Jeff W 🌮
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“The Caribbean operation is the foreign policy equivalent of one of those domestic ‘emergencies’ he is forever declaring in order to access extraordinary, otherwise extra-legal powers. So Trump plans to bootstrap every shady thing into the concept of ‘self-defense’.”
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Counterpunch
‘Self-defense’ as a license to kill.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
“The Caribbean operation is the foreign policy equivalent of one of those domestic ‘emergencies’ he is forever declaring in order to access extraordinary, otherwise extra-legal powers. So Trump plans to bootstrap every shady thing into the concept of ‘self-defense’.”
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American Classmates Having Difficulty Understanding Better Educated Foreign Exchange Student https://theonion.com/american-classmates-having-difficulty-understanding-bet-1828551698/
December 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
American Classmates Having Difficulty Understanding Better Educated Foreign Exchange Student https://theonion.com/american-classmates-having-difficulty-understanding-bet-1828551698/
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Good news. I think I've come up with a policy idea that can both eliminate the harm that Trump's trade war is doing to farmers AND also reduce the cost of groceries for regular Americans. (You'll never guess what it is.)
Farmers get a bail out in the face of the costs they've born from Trump's trade war. Quite an admission that his policies have hurt Americans.
Now riddle me this: Why not bail out consumers who are paying more for imported goods?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Now riddle me this: Why not bail out consumers who are paying more for imported goods?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
December 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Good news. I think I've come up with a policy idea that can both eliminate the harm that Trump's trade war is doing to farmers AND also reduce the cost of groceries for regular Americans. (You'll never guess what it is.)
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December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Farmers get a bail out in the face of the costs they've born from Trump's trade war. Quite an admission that his policies have hurt Americans.
Now riddle me this: Why not bail out consumers who are paying more for imported goods?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Now riddle me this: Why not bail out consumers who are paying more for imported goods?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
December 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Farmers get a bail out in the face of the costs they've born from Trump's trade war. Quite an admission that his policies have hurt Americans.
Now riddle me this: Why not bail out consumers who are paying more for imported goods?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Now riddle me this: Why not bail out consumers who are paying more for imported goods?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
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Elon’s Crying Censorship Over An #EU Fine That Has Nothing To Do With Censorship - www.techdirt.com/2025/12/08/e... "#Musk isn’t just misrepresenting the fine. He’s responding with a series of escalating tantrums designed to feed his false censorship narrative."
Elon’s Crying Censorship Over An EU Fine That Has Nothing To Do With Censorship
Elon Musk is now calling for the dissolution of the European Union because it fined him $140 million for violating a law he once said was “exactly aligned” with his vision for (what was…
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December 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Elon’s Crying Censorship Over An #EU Fine That Has Nothing To Do With Censorship - www.techdirt.com/2025/12/08/e... "#Musk isn’t just misrepresenting the fine. He’s responding with a series of escalating tantrums designed to feed his false censorship narrative."
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Gee, I wonder if RFK Jr.'s lifelong pathological misogyny is playing a role in this willful ignorance
As with everything he says, this is wildly uninformed. Formula keeps getting better and saves lives. And modern research indicates that outcomes are roughly the same. There are reasons to breastfeed but your child isn’t suffering if you don’t
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Gee, I wonder if RFK Jr.'s lifelong pathological misogyny is playing a role in this willful ignorance
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sitting next to a sweaty guy on a plane who just finished a workout at terminal 8 while wearing a shirt, tie, and suit
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
sitting next to a sweaty guy on a plane who just finished a workout at terminal 8 while wearing a shirt, tie, and suit
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By the Bessent definition, I am apparently a computer scientist, a pharmaceutical chemist, and a hotelier.
Owning shares in a soybean farm does not make you a soybean farmer. All it means is that you are rich and understand the tax code.
Brooke Rollins: "On the China soybeans, Secretary Bessent -- himself a soybean farmer ... "
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
By the Bessent definition, I am apparently a computer scientist, a pharmaceutical chemist, and a hotelier.
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Trump is getting weaker. But ”it’s critical to treat every day as if he’s growing stronger…we should assume he will intensify his hateful agenda to hold onto power & save his own skin. That means we must keep applying pressure until he has been removed.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/trump-is-g...
www.americaamerica.news/p/trump-is-g...
Trump Is Getting Weaker
And even some Republicans are finally grasping that it's a mistake to always stick by him
www.americaamerica.news
December 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Trump is getting weaker. But ”it’s critical to treat every day as if he’s growing stronger…we should assume he will intensify his hateful agenda to hold onto power & save his own skin. That means we must keep applying pressure until he has been removed.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/trump-is-g...
www.americaamerica.news/p/trump-is-g...
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JUST IN: Judge Boasberg says it'd be "premature" to refer Kristi Noem for a contempt prosecution but orders testimony next week from DOJ whistleblower Erez Rueveni and Deputy Assistant AG Drew Ensign. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
JUST IN: Judge Boasberg says it'd be "premature" to refer Kristi Noem for a contempt prosecution but orders testimony next week from DOJ whistleblower Erez Rueveni and Deputy Assistant AG Drew Ensign. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Monetary policy is a screwdriver; tariffs, immigration rules, and trust in government are nails, pipes, and wiring. If the problem is bad trade policy or lost confidence in the White House, turning the interest‑rate screwdriver harder won’t fix it.
December 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Monetary policy is a screwdriver; tariffs, immigration rules, and trust in government are nails, pipes, and wiring. If the problem is bad trade policy or lost confidence in the White House, turning the interest‑rate screwdriver harder won’t fix it.
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NEW: The new National Security Strategy lists bold ambitions. But, as @markhertling.bsky.social warns, it skips the most important part of any strategy: how to achieve them.
Without credible ways to match our ends and means, it’s rhetoric; not real guidance. lnk.thebulwark.com/4rIXHT9?utm_...
Without credible ways to match our ends and means, it’s rhetoric; not real guidance. lnk.thebulwark.com/4rIXHT9?utm_...
December 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
NEW: The new National Security Strategy lists bold ambitions. But, as @markhertling.bsky.social warns, it skips the most important part of any strategy: how to achieve them.
Without credible ways to match our ends and means, it’s rhetoric; not real guidance. lnk.thebulwark.com/4rIXHT9?utm_...
Without credible ways to match our ends and means, it’s rhetoric; not real guidance. lnk.thebulwark.com/4rIXHT9?utm_...
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Nick Fuentes says women are “very difficult to be around,” shouldn’t be allowed to vote, and should just stay home.
The 27-year-old, Hitler-loving white nationalist also admitted to Piers Morgan that he’s never had sex.
The 27-year-old, Hitler-loving white nationalist also admitted to Piers Morgan that he’s never had sex.
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Nick Fuentes says women are “very difficult to be around,” shouldn’t be allowed to vote, and should just stay home.
The 27-year-old, Hitler-loving white nationalist also admitted to Piers Morgan that he’s never had sex.
The 27-year-old, Hitler-loving white nationalist also admitted to Piers Morgan that he’s never had sex.
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Trump claims each blown-up Venezuelan boat “saves 25,000 American lives.”
@jvl.bsky.social lays out the facts, walks through the math, the drug routes, and the reality, and breaks down why Trump's lie matters. lnk.thebulwark.com/4aCcPeI?utm_...
@jvl.bsky.social lays out the facts, walks through the math, the drug routes, and the reality, and breaks down why Trump's lie matters. lnk.thebulwark.com/4aCcPeI?utm_...
December 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Trump claims each blown-up Venezuelan boat “saves 25,000 American lives.”
@jvl.bsky.social lays out the facts, walks through the math, the drug routes, and the reality, and breaks down why Trump's lie matters. lnk.thebulwark.com/4aCcPeI?utm_...
@jvl.bsky.social lays out the facts, walks through the math, the drug routes, and the reality, and breaks down why Trump's lie matters. lnk.thebulwark.com/4aCcPeI?utm_...
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admiral Bradley might well be someone who has had exemplary service in the military. But this is a war crime. And he ordered it.
Watch this till the end, truly powerful by one who knows. It is clear that this was flat out murder on the high seas. We need to see that whole video. Hegseth and Trump are holding it back because they know what it shows.
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Venezuela, Western Dominance, & Regime Change: Rep. Adam Smith's Striking Updates
"The capsized bow of the boat...probably wasn't any bigger than your average kitchen table."
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December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
admiral Bradley might well be someone who has had exemplary service in the military. But this is a war crime. And he ordered it.
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imagine saying this in public to the guy who fucked your business up in the first place.
random farmer to Trump on what his child said to him: "He said, 'Daddy, I don't want Santa Claus to come to our house for Christmas, I want President Trump.' I think you brought Christmas to farmers with this bridge payment."
December 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
imagine saying this in public to the guy who fucked your business up in the first place.
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This isn’t a social media bleat, a MAGA troll designed to trigger the libs, or an incoherent Trumpian ramble. It can’t be brushed off as joke, or “Trump being Trump.” The racism isn’t just an irritable gesture. It’s official US policy. And it's there in writing. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Trump Just Put the Quiet Part in Writing
And I'm grateful for that.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This isn’t a social media bleat, a MAGA troll designed to trigger the libs, or an incoherent Trumpian ramble. It can’t be brushed off as joke, or “Trump being Trump.” The racism isn’t just an irritable gesture. It’s official US policy. And it's there in writing. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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I wrote a single paragraph noting some (not every one) of the ways that Trump is getting weaker. It's a long paragraph. That makes applying pressure in opposition that much more important. www.americaamerica.news/p/trump-is-g...
December 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I wrote a single paragraph noting some (not every one) of the ways that Trump is getting weaker. It's a long paragraph. That makes applying pressure in opposition that much more important. www.americaamerica.news/p/trump-is-g...
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This headline captures the moment we find ourselves in: “The Kremlin praises new US security strategy as Russian strikes kill 4 in Ukraine.”
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Trump Just Put the Quiet Part in Writing
And I'm grateful for that.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This headline captures the moment we find ourselves in: “The Kremlin praises new US security strategy as Russian strikes kill 4 in Ukraine.”
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Benny Johnson has nothing to hide.
by Lindsey Graham, Tim Scott, and Mike Johnson
by Lindsey Graham, Tim Scott, and Mike Johnson
December 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Benny Johnson has nothing to hide.
by Lindsey Graham, Tim Scott, and Mike Johnson
by Lindsey Graham, Tim Scott, and Mike Johnson
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"Why does he keep doing this to himself? It's like masochism."
@timmiller.bsky.social and @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social on Scott Bessent's latest attempt to cosplay as a soybean farmer.
@timmiller.bsky.social and @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social on Scott Bessent's latest attempt to cosplay as a soybean farmer.
December 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"Why does he keep doing this to himself? It's like masochism."
@timmiller.bsky.social and @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social on Scott Bessent's latest attempt to cosplay as a soybean farmer.
@timmiller.bsky.social and @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social on Scott Bessent's latest attempt to cosplay as a soybean farmer.
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Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
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"Now that I've hit everyone with ruinous taxes, I'll dole some of it back out to my political supporters as welfare payments."
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"Now that I've hit everyone with ruinous taxes, I'll dole some of it back out to my political supporters as welfare payments."
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MAGA Traitors Need to "Go Back" and Leave America
If the GOP hates the Constitution, diversity, free and fair elections, voting rights, and the concept of separation of church and state, then maybe it hates America & should leave.
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If the GOP hates the Constitution, diversity, free and fair elections, voting rights, and the concept of separation of church and state, then maybe it hates America & should leave.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
MAGA Traitors Need to "Go Back" and Leave America
If the GOP hates the Constitution, diversity, free and fair elections, voting rights, and the concept of separation of church and state, then maybe it hates America & should leave.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
If the GOP hates the Constitution, diversity, free and fair elections, voting rights, and the concept of separation of church and state, then maybe it hates America & should leave.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...