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The initial colonist launch is cheap. Henceforth every resupply mission should face an adverse impact to home planet analysis. You shouldn’t be allowed to create massive energy deficit or emissions on earth for shit on mars.
This is a good policy for pretty much every billionaire big idea.
- Colonize asteroids or other planets? Great, but the first job for resources is to fix climate on Earth
- Massive power consumption for AI Data centers? Great, but first major task is solving sustainability
- Self driving? 4 transit!
- Colonize asteroids or other planets? Great, but the first job for resources is to fix climate on Earth
- Massive power consumption for AI Data centers? Great, but first major task is solving sustainability
- Self driving? 4 transit!
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If you watched CBS tonight, you saw legacy media capitulation.
I created Democracy Docket to never back down or obey. It has no corporate backers, venture capitalists or private equity investors. It's only accountable to its members who support its 22-person team. Become one now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
I created Democracy Docket to never back down or obey. It has no corporate backers, venture capitalists or private equity investors. It's only accountable to its members who support its 22-person team. Become one now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
January 7, 2026 at 3:15 AM
If you watched CBS tonight, you saw legacy media capitulation.
I created Democracy Docket to never back down or obey. It has no corporate backers, venture capitalists or private equity investors. It's only accountable to its members who support its 22-person team. Become one now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
I created Democracy Docket to never back down or obey. It has no corporate backers, venture capitalists or private equity investors. It's only accountable to its members who support its 22-person team. Become one now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Good.
January 7, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Good.
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btw for those who don't know why Americans with chronic illness got like 75% more stressed on Jan 1st, it is not just because all the insurance rates blew up.
On 1/1, deductibles reset. which means you have to spend some amount of money (up to $10k sometimes) before your insurance COVERS ANYTHING
On 1/1, deductibles reset. which means you have to spend some amount of money (up to $10k sometimes) before your insurance COVERS ANYTHING
January 7, 2026 at 2:28 AM
btw for those who don't know why Americans with chronic illness got like 75% more stressed on Jan 1st, it is not just because all the insurance rates blew up.
On 1/1, deductibles reset. which means you have to spend some amount of money (up to $10k sometimes) before your insurance COVERS ANYTHING
On 1/1, deductibles reset. which means you have to spend some amount of money (up to $10k sometimes) before your insurance COVERS ANYTHING
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15. Bribery of the American president is now factored into the cost of global trade, a pattern of corruption that will no doubt deepen as heads of state realize that, in the wake of the kidnapping of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, Donald Trump will take what he wants if it is not given to him.
January 6, 2026 at 8:27 PM
15. Bribery of the American president is now factored into the cost of global trade, a pattern of corruption that will no doubt deepen as heads of state realize that, in the wake of the kidnapping of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, Donald Trump will take what he wants if it is not given to him.
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13. The explicit goal was to loot the safety net; create a secret police force; suppress freedoms of speech, religion and movement; immiserate the property-owning middle classes; and reshape society so that rich white men like Donald Trump could once again rule with impunity.
January 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
13. The explicit goal was to loot the safety net; create a secret police force; suppress freedoms of speech, religion and movement; immiserate the property-owning middle classes; and reshape society so that rich white men like Donald Trump could once again rule with impunity.
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9. Then there were the mainstream corporate leaders on Wall Street and beyond, who quickly understood that he really could get away with it, like all the other elites over the last 20 years who’d gotten away with their crimes.
www.editorialboard.com/jeffrey-epst...
www.editorialboard.com/jeffrey-epst...
Jeffrey Epstein and the corruption rotting America
Is it any wonder our country is vulnerable to fascism?
www.editorialboard.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:25 PM
9. Then there were the mainstream corporate leaders on Wall Street and beyond, who quickly understood that he really could get away with it, like all the other elites over the last 20 years who’d gotten away with their crimes.
www.editorialboard.com/jeffrey-epst...
www.editorialboard.com/jeffrey-epst...
Reminder that this transcript was released into the void a week ago.
3. “Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power,” Jack Smith said.
www.readtpa.com/p/house-repu...
www.readtpa.com/p/house-repu...
House Republicans Buried the Jack Smith Transcript on New Year’s Eve. I Read It So You Don’t Have To.
12 takeaways from Smith's closed-door testimony
www.readtpa.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Reminder that this transcript was released into the void a week ago.
Yet US policy is to double down on dying technologies like fossil fuel and internal combustion.
Remember, Trump is notoriously bad at business.
Remember, Trump is notoriously bad at business.
Wind, solar, and electric vehicles made huge strides in 2025.
For the first time, wind and solar supplied more power than coal worldwide, while EVs accounted for more than a quarter of new car sales.
For the first time, wind and solar supplied more power than coal worldwide, while EVs accounted for more than a quarter of new car sales.
A Year of Clean Energy Breakthroughs
Even as the Trump administration rolled back support for renewable energy in the U.S., wind, solar, and electric vehicles made huge strides globally in 2025. For the first time, wind and solar supplied more power than coal worldwide, while plug-in vehicles accounted for more than a quarter of new car sales.
e360.yale.edu
January 7, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Yet US policy is to double down on dying technologies like fossil fuel and internal combustion.
Remember, Trump is notoriously bad at business.
Remember, Trump is notoriously bad at business.
Mood.
All roads lead to Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid
January 7, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Mood.
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The only Jan 6er who learned her lesson. Pam Hemphill refused Trump’s pardon, has deep remorse for her actions. Today is an anniversary no one should celebrate #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jnk8...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jnk8...
WATCH: 'MAGA Granny' Pamela Hemphill, who rejected Trump's Jan. 6 pardon, says 'I own that guilt'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
m.youtube.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:44 AM
The only Jan 6er who learned her lesson. Pam Hemphill refused Trump’s pardon, has deep remorse for her actions. Today is an anniversary no one should celebrate #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jnk8...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jnk8...
At least something positive happened today.
CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who sold U.S. secrets to the Soviets, has died in a Maryland prison. He was 84.
CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who sold US secrets to the Soviets, dies in prison at 84
CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who betrayed Western intelligence assets to the Soviet Union and Russia, has died in a Maryland prison.
bit.ly
January 7, 2026 at 3:06 AM
At least something positive happened today.
It’s like there’s a competition in the GOP to see who can have the worst take get taken seriously.
GOP Senator Lindsey Graham: “And to the Ayatollahs, you need to understand, if you keep killing your people who are demanding a better life, Donald J. Trump is going to kill you.”
January 7, 2026 at 3:04 AM
It’s like there’s a competition in the GOP to see who can have the worst take get taken seriously.
This is good.
The right wants to talk about fraud? Somali fraud? Okay, give me 60 seconds.
January 7, 2026 at 3:03 AM
This is good.
(View from inside Bondi’s office) “Breaking the law, breaking the law”
January 7, 2026 at 2:56 AM
(View from inside Bondi’s office) “Breaking the law, breaking the law”
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J6 prosecutor: “It’s more maddening than it is anything else. I spent years of my life watching the events of that day unfold in front of me again and again and again. I spoke with dozens and dozens of people who were there that day and who are still dealing with the trauma.”
Five years after Jan. 6, Trump is rewriting the narrative around the Capitol siege
More actions are expected, including possible payments to compensate Jan. 6 defendants, as the White House launches a webpage dedicated to Trump's claims.
www.nbcnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:45 AM
J6 prosecutor: “It’s more maddening than it is anything else. I spent years of my life watching the events of that day unfold in front of me again and again and again. I spoke with dozens and dozens of people who were there that day and who are still dealing with the trauma.”
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RE liberals and lefties knowing things about NatSec: When this is all said and done, we're going to rebuild, and Woke 2.0 demands that the FBI and CIA no longer be the territory of Mormon boys who have never had a coffee much less smoked a joint.
January 7, 2026 at 2:47 AM
RE liberals and lefties knowing things about NatSec: When this is all said and done, we're going to rebuild, and Woke 2.0 demands that the FBI and CIA no longer be the territory of Mormon boys who have never had a coffee much less smoked a joint.
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Will ANY media outlets cover: 1) what actually happened 5 years ago? And 2) what the Trump White wis trying to do in reshaping the narrative of that day? George Orwell is SCREAMING FROM HIS GRAVE!!! @meidastouch.com @legalafmtn.bsky.social PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!!
If you are a Republican lawmaker....YOU fucking did this. YOU enabled him. YOU supported him. YOU voted with him. YOU didn't remove him.
Today...because of YOU...this...is what the White House website has on it today.
Don't you dare point at him. YOU did this.
www.whitehouse.gov/j6/
Today...because of YOU...this...is what the White House website has on it today.
Don't you dare point at him. YOU did this.
www.whitehouse.gov/j6/
January 6: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
Discover the real January 6 story: peaceful protest turned tragedy, Deep State entrapment, media deception, and President Trump's triumphant pardons restoring justice to patriotic Americans.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 6, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Will ANY media outlets cover: 1) what actually happened 5 years ago? And 2) what the Trump White wis trying to do in reshaping the narrative of that day? George Orwell is SCREAMING FROM HIS GRAVE!!! @meidastouch.com @legalafmtn.bsky.social PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!!
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The president is not entitled to operate slush funds outside the operation of law.
Let’s turn to the Glorious Revolution:
Revenues “of Prerogative without Grant of Parlyament for longer time or in other manner then the same is or shall be granted is Illegall.” 1 W. & M., 2d sess., c.2 (1688/9).
Let’s turn to the Glorious Revolution:
Revenues “of Prerogative without Grant of Parlyament for longer time or in other manner then the same is or shall be granted is Illegall.” 1 W. & M., 2d sess., c.2 (1688/9).
January 7, 2026 at 12:59 AM
The president is not entitled to operate slush funds outside the operation of law.
Let’s turn to the Glorious Revolution:
Revenues “of Prerogative without Grant of Parlyament for longer time or in other manner then the same is or shall be granted is Illegall.” 1 W. & M., 2d sess., c.2 (1688/9).
Let’s turn to the Glorious Revolution:
Revenues “of Prerogative without Grant of Parlyament for longer time or in other manner then the same is or shall be granted is Illegall.” 1 W. & M., 2d sess., c.2 (1688/9).
Getting shit done and taking credit for it is underrated.
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 7, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Getting shit done and taking credit for it is underrated.
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I had an old post on Twitter about this. The US spends about 18% of its GDP on the social safety net and 3.5% on military. Germany spends about 24-25% of its GDP on the social safety net and 2% on the military.
Our military spending is not why they can have nice things or why we don't.
Our military spending is not why they can have nice things or why we don't.
January 6, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I had an old post on Twitter about this. The US spends about 18% of its GDP on the social safety net and 3.5% on military. Germany spends about 24-25% of its GDP on the social safety net and 2% on the military.
Our military spending is not why they can have nice things or why we don't.
Our military spending is not why they can have nice things or why we don't.
All hail the representative from the Mighty State.
Crockett: "Everyone wants to talk about how Maduro was illegitimate. As we sit here on January 6, I do want to be clear: somebody else was trying to be a Maduro of the United States. Somebody else wanted to do the exact same thing. The difference is Maduro was successful."
January 7, 2026 at 1:03 AM
All hail the representative from the Mighty State.
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this is where i am at: THERE IS NO ONE ELSE. do you want to outsource your military policy to steven miller? no? how about the dc blob? also no? THEN LEARN WHAT THE FUCK HOW TO MILITARY
www.breakingbeijing.com/p/there-is-n...
www.breakingbeijing.com/p/there-is-n...
January 6, 2026 at 10:28 PM
this is where i am at: THERE IS NO ONE ELSE. do you want to outsource your military policy to steven miller? no? how about the dc blob? also no? THEN LEARN WHAT THE FUCK HOW TO MILITARY
www.breakingbeijing.com/p/there-is-n...
www.breakingbeijing.com/p/there-is-n...
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For me J6 was a final, unmistakable signal: this is all out in the open. There are no more dog whistles, no more hints & suggestions. Nothing is hidden. Words are pointless -- there's nothing to uncover, nothing to point out. If you see this & continue down the same path, *it's because you want it*.
January 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
For me J6 was a final, unmistakable signal: this is all out in the open. There are no more dog whistles, no more hints & suggestions. Nothing is hidden. Words are pointless -- there's nothing to uncover, nothing to point out. If you see this & continue down the same path, *it's because you want it*.
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Greenland is happening. Not a joke, not trolling, not a distraction. He has already made up his mind and nobody who matters in the inner circle will try to talk him out of it. Some of them want it precisely because it will destroy NATO. There are no adults in the room. They really mean to do it.
January 6, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Greenland is happening. Not a joke, not trolling, not a distraction. He has already made up his mind and nobody who matters in the inner circle will try to talk him out of it. Some of them want it precisely because it will destroy NATO. There are no adults in the room. They really mean to do it.