<p><a href="/tags/mit/" rel="tag">#MIT</a> rejects <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> administration deal for conditional priority federal funding<br>
MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt *conservative priorities & policies* in exchange for <a href="/tags/funding/" rel="tag">#funding</a> perks.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/academicfreedom/" rel="tag">#AcademicFreedom</a> <a href="/tags/firstamendment/" rel="tag">#FirstAmendment</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/10/10/mit-rejects-trump-compact-education-funding/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/10/10/mit-rejects-trump-compact-education-funding/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/educati</span><span class="invisible">on/2025/10/10/mit-rejects-trump-compact-education-funding/</span></a></p>
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<p>This didn't get much US press yesterday, but it should have. Yikes.</p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-antifa-portland-pam-bondi-posobiec-b2842048.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-antifa-portland-pam-bondi-posobiec-b2842048.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.independent.co.uk/news/wor</span><span class="invisible">ld/americas/trump-antifa-portland-pam-bondi-posobiec-b2842048.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/antifa/" rel="tag">#Antifa</a></p>
<p>"As Trump grows increasingly incoherent and emotionally labile, Miller grows more and more influential. He is the president’s brain, his discipline. Where Trump has no guiding principles, Miller is a resolute ideologue of white, western supremacy and a tactician of final solutions. Trump is easily lampooned, but Miller is the grimmest of reapers."</p><p>~ Judith Levine</p><p><a href="/tags/stephenmiller/" rel="tag">#StephenMiller</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/cruelty/" rel="tag">#cruelty</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> <a href="/tags/plenarypower/" rel="tag">#PlenaryPower</a> <a href="/tags/insurrectionact/" rel="tag">#InsurrectionAct</a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/10/stephen-miller-trump-administration" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/10/stephen-miller-trump-administration"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/commentisf</span><span class="invisible">ree/2025/oct/10/stephen-miller-trump-administration</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/extortion/" rel="tag">#Extortion</a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> begins <a href="/tags/firings/" rel="tag">#firings</a> of <a href="/tags/federalworkers/" rel="tag">#FederalWorkers</a> to pressure <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> in government <a href="/tags/shutdown/" rel="tag">#shutdown</a></p><p>The White House budget office said Friday that <a href="/tags/massfirings/" rel="tag">#MassFirings</a> of federal workers have started to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers in the ongoing govt <a href="/tags/shutdown/" rel="tag">#shutdown</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/omb/" rel="tag">#OMB</a> dir <a href="/tags/russvought/" rel="tag">#RussVought</a>, posted on social media that the “RIFs have begun,” referring to reduction-in-force firings.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#labor</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-federal-worker-firings-0439e8d0979d9a32e021c5c851fea1cf?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-10-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-federal-worker-firings-0439e8d0979d9a32e021c5c851fea1cf?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-10-Breaking+News"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/government-</span><span class="invisible">shutdown-federal-worker-firings-0439e8d0979d9a32e021c5c851fea1cf?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-10-Breaking+News</span></a></p>
<p>Federal workers: If you were impacted by the Trump administration's just-announced mass layoffs, our reporters are here to listen.</p><p>We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your privacy seriously.</p><p>Here's how to get in touch securely 👇<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/tips/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.propublica.org/tips/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/vought/" rel="tag">#Vought</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/layoffs/" rel="tag">#Layoffs</a> <a href="/tags/whitehouse/" rel="tag">#WhiteHouse</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a></p><p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> Followed Up on an Unusual Request About <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> Pills</p><p>Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency found that they could develop methods to identify traces of the <a href="/tags/medication/" rel="tag">#medication</a> in <a href="/tags/wastewater/" rel="tag">#wastewater</a> — a practice long sought by the anti-abortion movement.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#medicine</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/reproductiverights/" rel="tag">#ReproductiveRights</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/politics/epa-abortion-wastewater.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/politics/epa-abortion-wastewater.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/epa-abortion-wastewater.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p>Even eugenicists need a boost now and then. <a href="/tags/rfk/" rel="tag">#RFK</a>, how about you? Getting your shots?</p><p>"The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#COVID</a> booster." Kyle Griffin, journalist</p><p><a href="/tags/vaccine/" rel="tag">#vaccine</a><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a></p>
<p>I was wondering when Jon Stewart was going to react to the AI image of “Trump Jesus” healing him</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/YaMUAEomwpU" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtube.com/shorts/YaMUAEomwpU</a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/jonstewart/" rel="tag">#jonstewart</a> <a href="/tags/aijesus/" rel="tag">#aijesus</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> probably wants there in the <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> to police <a href="/tags/civilians/" rel="tag">#civilians</a>.</p><p>The US <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> has authorized “the voluntary departure” of <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a>’ dependents from locations across the <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#MiddleEast</a> as tensions w/ <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> have risen [which you’d think would be a reason to keep them there], 2 US ofcls said Wednesday.</p><p>One US defense ofcl said the order came from Secy of <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> <a href="/tags/petehegseth/" rel="tag">#PeteHegseth</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/state-department-embassy-baghdad-f892ebd6a50850ef5650f31819541bff" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/state-department-embassy-baghdad-f892ebd6a50850ef5650f31819541bff"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/state-depar</span><span class="invisible">tment-embassy-baghdad-f892ebd6a50850ef5650f31819541bff</span></a></p>
<p>This Is What 500 Days of Trump's Corruption Looks Like:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQ_95hPhu4" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQ_95hPhu4"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQ_95</span><span class="invisible">hPhu4</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/corruption/" rel="tag">#Corruption</a></p>
<p>"Historians and legal experts warn that Trump and the Maga world have exploited Kirk’s killing to justify unleashing far-reaching attacks on multiple critics.</p><p>Trump and his allies are using 'page one of the authoritarian playbook' in their accelerating attacks on political foes', said Harvard government professor Steven Levitsky, who co-authored the book How Democracies Die."</p><p>~ Peter Stone</p><p><a href="/tags/charliekirk/" rel="tag">#CharlieKirk</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/christiannationalism/" rel="tag">#ChristianNationalism</a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/11/charlie-kirk-trump-maga-allies" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/11/charlie-kirk-trump-maga-allies"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">25/oct/11/charlie-kirk-trump-maga-allies</span></a></p>
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<p>Ya think?</p><p>Federal <a href="/tags/judges/" rel="tag">#Judges</a>, Warning of ‘<a href="/tags/judicialcrisis/" rel="tag">#JudicialCrisis</a>,’ Fault <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a>’ Emergency Orders</p><p>Dozens of sitting judges shared with NYT their concerns about risks to the courts’ legitimacy as the <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> releases opaque orders about <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin policies.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/corruptcourt/" rel="tag">#CorruptCourt</a> <a href="/tags/activistcourt/" rel="tag">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="/tags/legalethics/" rel="tag">#LegalEthics</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/us/politics/judicial-crisis-supreme-court-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/us/politics/judicial-crisis-supreme-court-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/judicial-crisis-supreme-court-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p>Whale bags $160M by shorting ahead of Trump’s China tariff</p><p>The whale possibly netted a profit in the range of $190 million-$200 million in just a day on Hyperliquid, the popular decentralized crypto exchange, as per the platform.</p><p>“I’m pretty sure this guy played a huge role in what happened today.”</p><p><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/whale-bags-160m-shorting-ahead-033910904.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="finance.yahoo.com/news/whale-bags-160m-shorting-ahead-033910904.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">finance.yahoo.com/news/whale-b</span><span class="invisible">ags-160m-shorting-ahead-033910904.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/btc/" rel="tag">#BTC</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a></p>
<p>You gotta wonder when their story keeps changing…</p><p>Before the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin began attacking people suspected of smuggling drugs at sea, <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> Secy Pete <a href="/tags/hegseth/" rel="tag">#Hegseth</a> approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left <a href="/tags/survivors/" rel="tag">#survivors</a>, acc/to multiple <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> ofcls.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/criminal/" rel="tag">#criminal</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#murder</a> <a href="/tags/warcrimes/" rel="tag">#WarCrimes</a> <a href="/tags/extrajudicialkillings/" rel="tag">#ExtrajudicialKillings</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/carribean/" rel="tag">#Carribean</a> <a href="/tags/internationallaw/" rel="tag">#InternationalLaw</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/politics/trump-boat-strikes-survivors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/politics/trump-boat-strikes-survivors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-boat-strikes-survivors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/nokings/" rel="tag">#nokings</a> <a href="/tags/nazi/" rel="tag">#nazi</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#maga</a> <a href="/tags/hungaria/" rel="tag">#Hungaria</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/putin/" rel="tag">#putin</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/nebula/" rel="tag">#nebula</a> <a href="/tags/nowplaying/" rel="tag">#nowplaying</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/opposition/" rel="tag">#opposition</a> </p><p><a href="https://nebula.tv/videos/spectacles-so-this-is-how-democracy-dies" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="nebula.tv/videos/spectacles-so-this-is-how-democracy-dies"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nebula.tv/videos/spectacles-so</span><span class="invisible">-this-is-how-democracy-dies</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxzwvd8cudo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxzwvd8cudo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxzwvd</span><span class="invisible">8cudo</span></a></p>
<p>It's a know your enemy sort of thing to say, no, <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> is not a king. He's a stupid brand. And recent events just highlight that as he slapped his name on the <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> agreement. </p><p>I keep thinking of the Trump brand of wine.</p><p>Trump didn't make that wine. I doubt he knows how wine is even made at all. He's notorious for not drinking, so how would he even know if the wine is good or bad? He doesn't know anything about it, he just slapped his brand on it.</p><p>To counter Trump it's foolish to approach him as a king. In fact that might might make things worse because it brings more attention to his brand.</p><p>The <a href="/tags/nokings/" rel="tag">#nokings</a> stuff is foolish because it misses what's going on here. And it will serve to actually embolden and strengthen Trump.</p><p>Know your enemy. He's not a king, he's not that smart, he's just a brand hopping from issue to issue the same way he hops from crappy wine to crappy steaks. </p><p><a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> said that he would not seek congressional approval to carry out <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> strikes against alleged drug <a href="/tags/cartels/" rel="tag">#cartels</a> that allegedly traffic narcotics to the US, even as he vowed to expand the operation from attacks at sea to targets on land. The <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a> is expected to vote next week on a bipartisan resolution that would bar the US from engaging in hostilities inside <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> without explicit authorization by <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/trump-military-authorization-cartel-strikes.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/trump-military-authorization-cartel-strikes.html?smid=url-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-military-authorization-cartel-strikes.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
<p>Defense attorneys for the woman shot by <a href="/tags/borderpatrol/" rel="tag">#BorderPatrol</a> in Brighton Park this month want a hearing ASAP after the agent who opened fire drove his vehicle to Maine before the woman’s attys could inspect it.</p><p>It’s not clear who allowed the <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a> agent to drive the vehicle to the East Coast. But defense wrote in a court filing that the “absurdity” of the decision became clear when attorneys visited an <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> evidence garage to inspect the vehicles…</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> <br><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/20/defense-wants-hearing-as-soon-as-possible-after-car-from-brighton-park-shooting-driven-to-maine" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/20/defense-wants-hearing-as-soon-as-possible-after-car-from-brighton-park-shooting-driven-to-maine"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chicago.suntimes.com/immigrati</span><span class="invisible">on/2025/10/20/defense-wants-hearing-as-soon-as-possible-after-car-from-brighton-park-shooting-driven-to-maine</span></a></p>
<p>Zero respect</p><p>White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/ballroom/" rel="tag">#ballroom</a><br>
Trump had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/20/white-house-begins-demolishing-east-wing-facade-build-trumps-ballroom/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/20/white-house-begins-demolishing-east-wing-facade-build-trumps-ballroom/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/2025/10/20/white-house-begins-demolishing-east-wing-facade-build-trumps-ballroom/</span></a></p>
<p>Russell Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who wants to take a hatchet to the federal government.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/about-russell-vought-trump-shadow-president?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/about-russell-vought-trump-shadow-president?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/abo</span><span class="invisible">ut-russell-vought-trump-shadow-president?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>Exclusive: Wide-ranging group of US officials pursues <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>'s fight against ‘Deep State’</p><p>A group of dozens of officials from across the federal government, including US <a href="/tags/intelligence/" rel="tag">#intelligence</a> officers, has been helping to steer Trump's drive for <a href="/tags/retribution/" rel="tag">#retribution</a> against his perceived enemies, according to government records and a source familiar with the effort.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/legalethics/" rel="tag">#LegalEthics</a> <a href="/tags/weaponizationofgovernment/" rel="tag">#WeaponizationOfGovernment</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/wide-ranging-group-us-officials-pursues-trumps-fight-against-deep-state-2025-10-20/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/wide-ranging-group-us-officials-pursues-trumps-fight-against-deep-state-2025-10-20/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/wide-</span><span class="invisible">ranging-group-us-officials-pursues-trumps-fight-against-deep-state-2025-10-20/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement</span></a></p>
<p>Egotistical jackass</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> said on Thursday all <a href="/tags/trade/" rel="tag">#trade</a> talks with <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> were terminated following what he called a fraudulent advertisement from Canada in which former & late US President Ronald Reagan spoke negatively about <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a>.</p><p>"Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED," Trump wrote on Truth Social.</p><p><a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/inflation/" rel="tag">#inflation</a> <a href="/tags/recession/" rel="tag">#recession</a> <a href="/tags/trumpcession/" rel="tag">#trumpcession</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-all-trade-talks-with-canada-are-terminated-2025-10-24/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-all-trade-talks-with-canada-are-terminated-2025-10-24/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/trump</span><span class="invisible">-says-all-trade-talks-with-canada-are-terminated-2025-10-24/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a> calls <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#America</a>’s democratic values the “grounding wire of our global power” & its <a href="/tags/alliances/" rel="tag">#alliances</a> “our greatest asset.” …<a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>, called for withdrawing American forces in <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#Europe</a> & <a href="/tags/asia/" rel="tag">#Asia</a> & has promised… to cut loose even our closest <a href="/tags/allies/" rel="tag">#allies</a> if they don’t do as he tells them. …Trump sees all countries as unreliable, the relations between them <a href="/tags/transactional/" rel="tag">#transactional</a>. That sentiment has spread throughout a <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> that once championed America’s values abroad…</p><p><a href="/tags/bidenharris2024/" rel="tag">#BidenHarris2024</a> <br><a href="https://time.com/6984970/joe-biden-2024-interview/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="time.com/6984970/joe-biden-2024-interview/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">time.com/6984970/joe-biden-202</span><span class="invisible">4-interview/</span></a></p>
<p>"Trumpism ushered in an era of threats, intimidation and retribution. It is getting worse. …</p><p>In recent testimony, Anthony Fauci discussed how even a year after leaving the public sector, he has to maintain a permanent security detail shadowing him, given credible death threats against him and his family."</p><p>~ Don Moynihan</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/revenge/" rel="tag">#revenge</a> <a href="/tags/retributions/" rel="tag">#retributions</a> <a href="/tags/threats/" rel="tag">#threats</a> <a href="/tags/violence/" rel="tag">#violence</a> <a href="/tags/bullying/" rel="tag">#bullying</a> <a href="/tags/fauci/" rel="tag">#Fauci</a></p><p><a href="https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-future-is-terror" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-future-is-terror"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the</span><span class="invisible">-future-is-terror</span></a></p>
<p>So what are the odds that <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>'s decapitation of the <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> government becomes as much of a fiasco as Bush's misadventure in Iraq? I rate the chances at about 99%.</p>