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“.. The use of terms related to ‘American decline’ in official Chinese sources nearly doubled in 2025 ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...

“The Soviets didn’t fold from the start. Jimmy Carter came into office wanting a different dynamic. By the time he left, he understood that the only language the Soviets understood was deterrence. I propose that this is true of all illiberal movements.” www.thebulwark.com/p/a-civil-co...

Warsh’s journey to the Fed has included a blockade from a member of his own political party, deep skepticism about his independence from Trump, and ongoing questions about his vast personal wealth.

In case you are wondering how DOJ is doing in court.

Republicans know they can't win fair elections, so they don't bother moderating their policies. Republicans know they can win rigged elections, so that's where they put their best efforts.

According to 404 Media, ICE officials have admitted that Palantir has helped build a database of 20 million people for the agency to use for raids and arrests. Yet another reason why Palantir is America's most dangerous corporation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_VwyhErd88

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Here’s my plea to the national security press: don’t report what he announces at face value. You’ve been suckered over and over to cover his fake trade deals and ceasefire “announcements” like they are real. He’s desperate to look like he’s got a plan. Make sure it’s not fake.

Journalists in other countries get how horribly wrong this is. Headline from El Pais in Spain: “War in Middle East enters third week and Trump says he will keep bombing ‘for fun’”

Buttigieg: "We lived through a war that was sold to us on false pretenses when I was younger. This war has not been sold on any pretense. The president just went ahead and did it."

Admitting publicly that you only want this bill that is designed to disenfranchise voters is necessary to make sure your party wins is quite a choice. The GOP has done away with subtlety and euphemisms and is now all "we need to cheat because the polls say people don't like us."

This conversation with Bob Kagan is I think very much worth your time. Bob steps back and lays out the geopolitical consequences of the war, in the Middle East, Europe, and the Pacific—and analyzes the choice, the fork in the road—TACO or all-in—that Trump now faces. www.youtube.com/live/WqNVsah...

JFC! The right already stripped abortion rights from millions of women. Contraception is next. Project 2025 made the agenda clear. This was never about saving babies. It’s about control, pushing women back into submission and forcing more births. 1/2

Remember the first term verdicts of his top staff? Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Trump had the understanding of “a fifth- or sixth-grader”. John Kelly, Rince Priebus and Steven Mnuchin: “an idiot”. National security adviser H.R. McMaster: a “dope”. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson: "a moron".

Trump insists several countries have committed to helping reopen the strait, but won't name them. “Iran wants to make a deal,” but Trump claims he declined “because the terms aren’t good enough yet.” Iran’s foreign minister said Tehran had not even asked for negotiations, let alone a ceasefire.

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We lose a billion dollars a day and Russia gets its oil sanctions lifted while its in high demand. Yes. Trump is a russian asset.

We’ve reached the point where the damage Trump has done to the economy with his impulsive war will not correct by the time low information voters form their final judgements on the midterm election

"I ASSUMED the US Military had an active plan to open the Strait." How can people who are paid to understand geopolitics be so bafflingly naive?

I have questions… Why is the U.S. Treasury secretary doing media rounds about Trump’s war in the first place, then suddenly getting summoned into the Situation Room? Clearly, Scott Bessent comes back looking shook. If the war strategy is so solid, why yank him out of a live interview?

Oh no people were targeting the DOGE boys? www.propublica.org/article/doge...

Daily reminder

Every now and then, it's worth reminding yourself that every single crisis of Trump 2.0 -- the economic downturn, the chaos in our cities, the rising health crisis, the foreign wars -- has been a direct result of their own actions. If they'd done nothing at all, they'd be coasting comfortably.

a scoundrelly gimbus who makes it hard to make categorical statements about bullying being wrong.

The mood in Moscow was triumphant after Trump administration temporarily lifted some sanctions on Russian oil because of the Iran war, report Ivan Nechepurenko and @paulsonne.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/w...

The war in Iran has already cost the U.S. billions of dollars. Here's the impact by the numbers. n.pr/3PArHBQ

Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

Why would Kash Patel do this? Explain it to me like I’m five.

We need peace not war. People are surprised when I say I’m 100% against wars because I’m a veteran, but once you’ve seen with your own eyes what war does, you’re never the same. That’s not something I’d wish on anyone. It leaves a stain on your soul you can never wash off.

Gotta get Trump to stop calling a war IN WRITING

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ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.

Federal agents shot a protestor they had pinned to the ground multiple times. No official word on their status but hard to see how anyone could survive. State murder. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week

BREAKING: The Tribune confirmed on Instagram that the man shot has died, according to two sources with knowledge of the incident. ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, sources also told the Tribune. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene.

ICE thugs have murdered another man in the streets of Minneapolis this morning. These violent criminals must be stopped. This murderous regime must be opposed with the power of the majority.

You did not bear the shame. You resisted. You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour. — The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin

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Surprise surprise.🙄

Trump (with bipartisan help) offloaded TikTok to his rich technofascist buddies who are going to do everything they spent the last four years accusing China of. Probably more.

I have heard from three separate people in the last week who attended their first ever protest. The breaking point: Watching videos of the murder of Renee Good and the White House's blatant lies about it.

I have noticed a disturbing number of calls for violence against ICE agents. One word: DON'T! Around the world, dictators WANT violence because it provides cover for them to launch massive militarized retaliation. Dictators even stage false-flag operations to provide themselves with an excuse.

I don't think people understand how violent ICE has been against US citizens. They are just beating the shit out of people for sport now. bsky.app/profile/stat...