lelac.bsky.social

lelac.bsky.social

@lelac.bsky.social

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I'm beginning to think our leader may be compromised. On the one hand, he is helping out his Russian buddy to kill more citizens in Ukraine AND at the same time addressing an economic issue for his trucker buddies at home. What a guy!

Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret)@portlandken.bsky.social

Trump just announced that he is importing 400,000 tons of Russian diesel right away and up to 4,000,000 tons over the coming months. Every US$ going to Putin will be used to buy more missiles and drones to kill Ukrainian civilians. Trump's largess will lead to thousands of deaths. 1/2

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Home of the Brave is proud to join @votevets.org and The Cultural Landscape Foundation in the effort to educate Americans about the controversy surrounding Trump's proposed 250-ft arch at Memorial Circle and give a voice to the veterans, Gold Star families, historians, and others opposed to it.

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NO! We should use impeachment first as a huge threat. We should submit corrective legislation immediately after the election and hold President Trump and his Minions to passage. Start this impeachment threat right away. Use it as a tool / bargaining chip first. Then impeach regardless.

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social

I agree with @jvl.bsky.social. Dems would do well to conduct serial impeachments. First Heggy (if he is not convicted in Dec, after he IS impeached in House), then RFK. Then prioritize based on what will either gain support among Senate GOPers OR embarrass them. www.thebulwark.com/p/impeach-th...

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Has anyone pointed out that literally everything Trump sells (hats, watches, guitars, bibles, cologne, perfume, crap collectibles, coins, clothing, sneakers, t-shirts, golf accessories, etc) is made exclusively in “communist” China?

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Is there a booth with the bearded lady? And is the freak show still in the big white building?

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social

The Great American State Fair Is a Great Trumpian Disaster The debacle on the National Mall captures an administration in free fall — and a president who is only interested in celebrating himself.

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TELL ME THAT "ENTITLEMENTS" ARE A PROBLEM WHILE WE SEE THIS REALITY... 968 billion? Plus what we spent on A fake war in Iran. THE MILITARY BUDGET IS THE PROBLEM. #FaceFacts We spent too much on wars and killings. We really are a shithole Nation.

Gene47@gene47.bsky.social

Mike Johnson has said the "entitlements are the problem", meanwhile they authorized $500 billion more for Defense, $350 billion more for ICE, paid $765 million to stop offshore wind power folks to stop production, $400 million more for a vanity ballroom. "Entitlements are the problem"???

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This article is so well written.

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com

The world’s richest men “have clearly left the world of consequences behind,” Noah Hawley writes. “Their actions are only ever judged by themselves.” Here’s what Hawley learned about the ultra-wealthy at Jeff Bezos’s Campfire retreat:

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This is 7 minutes of foreign policy experience and intelligence on the current situation with the war with Iran. AND it is much better than listening to your friendly related real estate agent. Intelligence is still out there. abcnews.com/video/132400...

abcnews.comVideo ‘You can't do this in 20 hours’: Sherman on peace talks with IranABC News’ George Stephanopoulos interviews former Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Council on Foreign Relations President Emeritus Richard Haass on “This Week.”

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"A firing squad is a couple bucks, and it's human". A pastor, and the Lt. Gov of Indiana. What a guy!

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social

Indiana's Christian nationalist Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith says that the death penalty is "a blessing" because it allows the condemned "to be in the presence of Jesus" after they are executed. www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

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I am retired but I learned in my professional career that people do business with people that they like and people that they trust. And if they didn't like you and didn't trust you, then you better be cheap. Real cheap. Applies to all agreements unless you never have to deal with other side again

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Replying to @austinkocher.com

it was the only way he could stop the wind farms 'The Trump administration will pay the French energy giant TotalEnergies nearly $1 billion to abandon its plans to build wind farms off the East Coast, the Interior Department said on Monday at an energy conference in Houston." - vi NYTimes

nyti.msnyti.ms

At DAVOS Sec Bessent dismissed suggestions Europe might take a UdenUSA approach in the finance markets. In response to AkademikerPension's decision, he said: “Denmark's investments in US Treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant.” Can this admin be any more dickish?

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CARNEY: “.. You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.” 🔥

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "

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Wouldn’t surprise me if FIFA diverted all games to Canada and Mexico because of travel bans. Will really suck for US cities who’ve planned for these games. My spouse decided not to buy $500 tickets since they’ll probably be $50 when nobody is allowed in to go to the games.