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In East Asia 30 + years. Exec mgt of construction subsidiary, NPO lobbying, overseas US military support, OSINT, TS-SCI, VC, radio/TV broadcasting, translation, instruction. Covered 7 NASA missions. Asia-Multilingual. #JusticeMatters (Reagan staffer 1970s)
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Trump moving to emulate Mussolini or KJU is increasingly reported in the Japan press. But what’s noteworthy is the average reader response flooding in, many of them cynical, skeptical, and otherwise surprised at Americans allowing this slide into authoritarian imagery to happen.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

VIDEO Q: 😱 If tomorrow’s dramatic release of #JFK Files proves this eruption to be a massive political slur, will President #Trump publicly apologize (nine years after the fact) to one of his biggest supporters now, Senator #TedCruz?

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Courageous editorial in main El Salvador newspaper El Diario de Hoy today (3/16) opposing forced deportations to the country, and calling Americans to recognize Trump’s actions as that of a would-be “dictator”: www.elsalvador.com/opinion/nota...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Japanese TV this morning reporting on the growing boldness of unelected President Musk to slash even critical federal jobs with threatening letters but now, O.P.M. stepping in and putting a temporary stop to it. King Elon’s diminishing American public support also covered.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

VIDEO I always kind of liked him. Not anymore. He had it right the first time. What a disappointment, but I guess ‘every man has his price’?

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

In addition to this elevation of sub-par credentials of Hegseth to the highest levels, how is it being received in Australia that the U.S. has just dismissed the 21st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff—a general with excellent Asia-Pacific credentials …(cont)

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

Excellent!! jimacosta.substack.com/p/ruth-ben-g...

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

It seems like just yesterday Trump praised General Mattis in similar terms, yet they had a very public split. If any of these new appointees have morals and principles, it's only a matter of time before they resign over something foolish or illegal Trump proposes. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

"He was a Line X officer, part of a technical espionage division." 🚩 "Edward “Big Balls” Coristine happens to be the descendant of Valery Martynov, a KGB agent who spied for the US."

submitted 50 days ago • 21 comments

An A/I bot on Elon’s site caught my sarcastic post and had me canned for “violent speech” in something like 20 seconds’ time. Amazing!

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The shameless way he dealt with North Korea eight years ago should have been an immediate warning to everybody, and I’ve been screaming at the top of my lungs ever since from Tokyo⤵️…

submitted 50 days ago • 15 comments

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submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

#Hodo1730, #TBS primetime news-talk program Tokyo tonight. Panelists observe #Trump’s stunning pro-#Russian stance and comments: “He’s not based on facts“ “He picks up and runs with whatever someone told him, with little strategy” “It’s scary” “#Ukraine is not the aggressor, it’s Russia,⤵️

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

Methinks a bitter neo-Nazi who unrepentantly stormed my/our Capitol Hill on January 6th doth protest too much for his wing-clipping just now amongst his own Far Right.

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

Q: How can #Trump be the honest broker between #Ukraine and #Russia when he seems to be rooting for Pres. Zelensky to get captured and eliminated by the FSB(KGB)/GRU, still salty and revengeful #Trump over his first impeachment, largely thanks to Zelensky not…⤵️

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

Питання: Як #Трамп може бути чесним брокером між #Україною та #Росією, коли він, здається, вболіває за президента. Зеленський буде захоплений і ліквідований ФСБ (КДБ)/ГРУ, все ще солоний і мстивий #Трамп через його перший імпічмент, багато в чому завдяки тому, що⤵️

submitted 52 days ago • 3 comments