@smerconish.bsky.social Wrong question. The right question is: Because the US has become so unreliable and muscle-bound, should Taiwan buy defensive weapons from Ukraine?
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If you are wondering what Trump's plan is or what he hopes to achieve, I can save you some brain cycles. There is no plan, just a methodology. Smash shit, create chaos, and look for opportunities to steal. More complete analysis here: substack.com/@kenfesta337...
What is Trump's Iran end game?
Spoiler alert: there is none
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Watching Trump and his pictures of the "dangerous" criminals today was like suffering through a not-very-bright, fascist, kindergartener's failed show-and-tell presentation. #impeachtrump #trumpisdemented #trump
More and more Republicans seem to be suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. Very odd. Recap: Indiana Senate votes down redistricting bill share.google/GeCsIO4khHds...
Recap: Indiana Senate votes down redistricting bill, breaking with Trump
The vote may come down to the wire as on-the-fence lawmakers hear final arguments.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/t... Interesting that the first domino to fall is a conservative never-Trumper.
Larry Summers Resigns From OpenAI’s Board
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This posted on Riverside Church's doors. They are nice people there, and too polite to add this: If you are here from ICE, Homeland Security, or Customs, and intend to arrest our neighbors, you can go right ahead and eff off. #resistance
If this is about anything other than a vow pledging fealty to Trump, I'll be surprised. www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/p...
Hegseth orders hundreds of senior military officers to Virginia for highly unusual meeting | CNN Politics
Hundreds of US generals and admirals around the globe have been called to Virginia for a meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, several US officials told CNN, though the reason for th...
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Tap tap tapping old Donald along Mama, put my secondary sanctions in the ground I can't use them anymore
Trump's relationship with Putin has changed. In 2016, Putin considered him a useful idiot. Now? Putin thinks of him as a useless idiot.
Time for Dems to tell the MAGAs one thing: #FAFO Texas Democrats leave the state to prevent vote on GOP-drawn congressional map | CNN Politics share.google/tyh4Vwa4llbb...
Texas Democrats leave the state to prevent vote on GOP-drawn congressional map | CNN Politics
Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday in a desperate bid to block an aggressively partisan redrawing of the state’s congressional map orchestrated by Republicans with the support of President Do...
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Wall Street's opinion of Trump: March: Trump is an idiot. June: Maybe he's not such an idiot. August: No, he is an idiot.
I'm thinking about the Epstein files in terms of Hitler's playbook. First you rile up the idiots to get power. Then you crush the idiots (Brownshirts in Adolph's case) when they forget their place. It will be interesting to see if Trump does the same to the MAGAs now.
Oops. Here comes another 20 billion dollar lawsuit. www.wsj.com/politics/jus...
Exclusive | Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files
Attorney General Pam Bondi told the president that the department also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victim...
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I couldn't care less about the Epstein files, on "shoot somebody on 5th avenue" grounds. Let's say Trump is in the files and he had one of his goons string up Epstein and doctored the video to cover it all up. Will he lose followers? No. Will the rest of us think less of him? No.
Dish it out but can't take it much? ❄️ Deputy FBI Director Bongino has told people he is considering resigning amid Epstein files fallout, sources say www.cnn.com/2025/07/11/p...
Deputy FBI Director Bongino has told people he is considering resigning amid Epstein files fallout, sources say | CNN Politics
Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino has told people he is considering resigning amid a major clash between the FBI and Justice Department over the continued fallout from the release of the Jeffrey Epstein...
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What does ICE do on election day for the midterms? They'll be watching the polls?
It's almost like Corleone was in charge of foreign policy. I mean Fredo, not Vito. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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FAFO indeed. www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...
Canada Freezes Utah, Florida, Arizona, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Maine as Cross-Border Friction Deepens, This Strike Deep Steep in US Tourism Sector - Travel And Tour World
Canada has pressed the brakes—hard. Utah, Florida, Arizona, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Maine are suddenly feeling the chill. As cross-border friction deepens, Canada freezes its travel enthusiasm for the...
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The USA is in the early stages of a violent, low-intensity civil war. Get ready, folks.
Maybe Putin can broker a ceasefire between Trump and Musk? It might be good to have someone they both trust to act as a go-between.
Gotta give #musk some credit, though. He's got to be the first person in history to throw a 150 billion dollar tantrum.
This is because Xi thinks Trump is a clueless buffoon with no cards to play: "...President Trump said it's "extremely hard" to reach a deal with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, denting hopes for a call between the two leaders as trade talks stall."
This treatment of the South African president, the baldfaced, racist lies. I'm just embarrassed beyond words. This is the straw for me. Getting the fuck out of this country.
@smerconish.bsky.social Grandpa doesn't always know when it's time to give up the car keys. It's up to people around him to keep him and others on the road safe. In a way, it's just as bad to leave an unloaded gun around in a house with kids.
So, our universe might collapse like a bubble. Go poof. I can see it now that #elon is going to demand 50 trillion $ so he can build a quantum machine to go to another universe so we aren't a 1-reality species. scitechdaily.com/quantum-simu...
Quantum Simulation Shows How Reality Could Collapse Like a House of Cards
Physicists have pulled off a cosmic simulation that cracks open one of the universe’s most mind-bending mysteries: are we living in a fragile, temporary state of existence poised to collapse into a mo...
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And this is why I subscribe to the Atlantic: "...When strung together, the words "fully operational mobile McDonald’s unit" overwhelm my synapses; there could be no funnier or dumber phrase to chisel out of the English language."