Retired Expat
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Retired abroad where people are kind and are not triggered by a falling leaf.
Is Anyone Really Surprised ? www.npr.org/2026/08/02/g...
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns
The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut d...
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To nobody’s surprise …. Federal prosecutors said they would drop charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the renovated Reflecting Pool in Washington. And they acknowledged that contractors hired by the Trump administration had “botched” the job. (NYT)
Medicare Part D is not a well-constructed program because, like so much of the US piecemeal, for-profit insurance system, it funnels the money through high-overhead private insurers. That said, eliminating Part D without a robust replacement is cruel to the point of exterminationist.
Retired Expat@retiredexpat.bsky.social · last wk.Gift Article www.wsj.com/health/healt...
The report accused the museum’s director, Anthea M. Hartig, of “radical activist ideology” and the museum of undermining “faith in American institutions.” Pot meet Kettle… www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/a...
Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum (Gift Article)
President Trump said the signage at the National Museum of American History would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.”
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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (Gift Article)
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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Endless Wars AND Endless Trade Wars (Gift Article) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/b...
Trump Administration to Impose New Tariffs of Around 10% on Over 80 Nations (Gift Article)
The administration announced new duties tied to countries’ imports of goods made with forced labor, replacing a global 10 percent tariff set to expire at midnight.
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From the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board ….Gift Article www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
Opinion | The SAVE America Act Backfire
Trump’s speech didn’t make the case, while sowing voting distrust.
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Fire up the gaslights. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...
Trump Says His Thursday Speech Will Focus on Election Security and Voting Machines
The planned prime-time address comes as an administration task force has been working to declassify documents, including some related to elections, according to people familiar with the process.
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Fox ran endless segments whining about every little thing the Obama daughters did that caused the slightest expense.
Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · 3w agoMS Now - USSS agents are concerned about JD Vance and his office pressing them for trips and assignments considered inappropriate or an unprecedented use of government resources compared to prior vice presidents. www.ms.now/news/veeps-securit...
@ejeancarroll.bsky.social: "I don't understand how people can be afraid of a fat elderly man who wears apricot makeup, his hair done up like Tippi Hedren in The Birds and sits in a court room and moans and groans and complains”
Gift Article by the NY Times multi year investigation into Epstein's death. Long read. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Untold Story of Jeffrey Epstein’s Death and His Final Days in Jail (Gift Article)
New evidence, new interviews and the fullest investigation yet into the question of whether he killed himself.
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Reopening the strait is a central point of the current negotiations. But even a swift reopening doesn’t mean a swift return to “normal.” According to S&P Global’s analysis, it would take up to six months to return to 80% of precrisis supply. www.wsj.com/opinion/ener...
Opinion | Energy Markets Limit the Hormuz Shock
The world’s supply of fuel is much more diversified than it was during the energy crises of the 1970s.
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Yeah right, that will never happen, his paper thin backbone couldn’t survive such an ordeal. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/28/t...
Trump Should Just Admit He Screwed Up
The Iran war was obviously a mistake. Why not say so?
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“This reflects the further lack of understanding that the current administration has of scientific value and scientific merit,” Dr. McLean said. “By dismantling such a system, we push the United States back yet again into a rear seat in global scientific leadership.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
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Love how the NYTimes refers to Hegseth as the Defense Secretary and not the War Secretary. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...
Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List
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Trump and his Supreme Court selections have brought us to this (Gift Article). www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/m...
The Civil Rights Era Is Collapsing Before Our Eyes
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Sounds weird?? US Treasury Secretary Bessent: The US Treasury is reviewing sanctions list to make it easier for financial institutions to focus on most sophisticated terrorist financing and sanctions evasion schemes.
Whose complaining about Nancy Pelosi's Trades Now? (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosures show that he or his advisers made more than 3,700 trades in the 1st quarter, involving major companies that have dealings with his administration.
The Consumer Price Index rose 3.8% in April from a year earlier as higher energy costs replaced tariffs as the driver of higher prices for Americans. Thought Trump said inflation is pretty much gone? Or something close to his usual word salad exhortations. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...
Inflation Accelerates After Weeks of War in Iran
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