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âA 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. Itâs remembering what it already did, and playing accordingly.â
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"Strategic Uncertainty" Isn't Strategy
Game Theory Lessons for Trumpâs 2025 Tariff Doctrine
https://www.emerging-strategy.com/strategic-uncertainty-isnt-strategy/
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I'm a Ca. and am offended by how he is trying to buy our state office.
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CAâ 2026 economy overtook Japanâs & now ranks as the worldâs 4th largest economy by GDP, performing better than US overall:
m.economictimes.com/news/interna...
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California overtakes Japan to become worldâs 4th-largest economy - hereâs what changed
California economy 2026: California's economy has surged to become the fourth largest in the world, overtaking Japan, driven by strong growth in the tech and healthcare sectors, booming venture capital funding, and significant contributions to the US stock market.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/california-overtakes-japan-to-become-worlds-4th-largest-economy-heres-what-changed/articleshow/130091421.cms
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It will always remind me of 47âs signature featured on that 50th birthday book Ghislaine Maxwell compiled for their friend, Jeffrey Epstein.
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Nick Knudsen
3 months ago
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
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Great article and points on Cuba:
fair.org/home/its-tak...
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âItâs Taken for Granted That Cuban Sovereignty Doesnât Matterâ:Â CounterSpin interview with Reed Lindsay on the war on Cuba
"It's our government, with our resources, that is essentially playing a huge role in causing the suffering in Cuba."
https://fair.org/home/its-taken-for-granted-that-cuban-sovereignty-doesnt-matter/
3 months ago
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Interesting view & analysis from abroad of the USâs current & near-term situation by Pierre Gervais, Professor of American Civilization, University Sorbonne Nouvelle:
bsky.app/profile/onef...
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3 months ago
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Our southern is calling it an unprovoked, illegal, illegitimate war:
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âVoters respond to exhaustion.â
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
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https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5754668-trump-state-union-analysis/
3 months ago
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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.
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Trump Goes On Bonkers Riff On Battleships That Includes The Literal Plot Of A Hasbro Movie
Trump went on a bonkers riff about battleships in which he longed to recreate a key plot point of the Hasbro movie Battleship.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-goes-bonkers-riff-battleships-213040310.html
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This is how itâs 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: đŽ Un diplomate français mis en cause dans l'affaire Epstein, le ministre français des Affaires Ă©trangĂšres annonce saisir la justice âĄïž
l.leparisien.fr/kzjO
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Affaire Epstein : la justice saisie aprĂšs la mise en cause dâun diplomate français
Le chef du Quai dâOrsay a par ailleurs annoncĂ© la conduite dâune enquĂȘte administrative et lance dâune procĂ©dure disciplinaire.
https://l.leparisien.fr/kzjO
3 months ago
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This is worth watching w/respect to whatâs happened overnight in Venezuela and whatâs at stake:
www.youtube.com/live/7JXQhff...
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Today's News, January 3, 2025
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
https://www.youtube.com/live/7JXQhff9aGc?si=8TWQ8GRVrY3wamFg
5 months ago
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Le Parisien
5 months ago
LâĂ©crivaine et journaliste spĂ©cialiste des questions de climat avait annoncĂ© un mois plutĂŽt ĂȘtre atteinte de la maladie.
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La journaliste Tatiana Schlossberg, petite-fille de John Fitzgerald Kennedy, est morte Ă 35Â ans dâun cancer
https://l.leparisien.fr/jMka
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McSweeney's
5 months ago
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.
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Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trumpâs Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: November 2025: Atrocities 530-580
Early in President Trumpâs first term, McSweeneyâs editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We...
https://buff.ly/JNUG6ww
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This is an exhaustiveâif not, exhaustingâlist of what 47 has done just during October 2025. Itâs worth a read for a sense of the extent of 47âs behaviors & the havoc heâs causing.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/oct...
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Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trumpâs Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: October 2025: Atrocities 467-529
Early in President Trumpâs first term, McSweeneyâs editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We...
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/october-2025-atrocities-467-529
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Lawrence OâDonell was right after all. Watch his âAâ block on 11/10/2025:
www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...
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Lawrence: With Trump's shutdown ending, Dems are closer than ever to forcing Epstein files release
As five more Senate Democrats joined Republicans to pass a compromise bill to end the shutdown, MSNBCâs Lawrence OâDonnell details how Speaker Johnson is the âbig loser in this compromiseâ because not...
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-with-trump-s-shutdown-ending-dems-are-closer-than-ever-to-forcing-epstein-files-release-251756613516
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The President of the US & commander-in-chief celebrated Veteransâ Day with the traditional laying of the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He also gave a speech which showed he doesnât really understand the origins of Veteransâ Day.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-honors...
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Trump Honors Fallen by Giving Veterans Day New Russian Name
The president announced at Arlington that he was renaming the holiday.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-honors-fallen-by-giving-veterans-day-new-russian-name/
6 months ago
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If youâve not already seen it, Lawrence OâDonnellâs âAâ block last night was longer than usual and worth watching for a different take on the recent Senate Demsâ votes on the Trump shutdown:
youtu.be/_XMoWnnLR1E?..
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The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell 11/10/25 | đ Œđđ œđ ±đ Č BREAKING NEWS november 10, 2025
YouTube video by Kanal Ăare
https://youtu.be/_XMoWnnLR1E?..
6 months ago
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If you need a good laugh today, read this post and all of the comments! Itâs worth it. đ
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â[C]oup already happened. Leading scholars of democratic backsliding now classify US as a competitive authoritarian regime [in]early stagesâŠUnderstanding where we are on the authoritarian spectrum determines what weâre fighting for and what tactics actually work.â
open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
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Between Democracy and Dictatorship: Where We Are and How Long We Have
There wonât be a day when we wake up and the Wikipedia page suddenly says âThe US is a Fascist Christian Ethnostate.â Thatâs not how authoritarian takeover works for people living through it.
https://open.substack.com/pub/cmarmitage/p/between-democracy-and-dictatorship?r=l70na&utm_medium=ios
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Christopher Webb
8 months ago
If you or anyone you know is wondering what is REALLY going on with the shutdown⊠Watch every second of this. I Promise itâs worth your time.
#TrumpsGovernmentShutdown
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Sharon Carbine
8 months ago
Extremely astute analysis of FASCIST felon Donald Trump's REAL motives for government shutdown & Trump's related threats. Gentleman's account on TikTok: @blackfactsmatter.
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The Guardian
8 months ago
Trump delivered an embarassing performance at the UN general assembly | Mohamad Bazzi
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Trump delivered an embarassing performance at the UN general assembly | Mohamad Bazzi
This was Trump unfiltered and unleashed â as he has been since the start of his second term, with no restraint and no need for even the mildest niceties
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/24/trump-delivered-an-embarassing-performance-at-the-un-general-assembly?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1758755788
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Limehawk
12 months ago
I would hope that we would as a country, use the South Korean model as a way to handle martial law. Fingers crossed I guess.
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Philip Bump
12 months ago
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.
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Opinion | Donald Trump vs. California (and everywhere else)
What happened in California this weekend was another facet of the presidentâs effort to quash critics.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/09/california-ice-confrontation-provocation-trump/
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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel
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Greetings! Iâm 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
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social
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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.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social
12 months ago
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 werenât by the public but by ICE firing into the crowds and canisters starting fires. đ§”
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Evergreen Intel
12 months ago
"The federal government is sowing chaos so they can have an excuse to escalate." Governor Newsom just now.
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Governor Gavin Newsom
12 months ago
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.
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Governor Gavin Newsom
12 months ago
LA authorities are able to access law enforcement assistance at a momentâs 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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This Los Angeles port is among the first casualties of Trumpâs trade war
The number of shipping containers that sailed into the nationâs top container port last week was roughly one-third lower than during the same period last year.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/11/los-angeles-port-tariffs-trade-tensions/
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www.ocregister.com/2025/05/09/f...
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Freight shipper says âmillionsâ of businesses in peril from China tariffs
âI think a lot of companies will fail if this goes on longer,â says Ryan Petersen, CEO of Flexport in San Francisco, of Trumpâs trade war.
https://www.ocregister.com/2025/05/09/freight-shipper-says-millions-of-businesses-in-peril-from-china-tariffs/
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When I first posted this yesterday, April 11, I took this info from the NOAA research arm site. Today, itâs not there?đ§
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Katie Phang
about 1 year ago
ICYMI: âArlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its websiteââŠin order âto remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.â
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Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans
Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that âpromoteâ DEI.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/03/14/arlington-cemetery-website-dei-removals/
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Well worth it to read this piece by David Rothkopf:
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
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Help Wanted: Leader of the Free World
A very important job is now, unfortunately, available.
https://open.substack.com/pub/davidrothkopf/p/help-wanted-leader-of-the-free-world?r=l70na
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Grudgie the Whale
over 1 year ago
NO KINGS is extremely effective because itâs simple, an extremely widely held belief, and gets right to the core of Trumpâs assault without having to use words lots of people donât understand
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Clara Jeffery
over 1 year ago
Really good article on why Elon Musk is vulnerable to a sustained boycott of Tesla. They worked against apartheid. Surely they could work against one South African.
slate.com/business/202...
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Americans Are Actually in a Position to Make Elon Musk Feel Our Rage
His car company is in a precarious spot.
https://slate.com/business/2025/02/elon-musk-tesla-stock-valuation-consumer-boycott.html
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We are witnessing USAâs democracy dying in darkness. Never dreamt to see that here. Weâve taken so much for granted.
over 1 year ago
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Katherine Mary
over 1 year ago
Oh, he will...but the after parties will be fabulous!! đ
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