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“A country cannot bluff its way to stable equilibria. And it cannot compel cooperation while actively dismantling the mechanisms that make cooperation rational. In 2025, the world is not guessing what America might do. It’s remembering what it already did, and playing accordingly.”

Remember when the BBB was voted on in 2025, redistributing wealth at the expense of social welfare programs to give tax breaks to the 1%? Report’s release was deliberately w/held til after midterms. Well, that time is now almost here: www.rawstory.com/irs-trump-26...

45-47 makes many promises, yet has a record of failing to deliver them. Take a look: www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Bellwether: CA’s regular gas today $5.9732/gal vs $4.6402/gal yr ago (+28.7%). Diesel is $8.0956/gal vs $5.1602/gal yr ago (+56.9%). Gas prices hit CA/🇺🇸 HHs & commerce: Port of LA’s busiest container port in No Am, #16 globally, handling +40% of all 🇺🇸 containerized cargo. gasprices.aaa.com?state=CA

President Biden, who is battling cancer, stood at attention at the 9/11 memorial in NYC. The current POTUS was dozing off at the Pentagon 9/11 memorial. The headlines & photo in the Irish Star speak for themselves: www.irishstar.com/news/politic...

Gas prices and his volatile diplomatic relations with Canada are impacting the Greater Los Angeles Area, the third-largest metropolitan economy in the world. enewspaper.dailybreeze.com/infinity/art...

Gas prices and volatile diplomatic relations with Canada are impacting the Greater Los Angeles Area, the third-largest metropolitan economy in the world. enewspaper.dailybreeze.com/infinity/art...

Bellwether: CA’s regular gas today $5.7820/gal vs $4.6062/gal yr ago (+25.5%). Diesel is $7.6034/gal vs $5.1273/gal yr ago (+48.3%). Gas prices hit both HHs & commerce. Port of LA, busiest container port in No Am, #16 globally, handling +40% of all 🇺🇸 containerized cargo. gasprices.aaa.com?state=CA

This should raise some eyebrows: www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...

Professor Richardson’s letter is a powerful reminder of our history, as we prepare to celebrate the 4th of July.

Sen. Chris Murphy’s 100% right: “[DT]’s betting corruption’ll be so constant..we stop hearing it…We can’t let it happen…once corruption becomes normal, it becomes permanent…WH isn’t a business opportunity…. presidency isn’t a license to steal from Americans…government of the 🇺🇸 belongs to Americans.”

USSC “upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship , rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.” apple.news/ABxccMl3tRSe...

“Philippines’ 5/7/26 major 7.8 EQ, followed by 3 6.0 EQs isn’t being flagged for tsunami info by USGS. Why? It’s exactly type of EQ event we’d expect to be flagged…[for] possible tsunami info, & yet it’s not…no blue flag icon/no link to tsunami.gov on the EQ.” quakefeed.substack.com/p/tsunami-th...

On today’s D-Day landings anniversary, Hegseth refused to participate in the international ceremonies commemorating the fallen for their sacrifice, & called on our allies to do more for their own defense. He also analogized present-day immigration to a D-Day invasion: bsky.app/profile/lepa...

I'm a Ca. and am offended by how he is trying to buy our state office.

CA’ 2026 economy overtook Japan’s & now ranks as the world’s 4th largest economy by GDP, performing better than US overall: m.economictimes.com/news/interna...

It will always remind me of 47’s signature featured on that 50th birthday book Ghislaine Maxwell compiled for their friend, Jeffrey Epstein.

EIGHT DOLLARS A GALLON. Downtown Los Angeles. Today. Trump promised to lower gas prices on Day 1. Instead he started a war with Iran and gas in LA just topped $8. This is sticker shock. This is his fault. #TrumpsGasProblem​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Great article and points on Cuba: fair.org/home/its-tak...

Interesting view & analysis from abroad of the US’s current & near-term situation by Pierre Gervais, Professor of American Civilization, University Sorbonne Nouvelle: bsky.app/profile/onef...

Our southern is calling it an unprovoked, illegal, illegitimate war: bsky.app/profile/circ...

“Voters respond to exhaustion.” thehill.com/opinion/whit...

First of all, the Iowa is now the only maritime museum open to the public on the West Coast, docked at Berth 87 on the LA Waterfront in San Pedro, near the LA Cruise Terminal. Second, his golf course is about 7 miles away, sitting on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Rancho Palos Verdes.

This is how it’s done when you hold people accountable in the the Epstein case. If France and Great Britain can do it, the US can do so as well: 🔴 Un diplomate français mis en cause dans l'affaire Epstein, le ministre français des Affaires étrangères annonce saisir la justice ➡️ l.leparisien.fr/kzjO

This is worth watching w/respect to what’s happened overnight in Venezuela and what’s at stake: www.youtube.com/live/7JXQhff...

L’écrivaine et journaliste spécialiste des questions de climat avait annoncé un mois plutôt être atteinte de la maladie.

October 2025 saw fifty more cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes committed by Trump and his administration. They're up 580 since he was sworn in last January.

This is an exhaustive—if not, exhausting—list of what 47 has done just during October 2025. It’s worth a read for a sense of the extent of 47’s behaviors & the havoc he’s causing. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/oct...

Lawrence O’Donell was right after all. Watch his ‘A’ block on 11/10/2025: www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...

The President of the US & commander-in-chief celebrated Veterans’ Day with the traditional laying of the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He also gave a speech which showed he doesn’t really understand the origins of Veterans’ Day. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-honors...

If you need a good laugh today, read this post and all of the comments! It’s worth it. 😂

“[C]oup already happened. Leading scholars of democratic backsliding now classify US as a competitive authoritarian regime [in]early stages…Understanding where we are on the authoritarian spectrum determines what we’re fighting for and what tactics actually work.” open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...

If you or anyone you know is wondering what is REALLY going on with the shutdown… Watch every second of this. I Promise it’s worth your time. #TrumpsGovernmentShutdown

Trump delivered an embarassing performance at the UN general assembly | Mohamad Bazzi

Four times over the weekend Stephen Miller referred to the LA protests as an "insurrection." Not because it was one but because he, Trump and Homan were looking to gin up a pretext for clenching the federal government's fist against its opponents.

Greetings! I’m at Mariachi Plaza in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. A crowd of several dozen are here protesting against immigration raids within the community. An organizer warming up the crowd. Crowd is very energetic. On assignment for @lapublicpress.bsky.social

But for nearly the entirety of the Paramount stand off, the only ones using weapons were ICE. Once in a while a protester would throw a canister back at them.

Of course the LA Times makes it look like a full on riot instead of showing that the mostly peaceful protesters were literally and constantly assaulted by ICE agents. The majority of fires that were started weren’t by the public but by ICE firing into the crowds and canisters starting fires. 🧵

"The federal government is sowing chaos so they can have an excuse to escalate." Governor Newsom just now.

The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers. That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.

LA authorities are able to access law enforcement assistance at a moment’s notice. We are in close coordination with the city and county, and there is currently no unmet need. The Guard has been admirably serving LA throughout recovery. This is the wrong mission and will erode public trust.

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When I first posted this yesterday, April 11, I took this info from the NOAA research arm site. Today, it’s not there?🧐

ICYMI: “Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”

Well worth it to read this piece by David Rothkopf: open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...