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GBrandonFFX
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gbrandonffx.bsky.social
Here's a prop bet: by April 1st trump demands that Greenland and Iceland swap geonames: Greenland becomes "Iceland" and Iceland becomes, uhh, just a sec, uhh, "Hotland"???
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Trump touts 'total access' Greenland deal as NATO asks allies to step up
Trump backed off tariff threats and ruled out taking Greenland by force.
www.reuters.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:22 PM
gbrandonffx.bsky.social
People always (never) ask me about my pre-snowmageddon grocery shopping strategy. It's simple: buy multiples of everything I never eat or drink.
What's your's?
In other pre-snow activities: people lined up at a carwash in Northern Virginia.
January 22, 2026 at 4:25 PM
gbrandonffx.bsky.social
Takeaways: 1) economic damage caused by trump will take years to become apparent; 2) when it hits, it will be systemic & long-term; 3) some other president will be left holding the bag.

Will debt market tank? Probably.
@nytimes.com
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Trump’s First Year Could Have Lasting Economic Consequences
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January 20, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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Please do not refer to this "Board of Peace" as a UN-like entity.

It is a Mar-a-Lago Club / Rose Garden Club inspired membership with ONE person collecting fees, ONE person being in charge with neither citizens nor leaders having ANY say about anything.

Let's keep our heads on a swivel. Please.
January 20, 2026 at 12:01 AM
gbrandonffx.bsky.social
The immorality, the immaturity, the ignorance: trump blaming an entire country - Norway - for his threats to Denmark/Greenland.
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Trump links Greenland threat to Nobel Peace Prize snub, EU eyes trade retaliation
President Donald Trump linked his drive to take control of Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize, saying he no longer thought "purely of Peace" as the row over the island threatened to...
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January 19, 2026 at 3:28 PM
gbrandonffx.bsky.social
trump's continuous malefactions are wearing thin internationally & probably have rapidly diminishing returns. How many countries will soon give a "So what?" or "Who cares?" to his provocations?
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Weighs Tariffs Against Countries Resisting U.S. Control of Greenland
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January 16, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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From @huffpost.com: “This doesn’t look like what the military is supposed to be doing, and the military is doing it . . . [and] they didn’t want to be doing it.”
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Military Official Involved In Boat Strikes Feared They Were Illegal
Killing survivors. A warplane in disguise. Alarms are going off about Trump's mission in the waters off Latin America.
www.huffpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:04 PM
gbrandonffx.bsky.social
Sometimes I wish my super ego was a little less super and a little more ego.
January 10, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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If Machado actually does this, the Committee should revoke it. It demeans the prize.
ericcolumbus.bsky.social Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 20d
I thought Trump would never get the Nobel Peace Prize. He's about to prove me wrong!
Rachael Bade @rachaelmbade Venezuelan opposition leader MACHADO has been pushing for an audience with President DONALD TRUMP to “give Trump her Nobel Peace Prize,” a Trump confidant told me a few hrs ago. Tonight, the president announced on SEAN HANNITY’s program that she's coming to see him next week. And so begins the campaign to persuade the president to endorse yet another change of leadership in Venezuela… For Machado, this is about much more than any award. After living in hiding for 16 months, she will almost certainly use the opportunity to press the president on the future of her country — but especially her own role in it as a leader. The effort to get Machado face-time with the president has involved more than the standard flattery/awards it takes to sometimes catch his attention. Behind the scenes, Fox News personality RACHEL CAMPOS-DUFFY, the wife of Transportation Secretary SEAN DUFFY, has been pushing for the meeting, according to two Trump associates familiar with the dynamics. (The president is fond of Campos-Duffy, I’m told.) My take, here -> https://open.substack.com/pub/rachaelbade/p/machado-to-meet-with-trump-to-give?r=bvo4i&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true 10:37 PM · Jan 8, 2026 · 931 Views
January 9, 2026 at 4:21 AM
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This @ffxnow.bsky.social article pulls from the Mon. evening YouTube video of the @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social candidate forum for Braddock Dist. School Board Member. Endorsement Caucus is this Sat., Jan. 10. Visit www.fairfaxdemocrats.org/braddock for details.
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Braddock school board contenders weigh in on FCPS budget, boundary review | FFXnow
Two candidates seeking to be the Fairfax County School Board's next Braddock District representative made their cases to local Democrats in an online forum on Monday (Jan. 5) ahead of this weekend's e...
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January 7, 2026 at 10:04 PM
gbrandonffx.bsky.social
1 bozo down, 1 to go. bongino claims he's leaving on a high note. Nothing positive, nothing pleasant, nothing enjoyable, nothing successful, nothing impressive about his occupancy at the Bureau.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
Dan Bongino Says He Will Step Down From F.B.I. in January
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December 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Congratulations, Gretchen Bulova - @fxbulova.bsky.social! Onward to the January 13th Special Election in Virginia's House District 11.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
gbrandonffx.bsky.social
YouTube of yesterday's Virginia House District 11 Candidate Forum (VA General Assembly). It's condensed to 67 minutes.
Firehouse primary is Tues., Dec. 16 @ 3 locations.
hd11votes.com
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House District 11 Democratic Candidate Forum (Sun., Dec. 14th)
YouTube video by Fairfax County Democratic Committee
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December 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
gbrandonffx.bsky.social
From now on, I'm walking amok if and when I'm dazed & confused. I'm not big on running.
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A.Word.A.Day--amok
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December 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
gbrandonffx.bsky.social
Virginia House District 11 Democratic Candidate Forum: Sun., Jan. 14 at 2 PM, Mckenzie's Tunes & Tonics.
Firehouse primary is Tues., Dec. 16.
Special Election is Tues., Jan. 13
Details:
www.cityfairfaxdems.com/hd11
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December 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
gbrandonffx.bsky.social
trump's DoJ fails again. Grand jury nullification. So much for ham sandwich or is it a (s)pam sandwich?
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Justice Department again fails to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, AP source says
A grand jury has declined for a second time to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, refusing to resurrect a mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by President Donald Trump, according to ...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
gbrandonffx.bsky.social
rfk jr's vaccine policy know-nothings notched up a win for morbidity & mortality. Big loss for a 3-year cohort of GEN A Americans. Tragic results will tell the truth about immunization efficacy in an avoidable real-world experiment. #Science
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Live updates: Federal vaccine advisors say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth
A federal vaccine advisory committee voted Friday to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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The Trump Administration is letting “the worst of the worst,” including gun and child sex traffickers, off the hook while focusing massive resources on rounding up law abiding, hardworking immigrants.

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
DHS swept Chicago to get ‘the worst’ criminals. Many have no record.
Aggressive tactics in Chicago have been deployed in DHS’s “Operation Midway Blitz” to round up more than 4,000 people, only a small portion of whom have major criminal records.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
gbrandonffx.bsky.social
The ultra rich, about 900 U.S. billionaires, would rather see the underclasses dead, as in DEAD!
fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social Fairfax Democrats @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social · Dec 4
There is a group of tech billionaires who promote a political agenda that puts them in charge of the US government .They think, by virtue of their money and positions that they are smarter than the rest of us and want to ultimately establish a world order over which they would rule.
gizmodo.com Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · Dec 3
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
December 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
gbrandonffx.bsky.social
Grand jury nullification: trump DoJ 0️⃣, federal grand juries 8️⃣ or 🔟❓ Where's that ham sandwich when you need one?
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Grand jury declines to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed
Federal officials failed to secure the new indictment against James, whom Trump has targeted, after a judge said the previous one was secured by an unlawfully appointed prosecutor.
www.nbcnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
gbrandonffx.bsky.social
It's murder either way, war crime per Geneva Convention or plain ol'murder. Does @captmarkkelly.bsky.social really need to remind the military that it's a duty to ignore unlawful orders? Shakespeare: First let's rehire the JAG lawyers.
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War Crime...or Murder?
Killing shipwreck survivors is patently illegal and morally abhorrent
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December 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
gbrandonffx.bsky.social
The chief (un)law & (dis)order officer set free a private equity exec. who served less than 2 weeks of a 7-year sentence for his role in $1.6BN scheme defrauding 1,000s of victims.
Odds the fraudster is a repeat offender?
Anyone?
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
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November 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
gbrandonffx.bsky.social
This raises the ❓: What exactly are the Rules of Engagement against unarmed vessels transiting to fishing grounds?
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Trump’s Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly
As Trump’s call for the execution of “seditious” Dems works against him, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, one of his targets, explains why she and other Dems are warning servicemembers against carrying out ille...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
gbrandonffx.bsky.social
My trip to grocery store: even the price of tripe is up.
My "Safe Handling Instructions" are don't handle tripe.
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
gbrandonffx.bsky.social
Will this trumpian outburst convince @postopinions.bsky.social to break with him? I doubt it. Will total disrespect towards Jamal Khashoggi & utter disregard for free speech/press give @washingtonpost.com some pause? Maybe???
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Donald Trump Says ABC Should Lose Its Broadcast License After Getting Irate Over Reporter’s Questions About Jamal Khashoggi Murder, Jeffrey Epstein Files
Mary Bruce asked about the Jamal Khashoggi murder and the Jeffrey Epstein files
deadline.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM