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DC based recovering journalist: FEER, AFP, lots of bylines elsewhere; Asia (esp Thailand), Saudi, US. Author "The King Never Smiles" bio of Thai King Bhumibol. Clarinet Django/gypsy/manouche, swing, jazz, Takoma Park Community Band. 🇫🇷 🇺🇸
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That’s not crowd control, that’s murder.
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That’s not crowd control, that’s murder.
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In other words, Trump’s Arlington cemetery speech was about himself. No surprise.
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In other words, Trump’s Arlington cemetery speech was about himself. No surprise.
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I’m no Elon fan, but this is another bit of foolish wishful thinking that Tesla is dead. Trump has given him more protection against foreign electrics and domestic competition is weak. The shareprice can’t be justified, but as Musk pulls back from politics, it’s not hard to see Tesla turning around.
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You know what is more embarrassing than watching this idiot shamelessly lie again?
Marco Rubio was confirmed by the Senate without one single dissenting vote.
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Nope . Wrong.
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/4 - Very importantly, he appears to have undertaken the
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/8 - Made X the online center of GOP and White House communications, selling more accounts and ads, making the GOP rely on X for advancing it's taking point and disinformation just as it relies on Fox News
- Advanced his own Bitcoin/meme coin interests by supporting deregulation
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/7 - Made SpaceX and Starlink essential for the Pentagon, with US diplomats and trade missions and trade negotiators pushing both to foreign countries just as they push Boeing and Exxon, perhaps even moreso ...
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/6 He has also advanced his business.
- He has further placed himself and his ally at the forefront of NASA programs
- Backing high tariffs on cheap Chinese electric cars to protect his own business
- removed regulators and regulations that deal with safety in Tesla cars and SpaceX launches ...
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/5 and potentially leaving behind huge security risks and inadequately tested -- and so bug-ridden -- systems.
- He has given himself the opportunity -- we don't know if he has done this -- to obtain untrammeled access to all govt data on everything everywhere, from personal to intelligence ..