Been wondering where Trump would find his war.
Been wondering where Trump would find his war.
Yep
He’s not going until he’s a liability to Putin’s ambitions. Or maybe Xi’s?
Like, like, like!
Umm, he’s confusing charm with empathy. Narcissists are extremely charming. People who aren’t close enough to experience their wrath, instead find them very likable.
The irony is that grassroots Republicans are terrified of the Chinese —all while they hand the future to China by blocking wind and solar via county zoning rules.
This is one of the big plays behind the Trump Administration. Tether the US economy to the 20th Century.
Of course. They’ve completely sabotaged and isolated the US
Clean energy puts money into the pockets of local farmers, ranchers, school districts and county road departments. Instead of multinational fossil fuel companies. It literally is an economic juggernaut for rural America.
Thank you for pointing this out.
If you think RFK is mass murder, wait till you see climate change in all its fullness. We are literally changing the chemistry of the planet, not just the temperature
Thank you for pointing this out.
It also means handing the future to China.
Actually Xi or Putin are my picks for the most dangerous person in this administration.
I vaguely remember tweeting something like the country that effectively captures this free energy source at scale will rule the 21st century. whelp.
Stalk much?
Actually, they are right. You can’t win elections if you have contempt for the human need for security. And that’s where the left is — braying about dropping rates of violent crime, w/o appreciating that many of us live in a low-grade Mad-Max world that isn’t represented in murder stats.
A spectacular timelapse flying over Mexico and the United States at night in the International Space Station.
Hope is what we do when the odds are long and the options limited. It is the stubborn act of trying when despair feels easier. Rather than a passive optimism, hope is the commitment of those who believe they can make a difference, however small. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
I’ve worked in private industry my entire career. Run government like a business? That’s a hard ‘no.’
And not by Putin, you say?
How long before they use DOGE data to against ordinary citizens?
Headline fix: Trump bends knee to Putin, vows to end mail-in voting
Donald Trump voted by mail in both New York and Florida, something both the headline and the article omit.
Headline fix: At Putin’s behest, Trump moves to end mail-in voting
Every. Single. Story. About. This should say he’s doing this on Putin’s direction. Every single one.
They are scared. Trump has the power to damage their businesses. This is about raw fear.
‘Bout time Europe releases the Epstein files.
It was a successful negotiation if you consider the motives of those involved.
The show wasn’t for Putin, it was for MAGA.
Optics. Walk and talk tough, all the while you’re giving away the store behind America’s back.
They know any security guarantee is a lie.
Actually, there are a lot better words than ‘embarrassment.’ ‘Capitulation,’ ,’ ‘surrender,’ ‘cowering,’ etc., come to mind.
Of course those are Putin’s demands…..oops, I mean talking points
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It’s worse than receiving nothing, we will learn that he capitulated. This is OUR national security too. He is throwing our security under the bus, along with Europe’s. It’s beyond time to begin framing this in terms of US security.
We have yet to see what really is coming out of the summit.
This! Other presidents start wars abroad to deflect from domestic troubles. This one sent troops into US cities to deflect from Epstein.
Actually, the most powerful force in America is a sophisticated, relentless foreign influence campaign carried over our airwaves and social media. One that relies on co-opted Americans to participate in spreading propaganda.
Of course. The only question was ‘how’ would Putin get Trump alone.
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
Can’t trust Trump or the Republicans.
Yup. Add the Putin meeting in Alaska to the efforts to move Epstein out of the news
Still don’t understand why this story was just a blip in the headlines. It ranks right up there with with Epstein and the Jan. 6 pardons.
Correct. But when this pause ceases, Trump will be gone and we will be significantly more vulnerable to everything from ‘garden variety terrorism’ to cyber war. That’s part of their plan. They’ve cemented in Russia’s upper hand.
This is uncharacteristically great messaging coming from a Democrat.
‘Splain to me why none of the national media note the obvious: This takes Epstein off the front page. Putin is capitalizing on Trump’s vulnerability.
Correction. He might be a moron, but he’s not behaving like a moron. His actions are those of a perpetually desperate man…He knows what he has to do.
Given how important CHIPS is to our future, I’ve been wondering how long it would take him to dismantle it. If you needed any convincing that he’s a hired gun and we are his target, it’s this.
He has a strategy to this…it’s like everything else he is doing. He shouts: Make America Great! I’m tough! But behind the scenes, he’s doing everything he is told to do to destroy the US.
Sort of figure Thomas will retire so that Trump can replace him.
Heck, this is what was with the migrant caravans in the way back time.
Show me that Epstein had you on the ropes without telling me.
All roads lead back to Putin.
Is that the Ron Johnson whom Putin summoned to Moscow on our Independence Day?
Dems are seen as frivolous and unserious. It’s not the party leadership that America doesn’t like. It’s the fringe that exerts outsized influence on the party’s reputation.
Elon’s taking us to Mars. No need to look up.
This is why Epstein-gate serves our enemies. It’s a distraction from the what is essentially WW III happening—and us losing—and our enemies never firing a bullet.
Kind of like climate change…but not civilization ending.
Failed state is their whole objective. The rest is horrific, tragic distraction,
Come to think of it…does Trump ever laugh?
She knew ahead of time… It was all a charade.
Thank you. Lawmakers are sacrificing public safety for personal gain. They’ve all been told about global warming and the concurrent likelihood of food shortages, immigration on a massive scale, water losses disease and war, but they just blow it off.
This is actually good news for Trump. The timing allows him to get Epstein out of the way before the midterms and 2028. The electorate will have moved on.
Headline fix: What’s the future of the American economy and security under Trump’s tax rollback on renewables? Better yet: What’s the future of food security, public health, planetary health under Trump’s tax rollback on renewables?
Sort of like handing our national security to Russia and China.
A political cartoonist friend of mine says that the one person they couldn’t lampoon for years and this was a while back was Putin. Foreign influence in American thought goes back decades
Not really.
Well, then it’s about time to stop tracking them. You know, what the Trump administration has decided to do.
Actually, the problem is a sophisticated foreign influence campaign via social media. Civics has less to do with it.
What if this was all some diabolical plan to sink the dollar…
The kids’ cabin was located in ‘the flats.’ That’s the last place anyone should sleep in an area prone to flash flloding.
Parents Gently Explain To Child That Their Money In Heaven Now
One of our local parks, which had been a magnet for Latino families, was noticeably empty over the holiday.
Brought to by the U.S. that funded science.
Between the lines: the US has a top notch weather service, but your safety can depend on random (distracted or timid) state or local officials who have other things on their minds than the weather. (This actually happens a lot)
Only thing missing in this analysis: Trump’s policies accelerate China’s ascendancy over the US. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Yup, this and funding post-disaster fixes based on lessons learned.
When a picture says 1,000 words.
Voters are accountable, period.
Hear me now and hear me here: A consequence of global warming is the atmosphere becomes saturated with water. Hence: torrential rain pours are going to become part of our reality. Oh, and there is no new normal, the planet is changing too fast.
Umm, China is eating our lunch when it comes to renewables. Intentional or not, Trump’s energy policies cede the future to China.
You can’t make this stuff up.
Add to that timeline: More than 40 years ago, scientists began warning us about global warming. We are creating a hostile planet.
Instead, they are doubling down on fossil fuels, which will only magnify suffering.
And create a police state!
Nasa astronaut on ISS, caught this sprite over Mexico and the US this morning. Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. Source: NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers
And China a shadow partner?
Same for 2016. Those who smugly said they couldn’t bring themselves to vote for Hillary.
Nope, not yet
Someone should tell farmers and ranchers that they were just robbed of complete independence from the grid. In other words, free power. The day is coming when batteries will be able to store wind or solar power. But it’s been delayed
Correction: ‘Gave’ (not ‘lost’) Trump, et al, are ‘choosing’ policies that advantage China over the US. This is a significant political weakness for Republicans. If their base understood the knowing transfer of wealth/power to China, they would freak.
NYT violates first rule of reporting: Never assume anything. This assumes Trump pivots to fossil fuels is 4 national security. His motive may be to sabotage US shift to renewables & hand the future to China. (Also, story has a 1980s understanding of climate change) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Show me you are doing Putin’s bidding without saying so.
Isn’t that what hired guns are supposed to do? Kill things?
Yep. Don’t listen to the bots preaching NYC as a path forward.
Kind of wonder if the MAGA talk of Iranian sleeper cells isn’t just deflection from the Jan. 6 sleeper cells…