Mina
@minerva1.bsky.social
American woman with wide-ranging interests.
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FWIW, RUMINT, but pretty reliable:
1. Vance key to US embrace of Russia plan on Ukraine, Rubio (and even Trump) out of the loop.
2. Vance-Rubio relations “awful.”
3. Rubio told the senators exactly what they said he told them.
4. Hegseth paranoid he’ll be shoved out, Driscoll will replace him.
1. Vance key to US embrace of Russia plan on Ukraine, Rubio (and even Trump) out of the loop.
2. Vance-Rubio relations “awful.”
3. Rubio told the senators exactly what they said he told them.
4. Hegseth paranoid he’ll be shoved out, Driscoll will replace him.
November 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
FWIW, RUMINT, but pretty reliable:
1. Vance key to US embrace of Russia plan on Ukraine, Rubio (and even Trump) out of the loop.
2. Vance-Rubio relations “awful.”
3. Rubio told the senators exactly what they said he told them.
4. Hegseth paranoid he’ll be shoved out, Driscoll will replace him.
1. Vance key to US embrace of Russia plan on Ukraine, Rubio (and even Trump) out of the loop.
2. Vance-Rubio relations “awful.”
3. Rubio told the senators exactly what they said he told them.
4. Hegseth paranoid he’ll be shoved out, Driscoll will replace him.
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"Ukraine is fighting for the values we claim as our own: freedom, sovereignty, human dignity, democratic self-determination....If we fail to support that, we are not merely abandoning Ukraine. We are abandoning ourselves." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ihTiSP
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Ukraine is fighting for the values we claim as our own: freedom, sovereignty, human dignity, democratic self-determination....If we fail to support that, we are not merely abandoning Ukraine. We are abandoning ourselves." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ihTiSP
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every time i see clips of admin officials on the sunday shows or whatever, it's like.... imagine deciding sticking your neck out for that fuckin guy is going anywhere good for you
November 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
every time i see clips of admin officials on the sunday shows or whatever, it's like.... imagine deciding sticking your neck out for that fuckin guy is going anywhere good for you
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And, our civic success is built, in no small part, on the Morrill Act's creation of a dual mandate for land-grant institutions---to "promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes" by including "scientific and classical studies" alongside "agricultural and mechanical arts."
the economic success of the U.S. is significantly built on the land grant universities and in particular their excellent agricultural science tradition.
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
And, our civic success is built, in no small part, on the Morrill Act's creation of a dual mandate for land-grant institutions---to "promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes" by including "scientific and classical studies" alongside "agricultural and mechanical arts."
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Voters clueing into the fact that Trump is bullshitting them on prices & inflation is like a apocalypse level issue for him & Rs ahead of the midterms. "Bullshit ppl about whats in front of their faces" is literally his only move & if ppl are wise to it he's in serious trouble.
Flashing red warning lights for the Trump-Vance administration on inflation and the economy in today's CBS News poll.
www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-ve...
www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-ve...
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Voters clueing into the fact that Trump is bullshitting them on prices & inflation is like a apocalypse level issue for him & Rs ahead of the midterms. "Bullshit ppl about whats in front of their faces" is literally his only move & if ppl are wise to it he's in serious trouble.
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Hey man when you freak out like this it kind of sounds like you’re planning to give the military illegal orders
President insists his word is the one and only law in this land.
November 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Hey man when you freak out like this it kind of sounds like you’re planning to give the military illegal orders
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Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
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american oligarchs uniformly abandoned a lifetime of democratic support because it was easier for them to believe that “based meme” accounts run by czechoslovakian teens were proof of a mass populist movement in service to elon musk than face the hard truth that most people hate their fucking guts
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
american oligarchs uniformly abandoned a lifetime of democratic support because it was easier for them to believe that “based meme” accounts run by czechoslovakian teens were proof of a mass populist movement in service to elon musk than face the hard truth that most people hate their fucking guts
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Every time I listen to Trump, Bessent or Lutnick talk about economic conditions, it is always completely obvious how utterly disconnected they are from the everyday struggles the average American working family is dealing with right now. They simply can’t relate to normal people.
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Every time I listen to Trump, Bessent or Lutnick talk about economic conditions, it is always completely obvious how utterly disconnected they are from the everyday struggles the average American working family is dealing with right now. They simply can’t relate to normal people.
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President insists his word is the one and only law in this land.
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
President insists his word is the one and only law in this land.
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happy Jair Bolsonaro got arrested after failing to cut off his ankle monitor day
"Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested at his villa in the capital, Brasília, amid suspicions he was poised to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid going to prison for masterminding a military coup."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Brazilian police arrest Bolsonaro amid suspicions he was about to flee
Politician reportedly taken from his villa into custody at a federal police base about 7 miles from presidential palace
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:53 AM
happy Jair Bolsonaro got arrested after failing to cut off his ankle monitor day
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Why do they all stand so weird? Are they like flexing under there to look tough? I really don’t know what explains this pattern of unnatural poses from conservative men.
November 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Why do they all stand so weird? Are they like flexing under there to look tough? I really don’t know what explains this pattern of unnatural poses from conservative men.
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Pretty obvious what happened
Team Trump, high on their own supply and sympathetic to Russia, thought they could make Ukraine surrender and declare Trump a glorious peacemaker.
Then they got out of their bubble into reality, embarrassingly flopped, and are now scrambling to lie trying to save face.
Team Trump, high on their own supply and sympathetic to Russia, thought they could make Ukraine surrender and declare Trump a glorious peacemaker.
Then they got out of their bubble into reality, embarrassingly flopped, and are now scrambling to lie trying to save face.
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Pretty obvious what happened
Team Trump, high on their own supply and sympathetic to Russia, thought they could make Ukraine surrender and declare Trump a glorious peacemaker.
Then they got out of their bubble into reality, embarrassingly flopped, and are now scrambling to lie trying to save face.
Team Trump, high on their own supply and sympathetic to Russia, thought they could make Ukraine surrender and declare Trump a glorious peacemaker.
Then they got out of their bubble into reality, embarrassingly flopped, and are now scrambling to lie trying to save face.
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The US now has the Thiel-Vance foreign policy, the Steve Witkoff foreign policy, the Jared Kushner foreign policy, the Marco Rubio foreign policy, and once in a blue moon the Donald Trump foreign policy... and Putin and Netanyahu plus Saudi, UAE & Qatar drive most of it.
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The US now has the Thiel-Vance foreign policy, the Steve Witkoff foreign policy, the Jared Kushner foreign policy, the Marco Rubio foreign policy, and once in a blue moon the Donald Trump foreign policy... and Putin and Netanyahu plus Saudi, UAE & Qatar drive most of it.
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Justice Robert H. Jackson, a Supreme Court Justice and the chief U.S. prosecutor at Nuremberg, established the modern doctrine that individuals are legally accountable for unlawful acts even if committed under orders—a principle that underpins today’s U.S. military law and the Nuremberg Principle IV
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Justice Robert H. Jackson, a Supreme Court Justice and the chief U.S. prosecutor at Nuremberg, established the modern doctrine that individuals are legally accountable for unlawful acts even if committed under orders—a principle that underpins today’s U.S. military law and the Nuremberg Principle IV
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Earlier I described this as a clown car. I don’t know where to escalate from here. The State Dept Spokesperson is briefing against the SecState; who Senators are going on the record saying the US Regime had nothing to do with it.
There are better organized dumpster fires.
There are better organized dumpster fires.
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Earlier I described this as a clown car. I don’t know where to escalate from here. The State Dept Spokesperson is briefing against the SecState; who Senators are going on the record saying the US Regime had nothing to do with it.
There are better organized dumpster fires.
There are better organized dumpster fires.
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In Axios' scoop on the leaked document, they called it a "28-point U.S. plan", citing unnamed officials from Russia and the US. Someone then tried to push it through before Thanksgiving. But now the US Sec. of State, backpedaling, denies it's his and denies there is even a deadline. Who is lying? 4/
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
In Axios' scoop on the leaked document, they called it a "28-point U.S. plan", citing unnamed officials from Russia and the US. Someone then tried to push it through before Thanksgiving. But now the US Sec. of State, backpedaling, denies it's his and denies there is even a deadline. Who is lying? 4/
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It seems their fears were justified.
According to Trump, he spoke to Bolsonaro "last night" and that "they were going to be meeting in the very near future."
Starts around the 2 minute mark: www.c-span.org/program/whit...
According to Trump, he spoke to Bolsonaro "last night" and that "they were going to be meeting in the very near future."
Starts around the 2 minute mark: www.c-span.org/program/whit...
November 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
It seems their fears were justified.
According to Trump, he spoke to Bolsonaro "last night" and that "they were going to be meeting in the very near future."
Starts around the 2 minute mark: www.c-span.org/program/whit...
According to Trump, he spoke to Bolsonaro "last night" and that "they were going to be meeting in the very near future."
Starts around the 2 minute mark: www.c-span.org/program/whit...
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The hits keep coming. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The hits keep coming. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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The entire West comes together to reject the Dmiriev 28-point plan to which Trump affixed his name. This would appear to mark the absolute modern low point of US diplomatic influence on he world stage.
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The entire West comes together to reject the Dmiriev 28-point plan to which Trump affixed his name. This would appear to mark the absolute modern low point of US diplomatic influence on he world stage.
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Just a reminder that its now been two days since the Trump administration pledged to bring in the tough new secondary sanctions on Chinese companies that buy Russian oil and what have we seen---that would be nothing.
November 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Just a reminder that its now been two days since the Trump administration pledged to bring in the tough new secondary sanctions on Chinese companies that buy Russian oil and what have we seen---that would be nothing.
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HAPPENING NOW: Thousands have flooded the streets of D.C. for the “Remove the Regime” rally.
Crowds are chanting “IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE” and “LOCK HIM UP.”
Crowds are chanting “IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE” and “LOCK HIM UP.”
November 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Thousands have flooded the streets of D.C. for the “Remove the Regime” rally.
Crowds are chanting “IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE” and “LOCK HIM UP.”
Crowds are chanting “IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE” and “LOCK HIM UP.”