Ky Khan
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So Much Winning™ dept, below.
Quiz for Trump: When was peak employment year for coal miners in US?
Hint: 'Great Gatsby' was published 100 years ago today. And number of miners was *already* going down by then. (WWI brought the peak.)
Good luck with the revival.
Quiz for Trump: When was peak employment year for coal miners in US?
Hint: 'Great Gatsby' was published 100 years ago today. And number of miners was *already* going down by then. (WWI brought the peak.)
Good luck with the revival.
April 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
So Much Winning™ dept, below.
Quiz for Trump: When was peak employment year for coal miners in US?
Hint: 'Great Gatsby' was published 100 years ago today. And number of miners was *already* going down by then. (WWI brought the peak.)
Good luck with the revival.
Quiz for Trump: When was peak employment year for coal miners in US?
Hint: 'Great Gatsby' was published 100 years ago today. And number of miners was *already* going down by then. (WWI brought the peak.)
Good luck with the revival.
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“Destroy the institutions that rejected them” sums up so many people orbiting this administration
he is just the most obvious loser. a miserable mediocrity whose response to his own failure is to try to destroy institutions that rejected him
April 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“Destroy the institutions that rejected them” sums up so many people orbiting this administration
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The Kremlin and other autocracies have long ached to see Voice of America and Radio Liberty destroyed, but even in their most fevered dreams, they could never have imagined that the Americans would do the dirty work themselves.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Another Gift From Trump to the World’s Dictators
Russia and China are surely thrilled by the president’s decision to close Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Marti, and Radio Free Asia.
www.theatlantic.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Kremlin and other autocracies have long ached to see Voice of America and Radio Liberty destroyed, but even in their most fevered dreams, they could never have imagined that the Americans would do the dirty work themselves.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Donald Trump is reportedly pressuring Volodymyr Zelenskyy to step down in exchange for renewed U.S. military aid to Ukraine, according to BILD.
March 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Donald Trump is reportedly pressuring Volodymyr Zelenskyy to step down in exchange for renewed U.S. military aid to Ukraine, according to BILD.
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Majority of French, Germans and British think Trump is a 'dictator'
www.brusselstimes.com/1478548/majo...
www.brusselstimes.com/1478548/majo...
Majority of French, Germans and British think Trump is a 'dictator'
What are your thoughts on Trump? Seems like many Europeans consider US president a dictator.
www.brusselstimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Majority of French, Germans and British think Trump is a 'dictator'
www.brusselstimes.com/1478548/majo...
www.brusselstimes.com/1478548/majo...
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This statement from incoming German Chancellor Merz demonstrates the kind of leadership our president should model. Disturbingly, our president is instead siding with the war criminals
February 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This statement from incoming German Chancellor Merz demonstrates the kind of leadership our president should model. Disturbingly, our president is instead siding with the war criminals
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Huh. Interesting theory.
February 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Huh. Interesting theory.
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This will show up in the March report, to be released on April 4. Why not in the February report, coming out March 7? Because that asks for employment in the pay period including Feb. 12, and the firings were nearly all too late for that.
February 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This will show up in the March report, to be released on April 4. Why not in the February report, coming out March 7? Because that asks for employment in the pay period including Feb. 12, and the firings were nearly all too late for that.
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It seems almost unavoidable at this point that we are headed for a deep, deep recession. Just based on 200K+ federal firings & pullback of contracts, the March employment report (to be released April 4) seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020.
February 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
It seems almost unavoidable at this point that we are headed for a deep, deep recession. Just based on 200K+ federal firings & pullback of contracts, the March employment report (to be released April 4) seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020.
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Guarding a concentration camp isn't the kind of thing most people want to sign up for.
Along with a racist effort to purge officers who aren’t white, military recruiting is going to tank and the ensuing national security crisis will be entirely self-inflicted
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
Along with a racist effort to purge officers who aren’t white, military recruiting is going to tank and the ensuing national security crisis will be entirely self-inflicted
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
Trump Plans to Use Military Sites Across the Country to Detain Undocumented Immigrants
The move would be a drastic escalation by the White House to militarize immigration enforcement.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Guarding a concentration camp isn't the kind of thing most people want to sign up for.
Along with a racist effort to purge officers who aren’t white, military recruiting is going to tank and the ensuing national security crisis will be entirely self-inflicted
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
Along with a racist effort to purge officers who aren’t white, military recruiting is going to tank and the ensuing national security crisis will be entirely self-inflicted
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
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It’s imperative at this point that Europe develop a defense posture independent of the United States, which should be treated as the ally of Russia that it has now become.
Europe's politicians are openly discussing how they could tackle the threat of nuclear attack without American help, in a dramatic sign of the deep crisis engulfing the transatlantic alliance under Donald Trump.
Europe targets homegrown nuclear deterrent as Trump sides with Putin
Germany’s Merz says Britain and France may need to “share” their nuclear weapons as America can’t be relied on to defend NATO.
www.politico.eu
February 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It’s imperative at this point that Europe develop a defense posture independent of the United States, which should be treated as the ally of Russia that it has now become.
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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
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This may be overthinking it but I think these are two sides of the same coin. They know their budget math is insane and DOGE is an attempt to create fake cover for it. They’re gonna say “DOGE saved 2 trillion dollars now the budget math works!”
NEW: Despite DOGE, Trump's agenda calls for adding trillions of dollars to U.S debt
Budget experts on the “rhetoric versus reality” behind the Trump-Musk efforts >>
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
Budget experts on the “rhetoric versus reality” behind the Trump-Musk efforts >>
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
Despite DOGE, Trump's agenda calls for adding trillions of dollars to U.S debt
Budget experts say Trump’s tax and spending priorities would increase red ink, even as he boasts of balancing the budget. “I don’t think their rhetoric matches reality,” says one.
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This may be overthinking it but I think these are two sides of the same coin. They know their budget math is insane and DOGE is an attempt to create fake cover for it. They’re gonna say “DOGE saved 2 trillion dollars now the budget math works!”
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Musk claims he discovered that millions of dead people have been paid trillions of dollars in social security money, but Mike Johnson had the House take the week off instead of investigating this extremely serious allegation. If this is true, why are House Rs taking a week off?
February 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Musk claims he discovered that millions of dead people have been paid trillions of dollars in social security money, but Mike Johnson had the House take the week off instead of investigating this extremely serious allegation. If this is true, why are House Rs taking a week off?
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⚡️ Zelensky's trust rating increases to 57%, survey shows, contradicting Trump's claims.
The poll, carried out between Feb. 4 and 9, was published shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump alleged that Zelensky holds a "4% approval rating" without providing a source to back his claim.
The poll, carried out between Feb. 4 and 9, was published shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump alleged that Zelensky holds a "4% approval rating" without providing a source to back his claim.
Zelensky's trust rating increases to 57%, survey shows, contradicting Trump's claims
The poll, carried out between Feb. 4 and 9, was published shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump alleged that Zelensky holds a "4% approval rating" without providing a source to back his claim.
kyivindependent.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
⚡️ Zelensky's trust rating increases to 57%, survey shows, contradicting Trump's claims.
The poll, carried out between Feb. 4 and 9, was published shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump alleged that Zelensky holds a "4% approval rating" without providing a source to back his claim.
The poll, carried out between Feb. 4 and 9, was published shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump alleged that Zelensky holds a "4% approval rating" without providing a source to back his claim.
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This is deeply disturbing. Minnesota stands with our LGBTQ neighbors against this unthinkable crime.
I’m grateful to the law enforcement agencies investigating. Gwen and I send our deepest condolences to Sam’s family and community.
apnews.com/article/new-...
I’m grateful to the law enforcement agencies investigating. Gwen and I send our deepest condolences to Sam’s family and community.
apnews.com/article/new-...
New York police find body of missing man they say was tortured for more than a month by 5 people
New York State Police have charged five people with murder in the killing of a missing man who authorities said died following repeated acts of violence and torture for more than a month by multiple i...
apnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is deeply disturbing. Minnesota stands with our LGBTQ neighbors against this unthinkable crime.
I’m grateful to the law enforcement agencies investigating. Gwen and I send our deepest condolences to Sam’s family and community.
apnews.com/article/new-...
I’m grateful to the law enforcement agencies investigating. Gwen and I send our deepest condolences to Sam’s family and community.
apnews.com/article/new-...
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Another way the dictatorship might kill you. This is from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller.
February 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Another way the dictatorship might kill you. This is from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller.
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MAGA is a death cult.
Another way the dictatorship might kill you. This is from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller.
February 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
MAGA is a death cult.
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If you do want to know how it works—and, specifically, how it can work in the US, here’s a thing I wrote: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Trump Can Be Stopped
Other countries managed to fend off autocracy. By borrowing from their playbook, America can too.
substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If you do want to know how it works—and, specifically, how it can work in the US, here’s a thing I wrote: substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Important points here: "To make competitive authoritarianism durable, Trump will have to overcome some major impediments. Many of the structural advantages held by other autocrats are either unavailable in his case or can be rendered so if his opponents act accordingly."
If you do want to know how it works—and, specifically, how it can work in the US, here’s a thing I wrote: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Trump Can Be Stopped
Other countries managed to fend off autocracy. By borrowing from their playbook, America can too.
substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Important points here: "To make competitive authoritarianism durable, Trump will have to overcome some major impediments. Many of the structural advantages held by other autocrats are either unavailable in his case or can be rendered so if his opponents act accordingly."
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As a political scientist who studies countries that managed to stop the slide into authoritarianism, I can assure you that ***refraining from provoking the authoritarian*** is not how it works.
Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.
Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.
"activist leaders have told him and colleagues that they fear protests against Trump might eventually be used as a predicate for declaring martial law. Other House Democrats echoed this privately"
Something something in advance
www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...
Something something in advance
www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...
Democrats confront their powerlessness as Trump flexes authority | CNN Politics
Amid Democrats’ shock and bickering over how much to respond to President Donald Trump is a deeper question rippling through leaders across the Capitol and across the country: How much should they rel...
www.cnn.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
As a political scientist who studies countries that managed to stop the slide into authoritarianism, I can assure you that ***refraining from provoking the authoritarian*** is not how it works.
Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.
Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.
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President Trump declares that the US will no longer provide military protection unless Canada becomes the “51st state”
February 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
President Trump declares that the US will no longer provide military protection unless Canada becomes the “51st state”
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There have been many signs of gross incompetence in the Musk-Trump sledgehammer approach. Now this:
"Multiple current and former employees described the situation as 'a national security crisis.'"
"Multiple current and former employees described the situation as 'a national security crisis.'"
Hundreds laid off at US nuclear weapons agency: Sources
Hundreds of staff at the agency responsible for maintaining the U.S. nuclear stockpile were fired Thursday
www.goodmorningamerica.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
There have been many signs of gross incompetence in the Musk-Trump sledgehammer approach. Now this:
"Multiple current and former employees described the situation as 'a national security crisis.'"
"Multiple current and former employees described the situation as 'a national security crisis.'"