rklantian
@rklantian.bsky.social
Retired. Lapsed academic. Then nonprofit leader (large national business association). Lifetime of work on China. Opposed to the echo chamber. Unsentimental but not paranoid. At home in the US and global China field. Raised East, but many years in PNW.
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They think we’re all so stupid
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
They think we’re all so stupid
Brilliant. Deserves widest possiblecirculation.
With Annie Farmer's powerful recounting of the law enforcement failures on Epstein -- under Democratic and Republican administrations alike.
We prepared this chronology:
Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)
www.justsecurity.org/119137/timel...
We prepared this chronology:
Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)
www.justsecurity.org/119137/timel...
Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)
A comprehensive timeline of the failure of federal law enforcement to address Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's crimes.
www.justsecurity.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Brilliant. Deserves widest possiblecirculation.
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One way to show solidarity without becoming "part of the story" -- which is a great fear for many in the press corps -- is for the next reporter to repeat the same question that the insulted journalist was trying to ask.
And then again. And, if necessary, again. Until he answers the question
And then again. And, if necessary, again. Until he answers the question
…and then the rest of the White House press corps pushed back against the president’s gratuitous insult aimed at one of their colleagues?
Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!
Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.
people.com/donald-trump...
Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!
Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
One way to show solidarity without becoming "part of the story" -- which is a great fear for many in the press corps -- is for the next reporter to repeat the same question that the insulted journalist was trying to ask.
And then again. And, if necessary, again. Until he answers the question
And then again. And, if necessary, again. Until he answers the question
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I would like to see all media walk out when he disrespects a journalist. That would put him over the edge.
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I would like to see all media walk out when he disrespects a journalist. That would put him over the edge.
To the young riders on tram line 719 in Amsterdam who offered their seats to this aging tourist couple, warmest thanks.
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
To the young riders on tram line 719 in Amsterdam who offered their seats to this aging tourist couple, warmest thanks.
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The fact that Megyn Kelly minimized raping 15 year olds and wasn't immediately canceled from every platform, including @siriusxmprog.bsky.social and YouTube, tells you EVERYTHING that is wrong with right wing media and this country in general.
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The fact that Megyn Kelly minimized raping 15 year olds and wasn't immediately canceled from every platform, including @siriusxmprog.bsky.social and YouTube, tells you EVERYTHING that is wrong with right wing media and this country in general.
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She followed+taunted David Hogg
School shooting
Survivor
Had a film crew+
Trolled him while he walked
To the Capitol
Yelled that he should admit
That the school shooting was fake
And that he was an actor
Told him she had a gun
Called him little Hitler
He was 19
0 thoughts/prayers/fks about her
School shooting
Survivor
Had a film crew+
Trolled him while he walked
To the Capitol
Yelled that he should admit
That the school shooting was fake
And that he was an actor
Told him she had a gun
Called him little Hitler
He was 19
0 thoughts/prayers/fks about her
Video surfaces of Marjorie Taylor Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor with baseless claims | CNN Politics
Video of Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg before she was elected to Congress went viral Wednesday amid an uproar over newly surfaced comments sh...
www.cnn.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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There are videos of Trump with teenage girls at Epstein’s parties.
His cheated on all of his wives and his first wife accused him of rape.
He paid off a porn star.
He said he would date his daughter
The card he sent to Epstein for his birthday.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
His cheated on all of his wives and his first wife accused him of rape.
He paid off a porn star.
He said he would date his daughter
The card he sent to Epstein for his birthday.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
November 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
There are videos of Trump with teenage girls at Epstein’s parties.
His cheated on all of his wives and his first wife accused him of rape.
He paid off a porn star.
He said he would date his daughter
The card he sent to Epstein for his birthday.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
His cheated on all of his wives and his first wife accused him of rape.
He paid off a porn star.
He said he would date his daughter
The card he sent to Epstein for his birthday.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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Quality Community Note on Troy Nehls.
November 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Quality Community Note on Troy Nehls.
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I should be transparent. The NYT has approached @mississippifreepress.org reporters and editors about potential reporting partnerships. We have declined to have those conversations. We know it’s a reader play and don’t want clubby NYT control/influence on our reporting choices for obvious reasons.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I should be transparent. The NYT has approached @mississippifreepress.org reporters and editors about potential reporting partnerships. We have declined to have those conversations. We know it’s a reader play and don’t want clubby NYT control/influence on our reporting choices for obvious reasons.
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This needs to get a LOT of traction.
November 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This needs to get a LOT of traction.
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Hey, just reminding you Charlie Kirk was an awful person that said hateful false things to other awful people. His espoused beliefs were anti-Christian and Turning Point USA is a dangerous organization grooming your kids.
November 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Hey, just reminding you Charlie Kirk was an awful person that said hateful false things to other awful people. His espoused beliefs were anti-Christian and Turning Point USA is a dangerous organization grooming your kids.
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I don't want to jump to any hasty conclusions here, but this email exchange from 2011 between Jeff Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell about Donald Trump having spent hours alone with an underage girl does seem like it might be bad for him.
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I don't want to jump to any hasty conclusions here, but this email exchange from 2011 between Jeff Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell about Donald Trump having spent hours alone with an underage girl does seem like it might be bad for him.
I have a hunch that the Rs could kill Obamacare, wait a week, reintroduce it all and call it Trumpcare, and pass it, having slaked their Fuehrer's thirst for revenge against his nemesis.
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I have a hunch that the Rs could kill Obamacare, wait a week, reintroduce it all and call it Trumpcare, and pass it, having slaked their Fuehrer's thirst for revenge against his nemesis.
If Johnson recalls the House to vote on the Senate bill, he f___ing well better swear in Rep. Grijalva.
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
If Johnson recalls the House to vote on the Senate bill, he f___ing well better swear in Rep. Grijalva.
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The 2025 writers are trolling us.
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The 2025 writers are trolling us.
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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This is important. He has a big audience.
Good tweet-length summary from a conservative talk show host.
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is important. He has a big audience.
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"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”
Gov. Andy Beshear
Gov. Andy Beshear
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”
Gov. Andy Beshear
Gov. Andy Beshear
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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
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Arizona AG Kris Mayes: "Our founding fathers placed the power to tax Americans in Congress. They did not believe that we should have a president or king who had the power to tax and to levy these kinds of tariffs that are having a devastating impact on our states."
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Arizona AG Kris Mayes: "Our founding fathers placed the power to tax Americans in Congress. They did not believe that we should have a president or king who had the power to tax and to levy these kinds of tariffs that are having a devastating impact on our states."
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Alvin Bragg has won a second term race for DA of Manhattan.
The Democrat, who prosecuted Trump last year, was facing two challengers who were targeting him for going too far toward criminal justice reforms.
(The Republican nominee here was a prominent anti-trans voice.)
The Democrat, who prosecuted Trump last year, was facing two challengers who were targeting him for going too far toward criminal justice reforms.
(The Republican nominee here was a prominent anti-trans voice.)
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Alvin Bragg has won a second term race for DA of Manhattan.
The Democrat, who prosecuted Trump last year, was facing two challengers who were targeting him for going too far toward criminal justice reforms.
(The Republican nominee here was a prominent anti-trans voice.)
The Democrat, who prosecuted Trump last year, was facing two challengers who were targeting him for going too far toward criminal justice reforms.
(The Republican nominee here was a prominent anti-trans voice.)