The only thing you need to know about the new Trump passport (from NPR): NPR did learn that there's a trick if you are applying in person in Washington and do not want a passport with Trump's image: Choose extra pages.
Kenneth Westrick
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Elon Musk is now worth at least $835 billion, likely closer to a trillion. Even with the lower estimate, he possesses roughly ten million times the wealth of the median annual household income in the USA. So let this sink in: on average, for every dollar we earn this year, he possesses 10 million.
Who else is completely pissed off that Trump is dropping his IRS lawsuit by agreeing to the creation of a taxpayer-funded $1.7 billion "fund" for his crooked cronies. This is the most corrupt and inept administration in the history of the US and we must do everything to stop them.
www.theguardian.com/business/ng-.... The NASDAQ and the S&P are heavily AI and IT, and that’s basically a Ponzi scheme at this point.
War, inflation and Trump’s tariffs have shaken the US. Why does the stock market keep going up?
Wall Street has proved incredibly resilient to instability, and while consumer confidence has dipped, shares have soared
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Trump administration sows confusion as it tries to reopen Strait of Hormuz apnews.com/article/trum.... The Art of the Heel. This moron could write the book on how to fail both domestically and internationally
Trump administration sows confusion as it tries to reopen Strait of Hormuz
In 24 hours, the Trump administration’s stance on the Iran war has pinballed from declarations that a tenuous ceasefire was holding and military operations were over to new threats of bombing the Isla...
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www.reuters.com/legal/litiga... Another despicable decision highlighting political optics over combat readiness. More dumb decisions by the Liquor Cabinet
US military no longer required to get flu vaccine, Hegseth says
The Pentagon will no longer require members of the U.S. military to get the flu vaccine, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday.
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apple.news/AmlVCZnmAR62.... Great, can you imagine how many people will work with us in future? Better idea: Let’s send Trump and his MAGA traitors to Afghanistan and keep the people who fought with us here in the USA.
Trump may send Afghan allies who were promised new lives in the U.S. to Congo instead — NBC News
Advocates for the refugees, many of whom fought the Taliban alongside U.S. forces, say the plan is intended to pressure them to return to Afghanistan at great personal risk.
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Opinion | If Trump commits war crimes in Iran, he can be prosecuted - The Guardian Since the USA has been unable to hold this criminal accountable I hope the world can, along with all of his corrupt followers
Middle East crisis live: Trump calls Nato members ‘cowards’ for not helping secure the strait of Hormuz. This is rich, especially coming from a draft dodging coward
Despite what we're being told by the Trump administration the iranian's will not capitulate. This is what happens when your government is full of idiots or sycophants. www.reuters.com/business/med...
Exclusive: US intelligence says Iran government is not at risk of collapse, say sources
U.S. intelligence indicates that Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of collapse any time soon after nearly two weeks of relentless U.S. and Israeli bombardment, according to ...
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If the WaPo article is accurate, then Pete Hegseth and everyone in the chain of command beneath him need to be brought up on charges immediately. These actions put all Americans at risk, especially service members and their families. The US is better than this.
The traitor in chief continues to desecrate our legal system. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Trump pardons allies accused of seeking to overturn his 2020 election loss
U.S. President Donald has pardoned at dozens of allies accused of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark and Sidney Powell, a top U.S. Justice Department official said on Monday.
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Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases. So the grift on the American taxpayer continues to expand, with absolutely zero accountability from the our elected leaders. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
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I thought a large share of the people at J6 were FBI instigators, why were they pardoned? Obviously they were all MAGA and many of them were criminals beforehand: www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...
Criminal records of Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump include rape, domestic violence
Dozens of Jan. 6 defendants who received pardons from President Trump had past criminal convictions for charges including rape, manslaughter, domestic violence and drug trafficking.
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In addition to stalling the release of the Epstein files, this ADP employment data likely explains why the government doesn't want to hurry the ending of the government shutdown. They don't want this info out there, but certainly they're tanking the economy. #trump #economy #shutdown #employment
Tomorrow and forever: No Kings in America open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Tomorrow and forever: No Kings in America
Reform the Insurrection Act
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High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC) www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)
RealClimate: The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may eve...
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www.stripes.com/theaters/us/... Quid pro quo corruption: gifting US military access to a country that has financed terrorists because he receives a new jet from them. Where are all you patriot MAGA folks now? Defend this one! ...and what about those Epstein files? #Trump #MAGA #traitor #corruption
Hegseth says Qatar will build air force facility in Idaho
“We’re signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatar Emiri Air Force facility” at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said.
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FEMA Suspends Staff Who Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/c...
FEMA Suspends Staff Who Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump
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This quote from the NYT article is particularly disturbing: "...before their formal discussions on Ukraine, the two leaders had a brief conversation isolated from any aides or journalists in the U.S. president’s limousine. What exactly did they talk about?" www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Trump Returns to Washington After Putin Talks Yield No Ukraine Deal
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www.reuters.com/world/us/us-... This is a self inflicted harbinger of future price increases. It's a continuing amateur hour of hubris and retaliation in the MAGA regime.
US producer inflation heats up as goods, services prices soar
U.S. producer prices increased by the most in three years in July amid a surge in the costs of goods and services, suggesting a broad pickup in inflation was imminent, posing a dilemma for the Federal Reserve.
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www.reuters.com/investigatio... Is anyone surprised that racists and nazis are making a comeback in the USA. We've lost our way and not sure what will turn it around in the short-term. Ugh
American Nazis: The Aryan Freedom Network is riding high in Trump era
With Donald Trump’s return to power, a neo-Nazi group buoyed by his rhetoric is expanding its reach and changing the face of white extremism in America. Its leaders: a Texas couple, both born to Ku Klux Klan leaders.
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www.reuters.com/world/europe... I thought this was ending on day one. Hmm, maybe geopolitics is more complicated than someone thought. #inept #trump #charlatan #coward
Exclusive: Putin doubts potency of Trump's ultimatum to end the war, sources say
Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to bow to a sanctions ultimatum expiring this Friday from U.S. President Donald Trump, and retains the goal of capturing four regions of Ukraine in their entirety, sources close to the Kremlin told Reuters.
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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... All legitimate science in the US are under assault, and the MAGA morons are behind all of it. While it's too early to understand the implications of recent budget cuts, there is no doubt that these cuts will disrupt both services and forecasting technologies.
Ted Cruz ensured Trump spending bill slashed weather forecasting funding
Senator on vacation abroad while Texas was hit by deadly floods, a disaster worsened by forecasting cuts, critics say
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www.reuters.com/world/middle... I think we've heard this before, but never from a "President" that has 33,000+ lies to his claim.
Trump tells Congress that Iran had nuclear weapons program, contradicting US spy agencies
U.S. President Donald Trump told Congress this week that the Iranian sites bombed by the U.S. housed a "nuclear weapons development program," even though U.S. spy agencies have said no such program existed.
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www.economist.com/middle-east-... If anyone thinks this group of morons has thought this through you're as delusional as they are. I couldn't think of any worse 'leaders' as these clowns to be navigating current events successfully.
Trump, as always, has no plan, only bravado and bull$hit, and we'll continue to pay the price for generations for both his domestic and foreign 'policies'. The US can and must do better than the current clowns in office. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...
Trump Talks Big on Global Diplomacy, but His Goals Are in Tatters
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