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Joan of Snark
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Exhibit A - Karoline Leavitt. #PATHOCRACY
• The promotion of incompetence: A key aspect of a pathocracy's final stage is its destructive cycle of negative selection. As the government seeks to remove all threats to its power, it promotes those who are loyal and pathologically compliant, regardless of their talent or ability.
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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• The promotion of incompetence: A key aspect of a pathocracy's final stage is its destructive cycle of negative selection. As the government seeks to remove all threats to its power, it promotes those who are loyal and pathologically compliant, regardless of their talent or ability.
November 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Escalating paranoia and control Initially, pathocrats present a compelling, simplified ideology that promises future greatness while demonizing alleged enemies. Over time, this paranoia intensifies into a system of total control driven by deep-seated suspicion.
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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• Creation of a new elite: The leaders form a new elite that feels threatened by those with human decency and manipulates society to maintain dominance. • Societal adaptation: Over time, the rest of society may adapt to the pathology by learning to accept lies and seeing domination as leadership.
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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So sorry, forgot to provide the ALT text, so adding it here with additional context.
Pathocracy is a straightforward word in that it combines the Greek root "pathos", meaning suffering or disease, with the suffix "cracy" meaning rule or power. It was coined by psychologist Andrzej M. Lobaczewski, whose own experience in the Polish resistance in WWII and under brutal Soviet occupation informed his expertise on, and study of, autocratic regimes. Pathocracy is a form of government in which individuals with psychological disorders, including the dark-tetrad "profile of doom" (sadistic, Machiavellian, narcissistic, psychopathic), consolidate and abuse power in a way that produces - quite literally for all intents and purposes — a contagion of lunacy (as in the morally contorted pathocracies of the Third Reich, Apartheid, and Black Slavery)
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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@gtconway.bsky.social Time to revisit! Don't let Sarah tell you otherwise. 😉
November 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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In the 2025 fiscal year $195B were collected in tariffs. www.axios.com/2025/11/11/t...
The intrigue: Trump posted the $3 trillion figure on Truth Social just hours after posting that a loss would cost $2 trillion in refunds on tariff revenue and lost investments. By the numbers: Tariff collections in fiscal 2025 were about $195 billion. • Recent collections were about $35 billion a month, or about $420 billion a year if that pace continues.
November 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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😳🙄
Trump bad hair day.
November 17, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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This one was behind a paywall. Arab princes, Tom Barrack, George Nader, and Trump.
November 15, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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You know who seems to be mysteriously missing? George Nader, the guy who got 40 yrs for child sex crimes.
This was not the first interaction Nader (a now-convicted child sex offender), a close advisor to Prince Mohammed bin Zayed facilitated with the Trump campaign. Nader also arranged a meeting in January of 2017 in the Seychelles with Erik Prince, Prince Mohammed, and Kirill Dmitriev - a close ally to the Russian government. The meeting was said to have been an opportunity for the incoming Trump administration to create a backdoor relationship with the Russian government, a practice many administrations have done in the past. Yet, witnesses gave Congressional investigators conflicting accounts of the meeting and attempted to conceal evidence, especially before the House Intelligence Committee. Erik Prince, in particular, was subsequently referred to the Attorney General of the US for perjury charges after House Intelligence Committee members believed he lied in his description of the Seychelle's meeting on six different issues. Prince did not bring up the August 2016 Trump Tower meeting to House investigators either. Prince's dealings in the UAE date back to a contract he fulfilled for Prince Mohammed where he formed a team of Colombian, South African, and other mercenaries to round up political opposition in the UAE and anyone who appeared to threaten Prince Mohammed's rule.
November 15, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Bubba can also mean grandma - old lady. Not sure how blowing fits with that.
If you've been following our company at all, you'll already know that the paternal side of my family calls grandma "Bubba" - thus "Bubba's HomeBaked." We grandchildren unknowingly misspelled baba, which is Serbian for grandmother. Nov 19, 2008 • https://bubbashomebaked.com How does your family say grandma and/or grandpa? | Bubba's Roll Blog
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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As a librarian I am 💯 against book burning, but I might make an exception for this one. Olivia Nuzzi.
American Canto Olivia Nuzzi
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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I will always think of RFK, Jr as #TequilaBrain or #MescalBrain from now on. Of course, alternative facts. 🙄
What is the origin of the worm at the bottom of a bottle of the Mexican drink Mescale? A NATIVE of Guadelajara, Senor Jaime Alvarez, gave me the following explanation: without the benefits of laboratory conditions, distillers of Tequila in the last century needed some means to test their product. The Agave worm was dropped into the tequila and a basic rule of thumb was that if the worm was still wriggling when it hit the bottom of the bottle, the liquor was safe to drink. If the worm died on the way down, the tequila was deemed unfit for human consumption. The legendary hallucinogenic benefits of eating the worm stem from the fact that the Agave worm feeds on the peyote cactus, from which the drug mescalin is refined. Stuart Warburton, Bury, Lancs. I WAS on a course earlier this year with the vice-president of one of Mexico's largest drinks companies, and I asked her this same question. Apparently, the indigenous Mexican 'Indians'. ', who discovered the process of distilling the juice of the Agave cactus, did indeed eat the worms that live in the cactus. However, the business of putting one in the bottle is an entirely new development dreamed up by the marketing men: it allows 'macho' types to show off to each other and their girlfriends by eating the worm. The 'tradition' is pure invention. John Radford, lIkeston, Derbys.
November 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Interesting tidbit about Grandpa Pulte. He had 14 kids. Grandson Pulte is a spoiled ass trust fund baby - maybe that's why Trump likes him.
Personal life Pulte had 14 children. 1 He divorced his first wife, and married Karen Koppal in 1993. [citation needed Pulte died at his home in Naples, Florida, on March 7, 2018, aged 85. 181141131 He was Catholic. On January 16, 2025, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he intended to nominate Pulte's grandson, Bill Pulte, to serve as the next director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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How psychopathic traits can be mistaken for leadership traits PSYCHOPATHIC LEADERSHIP TRAITS TRAITS & Impulsivity/ Thrill- _ seeking → Courage Has no emotions → contremotional conning ano O manipulatior Influence, persuasion Grandiose self-appraisal Self-confidence Lack of remorse or guilt Need for stimulation/ Proneness to Boredom Adapted from Paul Babiak (2007) "From darkness into the light: Psychopathy in industrial and organizational esychology." Can make hard decisions Ability to multi-task/ high energy Cynthia Mathieu
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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What the Chuckle Fuck is happening?!
#caved #ACA 💀

Believing lying liars when the lie. 🙄

A concept of a promise. 🙄
Wimpy meme. I'LL GLADLY PAY YOU NEXT TUESDAY FOR A HAMBURGER TODAY
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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It's a deal with the devil.
An actual devil.
Trump, a psychopath
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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If he can do it, they can hold the damn line!
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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If he can do it, YOU can do it Democratic Senators!

Hold the damn line!

Sen John McCain, NOT killing #Obamacare! #ACA #shutdown
John McCain NOT killing Obamacare!
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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I think this is what is being referred to.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org Aircraft vectoring Vectoring is used to separate aircraft by a specified distance, to aid the navigation of flights, and to guide arriving aircraft to a position.
November 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Argentina's 🇦🇷 healthcare.
Argentina's healthcare system is made up of three main programs: public, social security, and private. Public healthcare is free for everyone, regardless of nationality, but quality varies by region. Major cities like Buenos Aires have excellent hospitals and clinics, but rural areas may lack equipment and staff. Public healthcare waiting lists can be long. • Public healthcare: Free for everyone, but quality varies by region. Waiting lists can be long. • Social security: Also known as Obras Sociales, these plans cover formal workers and their families, and account for over 60% of beneficiaries. o • Private healthcare: Paid out of pocket and accounts for less than 20% of beneficiaries. Expats often choose private health insurance.
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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We gave Argentina 🇦🇷 $40 billion.
Argentina's healthcare system is made up of three main programs: public, social security, and private. Public healthcare is free for everyone, regardless of nationality, but quality varies by region. Major cities like Buenos Aires have excellent hospitals and clinics, but rural areas may lack equipment and staff. Public healthcare waiting lists can be long. • • Public healthcare: Free for everyone, but quality varies by region. Waiting lists can be long. • Social security: Also known as Obras Sociales, these plans cover formal workers and their families, and account for over 60% of beneficiaries. • Private healthcare: Paid out of pocket and accounts for less than 20% of beneficiaries. Expats often choose private health insurance. Does Argentina have a good healthcare system? Argentina's healthcare is considered among the best in South America. https://www.internationalinsurance.com Health Insurance in Argentina for Expats
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Here is Newsweek's take on Trump's healthcare post. www.newsweek.com/trump-funds-... I am reading that as healthcare concerns- your doctor visits, medical/surgical procedures, not buying your own health insurance.
a Truth Social post on Saturday morning, President Donald Trump recommended to Senate Republicans that money sent to insurance companies through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, should instead be sent directly to Americans to handle their healthcare concerns.
November 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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The same guy that doled out PPP money in the shadows to god knows who & then wiped it off the books. $757 BILLION‼️
How much in PPP loans was forgiven? The government, through the Small Business Administration, gave out nearly $790 billion in PPP loans between March 2020 and May 2021, when the program ended, public records show. Of that amount, $757 billion has been forgiven. Jun 30, 2023 @https://www.cbsnews.com PPP loans cost nearly double what Biden's student debt forgiveness...
November 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Remember the PPP loans given out during the COVID-19 pandemic (Trump botched) with shady record keeping & then forgiven? THAT totaled $757,000,000,000‼️‼️‼️‼️
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 AM