Detroit313
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This is demonstrably false.
Corruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.
May 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is demonstrably false.
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Kind of incredible how much Trumpism really is just a dumber version of Pat Buchanan’s shtick.
April 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Kind of incredible how much Trumpism really is just a dumber version of Pat Buchanan’s shtick.
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It is absolutely psychotic that the president has the power to institute an enormous tax hike like this—because that’s what this is—without congressional approval. The executive branch is out of control.
Trump: Effective midnight, we will impose a 25% tariff on all foreign-made automobiles.
April 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It is absolutely psychotic that the president has the power to institute an enormous tax hike like this—because that’s what this is—without congressional approval. The executive branch is out of control.
I love how the evidence that Fauci funded the lab leak a grant proposal a different agency rejected.
March 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I love how the evidence that Fauci funded the lab leak a grant proposal a different agency rejected.
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No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
February 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
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It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
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As a South African, I’ve seen my fair share of hardcore, blatant corruption in politics over the years.
But Trump is making our officials look a looks like amateurs.
But Trump is making our officials look a looks like amateurs.
February 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
As a South African, I’ve seen my fair share of hardcore, blatant corruption in politics over the years.
But Trump is making our officials look a looks like amateurs.
But Trump is making our officials look a looks like amateurs.
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“Do not bend your neck for that which cuts necks.”
A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.
A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.
February 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“Do not bend your neck for that which cuts necks.”
A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.
A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.
His supporters won't call it a climb down. They'll call it a brilliant negotiation strategy. Regardless, it's good news. A full North American trade war would have been stupid and destructive.
Ooof! Mexico, Canada and Wall Street call Trump's Tariff bluff. NOW he wants to talk to Canada, delay tariffs on Mexico for a month and Wall Street is telling him real time his tariffs are "dumb". Ahh, the price of eggs, cars, avocados...
February 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
His supporters won't call it a climb down. They'll call it a brilliant negotiation strategy. Regardless, it's good news. A full North American trade war would have been stupid and destructive.
An under-discussed possibility in all this is that the UK and France have nuclear umbrellas and might be willing to extend them to Greenland or even Panama.
France has warned Donald Trump against threatening the “sovereign borders” of the European Union after the US president-elect refused to rule out military action to take control of Greenland, an autonomous territory of EU member Denmark
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
France warns Donald Trump against threatening EU ‘sovereign borders’
Foreign minister hits out after US president-elect refuses to rule out military action to take control of Greenland
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
An under-discussed possibility in all this is that the UK and France have nuclear umbrellas and might be willing to extend them to Greenland or even Panama.
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Republicans thought they were voting for cheaper eggs and what they’re going to get is war with Denmark and Panama.
January 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Republicans thought they were voting for cheaper eggs and what they’re going to get is war with Denmark and Panama.
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4 years after the Jan 6 attempt to overthrow democracy, 300 Capitol attackers are yet to face trial & the man behind it is about to return as President.
In S. Korea, after 11 days the President was impeached & suspended. Today, 28 days later, a court issued his arrest warrant.
Be like South Korea.
In S. Korea, after 11 days the President was impeached & suspended. Today, 28 days later, a court issued his arrest warrant.
Be like South Korea.
South Korea court issues warrant to arrest impeached President Yoon
Yoon ignored three summonses to appear for questioning over his botched martial law attempt.
www.bbc.com
December 31, 2024 at 2:09 PM
4 years after the Jan 6 attempt to overthrow democracy, 300 Capitol attackers are yet to face trial & the man behind it is about to return as President.
In S. Korea, after 11 days the President was impeached & suspended. Today, 28 days later, a court issued his arrest warrant.
Be like South Korea.
In S. Korea, after 11 days the President was impeached & suspended. Today, 28 days later, a court issued his arrest warrant.
Be like South Korea.
No thoughts on Carter's permanent peace between Egypt, Jordan and Israel?
I might have more to say later, but all the reviews of Carter's presidency emphasize his character, his success in the Mideast, and inflation/gas prices.
But left out of all that: His Cold War policies were abject failures and left America in a precarious situation by 1980. /1
But left out of all that: His Cold War policies were abject failures and left America in a precarious situation by 1980. /1
December 30, 2024 at 8:38 PM
No thoughts on Carter's permanent peace between Egypt, Jordan and Israel?
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December 29, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Folks, stop everything. The list of 2024's hottest articles on Canadian tax policy has officially dropped.
December 23, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Folks, stop everything. The list of 2024's hottest articles on Canadian tax policy has officially dropped.
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The main argument for a Strategic BItcoin Reserve seems to be that Bitcoin holders worry about an impending shortage of greater fools and need the US government to act as the greatest fool of last resort.
December 21, 2024 at 8:16 PM
The main argument for a Strategic BItcoin Reserve seems to be that Bitcoin holders worry about an impending shortage of greater fools and need the US government to act as the greatest fool of last resort.
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Look bringing back polio sounds bad. But it’s a small price to pay to get rid of pronouns in email signatures and black women in star wars.
December 13, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Look bringing back polio sounds bad. But it’s a small price to pay to get rid of pronouns in email signatures and black women in star wars.
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"When we look back on Trump’s long rampage through our institutions, a question that may haunt us: Would those institutions have fared better if they had spent a less effort trying to maintain their neutrality and a more effort fighting for their independence?" www.thebulwark.com/p/chris-wray...
Chris Wray’s Pre-Surrender
Do the people manning our institutions even have the energy to fight?
www.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2024 at 2:54 PM
"When we look back on Trump’s long rampage through our institutions, a question that may haunt us: Would those institutions have fared better if they had spent a less effort trying to maintain their neutrality and a more effort fighting for their independence?" www.thebulwark.com/p/chris-wray...
My guess is it's probably DoD or Homeland Security. Maybe related to protecting NYC airspace.
My drone theory, bookmark this vs the Jeff Van Drew “Iran mothership” theory:
Private company testing transportation drones, and does not want to reveal their intellectual property so not fessing up… and not breaking any laws at all
Private company testing transportation drones, and does not want to reveal their intellectual property so not fessing up… and not breaking any laws at all
December 12, 2024 at 11:03 PM
My guess is it's probably DoD or Homeland Security. Maybe related to protecting NYC airspace.
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Mitch McConnell: “We’re in a very, very dangerous world right now, reminiscent of before world war two,” he says. “Even the slogan is the same. ‘America First.’ That was what they said in the ’30s.”
Mitch McConnell: ‘We’re in a very, very dangerous world right now’
The Republican Senator on his plans to spend the last two years of his term fighting back against an increasingly isolationist GOP
www.ft.com
December 11, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Mitch McConnell: “We’re in a very, very dangerous world right now, reminiscent of before world war two,” he says. “Even the slogan is the same. ‘America First.’ That was what they said in the ’30s.”
I'd make this an even 15.
Supreme Court 18-year term limit bill should be just the beginning:
— 13 justices
— 7 clerks per justice
— single 18-year term
— binding code of ethics with punishments all the way up to impeachment
— full investigation of corrupt gifts to Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, et al.
— 13 justices
— 7 clerks per justice
— single 18-year term
— binding code of ethics with punishments all the way up to impeachment
— full investigation of corrupt gifts to Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, et al.
December 10, 2024 at 1:41 AM
I'd make this an even 15.
It was always the reverse. Syria's survival depended on Iran, not vice versa. However, Iran's ability to project power in the region will be decimated by Assad's fall.
1. As a strong opponent of the Islamic Republic in Iran, I must caution those who see the fall of the Assad regime as a major failure for the Islamic Republic and a precursor to the fall of the regime.
The stability and security of the Islamic Republic do not depend on Syria or Bashar Al-Assad.
The stability and security of the Islamic Republic do not depend on Syria or Bashar Al-Assad.
December 8, 2024 at 2:23 AM
It was always the reverse. Syria's survival depended on Iran, not vice versa. However, Iran's ability to project power in the region will be decimated by Assad's fall.
Syrian Opposition forces getting very close to Damascus's largest military airbase. If Assad flees, he should consider doing it soon.
December 7, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Syrian Opposition forces getting very close to Damascus's largest military airbase. If Assad flees, he should consider doing it soon.
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