My pleasure!😊

SORKIN: There's a whole number of very large companies, including Apple and Amazon, that have not sought reimbursements yet for the tariffs. From what I understand, part of the reason is they're worried about offending you.


TRUMP: I think it's brilliant. They got to know me very well. I'm honored.

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I know it’s a fever dream, but…
Dems need to take the House, then impeach the two at the top. Next: There is not a single cabinet member who has the professional or moral bona fides to do their job. Can them, if they are not already gone. God! What a cluster %^*+!

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

A ruffled double tulip, its translucent pink petals fringed in white, is surrounded by curly green foliage. The petals are a faint pink at their tops, but deepen in color at the center of the flower.

Love at first sight! Bathed in sunlight, its fringes wavering in a slight breeze,this Queensland tulip became a fast favorite of the season. #TulipTuesday #Bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin #Flowers #FlowerReport 🌱 #Tulips #Photography #OnlyBeautifulThings #Spring

Poetry Challenge Day 2: Love, How It Works and What It Means (Gift Article) In short, everything. Today, learn the second stanza, which gives us the poem’s most memorable phrase: “Let the more loving one be me.” Practice this line, and the others, with help from our game.

Are you ready?
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“Your silence will not protect you.” - Audre Lorde

#RadioFreeAmerica #politics

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.

think we are a bit past suspicion…

#RadioFreeAmerica #politics

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Maddow: "Do we think our servicemen and women are in good hands? Do we think that there is care being taken in terms of what they're risking their lives for?"

One very small chat group.

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Infowars/Onion combo logo in rainbow saying “I support the onion’s hostile media takeover.”

It’s finally happened. After 18 months. Finally, a media merger you can root for.

WTF News 🗞️

Disabled Veterans arrested today at the nation’s Capitol for protesting the Iran war.

Happy birthday, George!

I’ve been done with all Meta products for several years now. I don’t trust Zuck and I won’t put any more money or power in his pocket.

I know how that goes. Kindle might be your solution - or check Brookstone for one of those page magnifiers.

Do not turn your heads. Look at this.

"القوى المتوسطة" تتصدر، كيف تتغير خريطة الوساطة لحل الأزمات السياسية؟ - BBC News عربي مع تصاعد النزاع العسكري بين الولايات المتحدة وإيران، سارعت عدة دول إلى لعب دور الوساطة في محاولة للتوصل إلى اتفاق بين القوتين.

I got at this dynamic a bit in an interview with BBC Arabic, where I note both the lack of experienced US diplomats at the table with Iran & the absolute trashing of any standing the US had as a mediator in the region.

"The Trump administration is stripping diplomacy of its meaning."

Notice the overarching trend of the personalization of politics (& straight graft). These people aren't negotiating anything on behalf of populations whom they ostensibly represent; those populations don't even factor to them. It's all a system of favors b/t businessmen who see financial opportunity

If you are interested in studying those parallels, and you haven’t yet read any Joseph Campbell, you might enjoy his works— or The Power of Myth, the old (1988)PBS TV series with Bill Moyers.

Beautiful! Still waiting on the weather to warm up before planting mine.

Solidère/Hariri model sanitized tourist playground for Damascus, cruise ship terminal & golf for millionaires on the coast, and no mention of anything that will benefit ordinary Syrians. Just a bunch of billionaire families redefining the bounds of disaster capitalism.

Nice perk. Pun intended.

Palantir is a EVIL company. Thiel
wants to spy on all Americans. ICE is using Palantir to help them round up & kidnap people.

Thiel believes in NAZI Ideology. He wants to reshape America in his image.He does not believe in Democracy.He is a criminal, insane,a SOCIOPATH,EVIL & is dangerous👇🏻

A macro of a hot pink and white dogwood blossom resting on some delicate gray branches. Other blossoms show their colors at a distance.

…But high o’er all the early floral train,
Where softness all the arching sky resumes,
The dogwood dancing to the winds’ refrain,
In stainless glory spreads its snowy blooms.
” From Dogwood Blossoms” -George Marion McClellan #MacroMonday #ColorADay #PinkMon #ECK #Bloomscrolling #Flowers

So typical of most ancient mythologies.