E.B
@pegasinemesis.bsky.social
Logic is an universal weapon and its validity depends on the way it is employed.
The world would be beatiful if there was a procedure for moving through labyrinths.
The world would be beatiful if there was a procedure for moving through labyrinths.
Using DoorDash as an inflation gauge is like checking blood pressure with a selfie stick, clever spin PressSec, until the bill shows up.
CPI rose 0.3% in Sept after 0.4% in Aug, pushing annual inflation to 3%. Food +3.1%, shelter +3.6%, energy +2.8%, natural gas +11.7%.
CPI rose 0.3% in Sept after 0.4% in Aug, pushing annual inflation to 3%. Food +3.1%, shelter +3.6%, energy +2.8%, natural gas +11.7%.
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Using DoorDash as an inflation gauge is like checking blood pressure with a selfie stick, clever spin PressSec, until the bill shows up.
CPI rose 0.3% in Sept after 0.4% in Aug, pushing annual inflation to 3%. Food +3.1%, shelter +3.6%, energy +2.8%, natural gas +11.7%.
CPI rose 0.3% in Sept after 0.4% in Aug, pushing annual inflation to 3%. Food +3.1%, shelter +3.6%, energy +2.8%, natural gas +11.7%.
Day 40: Trump’s shutdown starves 900k workers while ACA subsidies expire. Premiums rocket 90% as GOP extorts healthcare surrender from empty stomachs.
A government that burns its people to fuel political wars forfeits all claim to legitimacy.
A government that burns its people to fuel political wars forfeits all claim to legitimacy.
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Day 40: Trump’s shutdown starves 900k workers while ACA subsidies expire. Premiums rocket 90% as GOP extorts healthcare surrender from empty stomachs.
A government that burns its people to fuel political wars forfeits all claim to legitimacy.
A government that burns its people to fuel political wars forfeits all claim to legitimacy.
Trump touts $100B Asia deals, slapping 25% tariffs on Kazakhstan—same nation signing $17B agreements. Summit came after SCOTUS heard arguments to strike down 71% of tariffs.
Dictatorial whims don’t build supply chains—they auction America’s credibility to the highest authoritarian bidder.
Dictatorial whims don’t build supply chains—they auction America’s credibility to the highest authoritarian bidder.
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Trump touts $100B Asia deals, slapping 25% tariffs on Kazakhstan—same nation signing $17B agreements. Summit came after SCOTUS heard arguments to strike down 71% of tariffs.
Dictatorial whims don’t build supply chains—they auction America’s credibility to the highest authoritarian bidder.
Dictatorial whims don’t build supply chains—they auction America’s credibility to the highest authoritarian bidder.
Admin : Strikes on Boats don't qualify as "hostilities" under 1973 War Resolution
Todd Young called the operations "troubled" & against public will but still voted to let them continue unchecked
Congress losing war powers oversight
It's voting to approve a framework for undeclared presidential wars
Todd Young called the operations "troubled" & against public will but still voted to let them continue unchecked
Congress losing war powers oversight
It's voting to approve a framework for undeclared presidential wars
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Admin : Strikes on Boats don't qualify as "hostilities" under 1973 War Resolution
Todd Young called the operations "troubled" & against public will but still voted to let them continue unchecked
Congress losing war powers oversight
It's voting to approve a framework for undeclared presidential wars
Todd Young called the operations "troubled" & against public will but still voted to let them continue unchecked
Congress losing war powers oversight
It's voting to approve a framework for undeclared presidential wars
$4 trillion tax cuts, $1 trillion revenue
• strategy echoes 2018 travel ban case, where SCOTUS focused on 'authority of the presidency' and discounted Trump's own rhetoric
• if court accepts this reversal, emergency statutes become tools to impose trillion-dollar taxes without congressional approval
• strategy echoes 2018 travel ban case, where SCOTUS focused on 'authority of the presidency' and discounted Trump's own rhetoric
• if court accepts this reversal, emergency statutes become tools to impose trillion-dollar taxes without congressional approval
November 9, 2025 at 5:18 AM
$4 trillion tax cuts, $1 trillion revenue
• strategy echoes 2018 travel ban case, where SCOTUS focused on 'authority of the presidency' and discounted Trump's own rhetoric
• if court accepts this reversal, emergency statutes become tools to impose trillion-dollar taxes without congressional approval
• strategy echoes 2018 travel ban case, where SCOTUS focused on 'authority of the presidency' and discounted Trump's own rhetoric
• if court accepts this reversal, emergency statutes become tools to impose trillion-dollar taxes without congressional approval
The optics reflect documented pattern. When Giuliani faced seven-figure legal debts from his Trump work, he got public praise but no personal financial rescue
The Oval Office 'stand by' moment wasn't unique; it mirrors a pattern where Trump's public loyalty often means allies carry the private cost
The Oval Office 'stand by' moment wasn't unique; it mirrors a pattern where Trump's public loyalty often means allies carry the private cost
November 9, 2025 at 5:12 AM
The optics reflect documented pattern. When Giuliani faced seven-figure legal debts from his Trump work, he got public praise but no personal financial rescue
The Oval Office 'stand by' moment wasn't unique; it mirrors a pattern where Trump's public loyalty often means allies carry the private cost
The Oval Office 'stand by' moment wasn't unique; it mirrors a pattern where Trump's public loyalty often means allies carry the private cost
• Voter turnout rose by 12%.
• Over 60% of voters cited rising living costs, showing demand for accountability as Trump’s promised economic rebound stalls.
• Democrats’ wins in 3 key states highlight representation of citizens’ daily struggles over elite economic claims.
• Over 60% of voters cited rising living costs, showing demand for accountability as Trump’s promised economic rebound stalls.
• Democrats’ wins in 3 key states highlight representation of citizens’ daily struggles over elite economic claims.
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 AM
• Voter turnout rose by 12%.
• Over 60% of voters cited rising living costs, showing demand for accountability as Trump’s promised economic rebound stalls.
• Democrats’ wins in 3 key states highlight representation of citizens’ daily struggles over elite economic claims.
• Over 60% of voters cited rising living costs, showing demand for accountability as Trump’s promised economic rebound stalls.
• Democrats’ wins in 3 key states highlight representation of citizens’ daily struggles over elite economic claims.
• Democrats crushed the GOP in the legislature, flipping to a 64-36 supermajority in the House.
• Spanberger turned federal chaos into a localized threat, proving Trump's agenda now creates down-ballot poison even in his own party.
• Spanberger turned federal chaos into a localized threat, proving Trump's agenda now creates down-ballot poison even in his own party.
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
• Democrats crushed the GOP in the legislature, flipping to a 64-36 supermajority in the House.
• Spanberger turned federal chaos into a localized threat, proving Trump's agenda now creates down-ballot poison even in his own party.
• Spanberger turned federal chaos into a localized threat, proving Trump's agenda now creates down-ballot poison even in his own party.
1977 IEEPA law for tariffs was designed for sanctions, not broad taxation
• Tariffs function as a major tax hike. Tax Foundation estimates they cost the average U.S. household an extra $1,200 in 2025 alone
• Court now decides if a president can unilaterally tax Americans by calling it "regulation."
• Tariffs function as a major tax hike. Tax Foundation estimates they cost the average U.S. household an extra $1,200 in 2025 alone
• Court now decides if a president can unilaterally tax Americans by calling it "regulation."
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
1977 IEEPA law for tariffs was designed for sanctions, not broad taxation
• Tariffs function as a major tax hike. Tax Foundation estimates they cost the average U.S. household an extra $1,200 in 2025 alone
• Court now decides if a president can unilaterally tax Americans by calling it "regulation."
• Tariffs function as a major tax hike. Tax Foundation estimates they cost the average U.S. household an extra $1,200 in 2025 alone
• Court now decides if a president can unilaterally tax Americans by calling it "regulation."
🔴 NYC turnout hit a 56-year high as Mamdani won, while CA voters redrew congressional maps to favor Dems for the next decade of House races.
🔴 The results show a dual strategy: punishing Trump's systemic failures in the present while re-engineering the electoral landscape for the future.
🔴 The results show a dual strategy: punishing Trump's systemic failures in the present while re-engineering the electoral landscape for the future.
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 AM
🔴 NYC turnout hit a 56-year high as Mamdani won, while CA voters redrew congressional maps to favor Dems for the next decade of House races.
🔴 The results show a dual strategy: punishing Trump's systemic failures in the present while re-engineering the electoral landscape for the future.
🔴 The results show a dual strategy: punishing Trump's systemic failures in the present while re-engineering the electoral landscape for the future.
Admin is funding SNAP with $4.65 billion, falling far short of the $8 billion monthly need
• Court-ordered payment will completely exhaust the SNAP contingency fund, leaving zero reserves for new applicants or disaster relief
• Courts test whether judges can force full funding of gutted safety nets
• Court-ordered payment will completely exhaust the SNAP contingency fund, leaving zero reserves for new applicants or disaster relief
• Courts test whether judges can force full funding of gutted safety nets
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Admin is funding SNAP with $4.65 billion, falling far short of the $8 billion monthly need
• Court-ordered payment will completely exhaust the SNAP contingency fund, leaving zero reserves for new applicants or disaster relief
• Courts test whether judges can force full funding of gutted safety nets
• Court-ordered payment will completely exhaust the SNAP contingency fund, leaving zero reserves for new applicants or disaster relief
• Courts test whether judges can force full funding of gutted safety nets
Trump has threatened federal funding cuts to cities over climate policy, transgender rights, DEI practices, and pro-Palestinian protests.
• This intervention links critical city services to presidential fealty, revealing a playbook that attempts to disable local autonomy through economic reprisal.
• This intervention links critical city services to presidential fealty, revealing a playbook that attempts to disable local autonomy through economic reprisal.
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Trump has threatened federal funding cuts to cities over climate policy, transgender rights, DEI practices, and pro-Palestinian protests.
• This intervention links critical city services to presidential fealty, revealing a playbook that attempts to disable local autonomy through economic reprisal.
• This intervention links critical city services to presidential fealty, revealing a playbook that attempts to disable local autonomy through economic reprisal.
Clinton tried identical "Upper Press" restrictions in 1993 but rescinded after public backlash.
• Admin previously removed the AP from the press pool after it refused to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
•The pattern treats press access not as a norm, but a privilege granted only on the admin's terms.
• Admin previously removed the AP from the press pool after it refused to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
•The pattern treats press access not as a norm, but a privilege granted only on the admin's terms.
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Clinton tried identical "Upper Press" restrictions in 1993 but rescinded after public backlash.
• Admin previously removed the AP from the press pool after it refused to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
•The pattern treats press access not as a norm, but a privilege granted only on the admin's terms.
• Admin previously removed the AP from the press pool after it refused to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
•The pattern treats press access not as a norm, but a privilege granted only on the admin's terms.
Trump is prosecuting his critics, James Comey and Adam Schiff.
• An executive order mandates proof of citizenship for voter registration, intervening in state-run election rules.
• Project 2025 Blueprint: using federal power to systematically dismantle independent checks on the executive.
• An executive order mandates proof of citizenship for voter registration, intervening in state-run election rules.
• Project 2025 Blueprint: using federal power to systematically dismantle independent checks on the executive.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Trump is prosecuting his critics, James Comey and Adam Schiff.
• An executive order mandates proof of citizenship for voter registration, intervening in state-run election rules.
• Project 2025 Blueprint: using federal power to systematically dismantle independent checks on the executive.
• An executive order mandates proof of citizenship for voter registration, intervening in state-run election rules.
• Project 2025 Blueprint: using federal power to systematically dismantle independent checks on the executive.
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The 2019 shutdown, the longest, ended only after widespread air travel disruptions from unpaid staff created a breaking point.
• JD Vance is amplifying warnings of an impending "air-travel disaster".
• Objective : Inflict travel chaos and food cuts until Democrats break, despite full GOP control.
• JD Vance is amplifying warnings of an impending "air-travel disaster".
• Objective : Inflict travel chaos and food cuts until Democrats break, despite full GOP control.
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The 2019 shutdown, the longest, ended only after widespread air travel disruptions from unpaid staff created a breaking point.
• JD Vance is amplifying warnings of an impending "air-travel disaster".
• Objective : Inflict travel chaos and food cuts until Democrats break, despite full GOP control.
• JD Vance is amplifying warnings of an impending "air-travel disaster".
• Objective : Inflict travel chaos and food cuts until Democrats break, despite full GOP control.
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Tariffs collected $88 billion in revenue by August 2025. This acts as a direct tax.
• China’s new 25 million metric tons (MMT) soybean deal is less than the 27 MMT purchased in 2024 before tariffs halted trade.
• Yet tariffs burden families and bypass congressional checks on executive taxing power.
• China’s new 25 million metric tons (MMT) soybean deal is less than the 27 MMT purchased in 2024 before tariffs halted trade.
• Yet tariffs burden families and bypass congressional checks on executive taxing power.
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Tariffs collected $88 billion in revenue by August 2025. This acts as a direct tax.
• China’s new 25 million metric tons (MMT) soybean deal is less than the 27 MMT purchased in 2024 before tariffs halted trade.
• Yet tariffs burden families and bypass congressional checks on executive taxing power.
• China’s new 25 million metric tons (MMT) soybean deal is less than the 27 MMT purchased in 2024 before tariffs halted trade.
• Yet tariffs burden families and bypass congressional checks on executive taxing power.
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The U.S. has maintained its nuclear arsenal without explosive tests since 1992
• Russia and China have maintained their nuclear testing moratoriums. Russia has only tested delivery systems, while China’s last nuclear detonation was in 1996
• Breaking a 33-year taboo gains the US nothing technically
• Russia and China have maintained their nuclear testing moratoriums. Russia has only tested delivery systems, while China’s last nuclear detonation was in 1996
• Breaking a 33-year taboo gains the US nothing technically
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The U.S. has maintained its nuclear arsenal without explosive tests since 1992
• Russia and China have maintained their nuclear testing moratoriums. Russia has only tested delivery systems, while China’s last nuclear detonation was in 1996
• Breaking a 33-year taboo gains the US nothing technically
• Russia and China have maintained their nuclear testing moratoriums. Russia has only tested delivery systems, while China’s last nuclear detonation was in 1996
• Breaking a 33-year taboo gains the US nothing technically
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The deal prompts a 7% stock drop for MP Materials, America's largest rare earths producer, undermining stated goals of supply chain independence.
•Trump manufactures crises for negotiating leverage, but his retreats sacrifice long-term supply chain goals for short-term market relief.
•Trump manufactures crises for negotiating leverage, but his retreats sacrifice long-term supply chain goals for short-term market relief.
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The deal prompts a 7% stock drop for MP Materials, America's largest rare earths producer, undermining stated goals of supply chain independence.
•Trump manufactures crises for negotiating leverage, but his retreats sacrifice long-term supply chain goals for short-term market relief.
•Trump manufactures crises for negotiating leverage, but his retreats sacrifice long-term supply chain goals for short-term market relief.
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• A president last federalized the National Guard without a governor's consent in 1965, a rare move Trump now attempts.
• Lower Courts found no proof that seriously impeded federal officers.
• Using military force to suppress dissent in politically hostile cities is based on flimsy factual grounds.
• Lower Courts found no proof that seriously impeded federal officers.
• Using military force to suppress dissent in politically hostile cities is based on flimsy factual grounds.
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 AM
• A president last federalized the National Guard without a governor's consent in 1965, a rare move Trump now attempts.
• Lower Courts found no proof that seriously impeded federal officers.
• Using military force to suppress dissent in politically hostile cities is based on flimsy factual grounds.
• Lower Courts found no proof that seriously impeded federal officers.
• Using military force to suppress dissent in politically hostile cities is based on flimsy factual grounds.
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• CBO projects this shutdown will permanently destroy $14 billion in US economic output.
• Disputed ACA tax credits would cost $350 billion to extend over 10 years.
• Trump's third shutdown uses $14 billion in permanent economic damage as leverage to dismantle healthcare subsidies without a vote.
• Disputed ACA tax credits would cost $350 billion to extend over 10 years.
• Trump's third shutdown uses $14 billion in permanent economic damage as leverage to dismantle healthcare subsidies without a vote.
November 4, 2025 at 4:41 AM
• CBO projects this shutdown will permanently destroy $14 billion in US economic output.
• Disputed ACA tax credits would cost $350 billion to extend over 10 years.
• Trump's third shutdown uses $14 billion in permanent economic damage as leverage to dismantle healthcare subsidies without a vote.
• Disputed ACA tax credits would cost $350 billion to extend over 10 years.
• Trump's third shutdown uses $14 billion in permanent economic damage as leverage to dismantle healthcare subsidies without a vote.
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• President Trump justified Tariffs as a fentanyl emergency.
Less than 1% of total fentanyl seized by U.S. Customs in 25 was at the northern border.
• Trump's 10% tariff hike was triggered by an Ontario TV ad quoting Reagan, revealing personal retaliation drives policy by abusing emergency powers.
Less than 1% of total fentanyl seized by U.S. Customs in 25 was at the northern border.
• Trump's 10% tariff hike was triggered by an Ontario TV ad quoting Reagan, revealing personal retaliation drives policy by abusing emergency powers.
November 4, 2025 at 4:39 AM
• President Trump justified Tariffs as a fentanyl emergency.
Less than 1% of total fentanyl seized by U.S. Customs in 25 was at the northern border.
• Trump's 10% tariff hike was triggered by an Ontario TV ad quoting Reagan, revealing personal retaliation drives policy by abusing emergency powers.
Less than 1% of total fentanyl seized by U.S. Customs in 25 was at the northern border.
• Trump's 10% tariff hike was triggered by an Ontario TV ad quoting Reagan, revealing personal retaliation drives policy by abusing emergency powers.
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• Trump demands his party leaders end the Senate filibuster, but Johnson and Thune have both rejected the call
• FAA, short 3,000 air traffic controllers before the shutdown, is now causing ground stops at major airports
• The shutdown is weaponizing public pain to pressure GOP leaders into loyalty
• FAA, short 3,000 air traffic controllers before the shutdown, is now causing ground stops at major airports
• The shutdown is weaponizing public pain to pressure GOP leaders into loyalty
November 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
• Trump demands his party leaders end the Senate filibuster, but Johnson and Thune have both rejected the call
• FAA, short 3,000 air traffic controllers before the shutdown, is now causing ground stops at major airports
• The shutdown is weaponizing public pain to pressure GOP leaders into loyalty
• FAA, short 3,000 air traffic controllers before the shutdown, is now causing ground stops at major airports
• The shutdown is weaponizing public pain to pressure GOP leaders into loyalty
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25 of 30 states Trump won have above-average SNAP participation. Withholding aid harms his own voters.
• Nov 1 marked the SNAP freeze and new restrictions kicking in from the "Beautiful Bill Act" targeting refugees and asylees
•Judges found the admin is "statutorily mandated" to pay SNAP benefits
• Nov 1 marked the SNAP freeze and new restrictions kicking in from the "Beautiful Bill Act" targeting refugees and asylees
•Judges found the admin is "statutorily mandated" to pay SNAP benefits
November 4, 2025 at 4:21 AM
25 of 30 states Trump won have above-average SNAP participation. Withholding aid harms his own voters.
• Nov 1 marked the SNAP freeze and new restrictions kicking in from the "Beautiful Bill Act" targeting refugees and asylees
•Judges found the admin is "statutorily mandated" to pay SNAP benefits
• Nov 1 marked the SNAP freeze and new restrictions kicking in from the "Beautiful Bill Act" targeting refugees and asylees
•Judges found the admin is "statutorily mandated" to pay SNAP benefits
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Obama campaigned for Democratic candidates in VA & NJ, to reject Trump's lawlessness
•Pentagon ordered states to form quick reaction forces
•Deployments been ruled illegal by a federal court for violating Posse Comitatus Act
•NJ gov race is the first electoral test of new domestic security apparatus
•Pentagon ordered states to form quick reaction forces
•Deployments been ruled illegal by a federal court for violating Posse Comitatus Act
•NJ gov race is the first electoral test of new domestic security apparatus
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Obama campaigned for Democratic candidates in VA & NJ, to reject Trump's lawlessness
•Pentagon ordered states to form quick reaction forces
•Deployments been ruled illegal by a federal court for violating Posse Comitatus Act
•NJ gov race is the first electoral test of new domestic security apparatus
•Pentagon ordered states to form quick reaction forces
•Deployments been ruled illegal by a federal court for violating Posse Comitatus Act
•NJ gov race is the first electoral test of new domestic security apparatus
The 2019 shutdown, the longest, ended only after widespread air travel disruptions from unpaid staff created a breaking point.
• JD Vance is amplifying warnings of an impending "air-travel disaster".
• Objective : Inflict travel chaos and food cuts until Democrats break, despite full GOP control.
• JD Vance is amplifying warnings of an impending "air-travel disaster".
• Objective : Inflict travel chaos and food cuts until Democrats break, despite full GOP control.
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The 2019 shutdown, the longest, ended only after widespread air travel disruptions from unpaid staff created a breaking point.
• JD Vance is amplifying warnings of an impending "air-travel disaster".
• Objective : Inflict travel chaos and food cuts until Democrats break, despite full GOP control.
• JD Vance is amplifying warnings of an impending "air-travel disaster".
• Objective : Inflict travel chaos and food cuts until Democrats break, despite full GOP control.