(Plunder) America First: The Grand Strategy of Donald Trump There is no coherent plan. There's only an industrial-scale smash and grab.

"There is no 3D chess being played here. Donald Trump is a creature of instinct—a shark. He’s not Bobby Fischer, and even less so Garry Kasparov; he’s Jaws."

The president is currently trying to steal 10 BILLION DOLLARS from the American people and it’s not the main news story in the country… not even close

ICYMI — new HUNGARY 🇭🇺 PM Magyar says Netanyahu will be arrested if he goes to Hungary

Jim McGovern continues to go off:

"This farm bill is a disaster. It's awful. It's terrible. It's beyond words. It's a giveaway to Big Ag and chemical companies. There's actually liability protection in this bill for people who make pesticides. Like, who thinks like that?!"

Keep cooking, Jim!

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The Trump Admin could not care less that you’re footing the bill for out-of-control gas prices – in fact, Trump’s Energy Secretary thinks they’re managing the crisis “fantastically” and that high prices could last until next year.

Nevadans can’t afford another year of these prices.

Make it make sense.

So between 1975 and 1980 18 yo did not have to register. As it turns out my older brother turned 18 in 1978 and I turned 18 in 1981. He never registered while I had to register to get aid for college.

It is only a matter of time before Trump starts looking like a traditional dictator.

A bit of trivia. When the draft ended there was no requirement to register for the draft. During the Carter Administration 18 yo were required to register for the draft. There was a short window where men were not eligible for the draft nor required to register for the draft.

The rationale behind registering for the draft was to shorten the time to start conscription. That was in the last 1970s before the information age when everything was done on paper. The reason to register for a draft was overcome by technology by the early 1990s.

Alt text: Screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Abdulkhaleq Abdulla (@Abdulkhaleq_UAE), with a verified badge. The post reads: “This is what I told Reuters today: The UAE no longer needs America to defend it, as it has proven during the Iranian aggression that it is capable of defending itself with distinction. What the UAE needs is to acquire only the best and latest weapons that America has. Therefore, it is time to think about closing the American bases, as they are a burden and not a strategic asset.” The post is labeled “Translated from Arabic by Grok” and shows a timestamp of 10:21 AM · 4/19/26 with 139K views.

NEW: UAE scholar Abdulkhaleq Abdulla says the UAE no longer needs U.S. protection, calling American bases a “burden, not a strategic asset” and suggesting they should be closed. The United States’ standing in the region has been obliterated.

two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management

The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.

Say @robertgarcia.bsky.social? Now that Melania has stated clearly that she was not an Epstein victim, couldn't you (and @rokhanna.bsky.social and Massie) ask DOJ to unredact instances where they have redacted her name?

The government specifically talked about Chinese citizenship tours to the US.

OK, so how do you prove YOU are a citizen? These people have zero self-awareness when they start to spew these lies.

Any parent knows this is just ludicrous. It was hard enough to get to the local hospital to delivery either of my 2 children. The idea that some 'terrorist' could pull off coming to the US to give birth to get US Citizenship to execute an attack in the future is bonkers.

Actually, they devoted considerable time to the idea of pregnant women coming to the US to give birth to get US Citizenship. I have 2 kids and I can not wrap my head around attempting to travel to Asia to deliver a child.

Congress decides who is an 'illegal alien'. The 14th A just doesn't allow Congress to decide who does or does not receive birthright citizenship.

What is on the other side of an this investigation. If the DoJ decides that the exception doesn't apply to the NFL then what? The NFL will simply force the DoJ to show their work in a court of law. That includes the 'why' the DoJ took the action in the first place.

You should definitely read this ...

I don’t think people around the world realize how bad the attack on Lebanon was today. It’s BAD. Like 9/11 BAD. Hospitals are overflowing and do not have enough blood. We still don’t know what the death toll is.
This is TERRORISM. Pure and Simple.
April 8. Never forget.

Nope. Israel just plain ignores cease-fire agreements.

Because of course. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Imagine that

"To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago."
If you think it is necessary to be on Twitter to communicate your fact-based worldview, the reality is that worldview is being smothered.

This appears to be Trump supporting friends more than anything else. The alternative is for each team to license their content separately. The idea that it would benefit consumers is laughable.

A dog looking through the decorative of a metal fence.

Morning! xx

EFF is Leaving X After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X.

This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5)
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Conservatives don't like the messiness of cooperation and compromise. They prefer authoritarian rule. My guess is that Republicans are comfortable with Trump telling them what to do and they are completely OK with supporting him regardless.
That is consistent with their behavior.