Russ Newell
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#Gift The Atlantic on being above the law, & ruling a criminal autocracy.
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The Last Big Case Against Trump Has Been Dropped
The U.S. justice and political systems have shown that they can’t hold the president and his allies to account for trying to steal the 2020 election.
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
#Gift The Atlantic on being above the law, & ruling a criminal autocracy.
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A message for the members of the U.S. military: thank you for your service.
Those of us who served know that part of the code of conduct is to not lie and accept responsibility. Unfortunately, Secretary Hegseth engaged in dishonorable conduct.
Shame on Hegseth. He must resign.
Those of us who served know that part of the code of conduct is to not lie and accept responsibility. Unfortunately, Secretary Hegseth engaged in dishonorable conduct.
Shame on Hegseth. He must resign.
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A message for the members of the U.S. military: thank you for your service.
Those of us who served know that part of the code of conduct is to not lie and accept responsibility. Unfortunately, Secretary Hegseth engaged in dishonorable conduct.
Shame on Hegseth. He must resign.
Those of us who served know that part of the code of conduct is to not lie and accept responsibility. Unfortunately, Secretary Hegseth engaged in dishonorable conduct.
Shame on Hegseth. He must resign.
#Gift Costco is one corporation that has the guts to stand up to Trump. By suing over the tariffs, perhaps they can help bring down prices. Trump's tariffs raised prices.
Remember that the voters who re-elected Trump have taken money out of your pocket as Trump promised tariffs.
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Remember that the voters who re-elected Trump have taken money out of your pocket as Trump promised tariffs.
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Costco sues Trump administration over tariffs, seeks full refund
Trump justified his sweeping tariffs by calling the U.S. trade deficit a “national emergency.” Costco’s suit alleges his signature economic policy is unlawful.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
#Gift Costco is one corporation that has the guts to stand up to Trump. By suing over the tariffs, perhaps they can help bring down prices. Trump's tariffs raised prices.
Remember that the voters who re-elected Trump have taken money out of your pocket as Trump promised tariffs.
wapo.st/3Y3mt2w
Remember that the voters who re-elected Trump have taken money out of your pocket as Trump promised tariffs.
wapo.st/3Y3mt2w
As Trump continues to back Putin over #Ukraine, we see that Putin does indeed intend on continuing to expand Russia's borders by military force.
Uh, when Putin attacks a NATO country, I'd expect the draft to return, sending Americans overseas.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Uh, when Putin attacks a NATO country, I'd expect the draft to return, sending Americans overseas.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Russia ‘ready’ for war with Europe, Putin says as peace talks with US begin
Russian president accuses European powers of preventing peace in Ukraine as he meets with Witkoff and Kushner
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
As Trump continues to back Putin over #Ukraine, we see that Putin does indeed intend on continuing to expand Russia's borders by military force.
Uh, when Putin attacks a NATO country, I'd expect the draft to return, sending Americans overseas.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Uh, when Putin attacks a NATO country, I'd expect the draft to return, sending Americans overseas.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
#Gift While the new data centers to power AI have gobbled up electricity, so do cybercurrency mining operations.
Perhaps if people had not voted GOP, they would not have been soaked so much for electricity.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Perhaps if people had not voted GOP, they would not have been soaked so much for electricity.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
‘The New Price of Eggs.’ The Political Shocks of Data Centers and Electric Bills
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
#Gift While the new data centers to power AI have gobbled up electricity, so do cybercurrency mining operations.
Perhaps if people had not voted GOP, they would not have been soaked so much for electricity.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Perhaps if people had not voted GOP, they would not have been soaked so much for electricity.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
#Gift Here Congress shows some real bravery. (sarcasm)
Uh, blowing up boats in international waters is #murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Uh, blowing up boats in international waters is #murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
#Gift Here Congress shows some real bravery. (sarcasm)
Uh, blowing up boats in international waters is #murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Uh, blowing up boats in international waters is #murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
#Gift On businesses making money off the Trump attacks in Latin American waters.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Trump’s Focus on Drug War Means Big Business for Defense Startups
Drones, sensors and AI platforms developed for other theaters are being rebranded as tools for the fight against “narco-terror.”
www.wsj.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
#Gift On businesses making money off the Trump attacks in Latin American waters.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
#Gift This article includes a discussion of the decline of the US #Dollar under Trump.
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
Is America Heading for a Debt Crisis? Look Abroad for Answers
Politics and debt don’t mix well. Americans would be wise to look across the Atlantic to see how tough things can get.
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November 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
#Gift This article includes a discussion of the decline of the US #Dollar under Trump.
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
#Corruption
When you are the President, you can extort media companies & others for millions. You can sell your own cybercurrency so that others can pay you directly.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
When you are the President, you can extort media companies & others for millions. You can sell your own cybercurrency so that others can pay you directly.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#Corruption
When you are the President, you can extort media companies & others for millions. You can sell your own cybercurrency so that others can pay you directly.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
When you are the President, you can extort media companies & others for millions. You can sell your own cybercurrency so that others can pay you directly.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
At the grocery store, a boneless rib eye steak is listed at "about $127".
Remember last year when people said they were voting for Trump because of high prices?
www.fredmeyer.com/p/choice-bon...
Remember last year when people said they were voting for Trump because of high prices?
www.fredmeyer.com/p/choice-bon...
www.fredmeyer.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
At the grocery store, a boneless rib eye steak is listed at "about $127".
Remember last year when people said they were voting for Trump because of high prices?
www.fredmeyer.com/p/choice-bon...
Remember last year when people said they were voting for Trump because of high prices?
www.fredmeyer.com/p/choice-bon...
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#Gift This article on the drug war indicates that blowing up boats will NOT stop this activity.
How much has our drug war cost? And yet after over a half century, nothing has been resolved except we have a private prison business and lots of lawyers employed.
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
How much has our drug war cost? And yet after over a half century, nothing has been resolved except we have a private prison business and lots of lawyers employed.
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
Exclusive | ‘Deliver or Die’: Inside the Drug-Boat Crews Ferrying Cocaine to the U.S.
The high-seas cowboys who speed tons of cocaine to American consumers are now getting blown out of the water. They say it won’t stop them.
www.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
#Gift This article on the drug war indicates that blowing up boats will NOT stop this activity.
How much has our drug war cost? And yet after over a half century, nothing has been resolved except we have a private prison business and lots of lawyers employed.
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
How much has our drug war cost? And yet after over a half century, nothing has been resolved except we have a private prison business and lots of lawyers employed.
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
On Black Friday sales and the Trump tariffs.
“If you price in the tariffs, you’re sort of dead,” McLaughlin said. “And if you pull the product, you’re totally dead.”
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“If you price in the tariffs, you’re sort of dead,” McLaughlin said. “And if you pull the product, you’re totally dead.”
www.adn.com/business-eco...
As holiday shopping starts, Alaska retailers of bunny boots, musical instruments and more get creative to deal with economic headwinds
Big holiday sales, new products and other adaptations are helping in a choppy market, small Alaska businesses say.
www.adn.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
On Black Friday sales and the Trump tariffs.
“If you price in the tariffs, you’re sort of dead,” McLaughlin said. “And if you pull the product, you’re totally dead.”
www.adn.com/business-eco...
“If you price in the tariffs, you’re sort of dead,” McLaughlin said. “And if you pull the product, you’re totally dead.”
www.adn.com/business-eco...
#Gift #Ukraine war.
“With a single phone call,” one insider told Politico last month, “Putin appears to have changed President Trump’s mind on Ukraine once again.” This was Witkoff’s achievement."
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“With a single phone call,” one insider told Politico last month, “Putin appears to have changed President Trump’s mind on Ukraine once again.” This was Witkoff’s achievement."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Does Steve Witkoff Keep Taking Russia’s Side?
Trump’s envoy isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin.
www.theatlantic.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
#Gift #Ukraine war.
“With a single phone call,” one insider told Politico last month, “Putin appears to have changed President Trump’s mind on Ukraine once again.” This was Witkoff’s achievement."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
“With a single phone call,” one insider told Politico last month, “Putin appears to have changed President Trump’s mind on Ukraine once again.” This was Witkoff’s achievement."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Again more proof of Trump doing Putin's bidding while #Ukraine fights for its existence. Trump stated his fealty to Putin on 7/16/2018 in Helsinki yet the GOP & public could care less.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Leaked Transcript of Witkoff Call Shows U.S. Deference to Russia
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Again more proof of Trump doing Putin's bidding while #Ukraine fights for its existence. Trump stated his fealty to Putin on 7/16/2018 in Helsinki yet the GOP & public could care less.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
PBS show Frontline just put out a documentary about #Ukraine. It shows the Ukrainian soldiers long slog toward recapturing a village. When they achieve this goal, they find the village destroyed with dead Russian soldiers left to rot as Putin could care less.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf4C...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf4C...
2000 Meters to Andriivka (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
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November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
PBS show Frontline just put out a documentary about #Ukraine. It shows the Ukrainian soldiers long slog toward recapturing a village. When they achieve this goal, they find the village destroyed with dead Russian soldiers left to rot as Putin could care less.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf4C...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf4C...
#Gift More on the Russian input into the Trump "peace/surrender" plan for #Ukraine. Once again, Trump is deliberately played (as were the chumps who voted to re-elect him.).
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
White House Defends Witkoff After Leak of Conversation With Russian Official
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff reportedly coached an aide to Russia’s leader on dealing with President Trump on Ukraine.
www.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
#Gift More on the Russian input into the Trump "peace/surrender" plan for #Ukraine. Once again, Trump is deliberately played (as were the chumps who voted to re-elect him.).
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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