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· Feb 2
A Path Between the Lies
Examining Trump's Attacks on Panama
open.substack.com
An essay on the lies and the danger of Trump's threats against Panama
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Under what criteria is Erdogan or Türkiye writ large somehow more totalitarian and fanatical than the bin Zayed and the UAE? People like Bret Stephens can never quite explain it but when they do they cite...Bernard Lewis lol
January 10, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Under what criteria is Erdogan or Türkiye writ large somehow more totalitarian and fanatical than the bin Zayed and the UAE? People like Bret Stephens can never quite explain it but when they do they cite...Bernard Lewis lol
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honestly grabbing these images made me think of Henry Kaiser and like good lord the vast chasm between his conduct and literally any rich american today
January 10, 2026 at 4:25 AM
honestly grabbing these images made me think of Henry Kaiser and like good lord the vast chasm between his conduct and literally any rich american today
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I kind of think the most revealing thing about Trump and his advisors’ view of the economy are the (false) “it’s fine, the economy is doing well in red states” lines from the CEA report that he posted on Truth Social
January 9, 2026 at 11:12 PM
I kind of think the most revealing thing about Trump and his advisors’ view of the economy are the (false) “it’s fine, the economy is doing well in red states” lines from the CEA report that he posted on Truth Social
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Could you imagine if a Biden WH CEA doc was leaked talking about how it's fine if red state economies were doing bad, it'd nailed to the desk of every right wing talk show for a decade
I kind of think the most revealing thing about Trump and his advisors’ view of the economy are the (false) “it’s fine, the economy is doing well in red states” lines from the CEA report that he posted on Truth Social
January 9, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Could you imagine if a Biden WH CEA doc was leaked talking about how it's fine if red state economies were doing bad, it'd nailed to the desk of every right wing talk show for a decade
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I remain baffled by this messaging
January 8, 2026 at 9:23 PM
I remain baffled by this messaging
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okay, this was just a straight up attempted murder, because i am 1000% certain that this TdA business is absolute horseshit, this is a lie, and this was an attempted murder
January 9, 2026 at 1:21 AM
okay, this was just a straight up attempted murder, because i am 1000% certain that this TdA business is absolute horseshit, this is a lie, and this was an attempted murder
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First, they lied about what we saw on video when ICE killed Renee Good.
Now, they're politicizing the investigation by freezing out Minnesota authorities, so the full truth may never see the light of day.
They are breaking our country. We must continue demanding accountability.
Now, they're politicizing the investigation by freezing out Minnesota authorities, so the full truth may never see the light of day.
They are breaking our country. We must continue demanding accountability.
January 8, 2026 at 7:37 PM
First, they lied about what we saw on video when ICE killed Renee Good.
Now, they're politicizing the investigation by freezing out Minnesota authorities, so the full truth may never see the light of day.
They are breaking our country. We must continue demanding accountability.
Now, they're politicizing the investigation by freezing out Minnesota authorities, so the full truth may never see the light of day.
They are breaking our country. We must continue demanding accountability.
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i think this professional liar is one of the most disgraceful people in media
Turned on CNN just to see what the what and there's Scott Jennings, "was no angel-ing" the mother of a toddler who got shot in the face.
January 8, 2026 at 2:40 PM
i think this professional liar is one of the most disgraceful people in media
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okay, lacking anything more productive to do, i decided to look into how many ICE or CBP officers had been intentionally hit and killed by moving vehicles in the line of duty.
163 officers have been killed in the line of duty. the only three i can find who died after being hit by a car:
163 officers have been killed in the line of duty. the only three i can find who died after being hit by a car:
January 9, 2026 at 1:52 AM
okay, lacking anything more productive to do, i decided to look into how many ICE or CBP officers had been intentionally hit and killed by moving vehicles in the line of duty.
163 officers have been killed in the line of duty. the only three i can find who died after being hit by a car:
163 officers have been killed in the line of duty. the only three i can find who died after being hit by a car:
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Vote now on how Vance spins the Oregon one:
January 9, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Vote now on how Vance spins the Oregon one:
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January 8, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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genuinely kind of fascinating that Ventura of all people is making an extremely lucid comparison of Trump to Marcos
Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
January 9, 2026 at 12:58 AM
genuinely kind of fascinating that Ventura of all people is making an extremely lucid comparison of Trump to Marcos
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these fucking masked thugs are out of control
January 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
these fucking masked thugs are out of control
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Negatively polarizing yourself into an Iraq war supporter 2 decades after the fact is an interesting one
Matt Taibbi says that America should've taken Iraq's oil when they invaded.
"And as for the Iraq oil thing, I was all in favor, like if we were there, yeah, let's take it... I guess the idea of turning it over to the Iraqi people, but I don't know, I felt a little more mercenary about that."
"And as for the Iraq oil thing, I was all in favor, like if we were there, yeah, let's take it... I guess the idea of turning it over to the Iraqi people, but I don't know, I felt a little more mercenary about that."
January 8, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Negatively polarizing yourself into an Iraq war supporter 2 decades after the fact is an interesting one
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anyway this was just a convenient lie by a man whose highest value, like trump's, is rape
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
January 8, 2026 at 4:32 AM
anyway this was just a convenient lie by a man whose highest value, like trump's, is rape
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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This is what people on Fox are like. People watch Fox because they like this.
Jesse Watters highlights that Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE, had "pronouns in her bio" and "leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage"
January 8, 2026 at 4:30 AM
This is what people on Fox are like. People watch Fox because they like this.
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Jesse Watters highlights that Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE, had "pronouns in her bio" and "leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage"
January 8, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Jesse Watters highlights that Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE, had "pronouns in her bio" and "leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage"
isn’t it *great* we have the most evil administration ever
January 8, 2026 at 2:29 AM
isn’t it *great* we have the most evil administration ever
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Trump just pulled the US out of these three organizations
January 8, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Trump just pulled the US out of these three organizations
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withdrawing from the Colombo Plan as he does not actually give a shit about traffic in narcotics
Breaking News: President Trump said the U.S. would withdraw from the U.N.’s bedrock climate treaty, and 65 other treaties and agreements.
Trump Pulls Out of Global Climate Treaty
The action could make it more difficult for a future administration to rejoin the Paris climate accord, the agreement among most nations to fight climate change.
nyti.ms
January 8, 2026 at 1:34 AM
withdrawing from the Colombo Plan as he does not actually give a shit about traffic in narcotics
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No one is capable of hating the Constitution or the liberties it enshrines more than a Republican
Rep. Wesley Hunt: "The bottom line is this: when a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep you life"
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 AM
No one is capable of hating the Constitution or the liberties it enshrines more than a Republican
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another aside about DHS, not only was it badly designed by morons but its just fundamentally not a normal ~interior ministry~ its a Department for Fighting The Terrorists, basically institutional PTSD manifested into the organizational culture of two of the largest paramilitary agencies in the USG
DHS in general was a bad re-org.
Give TSA and the air marshals to DOT, customs and civil immigration to state, criminal immigration enforcement to justice, the natsec shit to Justice/DoD, etc.
Only border patrol is the one that doesn’t neatly fit into any already existing cabinet portfolio.
Give TSA and the air marshals to DOT, customs and civil immigration to state, criminal immigration enforcement to justice, the natsec shit to Justice/DoD, etc.
Only border patrol is the one that doesn’t neatly fit into any already existing cabinet portfolio.
January 8, 2026 at 1:14 AM
another aside about DHS, not only was it badly designed by morons but its just fundamentally not a normal ~interior ministry~ its a Department for Fighting The Terrorists, basically institutional PTSD manifested into the organizational culture of two of the largest paramilitary agencies in the USG
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This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 1:39 AM
This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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??? Apparently Venezuela oil revenues will go into “offshore accounts” outside of the US Treasury, PBS reports.
January 7, 2026 at 9:06 PM
??? Apparently Venezuela oil revenues will go into “offshore accounts” outside of the US Treasury, PBS reports.