Simian Silverback
@simiansilverback.bsky.social
I don't like tooting my own horn, but I am a great ape. I have written two books. The first was a novel. The second analyzed litigation challenging the 2020 election. Both were written using a pseudonym because of pervasive bias against gorillas.
The Trump administration makes a lot of noise about welfare fraud. RFKjr makes a lot of noise about autism. And yet, where these concerns intersect, we hear only crickets.
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Opinion | Why Is Autism Exploding? Welfare Fraud Is One Reason
Minnesota’s example shows that lucrative behavioral therapy is a magnet for scam artists.
www.wsj.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The Trump administration makes a lot of noise about welfare fraud. RFKjr makes a lot of noise about autism. And yet, where these concerns intersect, we hear only crickets.
www.wsj.com/opinion/why-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/why-...
Please explain:
Folks say selling our most powerful computer chips to China will jeopardize our national security.
Trump agrees and says Nvidia can sell the chips if it gives the US a kickback. The payment does nothing to enhance security.
Why is this not just Trump extorting private business?
Folks say selling our most powerful computer chips to China will jeopardize our national security.
Trump agrees and says Nvidia can sell the chips if it gives the US a kickback. The payment does nothing to enhance security.
Why is this not just Trump extorting private business?
Trump Clears Sale of More Powerful Nvidia A.I. Chips to China
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Please explain:
Folks say selling our most powerful computer chips to China will jeopardize our national security.
Trump agrees and says Nvidia can sell the chips if it gives the US a kickback. The payment does nothing to enhance security.
Why is this not just Trump extorting private business?
Folks say selling our most powerful computer chips to China will jeopardize our national security.
Trump agrees and says Nvidia can sell the chips if it gives the US a kickback. The payment does nothing to enhance security.
Why is this not just Trump extorting private business?
According to the NRA, gun violence will be solved by getting guns into the hands of "good guys."
Total BS.
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Total BS.
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The Innocent Bystanders Caught in Deadly Crossfire of Self-Defense Shootings
Massachusetts is the latest state to give shooters legal protection if they accidentally kill someone while lawfully defending themselves.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
According to the NRA, gun violence will be solved by getting guns into the hands of "good guys."
Total BS.
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Total BS.
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We are not at war with anyone. We are killing criminal suspects and then sharing snuff films on social media.
There is something fundamentally wrong with us.
There is something fundamentally wrong with us.
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We are not at war with anyone. We are killing criminal suspects and then sharing snuff films on social media.
There is something fundamentally wrong with us.
There is something fundamentally wrong with us.
A terrorist is "a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation . . . in the pursuit of political aims."
MAGA calls drug smugglers, whose only goal is to make money, "narco terrorists."
The label "criminal drug smuggler" will serve every purpose, except excuse extrajudicial executions.
MAGA calls drug smugglers, whose only goal is to make money, "narco terrorists."
The label "criminal drug smuggler" will serve every purpose, except excuse extrajudicial executions.
December 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
A terrorist is "a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation . . . in the pursuit of political aims."
MAGA calls drug smugglers, whose only goal is to make money, "narco terrorists."
The label "criminal drug smuggler" will serve every purpose, except excuse extrajudicial executions.
MAGA calls drug smugglers, whose only goal is to make money, "narco terrorists."
The label "criminal drug smuggler" will serve every purpose, except excuse extrajudicial executions.
Every time someone suggests that bombing an alleged drug boat is a war crime, he or she implicitly endorses the NONSENSICAL claim that we are at actual, literal, "war" with criminal smugglers.
We are murdering suspects. That's all.
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We are murdering suspects. That's all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump’s Boat Attacks
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Every time someone suggests that bombing an alleged drug boat is a war crime, he or she implicitly endorses the NONSENSICAL claim that we are at actual, literal, "war" with criminal smugglers.
We are murdering suspects. That's all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
We are murdering suspects. That's all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Trump says that the charges against Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández arose from a "Biden horrible witch hunt."
BUT, it was the Trump administration (first term) which first alleged that Hernández conspired with drug cartels.
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BUT, it was the Trump administration (first term) which first alleged that Hernández conspired with drug cartels.
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Honduran President Accused in NY of Drug Conspiracy
U.S. federal prosecutors have accused Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández of having used $1.5 million in drug trafficking proceeds to secure the presidency in 2013.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Trump says that the charges against Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández arose from a "Biden horrible witch hunt."
BUT, it was the Trump administration (first term) which first alleged that Hernández conspired with drug cartels.
web.archive.org/web/20190803...
BUT, it was the Trump administration (first term) which first alleged that Hernández conspired with drug cartels.
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Before Trump pardoned Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, he indicted the man's brother for using his influence with the Honduran government to help people smuggling drugs into the US.
The pardoned president was his brother's lever of influence.
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The pardoned president was his brother's lever of influence.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Before Trump pardoned Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, he indicted the man's brother for using his influence with the Honduran government to help people smuggling drugs into the US.
The pardoned president was his brother's lever of influence.
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The pardoned president was his brother's lever of influence.
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"We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to . . . kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct . . . rules of engagement, just . . . maximum lethality and authority for warfighters."
I guess not murdering suspects is a stupid rule.
I guess not murdering suspects is a stupid rule.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to . . . kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct . . . rules of engagement, just . . . maximum lethality and authority for warfighters."
I guess not murdering suspects is a stupid rule.
I guess not murdering suspects is a stupid rule.
In this shocking expose, the Washington Post reveals that the people who feel good about the economy are those with the money.
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4 charts show who’s feeling good about the economy — and who isn’t
Consumer sentiment measures are generally falling. But that isn’t the case for everyone.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
In this shocking expose, the Washington Post reveals that the people who feel good about the economy are those with the money.
wapo.st/48r3OCv
wapo.st/48r3OCv
People like to say that Trump is good at sensing what has angered Americans, such as uncontrolled immigration. Maybe so, but he is terrible at anticipating what WILL make Americans upset, such as indiscriminate deportations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
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November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
People like to say that Trump is good at sensing what has angered Americans, such as uncontrolled immigration. Maybe so, but he is terrible at anticipating what WILL make Americans upset, such as indiscriminate deportations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
If you follow both the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, you see WaPo getting more timid, reluctant to call BS on Trump, and the WSJ edging in the other direction.
This article is just one example of the latter.
www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
This article is just one example of the latter.
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Opinion | RFK Jr. Turns the CDC Against Vaccines
The agency’s website is revised to spread autism fears, despite serious science finding no link.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
If you follow both the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, you see WaPo getting more timid, reluctant to call BS on Trump, and the WSJ edging in the other direction.
This article is just one example of the latter.
www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
This article is just one example of the latter.
www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
Here's an objectively true fact: If you kill enough people based upon confidential information, some of them will be innocent of any wrongdoing.
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Family of Fisherman Killed in U.S. Military Strike Says It Wants Justice
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November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Here's an objectively true fact: If you kill enough people based upon confidential information, some of them will be innocent of any wrongdoing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
Dems should support those who felt they had to save hungry Americans held hostage by Trump and Johnson. THEY are the villains.
Dems disagree about the shutdown. But is it so hard to agree on how to spin the event? On TV I see Dem leaders talk about things other than the GOP hostages. That's dumb.
Dems disagree about the shutdown. But is it so hard to agree on how to spin the event? On TV I see Dem leaders talk about things other than the GOP hostages. That's dumb.
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Dems should support those who felt they had to save hungry Americans held hostage by Trump and Johnson. THEY are the villains.
Dems disagree about the shutdown. But is it so hard to agree on how to spin the event? On TV I see Dem leaders talk about things other than the GOP hostages. That's dumb.
Dems disagree about the shutdown. But is it so hard to agree on how to spin the event? On TV I see Dem leaders talk about things other than the GOP hostages. That's dumb.
Two stories pain a picture. In the first, Trump argues that a Walmart ad proves he has conquered inflation. In the second, Walmart prices have risen 5.3%.
The thing is, people don't need that second story.
They know.
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The thing is, people don't need that second story.
They know.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Two stories pain a picture. In the first, Trump argues that a Walmart ad proves he has conquered inflation. In the second, Walmart prices have risen 5.3%.
The thing is, people don't need that second story.
They know.
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The thing is, people don't need that second story.
They know.
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RFKjr sometimes speaks about the obesity epidemic in the US. Good for him.
Unfortunately, he spends most of his time curating evidence to support debunked claims about autism.
This article explores what can be done when a gov't is serious about health.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Unfortunately, he spends most of his time curating evidence to support debunked claims about autism.
This article explores what can be done when a gov't is serious about health.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Opinion | The French Secret to Healthier Eating
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
RFKjr sometimes speaks about the obesity epidemic in the US. Good for him.
Unfortunately, he spends most of his time curating evidence to support debunked claims about autism.
This article explores what can be done when a gov't is serious about health.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Unfortunately, he spends most of his time curating evidence to support debunked claims about autism.
This article explores what can be done when a gov't is serious about health.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Bret Stephens makes some great points, but he also complains that Britain’s NHS "gobbles up roughly one third of government spending." But in the US, Americans spend $4.9T on health care, which would be 72% of the US $6.75T budget.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
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Opinion | Do Dumb Ideas Ever Die?
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Bret Stephens makes some great points, but he also complains that Britain’s NHS "gobbles up roughly one third of government spending." But in the US, Americans spend $4.9T on health care, which would be 72% of the US $6.75T budget.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
This good Atlantic article would have been better had Nichols explained that toddlers are in gov't because Trump prizes loyalty (to him) above competence. Incompetence leads to bad governance. Thus, Trump's corruption leads a flailing economy and jeopardizes nat'l security, not just crass optics.
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
This good Atlantic article would have been better had Nichols explained that toddlers are in gov't because Trump prizes loyalty (to him) above competence. Incompetence leads to bad governance. Thus, Trump's corruption leads a flailing economy and jeopardizes nat'l security, not just crass optics.
Maybe economic literacy for the masses is unrealistic. Even elite journalists still inaccurately refer to tariffs as "taxes on major U.S. trading partners," rather than "taxes on American importers."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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Trump’s Power Faces Pressure Test in Court and at Ballot Box
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November 4, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Maybe economic literacy for the masses is unrealistic. Even elite journalists still inaccurately refer to tariffs as "taxes on major U.S. trading partners," rather than "taxes on American importers."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Watch Maher treat a "documentary" about UFOs as though it proves something.
Maher mocks anyone who, confronted with the inexplicable, invokes God. But, he sees video that hasn't been explained and he thinks it reasonable to invoke "aliens."
It's the same thing.
Maher mocks anyone who, confronted with the inexplicable, invokes God. But, he sees video that hasn't been explained and he thinks it reasonable to invoke "aliens."
It's the same thing.
#StartTheClock: Tonight's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher feat. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Michael Moynihan and #TheAgeOfDisclosure Director Dan Farah is now on @hbomax.bsky.social!
Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime: youtu.be/-gkc495pzts?...
Watch the conversation continue after the show on #RTOvertime: youtu.be/-gkc495pzts?...
November 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Watch Maher treat a "documentary" about UFOs as though it proves something.
Maher mocks anyone who, confronted with the inexplicable, invokes God. But, he sees video that hasn't been explained and he thinks it reasonable to invoke "aliens."
It's the same thing.
Maher mocks anyone who, confronted with the inexplicable, invokes God. But, he sees video that hasn't been explained and he thinks it reasonable to invoke "aliens."
It's the same thing.
The US economy depends upon population growth. Growth in the US (and Europe) will depend on immigration. Trump is doing everything he can to make the US unattractive to bright, hard-working, foreigners.
You can do the math.
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You can do the math.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
America’s Impending Population Collapse
This year, for the first time in nearly a century, more foreign-born people will likely leave the United States than will enter.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The US economy depends upon population growth. Growth in the US (and Europe) will depend on immigration. Trump is doing everything he can to make the US unattractive to bright, hard-working, foreigners.
You can do the math.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
You can do the math.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Every time I hear Mike Johnson talk about protestors I think about this scene.
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bananas
YouTube video by dstageman
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October 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Every time I hear Mike Johnson talk about protestors I think about this scene.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=crrp...
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Trump describes his meeting with Putin. Putin lavishes praise on Trump and says he wants to do business with the USA. From this Trump concludes "great progress" was made toward ending the war with Ukraine.
Could it possibly be more clear that Trump is being played for a fool, and likes it?
Could it possibly be more clear that Trump is being played for a fool, and likes it?
“Trump is gonna give Ukraine tomahawks!”
Nope. Just another TACOOOOO
Nope. Just another TACOOOOO
October 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Trump describes his meeting with Putin. Putin lavishes praise on Trump and says he wants to do business with the USA. From this Trump concludes "great progress" was made toward ending the war with Ukraine.
Could it possibly be more clear that Trump is being played for a fool, and likes it?
Could it possibly be more clear that Trump is being played for a fool, and likes it?
