Fourier Analyst
@fourier-analyst.bsky.social
A US ex-pat, living in Europe for 30+ years. A lone voice in the darkness, trying to filter out signals from all the noise.
Pinned
(1/4) I suddenly am getting an increase in "Followers", something I did not expect when I joined here! So maybe an introduction is appropriate. I am a native Texan who has lived in Europe for longer than I lived in the US. Therefore I post and comment on issues affecting both locations.
An Urgent Message: What You Must Know About AI
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
An Urgent Message: What You Need to Know About AI
Without public guidance or oversight, its future is being built on greed
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
An Urgent Message: What You Must Know About AI
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
"Once a leader discovers he can violate the law without consequence, the law ceases to be law." -- Miles Taylor, author, commentator, and former government official who served in the administrations of George W. Bush and Donald Trump
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
"Once a leader discovers he can violate the law without consequence, the law ceases to be law." -- Miles Taylor, author, commentator, and former government official who served in the administrations of George W. Bush and Donald Trump
Reposted by Fourier Analyst
“This was a very very bad vote”
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“This was a very very bad vote”
When compromise infringes on core beliefs or values, it becomes surrender.
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
When compromise infringes on core beliefs or values, it becomes surrender.
Reposted by Fourier Analyst
My husband planned to retire in December. I'm not eligible for Medicare until Aug so I planned to get an Obamacare policy. I found one in Oct that was $800/month. Now it's $2000/month.
So now my husband isn't going to retire. I hate Trump & GOP so much.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
So now my husband isn't going to retire. I hate Trump & GOP so much.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
My husband planned to retire in December. I'm not eligible for Medicare until Aug so I planned to get an Obamacare policy. I found one in Oct that was $800/month. Now it's $2000/month.
So now my husband isn't going to retire. I hate Trump & GOP so much.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
So now my husband isn't going to retire. I hate Trump & GOP so much.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
Ending the shutdown without ANY compromise means the Republicans can continue their crimes without repercussions and blame it all on the Democrats. Call the Senate Democrats who caved to the the Republicans and let them know how you feel.
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Ending the shutdown without ANY compromise means the Republicans can continue their crimes without repercussions and blame it all on the Democrats. Call the Senate Democrats who caved to the the Republicans and let them know how you feel.
Today's numbers:
38 days - Length of shutdown so far.
670,000 - Federal workers furloughed.
730,000 - Working without pay.
42 million - People waiting on SNAP benefits.
3.2 million - Passengers facing flight delays/cancellations.
$14 billion - Est. economic cost.
$40 billion - Aid sent to Argentina.
38 days - Length of shutdown so far.
670,000 - Federal workers furloughed.
730,000 - Working without pay.
42 million - People waiting on SNAP benefits.
3.2 million - Passengers facing flight delays/cancellations.
$14 billion - Est. economic cost.
$40 billion - Aid sent to Argentina.
November 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Today's numbers:
38 days - Length of shutdown so far.
670,000 - Federal workers furloughed.
730,000 - Working without pay.
42 million - People waiting on SNAP benefits.
3.2 million - Passengers facing flight delays/cancellations.
$14 billion - Est. economic cost.
$40 billion - Aid sent to Argentina.
38 days - Length of shutdown so far.
670,000 - Federal workers furloughed.
730,000 - Working without pay.
42 million - People waiting on SNAP benefits.
3.2 million - Passengers facing flight delays/cancellations.
$14 billion - Est. economic cost.
$40 billion - Aid sent to Argentina.
Reposted by Fourier Analyst
(1 of 4) I have to confess, I have not always been a "liberal". I actually have voted for Republicans and Independents. Raised in the "Heart of Texas", this is not unusual. I still have various conservative leanings that sometimes clash with Democratic candidates' views. Because I have family...
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
(1 of 4) I have to confess, I have not always been a "liberal". I actually have voted for Republicans and Independents. Raised in the "Heart of Texas", this is not unusual. I still have various conservative leanings that sometimes clash with Democratic candidates' views. Because I have family...
The average family receiving SNAP benefits is only receiving $80 per week.
The daily meal allowance ("Members' Representational Allowance" or MRA) for Congress Representatives is capped at $79 per DAY. This is a voluntary claim. I wonder how many Republicans are claiming it during the shutdown?
The daily meal allowance ("Members' Representational Allowance" or MRA) for Congress Representatives is capped at $79 per DAY. This is a voluntary claim. I wonder how many Republicans are claiming it during the shutdown?
November 4, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The average family receiving SNAP benefits is only receiving $80 per week.
The daily meal allowance ("Members' Representational Allowance" or MRA) for Congress Representatives is capped at $79 per DAY. This is a voluntary claim. I wonder how many Republicans are claiming it during the shutdown?
The daily meal allowance ("Members' Representational Allowance" or MRA) for Congress Representatives is capped at $79 per DAY. This is a voluntary claim. I wonder how many Republicans are claiming it during the shutdown?
THIS is what we need to do ourselves and what we need our leaders to do!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzc5...
What Democrats SHOULD Be Doing
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
THIS is what we need to do ourselves and what we need our leaders to do!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzc5...
Reposted by Fourier Analyst
November 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The various prosecutions of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, James Comey, Letitia James, John Bolton, Lisa Cook and others give a new meaning to "trumped up charges".
November 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The various prosecutions of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, James Comey, Letitia James, John Bolton, Lisa Cook and others give a new meaning to "trumped up charges".
(1 of 2) Around 30 private contractors are being hired by ICE to monitor various social media platforms in order to identify targets for deportation. Using databases like LexisNexis and CLEAR they will operate continuously to build digital dossiers from posts, photos and messages on X, Facebook...
November 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
(1 of 2) Around 30 private contractors are being hired by ICE to monitor various social media platforms in order to identify targets for deportation. Using databases like LexisNexis and CLEAR they will operate continuously to build digital dossiers from posts, photos and messages on X, Facebook...
I vote we call it the "Nobel Prize Recipient Barak H. Obama Ballroom".
October 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I vote we call it the "Nobel Prize Recipient Barak H. Obama Ballroom".
Reposted by Fourier Analyst
THE DAY AHEAD: Judge demands answers about disappearance of sentencing memo
(After which a reference to Jan 6 and a reference to Trump were erased)
youtube.com/shorts/Kn_xE...
(After which a reference to Jan 6 and a reference to Trump were erased)
youtube.com/shorts/Kn_xE...
THE DAY AHEAD: Judge demands answers about disappearance of sentencing memo
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS
youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
THE DAY AHEAD: Judge demands answers about disappearance of sentencing memo
(After which a reference to Jan 6 and a reference to Trump were erased)
youtube.com/shorts/Kn_xE...
(After which a reference to Jan 6 and a reference to Trump were erased)
youtube.com/shorts/Kn_xE...
On Oct. 6, dt essentially admitted that the shutdown is really about repealing Obamacare by choking off funding for it, which was in Project 2025: Q - “Are you open to extending the ACA subsidies? Trump: We want to fix it so it works. It’s not working. Obamacare has been a disaster for the people.”
October 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
On Oct. 6, dt essentially admitted that the shutdown is really about repealing Obamacare by choking off funding for it, which was in Project 2025: Q - “Are you open to extending the ACA subsidies? Trump: We want to fix it so it works. It’s not working. Obamacare has been a disaster for the people.”
I've stopped worrying about dt running for a third term. No doubt he wants to and his fawning fascist circle would find a way to bend and bully the law to do so, but his health is so obviously deteriorating that he might not last 3 months, much less 3 years.
I now worry about who takes his place.
I now worry about who takes his place.
October 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I've stopped worrying about dt running for a third term. No doubt he wants to and his fawning fascist circle would find a way to bend and bully the law to do so, but his health is so obviously deteriorating that he might not last 3 months, much less 3 years.
I now worry about who takes his place.
I now worry about who takes his place.
Reposted by Fourier Analyst
This.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This.
Reposted by Fourier Analyst
Reposted by Fourier Analyst
Mike Johnson describes Trump’s mental decline and unhinged behavior.
October 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Mike Johnson describes Trump’s mental decline and unhinged behavior.
Sadly, it was only a matter of time. There is no way we can stop this. www.youtube.com/live/mSFUg8b...
'WE NEED TO WATCH OUT': Maddow sounds alarm on ICE surveillance as Trump wields new weapon
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Sadly, it was only a matter of time. There is no way we can stop this. www.youtube.com/live/mSFUg8b...
(1 of 2) Folks in the US ask me how Germany and Europe view what is happening in the US. Here's a comment from a prominent German political commentator Jurgen Nauditt, who was reacting to Steven Miller’s speech at the Charlie Kirk memorial: "“This is 100% Goebbels....
October 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
(1 of 2) Folks in the US ask me how Germany and Europe view what is happening in the US. Here's a comment from a prominent German political commentator Jurgen Nauditt, who was reacting to Steven Miller’s speech at the Charlie Kirk memorial: "“This is 100% Goebbels....
Anyone else having problems accessing Substack? Is this a regular service or maintenance issue or are they under attack?
October 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Anyone else having problems accessing Substack? Is this a regular service or maintenance issue or are they under attack?
This news is a month old, but bears repeating in case anyone has missed it. Please be careful out there!! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps
Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This news is a month old, but bears repeating in case anyone has missed it. Please be careful out there!! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...