dimwits in the Whitehouse are mulling replacing DUI Hire and perpetual embarrassment Hegseth. Who could have foreseen appointing someone so grossly unqualified would go so well?
Exclusive: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary
Source: NPR
search.app/2EaQ7
Exclusive: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary
Source: NPR
search.app/2EaQ7
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quite wild that ten years ago saying "yeah I'd back myself to do a better job than most senior members of the US government" would have made you sound like one of those dweebs who reckon they could take on Serena Williams in a tennis court, but the answer now is "I mean yeah, duh?"
April 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
quite wild that ten years ago saying "yeah I'd back myself to do a better job than most senior members of the US government" would have made you sound like one of those dweebs who reckon they could take on Serena Williams in a tennis court, but the answer now is "I mean yeah, duh?"
I can think of a few things I would put on the chopping block before the NPS. Most are attached to shoulders walking in and out of the White House on a daily basis.
gearjunkie.com/outdoor/doge...
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DOGE Plans to Shutter Utah's Largest National Park Hub: Massive NPS Office on Chopping Block
One of the most crucial interagency hubs for Utah's National Parks could have its lease terminated, displacing essential operations.
gearjunkie.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I can think of a few things I would put on the chopping block before the NPS. Most are attached to shoulders walking in and out of the White House on a daily basis.
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gearjunkie.com/outdoor/doge...
dRaiN tHe sWamP!
Here is a story with a LOAD of background on SpaceX and its federal contracting business that we published last month...The news today is not a surprise. Billions of contracts a year are headed to Musk and SpaceX.
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Musk Is Positioned to Profit Off Billions in New Government Contracts (Gift Article)
The boost in federal spending for SpaceX will come in part as a result of actions by President Trump and Elon Musk’s allies and employees who hold government positions. Supporters say he has the best ...
nyti.ms
April 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
dRaiN tHe sWamP!
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Via New York Times: “The DOJ prosecutor who questioned the Trump administration’s decision to deport a Maryland man to El Salvador has been placed on indefinite paid leave for a “failure to zealously advocate” for the department — less than 24 hours after defending the gov’t in federal court.”
April 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Via New York Times: “The DOJ prosecutor who questioned the Trump administration’s decision to deport a Maryland man to El Salvador has been placed on indefinite paid leave for a “failure to zealously advocate” for the department — less than 24 hours after defending the gov’t in federal court.”
US tariff rate is crazy bad
There's no question that today's tariff announcement will give the United States the highest tariff rates of any industrialized country. And it's not even close.
April 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM
US tariff rate is crazy bad
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so as i understand it the president has driven an improvised fertilizer bomb directly into the foundation of global trade?
April 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
so as i understand it the president has driven an improvised fertilizer bomb directly into the foundation of global trade?
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Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression
WASHINGTON—Warning that Americans should brace themselves for an economic “period of transition,” President Donald Trump told reporters Monday that a recession would be an unfortunate but necessary st...
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April 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression
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Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
March 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
You just the know the CIA and NSA wishes it's adversaries were 1/10 as careless as the Trump cabinet freak show
In other news, Der Spiegel
found private phone numbers, email addresses and some passwords for Waltz, Gabbard and Hegseth online
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
found private phone numbers, email addresses and some passwords for Waltz, Gabbard and Hegseth online
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ...
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March 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
You just the know the CIA and NSA wishes it's adversaries were 1/10 as careless as the Trump cabinet freak show
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The founder of Signal releases a response to SignalGate:
“There are so many great reasons to be on Signal.
Now including the opportunity for the vice president of the United States of America to randomly add you to a group chat for coordination of sensitive military operations.”
“There are so many great reasons to be on Signal.
Now including the opportunity for the vice president of the United States of America to randomly add you to a group chat for coordination of sensitive military operations.”
March 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The founder of Signal releases a response to SignalGate:
“There are so many great reasons to be on Signal.
Now including the opportunity for the vice president of the United States of America to randomly add you to a group chat for coordination of sensitive military operations.”
“There are so many great reasons to be on Signal.
Now including the opportunity for the vice president of the United States of America to randomly add you to a group chat for coordination of sensitive military operations.”
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So to recap this weekend, the people who figure out how to predict hurricanes better = bad use of taxpayer $
Buying crypto shitcoins that have no intrinsic value and just go up and down randomly based on vibes = good use of taxpayer $
Do I have that right?
Buying crypto shitcoins that have no intrinsic value and just go up and down randomly based on vibes = good use of taxpayer $
Do I have that right?
March 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
So to recap this weekend, the people who figure out how to predict hurricanes better = bad use of taxpayer $
Buying crypto shitcoins that have no intrinsic value and just go up and down randomly based on vibes = good use of taxpayer $
Do I have that right?
Buying crypto shitcoins that have no intrinsic value and just go up and down randomly based on vibes = good use of taxpayer $
Do I have that right?
Makes me sick. He's either an idiot and/or a Russian asset. I don't see any way that one or both these are not true.
NEW: The extent of the US suspension of intelligence sharing with Ukraine remains unclear.
Western and Ukrainian officials indicated that the US suspension of intelligence sharing is generating battlefield effects. (1/3)
Latest assessment: isw.pub/UkrWar030825
Western and Ukrainian officials indicated that the US suspension of intelligence sharing is generating battlefield effects. (1/3)
Latest assessment: isw.pub/UkrWar030825
March 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Makes me sick. He's either an idiot and/or a Russian asset. I don't see any way that one or both these are not true.
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NYT is a mess but this is still one of the best articles they’ve written and something I tried to capture in Ex Supra:
www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/m...
www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/m...
Stargazing in a War Zone: Veterans on Natural Beauty in Dangerous Places (Published 2019)
Veterans share the moments during deployments when natural beauty took their breath away, even if just for a moment.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
NYT is a mess but this is still one of the best articles they’ve written and something I tried to capture in Ex Supra:
www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/m...
www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/m...
The dumbest dystopia
NEW
The Pentagon’s DEI purge has led to photos of the B-29 bomber the Enola Gay to be marked for deletion.
Photos of soldiers who happen to have the last name “Gay” are also marked for deletion.
Full Story: bit.ly/3F4FOKK
The Pentagon’s DEI purge has led to photos of the B-29 bomber the Enola Gay to be marked for deletion.
Photos of soldiers who happen to have the last name “Gay” are also marked for deletion.
Full Story: bit.ly/3F4FOKK
March 7, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The dumbest dystopia
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Imagine if Donny put as much effort into helping the US or Ukraine as he does helping Russia.
www.axios.com/2025/03/03/t...
www.axios.com/2025/03/03/t...
Trump to hold Ukraine meeting on next steps including possible aid freeze
The meeting will take place Monday afternoon at the White House.
www.axios.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Imagine if Donny put as much effort into helping the US or Ukraine as he does helping Russia.
www.axios.com/2025/03/03/t...
www.axios.com/2025/03/03/t...
Watching the Trump administration sabotage the US over the past 6 weeks, it's possible that the exceptional cost-benefit ratio to supporting Ukraine was upset their determination for bad government.
Yes, the US mostly sent Ukraine older equipment the Pentagon had wanted to replace, then paid US manufactures for new, more advanced equipment.
Rarely does foreign policy deliver such a good cost-benefit ratio. That's why, to oppose this moral and strategic move, Trump-Vance-Musk-MAGA have to lie.
Rarely does foreign policy deliver such a good cost-benefit ratio. That's why, to oppose this moral and strategic move, Trump-Vance-Musk-MAGA have to lie.
Even the equipment sent was largely going to be destroyed. That would have cost USD.
Instead, the US upgraded.
Instead, the US upgraded.
March 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Watching the Trump administration sabotage the US over the past 6 weeks, it's possible that the exceptional cost-benefit ratio to supporting Ukraine was upset their determination for bad government.
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Musk’s status as a “special government employee” limits him to 130 days in the executive branch. However, despite working daily—documented by his own X posts—they claim he only works one day a week, effectively stretching his limit to 130 weeks. This needs to be brought to Congress—please share.
March 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Musk’s status as a “special government employee” limits him to 130 days in the executive branch. However, despite working daily—documented by his own X posts—they claim he only works one day a week, effectively stretching his limit to 130 weeks. This needs to be brought to Congress—please share.