They call Trump “Comrade Nation Builder” and I think it’s the best nickname yet.

OPEC wants low prices. Trump wants high prices. Just something to keep in mind for later.

How the tables turn.

Rich people donate money all the time. They can handle another one.

Yup. The first time around he was told repeatedly by many people he can’t use a nuke. After awhile they let him use a MOAB. The largest non-nuke.

Better hope Trump never finds out what happens when a nuke is used in the upper atmosphere. That was Starfish Prime.

Republicans are.

CPAC Dallas panel proclaims ‘We are all domestic terrorists’
https://www.chron.com/politics/article/CPAC-Dallas-we-are-all-domestic-terrorists-banner-17359959.php

Radio-Canada journalist Azeb Wolde-Giorghis reports from Minneapolis, where tensions are high — but sombre at the site of a vigil for the 37-year-old woman who was killed by an ICE agent on Wednesday.

Joe, a resident who lives walking distance from the scene of the shooting, told CBC he came by because he “just felt the need to come out and pay homage to this mother.”

“It’s very tough for our community; we’ve had this happen before and I love this community,” he said, referencing the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of police — an incident that took place less than 2 kilometres from this scene.

He continued: “I’m sad, and I’ve got a little bit of rage in me that I need to pacify, because I’m just pissed right now. And I think a lot of people who care about our community are pissed. We don’t want an invading force — that’s so un-American. Like, all of this is so un-American to us.”

Joe then gestured to the two people standing next to him who had also come to pay respects to Good, saying they were from China and Switzerland.

“To try and explain this to them, it’s just mind-boggling.”

The key concept here is fear. The specifics don’t really matter right now. What does matter is understanding that their fear led to desperation and that made Trump look like a viable option.

If Republicans were not afraid of god damn everything they would not have been desperate enough to vote for Trump. Multiple times in multiple elections.

Why they are afraid isn’t the problem. People not understanding that fear is the root cause is the problem. Republicans are followers, not leaders. Since Democrats and not-Republicans don’t have any good leaders that leaves Republicans with a very easy decision. Vote Republican because that is what they are told to do. Don’t vote for Democrats because they are The Enemy, which is also what they are told.

Last November when it was crunch time 77 million Republicans out voted a whole bunch of apathetic not-Republicnas. Fear won over apathy.

People spend too much time trying to understand the Republican mind. Don’t. They won’t believe you anyway.

They are afraid. The reason they voted Trump in the first time was because Republican voters are afraid of the out group having nice things.

It’s not hate. It’s fear. Republicans are afraid of society passing them by. They choose hate because they cannot handle being afraid.

That’s it. Trump promised Republican voters he would hurt the right people and that’s all the warm safety blanket they needed. This is why you can’t talk to most Republicans. Reality scares them and they know reason will rip off their safety blanket.

They are not conservatives. They are Republicans.

Just call them Republicans.

77 million Republicans voted for this. Republican politicians can stop it anytime they want to.

Republican voters buy what Republican politicians sell them. Nothing new. More people are picking up on that which is kinda new.

So are Republicans pulling/stealing funds for building the wall on the southern border or is it from military housing with black mold? Hard to keep track for some reason.

How much is Texas spending/stealing on Operation Lonestar this year?

Ha, nope. A headline like this is not even worth clicking.

They just said they don’t want to wake up. Too busy writing comments to pay attention.

As Mother Jones’ Julianne McShane reported, the congresswoman has still made attempts to reconcile with Trump. And as the Times pointed out, Greene admitted that she only spoke out against Trump when his attacks targeted her.

There it is.

Ukraine gave up their nukes 30 some years ago after US and Russia agreed to both protect their security…

So this “security” promise is pretty hollow

Yup

Russia has said it won’t accept the deployment in Ukraine of troops from NATO countries.

Same for New Jersey.

There is no get out number. That’s the whole point.

This is not an investment. It’s a bet on a company not finishing the race dead last. There has never been a push for AI and androids like this. Never. The bets will keep happening until there is a winner.

Right now China is winning because all the chips used for betting are made in China from rare earth metals. The actual stuff that keeps modern society functional. Not stock market speculation.

People made this all about Trump so people forgot how many are involved. If Trump gets in trouble so do hundreds of other rich people. Half of Congress goes to jail.

Yes, this is the way it’s been for decades.