Ed Franks
@edfranks.bsky.social
PhD: Econolytics/RAND
MS: Biochemistry/MIT
BS: Chemistry/UCSD
MA: Theology/Fuller Seminary
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MS: Biochemistry/MIT
BS: Chemistry/UCSD
MA: Theology/Fuller Seminary
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Ed Franks
@edfranks.bsky.social
· Sep 8
How the Ukraine-Russia War Is Transforming the Tank
They’ve been a mainstay in battle since the early 20th century. But in just three years of war in Ukraine, tanks have evolved.
www.nytimes.com
This an absolutely brilliant article (IMHO) by NYT on the evolution of tank warfare on both sides of the LOC in the Ukraine War - the epitome of asymmetrical warfare actions & reactions! "Tanks Were Just Tanks, Until Drones Made Them Change" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
God bless these pro-Ukrainian partisans (the Atesh) who are located deep in Russian territory & thus have access to sensitive sites that Ukraine assets may miss! Praise God. kyivindependent.com/pro-ukrainia...
Pro-Ukrainian partisans sabotage electrical substation in Russia's Bryansk Oblast, group claims
The Atesh partisan group sabotaged an electrical substation in Russia's Bryansk Oblast, disrupting power supply to "key" components of Russia's war machine, the group claimed in a Telegram post on Jan...
kyivindependent.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:35 PM
God bless these pro-Ukrainian partisans (the Atesh) who are located deep in Russian territory & thus have access to sensitive sites that Ukraine assets may miss! Praise God. kyivindependent.com/pro-ukrainia...
Thank God for the Estonians who are excellent at holding the EU's feet to the fire when it comes to standing up to Putin's BS! If only the US had an equivalent anti-Putin force?! www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/ka...
Kallas says Russia's use of Oreshnik missile escalation against Ukraine, warning to Europe and US
EU foreign policy chief claims 'Putin doesn’t want peace,' calls for tougher sanctions - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
January 13, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Thank God for the Estonians who are excellent at holding the EU's feet to the fire when it comes to standing up to Putin's BS! If only the US had an equivalent anti-Putin force?! www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/ka...
CNBC asked if he'd be his own Fed Chair: He REFUSED to answer! He was once fêted by Morningstar ('15). But good track records r often GAMED! So, as a fellow shyster, they'll get along, till Tramp's buyer's remorse sets in! RR has no econ, no PhD, no comb & no tie! QED
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Trump to interview BlackRock's Rieder for Fed chair role, Fox Business reports
U.S. President Donald Trump will interview BlackRock Inc's chief bond investment manager Rick Rieder on Thursday as a candidate to lead the Federal Reserve, Fox Business Network reported on Monday, ci...
www.reuters.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:11 PM
CNBC asked if he'd be his own Fed Chair: He REFUSED to answer! He was once fêted by Morningstar ('15). But good track records r often GAMED! So, as a fellow shyster, they'll get along, till Tramp's buyer's remorse sets in! RR has no econ, no PhD, no comb & no tie! QED
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
This 2019 WaPo story about Tramp needs a replay. He went to Wharton undergrad, NOT the grad school; it was EASY to get in, esp as a Fordham transfer student (ca 50% admitted); he was not top of his class; he did not even make the Dean's list. He IS only a 1st class fraud! youtu.be/eUJ6TC9N954?...
Trump On His Wharton Degree: "Super Genius Stuff"
YouTube video by Richard French Live
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 10:40 PM
This 2019 WaPo story about Tramp needs a replay. He went to Wharton undergrad, NOT the grad school; it was EASY to get in, esp as a Fordham transfer student (ca 50% admitted); he was not top of his class; he did not even make the Dean's list. He IS only a 1st class fraud! youtu.be/eUJ6TC9N954?...
Well done, Tramp. While you've been using up what remains of our Tomahawks, u've managed to wrack up the worst year for job growth in 22yrs - since 2003! Ur gov shutdown helped delay any report on the 105K job-loss in Oct to go unreported till TODAY! See below for your brilliant work:
January 11, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Well done, Tramp. While you've been using up what remains of our Tomahawks, u've managed to wrack up the worst year for job growth in 22yrs - since 2003! Ur gov shutdown helped delay any report on the 105K job-loss in Oct to go unreported till TODAY! See below for your brilliant work:
That is for damn sure. Actually, we owe him two apologies. The first is for electing Putin's best buddy to be our president, and second is for hardly uttering a peep about Tramp's entire admin being staffed with people who offer NO support for Ukraine, none. It's insanity.
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
That is for damn sure. Actually, we owe him two apologies. The first is for electing Putin's best buddy to be our president, and second is for hardly uttering a peep about Tramp's entire admin being staffed with people who offer NO support for Ukraine, none. It's insanity.
How ironic that Colombia is led by a Marxist president!? He's the FIRST such president in Colombian history, & comes just 6yrs after the end of the 50-yr Marxist FARC insurgency, responsible for killing ≈250K! May God not allow Tramp to incite another Marxist to victory in the election this May!
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 AM
How ironic that Colombia is led by a Marxist president!? He's the FIRST such president in Colombian history, & comes just 6yrs after the end of the 50-yr Marxist FARC insurgency, responsible for killing ≈250K! May God not allow Tramp to incite another Marxist to victory in the election this May!
This assessment sounds, seems, is, totally plausible, given what a pathetic "human being" Tramp truly is, i.e., he isn't remotely close to deserving anything like the Nobel Peace Prize, ever, period.
Insanity: Sources close to the White House told the Washington Post Trump lost interest in backing Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado to lead the country because she accepted her Nobel Peace Prize rather than demanding it be given to Trump, which was viewed as an “ultimate sin.”
January 5, 2026 at 4:57 AM
This assessment sounds, seems, is, totally plausible, given what a pathetic "human being" Tramp truly is, i.e., he isn't remotely close to deserving anything like the Nobel Peace Prize, ever, period.
Forgive quality of this pic, but why does the BBC think Jeremy Bowen, its devout Hard Left journo, is qualified to opine on the takedown of "Murdero." BTW, I AM NOT A MAGA. Chavistas have wrecked Vnz; 25% of ppl are refugees! May Chavismo demise be imminent! & the takedown of any Fascist good, no?!
January 5, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Forgive quality of this pic, but why does the BBC think Jeremy Bowen, its devout Hard Left journo, is qualified to opine on the takedown of "Murdero." BTW, I AM NOT A MAGA. Chavistas have wrecked Vnz; 25% of ppl are refugees! May Chavismo demise be imminent! & the takedown of any Fascist good, no?!
God bless Finland, who some may think of as the "mouse that roared," but Finland ain't no mouse, and, despite it's 5.5 million population, it has significantly strengthened NATO's ability in general and w/regard to Russia in particular!
Finland has seized the Russian vessel Fitburg, believed to be part of the Kremlin’s so-called “shadow fleet,” after it was linked to damage to undersea telecom cables between Finland and Estonia. The ship was intercepted in the Gulf of Finland on December 31.
January 4, 2026 at 11:24 PM
God bless Finland, who some may think of as the "mouse that roared," but Finland ain't no mouse, and, despite it's 5.5 million population, it has significantly strengthened NATO's ability in general and w/regard to Russia in particular!
Reposted by Ed Franks
He’s using Venezuela as a distraction so we’ll forget about the Epstein files.
Joke’s on him. We can multitask.
Release the Epstein files.
Joke’s on him. We can multitask.
Release the Epstein files.
January 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM
He’s using Venezuela as a distraction so we’ll forget about the Epstein files.
Joke’s on him. We can multitask.
Release the Epstein files.
Joke’s on him. We can multitask.
Release the Epstein files.
I'm not a MAGA'er & yes, the VNZ move is grim. But Iraq/Afghan were legal, domestically & w/large global coalitions; we & others did not lie about WMD (Clinton's CIA chief mistaken); civilians never targeted; & no US oil interests ever got any oil! This WAS the left-wing spin & still is, it seems!
Unconstitutional force. Civilians dead. Congress bypassed. Oil interests front and center.
We’ve seen this movie before and it ends in blood. But we don’t have to do it again.
We’ve seen this movie before and it ends in blood. But we don’t have to do it again.
January 4, 2026 at 5:37 AM
I'm not a MAGA'er & yes, the VNZ move is grim. But Iraq/Afghan were legal, domestically & w/large global coalitions; we & others did not lie about WMD (Clinton's CIA chief mistaken); civilians never targeted; & no US oil interests ever got any oil! This WAS the left-wing spin & still is, it seems!
I can't believe that NOBODY nor any MSM outlet has even hinted that the main motivation for the Maduro stunt is simply Tramp's frantic desire to divert the world's attention from the EPSTEIN file?! I've seen not a word about the Epstein files -- nada, nil, nothing. Tramp 1, Epstein victims 0. : /
January 4, 2026 at 4:57 AM
I can't believe that NOBODY nor any MSM outlet has even hinted that the main motivation for the Maduro stunt is simply Tramp's frantic desire to divert the world's attention from the EPSTEIN file?! I've seen not a word about the Epstein files -- nada, nil, nothing. Tramp 1, Epstein victims 0. : /
Reposted by Ed Franks
Jack Smith is a man of honor and moral conviction. He is the kind of person we as a nation must become like once more.
January 3, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Jack Smith is a man of honor and moral conviction. He is the kind of person we as a nation must become like once more.
Such chaos couldn't happen to a more deserving country!? May the US not allow this chance to topple Iran's mullah-cracy pass by like Obama did back in 2009 during the Green Movement Uprising! www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Iran’s Refusal to Dial Back Nuclear Program Lit Fuse on Currency Crisis
Tehran is sticking with the program despite crippling Western sanctions, as protests continue and President Trump warns against a bloody crackdown.
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Such chaos couldn't happen to a more deserving country!? May the US not allow this chance to topple Iran's mullah-cracy pass by like Obama did back in 2009 during the Green Movement Uprising! www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Reposted by Ed Franks
Ukraine’s $800 billion economic agreement has been approved by the EU and aligns fully with accession requirements, according to Deputy PM for European Integration Taras Kachka. He emphasized there were no objections from Western advisors during Saturday’s talks in Kyiv.
January 3, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Ukraine’s $800 billion economic agreement has been approved by the EU and aligns fully with accession requirements, according to Deputy PM for European Integration Taras Kachka. He emphasized there were no objections from Western advisors during Saturday’s talks in Kyiv.
OMG, the world turned upside down, and once again the old adage is verified, that at the Far Left it's hard to tell the difference from the Far Right?! That many MAGAs find themselves in agreement w/both of these women is disconcerting, no doubt!? www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
AOC and MTG unite in brutal attack on Trump over seizing Maduro
Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez teamed up to criticize President Donald Trump's decision to raid the President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro's palace.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 10:51 PM
OMG, the world turned upside down, and once again the old adage is verified, that at the Far Left it's hard to tell the difference from the Far Right?! That many MAGAs find themselves in agreement w/both of these women is disconcerting, no doubt!? www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
If we're going to flaunt int'l law w/an impunity reminiscent of Putin, Maduro's demise was long overdue, praise God, but the world might have been happier & safer if Tramp had helped Iran's protesters?! The tragedy is this may simply be more Epstein diversion?! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘No future for us’: disaffected Iranians say it’s now or never to topple regime
Ailing economy sparks biggest uprising in years, with protesters saying it’s time to hit regime when it’s at its weakest
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:35 PM
If we're going to flaunt int'l law w/an impunity reminiscent of Putin, Maduro's demise was long overdue, praise God, but the world might have been happier & safer if Tramp had helped Iran's protesters?! The tragedy is this may simply be more Epstein diversion?! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Remember Neda! It was the protests of 2009 by the Green Movement over the mullah's election theft from Mousavi (STILL under house arrest) that led to the deaths of 100s, including a 26yo music teacher & innocent bystander - 1000s imprisoned. (Obama was too busy earning his Nobel Peace Prize?!)
January 2, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Remember Neda! It was the protests of 2009 by the Green Movement over the mullah's election theft from Mousavi (STILL under house arrest) that led to the deaths of 100s, including a 26yo music teacher & innocent bystander - 1000s imprisoned. (Obama was too busy earning his Nobel Peace Prize?!)
Thank God for the additional Patriots, but I'm still left thinking that this still leaves Ukraine w/about 1/2 of the Patriots that it needs?! kyivindependent.com/ukraine-depl...
Ukraine deploys two additional Patriot air defense systems, Defense Ministry reports
Patriot is one of the world's most advanced air defense systems, capable of intercepting aircraft as well as cruise, ballistic, and hypersonic missiles.
kyivindependent.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Thank God for the additional Patriots, but I'm still left thinking that this still leaves Ukraine w/about 1/2 of the Patriots that it needs?! kyivindependent.com/ukraine-depl...
Hah! Apparently Ms Bondi is as dumb as her claims suggest!?
JUST IN: AG Pam Bondi deletes a post touting a chart as proof of the Trump administration's success in reducing drug overdoses—after being informed the data actually reflected the *Biden* administration’s record.
December 31, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Hah! Apparently Ms Bondi is as dumb as her claims suggest!?
It seems unlikely that Pres Z would need to use 91 drones to kill Putin when Ukraine's SBU has been routinely assassinating Russian officials & generals guilty of war crimes w/carefully placed car bombs or even bullets?! No need for Z to waist so many drones?! kyivindependent.com/where-is-the...
Zelensky calls out India, UAE over their support of Putin's 'assassination attempt' claim
"Where is their condemnation of the fact that our children are being bombed and people are being killed all this time? I don't hear India, frankly, nor the United Arab Emirates," President Volodymyr Z...
kyivindependent.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It seems unlikely that Pres Z would need to use 91 drones to kill Putin when Ukraine's SBU has been routinely assassinating Russian officials & generals guilty of war crimes w/carefully placed car bombs or even bullets?! No need for Z to waist so many drones?! kyivindependent.com/where-is-the...
The only hope for a fair deal to end the Russian Invasion of Ukraine is for Ukraine to hang on & keep fighting until AFTER Tramp leaves office. Any earlier settlement could only be a capitulation by Ukraine to Russia's terms, period. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The winding path to a good Ukraine deal
When Putin balks, Russia should pay the price.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The only hope for a fair deal to end the Russian Invasion of Ukraine is for Ukraine to hang on & keep fighting until AFTER Tramp leaves office. Any earlier settlement could only be a capitulation by Ukraine to Russia's terms, period. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Does CNN and BBC seem more deferential to Trump lately? Just for the record, I detect an overt shift, maybe not to the right per se, but there seems to be, very clearly, less inclination to push back against Tramp's nonstop blizzard of BS?! Only MS NOW seems to be holding the line, but no1 watches?!
December 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Does CNN and BBC seem more deferential to Trump lately? Just for the record, I detect an overt shift, maybe not to the right per se, but there seems to be, very clearly, less inclination to push back against Tramp's nonstop blizzard of BS?! Only MS NOW seems to be holding the line, but no1 watches?!
Agreed. Tramp is completely delusional, or a liar, or just plain nuts... God help us.
This is an absolutely unhinged thing to say about a country that was invaded, bombed, and terrorized by Russia. Calling Putin “generous” while Ukraine is fighting for its survival tells you everything about where Trump’s loyalties actually lie.
December 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Agreed. Tramp is completely delusional, or a liar, or just plain nuts... God help us.