Scott Stevenson
@pdxcitizen.bsky.social
Lawyer, Gator, Dad, not necessarily in that order
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the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
Reposted by Scott Stevenson
CDC to Americans: drop dead
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
CDC to Americans: drop dead
Xi knows now is the time to get concessions on Taiwan. Trump will sell Taiwan for a red carpet and some soybeans, but still has the power and sway to defend a bad (for US and Taiwan) deal, at least with the Republican Congress.
That window is closing soon, certainly by the midterms if not before.
That window is closing soon, certainly by the midterms if not before.
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Xi knows now is the time to get concessions on Taiwan. Trump will sell Taiwan for a red carpet and some soybeans, but still has the power and sway to defend a bad (for US and Taiwan) deal, at least with the Republican Congress.
That window is closing soon, certainly by the midterms if not before.
That window is closing soon, certainly by the midterms if not before.
At some point, we have to say "Fuck these Fuckers."
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 AM
At some point, we have to say "Fuck these Fuckers."
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The White House tour is getting more interesting by the day..
September 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The White House tour is getting more interesting by the day..
April 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Trump just basically cratered Apple's business model.
Apple announced a previously planned $500 million investment so Trump could claim credit, and then donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration comm.
Apple showed weakness to a mobster running a protection racket.
Never show weakness.
Apple announced a previously planned $500 million investment so Trump could claim credit, and then donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration comm.
Apple showed weakness to a mobster running a protection racket.
Never show weakness.
April 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Trump just basically cratered Apple's business model.
Apple announced a previously planned $500 million investment so Trump could claim credit, and then donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration comm.
Apple showed weakness to a mobster running a protection racket.
Never show weakness.
Apple announced a previously planned $500 million investment so Trump could claim credit, and then donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration comm.
Apple showed weakness to a mobster running a protection racket.
Never show weakness.
Ha, the Trump Administration calls its tariff plan "Make America Wealthy Again."
A little problem: America has never been wealthier than it is today.
A little problem: America has never been wealthier than it is today.
April 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Ha, the Trump Administration calls its tariff plan "Make America Wealthy Again."
A little problem: America has never been wealthier than it is today.
A little problem: America has never been wealthier than it is today.
"Open to interpretation...." ?!?!
I bet its open to interpretation. What a clusterf...
Its just a huge black box to let Trump pick winners and losers.
Many opportunities to let Trump wet his beak, and prosecute his grudges.
bsky.app/profile/weis...
I bet its open to interpretation. What a clusterf...
Its just a huge black box to let Trump pick winners and losers.
Many opportunities to let Trump wet his beak, and prosecute his grudges.
bsky.app/profile/weis...
Tariff report from Sky News news.sky.com/story/trump-...
April 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Open to interpretation...." ?!?!
I bet its open to interpretation. What a clusterf...
Its just a huge black box to let Trump pick winners and losers.
Many opportunities to let Trump wet his beak, and prosecute his grudges.
bsky.app/profile/weis...
I bet its open to interpretation. What a clusterf...
Its just a huge black box to let Trump pick winners and losers.
Many opportunities to let Trump wet his beak, and prosecute his grudges.
bsky.app/profile/weis...
"Trust the instincts?...."
...of a guy whose businesses went bankrupt multiple times?
...of a guy whose entire family has been barred from running nonprofit in the state of New York?
...of a guy who settled a fraud suit for $25 million dollars?
bsky.app/profile/atru...
...of a guy whose businesses went bankrupt multiple times?
...of a guy whose entire family has been barred from running nonprofit in the state of New York?
...of a guy who settled a fraud suit for $25 million dollars?
bsky.app/profile/atru...
REPORTER: Do you think the president should move forward tomorrow with tariffs?
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, you have to trust the president's instincts on the economy
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, you have to trust the president's instincts on the economy
April 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"Trust the instincts?...."
...of a guy whose businesses went bankrupt multiple times?
...of a guy whose entire family has been barred from running nonprofit in the state of New York?
...of a guy who settled a fraud suit for $25 million dollars?
bsky.app/profile/atru...
...of a guy whose businesses went bankrupt multiple times?
...of a guy whose entire family has been barred from running nonprofit in the state of New York?
...of a guy who settled a fraud suit for $25 million dollars?
bsky.app/profile/atru...
What makes the incompetence so much worse is the absolute refusal to ever admit a mistake.
This administration can never improve or correct anything when Trump's personal narcissistic inability to admit error infects the entire administration.
This administration can never improve or correct anything when Trump's personal narcissistic inability to admit error infects the entire administration.
March 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
What makes the incompetence so much worse is the absolute refusal to ever admit a mistake.
This administration can never improve or correct anything when Trump's personal narcissistic inability to admit error infects the entire administration.
This administration can never improve or correct anything when Trump's personal narcissistic inability to admit error infects the entire administration.
Why does Trump:
1) attack allies and destroy the economic, cultural and military ties that make the the NATO alliance so strong;
2) eliminate the US' soft power tools such as USAID, VOA, and Freedom House;
3) seek economic ties with Russia when Russia has nothing the US needs?
He's a traitor.
1) attack allies and destroy the economic, cultural and military ties that make the the NATO alliance so strong;
2) eliminate the US' soft power tools such as USAID, VOA, and Freedom House;
3) seek economic ties with Russia when Russia has nothing the US needs?
He's a traitor.
March 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Why does Trump:
1) attack allies and destroy the economic, cultural and military ties that make the the NATO alliance so strong;
2) eliminate the US' soft power tools such as USAID, VOA, and Freedom House;
3) seek economic ties with Russia when Russia has nothing the US needs?
He's a traitor.
1) attack allies and destroy the economic, cultural and military ties that make the the NATO alliance so strong;
2) eliminate the US' soft power tools such as USAID, VOA, and Freedom House;
3) seek economic ties with Russia when Russia has nothing the US needs?
He's a traitor.
EU Population: 449M -GDP Per capita: 43k USD
Russia Population: 147M-Russia GDP Per Capita: 15k USD
Roughly 3X as many people, 3X as wealthy
Why trade good relations with the EU for good relations with a much smaller, poorer country whose principal exports we have plenty of.
It defies logic.
Russia Population: 147M-Russia GDP Per Capita: 15k USD
Roughly 3X as many people, 3X as wealthy
Why trade good relations with the EU for good relations with a much smaller, poorer country whose principal exports we have plenty of.
It defies logic.
March 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
EU Population: 449M -GDP Per capita: 43k USD
Russia Population: 147M-Russia GDP Per Capita: 15k USD
Roughly 3X as many people, 3X as wealthy
Why trade good relations with the EU for good relations with a much smaller, poorer country whose principal exports we have plenty of.
It defies logic.
Russia Population: 147M-Russia GDP Per Capita: 15k USD
Roughly 3X as many people, 3X as wealthy
Why trade good relations with the EU for good relations with a much smaller, poorer country whose principal exports we have plenty of.
It defies logic.
I cancelled my Wash. Post subscription last week, but this article by Catherine Rampell hits the bull’s-eye.
Opinion | How to lose the 21st century, in three easy steps
Trump is throwing away what could have been the next great American century.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I cancelled my Wash. Post subscription last week, but this article by Catherine Rampell hits the bull’s-eye.
(1/3) I'm no international diplomat, but it looks to me as if Trump is totally bungling this Ukraine-Russia peace deal thing.
1) Isn't pulling all military assistance from UKR now, weeks or even months before talks start, in a fit of pique after Friday's Wjite House Fiasco, just....
1) Isn't pulling all military assistance from UKR now, weeks or even months before talks start, in a fit of pique after Friday's Wjite House Fiasco, just....
March 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
(1/3) I'm no international diplomat, but it looks to me as if Trump is totally bungling this Ukraine-Russia peace deal thing.
1) Isn't pulling all military assistance from UKR now, weeks or even months before talks start, in a fit of pique after Friday's Wjite House Fiasco, just....
1) Isn't pulling all military assistance from UKR now, weeks or even months before talks start, in a fit of pique after Friday's Wjite House Fiasco, just....
Such an obvious sham.
There will be no library, the entire Trump family is banned from creating or operating nonprofits in the state of NY because they used theirs as a self-enrichment vehicle.
They'll do the same here.
The library will never happen and the $$$ will disappear.
There will be no library, the entire Trump family is banned from creating or operating nonprofits in the state of NY because they used theirs as a self-enrichment vehicle.
They'll do the same here.
The library will never happen and the $$$ will disappear.
People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Business leaders are paying as much as $5 million to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1 million apiece to dine with him in a gro...
www.wired.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Such an obvious sham.
There will be no library, the entire Trump family is banned from creating or operating nonprofits in the state of NY because they used theirs as a self-enrichment vehicle.
They'll do the same here.
The library will never happen and the $$$ will disappear.
There will be no library, the entire Trump family is banned from creating or operating nonprofits in the state of NY because they used theirs as a self-enrichment vehicle.
They'll do the same here.
The library will never happen and the $$$ will disappear.
If you are a low-income person in the USA, one month of Trump Admin.'s policies are hitting you with a triple wallop:
1.) Tariffs on imported groceries, clothing, gas, medicine,
2.) Cuts to nutrition assistance & health care, you pay more, and
3) End of medicine price caps.
hattip @Brendanduke
1.) Tariffs on imported groceries, clothing, gas, medicine,
2.) Cuts to nutrition assistance & health care, you pay more, and
3) End of medicine price caps.
hattip @Brendanduke
March 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If you are a low-income person in the USA, one month of Trump Admin.'s policies are hitting you with a triple wallop:
1.) Tariffs on imported groceries, clothing, gas, medicine,
2.) Cuts to nutrition assistance & health care, you pay more, and
3) End of medicine price caps.
hattip @Brendanduke
1.) Tariffs on imported groceries, clothing, gas, medicine,
2.) Cuts to nutrition assistance & health care, you pay more, and
3) End of medicine price caps.
hattip @Brendanduke
Every single United States taxpayer is about to fall victim to a pump and dump scam, even though none of them bought anything.
Our President is going to do it to us, on our behalf.
What a stupid, low-rent grifter.
Our President is going to do it to us, on our behalf.
What a stupid, low-rent grifter.
March 4, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Every single United States taxpayer is about to fall victim to a pump and dump scam, even though none of them bought anything.
Our President is going to do it to us, on our behalf.
What a stupid, low-rent grifter.
Our President is going to do it to us, on our behalf.
What a stupid, low-rent grifter.
A US crypto reserve takes taxpayer dollars and gives it to speculators and grifters who supported Trump in the election.
Crypto is a pyramid scheme, it has no intrinsic value, generates no income, interest or profit.
This is the biggest taxpayer ripoff in our nation’s history.
Crypto is a pyramid scheme, it has no intrinsic value, generates no income, interest or profit.
This is the biggest taxpayer ripoff in our nation’s history.
March 3, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A US crypto reserve takes taxpayer dollars and gives it to speculators and grifters who supported Trump in the election.
Crypto is a pyramid scheme, it has no intrinsic value, generates no income, interest or profit.
This is the biggest taxpayer ripoff in our nation’s history.
Crypto is a pyramid scheme, it has no intrinsic value, generates no income, interest or profit.
This is the biggest taxpayer ripoff in our nation’s history.
Former Goldman Chairman Jim O'Neill makes some persuasive points about the potential for Trump's approaches to trade and foreign policy to backfire spectacularly on the US, and more importantly US consumers.
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g...
The Global Economy Without America | by Jim O'Neill - Project Syndicate
Jim O'Neill thinks the Trump administration may convince the rest of the world to rely less on US consumer demand.
www.project-syndicate.org
March 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Former Goldman Chairman Jim O'Neill makes some persuasive points about the potential for Trump's approaches to trade and foreign policy to backfire spectacularly on the US, and more importantly US consumers.
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g...
The problem with Trump's Make America Great Again Thesis; by any standard measure America is already great:
"The average American household’s income is far above that of any other country with more than 50 million people. [The USA] accounts for between 15% and 26% of global GDP."
"The average American household’s income is far above that of any other country with more than 50 million people. [The USA] accounts for between 15% and 26% of global GDP."
The Global Economy Without America | by Jim O'Neill - Project Syndicate
Jim O'Neill thinks the Trump administration may convince the rest of the world to rely less on US consumer demand.
www.project-syndicate.org
March 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The problem with Trump's Make America Great Again Thesis; by any standard measure America is already great:
"The average American household’s income is far above that of any other country with more than 50 million people. [The USA] accounts for between 15% and 26% of global GDP."
"The average American household’s income is far above that of any other country with more than 50 million people. [The USA] accounts for between 15% and 26% of global GDP."
I'll say it again: our President is a fraud and a con man. let's check how the Trump coin offered after the election worked out for investors:
March 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I'll say it again: our President is a fraud and a con man. let's check how the Trump coin offered after the election worked out for investors: