Alan Goldsmith
@goldsmithalan.bsky.social
American. Jew. National security professional. He/him.
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There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
April 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Europeans to dramatically increase their yearly defense spending to over 3 percent of GDP after attending an emergency summit on Ukraine in London.
Macron urges Europe to boost defense spending to over 3 percent of GDP
The EU needs to find ways to massively ramp up defense spending, the French president says.
www.politico.eu
March 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Europeans to dramatically increase their yearly defense spending to over 3 percent of GDP after attending an emergency summit on Ukraine in London.
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Every line of the above post is longterm Russian manipulated narrative meant to weaken the United States
March 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Every line of the above post is longterm Russian manipulated narrative meant to weaken the United States
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In fact:
— US equipment abandoned to the Taliban is being sold for $$$
— Ukraine needs all its weapons
— Russia has long supported Hamas, and, as Hamas openly explained just after Oct 7, gave Hamas material support of weapons (and likely intelligence) during the critical 2 yr planning window
— US equipment abandoned to the Taliban is being sold for $$$
— Ukraine needs all its weapons
— Russia has long supported Hamas, and, as Hamas openly explained just after Oct 7, gave Hamas material support of weapons (and likely intelligence) during the critical 2 yr planning window
March 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM
In fact:
— US equipment abandoned to the Taliban is being sold for $$$
— Ukraine needs all its weapons
— Russia has long supported Hamas, and, as Hamas openly explained just after Oct 7, gave Hamas material support of weapons (and likely intelligence) during the critical 2 yr planning window
— US equipment abandoned to the Taliban is being sold for $$$
— Ukraine needs all its weapons
— Russia has long supported Hamas, and, as Hamas openly explained just after Oct 7, gave Hamas material support of weapons (and likely intelligence) during the critical 2 yr planning window
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It’s all just one gigantic grift for the benefit of President Musk open.substack.com/pub/elonmusk...
Why shutting down the International Space Station could make Musk a fortune
In a series of social media posts last month, White House advisor and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk called for deorbiting the International Space Station (ISS) as soon as 2027.
open.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It’s all just one gigantic grift for the benefit of President Musk open.substack.com/pub/elonmusk...
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RFK wrote an op-ed for Fox News that ostensibly promotes MMR vaccination to address measles outbreaks.
But there are still crumbs for the anti-vax & MAGA audience. I wonder how his messaging will evolve and if these hints will get less subtle in future outbreaks.
www.foxnews.com/opinion/robe...
But there are still crumbs for the anti-vax & MAGA audience. I wonder how his messaging will evolve and if these hints will get less subtle in future outbreaks.
www.foxnews.com/opinion/robe...
ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR.: Measles outbreak is call to action for all of us
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., tells readers what his agency is doing and what they can do to stop the measles outbreak that has claimed a child's life in Texas.
www.foxnews.com
March 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
RFK wrote an op-ed for Fox News that ostensibly promotes MMR vaccination to address measles outbreaks.
But there are still crumbs for the anti-vax & MAGA audience. I wonder how his messaging will evolve and if these hints will get less subtle in future outbreaks.
www.foxnews.com/opinion/robe...
But there are still crumbs for the anti-vax & MAGA audience. I wonder how his messaging will evolve and if these hints will get less subtle in future outbreaks.
www.foxnews.com/opinion/robe...
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This sort of comic book corruption is quite literally illegal in every single country in the world that has written laws. I don't even know what else you say about this, it's amazing
February 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This sort of comic book corruption is quite literally illegal in every single country in the world that has written laws. I don't even know what else you say about this, it's amazing
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NEW on CNN: Dan Bongino, incoming FBI deputy director repeatedly has spread the conspiracy theory that pipe bombs planted on January 6 were an FBI “inside job” to “frame MAGA people.”
He now be the number two at the bureau.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/01/p...
He now be the number two at the bureau.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/01/p...
Deputy FBI Director Bongino repeatedly said pipe bombs planted ahead of Jan. 6 were ‘inside job’ | CNN Politics
Dan Bongino, the incoming deputy director of the FBI, suggested last month on his popular podcast that the agency he is now about to help lead was complicit in planting pipe bombs around Washington ah...
www.cnn.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
NEW on CNN: Dan Bongino, incoming FBI deputy director repeatedly has spread the conspiracy theory that pipe bombs planted on January 6 were an FBI “inside job” to “frame MAGA people.”
He now be the number two at the bureau.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/01/p...
He now be the number two at the bureau.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/01/p...
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There is nothing “realistic” about the torch that is being put to US foreign policy. It takes a real partisan hive mind not to see this.
"Trump is in a tradition of realist presidents, going back to Theodore Roosevelt more than a century ago, who have viewed world politics as a great-power club, rather than an arena for idealism."
Must-read NEW Michael Lind.
Must-read NEW Michael Lind.
The roots of Trump’s realpolitik
unherd.com
March 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
There is nothing “realistic” about the torch that is being put to US foreign policy. It takes a real partisan hive mind not to see this.
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the idea that realists would look at the present international order and not see a spectacular apparatus for leveraging American national interest is stupid -- they're the ones who fucking built the system to leverage American national interest in the first place
unilateralism is an idiot doctrine
unilateralism is an idiot doctrine
March 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
the idea that realists would look at the present international order and not see a spectacular apparatus for leveraging American national interest is stupid -- they're the ones who fucking built the system to leverage American national interest in the first place
unilateralism is an idiot doctrine
unilateralism is an idiot doctrine
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Trump is obviously an idiot not an ideologue, but the argument here pulls off a trick that is crucial to the American unilateralist tradition
it acts like America's treaty alliances and reserve currency status are gifts the US gives the world rather than the actual basis of American power
it acts like America's treaty alliances and reserve currency status are gifts the US gives the world rather than the actual basis of American power
"Trump is in a tradition of realist presidents, going back to Theodore Roosevelt more than a century ago, who have viewed world politics as a great-power club, rather than an arena for idealism."
Must-read NEW Michael Lind.
Must-read NEW Michael Lind.
The roots of Trump’s realpolitik
unherd.com
March 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Trump is obviously an idiot not an ideologue, but the argument here pulls off a trick that is crucial to the American unilateralist tradition
it acts like America's treaty alliances and reserve currency status are gifts the US gives the world rather than the actual basis of American power
it acts like America's treaty alliances and reserve currency status are gifts the US gives the world rather than the actual basis of American power
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Great news for money launderers!
March 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Great news for money launderers!
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I know it's pointless to say this, but the Beneficial Ownership reporting is really simple to do. The only way it's an "absolute disaster" or "economic menace" is if you are fully aware that writing down your owners will produce criminal liability.
March 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I know it's pointless to say this, but the Beneficial Ownership reporting is really simple to do. The only way it's an "absolute disaster" or "economic menace" is if you are fully aware that writing down your owners will produce criminal liability.
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“Escalation” is when you dare to contradict Trump’s assertion that Ukraine is to blame for being invaded.
Tulsi Gabbard, sounding very much like a Kremlin spokesperson on Fox News Sunday, accuses Zelenskyy of an “escalation”
March 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“Escalation” is when you dare to contradict Trump’s assertion that Ukraine is to blame for being invaded.
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Given an easy opportunity to criticize Putin, Gabbard immediately pivots to bashing Zelenskyy
March 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Given an easy opportunity to criticize Putin, Gabbard immediately pivots to bashing Zelenskyy
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There it is: Trump announces the US will not be enforcing its new shell company registry, which is the single-best tool to counter kleptocracy.
March 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
There it is: Trump announces the US will not be enforcing its new shell company registry, which is the single-best tool to counter kleptocracy.
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Those projections must be a nightmare.
RFK Jr. urges people to get vaccinated amid deadly Texas outbreak
Kennedy has a long record of sowing skepticism about vaccines, but advocated for them in a Fox News op-ed today.
www.axios.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Those projections must be a nightmare.
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This is ominous. Commerce Secretary suggests new GDP calculations might deliberately exclude government spending to obscure impact of DOGE cuts.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic product.
apnews.com
March 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This is ominous. Commerce Secretary suggests new GDP calculations might deliberately exclude government spending to obscure impact of DOGE cuts.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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new this morning from @andrewperez.bsky.social and me www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
FAA Officials Ordered Staff to Find Funding for Elon Musk's Starlink
After Trump and Musk gutted the Federal Aviation Administration, the agency directed staff to locate tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal.
www.rollingstone.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
new this morning from @andrewperez.bsky.social and me www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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We need language for a simple, easy to understand Constitutional amendment to overturn the USSC immunity decision. We need good language first, then start a campaign for it. Voters from all sides have an interest in not having a president (possibly from the other party) who is above the law.
March 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
We need language for a simple, easy to understand Constitutional amendment to overturn the USSC immunity decision. We need good language first, then start a campaign for it. Voters from all sides have an interest in not having a president (possibly from the other party) who is above the law.
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This is straight up Third World country shit. Not hyperbole. I’ve lived in some Third World countries and this kind of stunt is de rigueur. Oh well 🤷♂️🤦♂️
February 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is straight up Third World country shit. Not hyperbole. I’ve lived in some Third World countries and this kind of stunt is de rigueur. Oh well 🤷♂️🤦♂️
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BREAKING: A judge in Baltimore has blocked the Trump administration from conditioning federal aid to doctors/health care facilities on withholding health care services for transgender youth.
Order was given from the bench with written ruling to come later.
Order was given from the bench with written ruling to come later.
February 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
BREAKING: A judge in Baltimore has blocked the Trump administration from conditioning federal aid to doctors/health care facilities on withholding health care services for transgender youth.
Order was given from the bench with written ruling to come later.
Order was given from the bench with written ruling to come later.