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Who wore it better? bsky.app/profile/mout...

New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms

The Bulwark’s @timmiller.bsky.social tells Joe that Donald Trump has spoken “to the id of the Republican base voter,” in his blood and soil, nationalist approach to politics. Prior to Trump, Miller explains, GOP leaders seemed to repress that instinct within the party.

“We asked a question that wasn’t about politics at all: What is the most important thing that happened in your life during the past year?” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/o...

Very realistic and sobering summary of our situation. www.collapse2050.com/malthus-was-...

We have a year’s worth of economic data since Liberation Day, when President Trump announced much higher tariffs on most imported goods and countries, and the data are definitive; the tariffs have done significant damage to the economy.

When Trump pulled out of the international nuclear agreement with Tehran in 2018, Iran lacked even a single bomb's worth of uranium. Since then, it accumulated 22,000 pounds of enriched uranium. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Countries where it’s illegal to criticize the president: • Iran • China • Russia • North Korea • The United States

If the US “doesn’t need oil from the Gulf”, and “produces more than anyone else”, why aren’t our fuel prices the lowest of any country?

Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat.

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danielpinchbeck.substack.com/p/oh-lucky-man

She looks a lot older than zero years.

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Three rules in FBI firearm training: 1. Always point your weapon downrange 2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot 3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like

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Spheres of influence? Oil revolution? Imperialism? A new political theory argues that we're thinking about Trump's global takeover all wrong. "Actors are debasing themselves to this order, like the Swiss bringing gold bars and Rolexes to the White House to avoid being targets of tariffs.

I saw a great quote the other day… “MTG was an enemy of the left for years, and never feared for her life. She turned against MAGA for one day and needed to get security”

It's been a few days since Trump announced his "deal" with Xi. It's now clear that Trump got fleeced. America gave up lots and got nothing. It's a story you should know bc few things matter more than the U.S.-China relationship. 1/ So here's a🧵

I feel like it's time to direct our ire at the GOP congress instead of Trump. It's obvious Trump doesn't give a shit about our protests. But maybe if we were contstantly protesting the GOP congress instead, they'd take some sort of action at some point??? Just a thought...

“I never thought federal officers could behave this way. I really didn’t,” she said. “I always thought people must be provoking them or something, that they would never do this unprovoked. Obviously, I was wrong.” www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

WTF?

Hypocrites. What about the Jan 6 rioters, Kristi?

No. No they're not.

This is bad.

100 years of average January-April temperature anomalies over land areas through this year... climate change and climate variability Data provided by NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...) 🧪

It is bracing to reread the Framers’ bone-deep fears about foreign corruption of the presidency and realize Trump is exactly what they were trying to prevent. slate.com/news-and-pol...

I hope everyone has the chance to read and digest this extremely important Naomi Klein (Shock Doctrine author) interview. She "breaks down the dark logic of Trump and Musk’s path of destruction — and what the world’s richest people really want." Outtake below. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

"The most powerful people in the world are preparing for the end of the world, an end they themselves are frenetically accelerating." Powerful essay from @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social on End Times Fascism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Trump 2.0: Armed fed'l agents burst in (apparently a no-knock warrant). Since they'd worked the case, they knew who they were looking for. Instead, they found a mom & her 3 girls. Nonetheless, they sent them out into the rain in underwear & then took all their $ as evidence. kfor.com/news/local/w...

Trump just said he should be pope.

Follow this to see how batshit crazy his posts are. ‪Trump's Truth Social‬ ‪@trumpstruth.bsky.social‬ · 2h The Polls from the Fake News are, like the News itself, FAKE! We are doing GREAT, better than ever before.

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Seems highly fitting. youtu.be/QxTMbIxEj-E?...

"Trump’s interest in Greenland is often associated with the island’s vast, but largely untapped, mineral resources. But its strategic location is arguably an even greater asset." theconversation.com/us-and-russi...

Whatever happened to the congressionally mandated TikTok ban?

"Disinformation is the number one short-term risk facing the world in 2024, according to the Global Risks Report." shorturl.at/MNkdm

Who knew Donvict would be so talented in predicting the future. Nailed it!