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A Democratic super PAC is launching a $700,000 digital ad blitz slamming Susan Collins for opposing a bipartisan bill that would ban members of Congress from trading stocks. This ad accuses Collins of “the worst kind of greed… using insider information to trade stocks.” Please WATCH and SHARE. 👀
Yep! Hope you get better soon.
Might consider repeating it.
Maybe I have a bad photo, but the way I read this your test is negative.
Source?
Distraction from Epstein files.
We need a national song of celebration!
What's the significance?
They federalized the KKK to combat the undocumented and homeless. It’s only thoughts and prayers for mass shootings.
This guy is good!
For this alone he gets my vote. Not really a fan but heck we could do so much worse.
He doesn't _have_ to have them. All he has to do is _say_ he has them.
It occurs to me that Putin doesn't really have to have those files, he just has to say he has those files!
Yikes, he STRONGLY HAS copies of the Epstein files
I got to wonder what color carpet they'll be pulling out for zelensky
Guess it was hard to make a deal with the guy that has the key to the Epstein files.
The moment he named his platform “Truth Social” we were headed this way.
Good trouble:
MAGA says Dem-run cities/states are “crime-ridden and dangerous.” Reality: GOP states lead every crime metric — not even close. Today’s Austin mass shooting is a drop in the bucket for red state crime. Trump’s DC takeover is clearly an Epstein distraction and martial law rehearsal.
Absolutely.
Time Square Billboard
Sick.
The value of the information shared in this video cannot be quantified. *Please, listen, watch, and take note.
... Plus the emotional intelligence of a mad dog.
It's a big word for him. He must have heard it from one of his kids.
This is what it looks like when institutions start caving to authoritarian regimes. If you went to Penn, you should make sure the president’s office hears from you: 215-898-7221. Then, send an email: president@upenn.edu.
Source?
For this one, I'd be good with " Gulf of America "
Gropenfuhrer 😃
Oh wow! A strongly worded letter.
Definitely need more of this.
- Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index (FRI): 93/100 - Trend: Stable - Urgent Notes: The alliance remains strained but superficially intact. No public affirmations, no public fallout. Stability is masking unresolved fracture potential. Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index Background
- Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index (FRI): 93/100 - Trend: Stable - Urgent Notes: No change in posture or rhetoric. Musk’s legal shadow looms. Strategic silence suggests coordination—or paralysis. Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index Background
- Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index (FRI): 93/100 - Trend: Stable - Urgent Notes: Ongoing silence reinforces assumptions of internal strain. No rebuttal to DOJ developments. Musk visibility waning amid market and legal headwinds. Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index Background
- Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index (FRI): 93/100 - Trend: Rising - Urgent Notes: TSLA's continued plunge (-53% YTD) intensifies pressure on Musk’s credibility and Trump’s alliance. Rumors swirl of internal DOGE contingency planning. Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index Background
Could someone explain whether this is a final decision or whether it is yet to be decided? But with the timeline for such a decision be?
- Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index (FRI): 92/100 - Trend: Stable - Urgent Notes: No formal Trump response to DOJ subpoena. Musk silent. Signals suggest internal strategy may be shifting, but fracture remains latent — not yet public. Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index Background
- Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index (FRI): 90/100 - Trend: Escalating - Urgent Note: Musk DOJ subpoena under FARA intensifies legal scrutiny. Implications for Musk's involvement in DOGE/alignment with Trump over tariff policy. Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index Background
Pls don’t repost this or Trump will expode his depends!!
- Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index (FRI): 88/100 - Trend: Stable - Urgent Notes: No visible progress or collapse. Continued lack of transparency reinforces the perception of silent strain between Trump and Musk. Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index Background
Are we on our own echo chamber? If so, I don't think that's good. I'm not asking for the insane and unreasonable, but it would be good to hear other cogent points of view.
Jail them until all prisoners are returned and afforded due process.
February 1
Russia, Russia, Russia
- Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index (FRI): 88/100 - Trend: Stable - Urgent Notes: Trump silent on Musk exit speculation. No clarifying signals. Momentum toward fracture has slowed, but tension remains unresolved. Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index Background
It's well beyond stupidity. It's a combination of malice, arrogance, ignorance, and apathy.
Serious question - what products do we import from Russia?
Reminder to the House and Senate GOP: you can get rid of this guy anytime you want, save the economy, and be heroes
- Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index (FRI) (REvised): 88/100 - Trend: Stable to increasing - Urgent Notes: No direct response to Musk exit rumors. DOGE controversies persist. Perception of instability holding steady at elevated levels. Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index Background
Wooooooooboyyyyy!!!! Democratic House Rep. Stephen Lynch goes off in the hearing on cybersecurity about the breaches by Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, Mike Waltz, etc. "I am offended!" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
New Yorkers deserve better.
- Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index (FRI): 86/100 - Trend: Stable - Urgent Notes: Still no signs of reconciliation or rupture. Narrative drift continues in silence. No new events, but structural tension remains. Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index Background
Read the room.
Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov for President!!!
- Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index (FRI): 86/100 - Trend: Stable - Urgent Notes: Political silence continues. No new fractures, but sustained stress from unresolved DOGE legal constraints and MAGA criticism of Musk. Fracture Risk Index Background
I've been listening to Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov all night. Outstanding!!! Every news channel and outlet should be covering this.
Senator Booker's filabuster. www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
Cory Booker has taken the Senate floor and plans to filibuster as long as he’s physically able to protest the complete disregard for the rule of law by Trump and Musk. Watch here: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
They might also want to look at Citizens United v as well. Hugely damaging.
- Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index (FRI): 86/100 - Trend: Stable - Urgent Notes: Public messaging remains muted. Silence interpreted as tactical, not reconciliatory. Risk level remains elevated. Background
Why do I find myself rooting for the bad guys?
- Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index (FRI): 86/100 - Trend: Stable - Urgent Notes: Public friction remains quiet but unresolved. No new escalation, but narrative cohesion remains strained beneath the surface. Background
It's the price of his love.
Why even have these people on your programs?
You are an idiot. Enjoy your final term.
- Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index (FRI): 86/100 - Trend: Stable - Urgent Notes: Musk remains under MAGA scrutiny following GOP PA loss. DOGE legal constraints persist; no visible de-escalation. [Background[(github.com/jgoldwein/FR...)
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Rotten to the core!
- Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index (FRI): 86/100 - Trend: Slightly Rising - Urgent Notes: MAGA grassroots criticism of Musk after PA loss reveals emerging rift. DOGE legal pressure continues to mount. Background
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Hard to believe this issue is even up for debate.
- Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index (FRI): 85/100 - Trend: Stable - Urgent Notes: DOGE faces mounting legal obstacles; Musk’s financial entanglements and judiciary clashes sustain high fracture risk. Background
... that we know of.
Source?
- Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index (FRI): 85/100 - Trend: Stable - Urgent Notes: DOGE faces legal challenges and financial scrutiny; Musk’s position remains precarious amid public and political pressure. Background
He did say that this was the best Cabinet ever, right?
Please let's not forget about her.
Another classic "why don't you contact your local senator" issue. What a fool. No wonder the Democrats are polling so low.
- Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index (FRI): 85/100 - Trend: Stable - Urgent Notes: DOGE faces legal, financial strain; Trump-Musk rift risk remains high.
Better yet, all Paul, Weiss clients should back away from an advocate who clearly is not on their side. Sadly, for P,W only money talks.
- Trump-Musk Fracture Risk Index (FRI): 85/100 - Trend: Stable - Urgent Notes: DOGE faces legal, financial strain; Trump-Musk rift risk remains high. Background: github.com/jgoldwein/FR...
This is chilling.
Current FRI Score: 85/100 Trend: Stable Urgent Notes: Recent legal challenges against DOGE's access to Social Security data and concerns over Musk's financial leverage continue to contribute to a high fracture risk. See github.com/jgoldwein/FR... for details.
- Current FRI Score: 85/100 - Trend: Increasing - Urgent Notes: Escalating legal challenges against DOGE, significant financial losses in Musk's ventures, and internal resistance within federal agencies are intensifying fracture risks. See github.com/jgoldwein/FR... for details.
Current FRI Score: 80/100 Trend: Increasing Urgent Notes: Recent legal challenges and internal conflicts have escalated tensions within the administration.
OMG!
Should have written "...this should apply...".
Well below Measles.
Fracture Risk Index (FRI) of the Trump-Musk relationship considering Musk’s major support of Trump, Trump’s well-documented transactional approach to leadership, their personalities and many other factors. See github.com/jgoldwein/FRI for details. Today's FRI Score: 72 (Critical Risk zone)
To be fair this would have to apply only to citizens who begin paying into Social Security after passage.
Yes
Yes
Yes.
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