Val Popov
@hpublius.bsky.social
25+ years in banking. Here I share thoughts on the economy, politics and tech.
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A 10-year-old girl who's a US citizen recovering from brain cancer was deported with her parents and can't continue her treatment.
The swelling on her brain is not fully gone causing difficulties with speech and mobility.
Deporting her is pure evil.
The swelling on her brain is not fully gone causing difficulties with speech and mobility.
Deporting her is pure evil.
March 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM
A 10-year-old girl who's a US citizen recovering from brain cancer was deported with her parents and can't continue her treatment.
The swelling on her brain is not fully gone causing difficulties with speech and mobility.
Deporting her is pure evil.
The swelling on her brain is not fully gone causing difficulties with speech and mobility.
Deporting her is pure evil.
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Make no mistake, Trump not only wants no alliance with Ukraine but is now actively working to undermine its government and therefore its war effort.
He is in league with Vladimir Putin in every way that matters.
He is in league with Vladimir Putin in every way that matters.
March 6, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Make no mistake, Trump not only wants no alliance with Ukraine but is now actively working to undermine its government and therefore its war effort.
He is in league with Vladimir Putin in every way that matters.
He is in league with Vladimir Putin in every way that matters.
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America is getting pretty bored. Lowest viewership of any of his addresses to congress
March 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
America is getting pretty bored. Lowest viewership of any of his addresses to congress
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For those who wanted to share this video off platform. Here it is on YouTube
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Fired workers deserve benefits. Call your representatives
YouTube video by Mark Cuban
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March 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
For those who wanted to share this video off platform. Here it is on YouTube
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Read this measured but heartbreaking account of the disastrous Musk/Trump destruction of USAID and what its devastation portends for the world and our nation’s indispensable role in relieving global suffering
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-human-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-human-...
The Human Faces of the USAID Shutdown
The agency’s sudden closure is a betrayal both of the hardworking civil servants who carried out its mission and the people around the world whose good it served.
www.thebulwark.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Read this measured but heartbreaking account of the disastrous Musk/Trump destruction of USAID and what its devastation portends for the world and our nation’s indispensable role in relieving global suffering
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-human-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-human-...
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Laid-off IRS employee said he had voted for Trump: "I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason."
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
February 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Laid-off IRS employee said he had voted for Trump: "I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason."
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
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Actually it is now 8 I believe
Donald Trump’s administration has begun indiscriminately culling scores of people who keep air travel safe, despite four deadly plane crashes during his first two months as president.
Trump Launches Mass Purge of Air Traffic Control Staff
The Trump administration has kicked off a firing spree at the Federal Aviation Administration, despite four deadly plane crashes on his watch.
newrepublic.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Actually it is now 8 I believe
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Last night MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell said Trump was the first U.S. president to “switch sides during a war.” That aptly describes Trump’s betrayal but it can’t begin to convey the depravity of what Trump did in throwing our ally overboard and lying about every facet of Putin’s criminal aggression.
February 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Last night MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell said Trump was the first U.S. president to “switch sides during a war.” That aptly describes Trump’s betrayal but it can’t begin to convey the depravity of what Trump did in throwing our ally overboard and lying about every facet of Putin’s criminal aggression.
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For eight decades, alliances have formed the bedrock of American foreign, trade and cultural policy. But not any more. Europeans, but also America's Asian allies, need to accept this new world, and learn how to live in it.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The End of the Postwar World
Trump’s cruelty and lies about Ukraine send a dark message to America’s other allies.
www.theatlantic.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
For eight decades, alliances have formed the bedrock of American foreign, trade and cultural policy. But not any more. Europeans, but also America's Asian allies, need to accept this new world, and learn how to live in it.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Zelensky revealed that at one city, there were no missiles for the Patriot air defense system, saying, “At 5 AM, the commander reported: ‘8 targets are incoming, but we have no air defense missiles.’”
February 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Zelensky revealed that at one city, there were no missiles for the Patriot air defense system, saying, “At 5 AM, the commander reported: ‘8 targets are incoming, but we have no air defense missiles.’”
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🇺🇸🚫🇺🇦 The US wanted 50% of what is written in the document on rare earth metals. But there is not a single word about security guarantees. There is nothing clear there. I cannot sell the state, — Zelensky.
February 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
🇺🇸🚫🇺🇦 The US wanted 50% of what is written in the document on rare earth metals. But there is not a single word about security guarantees. There is nothing clear there. I cannot sell the state, — Zelensky.
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Donald Trump is a Russian asset; it no longer matters if it’s witting or unwitting. He routinely spreads disinformation that originates in the Kremlin and the FSB, and does it to hurt America and our friends.
If you support Trump, you have—morally speaking—betrayed your country.
If you support Trump, you have—morally speaking—betrayed your country.
February 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Donald Trump is a Russian asset; it no longer matters if it’s witting or unwitting. He routinely spreads disinformation that originates in the Kremlin and the FSB, and does it to hurt America and our friends.
If you support Trump, you have—morally speaking—betrayed your country.
If you support Trump, you have—morally speaking—betrayed your country.
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SitRep - 11/02/25 - US officials in Moscow, Zelensky ready for negotations.
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It seems like negotation attempts have started as US officials headed for Moscow and Russian government buildings
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An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It seems like negotation attempts have started as US officials headed for Moscow and Russian government buildings
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February 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
SitRep - 11/02/25 - US officials in Moscow, Zelensky ready for negotations.
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It seems like negotation attempts have started as US officials headed for Moscow and Russian government buildings
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An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It seems like negotation attempts have started as US officials headed for Moscow and Russian government buildings
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The Year of the Consuls Kekius Maximus and Caligula Orangina.
February 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The Year of the Consuls Kekius Maximus and Caligula Orangina.
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🚗👀 On the Pokrovsk direction, the Russian left an entire fleet of vehicles on the road, - KUP
🔥 On the road from Pustinka to Hryhorivka, on a strip of land just 1.5 km long, the Russians left 35 destroyed vehicles and 1 APC.
🔥 On the road from Pustinka to Hryhorivka, on a strip of land just 1.5 km long, the Russians left 35 destroyed vehicles and 1 APC.
February 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🚗👀 On the Pokrovsk direction, the Russian left an entire fleet of vehicles on the road, - KUP
🔥 On the road from Pustinka to Hryhorivka, on a strip of land just 1.5 km long, the Russians left 35 destroyed vehicles and 1 APC.
🔥 On the road from Pustinka to Hryhorivka, on a strip of land just 1.5 km long, the Russians left 35 destroyed vehicles and 1 APC.
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Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
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WAY surpasses Watergate. It’s the most serious constitutional crisis since 1861.
Sen Chris Murphy (D-CT) to ABC:
“I think this is the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced, certainly since Watergate, the President is attempting to seize control of power and for corrupt purposes”
ht: @macfarlanenews.bsky.social
“I think this is the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced, certainly since Watergate, the President is attempting to seize control of power and for corrupt purposes”
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February 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
WAY surpasses Watergate. It’s the most serious constitutional crisis since 1861.
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SitRep - 07/02/25 - Mirage 2000-5F's entered Ukraine
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russian Mirage's entered Ukraine and Russia isn't able to repel Ukraine's attacks in the Kursk region.
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An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russian Mirage's entered Ukraine and Russia isn't able to repel Ukraine's attacks in the Kursk region.
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February 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
SitRep - 07/02/25 - Mirage 2000-5F's entered Ukraine
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russian Mirage's entered Ukraine and Russia isn't able to repel Ukraine's attacks in the Kursk region.
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An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russian Mirage's entered Ukraine and Russia isn't able to repel Ukraine's attacks in the Kursk region.
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Wait. Have @doge and Elon just been pulling numbers from usaspending.gov ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
USAspending.gov
usaspending.gov
February 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Wait. Have @doge and Elon just been pulling numbers from usaspending.gov ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
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If you want something more interesting to read I could not recommend A Brief History of Intelligence by Max Solomon Bennett more highly--among the best books I've read in years.
Jason Furman's review of A Brief History of Intelligence
5/5: An extraordinary combination of explication, synthesis, connecting and extension creates a form of originality deeply grounded in neuroscience, psychology, animal behavior, human evolutionary…
www.goodreads.com
January 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
If you want something more interesting to read I could not recommend A Brief History of Intelligence by Max Solomon Bennett more highly--among the best books I've read in years.
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This is the GOP’s long con on full display.
January 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is the GOP’s long con on full display.
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The President of the United States is issuing his own currency, from which he gains personal wealth by association with his office. We're crossing Rubicons by the hour here.
So Trump launched a meme coin on Friday night, just days before becoming President, and entities he controls retain 80% of the coin. And the coin passed a $9 billion market cap in just hours.
I just can't...
I just can't...
January 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The President of the United States is issuing his own currency, from which he gains personal wealth by association with his office. We're crossing Rubicons by the hour here.
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Deportation reminder: Obama, in each of his two terms, deported way more people than Trump did in his 1st term. And Biden has deported as many as Trump deported. Trump wants it to look like he’s doing something that’s never been done. It’ll be all performative.
January 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Deportation reminder: Obama, in each of his two terms, deported way more people than Trump did in his 1st term. And Biden has deported as many as Trump deported. Trump wants it to look like he’s doing something that’s never been done. It’ll be all performative.
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🔥💥 More details — as a result of a joint special operation by SBU and AFU, the following were hit:
📍Aleksinsky Chemical Plant (Tula region)
📍Ammunition warehouses (FAB, KAB, cruise missiles) at Engels airfield (Saratov region)
📍Saratov Oil Refinery
📍Bryansk Chemical Plant
📍Aleksinsky Chemical Plant (Tula region)
📍Ammunition warehouses (FAB, KAB, cruise missiles) at Engels airfield (Saratov region)
📍Saratov Oil Refinery
📍Bryansk Chemical Plant
January 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🔥💥 More details — as a result of a joint special operation by SBU and AFU, the following were hit:
📍Aleksinsky Chemical Plant (Tula region)
📍Ammunition warehouses (FAB, KAB, cruise missiles) at Engels airfield (Saratov region)
📍Saratov Oil Refinery
📍Bryansk Chemical Plant
📍Aleksinsky Chemical Plant (Tula region)
📍Ammunition warehouses (FAB, KAB, cruise missiles) at Engels airfield (Saratov region)
📍Saratov Oil Refinery
📍Bryansk Chemical Plant
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