susijohnston.bsky.social
art historian, author, activist, anomaly
indonesia, pacific northwest, europe, universal
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They did. And purged, scrubbed, overwrote all the digital records they could. An insider who observed this happening, leaked it to serious press weeks ago. It was a brief blip in the news that day.
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It's not incompetence; quite the opposite. She was hired specifically to exact thuggish retribution on D J T 's orders, targeting any person, organization, or business he tells her to. And to spread threats and terror in general. She is doing EXACTLY that. She's a very competent mob "heavy".
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I think he saw news items that I also saw: Many US foreign residents have been and are being jumped and hauled off WHILE going to administrative appointments at immigration offices, per instructions! Surely more such cases unreported. THAT pattern deters people from doing their admin/paperwork.
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i can't even.
it is a freak show.
a relentless freak show.
get them out of here.
all of them.
basta.
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So true. The drain is draining. I commend the EU for reaching out proactively to accommodate US scientists and academics, which they have done already. Somebody's got to be the Ark of Western Civilization as the US goes under, in a toxic flood of fascism now engulfing the former "City on a Hill".
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In Indonesia this kind of thing happens more often than you might think. Even in Bali. I lived there 23 years and recall numerous deadly python encounters. One night a local man working as a night watchman on the grounds of a hotel near me was eaten whole before his co-worker could run get help.
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He has time for blonde females. He's a sucker for them. That's her real hook here. Which makes me queasy, tbth. We'll see how she plays this. What a bizarre moment this is for the USA. Just bizarre.
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Even WITHOUT a trade war, tourists and foreign students aren't going to set foot in the US now. It's a failed state, unstable and dangerous. The exodus of intellectuals, academics, scientists, doctors, and creative talent is acellerating, making it worse. Tariffs aren't the real story here.
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I just saw video of the event. It was obscene.
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It bothers me that Signalgate isn't being pursued with criminal prosecutions. And bothers me even more that no one is mentioning Richard Goldberg (the Goldberg Waltz MEANT to add to the chat instead of Jeff at The Atlantic). He's the éminence grise here, a defense adviser/lobbyist with FDD. Suss.
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This silly escapade into (almost) space indicates the Titan Sub Syndrome is contagious, viral, and persistent. These rich, clueless people really ought to be vaccinated against it, lest they continue infecting others! They're being very irresponsible.
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Gotta keep the cash flowing from all those lobbyists and corporates and PACs, to his pockets and those of his loyal mob -- and make sure the rich reap more tax-slippery wealth from big pharma shares. Having already tipped his insiders off about his actions and their timings in advance, naturally.
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Or rather he is being modelled by Vladimir Putin to operate as a full franchise of the Vladisphere.
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Meanwhile in the USA it just hit 6.7%. That's what happens when there's been a hostile government takeover by a multi-faction conglomerate crime syndicate. It's tragic.
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The amount saved needs to be reduced by the costs of doing it. And any damage done that required, or will require repair. I see that $150b or $90b or whatever going *poof* and vanishing into thin air.
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The mere thought of the upcoming invasion of Venice for this spectacle of crass self-celebration is just excruciating. The epitome of bad taste. Bad event planning choices, too. That happens when you're surrounded by nothing but "yes men", sycophants, hungry money-grubbers.
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I gather it's called "OligarchCore", that Late-Trumpian Era Faux-Rococo-Meets-Ghetto style. I predict the newly pimped out Oval Office could hit the cover of Barfitechtural Indigestion soon. Wait for it. Ick. 😬
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With DJT execrable taste is a given. Still a long way to go though, with the decor in this foyer, until it reaches full oligarch-core glory. Like the Oval Office now, with an excruciating frisson from the juxtaposition of pure ghetto (the framed mugshot) with excess gilding and ormolu. Ick.
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Ooo! You give good gif! That one's going straight in me basket! 🧺
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Not even like a bull, though. Bulls are too mighty and impressive. More like a cornered cur, or a massive landed halibut flailing on the fishing pier before you clobber it on the head with the tyre iron you brought down with you from the car boot for that very purpose.
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Here we have yet another tragic consequence of the facile and essentially misanthropic #CurtisYarvin "RAGE" doctrine (Retire All Govt Employees) championed by his acolytes, Thiel/Vance, Musk et al. It is societal suicide. See #NRx #DarkEnlightenment
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In Greenland JD pulls up to the chat with a dine-and-dash plan. Not based, bro no cap messes with the mess in a dad cap. Outside in a dumb parka: Squint much? Disses Denmark out of pocket on the oh-fish. Base Command clears the mis-diss lates in email. Gets axed for THAT? Sheesh. 🙄 So Ghetto.
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That face says "culture" like a barrel of Botox.
The Kennedy Center 2025: Making America great again by paralyzing the performing arts. And audiences.
Yay. Something else to not crack a smile about this year. 😶
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Louisiana's so on-brand with this. It was declared the worst state in the country (again) last year by USNews. That was in their annual ranking of US states by a range of quality of life measures. It bombed on education, internet access, crime, and criminal justice related measures. So there's that.
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Molded silicone full head mask. What's underneath looks just like the Eraserhead baby, but with a much worse complexion. Bad acne scars. Age spots. Oh, and no eyes.
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It's not just the trade war. It's the dawning realization the US has no government at all now; just freebooting billionaire buccaneers cosplaying as an administration, alongside a gang of thugs running a mob-style protection racket, using threats, general chaos, and kidnappings as terror tactics.
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I know. The lack of manners is appalling. It's so impolite to stare.