Christina the Civil Servant
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Christina the Civil Servant
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Fd TBFKAEM. Fd Halva Bittermitten. Nu: Föredetting. Socialliberaler i alla länder: Förenen eder.
I found this focus group article on 13 independents that voted for Trump very interesting and a bit scary (from an European point of view). Greenland and Canada are distractions and confusing. Musk and Kennedy are OK.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Tariffs, Elon Musk and Trump’s Term So Far: 13 Trump Voters Discuss (Gift Article)
The participants discuss how they think Trump’s second term is going.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Timothy Snyder’s read of Trump is legendary:

”Trump is a sheep in wolf’s clothing. The wolves can tell the difference.”

Nobody outside USA thinks Trump is strong. We laugh at him. And fear for the world, including USA.

open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Weak Strongman
Impotence and Unfreedom, Together
open.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Efteråt urskiljde jag 20 distinkta argument för kvotering.
David Brax » Tjugo argument för kvotering
david.brax.nu
February 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to take US political systems seriously.

Rename Greenland “Red, White, and Blueland”?

www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
February 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Wow. Last month wasn't just a usual hottest January on record. Despite cool La Niña conditions, it was *even hotter* than last years record-breaking El Niño January!
Graph by @hausfath.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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President Trump, while issuing a rapid-fire series of executive orders and directives since taking office, has rationalized his initiatives with a series of false and misleading claims.

Here's a fact check.
Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims After Flurry of Executive Actions
The president was wrong about birthright citizenship around the world, the Paris climate agreement and federal funding for condoms in Gaza, among other claims.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Of course it’s a coup
Miss the obvious, lose your republic
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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I'm glad that America is doing real classic end of empire stuff. A king who is visibly losing his mind declaring a war based on a dream he had. Greedy courtiers feuding over access to the treasury. Some looks are timeless.
February 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Trade wars with Canada, Mexico & China and with the EU still to come are a rare opportunity to quote Babylon 5 on a geo-economic issue.
“Only an idiot fights a war on two fronts. Only the heir to the throne of the kingdom of idiots would fight a war on twelve fronts”.
February 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Smile and be happy they said, it could have been worse. I smiled and I got worse.
Arguably the biggest national security breach in U.S. history. Private employees downloading personnel data on every federal employee and tax and social security data on every American onto private unsecured servers. Needless to say, completely illegal and subject to major prison sentences.
3/ different pieces fit together. There also seems to be a significant amount of downloading government data onto private servers, etc, totally outside any cybersecurity regime. Additionally it’s unclear to the people inside whether the people doing these things actually work for the US govt…
February 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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News Analysis: The Trump administration said it would order an "Iron Dome" for the U.S. The same day, it froze funds for nuclear protection.
Trump Orders ‘Iron Dome’ for U.S., but Freezes Funds for Nuclear Protection
The United States is estimated to have spent more than $400 billion on the kinds of antimissile goals that the president now says will provide “for the common defense.”
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Varför kan inte Sverige döpa om Bottenviken till Svenska viken?
January 29, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Är här för att twittra lika lite som jag gjorde på Twitter.
January 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Easy as that
January 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM