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John R Raymond 🚫👑
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Dear #BlueWizards, Confused by Trump-Putin?

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The Counterspell: How To See Through The Kremlin Cloud Around President Trump
There is a Russian cloud over American politics. It is not a metaphorical mood but an engineered field: a deliberate haze of ambiguity…
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November 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Dear #BlueWizards, You know the GOP is completely lost when a spineless worm like Don Bacon is the "voice of reason."

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Don Bacon’s Hedging Is a Confession
GOP Congressman Don Bacon’s hedging is a confession. It reveals three things at once: he knows President Trump’s positions are…
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November 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Adelita Grijalva sworn in.
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Dear #BlueWizards, With regards to the nuclear question, the winds can be easily read...

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The “Nuclear Wind” Between Trump and Putin Is Legible
The “nuclear wind” is legible. Read with an intent-first lens, the late-October to mid-November flare of nuclear talk is not a mystery but…
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November 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Dear #BlueWizards, Here is my attempt to build on @vladvexler.bsky.social's work directed at the hyper-neoliberalism of Trump & Putin

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Why Western Elites Don’t Fault Russia
Thesis. Western elites tolerate the Kremlin not out of naivety but affinity. Hyper-neoliberalism — the ideology that wealth equals virtue…
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November 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Dear #BlueWizards, How we know American sanctions on Russia don't matter: Trump isn't even taking credit for them.

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The Accident Test: Why Russia’s Energy Troubles Aren’t “American-Made”
If U.S. sanctions were the decisive cause of Russia’s current energy squeeze, President Trump would be trumpeting it every hour. He is not.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Dear #BlueWizards, If not for John Fetterman, I'd be way less skeptical of the Gang of Eight voting with Republicans...

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How John Fetterman’s Inclusion in the Gang of Eight Is a Worrying Sign
The Senate’s November 9 vote to reopen the government produced an outcome that divided Democrats and stunned the party’s base. Eight…
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November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Dear #BlueWizards, The anti-MAGA @realjakebroe.bsky.social in this video is the Jake we need:

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Ukraine Strikes Russian Power Plants as Kyiv Loses Power
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November 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Dear #BlueWizards, They are doing it again! Trump and Putin are pretending to be at odds - again. Yawn.

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The Nuclear Escalation Between Trump and Putin Is a Lie
The current spectacle of nuclear threats between President Trump and Vladimir Putin is not a genuine confrontation but pure show: kabuki…
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November 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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At #GrindingGearGames, the keepers of Path of Exile:

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Path of Exile: What Keepers and Mercenaries Teach Us About Fun and Flow
If there’s one clear lesson from Path of Exile’s recent league history, it’s this: players don’t hate difficulty — they hate rippiness…
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November 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Dear #BlueWizards, NYC said yes to Mamdani and fuck off to Cuomo.

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Dear Andrew Cuomo, The People Have Spoken: Fuck You and Fuck Off
The re-emergence of Andrew Cuomo after his prior scandal-marred exit was always untenable. Now, following his crushing defeat in the 2025…
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November 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Dear #BlueWizards, People are still falling for Trump's bullshit. In asymmetric warfare, delay is a weapon...

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Tomahawk Delays: How Asymmetric War Uses Delay as a Weapon
Readers here will already understand the basics. Regime security is the prime directive of all autocrats. President Trump is not an…
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November 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Dear #BlueWizards, Do buy the bullshit. Trump attacking Venezuela is only about it undercutting Russia in China, nothing more.

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Trump Set to Attack Venezuela, Which Should Be a Shock to No One
Thesis. If you have followed the oil flows and the incentives, this “surprise” is no surprise. Venezuela’s growing sales to China directly…
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October 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Dear #BlueWizards, The traitor in the white house named Trump isn't - I should say still isn't - a new man. Don't buy the hype.

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Think Trump Has Turned Over a New Leaf? Not So Fast.
The story of the past few weeks looks, on the surface, like a change of heart. President Trump pauses intelligence sharing with Ukraine…
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October 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Dear #BlueWizards, Of course Trump's latest policy "shift" is theater and not decisive. Only the EU and Ukraine actions are decisive.

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Reading the Pause: An Integration of Strategic Intelligence
The sudden lull in Ukraine’s long-range strikes may not be what it appears. On the surface, it coincides neatly with President Trump’s talk…
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October 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Dear #BlueWizards, Trump is still surviving, but Americans are growing more and more skeptical of him every day.

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Day 278: Another Waiting Pattern
Today is a day to take stock. The tempo of events has slowed just enough to hear the gears of the Trump machine grind in their own inertia.
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October 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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#ballroom
October 26, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Dear #BlueWizards, It bares repeating...

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The Correct Foundational Logic
In adversarial systems—whether political, military, or metaphysical—the first discipline is to assume betrayal as the baseline condition. The enemy, like the devil, will always stab you in the back, b...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Dear #BlueWizards, When it comes to Trump sanctioning Russia, never trust - and always verify.

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Beware Performative Sanctions and Watch These Three Things
I do not believe these new sanctions will matter. My prediction is that President Trump’s decree against Rosneft and Lukoil is…
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October 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Dear #BlueWizards, If you are a military leader and aren't skeptical of Trump, you are doing it wrong.

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An Open Letter to America’s Generals
The time for polite fictions is over. Every officer who still serves this republic under oath must confront an unavoidable truth: if you…
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October 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Dear #BlueWizards, It is because the man in charge is defective...

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It is because the man in charge is defective
It is because the man in charge is defective cuts to the anatomical heart of political decay. Systems fail not because their designs are inherently unsound, but because the human element—the moral and...
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October 22, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Dear #BlueWizards, It is actually a good sign that Trump was yelling at Zelenskyy. It means he's afraid Putin is about to collapse...

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Zelenskyy’s Calculated Defiance and the Meaning of Trump’s Rage
The meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Trump, reportedly marked by Trump’s profanity and map-throwing, must be…
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October 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Dear #BlueWizards, When presented with the stupidest retelling of events, sometimes is it only satire that can make sense of it all.

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Satire: George Soros Is a Cheap Bastard
Let’s get it out of the way: George Soros did it. All of it. The “No Kings” rallies? His idea. The handmade signs with clever slogans…
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October 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Dear #BlueWizards, Far too many people believe the myth that Trump listens to the latest guy he speaks too.

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Unlearning the Myth of the Last Person
The persistence of the “last person in the room” myth speaks to a deeper failure in how political observers still misunderstand President Trump. They treat him as if he were merely a narcissist buffet...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Dear #BlueWizards, How many goddamn times do I have to write the same fucking article? If you parse Trump's "tone" you are an idiot.

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If You Keep Talking About Trump’s Tone, You Are a Fucking Idiot
The American press and its orbit of self-anointed analysts continue to commit the same intellectual crime they committed throughout Trump…
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October 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM