OzzieMandias.bsky.social
@ozziemandias.bsky.social
Former minor cog in a vast soulless bureaucracy. No longer up to my neck in sand.
Well, that's one way to negotiate a cease-fire.
Israeli Strike Targets Hamas Leadership in Qatar Amid Push to End War www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/w...
Israeli Strike Targets Hamas Leadership in Qatar Amid Push to End War www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/w...
Israel Targeted Hamas Leadership in Qatar Strike
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Well, that's one way to negotiate a cease-fire.
Israeli Strike Targets Hamas Leadership in Qatar Amid Push to End War www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/w...
Israeli Strike Targets Hamas Leadership in Qatar Amid Push to End War www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/w...
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Once it was said the United States Government was an insurance company with an army.
Now it's protection racket with an insurance company.
Now it's protection racket with an insurance company.
Sickening to see Ukraine having to submit to the Trump regime’s extortion of some of its mineral revenues. The country is on its freaking knees, for crying out loud. For Trump, even suffering is a business. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/w...
U.S. and Ukraine Agree to Minerals Deal, Officials Say
President Trump, who had insisted he wanted “payback” for past military aid to Kyiv, suggested President Volodymyr Zelensky would visit Washington this week to sign a deal, which he called a “very big...
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Once it was said the United States Government was an insurance company with an army.
Now it's protection racket with an insurance company.
Now it's protection racket with an insurance company.
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The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired. Please amplify. (This helps the lawyers establish standing for bringing legal cases against the administration!)
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
February 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired. Please amplify. (This helps the lawyers establish standing for bringing legal cases against the administration!)
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
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“The $7.992 billion mistake was discovered simply because it was the first item The Upshot reviewed, after sorting the list by the savings amount.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million.
The biggest single line item on the website of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team appears to include an error.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“The $7.992 billion mistake was discovered simply because it was the first item The Upshot reviewed, after sorting the list by the savings amount.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
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putin is a war criminal. i have no problem with the us president (or macron or scholz) talking with him. but under no
circumstances should his crimes be normalized or white washed.
what’s happening right now is a stain on the united states and its role in the world.
circumstances should his crimes be normalized or white washed.
what’s happening right now is a stain on the united states and its role in the world.
February 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
putin is a war criminal. i have no problem with the us president (or macron or scholz) talking with him. but under no
circumstances should his crimes be normalized or white washed.
what’s happening right now is a stain on the united states and its role in the world.
circumstances should his crimes be normalized or white washed.
what’s happening right now is a stain on the united states and its role in the world.
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it’s the best day putin has had since the invasion
February 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
it’s the best day putin has had since the invasion
Great reporting on a generally neglected area. Chops to Rachel Chason of the Post.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
Crossroads of conflict
Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United States seeing its influence decline.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Great reporting on a generally neglected area. Chops to Rachel Chason of the Post.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
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If Jeffrey Epstein were still alive, it is absolutely clear that Trump would have pardoned him, and this Senate would have confirmed him for a cabinet position, probably one involving children..
February 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
If Jeffrey Epstein were still alive, it is absolutely clear that Trump would have pardoned him, and this Senate would have confirmed him for a cabinet position, probably one involving children..
Not so good, thank you for asking.
The Gulf of America thing has the Freedom Fries/dumping expensive French champagne down the drain kinda dipshit energy.
And if you get this reference, how are your knees today.
And if you get this reference, how are your knees today.
February 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Not so good, thank you for asking.
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A reminder: Vladimir Putin could end the war in Ukraine right now, just by ordering his soldiers to go home. No need for treaties or negotiations.
February 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A reminder: Vladimir Putin could end the war in Ukraine right now, just by ordering his soldiers to go home. No need for treaties or negotiations.
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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
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The ‘American First’ crowd is awfully quiet about Trump’s pledge to build free housing for 2 million Palestinians in some random country they don’t want to go to that also doesn’t want them. I’m sure this will all work out fine and that’s what people thought they were voting for.
February 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The ‘American First’ crowd is awfully quiet about Trump’s pledge to build free housing for 2 million Palestinians in some random country they don’t want to go to that also doesn’t want them. I’m sure this will all work out fine and that’s what people thought they were voting for.
US SecDef gives away 2/3s of Ukraine's negotiating leverage.
Great going, Pete. Putin will find this very helpful. MAGA!
Great going, Pete. Putin will find this very helpful. MAGA!
Hegseth: "We must start by recognizing that returning to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective ... the US does not believe that NATO membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement."
February 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
US SecDef gives away 2/3s of Ukraine's negotiating leverage.
Great going, Pete. Putin will find this very helpful. MAGA!
Great going, Pete. Putin will find this very helpful. MAGA!
The President welcomed King Abdullah's suggestion that perhaps Elon would be willing to transport the Gazans to Mars.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/w...
In Trump’s Cross Hairs Over Taking Gazans, Egypt and Jordan Try Diversion
The U.S. president has repeatedly asked the two Mideast allies to take in two million Palestinians from Gaza. Both Egypt and Jordan have been trying to offer Mr. Trump help in other ways.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The President welcomed King Abdullah's suggestion that perhaps Elon would be willing to transport the Gazans to Mars.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/w...
Judging by the reactions in various media, social and otherwise, "sleepwalking" hardly seems like the right term.
“The United States is sleepwalking into a constitutional crisis.”
Trump Signals He Might Ignore the Courts
Yesterday, the president said that no judge “should be allowed” to rule against the changes his administration is making.
www.theatlantic.com
February 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Judging by the reactions in various media, social and otherwise, "sleepwalking" hardly seems like the right term.
The next century might be illiberal but it won't be American.
It would be comforting to blame the United States’ current nationalist posture on Donald Trump alone, but Americans’ support for the postwar liberal order has been shaky for decades, wrote Michael Beckley in a 2020 essay.
Rogue Superpower
What the world might be witnessing today is the dawn of an illiberal American century.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The next century might be illiberal but it won't be American.
Probably won't make much sense after they're disclosed.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stated that Russia and the U.S. are allegedly engaged in "certain contacts through diplomatic channels," the details of which, according to him, "make no sense to disclose."
February 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Probably won't make much sense after they're disclosed.
Trump promises to end war in Ukraine by moving Ukrainians to Gaza....
Can Trump keep his promise to end the war in Ukraine? It’s possible – but it won’t be easy | Christopher Chivvis
Can Trump keep his promise to end the war in Ukraine? It’s possible – but it won’t be easy | Christopher Chivvis
The president has made big statements. But securing real peace will involve a mix of global diplomacy, threats and sweeteners
• Christopher S Chivvis is a senior fellow and director of the Carnegie Endowment’s American statecraft programme
Amid the…
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Trump promises to end war in Ukraine by moving Ukrainians to Gaza....
Our fearless leader's latest stroke of genius. While protecting the profits of domestic industry is a fine old GOP tradition, raising the costs of the basic inputs to domestic manufacturing is probably not the smartest way to do this.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump says he will impose 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports
The president, who has threatened and delayed other tariffs, said he will announce the measures Monday. Canada and Mexico are among the top U.S. steel suppliers.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Our fearless leader's latest stroke of genius. While protecting the profits of domestic industry is a fine old GOP tradition, raising the costs of the basic inputs to domestic manufacturing is probably not the smartest way to do this.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Yet Elon says it's a "criminal organization" full of crazy left-wing lunatics.
Guess repairing schools is a crazy left wing criminal activity.
Guess repairing schools is a crazy left wing criminal activity.
For what it’s worth, when I spent years in Afghanistan and Iraq, the most powerful thing I ever saw was USAID digging wells & repairing schools. The most effective power we will ever have.
February 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Yet Elon says it's a "criminal organization" full of crazy left-wing lunatics.
Guess repairing schools is a crazy left wing criminal activity.
Guess repairing schools is a crazy left wing criminal activity.
It's quite the leadership style in any organization for the new boss to walk in and say, "we don't want you, why don't you just leave" to the entire workforce.
I guess it's the new GOP "thank you for your service."
I guess it's the new GOP "thank you for your service."
Hey it turns out we're getting rid of the CIA.
"The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities, including targeting drug cartels."
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
"The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities, including targeting drug cartels."
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
The CIA Is About to Get a Trump Makeover
The spy agency’s workforce received a buyout-style offer on Tuesday.
www.wsj.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It's quite the leadership style in any organization for the new boss to walk in and say, "we don't want you, why don't you just leave" to the entire workforce.
I guess it's the new GOP "thank you for your service."
I guess it's the new GOP "thank you for your service."
So, I guess the plan is first we take over Greenland, then we move the population of Gaza to Greenland, then we turn Gaza into Miami on the Med.
I mean, sure, why not.
I mean, sure, why not.
February 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
So, I guess the plan is first we take over Greenland, then we move the population of Gaza to Greenland, then we turn Gaza into Miami on the Med.
I mean, sure, why not.
I mean, sure, why not.
Have yet to see evidence the American people care.
"A republic, if you can keep it...."
"A republic, if you can keep it...."
i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people
February 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Have yet to see evidence the American people care.
"A republic, if you can keep it...."
"A republic, if you can keep it...."