Chris Bredesen
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The trade war behind Trump’s tariffs “might be coming to a strange end,” @annielowrey.bsky.social writes—but the consequences would be messy:
What Tariffs Did
Is this the end of the trade war?
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The trade war behind Trump’s tariffs “might be coming to a strange end,” @annielowrey.bsky.social writes—but the consequences would be messy:
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President Trump told 60 Minutes he didn’t know who the crypto CEO was — the one whom he just pardoned. Here’s who he is:
November 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
President Trump told 60 Minutes he didn’t know who the crypto CEO was — the one whom he just pardoned. Here’s who he is:
Me looking through code that it turns out I wrote 2 years earlier
October 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Me looking through code that it turns out I wrote 2 years earlier
Take note MCO this js how you do terminal signage
October 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Take note MCO this js how you do terminal signage
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NEW from PP:
You know how Krista Noem has been bottlenecking disaster relief?
Turns out, you can get them greenlit —if you‘re a Noem donor!
After donor asked, Noem quickly cleared project.
Then she flew to town and dined at French bistro with the donor.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
You know how Krista Noem has been bottlenecking disaster relief?
Turns out, you can get them greenlit —if you‘re a Noem donor!
After donor asked, Noem quickly cleared project.
Then she flew to town and dined at French bistro with the donor.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened
The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noe...
www.propublica.org
September 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
NEW from PP:
You know how Krista Noem has been bottlenecking disaster relief?
Turns out, you can get them greenlit —if you‘re a Noem donor!
After donor asked, Noem quickly cleared project.
Then she flew to town and dined at French bistro with the donor.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
You know how Krista Noem has been bottlenecking disaster relief?
Turns out, you can get them greenlit —if you‘re a Noem donor!
After donor asked, Noem quickly cleared project.
Then she flew to town and dined at French bistro with the donor.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
The lack of contrast across the macOS Tahoe UI has caused a fairly large step backwards in usability. It's fine to have some of the control bits float on top of content but to do that and also make them *almost* the same color as the content just makes the whole thing look like a monochromatic blob.
September 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The lack of contrast across the macOS Tahoe UI has caused a fairly large step backwards in usability. It's fine to have some of the control bits float on top of content but to do that and also make them *almost* the same color as the content just makes the whole thing look like a monochromatic blob.
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Conservative White Christians Will Worship Anyone But Jesus. “Seeing White Evangelicals build idols out of people whose lives and public work are the antithesis of Jesus is something we’ve grown accustomed to.” [johnpavlovitz.substack.com]
Conservative White Christians Will Worship Anyone But Jesus
I’d like to say I’m shocked.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Conservative White Christians Will Worship Anyone But Jesus. “Seeing White Evangelicals build idols out of people whose lives and public work are the antithesis of Jesus is something we’ve grown accustomed to.” [johnpavlovitz.substack.com]
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MAGA, you were right to be worried about an Epstein cover up. You were right to care deeply about the economy. You were right to want to put working families first. So let’s be consistent - It’s time to turn on Trump, he's failed you miserably every front.
September 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
MAGA, you were right to be worried about an Epstein cover up. You were right to care deeply about the economy. You were right to want to put working families first. So let’s be consistent - It’s time to turn on Trump, he's failed you miserably every front.
If I'm logged into your web portal and your chat bot asks me my phone number / account number ... you failed.
September 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If I'm logged into your web portal and your chat bot asks me my phone number / account number ... you failed.
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Oh my… Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell just corrected Trump’s math on national television, live, and called out his disinformation.
July 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Oh my… Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell just corrected Trump’s math on national television, live, and called out his disinformation.
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REPORTER: Yesterday you said you were not sure who ordered the munitions ordered to Ukraine. Have you figured it out?
TRUMP: I haven't though about it
REPORTER: What does it say that such a decision could be made without you knowing?
TRUMP: I would know. If a decision was made I will know.
TRUMP: I haven't though about it
REPORTER: What does it say that such a decision could be made without you knowing?
TRUMP: I would know. If a decision was made I will know.
July 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
REPORTER: Yesterday you said you were not sure who ordered the munitions ordered to Ukraine. Have you figured it out?
TRUMP: I haven't though about it
REPORTER: What does it say that such a decision could be made without you knowing?
TRUMP: I would know. If a decision was made I will know.
TRUMP: I haven't though about it
REPORTER: What does it say that such a decision could be made without you knowing?
TRUMP: I would know. If a decision was made I will know.
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THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
May 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
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When kids are falling short, many parents’ instinct is to penalize them by taking away something they love. But that’s the opposite of how to motivate them, Russell Shaw writes: https://theatln.tc/RbzZlB1F
May 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
When kids are falling short, many parents’ instinct is to penalize them by taking away something they love. But that’s the opposite of how to motivate them, Russell Shaw writes: https://theatln.tc/RbzZlB1F
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Ooh, I like this question: “What is the best album released by a music act at least 15 years after its debut album?” Any ideas? (via @margarita.bsky.social) [bsky.app]
May 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Ooh, I like this question: “What is the best album released by a music act at least 15 years after its debut album?” Any ideas? (via @margarita.bsky.social) [bsky.app]
This is the level of gaslighting we're dealing with here. Zero accountability, zero integrity.
1/29/24: “THIS IS THE TRUMP STOCK MARKET”
4/30/25: “This is Biden’s stock market”
4/30/25: “This is Biden’s stock market”
April 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This is the level of gaslighting we're dealing with here. Zero accountability, zero integrity.
@namesforbands.bsky.social Seismic Dysfunction
President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed a deepening controversy surrounding Pete Hegseth, declaring the embattled defense secretary is “doing a great job” despite seismic dysfunction within the Pentagon.
Pete Hegseth, isolated and defiant, has Trump’s backing for now
Officials say the unraveling of Hegseth’s inner circle is cause for alarm, leaving some to wonder how the Pentagon would function in a national security crisis.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
@namesforbands.bsky.social Seismic Dysfunction
Trump telling Bukele that the "home-grown" criminals are next and suggesting he build more prisons. Then *laughter*
April 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Trump telling Bukele that the "home-grown" criminals are next and suggesting he build more prisons. Then *laughter*
It's incredible how accurately you can predict this guy's platform by just being on the wrong side of any given issue.
Trump: "Anybody have a windmill by your house? Congratulations, you'll never sell your house. And today I signed historic executive orders to unleash coal production to the highest levels ever. Because coal is the most powerful thing."
April 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
It's incredible how accurately you can predict this guy's platform by just being on the wrong side of any given issue.
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Even as the stock market crashed, President Trump was in Florida at his Doral golf resort and Mar-a-Lago club helping pump up family businesses, evidence that Trump continues to monetize the presidency. A NYT behind-the-scenes look with Theodore Schleifer and Zolan Kanno-Youngs nyti.ms/3XPqyIa
Trump Family’s Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out (Gift Article)
The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president’s Doral resort in Florida and a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled.
nyti.ms
April 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Even as the stock market crashed, President Trump was in Florida at his Doral golf resort and Mar-a-Lago club helping pump up family businesses, evidence that Trump continues to monetize the presidency. A NYT behind-the-scenes look with Theodore Schleifer and Zolan Kanno-Youngs nyti.ms/3XPqyIa
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THREAD: Key questions today for every reporter and Congressman looking into #Signalgate:
1. How can anyone (aka Trump) trust Mike Waltz going forward since he's so dumb as to add a reporter to such a highly secretive group chat?
1. How can anyone (aka Trump) trust Mike Waltz going forward since he's so dumb as to add a reporter to such a highly secretive group chat?
March 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
THREAD: Key questions today for every reporter and Congressman looking into #Signalgate:
1. How can anyone (aka Trump) trust Mike Waltz going forward since he's so dumb as to add a reporter to such a highly secretive group chat?
1. How can anyone (aka Trump) trust Mike Waltz going forward since he's so dumb as to add a reporter to such a highly secretive group chat?
These goons were never concerned with what's right; only what can sink their opponent.
The NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER added the EDITOR OF THE ATLANTIC to a PRINCIPALS COMMITTEE TEXT CHAIN set up for the DEFENSE SECRETARY about PLANNED MILITARY STRIKES.
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
March 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
These goons were never concerned with what's right; only what can sink their opponent.
Service billing pet peeve: email notifying of bill due which is set up for auto pay, yet the email says nothing about auto pay. Makes me feel like I have to go check every time. Annoying!
March 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Service billing pet peeve: email notifying of bill due which is set up for auto pay, yet the email says nothing about auto pay. Makes me feel like I have to go check every time. Annoying!
Please enjoy each of these beverages equally.
March 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Please enjoy each of these beverages equally.
I'm trying to get through the live unedited video of the meeting but I literally cannot. I can't watch our president blather on and berate Zelenskyy like a schoolyard bully. It's sickening and we should all be ashamed of ourselves. Reagan is turning in his grave.
“Trump and Vance have revealed to Americans and to America’s allies their alignment with Russia, and their animosity toward Ukraine in general and its president in particular,” writes @davidfrum.bsky.social. “The truth is ugly, but it’s necessary to face it.” theatln.tc/OBWzC38t
At Least Now We Know the Truth
The truth is ugly, but it’s necessary to face it.
theatln.tc
February 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I'm trying to get through the live unedited video of the meeting but I literally cannot. I can't watch our president blather on and berate Zelenskyy like a schoolyard bully. It's sickening and we should all be ashamed of ourselves. Reagan is turning in his grave.
I’m shocked. Shocked!
The Trump bump in consumer confidence is already over. Tariff threats, stock market swings and rapidly reversing executive orders are causing Americans across the political spectrum to feel considerably more pessimistic about the economy.
The Mood of the American Consumer is Souring
Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had expected sentiment to improve after dropping in January. But it instead deteriorated.
www.wsj.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I’m shocked. Shocked!