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A possible answer how Trump could pay $1776 bonus. DoD would essentially rename money already appropriated for troops. But the funding has specified recipients, so..? My guess is they'll just do it and dare courts to tell service members to send it back.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now, it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
A possible answer how Trump could pay $1776 bonus. DoD would essentially rename money already appropriated for troops. But the funding has specified recipients, so..? My guess is they'll just do it and dare courts to tell service members to send it back.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
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Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!”
The Economist, one year ago:
The Economist, one year ago:
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!”
The Economist, one year ago:
The Economist, one year ago:
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A quarter of Tesla's "robotaxis" have crashed in Austin!
Even under human supervsion, the 31 cars crashed eight times in just five months.
Now the clincher, Musk has censored the government data on said accidents. Pay to win
www.nhtsa.gov/laws-regulat...
Even under human supervsion, the 31 cars crashed eight times in just five months.
Now the clincher, Musk has censored the government data on said accidents. Pay to win
www.nhtsa.gov/laws-regulat...
December 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A quarter of Tesla's "robotaxis" have crashed in Austin!
Even under human supervsion, the 31 cars crashed eight times in just five months.
Now the clincher, Musk has censored the government data on said accidents. Pay to win
www.nhtsa.gov/laws-regulat...
Even under human supervsion, the 31 cars crashed eight times in just five months.
Now the clincher, Musk has censored the government data on said accidents. Pay to win
www.nhtsa.gov/laws-regulat...
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What oil, what land, what assets did Venezuela steal from the US? And when? A social media post from an alternative reality.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
What oil, what land, what assets did Venezuela steal from the US? And when? A social media post from an alternative reality.
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Good doctors do not good hospital managers make
Research by Muñoz & Otero on 3400 hospitals in Chile finds replacing doctors without management training as CEOs with people who studied management reduced mortality by 8%:
buff.ly/3POT942
TL;DR:🧵 buff.ly/bMViW45
Research by Muñoz & Otero on 3400 hospitals in Chile finds replacing doctors without management training as CEOs with people who studied management reduced mortality by 8%:
buff.ly/3POT942
TL;DR:🧵 buff.ly/bMViW45
December 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Good doctors do not good hospital managers make
Research by Muñoz & Otero on 3400 hospitals in Chile finds replacing doctors without management training as CEOs with people who studied management reduced mortality by 8%:
buff.ly/3POT942
TL;DR:🧵 buff.ly/bMViW45
Research by Muñoz & Otero on 3400 hospitals in Chile finds replacing doctors without management training as CEOs with people who studied management reduced mortality by 8%:
buff.ly/3POT942
TL;DR:🧵 buff.ly/bMViW45
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GOV. COX: “.. If you want to be angry at someone, be angry at the social media companies. These are the wealthiest and most powerful companies in the history of the world, and they’re profiting off of destroying our kids and destroying our country.”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
GOV. COX: “.. If you want to be angry at someone, be angry at the social media companies. These are the wealthiest and most powerful companies in the history of the world, and they’re profiting off of destroying our kids and destroying our country.”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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There's no rule of journalism that says you have to show a president telling lie after lie – uncorrected – many times a day. That's a decision that corporate media are making for purposes other than delivering the truth to the public.
December 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
There's no rule of journalism that says you have to show a president telling lie after lie – uncorrected – many times a day. That's a decision that corporate media are making for purposes other than delivering the truth to the public.
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Trump says he wants the next Fed Chair to cut interest rates to 1%.
That’s not “economic policy,” it’s a smash and grab.
He’s not trying to help working people, he’s trying to juice the markets, loot the system, and walk away richer.👇
That’s not “economic policy,” it’s a smash and grab.
He’s not trying to help working people, he’s trying to juice the markets, loot the system, and walk away richer.👇
December 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Trump says he wants the next Fed Chair to cut interest rates to 1%.
That’s not “economic policy,” it’s a smash and grab.
He’s not trying to help working people, he’s trying to juice the markets, loot the system, and walk away richer.👇
That’s not “economic policy,” it’s a smash and grab.
He’s not trying to help working people, he’s trying to juice the markets, loot the system, and walk away richer.👇
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This is what large-scale supply chain protection looks like in the age of drones. A large Ukrainian anti-drone tunnel over logistics routes stretches for more than 40km.
December 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This is what large-scale supply chain protection looks like in the age of drones. A large Ukrainian anti-drone tunnel over logistics routes stretches for more than 40km.
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I recently read a powerful article titled "Kyiv, the City with Dark Circles Under Its Eyes" by Ariane Chemin.It captures the emotional exhaustion,the psychological weight,the extraordinary resilience of people in #Kyiv who are forced to live under relentless Russian attacks⤵️
lemonde.fr/international
lemonde.fr/international
December 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I recently read a powerful article titled "Kyiv, the City with Dark Circles Under Its Eyes" by Ariane Chemin.It captures the emotional exhaustion,the psychological weight,the extraordinary resilience of people in #Kyiv who are forced to live under relentless Russian attacks⤵️
lemonde.fr/international
lemonde.fr/international
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Are all russian lovers pedos? Orban government did a paper in 2021 on HU child protective services. Found 4000 cases of violence including sexual. Hid the report, letting the violence continue until today. Thousands of new cases and victimis
magyartisza.hu/gyermekvedelem
magyartisza.hu/gyermekvedelem
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Are all russian lovers pedos? Orban government did a paper in 2021 on HU child protective services. Found 4000 cases of violence including sexual. Hid the report, letting the violence continue until today. Thousands of new cases and victimis
magyartisza.hu/gyermekvedelem
magyartisza.hu/gyermekvedelem
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“… the concentrated, monopolised nature of the current tech industry adds to the problem. Spending decisions have become highly centralised — the decisions of just a few companies, in a manner more usually associated with state planning — and groupthink is a real danger”
Good morning and welcome to your FT Weekend highlight giftlink thread. We start with this fantastic essay by Tim Wu, one of the big brains of web 1.0, cautioning that Silicon valley may be winning the AI battle to lose the bigger economic war to China as.ft.com/r/83deb81e-3...
Could America win the AI race but lose the war?
[FREE TO READ] The US has gone all-in on artificial intelligence. But the idea of an end-of-times battle with China over tomorrow’s key technology is part delusion, part lobbying tool for Silicon Vall...
as.ft.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
“… the concentrated, monopolised nature of the current tech industry adds to the problem. Spending decisions have become highly centralised — the decisions of just a few companies, in a manner more usually associated with state planning — and groupthink is a real danger”
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Lawless, criminal behavior
December 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Lawless, criminal behavior
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CARVILLE: “.. He’s done. We’ve just got to butter this toast and slice it and eat it. He’s done.”
December 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
CARVILLE: “.. He’s done. We’ve just got to butter this toast and slice it and eat it. He’s done.”
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December 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Every American should feel daily shame that we have allowed ourselves to not only be represented by these people, but that they are using this position to destabilize the world, kill innocent people, and act as a rogue state.
Let that shame be the fuel to act, to disrupt, and to defeat them.
Let that shame be the fuel to act, to disrupt, and to defeat them.
DOOCY: Is Operation Southern Spear about drugs or oil?
LEAVITT: The Trump administration is focused on doing many things in the Western Hemisphere
LEAVITT: The Trump administration is focused on doing many things in the Western Hemisphere
December 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Every American should feel daily shame that we have allowed ourselves to not only be represented by these people, but that they are using this position to destabilize the world, kill innocent people, and act as a rogue state.
Let that shame be the fuel to act, to disrupt, and to defeat them.
Let that shame be the fuel to act, to disrupt, and to defeat them.
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Noooooo! Sigh.
SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling mRNA COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news
December 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Noooooo! Sigh.
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Once again we see the Trump ethos that says simply being rich makes you “the best.”
You don’t need to have earned that money yourself or even done anything ethical to get it; if you’ve got cash in your bank account, that’s good enough for him to trust you and think you’re special.
You don’t need to have earned that money yourself or even done anything ethical to get it; if you’ve got cash in your bank account, that’s good enough for him to trust you and think you’re special.
Lutnick: "We should be bringing in the best and brightest, and that's what Donald Trump is changing about our immigration system. Let's expedite the best and brightest who are gonna give a million dollars to the US to prove they're at the top of the list."
December 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Once again we see the Trump ethos that says simply being rich makes you “the best.”
You don’t need to have earned that money yourself or even done anything ethical to get it; if you’ve got cash in your bank account, that’s good enough for him to trust you and think you’re special.
You don’t need to have earned that money yourself or even done anything ethical to get it; if you’ve got cash in your bank account, that’s good enough for him to trust you and think you’re special.
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Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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We don't need any Lean In advice from Sheryl Sandberg who sat around at Facebook while a lot of bad stuff was happening to young women on Instagram
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December 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We don't need any Lean In advice from Sheryl Sandberg who sat around at Facebook while a lot of bad stuff was happening to young women on Instagram
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December 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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More than 2 million consumers in Kyiv are currently without electricity, meaning that 70% of the city is without power, local media report.
Kyiv residents are without electricity for up to 16 hours a day because of Russian attacks on our energy infrastructure.
Kyiv residents are without electricity for up to 16 hours a day because of Russian attacks on our energy infrastructure.
December 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
More than 2 million consumers in Kyiv are currently without electricity, meaning that 70% of the city is without power, local media report.
Kyiv residents are without electricity for up to 16 hours a day because of Russian attacks on our energy infrastructure.
Kyiv residents are without electricity for up to 16 hours a day because of Russian attacks on our energy infrastructure.
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1) Impose massive tariffs on China
2) China retaliates by ending its soybean imports
3) Cut deal w/ China so they'll buy our soybeans
4) China buys only 20%, so far, of what it agreed to purchase
5) Offer $12 billion to US farmers so they don't go bankrupt
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
2) China retaliates by ending its soybean imports
3) Cut deal w/ China so they'll buy our soybeans
4) China buys only 20%, so far, of what it agreed to purchase
5) Offer $12 billion to US farmers so they don't go bankrupt
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump to Unveil $12 Billion Bailout for Farmers
The financial aid comes as the agriculture sector grapples with the fallout from the president’s tariffs.
www.wsj.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
1) Impose massive tariffs on China
2) China retaliates by ending its soybean imports
3) Cut deal w/ China so they'll buy our soybeans
4) China buys only 20%, so far, of what it agreed to purchase
5) Offer $12 billion to US farmers so they don't go bankrupt
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
2) China retaliates by ending its soybean imports
3) Cut deal w/ China so they'll buy our soybeans
4) China buys only 20%, so far, of what it agreed to purchase
5) Offer $12 billion to US farmers so they don't go bankrupt
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...