Josh Mondragon
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As 2025 ends, the pattern is unmistakable. Trump’s second term is unraveling under its own weight. A hollowed-out presidency, factional chaos, and policies that keep backfiring. Step back from the daily noise, and the consequences are impossible to miss.
Backfire
On every major policy question, the Trump regime is failing badly. And voters are taking note.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
As 2025 ends, the pattern is unmistakable. Trump’s second term is unraveling under its own weight. A hollowed-out presidency, factional chaos, and policies that keep backfiring. Step back from the daily noise, and the consequences are impossible to miss.
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“When it comes to putting together a crew with the skills needed for a bank job or a jewel heist, a majority of Americans reported knowing just one or two guys, tops,” said lead researcher Jane Iannitello
Study Finds 80% Of Americans Lack Social Connections To Pull Off Heist
NEW HAVEN, CT—Shedding new light on a previously undocumented effect of loneliness, a team of psychologists at Yale University found that at least 80% of Americans lack the social connections necessar...
theonion.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“When it comes to putting together a crew with the skills needed for a bank job or a jewel heist, a majority of Americans reported knowing just one or two guys, tops,” said lead researcher Jane Iannitello
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Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.
- Mahatma Gandhi -
- Mahatma Gandhi -
April 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.
- Mahatma Gandhi -
- Mahatma Gandhi -
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Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA):
"I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"
"I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"
April 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA):
"I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"
"I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"
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Here he is today, deeply concerned about economic hardship caused by his tariff scheme.
April 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Here he is today, deeply concerned about economic hardship caused by his tariff scheme.
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The firing of one of our top cybersecurity officials at the urging of a known conspiracy theorist is outrageous. We are already facing unprecedented cybersecurity threats and this only makes America more vulnerable.
National Security Agency chief ousted after far-right activist urged his removal
Gen. Timothy Haugh was fired Thursday as director of the powerful wiretapping and cyberespionage service, according to U.S. officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The firing of one of our top cybersecurity officials at the urging of a known conspiracy theorist is outrageous. We are already facing unprecedented cybersecurity threats and this only makes America more vulnerable.
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For American readers, this is from one of the UK's leading right-wing newspapers today. The game is up.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2...
It’s over. America has ceased to be leader of the free world
Accidentally copying in a journalist to senior officials’ private thoughts about Europe was a gift of Providence
www.telegraph.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
For American readers, this is from one of the UK's leading right-wing newspapers today. The game is up.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2...
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JUST IN: Some of the nation's top intelligence officials are due to appear before Congress in a pair of hearings this week. Two were participants in a widely-criticized war plans group chat on Signal.
Intelligence leaders will testify before Congress, fresh off the group chat fiasco
Some of the nation's top intelligence officials are due to appear before Congress in a pair of hearings this week. Two were participants in a widely-criticized war plans group chat on Signal.
www.npr.org
March 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
JUST IN: Some of the nation's top intelligence officials are due to appear before Congress in a pair of hearings this week. Two were participants in a widely-criticized war plans group chat on Signal.
Seriously, these people are going to get us all killed.
Trump officials planned a military strike over Signal – with a magazine editor on the line
Trump officials planned a military strike over Signal – with a magazine editor on the line
Unclassified emoji usage
buff.ly
March 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Seriously, these people are going to get us all killed.
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Trump officials planned a military strike over Signal – with a magazine editor on the line
Trump officials planned a military strike over Signal – with a magazine editor on the line
Unclassified emoji usage
buff.ly
March 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Trump officials planned a military strike over Signal – with a magazine editor on the line
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BREAKING: 34,000 people have showed up in Denver, Colorado this evening to see Bernie Sanders and AOC fight oligarchy and authoritarianism.
March 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
BREAKING: 34,000 people have showed up in Denver, Colorado this evening to see Bernie Sanders and AOC fight oligarchy and authoritarianism.
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NEXT WEEK: I’m hosting three in-person town halls in Greeley, Golden, and Colorado Springs.
I look forward to speaking with Coloradans from across our state. Learn more and sign up below ⬇️
www.bennet.senate.gov/march-town-h...
I look forward to speaking with Coloradans from across our state. Learn more and sign up below ⬇️
www.bennet.senate.gov/march-town-h...
March 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
NEXT WEEK: I’m hosting three in-person town halls in Greeley, Golden, and Colorado Springs.
I look forward to speaking with Coloradans from across our state. Learn more and sign up below ⬇️
www.bennet.senate.gov/march-town-h...
I look forward to speaking with Coloradans from across our state. Learn more and sign up below ⬇️
www.bennet.senate.gov/march-town-h...
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My lab decided to celebrate international women's day this year - though women in STEM is clearly every day 😀
March 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM
My lab decided to celebrate international women's day this year - though women in STEM is clearly every day 😀
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Forcing 240,000 legal Ukrainian refugees to return to their country amid Putin’s brutal invasion is a shameful decision that flies in the face of America’s values.
Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.
www.reuters.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Forcing 240,000 legal Ukrainian refugees to return to their country amid Putin’s brutal invasion is a shameful decision that flies in the face of America’s values.
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President Trump’s decision to impose across-the-board tariffs on Canada and Mexico is the wrong one. This trade war will devastate American workers and families, including here in Colorado.
My full statement⬇️
My full statement⬇️
Bennet Sounds Alarm on President Trump’s 25 Percent Tariffs Against Canada and Mexico - U.S. Senator Michael Bennet
Washington D.C. — Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Re...
www.bennet.senate.gov
March 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
President Trump’s decision to impose across-the-board tariffs on Canada and Mexico is the wrong one. This trade war will devastate American workers and families, including here in Colorado.
My full statement⬇️
My full statement⬇️
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A parade of lunar landers — developed by private-sector companies — are headed for the moon, part of a convoy of robotic spacecraft that NASA and its partner agencies hope will pave the way for astronauts to return later this decade.
Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander heads for touchdown attempt on the moon | CNN
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander is on track to attempt a soft touchdown near an ancient volcanic feature on the moon’s near side early Sunday morning.
www.cnn.com
March 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM
A parade of lunar landers — developed by private-sector companies — are headed for the moon, part of a convoy of robotic spacecraft that NASA and its partner agencies hope will pave the way for astronauts to return later this decade.
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In Colorado, we support freedom, and we will not cater to a brutal Russian dictator who is no friend to America, our interests, or our future. America plays a crucial role in supporting our international allies and protecting democracy abroad; Colorado continues to stand with Ukraine.
February 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
In Colorado, we support freedom, and we will not cater to a brutal Russian dictator who is no friend to America, our interests, or our future. America plays a crucial role in supporting our international allies and protecting democracy abroad; Colorado continues to stand with Ukraine.
"Leaving little doubt of his preference for Putin over Zelenskyy, Trump slammed the Ukrainian leader as a “dictator” while hailing Russia's leader as trustworthy."
‘Free world needs a new leader’: Europe defends Zelenskyy after Trump attack
France, Germany and Poland all make prompt declarations of support as Europe fears Trump’s alignment with Putin.
www.politico.eu
March 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"Leaving little doubt of his preference for Putin over Zelenskyy, Trump slammed the Ukrainian leader as a “dictator” while hailing Russia's leader as trustworthy."
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When five former and bi-partisan Secretaries of Defense ring the alarm bells, we better stand up and listen. To my colleagues across the aisle—these are matters of life and death and national security. Please listen ⬇️
Former defense chiefs call for congressional hearings on Trump's firing of senior military leaders
Five former secretaries of defense are calling on Congress to hold immediate hearings on President Donald Trump’s recent firings of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and several other senior m...
apnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
When five former and bi-partisan Secretaries of Defense ring the alarm bells, we better stand up and listen. To my colleagues across the aisle—these are matters of life and death and national security. Please listen ⬇️
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literally every time I talk to friends
March 1, 2025 at 6:15 AM
literally every time I talk to friends
This is awesome!
100-year-old math problem cracked; can unlock turbines’ true power
A Penn State engineering student has refined a century-old math problem paving the way for more efficient wind turbine designs.
interestingengineering.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This is awesome!