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European who grew up behind the Iron Curtain and misses the good old USA. Socially liberal, fiscally conservative. "I'd worry a lot less if I thought you were worrying enough."
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This is so important: "It’s hard to think of a more anti-conservative figure than President Donald Trump or a more anti-conservative movement than MAGA." @sykescharlie.bsky.social @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

This is the real game: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...

Weil ja so gern Skandinavien angeführt wird, was Sozialpolitik betrifft. www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...

Weil ja so gern Skandinavien angeführt wird, was Sozialpolitik betrifft. www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...

Russia is in real trouble. Western sanctions have cut daily seaborne oil exports from 4 mn barrels per day in January 2025 to 3 mn now. The US in Jan. '25 sanctioned 183 ships and this is mostly that. This month's UK and EU sanctions are only now coming online. Putin's money machine is hurting...

Schönes Beispiel für Tribalismus: investigativ-Journalismus, der einem nicht passt, wird nur als Verrat am "eigenen Lager" gewertet & so bestraft. Wahrheit ist egal, wenn Freund-Feind-Denken einzig relevante Kategorie ist. In die Richtung entwickelt sich unsere Netz-Öffentlichkeit #Tapper #Biden

If they are actually going to enforce deportations in FL at job sites then the construction industry in FL will grind to a halt. Until they can replace those employees with US-born workers willing to work outside in the summer in 100 degree heat & humidity. Should be no problem.

Is "staring at walls all day" part of the Deputy Director's job description? @atrupar.com @jamescomey.bsky.social

Confidence in national institutions, by partisanship, 1974-2024. The collapse in Democrats' Supreme Court confidence in 2022-2024 is the largest single year change seen in 50 years. Data from the GSS @norc.org

Trade policy update.

He should RTO and make sure to send the shareholders a list of five things he’s accomplished every week

Most of the 200 interviews for their book were done *after* the election. The Tapper bashing is out of control. The book's revelations are important. Biden selfishly put the US at risk and directly led to Trump's reelection. This is on the Bidens. @numb.comfortab.ly @jaketapper.bsky.social

Most of the 200 interviews for their book were done *after* the election. The Tapper bashing is out of control. The book's revelations are important. Biden selfishly put the US at risk and directly led to Trump's reelection. This is on the Bidens. @numb.comfortab.ly @jaketapper.bsky.social

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