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More state-sponsored capitalism. This time, the government dictates capital return.
Trump: "We're also going to be talking about buybacks. They spend so much money on buybacks. They want to buy back their stock. I don't want them to buy back their stock. I want them to put the money in plant and equipment so they can build these planes fast, rapidly, like, immediately."
December 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
More state-sponsored capitalism. This time, the government dictates capital return.
Embarrassing fall from the Cronkite era.
December 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Embarrassing fall from the Cronkite era.
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It’s impossible to overstate how much conspiracism drives the Trump regime’s agenda.
Here Tulsi Gabbard, the head of ODNI, claims that “NATO and the EU really want…to pull the United States military directly into war with Russia.”
Which is a Russian talking point, spread by conspiracy sites.
Here Tulsi Gabbard, the head of ODNI, claims that “NATO and the EU really want…to pull the United States military directly into war with Russia.”
Which is a Russian talking point, spread by conspiracy sites.
December 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
It’s impossible to overstate how much conspiracism drives the Trump regime’s agenda.
Here Tulsi Gabbard, the head of ODNI, claims that “NATO and the EU really want…to pull the United States military directly into war with Russia.”
Which is a Russian talking point, spread by conspiracy sites.
Here Tulsi Gabbard, the head of ODNI, claims that “NATO and the EU really want…to pull the United States military directly into war with Russia.”
Which is a Russian talking point, spread by conspiracy sites.
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So, you ask, if they can’t just do a simple thing like release the files as the law requires, how can we trust them to do hard things like run the economy and keep us safe?
The answer, of course, is that we can’t. We can never trust they can and will do the right thing.
The answer, of course, is that we can’t. We can never trust they can and will do the right thing.
Lawless shambolic shitshow.
WASHINGTON (AP) — At least 16 files from Epstein release disappeared from DOJ webpage, including photo of Trump, with no explanation.
December 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
So, you ask, if they can’t just do a simple thing like release the files as the law requires, how can we trust them to do hard things like run the economy and keep us safe?
The answer, of course, is that we can’t. We can never trust they can and will do the right thing.
The answer, of course, is that we can’t. We can never trust they can and will do the right thing.
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December 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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“Witkoff has declined multiple offers from the CIA for a briefing on Russia.”
Steve Witkoff’s unlikely diplomatic ascent was bolstered by two fans: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
Witkoff’s Other Backer in His Unlikely Diplomatic Ascent: Putin
The Kremlin release of an American prisoner and a Saudi backchannel bolstered the rise of Trump’s longtime friend.
on.wsj.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“Witkoff has declined multiple offers from the CIA for a briefing on Russia.”
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“.. The past few months have shown that even vague claims of ‘national security’ are enough to establish a new and dangerous norm that allows presidents to insert themselves in the management of private companies.”
@reason.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social
reason.com/2025/12/19/m...
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reason.com/2025/12/19/m...
December 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“.. The past few months have shown that even vague claims of ‘national security’ are enough to establish a new and dangerous norm that allows presidents to insert themselves in the management of private companies.”
@reason.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social
reason.com/2025/12/19/m...
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I want to raise a few issues with this ...
- The unemployment rate was 4.6% in Nov 2025.
- There are 982,000 more unemployed people in Nov 2025 than in Jan 2025.
- There are 271,000 fewer federal government employees.
- 982,000 > 271,000. More than 3 times more unemployed.
- The unemployment rate was 4.6% in Nov 2025.
- There are 982,000 more unemployed people in Nov 2025 than in Jan 2025.
- There are 271,000 fewer federal government employees.
- 982,000 > 271,000. More than 3 times more unemployed.
December 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I want to raise a few issues with this ...
- The unemployment rate was 4.6% in Nov 2025.
- There are 982,000 more unemployed people in Nov 2025 than in Jan 2025.
- There are 271,000 fewer federal government employees.
- 982,000 > 271,000. More than 3 times more unemployed.
- The unemployment rate was 4.6% in Nov 2025.
- There are 982,000 more unemployed people in Nov 2025 than in Jan 2025.
- There are 271,000 fewer federal government employees.
- 982,000 > 271,000. More than 3 times more unemployed.
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Christ, what an asshole.
Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.
December 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Christ, what an asshole.
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Before this year, the US govt hadn't taken a direct stake in a healthy commercial firm since at least the 1950s. Now, it's taken 14, with more coming.
My new Capitolism @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social laments 2025's worst policy development: "The Year America Went (Kinda) Socialist" t.co/GYs7bvDhO5
My new Capitolism @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social laments 2025's worst policy development: "The Year America Went (Kinda) Socialist" t.co/GYs7bvDhO5
December 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Before this year, the US govt hadn't taken a direct stake in a healthy commercial firm since at least the 1950s. Now, it's taken 14, with more coming.
My new Capitolism @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social laments 2025's worst policy development: "The Year America Went (Kinda) Socialist" t.co/GYs7bvDhO5
My new Capitolism @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social laments 2025's worst policy development: "The Year America Went (Kinda) Socialist" t.co/GYs7bvDhO5
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NYT: “In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Mr. Trump’s election loss.”
@nytimes.com
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December 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
NYT: “In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Mr. Trump’s election loss.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
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CPI expected to rise tomorrow (we won't get a m/m reading).
PCE, CPI, PPI inflation Jan 2025 and today
Earnings, Mfg jobs, unemployment rate... Bloomberg
PCE, CPI, PPI inflation Jan 2025 and today
Earnings, Mfg jobs, unemployment rate... Bloomberg
December 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
CPI expected to rise tomorrow (we won't get a m/m reading).
PCE, CPI, PPI inflation Jan 2025 and today
Earnings, Mfg jobs, unemployment rate... Bloomberg
PCE, CPI, PPI inflation Jan 2025 and today
Earnings, Mfg jobs, unemployment rate... Bloomberg
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“If our opponent is to be made to comply with our will, we must place him in a situation which is more oppressive to him than the sacrifice which we demand”
my negotiation strategy with russia is kill more russians
What are you even talking about! I am saying it is a delusional fantasy to suggest Russia is going to invade European countries like Poland, Germany or indeed the UK, which is the insane drivel currently being promoted in support of a disastrous arms race.
December 17, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“If our opponent is to be made to comply with our will, we must place him in a situation which is more oppressive to him than the sacrifice which we demand”
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median asking rent in the US per the Census Bureau (data is through 9/30)
JD Vance lies as he breathes
JD Vance lies as he breathes
December 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
median asking rent in the US per the Census Bureau (data is through 9/30)
JD Vance lies as he breathes
JD Vance lies as he breathes
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Trump on Brown University: You would really have to ask the school about that because this was a school problem. They had their own guards, their own police, their own everything but you would have to ask that question to the school and not to the FBI.
December 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Trump on Brown University: You would really have to ask the school about that because this was a school problem. They had their own guards, their own police, their own everything but you would have to ask that question to the school and not to the FBI.
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#OTD in 1943, the Seattle Times publishes a photograph of Japanese American soldiers with the 100th Infantry Battalion in Italy. The photograph shows soldiers opening mail, with one soldier holding up a package of rice.
🗃 #skystorians
🗃 #skystorians
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
#OTD in 1943, the Seattle Times publishes a photograph of Japanese American soldiers with the 100th Infantry Battalion in Italy. The photograph shows soldiers opening mail, with one soldier holding up a package of rice.
🗃 #skystorians
🗃 #skystorians
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Opting out of voting is allowing real-world consequences to unfold. Thanks to those who chose a fleeting moral high ground and single-issue purity over the broader picture. This is the cost. US aid programs (a drop in a sea of wealth) have been dismantled followed by mass death and tragedy.
The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
New, @propublica.org
New, @propublica.org
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Opting out of voting is allowing real-world consequences to unfold. Thanks to those who chose a fleeting moral high ground and single-issue purity over the broader picture. This is the cost. US aid programs (a drop in a sea of wealth) have been dismantled followed by mass death and tragedy.
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Trump gets distracted by a woman in the crowd he says looks like Ivanka and has her turn for the cameras
December 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Trump gets distracted by a woman in the crowd he says looks like Ivanka and has her turn for the cameras
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It's because she doesn't know how to be the head of CBS News. Just no clue what a person in this role does. Similar to how Pete Hegseth and Sean Duffy don't know how to be cabinet secretaries.
A hallmark of this movement is people being out of their depth. It says, "expertise is unnecessary."
A hallmark of this movement is people being out of their depth. It says, "expertise is unnecessary."
I’m sorry but why is the head of cbs news on tv herself
December 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It's because she doesn't know how to be the head of CBS News. Just no clue what a person in this role does. Similar to how Pete Hegseth and Sean Duffy don't know how to be cabinet secretaries.
A hallmark of this movement is people being out of their depth. It says, "expertise is unnecessary."
A hallmark of this movement is people being out of their depth. It says, "expertise is unnecessary."
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Putin bragged to foreign journalists that his forces had taken the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk. President Zelenskyy showed up instead and showed the world that Russia wasn't even there.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Putin bragged to foreign journalists that his forces had taken the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk. President Zelenskyy showed up instead and showed the world that Russia wasn't even there.
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A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
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Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
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The thin threads shimmering in the sunlight — all of it is fiber-optic cable from drones. There are so many fiber-tethered drones that the cables almost completely cover the forest in the Kupiansk direction.
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The thin threads shimmering in the sunlight — all of it is fiber-optic cable from drones. There are so many fiber-tethered drones that the cables almost completely cover the forest in the Kupiansk direction.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM