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Today, it's only the UK, honoring the Budapest Memorandum.

If Elon Musk weren't the richest and most powerful man in the world—if he were just someone like you or me—it's pretty fucking clear he would have had friends stage a serious intervention over his mental state by now. An alarming but, I think, valid observation.

Your legacy will be so huge, that your offspring will not live long enough to pay all those debts.

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How to quickly alienate all allies: www.reuters.com/business/us-...

It’s truly unsettling how many fail to recognize this.

The Trump administration is DEI in reverse—except with nepotism and loyalty tests instead of diversity. Unqualified Trump supporters, friends, and family members take all the positions

Trump:

“This is fucking America.”

There are still some places available in our insane asylum. Are you a billionaire struggling with mental health or drug challenges? Call our switchboard: 202-456-1414 to reserve your place! The President of our institution will welcome you personally. Limited availability!

Do not know if true, but does explain a lot: www.thedailybeast.com/former-intel...

How long before he stops Grok from telling the truth on this?

Always a head-scratcher when someone says they think Trump has any “business acumen”… And to use that as a basis to vote him into office a second time is like sticking your finger into the socket…a second time.

They tell themselves it can’t happen here. That the courts will save us, that institutions will hold, that this is just another election. But history doesn’t wake the sleepwalkers gently. It shatters them.

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As we watch DOGE eliminate critical government functions, I'm reminded of "A Libertarian Walks into a Bear." newrepublic.com/article/1596...

Chuck Schumer 🇺🇸💯

“I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. “I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.”

Rechtse Britse pers keert zich tegen Trump.

Musk and Trump despise Zelensky because they know they'll never earn the level of respect he has—and deep down, they realize he is a hundred times the leader they’ll ever be

As the Kremlin dangles “business opportunities” in front of the White House, it might be worth remembering what the Kremlin means by business opportunities: on.ft.com/40KFrxE

Speaking like a true mafia boss, Trump threatens Zelensky that if Ukraine doesn’t agree a natural resources deal with the USA, “things are gonna not make him happy”. Putin couldn’t have said it better himself. www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

Would be an interesting Disney movie: "The Lying King"

With all due respect, Congressman, he’s not trying to distract from anything here. He’s a grandiose pathological narcissist. A narcissistic sociopath. A malignant narcissist. A psychopath. A megalomaniac. This is what he thinks of himself. And what he wants others to think of him.

Houston we have a problem -America

@raskin.house.gov: "In that network of rightwing billionaire libertarian-turned-authoritarians, they are very open about the fact that they think democracy is obsolete, we're living in a post-Constitutional America, and they are trying to get everyone ready for a technostate monarchy."

From Russia with Love:

Elon Musk is the far-right version of what he warned us about when talking about George Soros, but he possesses significantly more power and is far more dangerous

Zelensky's approval rating: 57%; Zelensky's net favourability (% who approve minus % who disapprove): 20% Trump's approval average on 538: 49.4% Trump's net favourability on 538: 4% Trump is confusing his own ratings with Zelensky's. Zelensky is *much* more popular than him.

Luister naar Timothy Snyder, die het allemaal even heel helder uitlegt op MSNBC. In godsnaam, wereld, wat zijn we aan het doen. youtu.be/oB8wLbXfHNo?...