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🇸🇻🇺🇸 Associate Prof California State Fullerton. Columnist elfaro.net. RT≠like,endorsement. Posts are my own. Go Dodgers!
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People want to convince me that Zelensky's response to Trump and Vance's provocations was wrong because of "realpolitik." I responded that Zelensky's "realpolitik" is defending his homeland from Russia.

Chris Kluwe says he was fired from Edison High School football coaching job following MAGA protest Read more here: www.ocregister.com/2025/02/27/c... #huntingtonbeach

Bukele and his Amb in US Mayorga demanded that the Trump administration return the gang leaders whom El Salva gov helped escape. Trump admin seems uninterested in sending these organized crime leaders back. The U.S. may prefer to keep them. www.axios.com/2025/02/28/m...

Well done blue states

Fascism is not an inevitable fate.

DEI!!

During Trump's CFPB Director nomination hearing, it broke that the agency is dropping lawsuits against companies accused of cheating American families out of their money. This wasn't a coincidence. It shows exactly who is in charge right now: Elon Musk.

Please, write about something else!!! We already know this.

Jeff Bezos will be censoring progressive opinions at the Washington Post. He says so himself today. So ditch the Post and support independent journalism: Zeteo.com/subscribe

"Globalism" has outmaneuvered Bukele and #Bitcoin. IMF just granted El Salvador a $1.4B loan. In exchange, the Bukele administration agreed to reduce government involvement in #Bitcoin, including halting #Bitcoin purchases. Defund El Salvador's Bitcoin Office. www.imf.org/en/News/Arti...

Let's be real: American oligarchs and right-wing politicians use Bukele as their personal troll. They don't invest in El Salvador—smart capitalists wouldn't. They don't give him leverage with Trump, who seems to dislike him, nor do they advocate for Salvadorans in the U.S.

Make America El Salvador

This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote. There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.

What Trump sees in Milei🇦🇷 and Bukele 🇸🇻 Milei=Lithium+Gas+Oil+European Latin Americans Bukele= gangs+poverty+brown immigrants+problems

My position is a centrist stance: expand Medicaid and Medicare, provide more subsidies for the working poor, tax the rich, and increase social security. Make college education free and provide universal healthcare.

The end of dating apps as we know it www.reuters.com/technology/b...

It appears MAGA USA helped the left more than MAGA 🇩🇪. The Left party came back from the dead to reach 8%.

To comprehend Trump’s arrogance, we must understand why he feels the US has so much economic leverage over the EU and Canada. The 🇺🇸 is two times richer than the Eurozone combined (20 countries ) and 10 times richer than 🇨🇦. California's GDP is larger than 🇨🇦 with fewer people.

the difference is that Europe is not a country

In Germany, the MAGA right and the left get stronger (Die Linke +BSW). Social democrats+Greens fall flat

People, nothing is more effective to trigger collective action than a abusive dick boss like Melon Usk

“Argentine prosecutor Eduardo Taiano has opened an investigation into President Javier Milei and several cryptocurrency businessmen over their role in the $LIBRA cryptocurrency scandal.” buenosairesherald.com/politics/jud...

Next target of the Trump administration, the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) and no free trade agreement with Argentina www.miamiherald.com/news/local/n...

Wrote this piece because media perpetuate flawed narratives that exaggerate Bukele’s influence. They've used terms like “bromance” and “friendship” to describe the relationship between Trump and Bukele, yet Bukele is merely an enforcer of MAGA ideals.🧵 elfaro.net/en/202502/op...

The most stupid rule I have ever heard.

The country should be ready to this unconstitutional possibility.

Senadores republicanos y demĂłcratas responden a la posiciĂłn de Trump sobre Ucrania al pedir al G7 que desbloquee recursos incautados a Rusia y se los de a Ucrania. www.foreign.senate.gov/press/rep/re...

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in academia mean many workshops and expensive speakers. At the same time, there is a reluctance to increase wages and benefits. Something is missing.

Brands are coming back to X because they are afraid of Usk and the president. Great! www.wsj.com/business/med...

The Dems never got the gut to do this.

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

De acuerdo a Gallup y Quinniapac Poll, más americanos desaprueban la labor de Trump que aprobarla. Una cortísima luna de miel.

Facts are facts: Russia invaded Ukraine. Ukraine defended itself.

Rubio looks like a cat next to the tiger, Lavrov. Russia has heavy-weight negotiators, while the US has a weak State Secretary and arrogant rookies.

Fun Fact: Trump has been the only figure in the American establishment to speak positively about the Soviet Union recently.

The new model of crypto governance looks very similar to the old banana republic governance. “Libra Token’s Co-Creator Claimed He Paid Argentinian President Milei’s Sister” www.coindesk.com/business/202...

I always thought they would come for social sciences and humanities and would give a pass to natural sciences. I was wrong.

Bukele and Milei mistake technological progress for tools that facilitate fraud. efe.com/economia/202...

An idea: sell the team

Bukele inaugurated third-world crypto political scams, but Milei perfected it.

Go USA, I guest so

The problem is which European Union countries will be willing to pay for something that used to be free with the U.S.

Eggs and gas were way cheaper with Dark Brandon and the "wokes"

Trump cut 1,000 jobs at the VA for disabled veterans, military spouses, and medical researchers. This means longer wait times and less care for our veterans. Absurd. Completely abandons those who’ve served our nation.