@nancylovesfrank.bsky.social
Carried by the winds from Ryukyu Islands long ago. Taught by SSND nuns and Franciscan priests about beliefs and faith to know that logic and facts and questions matter more than what we think we know.
Pinned
How can we make the quality of governance better within a democracy?
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To see the cost of Trump’s bullying, tally the world leaders flocking to China
Xi Jinping’s anti-American party
To see the cost of Trump’s bullying, tally the world leaders flocking to China
econ.st
September 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
To see the cost of Trump’s bullying, tally the world leaders flocking to China
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🚨 Canadians name U.S. as top threat, citing Trump’s provocations and sovereignty clash, fracturing decades of trust.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
August 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🚨 Canadians name U.S. as top threat, citing Trump’s provocations and sovereignty clash, fracturing decades of trust.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
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“It is a tragic and destructive irony that, in the name of national security, the United States is now injuring the allies that have contributed the most to its economic well-being while leaving China far less disadvantaged,” writes @adamposen.bsky.social.
The New Economic Geography
Who profits in a post-American world?
www.foreignaffairs.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“It is a tragic and destructive irony that, in the name of national security, the United States is now injuring the allies that have contributed the most to its economic well-being while leaving China far less disadvantaged,” writes @adamposen.bsky.social.
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The Economist understands that the removal of the CIA officer, who oversaw hundreds of analysts and other personnel, prompted alarm among many current and serving intelligence officials
Donald Trump has purged one of the CIA’s most senior Russia analysts
The move will have a chilling effect inside American spy agencies
econ.st
August 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Economist understands that the removal of the CIA officer, who oversaw hundreds of analysts and other personnel, prompted alarm among many current and serving intelligence officials
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August 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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The way MAGA paints it, Trump’s trade policy is a triumph, because other countries are eating higher tariffs, while US Customs rakes in nigh on $30bn a month.
This a fundamental misunderstanding of trade
This a fundamental misunderstanding of trade
Donald Trump thinks he’s winning on trade, but America will lose
The harm from tariffs will be lasting and deep
econ.st
August 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The way MAGA paints it, Trump’s trade policy is a triumph, because other countries are eating higher tariffs, while US Customs rakes in nigh on $30bn a month.
This a fundamental misunderstanding of trade
This a fundamental misunderstanding of trade
When you can’t cope with facts and truth, use make believe. How would he fare against Pi ?
Donald Trump escalates his war on numbers
economist.com/united-state...
from The Economist
Donald Trump escalates his war on numbers
economist.com/united-state...
from The Economist
Donald Trump escalates his war on numbers
Another shocking assault on a non-partisan institution
economist.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
When you can’t cope with facts and truth, use make believe. How would he fare against Pi ?
Donald Trump escalates his war on numbers
economist.com/united-state...
from The Economist
Donald Trump escalates his war on numbers
economist.com/united-state...
from The Economist
The problem then, it seems, a good percentage of Americans are not able to think what the rest of the world is thinking. And now that we are aware, what should the world do @gtconway.bsky.social ?
Starmer is thinking what we are thinking and what most of the world is thinking.
July 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The problem then, it seems, a good percentage of Americans are not able to think what the rest of the world is thinking. And now that we are aware, what should the world do @gtconway.bsky.social ?
The Great American Moron Doctrine in action.
Duties on the red metal will undermine the president’s wider economic agenda
The spectacular folly of Donald Trump’s copper tariffs
Duties on the red metal will undermine the president’s wider economic agenda
econ.st
July 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Great American Moron Doctrine in action.
@mark-carney.bsky.social
Could Canada do a similar subsidy arrangement with EU defense ministry/NATO and other Asian Allies to subsidize development of Canadian rare earth mines? financialpost.com/commodities/...
Could Canada do a similar subsidy arrangement with EU defense ministry/NATO and other Asian Allies to subsidize development of Canadian rare earth mines? financialpost.com/commodities/...
Department of Defense investment in rare earth mining company offers road map for sector revitalization
The US made a multibillion investment in a mining comany to revitalize its rare earth sector, where its companies have struggled to compete
financialpost.com
July 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social
Could Canada do a similar subsidy arrangement with EU defense ministry/NATO and other Asian Allies to subsidize development of Canadian rare earth mines? financialpost.com/commodities/...
Could Canada do a similar subsidy arrangement with EU defense ministry/NATO and other Asian Allies to subsidize development of Canadian rare earth mines? financialpost.com/commodities/...
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Who hid Americans during the 1979 hostage crisis? Canada. 🇨🇦 👊🏻
April 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Who hid Americans during the 1979 hostage crisis? Canada. 🇨🇦 👊🏻
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🔥 @ninajankowicz.com to the European Parliament: "Before I describe the details of Russia's recent online influence campaigns, I would like to call upon you to stand firm against another autocracy: The United States of America."
April 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🔥 @ninajankowicz.com to the European Parliament: "Before I describe the details of Russia's recent online influence campaigns, I would like to call upon you to stand firm against another autocracy: The United States of America."
Hegseth Exit Soonest
April 21, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Hegseth Exit Soonest
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An absolute must-read from @stevevladeck.bsky.social this morning:
“Just before 1:00 a.m., the justices (aggressively) stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation—in a decision suggesting that a majority understands that these are no longer normal circumstances.”
“Just before 1:00 a.m., the justices (aggressively) stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation—in a decision suggesting that a majority understands that these are no longer normal circumstances.”
144. The Supreme Court's Late-Night Alien Enemy Act Intervention
Just before 1:00 a.m., the justices (aggressively) stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation—in a decision suggesting that a majority understands that these are no longer normal circumstances.
www.stevevladeck.com
April 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
An absolute must-read from @stevevladeck.bsky.social this morning:
“Just before 1:00 a.m., the justices (aggressively) stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation—in a decision suggesting that a majority understands that these are no longer normal circumstances.”
“Just before 1:00 a.m., the justices (aggressively) stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation—in a decision suggesting that a majority understands that these are no longer normal circumstances.”
It’s begun. Central Park 5 Redux at Presidential scale. Execution of belief based accusation in action. May god help America.
Here we go. US born citizen in ICE custody.
U.S.-born man from Georgia held for ICE under Florida’s new anti-immigration law • Georgia Recorder
Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen, was being held in the Leon County Jail Thursday, charged with illegally entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien” — even as a supporter waved his...
georgiarecorder.com
April 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It’s begun. Central Park 5 Redux at Presidential scale. Execution of belief based accusation in action. May god help America.
Is it really 40 more months to go?
April 15, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Is it really 40 more months to go?
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Did America ‘innovate’ democratic governance by combining Orwell’s ‘1984’ and @margaretatwood.bsky.social ‘s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’? Or is the governance by make believe under the Great American Moron Doctrine distinctively unique?
April 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Did America ‘innovate’ democratic governance by combining Orwell’s ‘1984’ and @margaretatwood.bsky.social ‘s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’? Or is the governance by make believe under the Great American Moron Doctrine distinctively unique?
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And wait until we see, on the other side of the ledger, higher borrowing costs (from decreased demand for Treasury securities) and decreased revenues (from laxer tax enforcement if not also tax cuts).
Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
April 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
And wait until we see, on the other side of the ledger, higher borrowing costs (from decreased demand for Treasury securities) and decreased revenues (from laxer tax enforcement if not also tax cuts).
If G7 nations and China reduce buying of U.S. debt/Treasuries: deanblundell.substack.com/p/carneys-ch....
Carney’s Checkmate: How Canada's Quiet Bond Play Forced Trump to Drop Tariffs
Carney, Japan And The EU proved America's Idiot Emperor Has No Clothes
deanblundell.substack.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If G7 nations and China reduce buying of U.S. debt/Treasuries: deanblundell.substack.com/p/carneys-ch....
MAGA maga maga la la la la
The Great American Moron Doctrine isn’t finished yet. More la la la la la to come. May god help America.
The Great American Moron Doctrine isn’t finished yet. More la la la la la to come. May god help America.
April 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
MAGA maga maga la la la la
The Great American Moron Doctrine isn’t finished yet. More la la la la la to come. May god help America.
The Great American Moron Doctrine isn’t finished yet. More la la la la la to come. May god help America.
The Wizard of Oz is in America. Governance by Make Believe of the Great American Moron Doctrine.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidden...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidden...
The Hidden Symbolism of "The Wizard of Oz"
"The Wizard of Oz," a timeless classic beloved by audiences worldwide, is often regarded as a simple children's story. However, beneath its whimsical exterior lies a complex tapestry of symbolism and ...
www.linkedin.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:04 AM
The Wizard of Oz is in America. Governance by Make Believe of the Great American Moron Doctrine.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidden...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidden...
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apnews.com/article/el-s... grows over Maryland man's mistaken deportation to El Salvador prison
Outrage grows over Maryland man's mistaken deportation to El Salvador prison
In the 22 days since Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to a notoriously violent prison in El Salvador, his young autistic son has sought comfort in the scent of his missin...
apnews.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
apnews.com/article/el-s... grows over Maryland man's mistaken deportation to El Salvador prison