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calling it now, the thing that breaks the spell is when trump eventually falls on live tv as it almost happened during the campaign
“If this experiment fails, it’s gonna fail horribly, and I think we’ll begin to see the impacts of that sooner than later." perfect summary of the Trump era
Alright, now that I plugged it on TV:
Scoop here on some early warning signs coming from inside Trumpworld on the economy. “Now,” one of my Trump sources tells me, “the reality is setting in that these are not transitory. There are going to be economic consequences.”
www.wired.com/story/its-th...
Scoop here on some early warning signs coming from inside Trumpworld on the economy. “Now,” one of my Trump sources tells me, “the reality is setting in that these are not transitory. There are going to be economic consequences.”
www.wired.com/story/its-th...
It's the Economy, Donald
As US labor and inflation data seemingly worsen, the White House refrain is “no panicans”—in other words, no room for panic. That isn't keeping everyone in Trumpworld from getting the jitters.
www.wired.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“If this experiment fails, it’s gonna fail horribly, and I think we’ll begin to see the impacts of that sooner than later." perfect summary of the Trump era
When internal polling's going great
August 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
When internal polling's going great
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Newsom: "Right outside, at this exact moment, are dozens and dozens of ICE agents. Do you think it's coincidental? ... people are scared ... you have a US Senator thrown on the ground. JD Vance -- his name is Alex Padilla, not Jose Padilla ... wake up, America."
August 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Newsom: "Right outside, at this exact moment, are dozens and dozens of ICE agents. Do you think it's coincidental? ... people are scared ... you have a US Senator thrown on the ground. JD Vance -- his name is Alex Padilla, not Jose Padilla ... wake up, America."
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Right! The rise of the far right really is a societal reaction to the end of the cold war turbocharged by successive crises (9/11, 2008, Eurozone, Syria, Ukraine, Covid, online and state actors.
August 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Right! The rise of the far right really is a societal reaction to the end of the cold war turbocharged by successive crises (9/11, 2008, Eurozone, Syria, Ukraine, Covid, online and state actors.
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Oh I just know the WSJ is about to drop the most insane story known to man
August 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Oh I just know the WSJ is about to drop the most insane story known to man
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Politico, in particular, could get an affidavit from God, witnessed by the Archangel Gabriel, that the EU did something right and they’d complain about the quality of the Almighty’s penmanship in the signature.
July 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Politico, in particular, could get an affidavit from God, witnessed by the Archangel Gabriel, that the EU did something right and they’d complain about the quality of the Almighty’s penmanship in the signature.
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After a certain point a lot of trade analysts might want to consider that the EU and Japanese investment pledges are 1980s New York property development style made up numbers designed to keep Trump happy that will have very little connection to economic reality
July 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
After a certain point a lot of trade analysts might want to consider that the EU and Japanese investment pledges are 1980s New York property development style made up numbers designed to keep Trump happy that will have very little connection to economic reality
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Loving the ‘Trump wins’ narrative. The thing is, Trump getting what he wants isn’t the same as Trump ‘winning’. What he wants is self-destructive. By winning, he loses.
July 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Loving the ‘Trump wins’ narrative. The thing is, Trump getting what he wants isn’t the same as Trump ‘winning’. What he wants is self-destructive. By winning, he loses.
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The only "genius" Trump possesses is being able to enthrall this big mass of loathsome social detritus and amoral billionaires into a momentarily cohesive movement
July 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The only "genius" Trump possesses is being able to enthrall this big mass of loathsome social detritus and amoral billionaires into a momentarily cohesive movement
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What's the difference between Georgia and Germany?
It only took one Sherman to go through Georgia.
It only took one Sherman to go through Georgia.
July 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
What's the difference between Georgia and Germany?
It only took one Sherman to go through Georgia.
It only took one Sherman to go through Georgia.
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I would qualify this to add that the lawyers and the law have been quickly and clearly backed by sufficient elite, mid-level bureaucratic and popular opposition to Trump's agenda to make it too costly for him to suspend the rule of law and indefinitely defy court orders.
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Once again I beg of people to pause and look around and realize that it's basically only because of the lawyers and the law that Trump has faced any meaningful opposition to his agenda.
Obviously "the law will not save us" but actually thanks to lawyers a TON of damage has been prevented.
Obviously "the law will not save us" but actually thanks to lawyers a TON of damage has been prevented.
July 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I would qualify this to add that the lawyers and the law have been quickly and clearly backed by sufficient elite, mid-level bureaucratic and popular opposition to Trump's agenda to make it too costly for him to suspend the rule of law and indefinitely defy court orders.
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I like how people with no idea of how these things work are mocking this meanwhile 2 battalions of sea otters, 17 grizzly bears and 19 bison have started marching towards DC
On the one hand, these grifter accounts steal money and attention from actually important voices and make the Resist movement look stupid.
On the other, this account pretending to be a numbers station passing codes to secret agents is one of the funniest things that ever happened online.
On the other, this account pretending to be a numbers station passing codes to secret agents is one of the funniest things that ever happened online.
June 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I like how people with no idea of how these things work are mocking this meanwhile 2 battalions of sea otters, 17 grizzly bears and 19 bison have started marching towards DC
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Bears repeating but the admin has no real plan here, it's all just doubling down on doubling down. it's posting really
June 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Bears repeating but the admin has no real plan here, it's all just doubling down on doubling down. it's posting really
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calling it now, the thing that breaks the spell is when trump eventually falls on live tv as it almost happened during the campaign
May 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
calling it now, the thing that breaks the spell is when trump eventually falls on live tv as it almost happened during the campaign
really bager right now
June 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
really bager right now
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The Polish foreign minister, a writer and journalist who covered the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980s, clearly knows a thing or two about a patiently-timed response.
June 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The Polish foreign minister, a writer and journalist who covered the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980s, clearly knows a thing or two about a patiently-timed response.
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Gronk is this true?
June 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Gronk is this true?