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Sat, 01/03/2025 - 07:30
There was a massive blow up in the oval office today between Trump, Zelensky and JD Vance. The so-called “deal” for the minerals is off and Zelensky ended up leaving the White House. Trump says that he won’t be welcome until he wants peace. By that he means that he won’t be welcome until he’s willing to grovel before him. I don’t think that’s going to happen. The blow up happened when Vance said Zelensky hasn’t thanked America. "You've gotta be more thankful" — remarkable scenes out of the White House as Trump and JD Vance team up to do Putin's bidding and demean Zelenskyy pic.twitter.com/wjp8UfqN0G — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2025 Oh really? Here it is you fucking jackass : This is how Trump sees it: Trump didn’t just yell at Zelensky and put on a big show of pretend dominance. It’s clear that he wants to abandon Ukraine, he hasn’t made a secret of it, and he made clear what side he is on today: Trump to a reporter who asks him about Russia breaking a ceasefire: "What if a bomb drops on your head right now … Putin went through a hell of a lot with me.
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Sat, 01/03/2025 - 07:00
They thought Trump was just going to cut some red tape and some taxes Don’t tell me they weren’t aware that he’s an aged, narcissistic imbecile. They knew exactly what he was. They just thought he’d do them some favors and spend the rest of his time tweeting, golfing and torturing the libs. Surprise. Put a lunatic in change and there’s an excellent chance things are going to get crazy: “A difficult time to invest.” “Everybody’s paralyzed.” “I’m sorry I can’t be particularly positive.” “The chaos that is reigning right now is causing everyone to sit on their hands.” That’s Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, ON Semiconductor CEO Hassane El-Khoury, Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson, and Nasdaq Private Market CEO Tom Callahan on the world of Donald Trump right now. Their comments over the past week capture a growing disquiet among business leaders, a month into a presidency that many of them had cheered. “What decision do you make? Do you want to go left or right?” El-Khoury told Semafor in an interview this week. “Are we going to grow the business?
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Sat, 01/03/2025 - 06:50

Argentina’s economic collapse under Javier Milei is becoming a blueprint for Musk’s government-slashing campaign. As the billionaire takes his chainsaw to Washington’s bureaucracy, Argentinians warn Americans: they’ve seen this disaster before.

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Sat, 01/03/2025 - 06:49

Peter Thiel’s influence over US foreign policy runs deep, from funding Israel's wars to backing Vice President J.D. Vance. Alan MacLeod and Robert Inlakesh join MintCast to reveal how war profiteers shape Washington’s agenda.

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Sat, 01/03/2025 - 05:30
If something like this comes here? A mystery disease in Congo has killed over 50 people—half within 48 hours of getting sick and it’s spreading rapidly. Serious question: if this or any other deadly virus reaches our shores, how will we even know, other than word of mouth? Trump pulled us out of the WHO, is… pic.twitter.com/Grb7KKEEKe — Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) February 27, 2025 A mystery disease in Congo has killed over 50 people—half within 48 hours of getting sick and it’s spreading rapidly. We don’t need no stinking NIH or CDC or WHO. We’re done with all that. Don’t worry, Donald Trump and Bobby Jr will lead us through it. They’re geniuses. Eat some organic grapes and drink a Diet Coke. You’ll be fine.
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Sat, 01/03/2025 - 05:00

Dear Mr. Jame Egan, Chief Executive Officer at Lumon Industries,

First, I congratulate you on implementing the severance procedure, which successfully blocks your employees’ memories and knowledge from the outside world when they are at work so they can completely focus on their jobs, unencumbered by distractions from what is happening out there.

The procedure is so wonderful that I want to join your organization as a full-time employee—and I do mean “full-time.” I would like you to set the severance device in my brain fully on “innie” mode for the next four years. I am willing to work nonstop for the entire time if it allows me to avoid the panic attacks I have every day from hearing the news about teenage social media influencers becoming senior government advisors.

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Sat, 01/03/2025 - 04:59
When power oppresses, civil society must hold it to account. Like media and the arts, university campuses in Australia have become sites of censorship and suppression of free speech on the question of Palestine. In fact, the level of repression faced by pro-Palestine staff and students, and the stifling atmosphere, have led to the establishment Continue reading »
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Sat, 01/03/2025 - 04:56
Daniel Levy, president of the US/Middle East Project, addressed the UN Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. A video of the session from UN TV can be can viewed below. Daniel’s statement is from minute 22.00 to minute 34.40. Text of statement Thank you to the Council and Continue reading »
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Sat, 01/03/2025 - 04:56
I don’t know if you noticed, but the federal election campaign began on Sunday. The date of the election has yet to be announced – it may be mid-April or mid-May – but hostilities have begun. And they began with an issue that’s been big in election campaigns for 50 years: Medicare. On Sunday, Anthony Continue reading »
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Sat, 01/03/2025 - 04:55
For a self-promoted tough guy — particularly if it involves refugee women and children — Peter Dutton’s career has been marked by many instances of being missing in action. Abul Rizvi (P&I 6/2/20) wrote that: “For years now Peter Dutton has boasted of his border protection achievements. But a brief examination of the detail of Continue reading »
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Sat, 01/03/2025 - 04:00
The maelstrom of the first few weeks of Donald Trump’s second presidency doesn’t show any signs of winding down. Each day brings another atrocity, whether it’s randomly firing massive numbers of workers, purging the Department of Justice and the Pentagon, slashing the FAA and the National Weather Service, rolling back civil rights regulations, eviscerating the scientific research infrastructure of the country and destroying our health and safety organizations. The entire nation is reeling from the wrecking ball Elon Musk has taken to the federal government. Meanwhile, Trump himself is busily tearing up the global order and working hard to blow up the economy with his daft misunderstanding of how things actually work. A case in point, his continued insistence that tariffs are not paid for by a country’s own businesses and consumers. Reporter: Americans who are concerned about higher prices believe, as most people do, that tariffs are paid by consumers and importers when they import things into this country.
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Sat, 01/03/2025 - 02:30
More “Coming soon to an election near you” Think you’ve seen everything? N.C. Republicans propose that future voter registration drives be conducted with sample forms — facsimiles, not official forms. The sample forms shall be “for informational purposes only and shall not provide spaces for an individual to fill in the individual’s personal information.” So, Republicans would like to see voter registration drives that don’t actually register voters, just provide information on how someone might register on their own. It takes a criminal mind. Anyone who uses a genuine form in their voter registration drive shall be a Class 2 misdemeanor under proposed House Bill 127. Of course, there is a lot of heat coming down over N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin’s Trumpish attempt to steal a state Supreme Court seat.