Mark Affleck

@flick131.bsky.social

USAF RET (24 yrs), Cornhusker at heart, NC by choice. Married animal wrangler: 3 dogs, 6 cats, 3 guinea pigs & a turtle. 66 & just getting started!

Apparently the GOP ordered peace, lower inflation, cheaper borrowing, consumer confidence and economic optimism with guaranteed delivery by November 3. Somebody better check the tracking number. 😂

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Please be patient. Trickle down economics takes time. First the champagne glasses fill, then the yachts, then the offshore accounts. If anything reaches your grocery budget, please notify management. There’s been a leak. 🥂

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Trump is Putin’s Bitch Trump's Treasury signed a paper in March letting Putin sell his oil again. Then we bombed Iran. Iran shut the shipping lane. Saudi pipeline blew. Europe gets no oil next month. Trump lit the match. Putin sells the gas. financialpost.com/commodities/...

Saudis tell European refiners they’ll get no crude next month

Saudi Aramco told at least two oil refining customers in Europe that they will be allocated no crude oil next month. Read more.

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Trump said Iran's nuclear program was "obliterated" in June 2025. Then came a second war Feb 28. Sept 2 IAEA report: inspectors still can't reach bombed sites, and 440 kg of 60% uranium, enough for 10 bombs if weaponized, whereabouts unclear. Two wars. Zero verification. That's a failure.

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Trump: "If the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000." Legal, because 18 USC 597 only bans paying for an individual's vote not conditioning payment on who wins. Fix is one paragraph: extend 597 to offers conditioned on an electoral outcome. Carve out ordinary policy promises.

All I want for Christmas: One line in the House rules package. Opening day. Every member shall hold one open, in-person town hall per month in district. My Representative hasn't held one since 2017.

The thing that gets lost in the “rational actor” framing is that it treats the seat as the objective the oath as constraint to manage around. It’s backwards. oath is the objective; the seat is just the instrument for keeping it. politicalwire.com/2026/09/06/r...

Republicans Find There Is No Escape From Trump

"In the White House Rose Garden last week, President Trump gathered some of the most politically endangered House Republicans for a dinner where he promised to make himself the face of the party’s uph...

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The only real news left is youtube channels Legacy cable Media except Fox will break completely soon The CEOs will lean on the lawyers the lawyers will force the company to tip toe around his criminal activities to come www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

Trump calls for 'punishment' of NBC reporter

President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened a prominent NBC broadcast journalist with possible punishment by US media regulators as the Republican expressed disappointment with coverage of his candida...

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Trump shut the door on 120,000+ cleared refugees, then reopened it for one group paid double. The “white genocide” excuse traces straight to his South African-born allies Elon Musk and David Sacks. Not asylum. A whites-only lane built for the boys back home. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

White South Africans could get $4,500 in aid if they come to U.S. as refugees

The assistance, which helps pay for basic needs such as housing and food, would nearly double under a new policy.

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“First Lady Melania Trump is increasingly concerned about the president’s safety.” Please. She couldn’t care less. She knows that if he’s gone, the protection and power disappear and the knives come out for her and Barron. This is self-preservation, not devotion. www.dailymail.com/news/article...

Insiders reveal full scale of Trump assassination panic

Hours after revelations about his secret flight from the NATO summit in Turkey went public, the president shrugged off reports that detailed the lengths that Secret Service took to keep him safe.

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Attiah was fired for “gross misconduct.” Now an arbitrator says the Post wrongfully fired her and owes back pay. Bezos wasn’t defending standards. He was appeasing Trump to protect from a weaponized government. Billionaire cowardice dressed up as journalism. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...

Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah

An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.

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Bessent says he’ll punish Iran hard with money rules and maybe China too. But China’s boss visits next month you don’t smack a guest before dinner. So Real details drop 2pm today. Watch oil: if he doesn’t hit China, the scare fades and oil drops. www.cnn.com/2026/08/24/w...

US-Iran war latest: Iran’s currency drops to record low against dollar as US set to unveil ‘economic D-Day’ | CNN

Iran’s currency has dropped to a record low against the dollar, as the US moves to tighten the economic screws on Tehran. Follow for live updates.

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The Washington Post calls Trump just 1.6 pounds shy of obese by accepting the White House’s laughable 238-pound claim. That isn’t scrutiny. It’s a puff piece disguised as journalism, protecting access and power. We see you, Bezos. Shameful. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Doctors say Trump’s weight poses a significant health risk

The president has gained about 20 pounds since his campaign, according to his statements and those of aides.

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Trump policy tanked the dollar. Big deficits, tariff chaos, leaning on the Fed, and open cheerleading for a weaker greenback—then acting shocked when it falls. The dollar didn’t slip. It was pushed. Cause, meet effect. 🇺🇸📉 finance.yahoo.com/markets/curr...

Dollar Risks Becoming Biggest Loser From Bessent’s Bond Buying

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s bold intervention to stem a potentially damaging rise in US borrowing costs has some investors saying the dollar will ultimately pay the price.

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The bond market is voting no confidence in Trump. A buyers’ strike on long US debt as the 30-yr hits 2007 highs because reckless tax cuts, inflationary tariffs, and open assaults on Fed independence torched America’s credibility. buyback? A band-aid on a bullet wound. www.cnbc.com/2026/08/20/b...

Treasury yields rebound, wiping out the decline following Bessent's intervention

Bond yields edged higher after pulling back sharply during Wednesday's session.

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SATIRE: Natalie Harp’s blue dress has hit the auction block. Pre-owned, deeply discounted and featuring one mysterious white “paint” stain. Seller says no questions, no returns and absolutely no DNA testing. History doesn’t repeat itself. Apparently, it lists on eBay. 😂

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