Randy Millage
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Today's meeting of NATO nations (without Trump or the USA) was a major statement that NATO is not about to kiss the ring of Putin nor the ass of Trump.
At the same time, Macron and Starmer were dispatched to the White House to present Trump with a NATO plan for Ukrainian-Russian peace.
At the same time, Macron and Starmer were dispatched to the White House to present Trump with a NATO plan for Ukrainian-Russian peace.
February 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Today's meeting of NATO nations (without Trump or the USA) was a major statement that NATO is not about to kiss the ring of Putin nor the ass of Trump.
At the same time, Macron and Starmer were dispatched to the White House to present Trump with a NATO plan for Ukrainian-Russian peace.
At the same time, Macron and Starmer were dispatched to the White House to present Trump with a NATO plan for Ukrainian-Russian peace.
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Go ahead.
Let the people see you for what you are.
Let the people see you for what you are.
for the second time today, Tom Homan is on Fox News confirming that he asked the DOJ to investigate AOC
February 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Go ahead.
Let the people see you for what you are.
Let the people see you for what you are.
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The US led the charge against global corruption. Now Trump is clearing the way for kleptocrats | Oliver Bullough
The US led the charge against global corruption. Now Trump is clearing the way for kleptocrats | Oliver Bullough
Britain used to solicit money that the US would not touch – but with oligarchs and fraudsters on the rise, it must now uphold the law, says author Oliver Bullough
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The US led the charge against global corruption. Now Trump is clearing the way for kleptocrats | Oliver Bullough
Please Captain, may I have another!
Trump administration fires staff at the Small Business Administration.
Then it tells them oops, our bad, your jobs are safe.
Then it fires then again.
Via @josheidelson.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Then it tells them oops, our bad, your jobs are safe.
Then it fires then again.
Via @josheidelson.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Federal Agency Fires Staff, Calls It an Error, Fires Them Again
President Donald Trump’s Small Business Administration told probationary staff members it had mistakenly sent them termination notices, and then informed some of them the next day that they were fired...
www.bloomberg.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Please Captain, may I have another!
When memory’s erased,
Everything known is gone;
All that remains
Are the faint words of a song.
Everything known is gone;
All that remains
Are the faint words of a song.
In the Soviet Bloc, the Communist Party assigned political minders/ commissars to every school, factory, army unit, etc to ensure ideological compliance and loyalty to the regime. Hiring was based on class background and demonstrated loyalty.
Obviously, this is very different.
Obviously, this is very different.
This new EO signed today appears to create DOGE as a shadow government across the entire federal government. Each agency/dept will be assigned a DOGE minder who will work with the Secry or Director and essentially be in charge of all new hiring and/or firing. People have been saying the Elon is ...
February 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
When memory’s erased,
Everything known is gone;
All that remains
Are the faint words of a song.
Everything known is gone;
All that remains
Are the faint words of a song.
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In the Soviet Bloc, the Communist Party assigned political minders/ commissars to every school, factory, army unit, etc to ensure ideological compliance and loyalty to the regime. Hiring was based on class background and demonstrated loyalty.
Obviously, this is very different.
Obviously, this is very different.
This new EO signed today appears to create DOGE as a shadow government across the entire federal government. Each agency/dept will be assigned a DOGE minder who will work with the Secry or Director and essentially be in charge of all new hiring and/or firing. People have been saying the Elon is ...
February 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
In the Soviet Bloc, the Communist Party assigned political minders/ commissars to every school, factory, army unit, etc to ensure ideological compliance and loyalty to the regime. Hiring was based on class background and demonstrated loyalty.
Obviously, this is very different.
Obviously, this is very different.
When memory’s erased,
Everything known is gone;
All that remains
Are the faint words of a song.
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
Everything known is gone;
All that remains
Are the faint words of a song.
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
They Think They Are Free—But For How Long?
How authoritarian regimes fool their supporters—until the cost comes due
open.substack.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
When memory’s erased,
Everything known is gone;
All that remains
Are the faint words of a song.
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
Everything known is gone;
All that remains
Are the faint words of a song.
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
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My favorite so far
February 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
My favorite so far
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This is just insane and you all know that, right? Unelected, unfettered, untouchable, unsupported by facts and completely without transparency: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Musk makes sweeping claims about federal corruption, without providing evidence.
The billionaire, whose federal cost-cutting team has been operating in secrecy, asserted that he had uncovered waste and fraud across the bureaucracy, without providing evidence.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is just insane and you all know that, right? Unelected, unfettered, untouchable, unsupported by facts and completely without transparency: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
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Why we all need sisu – the Finnish concept of action and creativity in hard times
Why we all need sisu – the Finnish concept of action and creativity in hard times
This is something more profound than resilience. It is the part of us that comes alive when we feel we have nothing left
In 2023, I was in the top 0.05% of Spotify listeners of Manic Street Preachers. It was one song on repeat. I would bet good money…
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Why we all need sisu – the Finnish concept of action and creativity in hard times
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1/ Must-watch: George Conway describes the term #Psychopathocracy he coined to describe the US government under Trump.
#AutocracyVsDemocracy
youtu.be/TjqSeb9GyeI?...
#AutocracyVsDemocracy
youtu.be/TjqSeb9GyeI?...
Conway Explains: Here’s How We STOP Psycho Trump
YouTube video by The Bulwark
youtu.be
February 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
1/ Must-watch: George Conway describes the term #Psychopathocracy he coined to describe the US government under Trump.
#AutocracyVsDemocracy
youtu.be/TjqSeb9GyeI?...
#AutocracyVsDemocracy
youtu.be/TjqSeb9GyeI?...
There's messages in this survey that are relevant regardless which party one supports.
Mark Carney for Prime Minister!
February 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
There's messages in this survey that are relevant regardless which party one supports.
Interesting.
February 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Interesting.
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Jealous Trump Boys Try To Convince Father That Barron A DEI
theonion.com/jealous...
theonion.com/jealous...
Jealous Trump Boys Try To Convince Father That Barron A DEI
WASHINGTON—Whining that they were being discriminated against even though they were the “bestest sons ever in the whole wide world,” the Trump Boys attempted Thursday to convince their father that Barron was getting unfair advantages because he was a DEI. “Daddy, Barron is ruining our lives because he’s different,” said a pouting Donald Jr., who […]
theonion.com
February 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Jealous Trump Boys Try To Convince Father That Barron A DEI
theonion.com/jealous...
theonion.com/jealous...
Sick ... pun intended.
The U.S. has had probably the best university system in the world since the late 1940s; government investments (state and federal) drove that success.
That may have changed overnight. 🧵🧪
That may have changed overnight. 🧵🧪
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sick ... pun intended.
... and sometimes science improves our understanding, solves problems, improves economies and saves lives!
.... but then it's neither "crypto" or "klepto".
.... but then it's neither "crypto" or "klepto".
For every dollar of federal research funding in the United States, universities generate between $2.30 and $3.00 of economy activity, much of that in local communities.
That doesn’t even include the return on investment of getting a college or graduate degree, which research also dollars support.
That doesn’t even include the return on investment of getting a college or graduate degree, which research also dollars support.
February 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
... and sometimes science improves our understanding, solves problems, improves economies and saves lives!
.... but then it's neither "crypto" or "klepto".
.... but then it's neither "crypto" or "klepto".
Now we know.
Repugs believe black Americans shouldn't count in statistics.
Repugs believe black Americans shouldn't count in statistics.
Every day these people show us who they are
They are who we think they are
February 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Now we know.
Repugs believe black Americans shouldn't count in statistics.
Repugs believe black Americans shouldn't count in statistics.
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Those millions of white men who lost out to a “DEI hire” in pursuing high-level jobs? It didn’t happen. #DEI
www.wsj.com/business/dei...
www.wsj.com/business/dei...
DEI Didn’t Change the Workforce All That Much. A Look at 13 Million Jobs.
Diversity, equity and inclusion policies haven’t radically changed who advances up the corporate ladder, a Wall Street Journal analysis found.
www.wsj.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Those millions of white men who lost out to a “DEI hire” in pursuing high-level jobs? It didn’t happen. #DEI
www.wsj.com/business/dei...
www.wsj.com/business/dei...
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The four charts that lead me to believe the economy continues to slow in a concerning way:
1) the average workweek is very low
2) manufacturing job growth is negative and is worsening
3) the hires rate remains early 2010’s sluggish
4) the largest publicly-traded homebuilder stock is cratering
1) the average workweek is very low
2) manufacturing job growth is negative and is worsening
3) the hires rate remains early 2010’s sluggish
4) the largest publicly-traded homebuilder stock is cratering
February 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The four charts that lead me to believe the economy continues to slow in a concerning way:
1) the average workweek is very low
2) manufacturing job growth is negative and is worsening
3) the hires rate remains early 2010’s sluggish
4) the largest publicly-traded homebuilder stock is cratering
1) the average workweek is very low
2) manufacturing job growth is negative and is worsening
3) the hires rate remains early 2010’s sluggish
4) the largest publicly-traded homebuilder stock is cratering
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We know what’s going on here.
February 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
We know what’s going on here.
