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Midwest USA-based lawyer for a hotel company. Interests: public policy, art, ecological/conservation work. Board member at Heartland Conservation Alliance: https://www.heartlandconservationalliance.org/
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This poor kid's so far in over his head, it's not even funny. #terrorism #counterterrorism #intelligence

Good lord. "Forget about intelligence"? Rubio's failed to read Sun Tzu, who wrote: "It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby, they achieve great results." #intelligence #SunTzu

Competitive wages and benefits can attract workers? Imagine that. Interesting it's in meatpacking, as that means higher prices at the grocery store. I have a feeling that beef is transforming into a luxury product. #labor #beef #agriculture www.wsj.com/business/mea...

Significantly erodes trust in the judiciary.

I suppose this is evidence the USA is a military/police state.

Somewhere in these flames there's a metaphor to be found. #SpaceX #boom

I have some friends who will be rather distressed by this news. You know who you are.

Important data to keep in mind as we're hearing the inevitable whataboutism from voices on the right. #extremism #violence

Wow. I don't think I want to be buying any produce grown in Texas.

The bullshit coming from the Trump administration never seems to stop. The Veterans Administration can now deny care to veterans based on their political views? It's getting beyond ridiculous. Trump and his apparatchiks need to go. #veterans #VA #healthcare www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Biggest protest I've ever seen in Kansas City. One news station reported 10,000 people participated. Don't have confirmation of those numbers, but it wouldn't suprise me. #KCMO #KansasCity #NoKings #protest

The miasma theory of disease? Good Lord! The worms did indeed eat his brain.

Today's shooting of two Democratic legislators and their spouses brings to mind Italy's "years of lead", a period marked by political violence. I fear the USA is heading down that road. #neofascism #violence #politics #Minnesota www.middlebury.edu/institute/ac...

Last night I presented a lecture on fascism, with an emphasis on the repression of Freemasons in Franco's Spain, at my Masonic lodge. The lecture had been planned for some time. Little did I know how timely it would be. #fascism

Interesting that the administration's immigration policies are having a negative effect on sales at major consumer brands, such as Coca-Cola. Makes sense. The Latino market is huge. #immigration #consumer #Latinos www.wsj.com/business/ret...

Worth reading. It's a good essay and, somewhat ridiculously, was censored on FaceBook and got the author kicked off that platform. Confirms my decision to stop using FaceBook. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...

Brilliant. Got to hand it to Newsome's communications team.

Yes indeed, an excellent PSA from my friends at the National Lawyers Guild. #NLG #protests #MassDefense #STFU

This is such bullshit on multiple levels. Spend your ad money with us, or we'll sue you. It's a shakedown racket. What's next? Tesla suing customers because they want to buy a Ford? #X #advertising #ShakeDown #bullying www.wsj.com/business/med...

Trump is doing more to rehabilitate Newsome's chances for a presidential run than I could have imagined.

Engage in provocative actions in hopes of creating an incident that can be used as a pretext for declaring martial law. It's in the Dictators' Playbook. These people are desperate to hold onto power.

It's not a question of "if" we will face another pandemic, it's a matter of "when". Trump and his minions are laying the groundwork for devastation of USA. I'm sure the oligarchs can fly off to Europe to get vaccines, but average working-class folks in the USA? Good luck. #vaccines #PublicHealth

I love good agit-prop/culture jamming. Hats off to the folks at The Satanic Temple for launching "The President's Yuge Most Beautiful Tremendous Satanic Abortion Clinic." It's a genuine tele-health service that will go live on Dear Leader's birthday. thesatanictemple.com/pages/new-fu...