l1l1l1l.bsky.social
USA super fan and patriot.
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No, Trump is a coward.
We’ve learned this from his first term. He couldn’t bear to fire anyone in person, this is why everyone found out by tweet.
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Citizens are King, Presidents are Employees #NoKing
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Look, Trump is a terrible employee. We, the bosses, should let him know - with constructive criticism and feedback - just how much of a fuckup he is.
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The president, like all governmental officials, derive 100% of their power from US.
They are our employees.
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Your colleague Sen Ernst is right, “We’re all going to die.”
I just didn’t think she was going to be helping in a “murder for tax cuts” scheme.
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Yup Joni Ernst made that clear as she walked through a cemetery saying you are going to die!
Democrats want you to live and to be happy!
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youtu.be/C-2sOV3prmU?...
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Is it strange the axios blurb doesn’t match the content in the article.
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Also, why are we surprised? Before being hired to administer DoD, the largest team Hegseth managed was 3–5 NCOs in a 30–40 man platoon that followed orders from HQ.
DoD is 66,000x bigger than anything he’s ever managed. Of course Hegseth’s hamstrung, failing, and confused - or maybe he’s drunk?
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Compartmentalization is the foundation of sound security. You know if you need-to-know.
By wiretapping his own staff, Hegseth violated that principle. It’s Illegal and a threat to national security, esp since Hegseth leaks like a sieve.
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Brief explanation of some other authorities Trump might use to revive tariffs here. Most of these would take some time to implement and/or will be vulnerable to their own legal challenges, creating yet more uncertainty for businesses.
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/29/t...
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No the intent (what) can be satisfied by multiple courses of action - or one can achieve the desired end state via multiple strategies, or hows.
Example: you and your spouse agree to dine out to ease hunger soon (what). One wants curries whilst the other wants Chinese (how).
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It’s controversial because people are confusing (purposefully?) goals/objectives vs strategy/tactics (I.e., why, what vs how).
People don’t seem to get that the intent is different from implementation - and it is possible to agree on intent without agreeing on implementation.
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I think you might be confusing the what and the how. The what is more affordable housing.
Deregulation is *one* tactic (how) to build more housing, but not the only one.
Much like how tariffs are one tactic (how) to bring back manufacturing (a shit one) but not the only one.
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Gross. They need to go back and read the gospels.
Christ was crucified by the self-righteous who believed empathy was a sin. When Love Himself stood before them, they nailed Him to a cross.
It certainly shows that you can be religious and godless at the same time.
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The entire point of Christianity is that God’s love is unearned (only you can reject it) and you express your love for god by loving your fellow humans.
By hating others you’re rejecting god - otherwise what does “What you did for the least of us you did for me” mean?
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Absolutely, Trump has to be the worst employee America has ever hired. Seriously, who out there thinks the executive branch is being run competently?
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Whaaat!
But our employee (Trump) told me, heck told all his bosses (We, the people), there would be 90 deals in 90 days!
Was he being an incompetent little shit as usual?
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Well, those new Medicaid cuts are going to lead to declines of ~60% in rural hospital income - www.commonwealthfund.org/publications... - or there’ll be loads of hospital closures.
❌many Americans loose access to care and die
✅ You can’t have a Doc shortage if there are no hospitals!
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It’s amazing how much these employees suck. Would you hire someone for:
• DoD who can’t keep military secrets?
• FBI who wants to fights crime by WFH, in Vegas?
• DHS who doesn’t understand due process?
• HHS who thinks germs aren’t real?
These things seem like table stakes, no?
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You must be happy w/ the cuts to Medicare & Medicaid!
Early analysis estimates rural hospitals operating income declines of ~60%, www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...). As such many hospitals will close.
Bad news? People will die.
Good news? YOU won’t need to file claims with CMS!
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Given that it’s Qatar, why didn’t they go with Quadrillions?
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Ha modern family call back!
youtu.be/P4L69cxMUt0?...
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Technically Hispanics in the US are an ethnic group that can be classified into any race. For example about 10M of the 65M identify as white.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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Besides, it’s odd to treat “white people” as a self-evident group. Whiteness in the US has always been more bureaucracy than biology. Eg. Mexicans (1848), Syrians & MENA (1910s–20s), Italians, Slavs, and Jews (post-WWII) were classified in as White along with ethnic Britons & Dutch.
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Someone should point out that INCREASING the fiscal deficit will lead to higher trade deficits because of how the Balance of Payments works - see diagram!
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You could say the same kinds of things about US manufacturing. The US has about 13M people working in Manufacturing (only 4M less than peak @ 17M).
Meanwhile, nearly 2x more people work in Professional/Biz services (22M) which is where our 1T$ in services exports (eg software) are found.
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Finally. I guess it took Labour to “get Brexit done” (whatever that means!)
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I’d be happier with serve warrants and respect due process
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It’s the “I am not a crook” moment
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Fwiw, I think the “dislike button” is one reason why Reddit is so effective.
It doesn’t “filter” per se, but instead helps identify contentious posts.
Given that BlueSky is largely time based (vs secret algo, like meta) the dislike button wouldn’t affect post visibility.
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Do you want shingles, cause not getting vaccinated is how you set yourself up for shingles!
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It’s one banana! what could it cost, Ten dollars?
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These charts are awesome!
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Good god? Does anyone remember the fiasco that was the American embassy in Moscow? Heck what about that horse the Greeks left in front of the gates of Troy!
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Making the 2017 tax cuts permanent creates a giant budget hole. Cutting Medicaid and Medicare could fill it. That’s why Oz, RFK jr, and Trump are looking for ways to eliminate access to prevention (eg vaccines), medicines, & care - it kills off the 65+ citizens thereby reducing claims & spend.
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Yep, nearly all the signature Trump 2.0 polices will lead to stagflation. And, as we’re about to find out in the coming months, there is no real constituency who will like the effects of these policies.
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The pope is a chisox fan? Talk about patron saint of lost causes!
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Why does everyone believe we don’t make stuff, the US is the second largest manufacturing economy with 15%+ of global output. Funny enough that’s more than Japan, Germany, and South Korea combined.
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