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“Trillions”
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“Trillions”
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“Trillions”
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Also independent of the USG.
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This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
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I really hope this becomes the black eye it deserves to be www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.) h/t @joshuajfriedman.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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You talking about Melania or Usha, couchfucker?
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So Hoo are you rooting for?
The warfighters in DC got the trash picked up, now time to mulch.
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He could still keel over on the back nine.
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In other news, General Francisco Franco is still dead. He is resting comfortably.
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He has State to staff him, if he’d use them.
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Political punditry is a contender for most worthless profession.
The muted market reaction to The Crazy doesn't tell you much about what will happen. Markets almost *never* react in advance to large but only potential disruptions. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-arent-...
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So the Air Force is on record now as honoring those that attempt to overthrow the government by violence.
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
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5. Hire Abbe Lowell.
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He needs to be stuffed back into his school locker.
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After all, his pronouns are Him/Himmler
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I know. I suffered through both terms, then moved to DC and he followed me. Couldn’t shake the guy.
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Our leaders are emerging and they are all governors.
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Then there was the Soviet Union
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Not
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It sure I follow that logic.
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In fairness, she calls it “an authoritarian power-grab.”
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“They can go to school without being stuffed into a locker or having their lunch money stolen or girls laughing at them because they collect molds, spores and fungi.”
This is Meeting The Moment, from Pritzker. Please watch this 90-second clip.
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And the EU gave me a. Best Buy gift card worth $600 million for free!
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Also Game Stop.
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He may be educated, but at a certain point the difference between being stupid and pretending you’re stupid loses any practical meaning.
Slideshow of today in Washington DC, and how it looks when a terrorizing government scares people away. By me, no paywall: fallows.substack.com/p/a-summer-a...
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“serious”
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Photo of negotiations that ended the Vietnam War.
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Speaking of wind, an equal irony would be if he were against natural gas.
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Actually, nobody is going to have to explain it and Junior can fuck off.
"Mr Trump, then 50, was reported to have flown Ms De Georgiou and Ms Maxwell, to Florida for a weekend and arranged for Ms De Georgiou to stay in an apartment he owned in New York. They met after he began dating the model Melania Knauss, now the first lady, but before they married."
Ro Khanna on the Epstein Files: “Only 3% of the documents that were given to us were new. 97% were already in the public domain. Less than 1% of the Epstein Files have actually been released. They’re stonewalling and not releasing things.” ht: @marcofoster.bsky.social
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So Trump now believes those accused of fraud should resign? Interesting.
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18.2 percent on 11 percent of GDP, correct?
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I’m shocked.
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JD claims crime is “extremely high” in super-Bougie Union Station. “There are vagrants.”
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Let’s see how long he stays popular in farm states.
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I guess they’re afraid of land-mines in DC.
Because nothing says “you should feel free to come visit Washington” like standing in front of dozens of armed soldiers next to a guy who thinks women shouldn’t be able to vote 🙃
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An ocean so wide that you can walk from Russia to the U.S. when it freezes.
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What says the Crimson?
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Trump is Senator Pat Geary. Putin is Michael Corleone.
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Is that the name of her favorite boxed wine?
NEW: Wearing masks, no ID, unmarked & blacked out cars, refusing to say what agency they’re from and using profanity with any press & public nearby. This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday). What the hell is happening to the US? (🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
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Fear the Hoagie.
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Fear the hoagie.
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Still, there are some genuinely lousy places (Mogadishu comes to mind) and even the “nice bad” places like Ouaga can take an adventurous spirit to enjoy. I’ve never been to Ulan Bator, but it is the world’s coldest capital and is pretty isolated. I probably would have liked it, but I have no taste.
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You raise a good point. There are many places in the world that have the reputation for being terrible but are actually quite nice. For example, when I was in the FS Basic Officer’s Course, Ouagadougou was often used as the epitome of an unpleasant posting and yet I greatly enjoyed my time there.
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Ulan Bator is not considered a desirable posting in the U.S. foreign service. Neither is the job of issuing visas.
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No. I worked a number of overseas presidential visits. As I’m sure was the case during your service, these details were closely watched and hammered out between staffs before wheels down. Anybody who’d agree to something like you describe could look forward to issuing visas in Ulan Bator.
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No emmolation?
DC folks, at 800 pm, go outside with some pots and pans, a drum, a trumpet, whatever you got, and make some noise for 5 minutes. Everyone’s doing it.
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Democrats should be mocking them mercilessly, warning potential GOP congressional candidates that DC is a very frightening place for Republican alpha-males, what with our hoagies and people relaxing with a cigarette or beer on their front porches.
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Gramps will need his meds and nap before then.
On one hand, Republican officials call themselves "warfighters." On the other, they become whiny crybabies at the thought of setting foot in DC streets and New York City subways that literal schoolchildren navigate every day without incident. Real macho stuff.
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Scheduling conflict: “I exist at the same time as Donald Trump.”
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The prosecution couldn’t cut the mustard, but they’re now in a pickle and will relish the opportunity to go after sandwich guy.
"Give me the Nobel Peace Prize or you'll be sorry" doesn't sound very peaceful.
I'm starting to think that Trump’s tariff policies may not be in the interests of the American people.
Tom has obviously never tried to remove a mayonnaise stain from a Kevlar vest smh
Gosh, I wonder who picks fresh vegetables.
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Meanwhile, J6 rioter gets hired by Bondi as senior advisor.
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Discovery should be fun.
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Oh. Well, I solve that problem by not subscribing to the Nazis.
The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement. The President does not run the Smithsonian. The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law. Release the Epstein files. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Republicans are just victims of evil Democrats.
Neville Trump Meets His Master In Alaska open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
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The author lost me when, after acknowledging crime is way down, he said a federal takeover might be justified because DC is more dangerous than it ought to be. Tell me: how dangerous should it be?
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And Trump’s PolitKommisar for the Smithsonian is an insurance lawyer.
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When you gonna release the Epstein files, Donnie?
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Oh, spare me. Why not go all out and call mainstream analysts “running-dog lick-spittle flunkies of the capitalist insect?”
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I can’t recall anyone ever saying it. Roe was always in danger if the Court shifted enough. I’m slightly surprised Griswold has survived so far.
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Indeed, there’s no shortage. I also subscribe to the Economist.
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Plenty of us have done something about it. We’ve ended our subscriptions to corporate media that have bent the knee to Trump and have replaced them with expert and independent journalism — for example, Substack.
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They look like a bunch of 70-something mall-walkers.
Maybe he’s giving it back tho…
David Wessel (@davidmwessel.bsky.social) reposted
A chart Trump almost surely will NOT show this morning via @washingtonpost.com home page.
Calling out the (tiny) DC National Guard is one of the *only* things President Trump can do to DC without new legislation. Today’s “One First” goes deep into the history of the federal government’s relationship with the nation’s capital—and the significance of the 1973 Home Rule Act—to explain why:
Great explainer.
Wow, this is great. Once again, the "real America," or what we hope is real, poking up its head. h/t bsky.app/profile/oisi...
Oh man
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They were also too small.
Do Americans support increasing, decreasing or stopping, or maintaining the same level of military aid to Israel? (Economist / @today.yougov.com) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250806-top...
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Moron
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And JD had bought all those chips and crab dip!
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Adjudicated sexual abusers gotta stick together.
