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Therapist; “There is a tiger in you” The tiger in me:

There is exactly zero hypocrisy in anyone and everyone from FDR to Upton Sinclair having wealth, yet arriving at ideas and programming that attempts to redress wealth inequality. Just as there is no hypocrisy in anyone owning firearms in a gun-saturated society and being committed to gun control.

Russian fuel crisis update: 🔹St. Petersburg has restricted fuel sales, just as Moscow did earlier this week 🔹Russia is begging Asian countries for more fuel imports 🔹Even Rosstat's manipulated numbers show fuel prices are rising The road to victory is lit with oil lamps.🔥

None of these assholes who believe they are the vanguards of the "white master race" look like they could open a jam jar without having a tantrum. It was true of the SS and it's true of this lot too.

‼️THIS VIDEO SHOWS A FLAGRANT WAR CRIME‼️ These are cluster bombs, fired by the Russians, hitting Kyiv. Cluster bombs are indiscriminate weapons, and using them in populated areas is an obvious war crime. It is clear Putin does not want peace. He must be forced to accept it.

Beshear should hold a press conference to appoint a replacement for McConnell. Assume he is incapable of serving. Dare McConnell to prove him wrong.

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Israel is giving Trump's former campaign manager millions of dollars to fill the internet with pro-Israel articles written by AI, not so that anyone will actually read them, but so that *LLMs will train on them* & regurgitate their perspective. This is the future of the information environment.

This is precisely what I have been worried about - it was only a matter of time. Lives doubtless lost and an environmental catastrophe. en.mehrnews.com/news/246547/...

When Democrats take power, they must immediately cancel all of Elon Musk’s government welfare checks. Like and repost if you want this to happen.

Pay close attention to Russia's economic indicators now. Everything is going wrong. The Moscow stock exchange is on a record losing streak. Investors are abandoning banks due to fears of collapse. The government has warned even military production is being affected. Soon...🍿

The utterly pointless targeting of Meloni by Trump shows how truly chaotic US policy has become. Long after Trump is gone, the damage to US standing will remain. He was elected twice, more like him may get elected again. Decades worth of global trust in the US is gone now.

Another sign of Putin's loss of influence: Lukashenko apologized to Zelenskyy for comments threatening Ukraine. Luka admitted Belarus is highly vulnerable and Belarusians don't want war, and said he poses no military threat to Ukraine. Luka sees which way the wind is blowing.

“These men came here…to storm these beaches…not to gain anything for ourselves, not to fulfill any ambitions that America had for conquest, but just to preserve freedom, systems of self-government in the world.” ~Eisenhower to Walter Cronkite, “D-Day + Twenty Years,” 1964. Image: Eisenhower NHS.

The fuel situation in Crimea has collapsed. After further strikes on the Feodosia oil depot and on fuel truck supply routes, AI-95 gasoline is only available via vouchers, and AI-92 will be limited to 20 liters per purchase. And it will get worse. A LOT worse.

German Defence Minister Pistorius signed an agreement in Kyiv today to launch "Brave Germany", based on the Brave1 defence cluster. Brave1 successfully funds many advanced Ukrainian defence technologies, and this deal accelerates innovative German defence growth as well. 🇩🇪🤝🇺🇦

“Hungary will not be a safe haven for international criminals.” -- @magyarPeterMP Foreign politicians granted asylum by Orban after fleeing investigations at home are likely to face extradition now. Looks like a wholesale purge of Orban's corruption is underway in Hungary.

"This person basically guffawed and said: 'Well only if the United States is willing to shoot at a Chinese oil tanker'" Nick Watt reports what a senior British defence source told him on how realistic President Trump's plans to blockade the Strait of Hormuz are. #Newsnight

We're calling Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz the Ayatollbooth, tell your friends

A commenter notes that "Trump managed to be both Hitler and Chamberlain in the same negotiation. An unprecedented feat." 😭

Passage through the Strait of Hormuz isn't just commercial- it is also needed for the US Navy to access the Fifth Fleet HQ in Bahrain. This brings the possibility that the US will have to pay Iran for USN ships to be able to access their own base - or that Iran won't permit USN access at all.

Kind of fitting that at a moment that Vladimir Putin has all but conquered the American government, the national champs are, "Wolverines!" #RedDawn

Some thoughts from me here on the US Navy's options to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. BLUF: they don't have the assets without allied support to do strike, escort, and minesweeping at the same time. And allied support is not forthcoming. www.fpri.org/article/2026...

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“In less than a year, DHS has attacked the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 14th amendments to the US Constitution, the writ of habeas corpus, the independent judiciary, and much more,” states David Bier before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee. Read full testimony: https://ow.ly/z2aT50Yfcri

🚨Russian economic collapse: Kremlin economists announce Russian banks are now officially in a systemic crisis. Over 10% of all assets and loan portfolios in Russian banks are now "problematic" (i.e. f***ed). Expect a run on the banks shortly as the dominoes keep falling.🏃🏦🏃

An historic moment: Merz says Germany will accept responsibility for security on the European continent. As Russia increases threats and hybrid warfare against Europe at the same time that US support is weakening, this is an important promise at a critical point in time.

Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...

When I was at NC state, I had lunch with a visiting scholar from Sweden who was visiting US universities for the first time. He described his experience as touring “hedge funds with football teams.”

At least one insurrectionist goes to jail www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...

"We are under attack" - Italy Defence Minister on Russian hybrid war on the EU. As an eventful week of negotiations begins in Geneva, Italy's warning of the need for more active EU security measures against Russia looms large. The EU's fate and Ukraine's are deeply intertwined.

Russian economic collapse: oil exports at new lows since the full-scale war began. As US sanctions impact increases, fuel shipments dropped to about half what they were at the 2022-2023 peaks. Add in dropping Urals oil prices, and their revenue outlook is very dire indeed.📉💥

This is the food distribution line at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas 11/7/25. This is what Trump doesn't want you to see.

How Wall Street turns your monthly bills into its debt payments. #News #Finance #WallStreet #Debt #Infrastructure #politics

NEW: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state. By @dougbockclark.bsky.social

Eisenhower wanted a society made up of Americans who were citizens first and soldiers second, and of soldiers who can behave in polite society, effectively offering a counterargument to the “warrior ethos” Pete Hegseth keeps pushing.

"The Russians are testing the doorknobs... and what they're discovering is the US President is not at home." Senior Editor at the Atlantic, David Frum, on President Trump's response to Russian jets violating NATO airspace. #Newsnight

The American Bar Association rejects use of racial profiling in immigration enforcement.

We’re peacefully protesting for our neighbors. What does ICE do? Pick us up and throw us on the ground. No arrest, no identification, no process.

Irony about Rumsfeld is that Americans made the same mistake with him that they made with McNamara and later, with Trump: We are convinced that people who were in business can run the government like a business. It's a stupid, stupid belief but millions of Americans are wedded to it.

Postering for Progress kicks off September 6 - 7, a two-day race to see who can spread our message the farthest. Here’s how it works:

RIP ADP labor economists

“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...

share.google/j798FUGuhLEz... Any immigrants involved?

He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.

Sources tell Rolling Stone that unless Mexico gives Trump what he wants, he is serious about attacking. And according to administration officials and others familiar with the Trump administration preparations, it’s not a bluff. More: rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

I had no idea that Jonathan Turley was Mr. Pillow with tenure.