Aimé Fournier PhD (he/him)
@aimef.bsky.social
Math Professor, Research Scientist for geophysics, sustainable energy etc. plus background expertise in climate and weather, physics etc.
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Absolutely. The entitlement and ignorance in American culture is way too prevalent and it sucks how hard life will need to get to burn that shit out of your society, but it’s so fucking overdue.
I’m sorry for all the Americans who know better, but you’re all stuck in the same raft now.
I’m sorry for all the Americans who know better, but you’re all stuck in the same raft now.
January 18, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Absolutely. The entitlement and ignorance in American culture is way too prevalent and it sucks how hard life will need to get to burn that shit out of your society, but it’s so fucking overdue.
I’m sorry for all the Americans who know better, but you’re all stuck in the same raft now.
I’m sorry for all the Americans who know better, but you’re all stuck in the same raft now.
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Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
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I really don't like to say it, but it's time for all American allies to force close ALL American military bases in their respective countries. Maybe that would send a powerful enough message to the Felon in chief.
January 18, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I really don't like to say it, but it's time for all American allies to force close ALL American military bases in their respective countries. Maybe that would send a powerful enough message to the Felon in chief.
Who benefits from endless war? `Israel objected to participation of Qatar…After Israel struck Qatar in September 2025…Netanyahu…lashed out against the country…even as Qatar was trying to negotiate a cease-fire…at the request of the US government'
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
$1 Billion in Cash Buys a Permanent Seat on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Who benefits from endless war? `Israel objected to participation of Qatar…After Israel struck Qatar in September 2025…Netanyahu…lashed out against the country…even as Qatar was trying to negotiate a cease-fire…at the request of the US government'
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
Aye? `Trump lashed out at Darren Woods…for blurting out…that Venezuelan oil is “uninvestable”…Jamie Dimon…suggested that undermining the Fed’s independence might be a bad idea…Trump not only lashed out at Dimon but threatened to sue…Faustian bargains never end well'
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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Big Business Should End Its Faustian Bargain With Trump
He’s out of control – and if you don’t hang together to counter him, you’ll hang separately
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January 19, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Aye? `Trump lashed out at Darren Woods…for blurting out…that Venezuelan oil is “uninvestable”…Jamie Dimon…suggested that undermining the Fed’s independence might be a bad idea…Trump not only lashed out at Dimon but threatened to sue…Faustian bargains never end well'
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Why does #Trump lie about #BlueState issues? `Unauthorized immigrant populations…from 2019 to 2022…6 states showed significant growth: FL (+0.40M); TX (+0.085M)…CA (–0.12M) is the only…whose UIP decreased…Largest UIP in 2022 were: CA (1.8M); TX (1.6M); FL (1.2M)' www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
What we know about unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S.
The unauthorized immigrant population in the U.S. grew to 11 million in 2022, but remained below the peak of 12.2 million in 2007.
www.pewresearch.org
January 19, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Why does #Trump lie about #BlueState issues? `Unauthorized immigrant populations…from 2019 to 2022…6 states showed significant growth: FL (+0.40M); TX (+0.085M)…CA (–0.12M) is the only…whose UIP decreased…Largest UIP in 2022 were: CA (1.8M); TX (1.6M); FL (1.2M)' www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Yes. See www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 19, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Yes. See www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Look, _each_ of the #Ended8wars claims from DJT was not a war or not ended. `Trump hosted the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan at the White House…The text of the treaty was initialed by foreign ministers…but the leaders have yet to sign…and parliaments have yet to ratify'
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
FACT FOCUS: Trump says he's ended eight wars. His numbers are off
U.S. President Donald Trump continues to claim he has ended eight wars this year, but that is exaggerated.
apnews.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Look, _each_ of the #Ended8wars claims from DJT was not a war or not ended. `Trump hosted the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan at the White House…The text of the treaty was initialed by foreign ministers…but the leaders have yet to sign…and parliaments have yet to ratify'
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Cui bono? `BLS reports…are provided to the White House the previous night…on the strict condition that the information is to be kept confidential…to prevent insider trading…Trump’s…post…was illegal and would probably have led to jail time if a staffer had done it.'
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One Year of Trumponomics
What have we learned?
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January 18, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Cui bono? `BLS reports…are provided to the White House the previous night…on the strict condition that the information is to be kept confidential…to prevent insider trading…Trump’s…post…was illegal and would probably have led to jail time if a staffer had done it.'
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Why does DJT cater to Xi & Putin? “China and Russia must be having a field day…who benefit from divisions among Allies. If Greenland’s security is at risk…address this inside NATO. Tariffs risk making Europe and the US poorer and undermine our shared prosperity.” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 17, 2026
After the extraordinary pushback on President Donald J.
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January 18, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Why does DJT cater to Xi & Putin? “China and Russia must be having a field day…who benefit from divisions among Allies. If Greenland’s security is at risk…address this inside NATO. Tariffs risk making Europe and the US poorer and undermine our shared prosperity.” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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These elected Dems still don’t get it. @booker.senate.gov
January 17, 2026 at 11:34 PM
These elected Dems still don’t get it. @booker.senate.gov
Courage to say the obvious? `Rep. Bacon (R-NE)…telling...“You don’t threaten a NATO ally…Denmark has fought…by our side…in Iraq and Afghanistan…On the weird chance he’s serious about invading Greenland…It would lead to impeachment. Invading an ally…is a high crime”' open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 16, 2026
Well, President Donald J.
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January 18, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Courage to say the obvious? `Rep. Bacon (R-NE)…telling...“You don’t threaten a NATO ally…Denmark has fought…by our side…in Iraq and Afghanistan…On the weird chance he’s serious about invading Greenland…It would lead to impeachment. Invading an ally…is a high crime”' open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
#NetanyahuWarCriminal also ∵ annexation "Tool for territorial engineering…By keeping the legal line on the map and the physical blocks 100s of metres apart, Israel preserves the ability to shift where Gazans may live, move and farm without...announcing a change of border" www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israel moves Yellow Line deeper into Gaza, satellite images show
Israel placed and later moved control markers in three areas, with some placed deeper inside Gaza than maps suggested.
www.bbc.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:37 AM
#NetanyahuWarCriminal also ∵ annexation "Tool for territorial engineering…By keeping the legal line on the map and the physical blocks 100s of metres apart, Israel preserves the ability to shift where Gazans may live, move and farm without...announcing a change of border" www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump pretending he isn't the problem. `End the effort to kill the CFPB, restore its funding, and let it get back to…its job. This would immediately help Americans with credit card debt, and many other struggling American families…No legislation would be required' open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Donald Trump, Would-Be Price Controller
Unfortunately for him, tweets don’t change the law
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January 15, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Trump pretending he isn't the problem. `End the effort to kill the CFPB, restore its funding, and let it get back to…its job. This would immediately help Americans with credit card debt, and many other struggling American families…No legislation would be required' open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Inciting #misogynistViolence? ` #FoxNews warned…“Organized gangs of wine moms…harass and impede ICE agents…Self-important White women…if we simply allow these…would-be revolutionaries to do whatever they want… #ReneeGood will not be the last to needlessly die”'
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 13, 2026
Officials in the Trump administration insist its surges of federal agents into Democratic-led cities are necessary to round up undocumented immigrants, but the agents’ mission increasingly looks as if...
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January 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Inciting #misogynistViolence? ` #FoxNews warned…“Organized gangs of wine moms…harass and impede ICE agents…Self-important White women…if we simply allow these…would-be revolutionaries to do whatever they want… #ReneeGood will not be the last to needlessly die”'
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Cowardly, inept or weak? `The warning…to…refuse illegal orders took on renewed meaning…The US military…used a secret aircraft…disguised to look like a civilian plane…The Defense Department manual…explicitly prohibits “feigning civilian status and then attacking.”'
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 12, 2026
Today, Democratic senator Mark Kelly of Arizona sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Defense Department, Navy Secretary John Phelan, and the Navy Department for violating his First Amendment right...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Cowardly, inept or weak? `The warning…to…refuse illegal orders took on renewed meaning…The US military…used a secret aircraft…disguised to look like a civilian plane…The Defense Department manual…explicitly prohibits “feigning civilian status and then attacking.”'
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Who in the GOP wants a king? `Senator Tillis (R-NC)…posted...“advisers within the Trump Administration are actively pushing to end the independence of the Federal Reserve…It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question.”'
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 11, 2026
The news has seemed to move more and more quickly in the last week.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Who in the GOP wants a king? `Senator Tillis (R-NC)…posted...“advisers within the Trump Administration are actively pushing to end the independence of the Federal Reserve…It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question.”'
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Will big corporations learn their support for oligarchy and authoritarianism hurts their bottom line, and instead support working people?
`The #PeoplesUnionUSA is calling for a boycott of the following companies: #Amazon; #HomeDepot; #Starbucks; #Target; #Walmart' www.newsweek.com/peoples-unio...
`The #PeoplesUnionUSA is calling for a boycott of the following companies: #Amazon; #HomeDepot; #Starbucks; #Target; #Walmart' www.newsweek.com/peoples-unio...
List of companies being boycotted in January
The People's Union USA has shared a list of five, big American companies that it will be boycotting this month.
www.newsweek.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Will big corporations learn their support for oligarchy and authoritarianism hurts their bottom line, and instead support working people?
`The #PeoplesUnionUSA is calling for a boycott of the following companies: #Amazon; #HomeDepot; #Starbucks; #Target; #Walmart' www.newsweek.com/peoples-unio...
`The #PeoplesUnionUSA is calling for a boycott of the following companies: #Amazon; #HomeDepot; #Starbucks; #Target; #Walmart' www.newsweek.com/peoples-unio...
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Value childcare? Employ competent investigators! `Right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley…claimed fraud…but child care centers lock their doors and obscure the windows for the safety of the children, and would not let a strange man inside the facility to videotape.'
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open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 10, 2026
Yesterday, in an apparent attempt to regain control of the national narrative surrounding the deadly shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, Vice President J.D.
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January 11, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Value childcare? Employ competent investigators! `Right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley…claimed fraud…but child care centers lock their doors and obscure the windows for the safety of the children, and would not let a strange man inside the facility to videotape.'
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Exactly.
x.com/AlexanderMcC...
x.com/AlexanderMcC...
Alexander McCoy on X: "I’m a Marine Corp veteran, trained by LEOs when I served in US embassies on how to handle unruly individuals or protestors. 1) If you are the guys with guns, you are the ones responsible for the situation. Doubly so if you outnumber the person you’re engaging. 2) You do not" / X
I’m a Marine Corp veteran, trained by LEOs when I served in US embassies on how to handle unruly individuals or protestors. 1) If you are the guys with guns, you are the ones responsible for the situation. Doubly so if you outnumber the person you’re engaging. 2) You do not
x.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Exactly.
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x.com/AlexanderMcC...
`1945…The War Department thought it…important…to understand the tactics fascists would use to take power…Pit religious, racial, and economic groups against one another…Deny any need for international cooperation…“Label…‘communists’ everyone who refuses to support”'
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open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 9, 2026
Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S.
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January 10, 2026 at 2:44 PM
`1945…The War Department thought it…important…to understand the tactics fascists would use to take power…Pit religious, racial, and economic groups against one another…Deny any need for international cooperation…“Label…‘communists’ everyone who refuses to support”'
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Keep urging GOP congress people to reclaim their War Powers and all other Constitutional powers from their tyrannical, hatemonger leader. `Senator Rand Paul…Republican Senators Susan Collins…Lisa Murkowski…Josh Hawley of Missouri…Todd Young…joined…Democrats to vote yes'
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
Senate Republicans deal Trump a rare rebuke with Venezuela war powers vote
In a rare rebuke to President Trump, five Republicans joined with Democrats on Thursday to advance a measure that would require congressional authorization for future military action in Venezuela.
www.npr.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Keep urging GOP congress people to reclaim their War Powers and all other Constitutional powers from their tyrannical, hatemonger leader. `Senator Rand Paul…Republican Senators Susan Collins…Lisa Murkowski…Josh Hawley of Missouri…Todd Young…joined…Democrats to vote yes'
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
www.npr.org/transcripts/...