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Some of my interests are technology, economics, history, foreign relations, and government.
At a Turning Point USA event. Because didn’t Christ say, “Do unto others before they do it to you first”?
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Vance tells Republicans to stop fearing federal power, says Democrats pioneered weaponizing it
Vice President JD Vance told a Turning Point USA crowd that Republicans shouldn’t fear using federal power, arguing the left has done so for decades.
www.yahoo.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Question. How did crypto get out of the fortress of solitude to take Superman home if it was buried underground?
August 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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NEW: ICE confirms that it is deporting someone to South Sudan, putting a link to an upcoming press conference on YouTube.

A hearing in Massachusetts begins in an hour. The judge ordered ICE not to transfer custody of a Vietnamese man believed to be on that flight to South Sudan.
May 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Oh.
May 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Trying out Substack. :) This was a topic that I found fascinating (maybe I'm weird), so I thought I'd share.
craigkohtz.substack.com/p/yes-gdp-di...
Yes, GDP did contract in Q1, 2025. No, this was not due to imports.
Here is a look at how GDP is calculated. While imports are part of the equation, and may have had an affect on domestic production, it did not subtract from GDP artificially lowering the numbers.
craigkohtz.substack.com
May 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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"Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) posted on X: 'This isn’t Trump just being Trump. The Trump coin scam is the most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done. Not close.'" wapo.st/4iAatO1
How Trump team turned a dinner invite into a crypto boon worth millions
iNearly two dozen crypto wallets acquired more than 100,000 $TRUMP meme coins, worth roughly $100 million, after the team said top buyers could join the president for dinner.
wapo.st
April 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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I keep seeing people comparing this to Watergate, but this is much worse
President Trump has personally ordered the Justice Department to open an investigation of Democrats' primary ways for raising donations.

It is the third time he has personally ordered an open-ended criminal investigation, each against a perceived political foe.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
April 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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THIS IS WHAT A TRADE WAR LOOKS LIKE -
April 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Under Trump, America is weaker and more isolated than ever before
April 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Winning like no one has won before

www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...
April 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The Dunning-Kruger effect describes a cognitive bias where individuals with low competence in a specific area tend to overestimate their abilities, while those with high competence tend to underestimate their abilities.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=5GqJ...
Everything Donald Trump Is an Expert In, According to Him | NowThis
YouTube video by NowThis Impact
m.youtube.com
April 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
April 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
April 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Well, will you look at that.

A federal employee is facing severe punishment because they accidentally added a reporter to a group email.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
A DHS staffer faces serious punishment for accidentally adding a reporter to a group email
The episode, which has not been previously reported, raises questions about unequal punishment for inadvertent leakers in the Trump administration.
www.nbcnews.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"Kill, baby, kill!"

What a surprise. Musk fired people and he had no idea what they did or how important they were to the oil industry.

www.thebulwark.com/p/oops-doge-...
Oops, DOGE Did It Again
The latest hastily reversed DOGE cut had threatened to directly hamper Trump’s own energy agenda.
www.thebulwark.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Hegseth is definitely a master of Drunk Dialing!
March 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Let’s hope not. How about someone come up with a plan to more or less let people be?
is there a Dem Project 2025 (or 2029) or
March 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Jerce Reyes Barrios is why we have (and need) due process.

craig-kohtz.medium.com/why-we-have-...
Why We Have Due Process
Why do we have due process? Why do we not impeach judges that don’t rule in a President’s favor?
craig-kohtz.medium.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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The Trump administration has deported over 200 Venezuelans from the United States to a sprawling prison in El Salvador, even as a federal judge ordered their return to the US reut.rs/4ixFXEU
Trump administration deports Venezeulans despite court order, says judge has no authority
Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to rapidly deport alleged members of the Tren de Aragua criminal organization. A federal judge blocked the law's application a day later.
reut.rs
March 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM