JP Morpheus
@jp-morph.bsky.social
CDR, USN (ret), world traveler since age 17, student of history, lover of the human story, water colorist, climate activist with Citizens' Climate Lobby.
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“Trump’s policies, both at home and abroad, are rapidly destroying the foundation of American power,” writes Michael Schuman. “The main beneficiary will be the Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who has been planning for the moment when Washington stumbles”:
Trump Hands the World to China
Xi Jinping could only have dreamed of such rapid destruction of American power.
www.theatlantic.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“Trump’s policies, both at home and abroad, are rapidly destroying the foundation of American power,” writes Michael Schuman. “The main beneficiary will be the Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who has been planning for the moment when Washington stumbles”:
Any more questions about whether Russia has Trumps number?
www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/p...
It took Donald Trump less than a decade to turn the US toward Putin’s Russia | CNN Politics
SCIUTTO: Before we get to the elections question, I want to ask your reaction to President Trump blaming Ukraine for Russia’s invasion. As a Ukrainian who has suffered through this war and had your li...
www.cnn.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Any more questions about whether Russia has Trumps number?
www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/p...
I'll say that lies travel at the speed of light, and truth follows at the speed of sound.
The transition approval is more proof that the right-wing media has won. Disinforming is the new informing. And it’s spreading to more and more mainstream outlets.
The Real Reason Why Americans Approve of Trump’s Disastrous Transition
How is it possible that Americans are good with this corrupt cavalcade of unqualified extremists Trump is nominating?
newrepublic.com
January 29, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I'll say that lies travel at the speed of light, and truth follows at the speed of sound.
Oh no, say it ain't so...why, this is a grift. OMG, who knew he was in it for money and power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
‘Horrible look’: Crypto lobby reels from Trump’s ‘memecoin’
Trump’s memecoin has taken off since debuting late Friday night. Not everyone in crypto is thrilled.
www.politico.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Oh no, say it ain't so...why, this is a grift. OMG, who knew he was in it for money and power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Sorry. For the record...TikTok is a powerful tool for a totalitarian adversary state to collect data, and destructive influence in an impending confrontation..something they fear and prohibit. Great opportunity to make money doing scroll-able BS. Businesses end every day. Find an option.
January 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Sorry. For the record...TikTok is a powerful tool for a totalitarian adversary state to collect data, and destructive influence in an impending confrontation..something they fear and prohibit. Great opportunity to make money doing scroll-able BS. Businesses end every day. Find an option.
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In a new @nytimes interview, Trump-backing tech oligarch Marc Andreessen can’t comprehend that Americans don’t actually want to cut Medicare & Social Security — despite what Elon and DOGE may say.
A telling clip about how out of touch these billionaires are
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DE8aYbW...
A telling clip about how out of touch these billionaires are
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DE8aYbW...
January 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
In a new @nytimes interview, Trump-backing tech oligarch Marc Andreessen can’t comprehend that Americans don’t actually want to cut Medicare & Social Security — despite what Elon and DOGE may say.
A telling clip about how out of touch these billionaires are
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DE8aYbW...
A telling clip about how out of touch these billionaires are
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DE8aYbW...
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Why do so many Biden appointees talk like this lol
January 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Why do so many Biden appointees talk like this lol
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Bondi refused to answer direct questions about Trump’s threats to prosecute enemies and dissembled about similar threats from Kash Patel, Trump’s pick to head the FBI—because saying that could disqualify her in his eyes.
Trump A.G. Pick Accidentally Reveals an Ugly Truth About 2025 Plans
As Pam Bondi evades questions at her confirmation hearing about Trump’s threats to target enemies, a former prosecutor explains what Bondi inadvertently demonstrated about what’s really coming in…
newrepublic.com
January 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Bondi refused to answer direct questions about Trump’s threats to prosecute enemies and dissembled about similar threats from Kash Patel, Trump’s pick to head the FBI—because saying that could disqualify her in his eyes.
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The nation will soon witness the paradox of a newly elected president putting his hand on a Bible to swear an oath to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States" barely a week after being sentenced for violating the law. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/u...
As a Felon, Trump Upends How Americans View the Presidency
President-elect Donald J. Trump has worked for years to discredit any and all criminal and civil cases against him as nothing more than politically motivated witch hunts.
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The nation will soon witness the paradox of a newly elected president putting his hand on a Bible to swear an oath to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States" barely a week after being sentenced for violating the law. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/u...
Who wrote a series of Nostradamus-like Wall Street memos predicting the era we now live in? Why are the president’s emergency powers kept secret? How much are taxpayers paying to subsidize factory farms? And more. www.levernews.com/the-lost-mem...
The Lost Memos That Predicted This Era
Plus, the secret documents Biden must release, new data on how much we subsidize factory farms, and how AI data centers could destroy your home
www.levernews.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Who wrote a series of Nostradamus-like Wall Street memos predicting the era we now live in? Why are the president’s emergency powers kept secret? How much are taxpayers paying to subsidize factory farms? And more. www.levernews.com/the-lost-mem...
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Ann Telnaes, who has worked at The Washington Post as an editorial cartoonist since 2008, says her cartoon criticizing billions currying favor with Trump was spiked — and now she has quit the paper
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Ann Telnaes, who has worked at The Washington Post as an editorial cartoonist since 2008, says her cartoon criticizing billions currying favor with Trump was spiked — and now she has quit the paper
We have descended so, so far. Can you imagine what forcing an evidence based health care provider to order a refuted, potentially damaging, and untested drug for anyone who asks for it is like? I would have to say, sorry, find someone else.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com/policy/healt...
Ohio Senate passes measure forcing hospitals to administer ivermectin, other patient-requested treatments
The Ohio state Senate passed a bill earlier this week that will allow patients to force hospitals to administer drugs for off-label use. The passage of the bill comes after a years-long effo…
thehill.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:04 AM
We have descended so, so far. Can you imagine what forcing an evidence based health care provider to order a refuted, potentially damaging, and untested drug for anyone who asks for it is like? I would have to say, sorry, find someone else.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com/policy/healt...
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Once synonymous with Hong Kong nightlife and in particular the city’s expat community, Lan Kwai Fong's clubs and bars are making way for karaoke and hot pot joints, reflecting an increasingly Chinese city.
Hong Kong's Expat Party Hub Reshaped by Chinese Influx
Lan Kwai Fong’s post-Covid makeover has seen legacy nightclubs and bars make way for hot pot and karaoke joints to serve a more mainland Chinese clientele.
www.bloomberg.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:32 AM
Once synonymous with Hong Kong nightlife and in particular the city’s expat community, Lan Kwai Fong's clubs and bars are making way for karaoke and hot pot joints, reflecting an increasingly Chinese city.
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Ds ran the Senate 55-45 in 1989, though .... if Dems had a 10-seat majority now, doubt Trump would have even nominated Hegseth. (If he had he'd just be laughed out of there and voted down in committee.)
Does anyone even remember the failed John Tower nomination for defense secretary?
December 5, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Ds ran the Senate 55-45 in 1989, though .... if Dems had a 10-seat majority now, doubt Trump would have even nominated Hegseth. (If he had he'd just be laughed out of there and voted down in committee.)
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Here are some more, myself included. yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/02/what...
What 10 EV lovers from around the world say about their cars » Yale Climate Connections
We’ll never go back to gas.
yaleclimateconnections.org
November 17, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Here are some more, myself included. yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/02/what...
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This cartoon is spot on.
November 15, 2024 at 1:34 PM
This cartoon is spot on.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not a “skeptic” of vaccines. He has said there are no safe or effective vaccines. He is a foe of vaccines.
November 15, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not a “skeptic” of vaccines. He has said there are no safe or effective vaccines. He is a foe of vaccines.
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"It has been clear for many years, spanning many different presidencies: The adequacy of the guardrails and norms that govern the office, including but far from limited to its immunities and special protections, requires constant, careful attention," writes Bob Bauer.
Did the Legal Process Over the Last Four Years “Fail”?
Under extraordinary pressures and uncertainties, the process was not likely to deliver what many expected or hoped for.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 15, 2024 at 2:47 PM
"It has been clear for many years, spanning many different presidencies: The adequacy of the guardrails and norms that govern the office, including but far from limited to its immunities and special protections, requires constant, careful attention," writes Bob Bauer.
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I see the New York Times is already cheering on Trump’s attempts to knock down the “stubborn obstacles” put in front of him by the deep state
I’m not even making that up
I’m not even making that up
November 15, 2024 at 2:46 PM
I see the New York Times is already cheering on Trump’s attempts to knock down the “stubborn obstacles” put in front of him by the deep state
I’m not even making that up
I’m not even making that up