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Doremus Jessup

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"left leaning political views" or as Utah Governor Spencer Cox would say "deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology"

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Doremus Jessup

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The rationale keeps changing. What happened to "hazard to other vessels"?

December 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM

Doremus Jessup

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Ingrate Elise Stefanik 😂

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...

Mr. Johnson declined to comment, as well. But a senior Republican congressional aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of prolonging an intraparty feud, said that after Mr. Johnson had provided Ms. Stefanik with office space and a budget for what the aide described as “a fake job and a fake title,” he would have expected her to be more gracious.

(After President Trump asked Ms. Stefanik earlier this year to withdraw as his nominee to serve as ambassador to the United Nations, Mr. Johnson created a new post for her called “chairwoman of House Republican Leadership,” although their relationship had collapsed.)

December 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM

Doremus Jessup

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"Corruption is the lubricant on which the system operates, concentrating on the exploitation of state resources to further Russia's networks of influence"

www.csis.org/analysis/kre....

In 2016, the major study The Kremlin Playbook: Understanding Russian Influence in Central and Eastern Europe concluded that the Kremlin has developed a pattern of malign economic influence in Europe through the cultivation of “an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision-making.” The aim is to weaken and destroy democratic systems from within. In these case study countries, the names of specific jurisdictions, companies, and members of Vladimir Putin’s inner circle kept appearing.

In The Kremlin Playbook 2: The Enablers, the CSIS Europe Program and the Center for the Study of Democracy explored whether some of these jurisdictions and companies could be enabling forces that amplify Russian malign economic influence in some countries in Europe. The study analyzed the following case study countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Montenegro, the Netherlands, and Romania. The report shows that some countries facilitate of enable Russian malign economic influence, and by doing so these enablers actively participate in the weakening and discrediting of their own democratic structures.

November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM

Doremus Jessup

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I stole this from someone.

November 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM

Doremus Jessup

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"If the video of the blast that killed the two survivors on Sept. 2 were made public, people would be horrified, said one person who watched the live feed."

This is all going to come out

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

"In briefing materials provided to the White House, JSOC reported that the “double-tap,” or follow-on strike, was intended to sink the boat and remove a navigation hazard to other vessels — not to kill survivors, according to another person who saw the report.

A similar explanation was given to lawmakers in two closed-door briefings, according to two congressional aides. That explanation has prompted frustration among some members of Congress who say they believe the Pentagon was deceptive in its description of events, the aides said."

November 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM

Doremus Jessup

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Cute kid. Where da baby mama?

November 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM

Doremus Jessup

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November 26, 2025 at 6:13 AM

Doremus Jessup

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le drame, la passion

November 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM

Doremus Jessup

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"The market’s concentration in Big Tech has also given rise to concerns about what would be left if an AI bubble were to burst."

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...