Paul Graf
@paulginva.bsky.social
Retired lawyer. Moderate. Dog lover, cat tolerator. Grandfather. Vietnam vet. History, international relations, national security, high-profile litigation, economics, and a little politics.
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Paul Graf
@paulginva.bsky.social
· Jul 31
𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘈 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩. –𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘋. 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘵
Cool! Now let's see the AUMF and those Epstein files.
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Cool! Now let's see the AUMF and those Epstein files.
Trump is underwater by almost 40 points (!) on Epstein.
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Trump is underwater by almost 40 points (!) on Epstein.
The "dot com bubble".
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The "dot com bubble".
Pulls no punches.
"Democrats are just a bunch of consultants and NGOs in a spoils system that does not discourage losing.... The GOP is basically just a career opportunity for agitators and propagandists....."
Nice summary of our ongoing catastrophe.
www.unpopularfront.news/p/operation-...
Nice summary of our ongoing catastrophe.
www.unpopularfront.news/p/operation-...
Operation Drumbeat
The Right is Loud but Hollow
www.unpopularfront.news
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Pulls no punches.
Reposted by Paul Graf
New in PN: “It’s 4chan shit" — @cwarzel.bsky.social on the federal government's deranged social media presence
"Now you see Trump administration accounts that look like they’re literally run by Groypers. What Homeland Security is tweeting out isn’t even dog-whistling anymore."
"Now you see Trump administration accounts that look like they’re literally run by Groypers. What Homeland Security is tweeting out isn’t even dog-whistling anymore."
“It’s 4chan s**t": The govt's deranged social media presence
"You see Trump administration accounts that look like they’re literally run by Groypers," Charlie Warzel tells us.
www.publicnotice.co
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
New in PN: “It’s 4chan shit" — @cwarzel.bsky.social on the federal government's deranged social media presence
"Now you see Trump administration accounts that look like they’re literally run by Groypers. What Homeland Security is tweeting out isn’t even dog-whistling anymore."
"Now you see Trump administration accounts that look like they’re literally run by Groypers. What Homeland Security is tweeting out isn’t even dog-whistling anymore."
"As careful about this as anything we do" doesn't give me a high level of confidence.
VAN SUSTEREN: Can we certain that we're not getting innocent people?
McCORMICK: We are certain
VAN SUSTEREN: But have we? Can you say with certainly we haven't hit innocents?
McCORMICK: Unless somebody has information to the contrary, we are as careful about this as anything we do
McCORMICK: We are certain
VAN SUSTEREN: But have we? Can you say with certainly we haven't hit innocents?
McCORMICK: Unless somebody has information to the contrary, we are as careful about this as anything we do
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"As careful about this as anything we do" doesn't give me a high level of confidence.
Instead of rezoning to allow more housing to be built, I would simply overstate the number of illegal inmigrants by 300% and increase taxes on construction material by 20% to 50%.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Instead of rezoning to allow more housing to be built, I would simply overstate the number of illegal inmigrants by 300% and increase taxes on construction material by 20% to 50%.
A 17 year old homeless girl saving up for braces.
It's just so fucking dark.
It's just so fucking dark.
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A 17 year old homeless girl saving up for braces.
It's just so fucking dark.
It's just so fucking dark.
I knew Gerry Ford. I was his driver when he came back to Michigan to campaign in his successful 1966 reelection bid. The only thing President Ford, one of the most honorable men I've known, has in common with Vice President Vance is that they are both known to walk bipedally.
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I knew Gerry Ford. I was his driver when he came back to Michigan to campaign in his successful 1966 reelection bid. The only thing President Ford, one of the most honorable men I've known, has in common with Vice President Vance is that they are both known to walk bipedally.
Speaking of rent control, LA gives the nation a lesson in what NOT to do. This will cause landlords to abandon properties & reduce maintenance. Just when SB79 provided a way to increase housing availability, LA has found a way block it. Home prices will spike, making ownership even less affordable
Los Angeles limits rent hikes in historic vote
The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to cap rent increases for most apartments, a decision that continues a wave of tenant victories in the city and across the country.
www.politico.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Speaking of rent control, LA gives the nation a lesson in what NOT to do. This will cause landlords to abandon properties & reduce maintenance. Just when SB79 provided a way to increase housing availability, LA has found a way block it. Home prices will spike, making ownership even less affordable
I imagine that most people today, even most Boomers, never had the experience of living and working under Nixon's wage and price controls, where how much you could be paid was subject to the decisions of the Cost of Living Council. I did and it has always colored my views about governments having
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I imagine that most people today, even most Boomers, never had the experience of living and working under Nixon's wage and price controls, where how much you could be paid was subject to the decisions of the Cost of Living Council. I did and it has always colored my views about governments having
Freeways look simple, but they’re brutal for Level 4 autonomy: high kinetic energy, low reaction time, and huge consequences for errors. Waymo offering autonomous rides on freeways is the first of its kind and a big milestone for the industry.
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Freeways look simple, but they’re brutal for Level 4 autonomy: high kinetic energy, low reaction time, and huge consequences for errors. Waymo offering autonomous rides on freeways is the first of its kind and a big milestone for the industry.
The thing about Epstein is that he was a very personable guy. Forensic and clinical psychologists who have analyzed his public behavior, lifestyle, and actions widely agree that he may have been a malignant narcissist like Trump. As part of his business activities, he sought out hundreds of elite
The most striking part of the Epstein disclosures is how very many powerful people, including reporters, continued to treat Epstein, *a convicted sex offender*, as a great guy to pal around with. To see if they learned their lesson now, let's see if Summers is still a NYT contributor tomorrow.
November 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The thing about Epstein is that he was a very personable guy. Forensic and clinical psychologists who have analyzed his public behavior, lifestyle, and actions widely agree that he may have been a malignant narcissist like Trump. As part of his business activities, he sought out hundreds of elite
I've said for some time that Epstein's sex trafficking & pedophelia were only a sideline to his main business, which was selling information to whoever was willing to pay. The sex was just for his & his friends' perverted enjoyment & to obtain kompromat on others including Trump. I still think that.
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I've said for some time that Epstein's sex trafficking & pedophelia were only a sideline to his main business, which was selling information to whoever was willing to pay. The sex was just for his & his friends' perverted enjoyment & to obtain kompromat on others including Trump. I still think that.
The Financial Times is closer than most in getting it right.
Who has created the potential for kinetic conflict around Taiwan? Beijing. Whose diplomats frequently break decorum on the issue? Beijing's. Which side broke with tradition upon Takaichi's election? ...
*Beijing has agency.*
Who has created the potential for kinetic conflict around Taiwan? Beijing. Whose diplomats frequently break decorum on the issue? Beijing's. Which side broke with tradition upon Takaichi's election? ...
*Beijing has agency.*
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Financial Times is closer than most in getting it right.
Who has created the potential for kinetic conflict around Taiwan? Beijing. Whose diplomats frequently break decorum on the issue? Beijing's. Which side broke with tradition upon Takaichi's election? ...
*Beijing has agency.*
Who has created the potential for kinetic conflict around Taiwan? Beijing. Whose diplomats frequently break decorum on the issue? Beijing's. Which side broke with tradition upon Takaichi's election? ...
*Beijing has agency.*
I think this is why Trump is talking about doing a campaign-style tour around the country:
1. He craves the adulation of his crowds,
2. He gets to boast about doing all the things he hasn't had anything to do with, and
3. He gets to tell everyone that their lying eyes are lying to them.
1. He craves the adulation of his crowds,
2. He gets to boast about doing all the things he hasn't had anything to do with, and
3. He gets to tell everyone that their lying eyes are lying to them.
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I think this is why Trump is talking about doing a campaign-style tour around the country:
1. He craves the adulation of his crowds,
2. He gets to boast about doing all the things he hasn't had anything to do with, and
3. He gets to tell everyone that their lying eyes are lying to them.
1. He craves the adulation of his crowds,
2. He gets to boast about doing all the things he hasn't had anything to do with, and
3. He gets to tell everyone that their lying eyes are lying to them.
This could very well be one of the (many) things Trump is trying so desperately to hide. I'll give odds that his modeling agency is hip deep in this.
“The pattern is one that involved modeling agencies around the world serving as fronts for human trafficking…This may very well be what Trump is trying desperately to keep quiet in the DOJ’s Epstein files.”
tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-transnat...
tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-transnat...
The transnational dimension of the Epstein case—a hybrid warfare against the West
The Epstein case is not an issue about Trump and the US but rather about all the Trumps of the Western world with ties to Russia
tomorrowsaffairs.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This could very well be one of the (many) things Trump is trying so desperately to hide. I'll give odds that his modeling agency is hip deep in this.
Attempting to read the tea leaves, @stevevladeck.bsky.social has a good explanation of the latest SCOTUS machinations in the SNAP case.
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Attempting to read the tea leaves, @stevevladeck.bsky.social has a good explanation of the latest SCOTUS machinations in the SNAP case.
Reposted by Paul Graf
"I would remind my colleagues that this vote is gonna be on your record for longer than Trump is gonna be president."
Trump's declining health is a hard story to find a way into, but Republicans on Capitol Hill see it. And they may start to feel gradually freer.
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/you...
Trump's declining health is a hard story to find a way into, but Republicans on Capitol Hill see it. And they may start to feel gradually freer.
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/you...
‘You Covered Up for a Pedophile’: Thomas Massie Warns GOP Colleagues Against Opposing Epstein Files Release
Rep. Thomas Massie offered a warning to his fellow Republicans on Wednesday and urged them to vote for a bill that would compel the Department of Justice to release its Jeffrey Epstein files.
www.mediaite.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"I would remind my colleagues that this vote is gonna be on your record for longer than Trump is gonna be president."
Trump's declining health is a hard story to find a way into, but Republicans on Capitol Hill see it. And they may start to feel gradually freer.
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/you...
Trump's declining health is a hard story to find a way into, but Republicans on Capitol Hill see it. And they may start to feel gradually freer.
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/you...
The things people will say to chatbots are just amazing. Intimate personal information they'd never give out in their regular lives, they give up easily and voluntarily to these information black holes.
We analyzed 47,000 ChatGPT conversations. Here’s what people really use it for.
What do people ask the popular chatbot? We analyzed thousands of chats to identify common topics discussed by users and patterns in ChatGPT’s responses.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The things people will say to chatbots are just amazing. Intimate personal information they'd never give out in their regular lives, they give up easily and voluntarily to these information black holes.
615 people, or about 20% of those arrested by ICE, have been ordered released by what Tricia McLaughlin calls an "ACTIVIST JUDGE" because the arrests violated a 2022 settlement agreement over warrantless arrests in the Chicago area. As used by Trump, an activist judge is one who upholds the law.
WLS: Judge orders release of hundreds arrested in Illinois immigration crackdown | CNN
A federal judge ordered the release of more than 600 people arrested as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Illinois, according to CNN affiliate WLS, dealing a blow to federal ...
www.cnn.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
615 people, or about 20% of those arrested by ICE, have been ordered released by what Tricia McLaughlin calls an "ACTIVIST JUDGE" because the arrests violated a 2022 settlement agreement over warrantless arrests in the Chicago area. As used by Trump, an activist judge is one who upholds the law.
It was quite a meeting, I'll bet. On one side, Trump, Bondi, and Patel, on the other, Boebert. I assume that the meeting was mostly threats from Bondi and Patel about what they would do if Boebert didn't pull her name from the discharge petition. I'm glad she stood firm.
Trump Ramps Up Pressure on G.O.P. to Thwart Epstein Vote
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It was quite a meeting, I'll bet. On one side, Trump, Bondi, and Patel, on the other, Boebert. I assume that the meeting was mostly threats from Bondi and Patel about what they would do if Boebert didn't pull her name from the discharge petition. I'm glad she stood firm.
Jeffrey Epstein on Donald Trump: "He feels alone and is nuts!!! I told everyone from day one. Evil beyond belief. Mad, and most thought I was speaking metaphorically. It's obvious he could crack. Stormy Daniels? Lies after lies after lies."
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Jeffrey Epstein on Donald Trump: "He feels alone and is nuts!!! I told everyone from day one. Evil beyond belief. Mad, and most thought I was speaking metaphorically. It's obvious he could crack. Stormy Daniels? Lies after lies after lies."
