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I think Fiona Hill is one of the most brilliant thinkers of our age. She gave the Tacitus Lecture in Feb 2026. It focused on world trade this year. Hill's understanding of re-ordering of world trade is fascinating. It's 16 pages. Not being a scholar, it took my full concentration. Worth the effort

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www.propublica.org/article/prop... After reading this ProPublica piece, it's really clear how so many dimwitted voters put Trump in office. The educational standards in the US are sloppy. No surprise that some educators, lawyers & other "professionals" embrace AI. Exceptionalism my entire ass.

propublica.orgAlmost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...

Clearly, Johnson called a recess to save Hegseth. The upside? In 7 weeks Hegseth is guaranteed to be the same unqualified, dimwitted bigoted f-up he's been to date. I'm not convinced this 7 week "repreive" will be to his advantage. Maybe he & Kash can get drunk & amorous with a couple sheep on vacay

FFS. Has anyone solved ever the problem of dogs' hair follicles being completely incapable of hanging onto hair? I vacuum incessantly and have lint rollers all over. Still....hair hair everywhere! The girl (English Bulldog) should be bald!

Since when has the "ballroom project" only been $400M and all donor $? The cost has at least doubled, the Congress or the rest of us have confirmed evidence where the $ is coming from. It's likely coming from us, the taxpayers & a % into Trump's pockets. Congress holding power of the purse is a joke

WTF is Barrett (no she doesn't deserve "Justice or "Honorable")going to tell her 2 adopted Haitian children about their heritage. "Wow, I'm the classic fake Christian woman who saved you from your "shithole" country? I'm your savior, or you'd be eating pets." The lot of those bigoted SCOTUS are vile

Friday about 6:15 am I got gas. It was $5.50 gal for regular unleaded. My son stopped at 6:00 pm, same station. The same regular unleaded was $5.65 gal. Safeway gas, least expensive, near Sacramento.

The correspondents dinner gross. But. The Ellison tribute dinner for Trump at "DJT Institue of Peace", the place Trump seized & renamed is worse. He raided the program, closed it & fired all (under litigation). So the gov't controls the venue now. It's being used for a ball washing by a huge donor.

Maddow is blowing up Delta for transporting detainees, including 5 yr old Liam Ramos & his father on a commercial flight to San Antonio. Delta response was excuse, excuse but we know nothing. But they were all in for publicity that Delta flew them back to Minnesota. Other Dilly inmates' stories same

Just saw Mikie Sherill on Maddow. She laid out in concise terms, how her opponent obtained her private info. So impressive was her list of each agency breach for data. Including accessing SSA records. Her highest security clearance means family/friend info was accessed & released. Prosecution now.

@maddow.msnbc.com Mahler NY Magazine piece. Maddow asks why? Like most things Trump does, dismantling cancer research is personal. Biden. "Cancer moonshot." Biden losing his son to cancer. It's a direct sadistic shot to Biden. Don't underestimate his hate & sadism. He's despicable & predictable.

REMINDER REMINDER REMINDER REMINDER Epstein files. Epstein’s best friend Trump. Club Fed and work release for Maxwell, a serial child abuser and sex trafficker in exchange for covering for a Trump. Epstein and Trump. Epstein and Trump. Epstein and Trump. Epstein and Trump. Epstein and Trump.

I just noted on the "festival" activities timesheet - read Trump's self-aggrandizing parade - Hegseth was to lay a wreath at Arlington. That drunk, morally bankrupt moron disgraces the memory of all those honorable people laid to rest at Arlington. He shouldn't be allowed on the grounds.

Chris Murphy on Maddow pulling no punches on the crypto bribery meme coin scheme. Apparently, Dems holding the floor tonight laying out Trump's corrupt & likely criminal acts.

Trump must be ecstatic today. The market is reacting to his grandiose BS. The EU is clear that they'll implement reciprocal tariffs and won't accept Trump's extortion tactics. Bullying is his only tactic. He's already destroyed global respect. When he tanks the economy, he'll lose his last chip.

@thedailyshow.com The GOP are at it again, trying to pass a resolution discontinuing finds for Vets suffering from the effects of burn pits.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Remember when every MAGA influencer — and even some politicians — falsely claimed the House GOP budget framework included a ‘no tax on tips’ policy even though it was total bullshit? Instead, Republicans are trying to cut funding for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits with a Continuing Resolution.

Maddow pushed Jeffries in her interview. Felt like she tried everything to get some meaningful talk about what the Dems R gonna do. A lot of old bog standard political yada yada. Then, defensive stuff. Seemed like there's a wide gap between Jeffries' talk & any action. Go AOC & Jasmine Crockett!

A Sovereign Wealth Fund? First, its not a viable action for a country with 36T in debt. Second, I get the take over of finances and payments now. Next move? Invest the SS from workers in this Sovereign Wealth Fund. It's not like it hasn't been suggested before. We can be a bankrupt autocracy.

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