| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| What is the decadence that threatens western civilization? | 2022-03-31 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509582506881736705 | 1509582506881736705 |
| Might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb! | 2022-03-31 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509574368115929089 | 1509574368115929089 |
| What's the best thing a GOP state can do to help poor | 2022-03-31 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509572862004191233 | 1509572862004191233 |
| War also brings famine and disease - that spread far beyond | 2022-03-31 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509571216050249745 | 1509571216050249745 |
| What major political donors get for their investments! | 2022-03-31 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509569299895099398 | 1509569299895099398 |
| The end of globalization - the triumph of low-risk over | 2022-03-31 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1509561560573702147 | 1509561560573702147 |
| Catastrophic events motivate workers to organize. | 2022-03-31 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509558898524516353 | 1509558898524516353 |
| Low cost or low risk? | 2022-03-31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509528411470921731 | 1509528411470921731 |
| An over-exuberant housing market about to bust? | 2022-03-31 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509395217752887301 | 1509395217752887301 |
| Striking back with the weapons you know. | 2022-03-31 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509392512732962816 | 1509392512732962816 |
| Insurrectionist feels safe in Belarus. | 2022-03-31 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1509369960295849986 | 1509369960295849986 |
| The judge isn't buying the BS from Alex Jones. | 2022-03-31 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509352314183684096 | 1509352314183684096 |
| Good advice from Rickover - | 2022-03-31 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509351703744679937 | 1509351703744679937 |
| Rick Scott isn't shy about his agenda, and Democrats aren't | 2022-03-30 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509159619255435273 | 1509159619255435273 |
| How to make a living as a social media influencer! | 2022-03-30 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509155876166246402 | 1509155876166246402 |
| Rand Paul single-handedly stops sanctions on Russia. | 2022-03-30 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1509009569174806536 | 1509009569174806536 |
| How to make a ton of money with crypto! | 2022-03-30 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509008004397510660 | 1509008004397510660 |
| The problem with constant lying is that you never know | 2022-03-30 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509007397167140864 | 1509007397167140864 |
| Russia, if you're listening - please repeat history! | 2022-03-30 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509006216617287680 | 1509006216617287680 |
| Neo-nazis and white supremacists are everywhere. | 2022-03-29 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508832061800419330 | 1508832061800419330 |
| Nixon's 18 minute gap has grown! | 2022-03-29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508829823711412226 | 1508829823711412226 |
| Roy Cohn taught Trump - sue first and twice as hard! | 2022-03-29 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508805585529192452 | 1508805585529192452 |
| Nebraska legislator apologizes for being dumb enough to | 2022-03-29 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508802518775644161 | 1508802518775644161 |
| Biden won't shield Scavino. | 2022-03-28 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508501278388752387 | 1508501278388752387 |
| Global warming further along than we thought? | 2022-03-28 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508465564926152706 | 1508465564926152706 |
| Putin's war ripples out to Turkey, Thailand, and Cuba. | 2022-03-28 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1508456236856971264 | 1508456236856971264 |
| More Biden gaffes? | 2022-03-27 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1508232300097523714 | 1508232300097523714 |
| Why don't we have more oil and gas drilling in America? | 2022-03-27 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508106930702618625 | 1508106930702618625 |
| GOP presidential hopefuls play to the QAnon part of | 2022-03-27 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508105616421654529 | 1508105616421654529 |
| Trivialization of serious events - part of the business | 2022-03-27 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1508104915658305537 | 1508104915658305537 |
| Xi wants to keep Russia as a strong but subordinate | 2022-03-27 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1508103407223025671 | 1508103407223025671 |
| Unenumerated rights - once those start to fall, due | 2022-03-27 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1508101673285128193 | 1508101673285128193 |
| Ukrainian resistance targets Russian command and control, | 2022-03-27 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508078840991477761 | 1508078840991477761 |
| Extreme reactionary zealots are all excited about the war | 2022-03-27 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1508077802280521729 | 1508077802280521729 |
| GOP opposes IRS enforcement funding for fear it might | 2022-03-27 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508072501259083778 | 1508072501259083778 |
| GOP wants to blame Biden for high gas prices and for not | 2022-03-27 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1508071780262375425 | 1508071780262375425 |
| Biden would like the political donor class to pay a bigger | 2022-03-27 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508068824947433474 | 1508068824947433474 |
| Hungarians suffered Russian invasion in 1956, sending | 2022-03-27 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508067018976608256 | 1508067018976608256 |
| Taliban ideology yields to economics. | 2022-03-27 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508065915069296641 | 1508065915069296641 |
| “Before we can defeat the Democrat socialists and | 2022-03-27 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508063483295768581 | 1508063483295768581 |
| There's an American market for Putin's propaganda, and | 2022-03-27 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508061690146930691 | 1508061690146930691 |
| There's hardly a difference between Putinism and Trumpism. | 2022-03-26 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507753420081434624 | 1507753420081434624 |
| Move the goal posts until they are in punting range. | 2022-03-26 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507751101587595264 | 1507751101587595264 |
| What makes America strong in a globalized world is not a | 2022-03-26 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507750372374241287 | 1507750372374241287 |
| Ukraine is becoming like America. | 2022-03-26 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507724868355178501 | 1507724868355178501 |
| Trump tries to talk up his endorsees in Georgia. | 2022-03-26 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507721017598173190 | 1507721017598173190 |
| It's the same old Taliban. | 2022-03-26 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507719254946168837 | 1507719254946168837 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2022-03-26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507716839794626566 | 1507716839794626566 |
| Western Europe postpones discussions about Poland's | 2022-03-25 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507412745624334343 | 1507412745624334343 |
| Christian nationalism, a valued ally of Putin and Trump | 2022-03-25 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507409208601284611 | 1507409208601284611 |
| If GOP senators can't do what they want for their donors - | 2022-03-25 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507399085925416960 | 1507399085925416960 |
| Ukraine war - and Putinism generally - is just another | 2022-03-25 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507394728588808193 | 1507394728588808193 |
| Comparative air forces. | 2022-03-25 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507393407169093635 | 1507393407169093635 |
| Saying out loud what everybody knows - | 2022-03-25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507392883258658817 | 1507392883258658817 |
| Apple considers turning hardware sales into an annuity. | 2022-03-25 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507391496307183620 | 1507391496307183620 |
| Alex Jones skips court date for "medical" reasons. | 2022-03-25 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507388032801857536 | 1507388032801857536 |
| Guernica, Mariupol, what's the diff? Hitler, Putin, | 2022-03-25 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507387163343978507 | 1507387163343978507 |
| Three steps to increase the survival odds of the Baltic | 2022-03-25 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507386500924997633 | 1507386500924997633 |
| Florida GOP leads the way in making sure election officials | 2022-03-25 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507363150600937474 | 1507363150600937474 |
| Will right to life/right to choose be a decisive issue | 2022-03-25 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1507361790933360640 | 1507361790933360640 |
| How Trumpy can you get? Making money off your crimes! | 2022-03-25 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507360780726853636 | 1507360780726853636 |
| Russian oligarchs calculate where their best advantage | 2022-03-25 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507352461043900416 | 1507352461043900416 |
| Hopefully a teaching moment for regimes in Poland and | 2022-03-25 | 121 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1507343087932112901 | 1507343087932112901 |
| More conscientious objectors in the Kremlin than in the | 2022-03-25 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507339378217013249 | 1507339378217013249 |
| How Germany is paying for Putin's aggression. | 2022-03-25 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1507217547258564610 | 1507217547258564610 |
| The view from the front lines. | 2022-03-25 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507216462905192449 | 1507216462905192449 |
| Reasons to imagine that inflation won't be as bad as 1980. | 2022-03-25 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507215005099298819 | 1507215005099298819 |
| It's very hard to predict how another country will fight. | 2022-03-25 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507206490842566658 | 1507206490842566658 |
| Ukraine inspires Taiwan. | 2022-03-25 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507202702987587587 | 1507202702987587587 |
| America should welcome Russian technologists as well | 2022-03-25 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507201737349730304 | 1507201737349730304 |
| Russian history is not kind to leaders who lose wars. | 2022-03-25 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507200383268970504 | 1507200383268970504 |
| The end of globalization? | 2022-03-25 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507199568789745691 | 1507199568789745691 |
| Failed to scuttle oligarch yacht, but fighting on anyway. | 2022-03-25 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507198680746536980 | 1507198680746536980 |
| Did anybody really believe the Taliban could keep their | 2022-03-25 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507196904077082624 | 1507196904077082624 |
| Michigan insurrectionists had a plan. | 2022-03-25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507196053308682243 | 1507196053308682243 |
| Add Navarro and Scavino to the list of insurrectionists. | 2022-03-25 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1507195337668145203 | 1507195337668145203 |
| A little late! | 2022-03-25 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507195038664601612 | 1507195038664601612 |
| Just because you're married to a Supreme Court justice | 2022-03-25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507194446357573638 | 1507194446357573638 |
| Election fraud - how come it's always Republicans? | 2022-03-25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507194029246623759 | 1507194029246623759 |
| Trump doesn't love Brooks any more. And the feeling | 2022-03-24 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507002857706299402 | 1507002857706299402 |
| Putin puppets persist posting propaganda. | 2022-03-24 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507002073958662146 | 1507002073958662146 |
| Thinking about the unthinkable. | 2022-03-24 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507000463522078722 | 1507000463522078722 |
| Not a world war yet - | 2022-03-24 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1506999555761455118 | 1506999555761455118 |
| Trying to escape his past? | 2022-03-24 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506972947881230338 | 1506972947881230338 |
| Freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences. | 2022-03-24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506970577025716224 | 1506970577025716224 |
| He survived Hitler and Stalin but not Putin. | 2022-03-24 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506832438076403718 | 1506832438076403718 |
| Putin's psychology. | 2022-03-24 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506831038231683078 | 1506831038231683078 |
| "Graham added that if Biden picked Childs, I could have | 2022-03-24 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1506792002041516032 | 1506792002041516032 |
| Promises are made to be broken! | 2022-03-24 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1506790392859045888 | 1506790392859045888 |
| GOP senators missed no opportunity to campaign for | 2022-03-24 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506789278390530050 | 1506789278390530050 |
| Why shouldn't GOP nominate domestic violent candidates? | 2022-03-24 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506787536110174208 | 1506787536110174208 |
| Time for a European Army to defend European Peace? | 2022-03-23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506762042044141568 | 1506762042044141568 |
| How are Ukraine and Taiwan alike and different? | 2022-03-23 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506735600027660292 | 1506735600027660292 |
| Keeping reactionary clergy and voters on Putin's side - | 2022-03-23 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1506734503598780418 | 1506734503598780418 |
| Putin is on plan B. How far will he go? | 2022-03-23 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1506732980122710017 | 1506732980122710017 |
| Piling up and putrefying unknown soldiers, unacknowledged | 2022-03-23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506720802871205890 | 1506720802871205890 |
| The purpose of Supreme Court nominee hearings, of course, | 2022-03-23 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1506719053892636672 | 1506719053892636672 |
| 1619 was a foundational year for Virginia - | 2022-03-23 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506703123057811458 | 1506703123057811458 |
| Why would Putin want to stop bombing hospitals? | 2022-03-22 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506261478470430725 | 1506261478470430725 |
| Full speed back to Stalinism! | 2022-03-22 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506259812094386180 | 1506259812094386180 |
| The dollar is likely to remain almighty for a while. | 2022-03-22 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506111249406255108 | 1506111249406255108 |
| Is anybody in charge? | 2022-03-22 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1506107621954052101 | 1506107621954052101 |
| Control of Congress may hinge on campaigns to replace | 2022-03-22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1506106254384517123 | 1506106254384517123 |
| Hypersonic missiles - another arms race. | 2022-03-22 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506104644287668227 | 1506104644287668227 |
| Not a good time for constitutional conventions. | 2022-03-22 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1506103439041830918 | 1506103439041830918 |
| Too bad about the Ukrainians - but look at the deal Indians | 2022-03-22 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1506089561595686919 | 1506089561595686919 |
| Think gas prices are bad? Wait until food and fertilizer | 2022-03-22 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506088721988276225 | 1506088721988276225 |
| No quick fix on gas prices! | 2022-03-22 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506074446498435072 | 1506074446498435072 |
| Putin unleashes his inner Stalin. | 2022-03-22 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506058245978263554 | 1506058245978263554 |
| Zelenskyy beats Putin at PR! | 2022-03-21 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1506057295041499137 | 1506057295041499137 |
| Cowboy for Trump rides in to court - in a truck. | 2022-03-21 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1505902937737871361 | 1505902937737871361 |
| Like Putin, like Xi. | 2022-03-21 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1505788396165210116 | 1505788396165210116 |
| The impossible dream - you can't be a traditional | 2022-03-21 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1505787328555466754 | 1505787328555466754 |
| "we're not going to sit by while Putin eliminates a | 2022-03-20 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1505549638098513931 | 1505549638098513931 |
| If House GOP win a majority in 2022, they'll elect a new | 2022-03-20 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1505384853335801858 | 1505384853335801858 |
| You can't escape climate change by moving from California | 2022-03-20 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1505379968389304322 | 1505379968389304322 |
| Why GOP states need special election police! | 2022-03-20 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1505376158703005696 | 1505376158703005696 |
| Why Ukraine is always at the center of world wars. | 2022-03-20 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1505351812903174145 | 1505351812903174145 |
| A clever technology for campaigning without ever discussing | 2022-03-20 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1505348305932341251 | 1505348305932341251 |
| Bitcoin mining is not like coal mining, but there are | 2022-03-19 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1505328525003223043 | 1505328525003223043 |
| An American training Ukrainians. | 2022-03-19 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1505326751827648514 | 1505326751827648514 |
| America united behind Ukraine and Zelenskyy - but not | 2022-03-19 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1505325258563198976 | 1505325258563198976 |
| Corruption killed democracy in Afghanistan. | 2022-03-19 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1505324347610656770 | 1505324347610656770 |
| Georgia can't decide what to do about Ukraine and Putin. | 2022-03-19 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1505212780340649985 | 1505212780340649985 |
| Nobody has an interest in revealing cyberwar successes | 2022-03-19 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504983139583598594 | 1504983139583598594 |
| The Senate can act, if nobody's paying attention! | 2022-03-19 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504981204545662976 | 1504981204545662976 |
| Putin can hold bigger rallies than Trump. Trump is | 2022-03-19 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1504980313125969923 | 1504980313125969923 |
| GOP leaders don't want to talk about Cawthorn. He shows | 2022-03-19 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1504977234586529798 | 1504977234586529798 |
| American guns - better Ukraine than Mexico. But what | 2022-03-19 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1504975716810559488 | 1504975716810559488 |
| Surprising Trump missed the obvious solution. Too many | 2022-03-19 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1504973105919193089 | 1504973105919193089 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2022-03-18 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504965255759163393 | 1504965255759163393 |
| Why dictators fail - they can never be wrong, so they can | 2022-03-18 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1504677772857208834 | 1504677772857208834 |
| China's covid problems underline the hazards of | 2022-03-18 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504676651933728768 | 1504676651933728768 |
| Schwarzenegger speaks to Russians. | 2022-03-18 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504668527881428997 | 1504668527881428997 |
| The lesson is not lost - Russia kept nuclear weapons and | 2022-03-18 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504641905996431361 | 1504641905996431361 |
| If the enemy soldiers are too tough, you can always | 2022-03-18 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1504637875119292416 | 1504637875119292416 |
| Chinese secret agents harass Chinese Americans. | 2022-03-18 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504636312082534400 | 1504636312082534400 |
| Economic sanctions - a powerful counter-balance to nuclear | 2022-03-17 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504582668217774088 | 1504582668217774088 |
| GOP voters must not care about logical consistency. | 2022-03-17 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504580808736010248 | 1504580808736010248 |
| How Putin got so rich! | 2022-03-17 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504580243146698754 | 1504580243146698754 |
| Better late than never. | 2022-03-17 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504553867823890434 | 1504553867823890434 |
| Trumpists driving out election competence in favor of | 2022-03-17 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504551167618998272 | 1504551167618998272 |
| The essence of GOP - | 2022-03-17 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504549693895831552 | 1504549693895831552 |
| "You pretend to care about the common man, speaking his | 2022-03-17 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504532756063301633 | 1504532756063301633 |
| Cheap drones heighten the risk of accidental war. | 2022-03-17 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504529257103454209 | 1504529257103454209 |
| Rewriting the economics of warfare - mass attacks of cheap | 2022-03-17 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504527821196062749 | 1504527821196062749 |
| How deregulation led to lower prices - and lower wages - | 2022-03-17 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504319368708063233 | 1504319368708063233 |
| Russian opposition - too little, too late. Most | 2022-03-17 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1504317955223408640 | 1504317955223408640 |
| "How does the next world war begin? " | 2022-03-17 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504316755304321031 | 1504316755304321031 |
| Surprise - China's covid lockdown policies have reduced | 2022-03-17 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1504313425299599362 | 1504313425299599362 |
| Wilson and Biden - threading the needle between peace | 2022-03-17 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504312307890884609 | 1504312307890884609 |
| Don't let inflation panic US into a Putin recession. | 2022-03-17 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1504311140343377922 | 1504311140343377922 |
| Do you remember when Americans were building bomb shelters | 2022-03-17 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1504304156957286400 | 1504304156957286400 |
| Putin prepares return to Stalinism. It's where his | 2022-03-17 | 98 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1504302026162810881 | 1504302026162810881 |
| China is not a neutral observer. Xi want Russia to | 2022-03-17 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1504300888399114242 | 1504300888399114242 |
| Bolton knew what Trump and Putin were up to and he's not | 2022-03-17 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504299196718858243 | 1504299196718858243 |
| Graham had a road-to-Damascus moment but it was just | 2022-03-17 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504297991091286020 | 1504297991091286020 |
| Surprise! The Trump team only has room for loyalists. | 2022-03-17 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504296751640969216 | 1504296751640969216 |
| What Putin has proved to the world - | 2022-03-17 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1504296301994790913 | 1504296301994790913 |
| We had to ally with Stalin to defeat Hitler. Now? | 2022-03-17 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504258861875679233 | 1504258861875679233 |
| The important thing is to quit changing clocks. | 2022-03-17 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504257195860381698 | 1504257195860381698 |
| Home-grown Ohio oligarchs try to pretend they have no | 2022-03-17 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504256146076409856 | 1504256146076409856 |
| Slav leaders of formerly Stalinist countries risk danger | 2022-03-17 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504255150726148099 | 1504255150726148099 |
| Trumpist insurrectionists still going strong in Idaho. | 2022-03-17 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504254291011268612 | 1504254291011268612 |
| Can Putin be overthrown by the oligarchs? | 2022-03-17 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504252759058440192 | 1504252759058440192 |
| How Russian oligarchs continue to corrupt American | 2022-03-16 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504094197925642241 | 1504094197925642241 |
| Reactionaries boldly embrace an imaginary past. | 2022-03-16 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504092188757528578 | 1504092188757528578 |
| Trump candidate coming up $hort. | 2022-03-16 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503981293020745728 | 1503981293020745728 |
| Petraeus evaluates Russian invasion so far and speculates | 2022-03-16 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1503977564246724608 | 1503977564246724608 |
| Prisoners of war shocked by the truth. | 2022-03-16 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1503974813433413633 | 1503974813433413633 |
| No combat experience? No Slavic language fluency? | 2022-03-15 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503728239209975808 | 1503728239209975808 |
| US needs to increase permanent forces in eastern Europe | 2022-03-15 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503593102472216578 | 1503593102472216578 |
| Airline points, like other pseudo-currencies, are subject | 2022-03-15 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503556999904079873 | 1503556999904079873 |
| The DAO of pump-and-dump. | 2022-03-15 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503555714995744771 | 1503555714995744771 |
| As a former KGB colonel, Putin is no more religious than | 2022-03-15 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503535391365734402 | 1503535391365734402 |
| Economic sanctions punish ordinary Russians alike, | 2022-03-15 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503532870782005250 | 1503532870782005250 |
| China aims to win the Ukraine war - by doing as little | 2022-03-15 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503525735465586689 | 1503525735465586689 |
| What are Trumpists for? Cult of personality - | 2022-03-15 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1503524083341824000 | 1503524083341824000 |
| To avoid nuclear war, a messy compromise might be necessary | 2022-03-15 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1503522507470499841 | 1503522507470499841 |
| "End of history" author sees Putin defeat inevitable - | 2022-03-14 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1503520863357833216 | 1503520863357833216 |
| “We have to get done what we can get done with the votes | 2022-03-14 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503519963503468545 | 1503519963503468545 |
| Trump violating election law - | 2022-03-14 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503519075523203075 | 1503519075523203075 |
| Ill-chosen endorsements might weaken Trump and strengthen | 2022-03-14 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503518368287977472 | 1503518368287977472 |
| Does traditional conservatism carry any weight in the | 2022-03-14 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1503517584880111619 | 1503517584880111619 |
| There ARE neo-Nazis rushing to Ukraine to fight. | 2022-03-14 | 133 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1503516183722487812 | 1503516183722487812 |
| The blessings of democracy and the rule of law - | 2022-03-14 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503513967116754948 | 1503513967116754948 |
| No-fly zones wouldn't stop missile attacks. | 2022-03-14 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503511394066464768 | 1503511394066464768 |
| How Trumpists seize control of election machinery to make | 2022-03-14 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503510805492355075 | 1503510805492355075 |
| Got potassium iodide? | 2022-03-14 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503510260807393280 | 1503510260807393280 |
| China and Xi are too inwardly focused to be effective | 2022-03-14 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503509396478824448 | 1503509396478824448 |
| Putin's dream is to revive the Soviet Union, if not the | 2022-03-14 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503377134420516870 | 1503377134420516870 |
| Russia took four bites out of Poland from 1772-1939, | 2022-03-14 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503352481740308482 | 1503352481740308482 |
| It's harder to add internet censorship, as Putin is doing, | 2022-03-14 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503250883739496448 | 1503250883739496448 |
| Traditional conservatives struggle to find a way to | 2022-03-14 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503249402055430145 | 1503249402055430145 |
| “Four mistakes in making one decision is a lot” | 2022-03-14 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503247481865322498 | 1503247481865322498 |
| Missouri wants to prosecute its residents who travel to | 2022-03-14 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503224832380481536 | 1503224832380481536 |
| Back to the future or forward to the past? | 2022-03-14 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503223404635189249 | 1503223404635189249 |
| Insuring the success of minority rule | 2022-03-14 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503222244138360835 | 1503222244138360835 |
| Russia took four out of Poland from 1772-1939, then after | 2022-03-14 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1503221367260409857 | 1503221367260409857 |
| Putin will not accept defeat, no matter how much it costs | 2022-03-14 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503219628285124620 | 1503219628285124620 |
| The Ukrainian Quislings step out of their closets. | 2022-03-14 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1503213693911252993 | 1503213693911252993 |
| Putin's actions change military thinking in Japan. | 2022-03-14 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503213136765063171 | 1503213136765063171 |
| Yovanovitch's saddest observation is how much Trumpism | 2022-03-14 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503180210320994307 | 1503180210320994307 |
| Those who can, get out while they still can. | 2022-03-14 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503177464465412096 | 1503177464465412096 |
| Cawthorn can't stay out of trouble. Never could. | 2022-03-14 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503176197902987265 | 1503176197902987265 |
| What happens when right-wing donors hire former spies? | 2022-03-14 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503175421050777602 | 1503175421050777602 |
| Russia can't keep technologists in the dark for long. | 2022-03-14 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503174042643140608 | 1503174042643140608 |
| Will China decide to help Russia in Ukraine? | 2022-03-14 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503170852635885569 | 1503170852635885569 |
| Moldova doesn't know what to do. Too many ethnic | 2022-03-14 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503170284320280584 | 1503170284320280584 |
| South Dakota governore Kristi Noem ignores governing | 2022-03-14 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503169421602279424 | 1503169421602279424 |
| How is today like and different from the previous cold war? | 2022-03-14 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503168152938590210 | 1503168152938590210 |
| Some GOP want to count ballots by hand "to reduce fraud". | 2022-03-14 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503160033856528386 | 1503160033856528386 |
| Congressional apportionment and redistricting should be | 2022-03-14 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1503159085662760962 | 1503159085662760962 |
| How WWIII didn't start - this time. | 2022-03-13 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1503157595325886464 | 1503157595325886464 |
| The (only) case for a Republican in California state | 2022-03-13 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503156253895245825 | 1503156253895245825 |
| Thousand of Russians stranded in Thailand as local tourist | 2022-03-13 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1503155439256580096 | 1503155439256580096 |
| SpaceX is keeping internet connectivity going to and from | 2022-03-13 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503153882788102144 | 1503153882788102144 |
| How employers have been reducing workers' power by reducing | 2022-03-13 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503150865607114754 | 1503150865607114754 |
| How many more houses does California need? | 2022-03-13 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503149705609445377 | 1503149705609445377 |
| Bad faith? Trump? What other kind of faith has he | 2022-03-13 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503118583865360385 | 1503118583865360385 |
| Why isn't crypto a useful hedge against uncertainty? | 2022-03-13 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1503117876458184710 | 1503117876458184710 |
| There's lots of evidence that bombing civilians usually | 2022-03-13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503115953411801088 | 1503115953411801088 |
| American journalist killed in Ukraine. | 2022-03-13 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503087628928708610 | 1503087628928708610 |
| God has no tears but ours | 2022-03-13 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503084856296689665 | 1503084856296689665 |
| Working for Putin is dangerous. When a narcissist | 2022-03-13 | 106 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1503018194193190917 | 1503018194193190917 |
| Reminiscent of La Dernière Classe of Daudet - | 2022-03-13 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502912555223638017 | 1502912555223638017 |
| Trump tells SC voters that 99% Trumpist isn't good enough. | 2022-03-13 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1502906688193531905 | 1502906688193531905 |
| Make it a referendum, not a choice! | 2022-03-12 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1502662182755921922 | 1502662182755921922 |
| Making the argument for regional federalism - | 2022-03-12 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502657340197068805 | 1502657340197068805 |
| Americans deserve to know what GOP will do. | 2022-03-12 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1502522361026805760 | 1502522361026805760 |
| "the most efficient way to deceive a populace en masse | 2022-03-12 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1502521246507945984 | 1502521246507945984 |
| QAnons gladly support Putin. | 2022-03-12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502513859629789188 | 1502513859629789188 |
| Catching up with the IRS backlog. | 2022-03-11 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1502379236392194049 | 1502379236392194049 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2022-03-11 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502364544668037120 | 1502364544668037120 |
| "civilizational imagining provides a useful lever | 2022-03-11 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502299985462771716 | 1502299985462771716 |
| It's still the same old Stalinist story. What's new is | 2022-03-11 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1502296939261399042 | 1502296939261399042 |
| Don't book Aeroflot! | 2022-03-11 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1502278747084316677 | 1502278747084316677 |
| No peaceful resolution in sight. Ukraine won't surrender, | 2022-03-11 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502277494325399560 | 1502277494325399560 |
| There is no diplomatic off-ramp. Nobody believes | 2022-03-11 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502153895413370880 | 1502153895413370880 |
| Another Russian general paid the price for Putinism. | 2022-03-11 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1502151275198095373 | 1502151275198095373 |
| A plausible theory about why more risky drivers - the | 2022-03-11 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502131516310102021 | 1502131516310102021 |
| "not only will they do it, but that other people are weak | 2022-03-11 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502130435647684609 | 1502130435647684609 |
| Thank you John Eastman for identifying the 111 emails most | 2022-03-11 | 107 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1502127394232045569 | 1502127394232045569 |
| The usual suspects claimed that wearing masks inhibited | 2022-03-11 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502126862486499329 | 1502126862486499329 |
| A cushy job - for political appointees? | 2022-03-11 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502126086494191616 | 1502126086494191616 |
| Oppressive strong men are often very weak - because they | 2022-03-11 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1502097866977726476 | 1502097866977726476 |
| “He knew exactly how to play these guys" - Trump Jr. | 2022-03-11 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502096511282282496 | 1502096511282282496 |
| Cawthorn does Putin's work for free! | 2022-03-11 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1502095429701279752 | 1502095429701279752 |
| Eyes in the skies on both sides - looking for the start | 2022-03-11 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502093493329485824 | 1502093493329485824 |
| Where does truth come from? | 2022-03-11 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1502074654428598272 | 1502074654428598272 |
| Sanctions and oppression might be a big win for Putin - | 2022-03-11 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502073676136529922 | 1502073676136529922 |
| Putin thinks he can survive sanctions. | 2022-03-11 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502072466931281920 | 1502072466931281920 |
| Putin won't back down, Zelenskyy won't back down. | 2022-03-10 | 112 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502069792395644940 | 1502069792395644940 |
| There are some things that everybody that upholds rule of | 2022-03-10 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502066854315053076 | 1502066854315053076 |
| Putin pals have some explaining to do. | 2022-03-10 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1502064858942124077 | 1502064858942124077 |
| Making the most of the Ukraine distraction! | 2022-03-10 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502059078310408221 | 1502059078310408221 |
| Buddhism and Putin? | 2022-03-10 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501953615501529090 | 1501953615501529090 |
| America allied with the Soviets in 1942. Now it may be | 2022-03-10 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501937745257664525 | 1501937745257664525 |
| Who's next after Ukraine falls? | 2022-03-10 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501936446965309453 | 1501936446965309453 |
| Many are called, but few are chosen. | 2022-03-10 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1501935150447292428 | 1501935150447292428 |
| China can't bail out Putin. | 2022-03-10 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501763893214867462 | 1501763893214867462 |
| GOP dutifully supports Putin by sowing division in time | 2022-03-10 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501762556506955776 | 1501762556506955776 |
| "Wagner comes in, further destabilizes the country, ravages | 2022-03-10 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1501761763506679813 | 1501761763506679813 |
| Is there a realistic end-game scenario that doesn't involve | 2022-03-10 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1501729574043881478 | 1501729574043881478 |
| An endurance war - who can retain popular support the | 2022-03-10 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501728107656478722 | 1501728107656478722 |
| Most GOP leaders don't want to explain or even talk about | 2022-03-10 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501726395755417602 | 1501726395755417602 |
| It's not just a game of Risk! Theories require | 2022-03-10 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501724928797675525 | 1501724928797675525 |
| Does Xi still think Putin is a useful ally? | 2022-03-10 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501720573444976641 | 1501720573444976641 |
| FBI is arresting insurrectionists who planned and enabled, | 2022-03-10 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501719165043818496 | 1501719165043818496 |
| UAE might help replace Russian oil and gas. | 2022-03-10 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501718272101601281 | 1501718272101601281 |
| Putin lies about everything - so this is hardly news. | 2022-03-10 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501716153596448769 | 1501716153596448769 |
| Whenever you look for actual voter fraud - you always seem | 2022-03-10 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501715341986074627 | 1501715341986074627 |
| Extremist groups decline - their ideas have been normalized | 2022-03-10 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501714866096132096 | 1501714866096132096 |
| Making it harder to vote. | 2022-03-10 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501713869172969472 | 1501713869172969472 |
| Putin's new iron curtain - far more effective than the | 2022-03-09 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1501581686848749570 | 1501581686848749570 |
| Who's rallying the NATO troops for whatever comes next? | 2022-03-09 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1501580263989874690 | 1501580263989874690 |
| Putin is a traditional Russian - dictator. He can't | 2022-03-09 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1501577123584442368 | 1501577123584442368 |
| Whenever you look for actual voter fraud - you always seem | 2022-03-09 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1501575036901081092 | 1501575036901081092 |
| Limited sovereignty - the essence of imperialism. | 2022-03-09 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501573478884929536 | 1501573478884929536 |
| What a strong leader is like! | 2022-03-09 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501570727404654592 | 1501570727404654592 |
| Iran, oil prices, the weather - and Putin. | 2022-03-09 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1501569131140698118 | 1501569131140698118 |
| Expanding the EU takes years. Expanding NATO is faster, | 2022-03-09 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501567831783075843 | 1501567831783075843 |
| Will Putin default on foreign debt? | 2022-03-09 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501479736224088069 | 1501479736224088069 |
| Why Putin can't lose in Ukraine. | 2022-03-09 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501478463357652992 | 1501478463357652992 |
| Why nothing has stuck to Trump, so far. | 2022-03-09 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501477823487221761 | 1501477823487221761 |
| First insurrection trial ends - guilty on all counts, | 2022-03-09 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1501475986721820675 | 1501475986721820675 |
| Putin's agents have been at work here for year, preparing | 2022-03-09 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501475241419149312 | 1501475241419149312 |
| Hit back twice as hard! | 2022-03-09 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1501474677180403718 | 1501474677180403718 |
| We don't need to worry about climate change after all? | 2022-03-08 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1501200454042066946 | 1501200454042066946 |
| Russians seeking information have to call Ukraine. | 2022-03-08 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501186506500698113 | 1501186506500698113 |
| Another QAnon insurrectionist makes plea deal for | 2022-03-08 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1501184500750897154 | 1501184500750897154 |
| The trucker convoy took a wrong turn somewhere. Into the | 2022-03-08 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1501082047305056260 | 1501082047305056260 |
| Republicans can criticize Biden for acting or for not | 2022-03-08 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501080017232560133 | 1501080017232560133 |
| The outcome in Ukraine is uncertain, but Putin is winning | 2022-03-08 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1501077697182666756 | 1501077697182666756 |
| Trumpist senator Mike Lee of Utah has some unusual | 2022-03-08 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501070491129237505 | 1501070491129237505 |
| Social media tries to avoid government regulation - | 2022-03-08 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501040993746915332 | 1501040993746915332 |
| Europeans are getting a more realistic appreciation of | 2022-03-08 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1501038636686471173 | 1501038636686471173 |
| Knowing that Republicans will demand that Biden embargo | 2022-03-08 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1501035125038993412 | 1501035125038993412 |
| Tracking down the lawyers that enabled insurrection. | 2022-03-08 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501017715594567682 | 1501017715594567682 |
| Comey on the deterrent value of comprehensive Jan 6 | 2022-03-08 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501016302403547136 | 1501016302403547136 |
| Russkiy Mir - Putin's version of Hitler's Großgermanisches | 2022-03-08 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1501015424342708224 | 1501015424342708224 |
| Russia to follow China in creating a private internet? | 2022-03-08 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501013104712294401 | 1501013104712294401 |
| The view from Odessa - a vain search for rationality. | 2022-03-08 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1501011861621272577 | 1501011861621272577 |
| A political credo for everybody who cherishes the | 2022-03-07 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1500912133562769412 | 1500912133562769412 |
| Political credos for traditional Republican politicians | 2022-03-07 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1500911832608829441 | 1500911832608829441 |
| Political credos for Trumpists | 2022-03-07 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1500911537292132353 | 1500911537292132353 |
| Northern Idaho is now the go-to place for Trumpists. | 2022-03-07 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500870384324788227 | 1500870384324788227 |
| Moldova fearfully looks toward the west while Transnistria | 2022-03-07 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500851528545943557 | 1500851528545943557 |
| How the oligarchs hope to buy influence in the west. | 2022-03-07 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500848879054426116 | 1500848879054426116 |
| An uneasy ménage à trois - Russia, China, India. | 2022-03-07 | 117 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1500847898086428672 | 1500847898086428672 |
| "We will not have as part of our agenda a bill that raises | 2022-03-07 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500833277535563781 | 1500833277535563781 |
| For an amoral aggressor, a cease-fire is just an | 2022-03-07 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500830434242228226 | 1500830434242228226 |
| Zelle is not protected like a credit card - beware! | 2022-03-07 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500828365955026945 | 1500828365955026945 |
| A new Woke - to the dark side of Putinism/Trumpism. | 2022-03-07 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500688354723065857 | 1500688354723065857 |
| The Chinese Communist Party bases its rule on economic | 2022-03-07 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500687264015212544 | 1500687264015212544 |
| Can Putin digest all of Ukraine? | 2022-03-07 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1500679524282822657 | 1500679524282822657 |
| Trump border wall - an expensive failure as a wall - as | 2022-03-07 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500651698410311681 | 1500651698410311681 |
| "Zelensky can’t save anyone else’s democracy. We have | 2022-03-07 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500631925219676160 | 1500631925219676160 |
| It's great to be rich - to make choices without | 2022-03-07 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500631083846496256 | 1500631083846496256 |
| How the fight is sustained. | 2022-03-07 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500628332773187584 | 1500628332773187584 |
| If Trump wants to be a comedian so much, let him play | 2022-03-07 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500627645284847618 | 1500627645284847618 |
| Who are Trump's greatest supporters? Gosar, Gaetz, | 2022-03-07 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500626818751074305 | 1500626818751074305 |
| In Ukraine, there's | 2022-03-07 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1500624194064711681 | 1500624194064711681 |
| Not a helpful or diplomatic statement | 2022-03-07 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500622590456389633 | 1500622590456389633 |
| Judge decides law trumps constitution. | 2022-03-06 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1500621220470931458 | 1500621220470931458 |
| Trump knew he lost the election immediately. But all the | 2022-03-06 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500620118576881665 | 1500620118576881665 |
| Ukraine war a disaster for India and Egypt - and catalytic | 2022-03-06 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500617642414989316 | 1500617642414989316 |
| What begins as lies ends as carnage. | 2022-03-06 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500615000301264898 | 1500615000301264898 |
| Whether talking about climate, | 2022-03-06 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500614475065356291 | 1500614475065356291 |
| Getting other people's money - part 2. | 2022-03-06 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500559281904447490 | 1500559281904447490 |
| Trump is very successful at one thing - getting other | 2022-03-06 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500557919279976448 | 1500557919279976448 |
| Three weapons unleashed against Putin. | 2022-03-06 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500530474015354880 | 1500530474015354880 |
| Putin reminds us that America still needs a huge defense | 2022-03-06 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500527872280186880 | 1500527872280186880 |
| New leadership for a new era - Germany resumes its rightful | 2022-03-06 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500525828194455554 | 1500525828194455554 |
| West plans support for long-term Ukrainian resistance. | 2022-03-06 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1500524634352934916 | 1500524634352934916 |
| Trump expresses his admiration for Kim Jong Un. Trump | 2022-03-06 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1500512628086505474 | 1500512628086505474 |
| How would Don Corleone try to run a war? It's easy to | 2022-03-06 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500510594922782726 | 1500510594922782726 |
| To see what America's founders were like, don't look to | 2022-03-06 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500509332609265667 | 1500509332609265667 |
| Trump and Putin go way back. | 2022-03-06 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1500490374048980994 | 1500490374048980994 |
| Bosnians are living Ukraine's future - if it's not the | 2022-03-06 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1500487552708448256 | 1500487552708448256 |
| In many places, rising gas prices are only #2 concern. | 2022-03-06 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500486140284977152 | 1500486140284977152 |
| Many Congressional representatives want to use up all our | 2022-03-06 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500382543081656320 | 1500382543081656320 |
| "several Republican members of Congress objected to | 2022-03-06 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500380957777412096 | 1500380957777412096 |
| Can anybody isolate themselves economically from the rest | 2022-03-06 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500379594200731659 | 1500379594200731659 |
| Ukraine can't win big battles. But it can win at | 2022-03-06 | 104 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1500378269488541696 | 1500378269488541696 |
| Putin controls TV - social media, not so much. | 2022-03-06 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1500376132314550274 | 1500376132314550274 |
| Putin's already told us everything we need to know. | 2022-03-06 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1500374790971879426 | 1500374790971879426 |
| The Baltics know they are next - along with Moldova and | 2022-03-06 | 91 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1500371890665242628 | 1500371890665242628 |
| VPN and Tor going mainstream. | 2022-03-06 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500369676076912640 | 1500369676076912640 |
| Every army has its snipers. Guerilla Ukrainian snipers | 2022-03-06 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1500368569829265409 | 1500368569829265409 |
| Media fakers have been going to town! | 2022-03-06 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500365468883775493 | 1500365468883775493 |
| Give Putin credit for changing the world. | 2022-03-06 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500364403245412353 | 1500364403245412353 |
| Putin gives Serbia another chance at Kosovo. | 2022-03-06 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1500362235419381761 | 1500362235419381761 |
| Sexism and sexist violence fuel Trumpism too, along with | 2022-03-06 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1500360201794322433 | 1500360201794322433 |
| How will America First play out now? | 2022-03-05 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1500105129969602563 | 1500105129969602563 |
| A traditional conservative looks at Trump's act, which | 2022-03-05 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1500101690900430849 | 1500101690900430849 |
| "I’d be happy if he pardoned me again" | 2022-03-05 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499991223259435010 | 1499991223259435010 |
| Just the sort of self-serving opportunists you expect to | 2022-03-05 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1499983772342579201 | 1499983772342579201 |
| "Mass deception is the tool of the autocrat. And Bill Barr | 2022-03-05 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499982092934909954 | 1499982092934909954 |
| Putin's goal is larger than crushing opposition in Ukraine. | 2022-03-05 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499981217340424196 | 1499981217340424196 |
| "Reffitt won’t be testifying. Welch told U.S. District | 2022-03-05 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1499968301786484739 | 1499968301786484739 |
| Pence tries to have it both ways - | 2022-03-05 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1499967448723779585 | 1499967448723779585 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2022-03-05 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499958665431842819 | 1499958665431842819 |
| Putin will get his revenge sooner or later. | 2022-03-04 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1499792996476198912 | 1499792996476198912 |
| Putin cracks down - the only truth is what he says it is. | 2022-03-04 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499792112077860867 | 1499792112077860867 |
| Solutions often create new problems. | 2022-03-04 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499762594831220736 | 1499762594831220736 |
| Rocketing rents! Many causes and no short-term solutions | 2022-03-04 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499761894806093828 | 1499761894806093828 |
| Guerilla warfare - no place for people with no military | 2022-03-04 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499744933225254912 | 1499744933225254912 |
| Which is worse for Putin - a humiliating victory or a | 2022-03-04 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1499743416397139972 | 1499743416397139972 |
| “This is intended to reverse 115 years of | 2022-03-04 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499614806097096707 | 1499614806097096707 |
| Just as in Finland in 1939 - | 2022-03-04 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1499604928997650434 | 1499604928997650434 |
| When cornered, Hitler did not do the logical thing. | 2022-03-04 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1499601737937657859 | 1499601737937657859 |
| Shortwave's time has come - again. | 2022-03-04 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499600090666717185 | 1499600090666717185 |
| Realpolitik avoided WWIII so far. But it depends on | 2022-03-04 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1499596725232672769 | 1499596725232672769 |
| Putin is immune to public opinion. Like Trump, he has | 2022-03-04 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499592073044844545 | 1499592073044844545 |
| A truly strong leader! | 2022-03-04 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1499591119759306755 | 1499591119759306755 |
| Elon Musk challenges UAW. | 2022-03-04 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499573200266489856 | 1499573200266489856 |
| Can huge chips ever be trusted to run correctly in all | 2022-03-04 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499535733047971849 | 1499535733047971849 |
| Crypto-divorce | 2022-03-04 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499535135850385429 | 1499535135850385429 |
| Ever want to be a truck driver? | 2022-03-03 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499532483921989649 | 1499532483921989649 |
| Can the Russian people act? Will they? | 2022-03-03 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1499525007533166611 | 1499525007533166611 |
| It's no coincidence that Potemkin was a Russian! | 2022-03-03 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1499523785296203778 | 1499523785296203778 |
| How much more can it take to lead to disbarment? | 2022-03-03 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1499521616761397254 | 1499521616761397254 |
| Will Guilfoyle plead the 5th too? | 2022-03-03 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499521233867526144 | 1499521233867526144 |
| "Trump's praise for Putin is a feature, not a bug" | 2022-03-03 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1499519047867645952 | 1499519047867645952 |
| Good riddance to RT America! | 2022-03-03 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499518283870998529 | 1499518283870998529 |
| Putin says worst is yet to come. | 2022-03-03 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1499431567378161668 | 1499431567378161668 |
| Even generals pay for Putin's recklessness. How will | 2022-03-03 | 87 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1499431016313724934 | 1499431016313724934 |
| Why Ukrainians have hope to survive. | 2022-03-03 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1499411194431492101 | 1499411194431492101 |
| Can Putin's empire survive sanctions? He's been | 2022-03-03 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1499410216860864513 | 1499410216860864513 |
| Add another to the disbarment list of lawyers who publicly | 2022-03-03 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1499409582489157635 | 1499409582489157635 |
| Disbar lawyers who publicly and knowingly disseminate lies | 2022-03-03 | 54 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1499408503366057986 | 1499408503366057986 |
| Will western resolve against Putin hold in the face of | 2022-03-03 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499403641563717633 | 1499403641563717633 |
| Does anybody care about the Geneva conventions any more? | 2022-03-03 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499391700451479556 | 1499391700451479556 |
| Citizens assembly - a method for approaching contentious | 2022-03-03 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499269093051957250 | 1499269093051957250 |
| Finally putting in official legal writing what we all knew | 2022-03-03 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1499229865861545984 | 1499229865861545984 |
| Ukraine cleverly bypasses Russian censorship to get the | 2022-03-03 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1499211707628933120 | 1499211707628933120 |
| Life in Russia differs little from life in the USSR - the | 2022-03-03 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499210459601248261 | 1499210459601248261 |
| Putin's not trying very hard to influence the world | 2022-03-03 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1499208406132953089 | 1499208406132953089 |
| In politics, no good deed goes unpunished. | 2022-03-03 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499206373342539776 | 1499206373342539776 |
| Three scenarios - | 2022-03-03 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1499194569195278338 | 1499194569195278338 |
| Putin has re-awakened the insecurity of Eastern Europe, | 2022-03-03 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499192422617604097 | 1499192422617604097 |
| "Until GOP examines the way Trump’s enthusiasm for Putin | 2022-03-03 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499189714091331584 | 1499189714091331584 |
| Others have their day in court. | 2022-03-03 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499186858340749312 | 1499186858340749312 |
| Will Putin impose martial law to silence opposition? | 2022-03-03 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1499180443740086274 | 1499180443740086274 |
| China knew all along. | 2022-03-03 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499179024215511041 | 1499179024215511041 |
| Putin tried to go back two centuries in one week. | 2022-03-03 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499176823048990721 | 1499176823048990721 |
| Ron DeSantis - just as competent as Trump to be leader of | 2022-03-02 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499167240070963200 | 1499167240070963200 |
| Which Trumpist US Congressmen stand with the genius Putin? | 2022-03-02 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499164491187060737 | 1499164491187060737 |
| Which sterling leaders stand with the genius Putin? | 2022-03-02 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499163046702243845 | 1499163046702243845 |
| Putin didn't kill all the Chechens in 2000. | 2022-03-02 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499035089765687297 | 1499035089765687297 |
| It's not so easy to hold urban areas with armor. | 2022-03-02 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1499030681854246919 | 1499030681854246919 |
| Putin is leading the charge back to 1914, if not 1772 - | 2022-03-02 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498926595934801927 | 1498926595934801927 |
| No Ukraine invasion if Trump were president! He would | 2022-03-02 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498921569095086084 | 1498921569095086084 |
| "Trump voters actually had a more favorable opinion of | 2022-03-02 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1498919140588851205 | 1498919140588851205 |
| Primary season off with a bang! Abbott will face O'Rourke | 2022-03-02 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498909587021316100 | 1498909587021316100 |
| It took years, but the American people finally put an end | 2022-03-01 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498660665526865922 | 1498660665526865922 |
| You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction? | 2022-03-01 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498657582973534211 | 1498657582973534211 |
| The invasion of Ukraine was planned almost a year in | 2022-03-01 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498535692145545216 | 1498535692145545216 |
| How did Zelenskyy progress from comedian to world | 2022-03-01 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498533406405058560 | 1498533406405058560 |
| Opposition from an unexpected direction! "Two lawmakers | 2022-03-01 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498532800512753670 | 1498532800512753670 |
| Self-belief. Putin reminded us how it works. | 2022-03-01 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498530783820062721 | 1498530783820062721 |
| How committed is Putin to taking Kyiv, to avoid a | 2022-03-01 | 377 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1498525937721233411 | 1498525937721233411 |
| A failed attempt to influence China on Ukraine. | 2022-03-01 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1498522293177229313 | 1498522293177229313 |
| We had our chance in Georgia, and in Crimea. Our | 2022-03-01 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498520661496459264 | 1498520661496459264 |
| Putin is hoping that Ukrainian refugees will become another | 2022-03-01 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498518429153726467 | 1498518429153726467 |
| America needs a history lesson? | 2022-03-01 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1498514098891329539 | 1498514098891329539 |
| What will Putin do to avoid a humiliating defeat or | 2022-03-01 | 571 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1498508450803765248 | 1498508450803765248 |
| “They portray themselves as the unique saviors of the | 2022-03-01 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498503300299120640 | 1498503300299120640 |
| First insurrectionist jury trial will set the pattern for | 2022-03-01 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498498717908824065 | 1498498717908824065 |
| Cyber guerilla warfare! What rules apply to combatants - | 2022-03-01 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498496947077861379 | 1498496947077861379 |
| Will the Congressional GOP - aside from the Freedom Caucus | 2022-03-01 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498495791299641348 | 1498495791299641348 |
| McConnell AND McCarthy think "there's no place in the | 2022-03-01 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498493697071087617 | 1498493697071087617 |
| The League of Nations died when it could not muster the | 2022-02-28 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1498375912458362881 | 1498375912458362881 |
| Putin achieved many western goals - united NATO and EU, | 2022-02-28 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1498373461126746113 | 1498373461126746113 |
| Fearful of being purged from Trumpism, GOP senators are | 2022-02-28 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1498183631667298305 | 1498183631667298305 |
| "we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes | 2022-02-28 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1498179123549667330 | 1498179123549667330 |
| Liz Cheney also noticed the GOP leaders at a white | 2022-02-28 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1498175150113447937 | 1498175150113447937 |
| Washington, Churchill, Nagy, Walesa, and now - Zelenskyy. | 2022-02-28 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1498174056964653056 | 1498174056964653056 |
| Traditional conservatives are the morons on the | 2022-02-28 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1498173534551502848 | 1498173534551502848 |
| CPAC - Trump is all about Trump, but all his would-be | 2022-02-27 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497947911128190976 | 1497947911128190976 |
| World War Wired - a new era? | 2022-02-26 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1497591703053627395 | 1497591703053627395 |
| Putin's greatest success speaks at CPAC tonight. | 2022-02-26 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1497584988862042113 | 1497584988862042113 |
| Putin has succeeded in uniting the fractious Ukrainians. | 2022-02-26 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1497584115318603781 | 1497584115318603781 |
| How the GOP became the party of Putin - by swallowing his | 2022-02-26 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497582909414248450 | 1497582909414248450 |
| Sanctions might not touch oligarchs or Putin much. | 2022-02-26 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497579602830512130 | 1497579602830512130 |
| “CPAC is a good group of people" - so much for Christie's | 2022-02-26 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1497577981035749379 | 1497577981035749379 |
| US intelligence has been scoring big lately, since it | 2022-02-26 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1497575133942218754 | 1497575133942218754 |
| Russia sent a river of money to K street to buy influence | 2022-02-26 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1497573245150633987 | 1497573245150633987 |
| Putin might well conquer Ukraine if he's willing to pay | 2022-02-26 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1497571928344645638 | 1497571928344645638 |
| "I need ammunition, not a ride" - how a strong leader leads | 2022-02-26 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497568258286751747 | 1497568258286751747 |
| Some people don't think US will suffer major cyber and | 2022-02-26 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1497384373686915074 | 1497384373686915074 |
| Location sharing - something else to worry about. | 2022-02-26 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497383489141821443 | 1497383489141821443 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2022-02-26 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497379662648922120 | 1497379662648922120 |
| Putin runs elections in Russia and Belarus through | 2022-02-25 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497288775482757120 | 1497288775482757120 |
| Possible futures for Ukraine - as seen by Putin. | 2022-02-25 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497274029048168451 | 1497274029048168451 |
| Crypto was designed to help criminals like Putin! | 2022-02-25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497223885850247169 | 1497223885850247169 |
| DeJoy strikes another blow for freedom - freedom to ignore | 2022-02-25 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497222982862659584 | 1497222982862659584 |
| Hours before the invasion - Putin's unknowing allies hit | 2022-02-25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497222521220833280 | 1497222521220833280 |
| The next steps in Putin's plan - surrender of all Ukrainian | 2022-02-25 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1497206821609639938 | 1497206821609639938 |
| McConnell is trying to purge unelectable fringe candidates | 2022-02-25 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497095668233506817 | 1497095668233506817 |
| Can Putin-Trumpism be defeated? It has a lot of appeal | 2022-02-25 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497090907274764292 | 1497090907274764292 |
| The west can hit Putin where it hurts - if they are willing | 2022-02-25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497087602863710208 | 1497087602863710208 |
| How to get elected and get rich. Or at least raise | 2022-02-25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497086432392798209 | 1497086432392798209 |
| Baltic democracies and Poland fear they are next - with | 2022-02-25 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1497084059243016196 | 1497084059243016196 |
| CPAC formerly "featured scholars and professors rather | 2022-02-25 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497080436601720833 | 1497080436601720833 |
| Russia has a much better track record on subterfuge. | 2022-02-25 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1497079045011300359 | 1497079045011300359 |
| Putin's greatest fear - a pandemic of democratic yearnings | 2022-02-25 | 133 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1497078033445908483 | 1497078033445908483 |
| Putin can conquer Ukraine in a week. Then what? | 2022-02-25 | 173 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1497077763328544768 | 1497077763328544768 |
| Putin-Trumpism - "more about Russia First than America | 2022-02-25 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497075546232029186 | 1497075546232029186 |
| Social media more often making things worse than better. | 2022-02-25 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1497047256695857153 | 1497047256695857153 |
| Putin trips up his supporters all over the world. | 2022-02-25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497045742547963905 | 1497045742547963905 |
| Putin's plan for dismembering Ukraine, devouring the good | 2022-02-25 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1497044613260988417 | 1497044613260988417 |
| Donald Trump's Detention Club. | 2022-02-25 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497024757170327552 | 1497024757170327552 |
| So much for "politics ends at the water's edge" | 2022-02-25 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1497024024571834373 | 1497024024571834373 |
| The clock is ticking down - to 1 Sep 1939. Or 28 | 2022-02-25 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497021190296145939 | 1497021190296145939 |
| Poland and Finland were once part of Russia. | 2022-02-24 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1496858724664692736 | 1496858724664692736 |
| "As Putin spoke, big explosions were heard in Kyiv, | 2022-02-24 | 864 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1496699658919313412 | 1496699658919313412 |
| The Trumpists' desperate need for Hillary Clinton to | 2022-02-23 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1496485036983476226 | 1496485036983476226 |
| Not since Charles Lindbergh! | 2022-02-23 | 832 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1496484008682995718 | 1496484008682995718 |
| Putin knows history well enough. | 2022-02-23 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1496481549659033600 | 1496481549659033600 |
| Ukraine and Taiwan - maybe not now. But sooner or later. | 2022-02-23 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1496479743025508352 | 1496479743025508352 |
| Actually it wasn't Russia OR al-Qaeda. It was China. | 2022-02-23 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1496342259687911427 | 1496342259687911427 |
| Do you believe ANYthing you read on social media? | 2022-02-23 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1496341121940742147 | 1496341121940742147 |
| Appeasement isn't working. | 2022-02-23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1496339415475671045 | 1496339415475671045 |
| Putin's handmaidens are eager to do his work for him - | 2022-02-23 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1496337526931533824 | 1496337526931533824 |
| Putin's handmaidens volunteer to help - he doesn't even | 2022-02-23 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1496336963581972486 | 1496336963581972486 |
| The only thing GOP know how to do is criticize Biden | 2022-02-23 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1496335792880377859 | 1496335792880377859 |
| Social media is harder than you think, even if you use | 2022-02-23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1496334525957300228 | 1496334525957300228 |
| Putin's handmaidens collaborate for him. He doesn't even | 2022-02-22 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1496161165143072774 | 1496161165143072774 |
| Other people's money - it's FROM other people, not | 2022-02-22 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1496159854544756739 | 1496159854544756739 |
| Omicron is the worst variant for children too young to | 2022-02-21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1495848491880521737 | 1495848491880521737 |
| Bifurcated recovery - the rich get richer and the poor | 2022-02-21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1495838482710863873 | 1495838482710863873 |
| If at first you don't succeed - | 2022-02-21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1495788596774723588 | 1495788596774723588 |
| Putin can certainly quickly conquer Ukraine in a blitz. | 2022-02-21 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1495786080255504388 | 1495786080255504388 |
| Will Putin settle for the Sudetenland to obtain peace for | 2022-02-21 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1495781635652042753 | 1495781635652042753 |
| The difference between Biden and LBJ - equals the | 2022-02-20 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1495431694312083463 | 1495431694312083463 |
| Civil war or secession? There's a milder approach - | 2022-02-20 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1495428783850999809 | 1495428783850999809 |
| Trade wars for losers. | 2022-02-20 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1495409112288428034 | 1495409112288428034 |
| America can't retire from being a superpower. | 2022-02-20 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1495408252535787520 | 1495408252535787520 |
| Putin has spent a lifetime preparing Russia for his day - | 2022-02-20 | 197 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1495405408596344832 | 1495405408596344832 |
| Putin has a little list - of democracy defenders who might | 2022-02-20 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1495395045481930753 | 1495395045481930753 |
| The difference between Biden and Trump. | 2022-02-20 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1495393929759367173 | 1495393929759367173 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2022-02-20 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1495390231524036612 | 1495390231524036612 |
| False flags - a Russian tradition! | 2022-02-19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1494880529593733125 | 1494880529593733125 |
| Musk donates hugely to - some unnamed charity. | 2022-02-18 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1494537232492892164 | 1494537232492892164 |
| Senate dysfunction writ large - GOP won't even show up to | 2022-02-18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1494536461462298627 | 1494536461462298627 |
| Who would accept crypto assets as collateral? | 2022-02-18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1494535922167148544 | 1494535922167148544 |
| Ever want to be a beta tester? Just buy a Tesla! | 2022-02-18 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1494492834325352451 | 1494492834325352451 |
| An administration run like a crime syndicate has to be | 2022-02-18 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1494483443924627458 | 1494483443924627458 |
| Canada trucking crisis - it's all about influencing US | 2022-02-18 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1494469407367524394 | 1494469407367524394 |
| Most religious groups discourage vaccine exemptions. | 2022-02-17 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1494337510922543111 | 1494337510922543111 |
| Austin might or might not be able to import Silicon | 2022-02-17 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1494337225663807497 | 1494337225663807497 |
| Forget the kids! Who gets the passwords? | 2022-02-17 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1494334127411130375 | 1494334127411130375 |
| A candidate who fully earned Trump's endorsement. | 2022-02-17 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1494324189527875590 | 1494324189527875590 |
| Is a Trump endorsement worth less than he thinks? | 2022-02-17 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1494322898999205892 | 1494322898999205892 |
| A permanent Ukraine invasion-threat crisis might be more | 2022-02-17 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1494321192756387842 | 1494321192756387842 |
| Blinken emphasizes strategic importance of Pacific islands | 2022-02-17 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1494185323026259972 | 1494185323026259972 |
| The case for large legislative bodies - they are harder | 2022-02-17 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1494180446434779140 | 1494180446434779140 |
| Crypto is just hot air. A few people win big, paid for | 2022-02-17 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1494168377983528963 | 1494168377983528963 |
| IRS trying to tax gig workers. | 2022-02-17 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1494166690099122178 | 1494166690099122178 |
| Unpleasant demographic change coming if we don't do more | 2022-02-17 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1494166024479903744 | 1494166024479903744 |
| How pro sports rip off underlawyered public agencies. | 2022-02-17 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1494149021601988609 | 1494149021601988609 |
| 49ers hit by ransomware attack. | 2022-02-17 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1494146600020578309 | 1494146600020578309 |
| How the Trumpist propaganda machine makes ratings (and | 2022-02-17 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1494145054545305606 | 1494145054545305606 |
| The real threat to Putin - Ukraine in the EU. | 2022-02-16 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1493960266895163397 | 1493960266895163397 |
| Why choose? | 2022-02-16 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1493956796091809795 | 1493956796091809795 |
| What happens when nobody has even heard of the great books | 2022-02-16 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1493814397491286019 | 1493814397491286019 |
| How wealthy white GOP donors have subverted parental | 2022-02-16 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1493812757149351941 | 1493812757149351941 |
| Which Americans support the Canadian trucker demonstrators? | 2022-02-16 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1493806419602141185 | 1493806419602141185 |
| The sixth column - cyber warfare. | 2022-02-16 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1493805246501457920 | 1493805246501457920 |
| Other people's money! | 2022-02-16 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1493796475469398016 | 1493796475469398016 |
| Financial services to pizza delivery. | 2022-02-16 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1493795615318282241 | 1493795615318282241 |
| Jan 6 committee wants to talk to six more fake electors | 2022-02-16 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1493794863472463872 | 1493794863472463872 |
| There's no secret about the GOP agenda. Talk about | 2022-02-15 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1493606363418738689 | 1493606363418738689 |
| Connecticut comes to Shasta County. Just follow the | 2022-02-15 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1493603189131780105 | 1493603189131780105 |
| Zero Hedge - your home for Russian propaganda and fringe | 2022-02-15 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1493600060394852365 | 1493600060394852365 |
| Americans, including QAnons, provide major funding to | 2022-02-15 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1493598864821133317 | 1493598864821133317 |
| Enough is enough! | 2022-02-14 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1493371145067720706 | 1493371145067720706 |
| Along with "training exercises" on the border and a false | 2022-02-14 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1493369082095280129 | 1493369082095280129 |
| 11000 privileged emails and 150 pleadings of the fifth? | 2022-02-14 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1493366092009402369 | 1493366092009402369 |
| CYA time for Mazars! | 2022-02-14 | 319 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1493364531023605760 | 1493364531023605760 |
| Much of the San Joaquin Valley was desert before | 2022-02-14 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1493244176426627072 | 1493244176426627072 |
| Know Nothing and proud of it! | 2022-02-14 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1493229004567941124 | 1493229004567941124 |
| Protest convenient for Trumpism! Encourage "legitimate | 2022-02-14 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1493226851958853635 | 1493226851958853635 |
| Trump remains Democrats' secret weapon. He keeps doing his | 2022-02-13 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1492906951159652352 | 1492906951159652352 |
| A day in Inglewood, a night in the Ukraine. | 2022-02-12 | 130 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1492540755604213764 | 1492540755604213764 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2022-02-11 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1492234369863282689 | 1492234369863282689 |
| Strong leader Putin is the role model for Trump. | 2022-02-11 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1492130014837428229 | 1492130014837428229 |
| Trump aiming to preserve his emperor role, with some | 2022-02-11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1492128434511769600 | 1492128434511769600 |
| How Biden is moving forward on BBB. | 2022-02-10 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491786357227732992 | 1491786357227732992 |
| Some countries don't have equal rights for women. | 2022-02-10 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491663879222398981 | 1491663879222398981 |
| The Canadian trucker disruption was practically made for | 2022-02-10 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491660214474403841 | 1491660214474403841 |
| How cults work - leaving you no time to think is part of | 2022-02-10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491658499335475201 | 1491658499335475201 |
| "while US foes like Russia and China are escalating | 2022-02-10 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491657209717030915 | 1491657209717030915 |
| "The anti-Trump constituency is one out of 10 Republican | 2022-02-10 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491652071090622470 | 1491652071090622470 |
| Free trade + fear of loss of status = Trumpism? | 2022-02-10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491603687659040768 | 1491603687659040768 |
| Florida wants schools to prevent “discomfort, guilt | 2022-02-10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491589340085907458 | 1491589340085907458 |
| What do billionaires do all day? | 2022-02-10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491588494132596741 | 1491588494132596741 |
| A lot of people in Afghanistan wish they'd left earlier | 2022-02-10 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1491586255611514887 | 1491586255611514887 |
| "It’s another thing for a lawyer who used to be a | 2022-02-10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491585320567009281 | 1491585320567009281 |
| The Presidential Records Act was just another law for Trump | 2022-02-10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491584738192023555 | 1491584738192023555 |
| An Irish diplomat appreciates Leopold Bloom on his | 2022-02-10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491575096527372290 | 1491575096527372290 |
| How do you talk to an autocrat? Flattery works with | 2022-02-10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491574333315043331 | 1491574333315043331 |
| McConnell and Trump trade more shots - | 2022-02-10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491564922920071171 | 1491564922920071171 |
| In case you had any doubt, the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP | 2022-02-09 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491559715494531072 | 1491559715494531072 |
| Navarro subpoena - about time! | 2022-02-09 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491558077014839298 | 1491558077014839298 |
| Automotive and consumer electronics time scales don't | 2022-02-09 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491554040081125376 | 1491554040081125376 |
| Tired of rising auto prices due to supply chain problems? | 2022-02-09 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1491553082840260609 | 1491553082840260609 |
| As long as Trump is able, every election is going to | 2022-02-09 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1491421096796889090 | 1491421096796889090 |
| Putin's plan might be to threaten war until he wears | 2022-02-09 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491292826411614208 | 1491292826411614208 |
| The GOP program always includes union-busting. When | 2022-02-09 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491290703447859201 | 1491290703447859201 |
| We need to fix the Senate confirmation dysfunction. | 2022-02-09 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491287311258370050 | 1491287311258370050 |
| Self-restraint is a fundamental prerequisite for and basis | 2022-02-09 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491281775825649665 | 1491281775825649665 |
| First insurrection trial starts in 3 weeks. Sounds like | 2022-02-09 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491278553010548737 | 1491278553010548737 |
| Why is DOJ letting the clock run out on Trump's obstruction | 2022-02-09 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1491273773047488514 | 1491273773047488514 |
| Racism - another road to riches in Trumpist world. | 2022-02-09 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491272093815939076 | 1491272093815939076 |
| If it weren't for colored people in cities, Trump would | 2022-02-09 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491271515639214080 | 1491271515639214080 |
| Differing recollections of the Afghan evacuation. | 2022-02-09 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491267951068332034 | 1491267951068332034 |
| There's big bucks in Trumpism! That's how it attracts so | 2022-02-09 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491264858947723264 | 1491264858947723264 |
| Very Trumpist - having it both ways. Tell the public | 2022-02-09 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491262905266085889 | 1491262905266085889 |
| It's hard to believe that something this complicated isn't | 2022-02-09 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1491257392818192389 | 1491257392818192389 |
| $3.6 billion recovered. | 2022-02-09 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491256018877427713 | 1491256018877427713 |
| GOP wants to whitewash the big picture by preventing | 2022-02-09 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491236325106003969 | 1491236325106003969 |
| NC elections board asserts power to enforce | 2022-02-09 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491234135033397251 | 1491234135033397251 |
| The worse news is that Austin is the best place to be | 2022-02-08 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491151275970695168 | 1491151275970695168 |
| Poor Elon Musk - the government just won't let him do it | 2022-02-08 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491150126584569856 | 1491150126584569856 |
| It's NOT GOP fighting GOP, like Democrats fighting over | 2022-02-08 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491067428435939330 | 1491067428435939330 |
| Epidemic of whiplash likely for GOP leaders - ducking | 2022-02-08 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1490926372004728832 | 1490926372004728832 |
| Christie joins Pence in pointing out the obvious. | 2022-02-08 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490923874976149506 | 1490923874976149506 |
| The person serving you might be infectious and symptomatic. | 2022-02-08 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490901366457311236 | 1490901366457311236 |
| The Great Reshuffle - not so much retirement as finding | 2022-02-08 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490900193587261442 | 1490900193587261442 |
| Traditional conservatives realize they were never a mass | 2022-02-08 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490867098624864256 | 1490867098624864256 |
| Canadian authorities slowly respond to menacing protests. | 2022-02-08 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490866586806517761 | 1490866586806517761 |
| Presidential Records Act - just another law that Trump | 2022-02-08 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490861340671774726 | 1490861340671774726 |
| Right-to-lifers criticize DeSantis for being too liberal. | 2022-02-08 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490860633814093824 | 1490860633814093824 |
| Arming Mexican cartels is very profitable. They mostly | 2022-02-08 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490858684435472385 | 1490858684435472385 |
| Trump invents new ways for ex-presidents to make money | 2022-02-08 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1490855571116806146 | 1490855571116806146 |
| Nobody's fringier or Trumpier than Greene! But the | 2022-02-08 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490849295536320512 | 1490849295536320512 |
| Is a two-state solution still possible? | 2022-02-08 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1490846997565243393 | 1490846997565243393 |
| Biden gets Germany on board for a united front against | 2022-02-08 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490845856626446337 | 1490845856626446337 |
| Reagan's new morning in America - "only 10.3% of workers | 2022-02-08 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490845393562714115 | 1490845393562714115 |
| Jan 6 committee wants to talk to Ivanka. She was there | 2022-02-08 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490839943547031553 | 1490839943547031553 |
| Trump nominees remember what they are there for - to | 2022-02-08 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490838816784928772 | 1490838816784928772 |
| Thiel decides he can promote Trumpist minority rule better | 2022-02-07 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490837679302344705 | 1490837679302344705 |
| "it’s imperative that the next generation ensures the | 2022-02-07 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490836746933731331 | 1490836746933731331 |
| State of Jefferson Trumpist militias try lawful methods | 2022-02-07 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490723904331026435 | 1490723904331026435 |
| New variants keep popping up! | 2022-02-07 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1490700318757195776 | 1490700318757195776 |
| Third parties - the Impossible Dream! | 2022-02-07 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490682171920506880 | 1490682171920506880 |
| How China uses (and Germany used) market power to control | 2022-02-07 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490546010564685825 | 1490546010564685825 |
| I always voted at my party's call And I never thought | 2022-02-07 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490544451961249793 | 1490544451961249793 |
| Old rich white men - like Trump - are victims of racism? | 2022-02-07 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490542152589266947 | 1490542152589266947 |
| The rules haven't really changed. | 2022-02-07 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490531572289662983 | 1490531572289662983 |
| Worthy of the Franz von Papen award - | 2022-02-07 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490504993597640707 | 1490504993597640707 |
| Wealth inequality and income inequality - not the same | 2022-02-07 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490499620849393666 | 1490499620849393666 |
| From now on, all elections will be one-party affairs | 2022-02-07 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490496734094495747 | 1490496734094495747 |
| The US has the most aircraft carriers. Its opponents | 2022-02-07 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490483398392958978 | 1490483398392958978 |
| Manchin and Murkowski are hopeful for bipartisan revision | 2022-02-07 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490478590827241473 | 1490478590827241473 |
| Government support for religion. | 2022-02-07 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490477486919995394 | 1490477486919995394 |
| Cyberattacks are good for financing nuclear missile | 2022-02-07 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490476213315387392 | 1490476213315387392 |
| Not just governors and secretaries of state, but attorneys | 2022-02-07 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490475507703418880 | 1490475507703418880 |
| Playing the race card got Trump this far, so he's sticking | 2022-02-06 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490474349408632833 | 1490474349408632833 |
| Manchin and Murkowski endorse each other. | 2022-02-06 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490473182163202051 | 1490473182163202051 |
| Trumpist state of emergency in Canada. | 2022-02-06 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1490472638543585280 | 1490472638543585280 |
| Dementia vs privacy. | 2022-02-06 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490469502097649671 | 1490469502097649671 |
| Internet vigilante. | 2022-02-06 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490440966557241344 | 1490440966557241344 |
| Trump responds to Pence in a very presidential way. | 2022-02-06 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1490359225033265153 | 1490359225033265153 |
| When did Trump ever care about laws? He just wanted | 2022-02-06 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490232996556800001 | 1490232996556800001 |
| Trump removed all doubt. His supporters cheered. | 2022-02-06 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490231614571380743 | 1490231614571380743 |
| Attorneys warn Jan 6 defendants not to count on Trump | 2022-02-06 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1490230185844613125 | 1490230185844613125 |
| There might be limits to Chinese support for Putin. | 2022-02-06 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490228097399939076 | 1490228097399939076 |
| "the lowest paying states -- offering an average salary | 2022-02-06 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490227031165997057 | 1490227031165997057 |
| How would Trump or DeSantis feel about thousands | 2022-02-06 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490224598813581317 | 1490224598813581317 |
| There is bipartisan agreement among some senators that | 2022-02-06 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490222939903455241 | 1490222939903455241 |
| Putin's getting ready for - something. | 2022-02-06 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490221313499140096 | 1490221313499140096 |
| Overpaid executives keep running into roadblocks in Palo | 2022-02-06 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490220101408210951 | 1490220101408210951 |
| Fragile majorities mean no progress. | 2022-02-05 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489971549079629824 | 1489971549079629824 |
| GoFundMe shuts down Canada Truckers fund. | 2022-02-05 | 90 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1489839448409866241 | 1489839448409866241 |
| Putin keeps positioning more Russian troops and equipment. | 2022-02-05 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489824914374725633 | 1489824914374725633 |
| Why do people feel so bad about the economy? They've | 2022-02-05 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1489823291766292480 | 1489823291766292480 |
| "Trump is the embodiment of the wounds that already | 2022-02-05 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489821577411584004 | 1489821577411584004 |
| W.E.B. Du Bois saw it all coming in 1935. The foes of | 2022-02-05 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489816546172018696 | 1489816546172018696 |
| Call Trump as a witness? Good luck with that! He can | 2022-02-05 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489814440853716999 | 1489814440853716999 |
| Don't build your house on somebody else's land. | 2022-02-05 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1489809214805446661 | 1489809214805446661 |
| The few remaining traditional conservatives in GOP try to | 2022-02-05 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1489808170125914112 | 1489808170125914112 |
| Unclear on the concept! | 2022-02-05 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489807490300612608 | 1489807490300612608 |
| New names for old bases - honoring patriots rather than | 2022-02-05 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489803372278403075 | 1489803372278403075 |
| Excerpts from the official Virginia 7th-grade history book | 2022-02-05 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489772973783347201 | 1489772973783347201 |
| Putin strengthens NATO and reminds it of its purpose. | 2022-02-05 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489761322363359237 | 1489761322363359237 |
| How Putin gained control of Belarus. He had a | 2022-02-05 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489759256047874050 | 1489759256047874050 |
| Trumpists close down Butterfly Center for opposing wall | 2022-02-05 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489757139803377666 | 1489757139803377666 |
| Don't give Newt too much credit for invention. He was | 2022-02-05 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489754797121028096 | 1489754797121028096 |
| One way to find out what Wyoming voters really think about | 2022-02-05 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1489753424644042752 | 1489753424644042752 |
| So much for the Arab Spring. | 2022-02-05 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489752537951453186 | 1489752537951453186 |
| Big bucks spent to keep non-existent election fraud in | 2022-02-04 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489750191162884099 | 1489750191162884099 |
| This might help in the long run. | 2022-02-04 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489747889915977729 | 1489747889915977729 |
| Chinese espionage continues. | 2022-02-04 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489746772247277571 | 1489746772247277571 |
| It could have been worse. | 2022-02-04 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489741417492598784 | 1489741417492598784 |
| If you're rich enough to afford fancy lawyers, you don't | 2022-02-04 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489738179586363392 | 1489738179586363392 |
| Anybody who works so hard to keep in the public eye - | 2022-02-04 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1489737012605173760 | 1489737012605173760 |
| Food is getting more expensive globally. There's not | 2022-02-04 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1489736417429233665 | 1489736417429233665 |
| Pence said the obvious - Trump was wrong. He got | 2022-02-04 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1489729916664881156 | 1489729916664881156 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2022-02-04 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489727229923790848 | 1489727229923790848 |
| Putin has already won without firing a shot, thanks to | 2022-02-04 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489623377333534721 | 1489623377333534721 |
| Putin and Xi see eye-to-eye. Will they coordinate | 2022-02-04 | 259 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1489605371966615552 | 1489605371966615552 |
| RNC confirms and affirms that GOP is the party of the Trump | 2022-02-04 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1489603360181264392 | 1489603360181264392 |
| DeSantis has found his political $weet $pot - running | 2022-02-04 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489470659142975489 | 1489470659142975489 |
| Putin's smaller-scale options. | 2022-02-04 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489469092184485889 | 1489469092184485889 |
| Trumpist election rigging derailed in Arizona. | 2022-02-04 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1489464596524003328 | 1489464596524003328 |
| Jeffrey Clark pleads the fifth over 100 times. | 2022-02-04 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489454209699237890 | 1489454209699237890 |
| Olympic athletes get to experience Chinese life. | 2022-02-04 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489442354658349057 | 1489442354658349057 |
| The best self-defense is a home free of firearms. | 2022-02-04 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489440730464489474 | 1489440730464489474 |
| Pence aides won't say what Trump said. | 2022-02-04 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489421484229419012 | 1489421484229419012 |
| Trump's reality-TV approach to endorsements doesn't sit | 2022-02-04 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489420473381244929 | 1489420473381244929 |
| Reality-TV hit a new level of unreality? | 2022-02-04 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489417430103248896 | 1489417430103248896 |
| The Senate battleground in 2022. | 2022-02-03 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489324639482384384 | 1489324639482384384 |
| Why Germany is less inclined to oppose Russia. | 2022-02-03 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489315098334142464 | 1489315098334142464 |
| Lights, cameras, --- action! | 2022-02-03 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489312483189813248 | 1489312483189813248 |
| Why Europe depends on US. | 2022-02-03 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489308219990163457 | 1489308219990163457 |
| States take steps to protect election workers from threats | 2022-02-03 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489290413127073800 | 1489290413127073800 |
| Why do real estate developers contribute to 3 out of 4 | 2022-02-03 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489289739874099204 | 1489289739874099204 |
| Some wanted to get the NSA into the act. They didn't | 2022-02-03 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489253692217851911 | 1489253692217851911 |
| Following the steps of Lindbergh, Hawley and Carlson lead | 2022-02-03 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489139581639282688 | 1489139581639282688 |
| GOP argues what to do about Supreme Court nominee. | 2022-02-03 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489136169438769153 | 1489136169438769153 |
| DeSantis perfects himself as Trump 2.0. | 2022-02-03 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1489134743404769283 | 1489134743404769283 |
| Another quagmire with no exit strategy. | 2022-02-03 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489133145932787719 | 1489133145932787719 |
| Save extra income for a rainy day? That's too much | 2022-02-03 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489131869828313090 | 1489131869828313090 |
| More bad luck for Senate Democrats. | 2022-02-03 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489128154752970754 | 1489128154752970754 |
| GOP wants Biden to do something about crime. But not | 2022-02-03 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489125746387800064 | 1489125746387800064 |
| Technology to support sanction evasion. | 2022-02-03 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489122641763975170 | 1489122641763975170 |
| Anti-vax trucker convoy in Canada gets support from Trump | 2022-02-03 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489119729721565190 | 1489119729721565190 |
| The real patriots were the ones who quietly resisted | 2022-02-03 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489118363485835265 | 1489118363485835265 |
| Now warehouse space is scarce, as the economy tries to | 2022-02-03 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489116394004234241 | 1489116394004234241 |
| Tesla programmed California stops into its vehicles. | 2022-02-03 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489115337157005316 | 1489115337157005316 |
| Time to change how redistricting is done. | 2022-02-03 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1489114103058599937 | 1489114103058599937 |
| Will ranked choice voting | 2022-02-03 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489113248070713347 | 1489113248070713347 |
| Maybe the Metaverse is not really the next big thing for | 2022-02-03 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489099725823361026 | 1489099725823361026 |
| A strong leader model for Trump - | 2022-02-03 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489099088104624131 | 1489099088104624131 |
| Vindman's revenge! | 2022-02-03 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489093698247819265 | 1489093698247819265 |
| Trump doubles down on asserting that Pence could have | 2022-02-02 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488780445118459912 | 1488780445118459912 |
| Democrats had only 11 months left to do anything important. | 2022-02-02 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488777147862847490 | 1488777147862847490 |
| Will RNC excommunicate Cheney and Kinzinger? | 2022-02-02 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1488774960227127297 | 1488774960227127297 |
| If all you know is guerilla terrorism, that's all you | 2022-02-02 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488769342141440001 | 1488769342141440001 |
| DeSantis making inroads on Trump. He's so much like | 2022-02-02 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488764794828066817 | 1488764794828066817 |
| Will Marc Short turn out to be the pivotal witness? | 2022-02-01 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488525660515676172 | 1488525660515676172 |
| Ancient ethnic rivalries and domestic politics dominate | 2022-02-01 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488384690885038080 | 1488384690885038080 |
| GOP leads in fund-raising. Will that be enough to offset | 2022-02-01 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488381933482434565 | 1488381933482434565 |
| Red states aren't using covid funds to help those who | 2022-02-01 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488380648318373891 | 1488380648318373891 |
| US dependents to leave Belarus too. | 2022-02-01 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488379361866616836 | 1488379361866616836 |
| Shots are coming for under-5. Maybe child care will be | 2022-02-01 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488352338527997956 | 1488352338527997956 |
| Of course no Trumpist - hardly any GOP in fact - is really | 2022-02-01 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1488350882005614596 | 1488350882005614596 |
| Trump has more campaign funds than the RNC. Maybe | 2022-02-01 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488349497788747776 | 1488349497788747776 |
| Most GOP legislators demonstrate excellence at avoiding | 2022-02-01 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488348805682667521 | 1488348805682667521 |
| DOD won't violate constitution? Try DHS! | 2022-02-01 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488347206440534023 | 1488347206440534023 |
| Covid is a lot like the 1918 flu. | 2022-02-01 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488345139449716736 | 1488345139449716736 |
| Spotify/Rogan and Trump/Twitter - what's the same, what's | 2022-02-01 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488343542502080515 | 1488343542502080515 |
| "What social problems do these blockchain-enabled | 2022-02-01 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488341388668256261 | 1488341388668256261 |
| Slow service due to short staffs? Are you going to | 2022-02-01 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488329817514594305 | 1488329817514594305 |
| "This time is never different" And the rules never change. | 2022-02-01 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488328963562754049 | 1488328963562754049 |
| A history of Supreme Court diversity. | 2022-02-01 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488324472864067586 | 1488324472864067586 |
| It's easy to criticize while you are out of power. | 2022-02-01 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488304867915431936 | 1488304867915431936 |
| Ruthless Democratic gerrymandering now might make it | 2022-02-01 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1488303808190902274 | 1488303808190902274 |
| "The virus is not disappearing. It is adapting. We must | 2022-02-01 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488302135900991489 | 1488302135900991489 |
| Traditional conservative tries to encourage Pence. | 2022-02-01 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488301311997009921 | 1488301311997009921 |
| What kind of idiot would tear up incriminating material | 2022-01-31 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488300129673449473 | 1488300129673449473 |
| Trump might have improved the chances of Electoral Count | 2022-01-31 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488296538946162688 | 1488296538946162688 |
| Pence doesn't want to testify but his staff will. | 2022-01-31 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488294569049395202 | 1488294569049395202 |
| In the covid era, public schools make good ransomware | 2022-01-31 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488293306148667396 | 1488293306148667396 |
| “The Trump group is smaller today, but it is even more | 2022-01-31 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488174318794121222 | 1488174318794121222 |
| "When do we get to use the guns?" | 2022-01-31 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488157998052638720 | 1488157998052638720 |
| Some GOP worry Trump won't stay on message. But Trump | 2022-01-31 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488156048980471809 | 1488156048980471809 |
| Jan 6 committee doesn't have a lot of time to get to the | 2022-01-31 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488154035160977411 | 1488154035160977411 |
| Newt Gingrich joins the insurrectionist chorus. | 2022-01-31 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488045812894470144 | 1488045812894470144 |
| Trump says Pence could have and should have overturned | 2022-01-31 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488036764191051780 | 1488036764191051780 |
| Will FBI protect Georgia DA and grand jury from Trumpist | 2022-01-31 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1488035783680282630 | 1488035783680282630 |
| Did Trump call for additional violent insurrection is he | 2022-01-31 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488035358411739140 | 1488035358411739140 |
| A coordinated campaign to convert neutral professionalism | 2022-01-31 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487992103791595525 | 1487992103791595525 |
| Who helps Putin call the shots? A bunch of fellow | 2022-01-31 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487990351650381827 | 1487990351650381827 |
| Putin is NATO's best advertisement. | 2022-01-31 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487986261906243584 | 1487986261906243584 |
| Putin's mythology - much like Trump's. Make up an | 2022-01-31 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487984996283400193 | 1487984996283400193 |
| Why eating out is getting more expensive. | 2022-01-31 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487982995055079425 | 1487982995055079425 |
| Is volatility an attractive nuisance? | 2022-01-31 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487978992837693440 | 1487978992837693440 |
| Is covid undermining authoritarians globally? Or just | 2022-01-31 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487977129354563587 | 1487977129354563587 |
| Need investment advice? | 2022-01-31 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487960113524527106 | 1487960113524527106 |
| Re-elected Trump might pardon insurrection criminals. | 2022-01-31 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487958906290667520 | 1487958906290667520 |
| US is still trying to catch up with IS - | 2022-01-31 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487940735152259072 | 1487940735152259072 |
| IRS as Sisyphus - under bipartisan direction. Democrats | 2022-01-30 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487921189037117440 | 1487921189037117440 |
| Protect small business and consumers by protecting global | 2022-01-30 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1487899253296881668 | 1487899253296881668 |
| What's ultimately more important - the port of Oakland | 2022-01-30 | 112 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1487898462590935041 | 1487898462590935041 |
| Lots of reasons to deny bail for Rhodes. | 2022-01-30 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487895952669040643 | 1487895952669040643 |
| Cyberweapons - the new nukes for merchants of death. | 2022-01-30 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487866214894366721 | 1487866214894366721 |
| History of mass movements has at least two parts - the | 2022-01-30 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487842897919569921 | 1487842897919569921 |
| What is the Trumpist Dixiecrat Republican Party? | 2022-01-30 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487816723944275972 | 1487816723944275972 |
| Putin, like Trump, hates to lose. So maybe he won't | 2022-01-30 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487796726207422467 | 1487796726207422467 |
| Would Putin invade Ukraine during the Olympics? | 2022-01-30 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487795604818325510 | 1487795604818325510 |
| Re-elected Trump might pardon insurrection criminals. | 2022-01-30 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487684201251962881 | 1487684201251962881 |
| Finishing Trump's wall won't stop the flow. | 2022-01-30 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487678889019150336 | 1487678889019150336 |
| Who gets burned by cryptocurrency? The same kinds of | 2022-01-30 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487678139522158594 | 1487678139522158594 |
| Monetizing the presidency - and this time not a single | 2022-01-30 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487677496812179458 | 1487677496812179458 |
| Monetizing the presidency - | 2022-01-29 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487438140549709827 | 1487438140549709827 |
| Trump is confident he'll run and win! | 2022-01-29 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487437517980770309 | 1487437517980770309 |
| Fake electors - will they plead the fifth? | 2022-01-29 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487436577991114755 | 1487436577991114755 |
| Above and beyond - what the prosecution asked. | 2022-01-29 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487436047772368896 | 1487436047772368896 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2022-01-29 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487419668813926400 | 1487419668813926400 |
| Recovering Trumpist advises other recovering Trumpists. | 2022-01-27 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486789949126967296 | 1486789949126967296 |
| Arthur Rock, founder of Silicon Valley. | 2022-01-27 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486782400445042692 | 1486782400445042692 |
| Traditional conservatives no longer have a political party. | 2022-01-27 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486778619401629699 | 1486778619401629699 |
| Is Tucker Carlson making his play for the 2024 GOP | 2022-01-27 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486775536726671361 | 1486775536726671361 |
| A third of the electorate doesn't care about objective | 2022-01-27 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486731276107190275 | 1486731276107190275 |
| A scene from the transformation of GOP from rule of law | 2022-01-27 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486724534493351936 | 1486724534493351936 |
| Being a Trumpist means you don't have to obey the law. | 2022-01-27 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486704718059503616 | 1486704718059503616 |
| Imagining Trumpist tactics in 2024 - | 2022-01-27 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486568805107044357 | 1486568805107044357 |
| DeSantis doesn't need science - he knows the Trump | 2022-01-27 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486567590835015687 | 1486567590835015687 |
| “cinematic epistemology - the world works the way | 2022-01-27 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486565856842686467 | 1486565856842686467 |
| Strengths and weaknesses of Russian forces vs Ukraine. | 2022-01-27 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1486564160921952258 | 1486564160921952258 |
| Everybody wants an annuity - even if it's illegal. | 2022-01-27 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486550162990272514 | 1486550162990272514 |
| Trumpists get warm response. But are they gaining new | 2022-01-27 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486549161692385280 | 1486549161692385280 |
| Will Manchin and Sinema support Biden's Supreme Court | 2022-01-27 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486547404987850759 | 1486547404987850759 |
| We may be reaching a historical inflection point - | 2022-01-27 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1486541811426344961 | 1486541811426344961 |
| Supply shortages breed supply shortages. | 2022-01-27 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486539463702441988 | 1486539463702441988 |
| Closing in on Eastman. The chief theorist of the | 2022-01-26 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486410800700870659 | 1486410800700870659 |
| Who cares if it's true if it polls well with the base? | 2022-01-26 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486409626845257728 | 1486409626845257728 |
| Putin's best investment? | 2022-01-26 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486407543312162817 | 1486407543312162817 |
| "there's rarely been a better time for foreign nations to | 2022-01-26 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486406435491618816 | 1486406435491618816 |
| Camp Auschwitz guy getting off lightly. | 2022-01-26 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486403378791936000 | 1486403378791936000 |
| McConnell is losing the daily media game to Trumpists. | 2022-01-26 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486402659980652544 | 1486402659980652544 |
| Anti-vaxers elicit counter-protests from the rational | 2022-01-26 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486396463290609666 | 1486396463290609666 |
| Pitch defileth the hand that toucheth it - you can't get | 2022-01-26 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486395409366880260 | 1486395409366880260 |
| No relief on gas prices soon. And there's nothing to | 2022-01-26 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1486391014013091840 | 1486391014013091840 |
| Putin "wants to evict the United States from Europe." | 2022-01-26 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486240004422602752 | 1486240004422602752 |
| "Tucker Carlson ought to be on your show!" one guest on | 2022-01-26 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1486238055778324480 | 1486238055778324480 |
| "It appears to me the administration is moving in the | 2022-01-26 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486232701770223617 | 1486232701770223617 |
| Different approaches to redistricting and House control | 2022-01-25 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485852216023916545 | 1485852216023916545 |
| West Virginia is a solid red state. Don't expect any | 2022-01-25 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485851640489861122 | 1485851640489861122 |
| Poverty is not good for babies! | 2022-01-25 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485850379820490755 | 1485850379820490755 |
| Reproductive rights will likely be a major issue in 2022 | 2022-01-25 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485849712217362432 | 1485849712217362432 |
| Napoleon and Hitler taught the world about invading Russia. | 2022-01-25 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485848614526062592 | 1485848614526062592 |
| "Russian linguistic and Orthodox motherland that should | 2022-01-25 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485820027013980161 | 1485820027013980161 |
| Buy a cheap seat, sit in a cheap seat? Not if you're | 2022-01-24 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485711783943757824 | 1485711783943757824 |
| Are Russian troops practicing social distancing? | 2022-01-24 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485711107905896448 | 1485711107905896448 |
| You have to have liability insurance to drive a car, | 2022-01-24 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485708832743378946 | 1485708832743378946 |
| How come whenever they actually find voting fraud - it's | 2022-01-24 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485707249137819872 | 1485707249137819872 |
| Strong leader Putin's vision of the future meshes nicely | 2022-01-24 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485668702968115203 | 1485668702968115203 |
| Affirmative action too? | 2022-01-24 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1485663539662524417 | 1485663539662524417 |
| A night of long knives coming? | 2022-01-24 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485640537159835648 | 1485640537159835648 |
| Why would anybody use cryptocurrencies to buy real estate? | 2022-01-24 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1485628397782921220 | 1485628397782921220 |
| Who cares whether it's true or not? Leading Michigan | 2022-01-24 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485626573168398339 | 1485626573168398339 |
| Changing a public health issue into a political fund | 2022-01-24 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485610564483121154 | 1485610564483121154 |
| Biden figured it out in one year - | 2022-01-24 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485481169395142659 | 1485481169395142659 |
| Jan 6 attendees have an epiphany - of falsehoods. | 2022-01-24 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485478021473583105 | 1485478021473583105 |
| Texas thinks up novel methods of voter suppression - | 2022-01-24 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485475850472460295 | 1485475850472460295 |
| What strong leaders do - make up economics as they go - | 2022-01-24 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485410500892495880 | 1485410500892495880 |
| Jan 6 committee already talking to Barr. | 2022-01-23 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485401451442552832 | 1485401451442552832 |
| Play it again, Sam! The race card, that is. It polls | 2022-01-23 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485398231936757762 | 1485398231936757762 |
| War threat serious enough to evacuate dependents. | 2022-01-23 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485397042008444930 | 1485397042008444930 |
| The unbearable burden of nursing in a Trumpist Dixiecrat | 2022-01-23 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485395461183664132 | 1485395461183664132 |
| It's 1938 all over again. The west takes a stand now | 2022-01-23 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485314345563082752 | 1485314345563082752 |
| Pandemic of repeat armed carjackings by minors. | 2022-01-23 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485313167399948289 | 1485313167399948289 |
| How a strong leader converts journalists into propagandists | 2022-01-23 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485311281271738369 | 1485311281271738369 |
| GOP succeeds at IRS. Not enough resources for | 2022-01-23 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485309953720029184 | 1485309953720029184 |
| You thought majority rules? | 2022-01-23 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485307842164768772 | 1485307842164768772 |
| First catch for Election Threats Task Force. | 2022-01-23 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485306915357822976 | 1485306915357822976 |
| A very slight improvement - well in the future. | 2022-01-23 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485305296603942914 | 1485305296603942914 |
| How DID the Southern aristocracy get poor whites to fight | 2022-01-23 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485303941021585409 | 1485303941021585409 |
| British conclude that Russia intends to install a friendly | 2022-01-23 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485266477229899776 | 1485266477229899776 |
| Moving the filibuster from 67 to 60 - one of Mondale's | 2022-01-23 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485158197014851586 | 1485158197014851586 |
| Biden would not get off as easily on Fox. | 2022-01-23 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485155993377914881 | 1485155993377914881 |
| Epshteyn admits role in fake electors scam. | 2022-01-23 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485155589906853888 | 1485155589906853888 |
| Palin v NYT - with implications for Fox. | 2022-01-23 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1485154241375203330 | 1485154241375203330 |
| Putin strengthens NATO. Now Sweden and Finland are | 2022-01-23 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1485153279432544256 | 1485153279432544256 |
| An unreliable census. | 2022-01-23 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485151605833945089 | 1485151605833945089 |
| She voted no without ever saying what she WOULD vote for. | 2022-01-23 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485150579689025537 | 1485150579689025537 |
| Ponzi died but Ponzi schemes never die. | 2022-01-23 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485148461339013123 | 1485148461339013123 |
| It was all just a joke? | 2022-01-22 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484881597891448832 | 1484881597891448832 |
| Contract with America - the campaign brochure that nobody | 2022-01-22 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484772868957224960 | 1484772868957224960 |
| Optimism and pessimism in Ukraine. | 2022-01-22 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1484770734576574465 | 1484770734576574465 |
| How propaganda works. It doesn't have to be true if it | 2022-01-22 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484769796105203714 | 1484769796105203714 |
| A positive look at Biden's first year. | 2022-01-22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484767842356498433 | 1484767842356498433 |
| The antivax toll - no room in the ICU for other | 2022-01-22 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484766264560021506 | 1484766264560021506 |
| Known by the company they keep! | 2022-01-22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484764271082831876 | 1484764271082831876 |
| Tipster and social media did him in. | 2022-01-21 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1484662316989751296 | 1484662316989751296 |
| Make Election Day a state holiday! | 2022-01-21 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484658719778435073 | 1484658719778435073 |
| What happens when politics becomes unproductive? | 2022-01-21 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484657956092198912 | 1484657956092198912 |
| Pandemic of misleading ballot summaries of initiative | 2022-01-21 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484657396462993408 | 1484657396462993408 |
| Caste now a protected category at CSU. | 2022-01-21 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484654266694258691 | 1484654266694258691 |
| Trump thought through the National Guard seizing voting | 2022-01-21 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484653436943540225 | 1484653436943540225 |
| Metaverse risks? | 2022-01-21 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484652728819216385 | 1484652728819216385 |
| It's now or never for Putin to stop western ideas from | 2022-01-21 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1484530190973747203 | 1484530190973747203 |
| McCarthy wants to be Speaker so badly. | 2022-01-21 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484523814868320256 | 1484523814868320256 |
| The red (and sometimes blue) wave of inexperienced school | 2022-01-21 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484401505952100353 | 1484401505952100353 |
| Texas GOP don't want to talk about the real reasons for | 2022-01-21 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1484397824473059330 | 1484397824473059330 |
| While Trump stumbles on tactics and strategy, McConnell | 2022-01-21 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484391513253507077 | 1484391513253507077 |
| GOP asks Gingrich to draft a plan. They tell major donors | 2022-01-21 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484384204313956358 | 1484384204313956358 |
| Too many alternatives for political fantasy - and not | 2022-01-21 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1484379715636908038 | 1484379715636908038 |
| Voter rights have to be preserved at the state level, | 2022-01-21 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484375926079066115 | 1484375926079066115 |
| After a lifetime of lies, it's just automatic - second | 2022-01-21 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484374431174590471 | 1484374431174590471 |
| Need time to consider pleading fifth? That's a poor | 2022-01-21 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484373487296794628 | 1484373487296794628 |
| The fake electors plot was coordinated by Giuliani across | 2022-01-21 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484367574317944837 | 1484367574317944837 |
| We probably haven't heard the last Trumpist claims of | 2022-01-21 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484366317029187594 | 1484366317029187594 |
| A special grand jury for Georgia insurrection | 2022-01-21 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484362997992550405 | 1484362997992550405 |
| Who loves to spread fake news BECAUSE it's fake? | 2022-01-21 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1484351495512285187 | 1484351495512285187 |
| Not Trump's best days | 2022-01-20 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1484291709865398272 | 1484291709865398272 |
| Ivanka asked to testify | 2022-01-20 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484289823179300865 | 1484289823179300865 |
| Sometimes it's hard to stay motivated | 2022-01-20 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1484288493291335681 | 1484288493291335681 |
| Georgia leads the way in voter suppression - | 2022-01-20 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484177809744404484 | 1484177809744404484 |
| Trumpist or not, they're all defending minority rule - | 2022-01-20 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484176841023713288 | 1484176841023713288 |
| Don't waste taxpayer dollars on voter suppression cops - | 2022-01-20 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484176333936611338 | 1484176333936611338 |
| No room in the Emergency Room? | 2022-01-20 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484171380899782667 | 1484171380899782667 |
| Chinese scanners available below cost. What could | 2022-01-20 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484158674910138370 | 1484158674910138370 |
| What does Trump think of his Supreme Court nominations now? | 2022-01-20 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1484040992554569728 | 1484040992554569728 |
| Fuentes and Casey subpoenaed. Will they plead the | 2022-01-20 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1484038845658132483 | 1484038845658132483 |
| Beware of false gods! | 2022-01-20 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484038453104832514 | 1484038453104832514 |
| What has Biden's first year reminded us? | 2022-01-20 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484028920831774721 | 1484028920831774721 |
| The Wild West lives on in Brazil, led by the Trumpist | 2022-01-20 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484027710632464388 | 1484027710632464388 |
| Supreme Court justices fail to do their duty for Trump | 2022-01-20 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484023366583341058 | 1484023366583341058 |
| Manchin and Murkowski think there are 10 GOP votes for | 2022-01-20 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484022672983932930 | 1484022672983932930 |
| Teaching law students where to look for hope | 2022-01-20 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484018242527973377 | 1484018242527973377 |
| Not the best day for Elon Musk. | 2022-01-20 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1484016499392090117 | 1484016499392090117 |
| Insuring economic democracy - | 2022-01-20 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484015053749698562 | 1484015053749698562 |
| “If NASA functioned like the United States Senate, | 2022-01-19 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483893455294124036 | 1483893455294124036 |
| Teens will be driving big rigs across state lines. | 2022-01-19 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483891765635551232 | 1483891765635551232 |
| Very specific allegations, and everybody else is pleading | 2022-01-19 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483882333912526848 | 1483882333912526848 |
| Will covid ever be no worse than the flu? Don't count | 2022-01-19 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1483881648085032960 | 1483881648085032960 |
| Supreme Court says full steam ahead on Federal | 2022-01-19 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483880010964340737 | 1483880010964340737 |
| Don't let the perfect prevent the better. Can ANY parts | 2022-01-19 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483878807794638848 | 1483878807794638848 |
| Better hope you never need a public conservator - | 2022-01-19 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483877224394596352 | 1483877224394596352 |
| All about the filibuster - | 2022-01-19 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483876200845963264 | 1483876200845963264 |
| The pandemic has not been a disaster for everybody. | 2022-01-19 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483874031203848193 | 1483874031203848193 |
| Who hires crackpot mathematicians? The crackpot | 2022-01-19 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1483664612096557059 | 1483664612096557059 |
| Jan 6 committee subpoenas phone logs of Eric Trump and | 2022-01-19 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483662447487569920 | 1483662447487569920 |
| Giuliani and Powell subpoena'd by Jan 6 committee. | 2022-01-19 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483658111407722497 | 1483658111407722497 |
| The omicron peak might push total US covid deaths over | 2022-01-19 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483643374066274304 | 1483643374066274304 |
| George Wallace and Strom Thurmond eventually repented, | 2022-01-18 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483512849464922114 | 1483512849464922114 |
| An invasion of Ukraine won't do anybody any good. | 2022-01-18 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1483511275762044932 | 1483511275762044932 |
| No rest for the people at the bottom. With no other | 2022-01-18 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483505733094105092 | 1483505733094105092 |
| China won't be a threat to Silicon Valley after all. | 2022-01-18 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483504774532067329 | 1483504774532067329 |
| Is the Trump star waxing or waning? You can see | 2022-01-18 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483465989757050885 | 1483465989757050885 |
| Social influencers are a risky medium. You can pay them | 2022-01-18 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483455992654446592 | 1483455992654446592 |
| The collapse of Afghanistan was inevitable once the Trump | 2022-01-18 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483337412096905223 | 1483337412096905223 |
| The return of nuclear power. | 2022-01-18 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483333384323493889 | 1483333384323493889 |
| Can DeSantis get away with it? | 2022-01-17 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483086379009462273 | 1483086379009462273 |
| It takes a while to gain historical perspective to | 2022-01-17 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483065629791834123 | 1483065629791834123 |
| Voting rights have to be won state by state, block | 2022-01-17 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482959848018874371 | 1482959848018874371 |
| Ukrainians are preparing for war. They fear it will | 2022-01-17 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482958544034942977 | 1482958544034942977 |
| Nobody was ready to manage supply instead of demand. | 2022-01-17 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482957613834797057 | 1482957613834797057 |
| No legislator has a problem with deficit spending on | 2022-01-17 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482946185589444608 | 1482946185589444608 |
| Price controls? | 2022-01-17 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482939416276525059 | 1482939416276525059 |
| To subpoena legislators or not? | 2022-01-17 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482922831671296001 | 1482922831671296001 |
| FBI not working on Trump and his direct associates - yet. | 2022-01-17 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482921494611050497 | 1482921494611050497 |
| More options for Putin in Ukraine. | 2022-01-17 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1482919482641158148 | 1482919482641158148 |
| "the silent majority will be overtaken by a violent | 2022-01-17 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482918229328609282 | 1482918229328609282 |
| First amendment doesn't cover violence or invitations | 2022-01-17 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482916762509185024 | 1482916762509185024 |
| A traditional conservative hawk on Putin's intentions and | 2022-01-17 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482915071428685825 | 1482915071428685825 |
| What's so hard about prohibiting stock trades by | 2022-01-17 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1482912901111242752 | 1482912901111242752 |
| Bipartisanship is a lost cause. Democrats up and down | 2022-01-17 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482912015060402177 | 1482912015060402177 |
| "King earned this holiday not by being bland but by | 2022-01-17 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482910948675375104 | 1482910948675375104 |
| It's all working by design. The GOP wants IRS | 2022-01-17 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482909545605128195 | 1482909545605128195 |
| A GOP dream come true! Omicron shutdowns and | 2022-01-17 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482905638728450050 | 1482905638728450050 |
| What would Jesus do? | 2022-01-17 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482892762215337984 | 1482892762215337984 |
| Other presidents had bad days, months, or years - and | 2022-01-17 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482891437700120580 | 1482891437700120580 |
| A news-consumer reports service. | 2022-01-17 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482888572743000065 | 1482888572743000065 |
| GOP is right! Inflation is rampant! | 2022-01-17 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482887671378628611 | 1482887671378628611 |
| Trumpists tried hard to interfere with the census, | 2022-01-17 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482886869280985089 | 1482886869280985089 |
| The enduring legacy of white moderates. | 2022-01-17 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482885600139100162 | 1482885600139100162 |
| Trump plays the race card again. | 2022-01-17 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482882512246362114 | 1482882512246362114 |
| Alaska hopes to reduce partisanship with ranked-choice | 2022-01-17 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1482881802452684801 | 1482881802452684801 |
| How the FBI catches insurrectionists. | 2022-01-17 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482877589282701312 | 1482877589282701312 |
| Rhodes' roads to prison. | 2022-01-17 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482877183899041795 | 1482877183899041795 |
| Missing your shipments? | 2022-01-16 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482755359873847302 | 1482755359873847302 |
| Rhodes and Jones were made for each other. What a shame | 2022-01-16 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482754947858894852 | 1482754947858894852 |
| You can't achieve unity if the other side doesn't want it. | 2022-01-16 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482753676796039168 | 1482753676796039168 |
| Credit Putin for reviving NATO's sense of purpose. | 2022-01-16 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1482750656024776704 | 1482750656024776704 |
| Last act for a Trumpist? Israel can only hope. | 2022-01-16 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482729825806610433 | 1482729825806610433 |
| Opening shots in Putin's next battle for Ukraine. | 2022-01-16 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482729234166534146 | 1482729234166534146 |
| Omicron has not peaked in nursing homes. | 2022-01-16 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482728189025656834 | 1482728189025656834 |
| 2022 and 2024 will not be about Republican vs Democrat, | 2022-01-16 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482629344598003713 | 1482629344598003713 |
| Democratic hopes in 2022 and 2024 hinge on Trump! | 2022-01-16 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482616153771888640 | 1482616153771888640 |
| Did you enjoy the endless investigations of Benghazi | 2022-01-16 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482606622375440384 | 1482606622375440384 |
| Fake electoral certificates were part of the official | 2022-01-16 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1482604129163776001 | 1482604129163776001 |
| Omicron is not the end of the Greek alphabet. As long | 2022-01-16 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1482600751029362699 | 1482600751029362699 |
| Biden not delivering? | 2022-01-15 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482364143239778305 | 1482364143239778305 |
| Seditious conspiracy was difficult to prove. | 2022-01-15 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482357739925819393 | 1482357739925819393 |
| Hopeful signs that the omicron crest might be near. | 2022-01-15 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482344561242374149 | 1482344561242374149 |
| If Jan 6 committee subpoenas legislators, they probably | 2022-01-15 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1482215042690916358 | 1482215042690916358 |
| Can red states be punished for evading Federal rules? | 2022-01-15 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482194666145550339 | 1482194666145550339 |
| Poor West Virginians should thank Manchin for saving them | 2022-01-15 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1482194144336363524 | 1482194144336363524 |
| Ohio gerrymander violates state law. | 2022-01-15 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482193065573904384 | 1482193065573904384 |
| Kim joins Putin in hoping to exploit Biden's moment of | 2022-01-15 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482192419684634624 | 1482192419684634624 |
| Fake electoral certificates might be a Federal felony as | 2022-01-15 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482191514327343104 | 1482191514327343104 |
| Discordant note in the midst of preparation for war - | 2022-01-15 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1482190718953148419 | 1482190718953148419 |
| Russia prepares for Ukraine invasion. | 2022-01-15 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482190359773937668 | 1482190359773937668 |
| DirecTV to finally drop OAN | 2022-01-15 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482185765345890307 | 1482185765345890307 |
| Texas voting law working as intended to restore confidence | 2022-01-15 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482184863834771458 | 1482184863834771458 |
| A good reason to keep regional federalism in mind. | 2022-01-15 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482179433335169024 | 1482179433335169024 |
| Can America be as smart as Israel? A broad-based | 2022-01-14 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482021781573713932 | 1482021781573713932 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2022-01-14 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1482021561158668288 | 1482021561158668288 |
| Can America be as smart as Israel? A broad-based | 2022-01-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482009138414555136 | 1482009138414555136 |
| Putin sees a great opportunity to re-establish the Soviet | 2022-01-14 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482003916795432961 | 1482003916795432961 |
| How does Trumpism work in Poland? | 2022-01-14 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482000094383591424 | 1482000094383591424 |
| 11 charged with seditious conspiracy. | 2022-01-13 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481713131487305729 | 1481713131487305729 |
| Sounds very much like it's all about protecting unlimited | 2022-01-13 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481712453205770241 | 1481712453205770241 |
| No more debates? | 2022-01-13 | 120 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1481710110510510084 | 1481710110510510084 |
| No forgiveness for traitors in Trump country! | 2022-01-13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481703326525706243 | 1481703326525706243 |
| Buying ads for one person. | 2022-01-13 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481502238698721281 | 1481502238698721281 |
| Romney defied Paul and thanked Fauci for his dedicated and | 2022-01-13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481492123278929921 | 1481492123278929921 |
| It's not easy to be Mike Pence. | 2022-01-13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481489129896513536 | 1481489129896513536 |
| Trump team had already forged fake Electoral College | 2022-01-13 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481487736385130496 | 1481487736385130496 |
| Coal ash is not what you want in your drinking water. | 2022-01-13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481481686743355395 | 1481481686743355395 |
| Kids are not getting vaccinated. | 2022-01-13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481480741586227200 | 1481480741586227200 |
| Justice Dept tackles domestic terrorism. | 2022-01-13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481474393368776708 | 1481474393368776708 |
| Don't get too comfortable - have you thought about | 2022-01-13 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1481471899485945861 | 1481471899485945861 |
| Trumpist insurrectionism is alive and well in Bulgaria! | 2022-01-13 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481470975514333188 | 1481470975514333188 |
| GOP can't agree on whether they allow small businesses to | 2022-01-13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481470382712373253 | 1481470382712373253 |
| McCarthy refuses to cooperate. | 2022-01-13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481468471523176451 | 1481468471523176451 |
| Jan 6 committee wants to talk to McCarthy. | 2022-01-13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481415906433503232 | 1481415906433503232 |
| Plan B - get everybody to vote on the record. For | 2022-01-12 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481414960043360256 | 1481414960043360256 |
| How low can McCarthy go? | 2022-01-12 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481409730828398592 | 1481409730828398592 |
| The essence of Silicon Valley - learn from your mistakes | 2022-01-12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481408349191094277 | 1481408349191094277 |
| Universal health care coming to California? | 2022-01-12 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481407495964794880 | 1481407495964794880 |
| First Trump outrages his base by suggesting that sometimes | 2022-01-12 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481399384973582337 | 1481399384973582337 |
| Forget "don't be evil"! | 2022-01-12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481281925000019968 | 1481281925000019968 |
| Smart investors don't seem to read Texas newspapers. | 2022-01-12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481281306436636677 | 1481281306436636677 |
| SOME GOP senators are willing to defend a colleague from | 2022-01-12 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1481161093045100544 | 1481161093045100544 |
| "CRT is not the problem. Racism is the problem" | 2022-01-12 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481156197927448577 | 1481156197927448577 |
| Manchin didn't budge. That's how he wants to be | 2022-01-12 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481155084071305219 | 1481155084071305219 |
| The FBI did not organize the insurrection. Trump could | 2022-01-12 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481153830729310211 | 1481153830729310211 |
| Three more subpoenas. | 2022-01-12 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481152804769042443 | 1481152804769042443 |
| McCarthy previews the bipartisan spirit he'll bring to a | 2022-01-11 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480908441837178882 | 1480908441837178882 |
| Biden to speak forcefully for voting rights. But will he | 2022-01-11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480906770910351361 | 1480906770910351361 |
| As Republicans go, Hogan is not bad. But why settle for | 2022-01-11 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480760191398252545 | 1480760191398252545 |
| Voting rights appear to be the issue that this Congress | 2022-01-11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480759073498824709 | 1480759073498824709 |
| "taking down names and kicking ass" | 2022-01-11 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480741796388896768 | 1480741796388896768 |
| It's no accident that IRS is impotent. | 2022-01-11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480739965931712513 | 1480739965931712513 |
| Crypto - the next big thing? | 2022-01-11 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480733631035314176 | 1480733631035314176 |
| A new approach to Trumpist insurrectionists! | 2022-01-10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480637727724896257 | 1480637727724896257 |
| Ted Cruz' cardinal sin - undermining the Sacred Myths of | 2022-01-10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480406336391159811 | 1480406336391159811 |
| Where would Trump be without his enablers - the noisy as | 2022-01-10 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480405055782076416 | 1480405055782076416 |
| Jim Jordan refuses to cooperate. At least he hasn't | 2022-01-10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480402748017295361 | 1480402748017295361 |
| Your friends are where you find them, but - | 2022-01-10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480398527096229889 | 1480398527096229889 |
| What kind of nation do we want to be? | 2022-01-10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480395503904845824 | 1480395503904845824 |
| Is it time to run the Senate like a business? | 2022-01-10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480392640780640256 | 1480392640780640256 |
| Social breakdown imminent in some places. | 2022-01-10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480391492870963202 | 1480391492870963202 |
| The mass formation psychosis is people ignoring reliable | 2022-01-10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480390556027027459 | 1480390556027027459 |
| It's easy to hope we've seen the worst and accept adapting | 2022-01-10 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480388358387879939 | 1480388358387879939 |
| Do you really want to relocate to the boonies? Make sure | 2022-01-10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480376993224945664 | 1480376993224945664 |
| How much should solar power owners pay for the electric | 2022-01-10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480376120167993347 | 1480376120167993347 |
| Sacramento mayor tackles homelessness in a big way - 95% | 2022-01-10 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480375108917026817 | 1480375108917026817 |
| Justices show great imagination inventing arguments for | 2022-01-10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480373136927326213 | 1480373136927326213 |
| Why Garland is being cautious | 2022-01-10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480352857442250753 | 1480352857442250753 |
| How Fox ran the Trump White House. Set up the shot | 2022-01-10 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1480351478149615616 | 1480351478149615616 |
| Too many manufacturers got addicted to deregulation during | 2022-01-10 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480349931558739972 | 1480349931558739972 |
| Putin thinks of himself as the preserver of the Russian | 2022-01-10 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1480348706465464324 | 1480348706465464324 |
| Trump could never have succeeded without Fox behind him. | 2022-01-10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480346027014066177 | 1480346027014066177 |
| Who knew Jan 6 was take-your-child-to-work day? | 2022-01-10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480342637164908545 | 1480342637164908545 |
| Manchin channels traditional GOP thinking - rich people = | 2022-01-10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480339727362314240 | 1480339727362314240 |
| Thune decides he's still in. | 2022-01-10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480337926584029184 | 1480337926584029184 |
| Flying to buy a car? | 2022-01-10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1480331792074768388 | 1480331792074768388 |
| Guantanamo? | 2022-01-09 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480218514325577732 | 1480218514325577732 |
| Hopes fade for whoever wanted to contend for Ron Johnson's | 2022-01-09 | 202 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1480216336936570881 | 1480216336936570881 |
| Economic recovery - a bipartisan success story. | 2022-01-08 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479826848024387588 | 1479826848024387588 |
| A caste society - the ultimate aim of minority rule. | 2022-01-08 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479672554990149634 | 1479672554990149634 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2022-01-08 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479671963991699458 | 1479671963991699458 |
| As long as GOP is out of power, they're free to criticize | 2022-01-07 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479549423902330882 | 1479549423902330882 |
| Election reform proposals. | 2022-01-07 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479535939118518272 | 1479535939118518272 |
| QAnon Shaman in Statuary Hall? Could happen - Jefferson | 2022-01-07 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479531608004698118 | 1479531608004698118 |
| The words of the men who appear on America's money, show | 2022-01-07 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1479530106452279296 | 1479530106452279296 |
| Inflation was better than another recession. | 2022-01-07 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479524743392862210 | 1479524743392862210 |
| GOP is subverting election law from the bottom up. | 2022-01-07 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479523683018280961 | 1479523683018280961 |
| Election integrity should be viewed as cult of personality | 2022-01-07 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479522019217530884 | 1479522019217530884 |
| Putin's grand design is - preserving Putin! By making | 2022-01-07 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479520005242769414 | 1479520005242769414 |
| Will big business major donors take a stand for reason | 2022-01-07 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479518232008478721 | 1479518232008478721 |
| Defensive democracy - a strategy for dealing with | 2022-01-07 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479516654472101889 | 1479516654472101889 |
| More analysis of the root causes of Jan 6 insurrection | 2022-01-07 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479514101734731780 | 1479514101734731780 |
| Ordinary Democrats and Republicans are much less rabid than | 2022-01-07 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479513305429409796 | 1479513305429409796 |
| Violence traumatizes journalists too. | 2022-01-07 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479475969320624129 | 1479475969320624129 |
| Gaetz and Greene volunteered to be the voice of the | 2022-01-07 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479475048188575745 | 1479475048188575745 |
| "politics of pretending are over" | 2022-01-07 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479473967270281217 | 1479473967270281217 |
| Assault on democracy rising in emphasis in print media. | 2022-01-07 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479473114098462720 | 1479473114098462720 |
| Cyber Ninjas, that world class election audit organization, | 2022-01-07 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1479471348351004678 | 1479471348351004678 |
| Biden acknowledges no possibility of bipartisanship | 2022-01-07 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479454557553840132 | 1479454557553840132 |
| Can't buy a house? Maybe you'll have better luck | 2022-01-07 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1479449495293161473 | 1479449495293161473 |
| A day at the Capitol. | 2022-01-07 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479344696031805442 | 1479344696031805442 |
| Civil war and secession aren't likely - | 2022-01-07 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479333308043448322 | 1479333308043448322 |
| Unrest prediction and CoupCast? | 2022-01-07 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479328346315976705 | 1479328346315976705 |
| Most insurrectionists so far have gotten off lightly. | 2022-01-07 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479325505136447490 | 1479325505136447490 |
| Ultimately the only guard rail of democracy is are citizens | 2022-01-07 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479319796596441089 | 1479319796596441089 |
| Pence and staff cooperating with Jan 6 committee? | 2022-01-07 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479314084159889408 | 1479314084159889408 |
| Trumpist response to Biden - double down on lies. Why not? | 2022-01-07 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479313130408665089 | 1479313130408665089 |
| Ted Cruz called Jan 6 a terrorist attack, and next day | 2022-01-07 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1479312787788550144 | 1479312787788550144 |
| Who cares whether Trump wanted "stay peaceful" in his tweet | 2022-01-07 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479310536642727936 | 1479310536642727936 |
| Anti-vaxers die from rabies, too. | 2022-01-07 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479307138220453892 | 1479307138220453892 |
| "What brazen politicization of January 6 by President | 2022-01-07 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479303831758327810 | 1479303831758327810 |
| The people who loved America and its ideal of rule of law | 2022-01-07 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479296780349030402 | 1479296780349030402 |
| "You can't love your country only when you win." | 2022-01-06 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479188583906897921 | 1479188583906897921 |
| "God's truth" - "They were looking to subvert the | 2022-01-06 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479106650556416000 | 1479106650556416000 |
| Trouble in Kazakhstan | 2022-01-06 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479088433016414208 | 1479088433016414208 |
| Little hope that Afghan Taliban will hinder terrorist | 2022-01-06 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478984373533741056 | 1478984373533741056 |
| GOP not interested in remembering Jan 6. | 2022-01-06 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478982871398248450 | 1478982871398248450 |
| What the Trumpist crowd projected - | 2022-01-06 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478982126032748546 | 1478982126032748546 |
| Trump is still in charge of GOP - courtesy of his numerous | 2022-01-06 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1478980113903415296 | 1478980113903415296 |
| Regional federalism | 2022-01-06 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1478977662987030529 | 1478977662987030529 |
| Sponsored content in real newspapers is like prostitution | 2022-01-06 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478966404632047618 | 1478966404632047618 |
| Minority rule is based on false prophets. How did the | 2022-01-06 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1478965198358650881 | 1478965198358650881 |
| If the GOP actually has the votes to change the Electoral | 2022-01-06 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1478963895884988418 | 1478963895884988418 |
| Somehow the people that fund GOP campaigns decided | 2022-01-06 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1478962220323139585 | 1478962220323139585 |
| Navarro admits Trump's plan was to overthrow the | 2022-01-06 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1478959516272054274 | 1478959516272054274 |
| Democrats remind everybody that the insurrection was part | 2022-01-06 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478958221377216513 | 1478958221377216513 |
| Why doesn't Fox just come out and say that it's a Trumpist | 2022-01-06 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478950452905480193 | 1478950452905480193 |
| A role model for Trumpism? | 2022-01-06 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478948997247102977 | 1478948997247102977 |
| Pelosi says democracy won - | 2022-01-06 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1478948274220388353 | 1478948274220388353 |
| Stephanie Grisham cooperates with Jan 6 committee. She was | 2022-01-06 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478938864114757634 | 1478938864114757634 |
| Emergency workplace medical mandates - will the Supreme | 2022-01-06 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478932017609777154 | 1478932017609777154 |
| What should legislatures do with one-time windfalls? | 2022-01-06 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478931240480739333 | 1478931240480739333 |
| An aging population and a pandemic = too many jobs and | 2022-01-05 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478816632969457665 | 1478816632969457665 |
| Inaction can be a crime too. | 2022-01-05 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478790277309419520 | 1478790277309419520 |
| Wasted effort. | 2022-01-05 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478789454173065216 | 1478789454173065216 |
| Who's going to get paxlovid? It will be in short supply | 2022-01-05 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1478776429563187203 | 1478776429563187203 |
| Another traditional conservative might have had enough. | 2022-01-05 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1478775400696205313 | 1478775400696205313 |
| Biden tackles meat prices. | 2022-01-05 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478774004299141120 | 1478774004299141120 |
| On Jan 6 - remember Jan 6! | 2022-01-05 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478641392796635137 | 1478641392796635137 |
| Sean Hannity is next. | 2022-01-05 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1478631969428676612 | 1478631969428676612 |
| Facebook couldn't handle the flood, so for a while it | 2022-01-04 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478363890316546050 | 1478363890316546050 |
| The same third of the electorate don't think beating police | 2022-01-04 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478360535510831104 | 1478360535510831104 |
| "Bid to win" take a hit? Not likely. All these | 2022-01-04 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478358976006070277 | 1478358976006070277 |
| They did their own research! | 2022-01-04 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478355264583602186 | 1478355264583602186 |
| Teachers were worried about what they could say about 1619. | 2022-01-04 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478237431061090304 | 1478237431061090304 |
| Another traditional conservative unclear on the Trumpist | 2022-01-04 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478213366745235458 | 1478213366745235458 |
| Do advance care directives really work? | 2022-01-04 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478206660061503488 | 1478206660061503488 |
| "Utter cynicism pays" | 2022-01-04 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478205560931569665 | 1478205560931569665 |
| Ever heard of 1st Amendment Praetorian? Just another | 2022-01-04 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478203290038923265 | 1478203290038923265 |
| Social audio - the (current) last frontier? Is it possible | 2022-01-04 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478199536010948609 | 1478199536010948609 |
| Can any one country become self-reliant AND competitive | 2022-01-04 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478198505374056449 | 1478198505374056449 |
| Autocratic birds of a feather - Trump endorses Orban. | 2022-01-04 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478195882734456834 | 1478195882734456834 |
| Benjamin Harrison warned of the danger of subverting the | 2022-01-04 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478175548635418627 | 1478175548635418627 |
| Every day is Jan 6 - media need to react accordingly. | 2022-01-04 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478174047531769858 | 1478174047531769858 |
| Capitol Police are exhausted and many are leaving. | 2022-01-04 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478173355270303744 | 1478173355270303744 |
| Merrick Garland to speak about insurrection on the day | 2022-01-04 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1478171416381964289 | 1478171416381964289 |
| The Senate is more normal these days, but the House is | 2022-01-04 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478170924075474945 | 1478170924075474945 |
| Don, Don Jr, Ivanka - the attorney general wants to talk | 2022-01-04 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478163392959430660 | 1478163392959430660 |
| "absurd and dangerous to the institution" | 2022-01-04 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478162430551224321 | 1478162430551224321 |
| Conspiracism as reality-TV and pro wrestling! It's all | 2022-01-03 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478001605765058560 | 1478001605765058560 |
| Back to the bad old days. | 2022-01-03 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477995485713428481 | 1477995485713428481 |
| What kind of person tries to crawl through a broken window | 2022-01-03 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477994319336275970 | 1477994319336275970 |
| Biden finally confronts threat to American democracy and | 2022-01-03 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477991956949000194 | 1477991956949000194 |
| Nashville confronts gentrification. | 2022-01-03 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1477857038340214784 | 1477857038340214784 |
| There are advantages to free trade and costs to | 2022-01-03 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477852382516023298 | 1477852382516023298 |
| Who's going to run the Democratic House in majority or | 2022-01-03 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477847259022651393 | 1477847259022651393 |
| Poor California! Every Texas politician will tell | 2022-01-03 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477838575353798659 | 1477838575353798659 |
| Mixed signals in real estate! | 2022-01-03 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477837541554278400 | 1477837541554278400 |
| The dirty side of green. | 2022-01-03 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477821424223940608 | 1477821424223940608 |
| 12 year terms for Supreme Court justices? | 2022-01-03 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477814821206704128 | 1477814821206704128 |
| How many AirTags do you have - that you don't know about? | 2022-01-03 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1477812605301391362 | 1477812605301391362 |
| Did anybody notice that Obamacare is getting more | 2022-01-03 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477801418736037890 | 1477801418736037890 |
| Civility is possible if people exercise their free will | 2022-01-03 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477795776965214208 | 1477795776965214208 |
| Jan 6 going public. | 2022-01-02 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477790828588240897 | 1477790828588240897 |
| Twitter finally recognizes the obvious. | 2022-01-02 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477789616430202880 | 1477789616430202880 |
| How much do you know about QSBS? | 2022-01-02 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1477676071789105153 | 1477676071789105153 |
| More from the third who believe violence against the | 2022-01-02 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477534347339059201 | 1477534347339059201 |
| About a third of the country completely accept Trumpism. | 2022-01-02 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477532759912431620 | 1477532759912431620 |
| Contrite remorse works with some judges, not so well with | 2022-01-02 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477529666990723076 | 1477529666990723076 |
| GPS driving is like just-in-time logistics. Optimized | 2022-01-01 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477289880187138051 | 1477289880187138051 |
| That was the insurrection that wasn't. | 2022-01-01 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477285744490156033 | 1477285744490156033 |
| Regional federalism is an alternative to secession. | 2022-01-01 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477140555163258881 | 1477140555163258881 |
| Great Books as an antidote to social media. | 2022-01-01 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477135921883463680 | 1477135921883463680 |
| "Trump tested our democracy in a way only America’s | 2022-01-01 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1477134634190209027 | 1477134634190209027 |
| Prosecutors have charged 725+ persons in the insurrection. | 2022-01-01 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477133743483600898 | 1477133743483600898 |
| PRC monitors foreign internet users. | 2022-01-01 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477130614897659905 | 1477130614897659905 |
| More guns sold = more guns confiscated at airports. | 2022-01-01 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477122625050533888 | 1477122625050533888 |
| One reason meat costs more - justice for workers. | 2022-01-01 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1477121595668037636 | 1477121595668037636 |
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========== What is the decadence that threatens western civilization? https://usexpose.com/paul-krugman-putin-and-the-myth-of-western-decadence/ It's not what the Putinists and Trumpists say it is. #PS1democracy ===== impress 35 time 2022-03-31 17:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509582506881736705 ========== Might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb! https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-nancy-pelosi-accidents-missouri-e50fade8fdc7d9278f3ad65122bd3ea1 Some people just can't keep out of trouble. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 32 time 2022-03-31 16:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509574368115929089 ========== What's the best thing a GOP state can do to help poor people? Reduce taxes on rich people! https://apnews.com/article/business-mississippi-tate-reeves-legislature-15134876a4f232f0d7860974772d1c7f #PS1tax ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-31 16:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509572862004191233 ========== War also brings famine and disease - that spread far beyond the combat zone. https://www.tbonline.info/posts/print/public-health-catastrophe-looms-ukraine-experts-wa/ https://bdnews24.com/economy/2022/03/27/mideast-feels-the-pinch-of-rising-food-prices-as-ramadan-nears #PS1health ===== impress 30 time 2022-03-31 16:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509571216050249745 ========== What major political donors get for their investments! https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/03/hidden-tax-breaks-escape-scrutiny/ It's bipartisan. Every politician needs campaign funds. #PS1tax ===== impress 33 time 2022-03-31 16:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509569299895099398 ========== The end of globalization - the triumph of low-risk over low-cost - https://us-global-law.net/images/Article.Sanctions_and_Global_Commerce_NYT_3.23.22_.pdf Thank Covid and Putin for making the risk manifest. It will take at least a generation to work out the consequences. #PS1economics ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 42 likes 1 time 2022-03-31 16:01 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509561560573702147 ========== Catastrophic events motivate workers to organize. https://olxpraca.com/will-the-pandemic-change-the-workplace-like-triangle-fire-did/ #PS1economics ===== impress 29 time 2022-03-31 15:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509558898524516353 ========== Low cost or low risk? https://apnews.com/article/climate-biden-science-business-environment-7ffde796e44ccca24d0e2eecd3abfef4 An argument you will be hearing a lot more - is it better for Americans to pay higher prices than to support distant foreign producers who might be strategic competitors? #PS1inflation ===== impress 31 time 2022-03-31 13:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509528411470921731 ========== An over-exuberant housing market about to bust? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/30/homes/us-housing-market-bubble/index.html #PS1economics ===== impress 41 time 2022-03-31 05:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509395217752887301 ========== Striking back with the weapons you know. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/30/politics/ukraine-hack-russian-ransomware-gang/index.html #PS1ransomware ===== impress 29 time 2022-03-31 04:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509392512732962816 ========== Insurrectionist feels safe in Belarus. https://www.newsweek.com/evan-neumann-wanted-suspect-jan-6-riot-gets-refugee-status-belarus-1690524 He'll find that Belarus is perfectly willing to trade him for a future draft pick, perhaps to Russia. Nobody owes him anything. #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 58 likes 1 time 2022-03-31 03:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509369960295849986 ========== The judge isn't buying the BS from Alex Jones. https://apnews.com/article/arts-and-entertainment-shootings-lawsuits-school-shootings-connecticut-94bc649b245ef6763056d5b2fe5b6b2c Instead, he's charging for it. #PS1media ===== impress 28 time 2022-03-31 02:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509352314183684096 ========== Good advice from Rickover - "I require frequent reports from many key people, directly to me. This provides a way to communicate to me without having them filtered through others. https://govleaders.org/rickover.htm Putin would benefit from that! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-europe-00716c99579afeff701af31b32ef7c8c #PS1putin ===== impress 29 time 2022-03-31 02:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509351703744679937 ========== Rick Scott isn't shy about his agenda, and Democrats aren't shy about his agenda either. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-florida-donald-trump-congress-46e4862dfe2709e0408f56551c999968 Scott thinks his brand of traditional conservatism + Trumpism is a mass movement. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1631468597197653 #PS1gop ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-30 13:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509159619255435273 ========== How to make a living as a social media influencer! https://apnews.com/article/china-tiktok-facebook-influencers-propaganda-81388bca676c560e02a1b493ea9d6760 #PS1china ===== impress 36 time 2022-03-30 13:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509155876166246402 ========== Rand Paul single-handedly stops sanctions on Russia. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/29/politics/senate-bill-punishing-russia-languishes/index.html As is so often the case, the Senate is the problem, not the solution. #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 36 time 2022-03-30 03:28 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509009569174806536 ========== How to make a ton of money with crypto! https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/gaming/hackers-just-stole-more-than-a-half-billion-dollars-from-axie-infinitys-ronin-network-in-what-could-be-the-biggest-crypto-heist-of-all-time/ar-AAVDuNY #PS1technology ===== impress 33 time 2022-03-30 03:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509008004397510660 ========== The problem with constant lying is that you never know when to quit. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/29/madison-cawthorn-orgies/ #PS1trumpism ===== impress 29 time 2022-03-30 03:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509007397167140864 ========== Russia, if you're listening - please repeat history! https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/29/politics/trump-putin-hunter-biden/index.html Putin would be happy to manufacture whatever story Trump wants, if it helps Trump's re-election. #PS1trump ===== impress 35 time 2022-03-30 03:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509006216617287680 ========== Neo-nazis and white supremacists are everywhere. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/29/europe/ukraine-azov-movement-far-right-intl-cmd/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-29 15:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508832061800419330 ========== Nixon's 18 minute gap has grown! https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-dd00501687003ec2ad3b4929a80ba83a #PS1insurrection ===== impress 29 time 2022-03-29 15:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508829823711412226 ========== Roy Cohn taught Trump - sue first and twice as hard! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-manhattan-europe-campaigns-52297b4a53f368eacfdc21538adce4b3 #PS1trump ===== impress 27 time 2022-03-29 13:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508805585529192452 ========== Nebraska legislator apologizes for being dumb enough to believe everything he reads on social media. https://apnews.com/article/nebraska-lincoln-316c87249779706d6d78b58641c4a75e Of course no true Trumpist would ever apologize for being wrong, or anything else - hit back twice as hard! #PS1media ===== impress 28 time 2022-03-29 13:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508802518775644161 ========== Biden won't shield Scavino. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/28/politics/white-house-trump/index.html And at least one judge is convinced that where there's smoke there's probably fire! https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/28/politics/john-eastman-memo/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 32 time 2022-03-28 17:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508501278388752387 ========== Global warming further along than we thought? https://apnews.com/article/climate-science-new-york-new-york-city-antarctica-4f5f1817bffd632e48e845d4638cc237 GOP leaders will assure voters that it's all because Biden didn't subsidize enough domestic oil and gas drilling. #PS1climate ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 39 time 2022-03-28 15:26 +0000 userclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508465564926152706 ========== Putin's war ripples out to Turkey, Thailand, and Cuba. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-covid-health-business-travel-b9885c965d8ed13822be4c8796d13181 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 48 time 2022-03-28 14:49 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508456236856971264 ========== More Biden gaffes? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-ketanji-brown-jackson-state-of-the-union-address-2022-midterm-elections-46757d4b4b7d4297245d7e6de8f2b290 But it MIGHT not be a bad thing if Putin has to consider that Biden MIGHT arrange Putin's retirement, MIGHT use weapons of mass destruction, MIGHT send US troops to Ukraine. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1629711384040041 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 53 likes 1 time 2022-03-27 23:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508232300097523714 ========== Why don't we have more oil and gas drilling in America? Because bankers don't want to get burned again when the price drops. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/25/opinion/shale-oil-gas-ukraine-putin.html #PS1inflation ===== impress 31 time 2022-03-27 15:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508106930702618625 ========== GOP presidential hopefuls play to the QAnon part of their base. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/26/opinion/republican-senators-qanon-ketanji-brown-jackson.html #PS1gop ===== impress 26 time 2022-03-27 15:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508105616421654529 ========== Trivialization of serious events - part of the business model of social media. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/26/opinion/culture/social-media-war-ukraine.html #PS1media ===== engage 3 engage-rate 9% impress 32 time 2022-03-27 15:33 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508104915658305537 ========== Xi wants to keep Russia as a strong but subordinate strategic ideological partner - without imperiling China's prospects in a globalized economy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/24/xi-jinping-putin-china-russia-sanctions/ #PS1china ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 38 time 2022-03-27 15:27 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508103407223025671 ========== Unenumerated rights - once those start to fall, due process is next - to be limited to the processes in the Bill of Rights. And then a Constitutional Convention dominated by rural GOP to get rid of the Bill of Rights - except firearms. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/25/ketanji-brown-jackson-roe/ #PS1justice ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 29 time 2022-03-27 15:20 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508101673285128193 ========== Ukrainian resistance targets Russian command and control, with some success. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/26/ukraine-russan-generals-dead/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 25 time 2022-03-27 13:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508078840991477761 ========== Extreme reactionary zealots are all excited about the war in Ukraine. But some side with Putin and others side against him. Will Ukraine become like Afghanistan? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/25/germany-far-right-ukraine-russia/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 58 likes 1 time 2022-03-27 13:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508077802280521729 ========== GOP opposes IRS enforcement funding for fear it might endanger major GOP donors and donations. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/27/politics/irs-funding-gap-russia-sanctions/index.html #PS1tax ===== impress 25 time 2022-03-27 13:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508072501259083778 ========== GOP wants to blame Biden for high gas prices and for not being tough enough on Russia, while opposing taking any steps to get away from burning fossil fuels. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/27/politics/2022-midterm-elections-russia-ukraine-invasion/index.html #PS1climate ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 46 likes 1 time 2022-03-27 13:21 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508071780262375425 ========== Biden would like the political donor class to pay a bigger share of taxes. But Manchin and Sinema have already said no. https://apnews.com/article/biden-covid-business-health-economy-34e13b5a1bde5167d10303bb25652376 And billionaire tax relief in 2017 was McConnell's second greatest accomplishment after reactionary judges. No help there. #PS1tax ===== impress 38 time 2022-03-27 13:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508068824947433474 ========== Hungarians suffered Russian invasion in 1956, sending refugees all over the world - but that's all forgiven now, at least by Orban. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-business-budapest-viktor-orban-c289237f0c626ce9447bd1c78ebcd8ae #PS1ukraine ===== impress 28 time 2022-03-27 13:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508067018976608256 ========== Taliban ideology yields to economics. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-afghanistan-business-china-europe-3a5074c2043729df5d8f147d6aa0ee3d #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 26 time 2022-03-27 12:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508065915069296641 ========== “Before we can defeat the Democrat socialists and communists ... we first have to defeat the RINO sellouts and the losers in the primaries this spring” https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-georgia-atlanta-election-2020-donald-trump-ca84cfe92c6f6c07a501f7bc2be74f31 No point beating Democrats without first purging GOP of all Trump disloyalists! #PS1trump ===== impress 25 time 2022-03-27 12:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508063483295768581 ========== There's an American market for Putin's propaganda, and Americans willing to serve it! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-entertainment-business-kansas-missouri-b6240ed4d6bada628e59c24b29d68669 No surprise, since there's a market for Trump's propaganda too. #PS1media ===== impress 37 time 2022-03-27 12:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508061690146930691 ========== There's hardly a difference between Putinism and Trumpism. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#trump Trump has always been Putin's best friend and Ukraine's second worst enemy - after Putin. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/26/politics/trump-putin-ukraine/index.html #PS1trump ===== impress 38 time 2022-03-26 16:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507753420081434624 ========== Move the goal posts until they are in punting range. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/europe/russian-general-calls-encirclement-of-ukrainian-cities-a-deliberate-plan/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 20 time 2022-03-26 16:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507751101587595264 ========== What makes America strong in a globalized world is not a weapon or geography or internal unity, but its alliances of purpose with democracies around the world. This is what Biden understands and Putin hoped to fracture - with Trump's help. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/opinions/biden-europe-trip-ukraine-russia-goal-ghitis/index.html #PS1putin ===== impress 29 time 2022-03-26 16:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507750372374241287 ========== Ukraine is becoming like America. Russia is becoming like Nazi Germany. So in best Stalinist tradition, Putin claims the exact opposite. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/26/opinions/zelensky-ukraine-putin-nightmare-glaser/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1628685644142615 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 49 time 2022-03-26 14:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507724868355178501 ========== Trump tries to talk up his endorsees in Georgia. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-georgia-atlanta-election-2020-donald-trump-ca84cfe92c6f6c07a501f7bc2be74f31 But he won't waste any of HIS campaign funds on that bunch of losers. #PS1trump ===== impress 24 time 2022-03-26 14:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507721017598173190 ========== It's the same old Taliban. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-travel-business-pakistan-lifestyle-febfbef58116fd063e1a5ef780762e56 #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 19 time 2022-03-26 14:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507719254946168837 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-sports-business-africa-lifestyle-064981164d96067aa554e80d90bbc17e #PS1media ===== impress 16 time 2022-03-26 13:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507716839794626566 ========== Western Europe postpones discussions about Poland's rightward drift while facing a greater threat. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/25/world/europe/poland-ukraine-russia.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 31 time 2022-03-25 17:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507412745624334343 ========== Christian nationalism, a valued ally of Putin and Trump and their nationalist fascist peers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/25/joe-scarborough-ginni-thomas-mark-meadows-texts/ #PS1trumpism ===== impress 37 time 2022-03-25 17:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507409208601284611 ========== If GOP senators can't do what they want for their donors - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop then "they were for the most part content with the speed at which they weren't doing anything" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gop-governor-sheds-light-his-party-s-disinterest-governing-n1287710 New Hampshire's GOP governor was not interested in doing nothing. #PS1gop ===== impress 29 time 2022-03-25 16:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507399085925416960 ========== Ukraine war - and Putinism generally - is just another symptom of addiction to burning fossil fuels. https://politpost.com/2022/03/24/were-in-a-fossil-fuel-war-biden-should-say-so/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 63 time 2022-03-25 16:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507394728588808193 ========== Comparative air forces. https://www.gocomics.com/mikeluckovich/2022/03/24 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 26 time 2022-03-25 16:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507393407169093635 ========== Saying out loud what everybody knows - https://apnews.com/article/business-new-york-manhattan-donald-trump-criminal-investigations-291b0ac45cf89e6e558d31247d17eeee Not surprising if he thinks he's just wasted two years of his life. #PS1trump ===== impress 25 time 2022-03-25 16:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507392883258658817 ========== Apple considers turning hardware sales into an annuity. That's worked for software and services of many kinds. The predictable long-term revenue stream supports higher stock prices. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/apple-is-reportedly-working-on-an-iphone-hardware-subscription-service/ar-AAVsoCm #PS1technology ===== impress 29 time 2022-03-25 16:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507391496307183620 ========== Alex Jones skips court date for "medical" reasons. Maybe he caught phlebitis from Nixon. https://apnews.com/article/arts-and-entertainment-shootings-austin-texas-school-shootings-c68ce7012bc37f5f99dd6b051b6f80e4 #PS1media ===== impress 48 time 2022-03-25 16:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507388032801857536 ========== Guernica, Mariupol, what's the diff? Hitler, Putin, what's the diff? It's all just practice training for the next big war. https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2653018 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 71 time 2022-03-25 16:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507387163343978507 ========== Three steps to increase the survival odds of the Baltic democracies against Putin. https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-ukraine-russia-baltics-aggression-20220321-wseik4uhcvhjlga4gos7qly54u-story.html #PS1putin ===== impress 28 time 2022-03-25 15:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507386500924997633 ========== Florida GOP leads the way in making sure election officials toe their party line. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/politics/florida-republicans-elections-bar-free-legal-help/index.html #PS1gop ===== impress 26 time 2022-03-25 14:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507363150600937474 ========== Will right to life/right to choose be a decisive issue for swing voters in swing states, who usually vote their pocketbooks? Or are the voters who really care already decided long ago? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/24/politics/political-issues-2022-abortion/index.html #PS1health ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 26 likes 1 time 2022-03-25 14:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507361790933360640 ========== How Trumpy can you get? Making money off your crimes! https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/politics/january-6-rioters-trump-misinformation-playbook/index.html Trump doesn't seem to care much about his fallen foot soldiers though - plenty more where they came from. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 33 time 2022-03-25 14:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507360780726853636 ========== Russian oligarchs calculate where their best advantage lies. So far most are silent to preserve their options. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/world/russian-oligarch-statements/index.html #PS1putin ===== impress 27 time 2022-03-25 13:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507352461043900416 ========== Hopefully a teaching moment for regimes in Poland and Hungary - a reminder why they are allied with western democracies rather than eastern dictatorships. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-business-warsaw-europe-c905f43858e7966afb3b6cbfbed82b46 #PS1foreign ===== engage 4 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 121 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2022-03-25 13:06 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507343087932112901 ========== More conscientious objectors in the Kremlin than in the US Senate. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-europe-sustainable-development-aff6614f63d6d4805430cd1a659b3bbb #PS1putin ===== impress 32 time 2022-03-25 12:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507339378217013249 ========== How Germany is paying for Putin's aggression. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/opinion/why-is-europe-still-buying-oil-from-putin.html It's time to really put a crimp in Putin's oil hose. #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 34 time 2022-03-25 04:47 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507217547258564610 ========== The view from the front lines. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/opinion/nato-russia-putin-estonia.html Estonia is not a Slavic country, but it knows what it's like to be forcibly dominated by Russia. To give Putin any kind of victory is to invite him to try again. Only an unambiguous defeat can end the fear. #PS1putin ===== impress 50 time 2022-03-25 04:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507216462905192449 ========== Reasons to imagine that inflation won't be as bad as 1980. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/opinion/inflation-united-states-economy.html #PS1inflation ===== impress 28 time 2022-03-25 04:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507215005099298819 ========== It's very hard to predict how another country will fight. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/us/politics/intelligence-agencies-ukraine-afghanistan.html America has no particular insight to offer. #PS1theory ===== impress 26 time 2022-03-25 04:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507206490842566658 ========== Ukraine inspires Taiwan. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/24/ukraine-resilience-has-inspired-taiwan/ Xi, take notice. #PS1china ===== impress 53 time 2022-03-25 03:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507202702987587587 ========== America should welcome Russian technologists as well as Ukrainians. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/24/welcome-russian-talent-skilled-workers-to-relocate-here/ #PS1immigration ===== impress 30 time 2022-03-25 03:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507201737349730304 ========== Russian history is not kind to leaders who lose wars. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/24/opinions/russian-troops-ukraine-war-putin-at-risk/index.html #PS1putin ===== impress 23 time 2022-03-25 03:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507200383268970504 ========== The end of globalization? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/24/business/blackrock-globalization/index.html Lowest-risk source has replace lowest-cost source, perhaps for a generation. US should pay a lot more attention to Canada and Mexico. #PS1inflation ===== impress 54 time 2022-03-25 03:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507199568789745691 ========== Failed to scuttle oligarch yacht, but fighting on anyway. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/24/business/ukrainian-crew-member-sabotaged-russian-oligarch-linked-yacht-invs/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 28 time 2022-03-25 03:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507198680746536980 ========== Did anybody really believe the Taliban could keep their promises? They have internal divisions too. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-education-united-nations-kabul-taliban-0c092db3ce630807729faa245420acdc No basis now for outside intervention in Taliban Afghanistan's humanitarian catastrophe. #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 31 time 2022-03-25 03:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507196904077082624 ========== Michigan insurrectionists had a plan. https://apnews.com/article/whitmer-kidnap-plot-trial-biden-covid-health-michigan-aff035ce3331139a029b052a77279962 A stupid plan, but nobody had to entrap them. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 24 time 2022-03-25 03:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507196053308682243 ========== Add Navarro and Scavino to the list of insurrectionists. Will they plead the fifth? https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-dan-scavino-peter-navarro-congress-b5c9085920141bc373ea567c1484377a #PS1insurrection ===== engage 3 engage-rate 11% expands 1 impress 28 time 2022-03-25 03:19 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507195337668145203 ========== A little late! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-technology-business-indictments-energy-industry-63a13bb832aa051c3661445e3b2ce608 But still good to know, Russian hackers were having a field day during the Trump administration. #PS1russian ===== impress 28 time 2022-03-25 03:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507195038664601612 ========== Just because you're married to a Supreme Court justice doesn't mean you can't be an insurrectionist. https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-donald-trump-presidential-elections-election-2020-mark-meadows-8f12a158eb25fe6ed96528da76a867d7 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 24 time 2022-03-25 03:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507194446357573638 ========== Election fraud - how come it's always Republicans? https://apnews.com/article/elections-los-angeles-campaigns-nebraska-congress-66c320661e21eef5d3083254e8a686f7 #PS1gop ===== impress 25 time 2022-03-25 03:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507194029246623759 ========== Trump doesn't love Brooks any more. And the feeling is mutual. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/24/mo-brooks-turns-on-donald-trump-endorsement-jan-6-committee/ #PS1insurrection ===== impress 19 time 2022-03-24 14:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507002857706299402 ========== Putin puppets persist posting propaganda. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/24/sanction-accounts-social-media/ #PS1media ===== impress 23 time 2022-03-24 14:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507002073958662146 ========== Thinking about the unthinkable. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/24/politics/us-planning-on-how-to-counter-putin/index.html Nothing's unthinkable for Putin, except losing power. #PS1putin ===== impress 21 time 2022-03-24 14:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507000463522078722 ========== Not a world war yet - https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/24/economy/economy-russia-ukraine-war/index.html But a world crisis of shortage/famine/inflation/depression. Blame Putin for starting the war or Zelenskyy for not surrendering immediately or Biden for leading the western support response for Ukraine? #PS1inflation ===== engage 2 engage-rate 2% impress 100 time 2022-03-24 14:21 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506999555761455118 ========== Trying to escape his past? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/politics/manafort-passport-revoked/index.html What better proof of criminality than a pardon from Trump? #PS1justice ===== impress 20 time 2022-03-24 12:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506972947881230338 ========== Freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences. https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article259660080.html Self-restraint is an essential pillar of liberty. There's a constitutional right to keep and bear arms. There's no right to use them as you see fit, free from consequences. #PS1theory ===== impress 16 time 2022-03-24 12:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506970577025716224 ========== He survived Hitler and Stalin but not Putin. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/opinions/boris-romantschenko-russia-strike-death-wagner/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 22 time 2022-03-24 03:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506832438076403718 ========== Putin's psychology. https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-personality-20220321-7rlrzfvdvvcsrit2vmmej7o63i-story.html He's no Khrushchev! #PS1putin ===== impress 21 time 2022-03-24 03:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506831038231683078 ========== "Graham added that if Biden picked Childs, I could have gotten her a lot of votes." Lindsey Graham is delusional - for any nominee, GOP questioning is going to be about the next election, and the Senate vote is going to be about party lines. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/politics/gop-senators-opposing-kbj-confirmation/index.html #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 likes 1 time 2022-03-24 00:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506792002041516032 ========== Promises are made to be broken! https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/politics/ketanji-brown-jackson-hearing-gop-what-matters/index.html Putinists, Trumpists, what's the diff? Winning is the only thing - who cares how! #PS1gop ===== engage 2 engage-rate 10% impress 20 time 2022-03-24 00:29 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506790392859045888 ========== GOP senators missed no opportunity to campaign for president. Even though the hearing was about a Supreme Court nominee. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/politics/senators-2024-jackson-analysis/index.html #PS1gop ===== impress 29 time 2022-03-24 00:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506789278390530050 ========== Why shouldn't GOP nominate domestic violent candidates? Violence at home, violence at the Capitol, what's the diff? https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-steve-bannon-roy-blunt-election-2020-elections-c496743d4656aacf4a1c5d76f1d97b80 With enough major donors, anybody can win! #PS1gop ===== impress 18 time 2022-03-24 00:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506787536110174208 ========== Time for a European Army to defend European Peace? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/opinions/european-army-defense-strategic-compass-putin-andelman/index.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 20 time 2022-03-23 22:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506762042044141568 ========== How are Ukraine and Taiwan alike and different? https://www.bedfordgazette.com/useful-lesson-to-taiwan/article_f5d996e9-a230-53b2-8b7b-b63dd411b018.html The right to keep and bear arms might pay off if persons exercising those rights do so against foreign invaders instead of fellow citizens. #PS1china ===== impress 59 time 2022-03-23 20:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506735600027660292 ========== Keeping reactionary clergy and voters on Putin's side - https://news.yahoo.com/why-russias-church-backing-putins-121428935.html Putin invented "don't say gay". It's handy for creating hostages to bargain with. https://news.yahoo.com/granderson-dont-gay-putin-regime-035133746.html #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 37 likes 1 time 2022-03-23 20:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506734503598780418 ========== Putin is on plan B. How far will he go? https://cvvnews.com/after-a-difficult-month-vladimir-putin-launched-his-plan-b/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 time 2022-03-23 20:41 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506732980122710017 ========== Piling up and putrefying unknown soldiers, unacknowledged by those who sent them to die. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/europe/ukraine-war-russian-soldiers-deaths-cmd-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 23 time 2022-03-23 19:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506720802871205890 ========== The purpose of Supreme Court nominee hearings, of course, is to rally support of Senators' voter bases. The actual qualifications of the nominee are irrelevant. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/politics/gop-criticism-ketanji-brown-jackson/index.html #PS1justice ===== engage 3 engage-rate 11% hashclicks 1 impress 27 likes 1 time 2022-03-23 19:46 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506719053892636672 ========== 1619 was a foundational year for Virginia - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/1619/virginia.html because the political, economic, and demographic foundations of Virginia's wealth were established - politicians, slaves, and women So 1619 was foundational for America. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/1619/ #PS1other ===== impress 22 time 2022-03-23 18:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506703123057811458 ========== Why would Putin want to stop bombing hospitals? It worked in Grozny and it worked in Aleppo, so it will work in Ukraine. His goal is to exterminate opposition, not win a peace prize. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/22/opinions/syria-aleppo-doctor-russia-hospitals-ukraine-al-kateab/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1625756491102197 #PS1putin ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% expands 2 impress 51 time 2022-03-22 13:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506261478470430725 ========== Full speed back to Stalinism! https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/22/europe/alexey-navalny-fraud-conviction-russia-intl-hnk/index.html #PS1putin ===== impress 54 time 2022-03-22 13:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506259812094386180 ========== The dollar is likely to remain almighty for a while. Because everybody knows what it's worth, and that it won't change rapidly. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/20/dollar-dominance-currency-markets-here-to-stay-as-global-reserve-currency/ #PS1economics ===== impress 29 time 2022-03-22 03:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506111249406255108 ========== Is anybody in charge? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/21/politics/us-russia-top-military-commander-ukraine-war/index.html It doesn't matter much if the order of the day is just to murder as many civilians as possible. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 28 time 2022-03-22 03:16 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506107621954052101 ========== Control of Congress may hinge on campaigns to replace non-partisan state Supreme Court justices. https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-biden-us-supreme-court-legislature-redistricting-2dc22ffc8559f43401c9f116b4e7f8ad #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 time 2022-03-22 03:11 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506106254384517123 ========== Hypersonic missiles - another arms race. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-technology-business-maine-us-navy-9f344a7a73f5767de3520fe7bc53fc6d They might make giant aircraft carriers obsolete, just as carriers made battleships obsolete. The future paradigm seems to be swarms of cheap things to swamp defenses. #PS1technology ===== impress 32 time 2022-03-22 03:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506104644287668227 ========== Not a good time for constitutional conventions. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-alaska-legislature-constitutions-election-2020-87253695ffc43434e67560a8ba33f59b Why give Putin another lever to increase American partisanship? #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 27 time 2022-03-22 03:00 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506103439041830918 ========== Too bad about the Ukrainians - but look at the deal Indians are getting on oil! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-covid-business-health-983b157639a631ffab63aa1357aec290 India knows the US needs its support against China. #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 62 time 2022-03-22 02:05 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506089561595686919 ========== Think gas prices are bad? Wait until food and fertilizer shortages sink in. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/ukraine-war-threatens-to-cause-a-global-food-crisis/articleshow/90349465.cms The population carrying capacity of the earth depends on global trade and stable global climate. Both are victims of war. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1625455817798931 #PS1economics ===== impress 36 time 2022-03-22 02:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506088721988276225 ========== No quick fix on gas prices! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-covid-health-business-da75f38d60c1e820b5147fa9e25feca2 Not enough workers and equipment, and not enough assurance that prices will remain high long enough to make it worthwhile. No shortage of GOP criticism of Biden for not doing - what they couldn't do either. #PS1inflation ===== impress 29 time 2022-03-22 01:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506074446498435072 ========== Putin unleashes his inner Stalin. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/21/europe/russia-vladimir-putin-z-fifth-columnists-intl-cmd/index.html Not to mention his inner Hitler. #PS1putin ===== impress 29 time 2022-03-22 00:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506058245978263554 ========== Zelenskyy beats Putin at PR! https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/21/opinions/zelensky-wartime-speech-communications-pr-mcgowan-silva/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 41 likes 1 time 2022-03-21 23:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506057295041499137 ========== Cowboy for Trump rides in to court - in a truck. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-biden-elections-crime-new-mexico-392f02aafc048a93ccc647044b748219 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 37 time 2022-03-21 13:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1505902937737871361 ========== Like Putin, like Xi. https://apnews.com/article/business-china-beijing-xi-jinping-south-china-sea-d229070bc2373be1ca515390960a6e6c Xi said they would not militarize their artificial islands. Then they did. To what end? #PS1china ===== impress 38 time 2022-03-21 06:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1505788396165210116 ========== The impossible dream - you can't be a traditional Republican AND a Trumpist. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html But Pence is going to try, by courting major donors. That's the traditional Republican way. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-europe-campaign-2016-bda68166f62a171878dd65b20ec43b1a #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 38 likes 1 time 2022-03-21 06:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1505787328555466754 ========== "we're not going to sit by while Putin eliminates a sovereign European country" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/20/politics/joe-biden-europe-trip-vladimir-putin/index.html Should countries that border Ukraine and have the greatest stake, to send defensive forces to Ukraine? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1624461517898361 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 50 time 2022-03-20 14:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1505549638098513931 ========== If House GOP win a majority in 2022, they'll elect a new Speaker and it won't be McCarthy. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/24/politics/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-problem/index.html He once said something true about Trump and the Freedom Caucus will never forgive him for it. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/08/politics/house-freedom-caucus-revived-republican-majority/index.html #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 42 time 2022-03-20 03:24 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1505384853335801858 ========== You can't escape climate change by moving from California to Texas! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/19/texas-wildfire-kills-1-officials-worry-extreme-drought-could-worsen-conditions/ Instead you'll get Texas politicians, whose solution for any problem is to pump more oil and gas. That polls well with their major donors. #PS1climate ===== impress 51 time 2022-03-20 03:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1505379968389304322 ========== Why GOP states need special election police! https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/18/politics/mark-meadows-trump-aide-voter-north-carolina/index.html Because GOP states have special election criminals! #PS1trumpism ===== impress 28 time 2022-03-20 02:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1505376158703005696 ========== Why Ukraine is always at the center of world wars. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/19/opinion/ukraine-russia-putin-history.html Putin thinks Ukraine is Russian, but its government traditions comes from the west, not the east. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 48 time 2022-03-20 01:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1505351812903174145 ========== A clever technology for campaigning without ever discussing the issues, or even needing to know what they are. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/19/style/tiktok-political-campaigns-midterm-elections.html #PS1media ===== impress 30 time 2022-03-20 00:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1505348305932341251 ========== Bitcoin mining is not like coal mining, but there are similarities in outcomes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/03/18/bitcoin-mining-noise-pollution-appalachia/ #PS1technology ===== impress 33 time 2022-03-19 23:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1505328525003223043 ========== An American training Ukrainians. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/18/ukraine-militia-volunteer/ He'd never seen a war like this. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 28 time 2022-03-19 23:33 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1505326751827648514 ========== America united behind Ukraine and Zelenskyy - but not behind Biden and the Democrats, who get the blame for global problems - increasing supply problems and inflation, and a likely resurgence of covid. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/19/sundaytake-ukraine-war-politics/ #PS1biden ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 47 time 2022-03-19 23:28 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1505325258563198976 ========== Corruption killed democracy in Afghanistan. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/18/afghanistans-last-finance-minister-now-dc-uber-driver-ponders-what-went-wrong/ #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 28 time 2022-03-19 23:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1505324347610656770 ========== Georgia can't decide what to do about Ukraine and Putin. Are they going to be next anyway? Or can they survive the current crisis by being neutral? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/19/world/europe/ukraine-georgia-war.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 39 time 2022-03-19 16:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1505212780340649985 ========== Nobody has an interest in revealing cyberwar successes and failures. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/opinion/cyberwar-ukraine-russia.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 33 time 2022-03-19 00:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504983139583598594 ========== The Senate can act, if nobody's paying attention! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/18/senate-daylight-saving-time-vote-accident/ #PS1other ===== impress 32 time 2022-03-19 00:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504981204545662976 ========== Putin can hold bigger rallies than Trump. Trump is probably jealous that he can't order government employees and contractors to attend his. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/18/putin-russia-speech-ukraine/ #PS1putin ===== engage 3 engage-rate 7% impress 41 time 2022-03-19 00:37 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504980313125969923 ========== GOP leaders don't want to talk about Cawthorn. He shows all too clearly the end state of reality-TV Trumpism - the only thing that matters is the ratings. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/18/politics/madison-cawthorn-republican-reaction/index.html #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 25 likes 1 time 2022-03-19 00:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504977234586529798 ========== American guns - better Ukraine than Mexico. But what happens to all those weapons when the war is over? Not all the volunteers want to defend democracy. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-american-gunmakers-3c5fa03742ebc5806293a84a0e2b73cd #PS1firearms ===== engage 2 engage-rate 2% impress 85 likes 1 time 2022-03-19 00:19 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504975716810559488 ========== Surprising Trump missed the obvious solution. Too many candidates to decide on an endorsement? Sell it to the highest bidder! It's the Trumpiest thing to do. Most of the Trumpist candidates are rich. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-jd-vance-barack-obama-rob-portman-1adcc3dcceb42e0f1119f196a56f88df #PS1trump ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 31 likes 1 time 2022-03-19 00:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504973105919193089 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-covid-health-business-social-media-4d7581ac052faac6d8d18f2286a449f8 #PS1media ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-18 23:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504965255759163393 ========== Why dictators fail - they can never be wrong, so they can never learn from their mistakes, which become national mistakes. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/17/opinion/why-autocracies-fail.html #PS1theory ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 39 time 2022-03-18 04:35 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504677772857208834 ========== China's covid problems underline the hazards of dictatorship. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/17/opinion/china-russia-xi-jin-ping.html #PS1china ===== impress 70 time 2022-03-18 04:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504676651933728768 ========== Schwarzenegger speaks to Russians. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/17/world/arnold-schwarzenegger-message-russian-people/index.html Will the message get through? #PS1ukraine ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-18 03:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504668527881428997 ========== The lesson is not lost - Russia kept nuclear weapons and is safe from attack. Ukraine gave up nuclear weapons in exchange for meaningless security guarantees. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/17/cornered-putin-dangerous-ukraine-david-ignatius/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1622763358068177 #PS1foreign ===== impress 61 time 2022-03-18 02:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504641905996431361 ========== If the enemy soldiers are too tough, you can always just murder civilians instead. Whatever it takes to accomplish Putin's goals, whatever they are. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/17/politics/russia-military-ukraine-what-matters/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 37 time 2022-03-18 01:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504637875119292416 ========== Chinese secret agents harass Chinese Americans. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/nyregion/china-target-congress-campaign.html Some was what's called "opposition research" in American politics - firms whose business is digging up or making up dirt on political candidates. #PS1china ===== impress 32 time 2022-03-18 01:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504636312082534400 ========== Economic sanctions - a powerful counter-balance to nuclear weapons - but only to a point. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/opinion/us-russia-sanctions-power-economy.html Push a nuclear state too hard and who knows what it might do? #PS1putin ===== impress 41 time 2022-03-17 22:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504582668217774088 ========== GOP voters must not care about logical consistency. So neither do their candidates. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/17/republicans-ukraine-aid-vote/ #PS1trumpism ===== impress 30 time 2022-03-17 22:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504580808736010248 ========== How Putin got so rich! https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/17/business/putin-wealth-sanctions-invs/index.html He always blamed Hillary Clinton for the Panama Papers, and so intervened against her in 2016. But now he's just obsessed with power and historical legacy. #PS1putin ===== impress 61 time 2022-03-17 22:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504580243146698754 ========== Better late than never. Even better to help prevent it from happening again. https://www.sunjournal.com/2022/03/17/leonard-pitts-jr-kinzingers-apology-too-little-too-late/ "Trump’s gangsterism, appalling as it was, was less of a threat to this country than the moral destitution that emboldened and enabled it" #PS1trumpism ===== impress 33 time 2022-03-17 20:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504553867823890434 ========== Trumpists driving out election competence in favor of election loyalty - no more lost GOP elections! https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2649599 #PS1democracy ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-17 20:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504551167618998272 ========== The essence of GOP - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop Reward the makers not the takers! https://www.mediamatters.org/lou-dobbs/makers-vs-takers-romneys-47-percent-rhetoric-echoes-fox-news No surprise that Prop 13 is better for businesses and wealthy homeowners! It was designed that way. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/03/12/prop-13-offers-higher-tax-breaks-for-homeowners-in-white-neighborhoods/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 35 time 2022-03-17 20:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504549693895831552 ========== "You pretend to care about the common man, speaking his language, and he won’t notice you’re picking his pockets.” https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop Nothing prepares you better for the common man than a degree from Harvard Law! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/opinion/ron-desantis-is-gambling-on-out-trumping-trump.html #PS1trumpism ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-17 18:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504532756063301633 ========== Cheap drones heighten the risk of accidental war. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/17/politics/us-nato-errant-drones-unintentional-conflict-russia-ukraine/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 29 time 2022-03-17 18:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504529257103454209 ========== Rewriting the economics of warfare - mass attacks of cheap weapons is an economical strategy. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-middle-east-africa-libya-europe-ecb9e820ea4bddb4464d7e8cb40e82fc This works for both sides, but it's good for defense when you know where the targets are, and for offense when you don't care who you blow up. #PS1technology ===== impress 38 time 2022-03-17 18:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504527821196062749 ========== How deregulation led to lower prices - and lower wages - and a 91% turnover rate - and the trucker rebellion. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/opinion/truckers-surveillance.html It's a wonder that anybody is willing to do it. #PS1economics ===== impress 33 time 2022-03-17 04:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504319368708063233 ========== Russian opposition - too little, too late. Most Russians believe and support Putin. Nobody else can save Russia. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/opinion/russia-ukraine-putin.html Don't let it happen in America! #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 42 time 2022-03-17 04:45 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504317955223408640 ========== "How does the next world war begin? " The great empires were primed for war in 1914. Germany and Russia were primed for war in 1939. In 2022, Russia appears to only be primed for murdering civilians. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/opinion/russia-ukraine-world-war-iii.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1622109454800234 #PS1putin ===== impress 44 time 2022-03-17 04:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504316755304321031 ========== Surprise - China's covid lockdown policies have reduced the demand for oil, and hence the price. Putin didn't see that coming, and nobody else did either. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/opinion/russia-ukraine-putin-war.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 86 time 2022-03-17 04:27 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504313425299599362 ========== Wilson and Biden - threading the needle between peace and war. https://www.arcamax.com/politics/politicalnews/s-2648804 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 26 time 2022-03-17 04:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504312307890884609 ========== Don't let inflation panic US into a Putin recession. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/paul-krugman-how-not-to-have-a-putin-recession/ar-AAV6MEV #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 42 time 2022-03-17 04:18 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504311140343377922 ========== Do you remember when Americans were building bomb shelters in their basements? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/world/europe/ukraine-russia-nuclear-war.html Tactical nuclear response is part of Russian military doctrine. What happens next? #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 41 time 2022-03-17 03:50 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504304156957286400 ========== Putin prepares return to Stalinism. It's where his heart has always been, as a KGB colonel. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/world/europe/putin-russia-ukraine-protests.html #PS1putin ===== engage 3 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 98 retweets 1 time 2022-03-17 03:42 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504302026162810881 ========== China is not a neutral observer. Xi want Russia to win against the west, but he also wants to avoid any trade sanctions against China. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/16/china-ukraine-russia-war-diplomacy-strategy/ #PS1china ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 62 time 2022-03-17 03:37 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504300888399114242 ========== Bolton knew what Trump and Putin were up to and he's not sugar-coating it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/15/john-boltons-crusade-debunk-trumps-revisionist-history-russia-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 36 time 2022-03-17 03:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504299196718858243 ========== Graham had a road-to-Damascus moment but it was just a moment. He got over it the next day, his life unchanged. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/16/lindsey-graham-was-angrier-about-jan-6-than-he-let-or-than-he-has-indicated-since/ #PS1trumpism ===== impress 31 time 2022-03-17 03:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504297991091286020 ========== Surprise! The Trump team only has room for loyalists. Loyal to Trump, not to America. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/16/trump-signals-running-mate-other-than-pence/ #PS1trump ===== impress 29 time 2022-03-17 03:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504296751640969216 ========== What Putin has proved to the world - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/15/ukraine-war-proves-russia-no-longer-a-superpower/ It really is "Upper Volta with nuclear weapons". #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 40 retweets 1 time 2022-03-17 03:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504296301994790913 ========== We had to ally with Stalin to defeat Hitler. Now? Venezuela, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/16/opinions/venezuela-oil-russia-sanctions-miller/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 65 time 2022-03-17 00:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504258861875679233 ========== The important thing is to quit changing clocks. The world runs on UT! It doesn't matter whether California chooses "standard" time - UT-8, or "daylight" time - UT-7. Any business that doesn't like the choice can change its operating hours seasonally. #PS1other ===== impress 31 time 2022-03-17 00:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504257195860381698 ========== Home-grown Ohio oligarchs try to pretend they have no skin in the Russian game. Good news for Democratic candidates! Lots of Ohioans have Ukrainian ancestors. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-2022-midterm-elections-business-europe-rob-portman-903327323c57c2e410c0921ec5f18c01 #PS1gop ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-17 00:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504256146076409856 ========== Slav leaders of formerly Stalinist countries risk danger to meet Zelenskyy in person and support Ukraine. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-janez-jansa-jaroslaw-kaczynski-europe-95780a078715eb271edec313bfc683e7 You'd never see a Putinist or Trumpist undertake such risks. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 50 time 2022-03-17 00:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504255150726148099 ========== Trumpist insurrectionists still going strong in Idaho. Do you really want to move there? https://apnews.com/article/idaho-boise-ammon-bundy-9ca80359db4918dc79a59e373aff9796 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 33 time 2022-03-17 00:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504254291011268612 ========== Can Putin be overthrown by the oligarchs? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/10/russia-elites-putin-coup-war/ Those closest to Putin are all KGB veterans who think exactly like him. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/opinions-stop-imagining-putin-e2-80-99s-overthrow-fantasies-won-e2-80-99t-help-ukraine/ar-AAV7hZw More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1621995598144953 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 32 time 2022-03-17 00:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504252759058440192 ========== How Russian oligarchs continue to corrupt American politics. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-lev-parnas-new-york-europe-manhattan-1ff84385ae3cd301a465865a86d6a49b #PS1russian ===== impress 28 time 2022-03-16 13:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504094197925642241 ========== Reactionaries boldly embrace an imaginary past. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/leonard-pitts-jr-conservatives-about-to-lose-the-21st-century/ar-AAUZDD1 #PS1other ===== impress 30 time 2022-03-16 13:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504092188757528578 ========== Trump candidate coming up $hort. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-georgia-campaigns-atlanta-media-8c1e1be2f17f5a8800eacf4c58424cd7 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 39 time 2022-03-16 06:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503981293020745728 ========== Petraeus evaluates Russian invasion so far and speculates on possible outcomes. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/15/opinions/russia-ukraine-petraeus-bergen/index.html The upshot is that the Ukraine campaign has made the US, EU, and NATO look stronger, and Russia look weaker. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 61 time 2022-03-16 06:12 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503977564246724608 ========== Prisoners of war shocked by the truth. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/15/europe/ukraine-russian-prisoners-of-war-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 25 time 2022-03-16 06:01 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503974813433413633 ========== No combat experience? No Slavic language fluency? Stay home! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-0b332e01abf61890d5d5458dc9bf2c8b #PS1ukraine ===== impress 36 time 2022-03-15 13:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503728239209975808 ========== US needs to increase permanent forces in eastern Europe to deter Putin. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-biden-business-nato-5f084c3bde893b44dd087ec69de8c02c #PS1putin ===== impress 40 time 2022-03-15 04:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503593102472216578 ========== Airline points, like other pseudo-currencies, are subject to devaluation at any time. Better use them up. https://bdnews24.com/travelandtourism/2022/03/07/the-best-time-to-use-your-airline-miles-now #PS1economics ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-15 02:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503556999904079873 ========== The DAO of pump-and-dump. https://jaag.org/reality-intrudes-on-a-utopian-crypto-vision-the-new-york-times/ There MIGHT be something socially beneficial under development here. What's certain is that some people intend to benefit more than others. #PS1economics ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-15 02:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503555714995744771 ========== As a former KGB colonel, Putin is no more religious than Trump. But each can spot a political ally as well as anybody. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/14/europe/patriarch-kirill-putin-spiritual-battle-intl-cmd/index.html The history of Christianity is schism upon schism, usually due to political considerations pretending to be theological. #PS1putin ===== impress 41 time 2022-03-15 00:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503535391365734402 ========== Economic sanctions punish ordinary Russians alike, those that support Putin, and those that oppose Putin. But will that translate into Putin changing behavior? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/14/politics/russia-economy-sanctions-ruble-what-matters/index.html #PS1putin ===== impress 37 time 2022-03-15 00:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503532870782005250 ========== China aims to win the Ukraine war - by doing as little as possible. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/world/asia/china-russia-ukraine.html #PS1china ===== impress 75 time 2022-03-15 00:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503525735465586689 ========== What are Trumpists for? Cult of personality - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop What are other GOP for? Delivering for billionaires - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop What are Democrats for? Delivering for voters. Talk about successes, not failures. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/14/democrats-messaging-problem/ #PS1biden ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 35 likes 1 time 2022-03-15 00:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503524083341824000 ========== To avoid nuclear war, a messy compromise might be necessary - if it's offered. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/13/biden-us-ukraine-lessons-cold-war/ But whether Putin conquers Ukraine or backs down even an inch, most of Europe will want to join NATO and EU for protection against his next move. #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 74 time 2022-03-15 00:04 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503522507470499841 ========== "End of history" author sees Putin defeat inevitable - eventually. Dangerous if true - Putin might resort to weapons of mass destruction and west would retaliate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/14/putin-could-lose-ukraine-fukuyama-optimistic/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 66 time 2022-03-14 23:58 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503520863357833216 ========== “We have to get done what we can get done with the votes we have” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/13/case-for-hopeful-realism-raise-midterm-campaign-stakes/ Trump is opposed to any and all bipartisanship, but a few GOP members of Congress are overcoming their fear of him - and a few is enough. #PS1biden ===== impress 63 time 2022-03-14 23:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503519963503468545 ========== Trump violating election law - https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-campaigns-elections-campaign-laws-c916e097eb68adfa8ec11c13175c7e53 He's already running for president, but he wants to keep his sources and uses of cash secret for as long as possible. Why? To make money? #PS1trump ===== impress 67 time 2022-03-14 23:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503519075523203075 ========== Ill-chosen endorsements might weaken Trump and strengthen his opponents. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/14/trumps-endorsements-south-carolina-are-showcasing-his-weakness/ #PS1trump ===== impress 65 time 2022-03-14 23:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503518368287977472 ========== Does traditional conservatism carry any weight in the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP? Reasons for running against Trumpism in GOP primaries - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/14/republican-moderates-trump-2024/ A third party candidacy, though, would be counter-productive. #PS1trumpism ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 67 likes 1 time 2022-03-14 23:45 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503517584880111619 ========== There ARE neo-Nazis rushing to Ukraine to fight. Their goal is NOT preservation of democratic government, but creation of fascist states. So why are they fighting Putin? Any war is a good war for destroying civilization. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/14/neo-nazi-ukraine-war/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 2% impress 133 time 2022-03-14 23:39 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503516183722487812 ========== The blessings of democracy and the rule of law - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#rule-of-law or Putinism/Trumpism - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#trump Can American voters learn the same lessons NATO countries have learned? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/14/putin-could-help-bolster-american-democracy-biden-ukraine-russia-nato/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 65 time 2022-03-14 23:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503513967116754948 ========== No-fly zones wouldn't stop missile attacks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/14/russia-strikes-yavoriv-poland-border/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 63 time 2022-03-14 23:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503511394066464768 ========== How Trumpists seize control of election machinery to make sure they never lose again. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/14/georgia-elections-fraud-purge/ #PS1trumpism ===== impress 63 time 2022-03-14 23:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503510805492355075 ========== Got potassium iodide? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/14/business/potassium-iodide-pills-demand-surge/index.html #PS1health ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 66 time 2022-03-14 23:15 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503510260807393280 ========== China and Xi are too inwardly focused to be effective global players. Xi in particular has no interest in rescuing democracies. Like Putin, Xi views democracies as threats to his backward vision. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/opinions/china-russia-war-against-ukraine-johnson/index.html #PS1china ===== impress 73 time 2022-03-14 23:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503509396478824448 ========== Putin's dream is to revive the Soviet Union, if not the Russian Empire. He's making good progress, as long as the oligarchs and military support him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/14/putin-taking-russia-back-to-soviet-union/ #PS1putin ===== impress 73 time 2022-03-14 14:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503377134420516870 ========== Russia took four bites out of Poland from 1772-1939, then after the war Stalin moved the whole country west, keeping parts for Belarus and Ukraine. Being nervous about Russia (and formerly Germany and Austria) is part of the Polish psyche. https://nytimes.com/2022/03/13/opinion/poland-russia-ukraine.html #PS1putin ===== impress 105 time 2022-03-14 12:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503352481740308482 ========== It's harder to add internet censorship, as Putin is doing, than to build it in from the beginning, as China did. https://apnews.com/article/russia-internet-censorship-efforts-reveal-shortcomings-c2156ead73e1c33cb9357fb954f958f8 #PS1technology ===== impress 76 time 2022-03-14 06:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503250883739496448 ========== Traditional conservatives struggle to find a way to stop Trump. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-larry-hogan-adam-kinzinger-donald-trump-liz-cheney-b62ae9bb1ee38bf3ec18da59352bf3dd But Trump will be the GOP nominee, even if he's broke and in jail. A third party would just draw support from the Democratic candidate and insure Trump's victory. #PS1election ===== impress 71 time 2022-03-14 05:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503249402055430145 ========== “Four mistakes in making one decision is a lot” https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-nato-william-burns-europe-1271f76008b3e639df6ff21e3644e339 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 104 time 2022-03-14 05:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503247481865322498 ========== Missouri wants to prosecute its residents who travel to other states for abortions. Though they won't say so publicly, it's understood that this won't apply to rich white people who pay for political campaigns and can afford good lawyers. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/opinion/missouri-abortion-roe-v-wade.html #PS1trumpism ===== impress 71 time 2022-03-14 04:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503224832380481536 ========== Back to the future or forward to the past? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/12/opinion/putin-ukraine-russia.html Putin brings a 18-19th century imperialist mindset to nuclear weapons and economic and information globalization. Something has to give. #PS1putin ===== impress 67 time 2022-03-14 04:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503223404635189249 ========== Insuring the success of minority rule https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html for all time https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/opinion/republicans-democracy.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 59 time 2022-03-14 04:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503222244138360835 ========== Russia took four out of Poland from 1772-1939, then after the war Stalin moved the whole country west, keeping eastern parts for Belarus and Ukraine. Being nervous about Russia (and formerly Germany and Austria) is part of the Polish psyche. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/opinion/poland-russia-ukraine.html #PS1putin ===== engage 2 engage-rate 2% impress 105 time 2022-03-14 04:07 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503221367260409857 ========== Putin will not accept defeat, no matter how much it costs Ukraine or Russia. So NATO is now planning how to respond to chemical, biological, or nuclear attacks, either in Ukraine or neighboring countries. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/us/politics/russia-ukraine-us-endgame.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1620019545009225 #PS1putin ===== impress 133 time 2022-03-14 04:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503219628285124620 ========== The Ukrainian Quislings step out of their closets. They've been waiting for this moment for years. https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-13-22/h_38e38946a6d8425903a4e2709803e3dd #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 67 time 2022-03-14 03:37 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503213693911252993 ========== Putin's actions change military thinking in Japan. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/13/asia/japan-russia-ukraine-war-international-politics-hnk-intl/index.html Pacifism and non-nuclear status no longer sound so good. #PS1china ===== impress 76 time 2022-03-14 03:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503213136765063171 ========== Yovanovitch's saddest observation is how much Trumpism resembles the former corrupt regimes in Ukraine, and the currently corrupt regime in Russia. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#trump Under Trumpism, loyalty trumps competence and integrity every time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/11/marie-yovanovitch-lessons-edge-book-review/ #PS1trumpism ===== impress 103 time 2022-03-14 01:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503180210320994307 ========== Those who can, get out while they still can. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/09/europe-russians-leaving/ #PS1putin ===== impress 62 time 2022-03-14 01:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503177464465412096 ========== Cawthorn can't stay out of trouble. Never could. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/11/politics/madison-cawthorn-zelensky-ukraine/index.html But if he's a true Trumpist, he'll find a way to blame somebody else and beat the raps. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 61 time 2022-03-14 01:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503176197902987265 ========== What happens when right-wing donors hire former spies? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/11/media/project-veritas-new-york-times/index.html Putin would be so proud. #PS1journalism ===== impress 63 time 2022-03-14 01:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503175421050777602 ========== Russia can't keep technologists in the dark for long. But for the average citizen, the internet is completely under government control. For now. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/12/tech/russia-internet-censorship-circumvention/index.html #PS1putin ===== impress 73 time 2022-03-14 00:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503174042643140608 ========== Will China decide to help Russia in Ukraine? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/13/politics/jake-sullivan-meeting-chinese-counterpart-ukraine/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 117 time 2022-03-14 00:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503170852635885569 ========== Moldova doesn't know what to do. Too many ethnic minorities, too many opinions. But it will probably have to take sides soon. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-moldova-europe-race-and-ethnicity-dc151731d845b7556fa9c99fa375941b #PS1foreign ===== impress 66 time 2022-03-14 00:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503170284320280584 ========== South Dakota governore Kristi Noem ignores governing South Dakota in favor of currying favor with the national Trumpist base. That's a very Trumpist attitude! Trump would certainly prefer her over Pence as a VP candidate. https://apnews.com/article/biden-covid-entertainment-health-business-cc6b5ffab06d2414fb9b9de5ea8ff4e3 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 71 time 2022-03-14 00:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503169421602279424 ========== How is today like and different from the previous cold war? Just ask Kruschev's great grand-daughter! https://apnews.com/article/cold-war-echoes-russia-us-ukraine-0050dd806e5f8748bf59b5e84d15b959 Putin mourns Stalin, the Soviet Union, and the Russian Empire. #PS1putin ===== impress 84 time 2022-03-14 00:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503168152938590210 ========== Some GOP want to count ballots by hand "to reduce fraud". https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-new-hampshire-nevada-donald-trump-elections-3f6785364fd52655cbd034f0708c6f0f Of course, their real goal is to make it EASIER for them to commit fraud. #PS1democracy ===== impress 61 time 2022-03-14 00:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503160033856528386 ========== Congressional apportionment and redistricting should be based on voter turnout - something we know very accurately. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting Failing that, what other new census technology? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/12/us/census-data-counting-changes.html The tech giants would love to sell their data! #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 69 time 2022-03-14 00:00 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503159085662760962 ========== How WWIII didn't start - this time. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/11/asia/india-pakistan-missile-intl-hnk/index.html How long will we be so lucky? #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 68 time 2022-03-13 23:54 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503157595325886464 ========== The (only) case for a Republican in California state government. https://olxpraca.com/mathews-the-one-position-where-california-might-need-a-republican/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 49 time 2022-03-13 23:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503156253895245825 ========== Thousand of Russians stranded in Thailand as local tourist industry suffers. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-covid-health-travel-business-e31653ca76e092c78a2af5c53f083b7a #PS1foreign ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 73 time 2022-03-13 23:45 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503155439256580096 ========== SpaceX is keeping internet connectivity going to and from Ukraine. Russia is not pleased while it "implements its highest national interests on the territory of Ukraine" - meaning murdering civilians. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/03/13/how-elon-musks-satellite-internet-is-coming-to-ukraines-defense/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 105 time 2022-03-13 23:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503153882788102144 ========== How employers have been reducing workers' power by reducing competition. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/icymi-nyt-employer-practices-limit-workers-choices-and-wages-us-study-argues Real wages at the bottom have hardly changed in 50 years. Not so at the top! #PS1economics ===== impress 55 time 2022-03-13 23:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503150865607114754 ========== How many more houses does California need? https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/03/11/bubble-watch-california-doubles-housing-demands-to-2-5-million-by-2030/ As with previous housing booms, much current demand is short-term demographic and economic factors, plus vacation housing and speculators. The biggest unmet need is low-cost shelter for homeless. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 55 time 2022-03-13 23:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503149705609445377 ========== Bad faith? Trump? What other kind of faith has he ever professed? https://apnews.com/article/business-donald-trump-lewis-a-kaplan-new-york-lawsuits-de125ca34e2b1a683dc94295f6123879 #PS1trump ===== impress 52 time 2022-03-13 21:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503118583865360385 ========== Why isn't crypto a useful hedge against uncertainty? Too much speculation! A bitcoin is only worth as much as a speculator will pay for it today - it has no intrinsic value. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/11/technology/bitcoin-ukraine-russia-roose.html But it seems to be helpful for funding Ukrainian defense. #PS1economics ===== engage 3 engage-rate 9% expands 2 impress 34 likes 1 time 2022-03-13 21:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503117876458184710 ========== There's lots of evidence that bombing civilians usually doesn't work. Putin keeps on anyway. He thinks it worked for Stalin and Hitler. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/13/opinions/putin-bombs-and-ukraine-resists-column-galant/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 21 time 2022-03-13 21:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503115953411801088 ========== American journalist killed in Ukraine. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brent-renaud-ukraine-russia-american-journalist-killed/ It's dangerous to be in range of Russian forces. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 88 time 2022-03-13 19:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503087628928708610 ========== God has no tears but ours https://www.political-scrapbook.net/img/ua-flag-tear.jpg God has no hands but ours 3 million in exile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUfwy3f3R4s The glory and freedom of Ukraine has not yet perished Luck will still smile on us brother-Ukrainians. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1619790031698843 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 109 time 2022-03-13 19:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503084856296689665 ========== Working for Putin is dangerous. When a narcissist fails, somebody else must take the blame. https://news.yahoo.com/russian-spy-chiefs-under-house-163301889.html And a third Russian general has been killed in Ukraine. #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 106 time 2022-03-13 14:40 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503018194193190917 ========== Reminiscent of La Dernière Classe of Daudet - https://litgloss.buffalo.edu/daudet/text.php It's how Russian cultural domination of Ukraine worked - and would work again. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/12/opinions/ukrainian-identity-russia-invasion-buchatskiy/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 76 time 2022-03-13 07:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502912555223638017 ========== Trump tells SC voters that 99% Trumpist isn't good enough. With Trump it's PERSONAL and ALL or NOTHING! That's how cult of personality works. https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-tom-rice-donald-trump-congress-south-carolina-da14882306224a3cc9c5df5418cfddf5 #PS1trump ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 67 time 2022-03-13 07:17 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502906688193531905 ========== Make it a referendum, not a choice! And he's in charge of the 2022 GOP Senate campaigns! https://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/rick-scotts-11-point-plan-to-rescue-america-is-so-insane-its-basically-a-gift-to-the-democrats/Content?oid=31107885 Are any Trumpist voters going to woke up to the writing on the wall? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1619016471776199 #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 likes 1 time 2022-03-12 15:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502662182755921922 ========== Making the argument for regional federalism - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html New Hampshire secession fails for now - https://apnews.com/article/oddities-new-hampshire-united-states-legislature-constitutions-c39eb2375d9aa953dde2ad3cef891121 #PS1gop ===== impress 26 time 2022-03-12 14:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502657340197068805 ========== Americans deserve to know what GOP will do. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/11/yes-voters-deserve-know-this-gop-plan-would-raise-taxes-by-1-trillion/ McConnell scolds Scott for spilling the private beans in public. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 23 likes 1 time 2022-03-12 05:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502522361026805760 ========== "the most efficient way to deceive a populace en masse in the social media era is not to try to convince them of falsehoods, but to discredit the media and sow doubt about the truth" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/11/russia-fake-news-law-misinformation/ Nothing is true and everything is possible. #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 35 likes 1 time 2022-03-12 05:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502521246507945984 ========== QAnons gladly support Putin. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/media/biolab-ukraine-russia-qanon-false-conspiracy-theory/index.html #PS1qanon ===== impress 22 time 2022-03-12 05:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502513859629789188 ========== Catching up with the IRS backlog. https://apnews.com/article/business-personal-taxes-fd02c92a48c44a8a5fe48dae46b90d14 Rick Scott has an even Trumpier idea - increase taxes on poor people and cut IRS employment in half, to end enforcement harassment of job creators in the major political donor class. #PS1tax ===== engage 3 engage-rate 3% impress 105 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2022-03-11 20:21 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502379236392194049 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-2022-midterm-elections-climate-health-business-12c97fcff2cd2daeb3fff10d4a32eb21 #PS1media ===== impress 79 time 2022-03-11 19:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502364544668037120 ========== "civilizational imagining provides a useful lever for ruling elites who want to suppress other forms of solidarity, whether class, regional or ecologically based, and to restrict the attractions of cosmopolitanism for their economic elites." https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/11/opinion/nato-russia-the-west-ukraine.html #PS1theory ===== impress 87 time 2022-03-11 15:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502299985462771716 ========== It's still the same old Stalinist story. What's new is the eagerness of American media personalities to propagate the propaganda. Why is Tucker Carlson so concerned about his ratings in Russia? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/11/how-right-embraced-russian-disinformation-about-us-bioweapons-labs-ukraine/ #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 100 likes 1 time 2022-03-11 14:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502296939261399042 ========== Don't book Aeroflot! https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/11/business/russia-airlines-sanctions/index.html #PS1putin ===== engage 2 engage-rate 2% impress 89 time 2022-03-11 13:42 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502278747084316677 ========== No peaceful resolution in sight. Ukraine won't surrender, Putin won't go home. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-nato-european-union-europe-aca0de34f3644058256f1fc700e2da54 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 90 time 2022-03-11 13:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502277494325399560 ========== There is no diplomatic off-ramp. Nobody believes anything the Russians say - for good reason. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/11/politics/russia-misinformation-putin-lavrov-ukraine-war/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 79 time 2022-03-11 05:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502153895413370880 ========== Another Russian general paid the price for Putinism. https://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-top-russian-general-andrei-sukhovetsky-killed-in-ukraine-2937452 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 86 time 2022-03-11 05:15 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502151275198095373 ========== A plausible theory about why more risky drivers - the sensible drivers stay home, so the risky ones are more noticeable. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/10/pandemic-risky-driving-maybe-here-to-stay/ #PS1other ===== impress 78 time 2022-03-11 03:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502131516310102021 ========== "not only will they do it, but that other people are weak for following the rules" A fundamental tenet of Putinism - and also Trumpism. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/10/sport/ukraine-russia-putin-sports-sanctions-intl-spt/index.html #PS1putin ===== impress 81 time 2022-03-11 03:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502130435647684609 ========== Thank you John Eastman for identifying the 111 emails most relevant to the Jan 6 committee. The judge will take a look to see if he can find any attorney-client privilege. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/09/politics/john-eastman-trump-house-lawsuit/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== engage 4 engage-rate 4% impress 107 likes 1 time 2022-03-11 03:40 +0000 urlclicks 2 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502127394232045569 ========== The usual suspects claimed that wearing masks inhibited their speech. We should be so lucky! The judge threw them out. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/politics/house-mask-mandate-lawsuit-dismissed-massie-greene-norman/index.html #PS1trumpism ===== impress 79 time 2022-03-11 03:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502126862486499329 ========== A cushy job - for political appointees? https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-crime-police-florida-voting-3d66da7e765a0dd7f4db590654185c26 There's very little to investigate. Loudly announce charges one day, drop them a week later, and you're done for the year. #PS1democracy ===== impress 77 time 2022-03-11 03:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502126086494191616 ========== Oppressive strong men are often very weak - because they don't get unfiltered information from anybody. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/opinion/putin-ukraine-russia-usa.html Whenever Hitler personally took command of a military situation, the Allies rejoiced. #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 82 likes 1 time 2022-03-11 01:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502097866977726476 ========== “He knew exactly how to play these guys" - Trump Jr. He's got it backwards of course - THEY knew exactly how to play Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/10/gop-scurries-trumps-putin-praise-trump-jr-offers-novel-explanation/ #PS1trumpism ===== impress 78 time 2022-03-11 01:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502096511282282496 ========== Cawthorn does Putin's work for free! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/10/cawthorn-zelensky-thug/ Do his voters approve? #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 84 time 2022-03-11 01:33 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502095429701279752 ========== Eyes in the skies on both sides - looking for the start of WWIII. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/10/politics/nato-surveillance-flight-russia-belarus/index.html Belarus is helping Russia, so Russia has no valid complaint if other countries help Ukraine. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 104 time 2022-03-11 01:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502093493329485824 ========== Where does truth come from? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#rule-of-law Putin is creating the future he wants to see - and Trumpists are enviously taking notes. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/opinion/russia-ukraine-fake-news.html #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 78 likes 1 time 2022-03-11 00:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502074654428598272 ========== Sanctions and oppression might be a big win for Putin - it drives the undesirables out of the country. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/opinion/putin-russia-ukraine.html Russians expect oppression and corruption from government, so most don't hold it against Putin. #PS1putin ===== impress 85 time 2022-03-11 00:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502073676136529922 ========== Putin thinks he can survive sanctions. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/world/europe/russia-economy-ukraine.html But stern measures might be required. #PS1putin ===== impress 88 time 2022-03-11 00:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502072466931281920 ========== Putin won't back down, Zelenskyy won't back down. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/10/ukraine-end-game/ Putin will have to kill enough of the Ukrainians to discourage the survivors from resisting. No problem - Stalin did that to Finland in 1939. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1617855291892317 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 112 time 2022-03-10 23:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502069792395644940 ========== There are some things that everybody that upholds rule of law should support - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#rule-of-law Some GOP leaders have little patience for Trumpists who don't. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/10/maga-republicans-setbacks/ #PS1gop ===== impress 78 time 2022-03-10 23:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502066854315053076 ========== Putin pals have some explaining to do. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/10/europe/putin-loses-his-european-friends-intl-cmd/index.html Like part of the American GOP, they would rather talk about something else. #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 68 likes 1 time 2022-03-10 23:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502064858942124077 ========== Making the most of the Ukraine distraction! https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-missile-test-icbm-47fe520e96a71312e0a47fb6cc2c9910 #PS1foreign ===== impress 90 time 2022-03-10 23:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502059078310408221 ========== Buddhism and Putin? https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/03/10/photos-vladimir-putin-pal-steven-seagal-gets-7-million-for-remote-northern-california-ranch #PS1putin ===== impress 70 time 2022-03-10 16:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501953615501529090 ========== America allied with the Soviets in 1942. Now it may be time to hold our noses again, this time against Russia. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-miami-europe-caracas-fa4945453e304769b70ae906e0d82400 The Venezuelan exiles are a political force in Florida, but that state's probably lost to Democrats in 2022 anyway. #PS1inflation ===== impress 92 time 2022-03-10 15:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501937745257664525 ========== Who's next after Ukraine falls? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-business-georgia-estonia-bc7d887d4a8bb59f58906459543b1fbe Putin will exploit divisions within each of his target countries. #PS1putin ===== impress 79 time 2022-03-10 15:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501936446965309453 ========== Many are called, but few are chosen. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-d0243a1708a3115e5ad0ac40aed99b9f Military experience and fluency in Ukrainian or Russian would seem to be required. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 84 likes 1 time 2022-03-10 14:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501935150447292428 ========== China can't bail out Putin. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/opinion/china-russia-sanctions-economy.html #PS1china ===== impress 82 time 2022-03-10 03:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501763893214867462 ========== GOP dutifully supports Putin by sowing division in time of war. He didn't even have to pay them to do it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/09/biden-gas-prices-republicans-ukraine/ #PS1trumpism ===== impress 85 time 2022-03-10 03:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501762556506955776 ========== "Wagner comes in, further destabilizes the country, ravages the mineral resources and makes as much money as they can before they choose to leave" It's a Russian tradition, and Putin is a traditional Russian. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/09/mali-russia-wagner/ #PS1putin ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 77 likes 1 time 2022-03-10 03:28 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501761763506679813 ========== Is there a realistic end-game scenario that doesn't involve either Putin being removed from power by the Russian oligarchs and military, or Putin using nuclear weapons? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/opinion/putin-ukraine-russia-war.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 84 time 2022-03-10 01:20 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501729574043881478 ========== An endurance war - who can retain popular support the longest? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/world/europe/russia-ukraine-economy.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 83 time 2022-03-10 01:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501728107656478722 ========== Most GOP leaders don't want to explain or even talk about what they said (or didn't say) about Ukraine in the distant past - like 4 years ago. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/us/politics/republicans-ukraine.html Are any of their other statements on other topics any more credible? #PS1gop ===== impress 92 time 2022-03-10 01:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501726395755417602 ========== It's not just a game of Risk! Theories require adjustment when they encounter extraordinary individuals making history - first Putin, then Zelenskyy. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/opinion/ukraine-russia-invasion-west.html #PS1theory ===== impress 93 time 2022-03-10 01:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501724928797675525 ========== Does Xi still think Putin is a useful ally? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/08/china-russia-xi-jinping-rethinking-putin-bromance/ #PS1china ===== impress 84 time 2022-03-10 00:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501720573444976641 ========== FBI is arresting insurrectionists who planned and enabled, but weren't there in person. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/09/guy-reffitt-conviction-january-6/ #PS1insurrection ===== impress 78 time 2022-03-10 00:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501719165043818496 ========== UAE might help replace Russian oil and gas. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/energy/oil-uae-production-increase/index.html #PS1inflation ===== impress 84 time 2022-03-10 00:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501718272101601281 ========== Putin lies about everything - so this is hardly news. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/europe/russia-conscripts-fighting-ukraine-intl/index.html #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 83 time 2022-03-10 00:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501716153596448769 ========== Whenever you look for actual voter fraud - you always seem to end up in GOP territory! https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-steve-bannon-voting-donald-trump-elections-445316b2dda05dd21855e009411b3f21 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 81 time 2022-03-10 00:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501715341986074627 ========== Extremist groups decline - their ideas have been normalized and percolated into members of Congress and national media. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-covid-health-barack-obama-hate-groups-df3c64930014a61c9e430a195f575ad0 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 80 time 2022-03-10 00:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501714866096132096 ========== Making it harder to vote. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-elections-austin-texas-voting-f28a41bf6482c25299c99a8ea52734be #PS1democracy ===== impress 78 time 2022-03-10 00:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501713869172969472 ========== Putin's new iron curtain - far more effective than the Trump wall. It's built cooperatively with western sanctions and domestic oppression. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/09/ukraine-russia-iron-curtain/ #PS1putin ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 56 likes 1 time 2022-03-09 15:32 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501581686848749570 ========== Who's rallying the NATO troops for whatever comes next? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/08/ignatius-milley-ukraine-nato/ #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 25 time 2022-03-09 15:26 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501580263989874690 ========== Putin is a traditional Russian - dictator. He can't imagine that there is any other kind of system. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/09/putin-miscalculation-ukraine/ Instead his enemies have discovered who they really are and who he really is. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1616942791983567 #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 26 likes 1 time 2022-03-09 15:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501577123584442368 ========== Whenever you look for actual voter fraud - you always seem to end up in GOP territory! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/08/mark-meadows-trailer-home-voter-fraud/ #PS1trumpism ===== engage 2 engage-rate 7% expands 1 impress 28 likes 1 time 2022-03-09 15:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501575036901081092 ========== Limited sovereignty - the essence of imperialism. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/opinions/russia-soviet-memories-prague-spring-1968-kumermann/index.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 31 time 2022-03-09 14:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501573478884929536 ========== What a strong leader is like! https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/opinions/volodymyr-zelensky-ukraine-message-house-of-commons-ghitis/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 26 time 2022-03-09 14:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501570727404654592 ========== Iran, oil prices, the weather - and Putin. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/08/opinions/russia-iran-nuclear-deal-oil-andelman/index.html Iran might be figuring that it is better off without Putin. #PS1mideast ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 30 likes 1 time 2022-03-09 14:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501569131140698118 ========== Expanding the EU takes years. Expanding NATO is faster, but at this particular moment. might push Putin over the edge. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-moscow-european-union-a8ca42e257391c95c355dd4d752c8208 #PS1foreign ===== impress 35 time 2022-03-09 14:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501567831783075843 ========== Will Putin default on foreign debt? https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/09/russia-default-on-debt-is-imminent-fitch-a76833 Why not? He doesn't get much friendship from most countries today. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 30 time 2022-03-09 08:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501479736224088069 ========== Why Putin can't lose in Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/07/why-putin-must-beware-of-coup-threats/ Russian history is not favorable for leaders that lose. That makes him more dangerous. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 55 time 2022-03-09 08:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501478463357652992 ========== Why nothing has stuck to Trump, so far. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/08/opinions/trump-manhattan-district-attorney-prosecution-problems-williams/index.html The way criminal prosecutors get kingpins is to put the squeeze on credible witnesses to cooperate. Civil suits are easier, and there are lots of those two. #PS1trump ===== impress 25 time 2022-03-09 08:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501477823487221761 ========== First insurrection trial ends - guilty on all counts, decided in four hours, potential 20 years in prison. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/08/politics/january-6-reffitt-verdict/index.html Maybe that will motivate other insurrectionists to cooperate, to move the investigation upward toward the organizers and funders. #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 26 time 2022-03-09 08:32 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501475986721820675 ========== Putin's agents have been at work here for year, preparing for this year. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/08/politics/elena-branson-russian-american-spy-charged/index.html #PS1russian ===== impress 29 time 2022-03-09 08:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501475241419149312 ========== Hit back twice as hard! https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/08/politics/russia-ukraine-us-intelligence/index.html A defeat or stalemate would jeopardize Putin's political career. Self-serving opportunists attract the same, who are happy to take over if the opportunity arises. So Putin will double down in Ukraine. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 3 engage-rate 6% impress 47 likes 1 time 2022-03-09 08:27 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501474677180403718 ========== We don't need to worry about climate change after all? https://theamericanscholar.org/2022-a-space-emergency/ When anybody and everybody can put weapons of mass destruction in space, nobody is safe, including global civilization. Putin shows that nuclear delusional dictators are still in style. #PS1other ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 32 likes 1 time 2022-03-08 14:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501200454042066946 ========== Russians seeking information have to call Ukraine. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/07/europe/ukraine-hotline-russian-soldiers-intl-cmd/index.html Putin's government is not talking to Russians. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 48 time 2022-03-08 13:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501186506500698113 ========== Another QAnon insurrectionist makes plea deal for probation. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/03/08/qanon-believer-from-beaumont-admitted-being-at-capitol-riot-is-sentenced-to-probation/ #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 34 likes 1 time 2022-03-08 13:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501184500750897154 ========== The trucker convoy took a wrong turn somewhere. Into the Q twilight zone to await the return of JFK Jr. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/07/trucker-convoy-detours-into-conspiracy-irrelevancy/ But who cares about facts if your feelings are strong? #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 54 time 2022-03-08 06:27 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501082047305056260 ========== Republicans can criticize Biden for acting or for not acting, without ever coming up with a realistic scenario for avoiding inflation (other than leaving Ukraine to its sad fate - and that would only defer it to the next victim). https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/07/russia-energy-sanctions-republican-trap-biden/ #PS1inflation ===== impress 51 time 2022-03-08 06:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501080017232560133 ========== The outcome in Ukraine is uncertain, but Putin is winning the war at home. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/08/russian-media-state-television-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 73 time 2022-03-08 06:09 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501077697182666756 ========== Trumpist senator Mike Lee of Utah has some unusual opponents this time - Two Republicans in the primary - https://news.yahoo.com/republican-sen-mike-lee-faces-144410429.html And a former Republican in the general - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/why-evan-mcmullin-has-democrats-backing-him-in-his-race-against-mike-lee/ar-AAUKIof But Utah is an unusual state, politically, so it's hard to generalize. #PS1gop ===== impress 31 time 2022-03-08 05:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501070491129237505 ========== Social media tries to avoid government regulation - Facebook with metaverse, now Twitter with decentralization - and crypto? https://forbque.com/twitter-wants-to-reinvent-itself-by-merging-the-old-with-the-new/ #PS1media ===== impress 49 time 2022-03-08 03:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501040993746915332 ========== Europeans are getting a more realistic appreciation of the Russian army - unwilling conscripts commanded by risk-averse officers. But mass matters in the end. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/us/politics/russia-ukraine-military.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 52 likes 1 time 2022-03-08 03:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501038636686471173 ========== Knowing that Republicans will demand that Biden embargo Russian oil and gas, and that they will then blame Biden for resulting inflation later, Putin thinks Biden will be too afraid to embargo. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/07/biden-oil-ban-russia-blinken-ukraine/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1615939952083851 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 44 time 2022-03-08 03:20 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501035125038993412 ========== Tracking down the lawyers that enabled insurrection. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/07/trump-lawyers-election-misconduct-initiative-to-discipline/ #PS1insurrection ===== impress 28 time 2022-03-08 02:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501017715594567682 ========== Comey on the deterrent value of comprehensive Jan 6 prosecutions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/07/james-comey-jan-6-fbi-investigations/ #PS1insurrection ===== impress 40 time 2022-03-08 02:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501016302403547136 ========== Russkiy Mir - Putin's version of Hitler's Großgermanisches Reich deutscher Nation. https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/06/russia-putin-civilization/ In Putin's mind, Russian exceptionalism is superior to even American exceptionalism, so ordinary rules don't apply. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/07/politics/putin-totalitarianism-russia-ukraine-what-matters/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 40 time 2022-03-08 02:02 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501015424342708224 ========== Russia to follow China in creating a private internet? Or worse, North Korea? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/07/tech/russia-internet-facebook-block-iron-curtain/index.html Technically inclined Russians will recognize that these moves indicate a government desperate to suppress the truth. #PS1technology ===== impress 42 time 2022-03-08 01:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501013104712294401 ========== The view from Odessa - a vain search for rationality. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/07/europe/russia-southern-ukraine-military-analysis-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 5 engage-rate 5% impress 93 time 2022-03-08 01:48 +0000 urlclicks 5 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501011861621272577 ========== A political credo for everybody who cherishes the Enlightenment ideals of America's founders - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#rule-of-law #PS1theory ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 19 time 2022-03-07 19:11 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500912133562769412 ========== Political credos for traditional Republican politicians defending minority rule https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 17 time 2022-03-07 19:10 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500911832608829441 ========== Political credos for Trumpists https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#trump #PS1trumpism ===== engage 2 engage-rate 10% expands 1 impress 21 time 2022-03-07 19:09 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500911537292132353 ========== Northern Idaho is now the go-to place for Trumpists. The population is almost all white anglos. They're bringing their big-city real estate prices with them. Too bad for locals who don't sell real estate. https://apnews.com/article/business-lifestyle-idaho-sandpoint-ade4fb13d865eb9f9b4dce6c4d944309 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 21 time 2022-03-07 16:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500870384324788227 ========== Moldova fearfully looks toward the west while Transnistria looks hopefully toward Russia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/06/moldova-ukraine-war-invasion/ They know they are on Putin's list and wonder if they are next. #PS1foreign ===== impress 39 time 2022-03-07 15:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500851528545943557 ========== How the oligarchs hope to buy influence in the west. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/03/07/russian-oligarchs-donate-american-charities/ How much foreign money gets laundered into political campaigns? #PS1foreign ===== impress 20 time 2022-03-07 15:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500848879054426116 ========== An uneasy ménage à trois - Russia, China, India. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/07/asia/china-india-ukraine-reaction-intl-hnk-dst/index.html Putin tests the limits of his allies. #PS1foreign ===== engage 6 engage-rate 5% hashclicks 1 impress 117 time 2022-03-07 14:56 +0000 urlclicks 5 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500847898086428672 ========== "We will not have as part of our agenda a bill that raises taxes on half of the American people and sunsets Social Security and Medicare within five years" That's GOP McConnell talking about GOP Scott! https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-business-seniors-doug-ducey-election-2020-e126709accd4405525db65b2d876584f More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1615564375454742 #PS1gop ===== impress 19 time 2022-03-07 13:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500833277535563781 ========== For an amoral aggressor, a cease-fire is just an opportunity to regroup and restrike. Even better, evacuation routes to the aggressor's territory to obtain civilian hostages. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-europe-evacuations-kharkiv-01693b3373cf8bcf2400ae29af992bbe #PS1ukraine ===== impress 26 time 2022-03-07 13:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500830434242228226 ========== Zelle is not protected like a credit card - beware! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/03/06/fraud-is-flourishing-on-zelle-the-banks-say-its-not-their-problem-2/ #PS1technology ===== impress 20 time 2022-03-07 13:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500828365955026945 ========== A new Woke - to the dark side of Putinism/Trumpism. "The creed of liberalism is getting a second wind. This week we have a clearer view of the alternative. Looks like Vladimir Putin." https://olxpraca.com/brooks-the-week-that-woke-the-world/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 27 time 2022-03-07 04:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500688354723065857 ========== The Chinese Communist Party bases its rule on economic progress - which has slowed lately for a variety of reasons - https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-business-china-beijing-b0eacddcca1d4cc0bf0faef378092eed But the Ukraine war and its aftermath will have an even more profound effect no matter how it ends - https://www.newsday.com/opinion/commentary/china-russia-ukraine-invasion-1.50527279 #PS1china ===== impress 66 time 2022-03-07 04:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500687264015212544 ========== Can Putin digest all of Ukraine? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/06/opinions/bergen-mike-repass-putin-invasion/index.html Probably not - perhaps he will be content to annex the parts he wants and level the rest, leaving it for the west to clean up. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 64 retweets 1 time 2022-03-07 03:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500679524282822657 ========== Trump border wall - an expensive failure as a wall - as predicted. A great success for for rallying the Trump base - as expected. https://news.yahoo.com/official-trump-impenetrable-border-wall-100328595.html #PS1immigration ===== impress 23 time 2022-03-07 01:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500651698410311681 ========== "Zelensky can’t save anyone else’s democracy. We have to do this ourselves." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/06/zelensky-ukraine-inspire-democracy-will-it-last/ #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 27 time 2022-03-07 00:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500631925219676160 ========== It's great to be rich - to make choices without consequences - for you. It's very Trumpist in fact. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/06/joe-manchin-no-fly-zone-ukraine/ #PS1politics ===== impress 21 time 2022-03-07 00:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500631083846496256 ========== How the fight is sustained. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/06/politics/mark-milley-ukraine-military-assistance/index.html But how much longer can they keep the pipeline open? #PS1ukraine ===== impress 22 time 2022-03-07 00:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500628332773187584 ========== If Trump wants to be a comedian so much, let him play night clubs in Kyiv while Zelenskyy leads. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/06/opinions/trump-russia-ukraine-rnc-obeidallah/index.html #PS1trump ===== impress 108 time 2022-03-07 00:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500627645284847618 ========== Who are Trump's greatest supporters? Gosar, Gaetz, Greene, to name three. And who are Gosar's greatest supporters? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/06/politics/republican-paul-gosar-white-nationalists-kfile/index.html He's made white supremacy and antisemitism legitimate political discourse. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 22 time 2022-03-07 00:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500626818751074305 ========== In Ukraine, there's a civilian hacker corps - https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-technology-europe-software-hacking-da0b91a6502cf7f7ccd7b9481a0074a4 and a civilian drone reconnaissance corps - https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-technology-business-europe-47dfea7579cedfe65a70296eb0188212 But there's a catch - the Chinese drones report back the operator's location. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 72 time 2022-03-07 00:07 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500624194064711681 ========== Not a helpful or diplomatic statement https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-marjorie-taylor-greene-jen-psaki-united-states-44025ad2591b57a77923622fb8e2da00 Putinism is bigger than Putin, and it would suffice for the Russian oligarchs to convince Putin to resign for "health" reasons. Imagine a Russian legislator calling for Americans to assassinate Biden. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 53 time 2022-03-07 00:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500622590456389633 ========== Judge decides law trumps constitution. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/us/politics/madison-cawthorn-north-carolina-insurrectionist.html #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 35 time 2022-03-06 23:55 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500621220470931458 ========== Trump knew he lost the election immediately. But all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't talk sense into him, then or now. Not just stubborn and ignorant - but criminally fraudulent. https://apicciano.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/03/04/january-6th-panel-trump-knew-he-lost-the-election-eyeing-criminal-case/ #PS1insurrection ===== impress 36 time 2022-03-06 23:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500620118576881665 ========== Ukraine war a disaster for India and Egypt - and catalytic converters. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-middle-east-global-trade-12ba42660a05c0b3ff533aec4e73bbac #PS1trade ===== impress 79 time 2022-03-06 23:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500617642414989316 ========== What begins as lies ends as carnage. https://www.yahoo.com/news/pitts-begins-lies-tends-end-140014270.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 33 time 2022-03-06 23:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500615000301264898 ========== Whether talking about climate, https://bdnews24.com/environment/2022/03/01/time-is-running-out-to-avert-a-harrowing-future-climate-panel-warns https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/02/california-faces-a-big-short-in-vital-commodities/ or Ukraine, https://bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-02-27/ukraine-shows-that-u-s-cannot-afford-culture-wars culture wars are a luxury distraction the world can't afford. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1615194752158371 #PS1democracy ===== impress 53 time 2022-03-06 23:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500614475065356291 ========== Getting other people's money - part 2. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/25/politics/campaign-spending-at-trump-properties/index.html #PS1trump ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-06 19:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500559281904447490 ========== Trump is very successful at one thing - getting other people's money. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/23/opinion/trump-election-finance.html #PS1trump ===== impress 36 time 2022-03-06 19:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500557919279976448 ========== Three weapons unleashed against Putin. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/06/opinion/putin-ukraine-china.html How will Xi respond? #PS1ukraine ===== impress 35 time 2022-03-06 17:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500530474015354880 ========== Putin reminds us that America still needs a huge defense budget - spent on the right things to meet the challenges of the future. As the world shrinks, enemies draw closer. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/03/why-ukraine-should-force-a-total-overhaul-of-our-national-security-strategy/ #PS1other ===== impress 37 time 2022-03-06 17:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500527872280186880 ========== New leadership for a new era - Germany resumes its rightful place among the nations - democratic rule-of-law nations, this time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/06/distinguished-pol-olaf-scholz/ #PS1foreign ===== impress 36 time 2022-03-06 17:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500525828194455554 ========== West plans support for long-term Ukrainian resistance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/05/russia-ukraine-insurgency/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 35 time 2022-03-06 17:32 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500524634352934916 ========== Trump expresses his admiration for Kim Jong Un. Trump would make a great puppet president again - he gets all the pomp while somebody else makes the hard decisions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/06/trump-focuses-foreign-policy-speech-gops-top-donors/ #PS1trump ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 85 time 2022-03-06 16:44 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500512628086505474 ========== How would Don Corleone try to run a war? It's easy to find out! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/06/trump-muses-about-really-bad-quite-possibly-illegal-idea-bomb-russia-using-chinese-flags/ #PS1trump ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-06 16:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500510594922782726 ========== To see what America's founders were like, don't look to the Jan 6 rioters. Look to the defenders of Ukraine. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/06/politics/ukraine-democracy-lesson-us-blake-cec/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 52 time 2022-03-06 16:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500509332609265667 ========== Trump and Putin go way back. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/06/politics/trump-putin-ukraine/index.html Putin has always been Trump's role model. He takes as much money as he can and doesn't care about anybody's laws or how many people he hurts. #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 43 likes 1 time 2022-03-06 15:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500490374048980994 ========== Bosnians are living Ukraine's future - if it's not the worst outcome. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-europe-sarajevo-yugoslavia-bb65ed5f194bda780ec1c2231d462359 There are no happy endings. #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 45 likes 1 time 2022-03-06 15:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500487552708448256 ========== In many places, rising gas prices are only #2 concern. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-africa-lifestyle-middle-east-1b41faaa7ac0984d0673023b68d39a70 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-06 14:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500486140284977152 ========== Many Congressional representatives want to use up all our sanctions weapons at once. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/us/politics/republicans-ukraine-putin.html But then what? Better to gradually tighten restrictions so Putin is never sure he's seen the worst. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 43 replies 1 time 2022-03-06 08:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500382543081656320 ========== "several Republican members of Congress objected to stricter requirements for notification of breaches" Decentralized defense doesn't work for cyberwar any more than other war. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/opinion/ive-dealt-with-foreign-cyberattacks-america-isnt-ready-for-whats-coming.html #PS1technology ===== impress 39 time 2022-03-06 08:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500380957777412096 ========== Can anybody isolate themselves economically from the rest of the world? Maybe not. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/opinion/russia-ukraine-sanctions-economy.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-06 07:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500379594200731659 ========== Ukraine can't win big battles. But it can win at guerilla warfare, especially urban guerilla warfare. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/05/ukraine-military-strategy/ Russian defense traditionally relied on scorched-earth leading into Russian winter, but Ukraine has less geography and had less time. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 5 engage-rate 5% impress 104 likes 1 time 2022-03-06 07:50 +0000 urlclicks 4 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500378269488541696 ========== Putin controls TV - social media, not so much. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/04/russian-social-media-ukraine-vk-propaganda/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 31 time 2022-03-06 07:42 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500376132314550274 ========== Putin's already told us everything we need to know. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/03/putin-essays/ He's on a path to restore the Russian Empire with Putin as Czar. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% hashclicks 1 impress 41 likes 1 time 2022-03-06 07:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500374790971879426 ========== The Baltics know they are next - along with Moldova and Georgia and Poland and Romania. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/03/russia-ukraine-baltic-states/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 3 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 91 time 2022-03-06 07:25 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500371890665242628 ========== VPN and Tor going mainstream. https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/03/05/international-news-media-response-russian-censorship/ #PS1media ===== impress 36 time 2022-03-06 07:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500369676076912640 ========== Every army has its snipers. Guerilla Ukrainian snipers will be even more important if Putin conquers Ukraine, though in that case you can expect him to retaliate against civilians. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/05/ukraine-russia-war-putin/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 85 time 2022-03-06 07:11 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500368569829265409 ========== Media fakers have been going to town! https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/05/politics/fact-check-fake-cnn-ukraine/index.html #PS1media ===== impress 36 time 2022-03-06 06:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500365468883775493 ========== Give Putin credit for changing the world. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/05/europe/world-changes-ukraine-russia-intl-cmd/index.html He wants to be remembered with Stalin, Hitler, and Napoleon. Ukraine is hardly the end of his ambitions. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 73 time 2022-03-06 06:55 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500364403245412353 ========== Putin gives Serbia another chance at Kosovo. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-racial-injustice-serbia-kosovo-756fa71c7ab417115ee3521a95791ca7 They've always dreamed of cleansing the Kosovars. #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 65 time 2022-03-06 06:46 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500362235419381761 ========== Sexism and sexist violence fuel Trumpism too, along with racism, superstition, and foreign support. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-michigan-gretchen-whitmer-afefc541df8d47d33c8032caf147e066 #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 29 likes 1 time 2022-03-06 06:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500360201794322433 ========== How will America First play out now? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-donald-trump-campaigns-foreign-policy-4625a28e59996ff16085fdf30910a449 Trump didn't deter Putin in Ukraine; just defer. After Trump lost, Putin decided it was time to act. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1614250612252785 #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 60 likes 1 time 2022-03-05 13:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500105129969602563 ========== A traditional conservative looks at Trump's act, which seems to be getting stale. Many GOP voters are moving on emotionally, though not necessarily to somebody better. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/04/power-of-trump-in-gop-is-waning/ #PS1trump ===== engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 31 likes 1 time 2022-03-05 13:31 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500101690900430849 ========== "I’d be happy if he pardoned me again" "Any claim, assertion or implication that I knew about was involved in or condoned the illegal acts at the Capitol on Jan 6 is false" Roger Stone's statements never add up. So he pleaded the 5th. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2022/roger-stone-documentary-capitol-riot-trump-election/ #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 38 time 2022-03-05 06:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499991223259435010 ========== Just the sort of self-serving opportunists you expect to find among Trumpists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/03/04/peoples-convoy-donations-fraud-afclf/ #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 32 time 2022-03-05 05:42 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499983772342579201 ========== "Mass deception is the tool of the autocrat. And Bill Barr gave it his blessing." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/04/bill-barr-book-trump-clown-show/ Pitch defileth the hand that toucheth it. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 44 time 2022-03-05 05:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499982092934909954 ========== Putin's goal is larger than crushing opposition in Ukraine. It's crushing opposition at home, too. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/04/russia-ukraine-internet-cogent-cutoff/ All to rebuild a Russian Empire in his image. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 56 time 2022-03-05 05:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499981217340424196 ========== "Reffitt won’t be testifying. Welch told U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich on Friday that he doesn’t plan to call any defense witnesses" He's finally learned to shut up? Kind of late. https://apnews.com/article/texas-riots-congress-89bac987597a02381609f1d7ff5e0448 #PS1insurrection ===== engage 3 engage-rate 6% impress 53 likes 1 time 2022-03-05 04:41 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499968301786484739 ========== Pence tries to have it both ways - "no room in this party for apologists for Putin" "Biden squandered the deterrence that our administration put in place to keep Putin from trying to redraw international boundaries" What deterrence was that? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-europe-elections-donald-trump-fae55c9c736a34bfccf4e6143833b510 #PS1gop ===== engage 3 engage-rate 5% impress 56 likes 1 time 2022-03-05 04:38 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499967448723779585 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-joe-biden-technology-business-ap-fact-check-5ab1ca4d177f58f0888265bac2a170ad #PS1media ===== impress 38 time 2022-03-05 04:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499958665431842819 ========== Putin will get his revenge sooner or later. https://www.geo.tv/latest/403017-ukrainian-president-survives-three-assassination-attempts-last-week As murderers go, Putin is not yet in the league of Stalin and Hitler, but he's not done. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 55 time 2022-03-04 17:04 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499792996476198912 ========== Putin cracks down - the only truth is what he says it is. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-business-europe-germany-d15ca4ed450d9ca67f43d3b1ac27294d #PS1ukraine ===== impress 22 time 2022-03-04 17:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499792112077860867 ========== Solutions often create new problems. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/02/another-misuse-of-environmental-quality-law-affects-uc-students/ Reagan's mainstreaming closed mental health institutions - and their former clients are now under freeway overpasses. Now Newsom wants to reinvent institutions. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03/us/california-gavin-newsom-mental-health-plan-homeless/index.html #PS1health ===== impress 22 time 2022-03-04 15:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499762594831220736 ========== Rocketing rents! Many causes and no short-term solutions One new cause is a major increase in corporate landlords buying up housing. https://apnews.com/article/business-lifestyle-us-news-miami-florida-a4717c05df3cb0530b73a4fe998ec5d1 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1613555515655628 #PS1inflation ===== impress 14 time 2022-03-04 15:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499761894806093828 ========== Guerilla warfare - no place for people with no military experience and no fluency in Ukrainian or Russian. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/04/europe/ukraine-foreign-fighters-russia-intl-cmd/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 35 time 2022-03-04 13:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499744933225254912 ========== Which is worse for Putin - a humiliating victory or a humiliating defeat? Either way, the most important thing is to keep the truth from the Russian people. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/04/opinions/putins-war-ukraine-kremlin-power-london/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 8% impress 24 likes 1 time 2022-03-04 13:47 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499743416397139972 ========== “This is intended to reverse 115 years of progressivism.” Life was so much better in 1907 - for wealthy old white men. Pretending to be grass roots, wealthy old white men are trying to get back to 1907. https://defendourconstitution.org/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 24 time 2022-03-04 05:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499614806097096707 ========== Just as in Finland in 1939 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War The Finns outfought the Russians on a man-to-man basis but were eventually overwhelmed by superior numbers of cannon fodder. Russia's military ineptitude encouraged Hitler. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/us/politics/russia-ukraine-military.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 45 time 2022-03-04 04:37 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499604928997650434 ========== When cornered, Hitler did not do the logical thing. But he didn't have nuclear weapons. Even if Putin decides to leave NATO alone - he might still decide the time is ripe to incorporate Moldova and Georgia back into his empire. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/us/politics/white-house-putin-sanctions.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 39 time 2022-03-04 04:24 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499601737937657859 ========== Shortwave's time has come - again. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/business/media/bbc-shortwave-radio-ukraine.html All those resisters in WWII movies were listening to their shortwave radios. #PS1technology ===== impress 31 time 2022-03-04 04:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499600090666717185 ========== Realpolitik avoided WWIII so far. But it depends on rational adversaries - is Putin one, or not? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03/opinions/realpolitik-putin-ukraine-mabry/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 47 time 2022-03-04 04:04 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499596725232672769 ========== Putin is immune to public opinion. Like Trump, he has never paid a price for his transgressions. https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2641354 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 42 time 2022-03-04 03:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499592073044844545 ========== A truly strong leader! https://www.gocomics.com/claybennett/2022/03/02 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 12% impress 17 likes 1 time 2022-03-04 03:42 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499591119759306755 ========== Elon Musk challenges UAW. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03/business/elon-musk-tesla-union-vote-offer-uaw/index.html Who knows whether he's serious. He assumes workers are only in it for the money now, rather than working conditions and job security. #PS1economics ===== impress 26 time 2022-03-04 02:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499573200266489856 ========== Can huge chips ever be trusted to run correctly in all environments over long lifetimes? https://bdnews24.com/technology/2022/02/09/tiny-chips-big-headaches #PS1technology ===== impress 16 time 2022-03-04 00:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499535733047971849 ========== Crypto-divorce https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/crypto/divorcing-couples-fight-over-the-kids-the-house-and-now-the-crypto-7772506/ #PS1technology ===== impress 15 time 2022-03-04 00:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499535135850385429 ========== Ever want to be a truck driver? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/business/truck-driver-shortage.html Many are called but few remain. #PS1economics ===== impress 16 time 2022-03-03 23:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499532483921989649 ========== Can the Russian people act? Will they? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/opinion/russia-ukraine-war.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 time 2022-03-03 23:19 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499525007533166611 ========== It's no coincidence that Potemkin was a Russian! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_village And it happened in Ukraine. Today Ukraine reveals the truth about the Russian army - and about Putin enablers like Ted Cruz. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/03/putin-invasion-ukraine-shattered-myth-invincibiity-of-russian-military-power/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 3 engage-rate 4% impress 69 likes 1 time 2022-03-03 23:15 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499523785296203778 ========== How much more can it take to lead to disbarment? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03/politics/trump-january-6-committee-eastman-email/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 likes 1 time 2022-03-03 23:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499521616761397254 ========== Will Guilfoyle plead the 5th too? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03/politics/kimberly-guilfoyle-subpoena-january-6/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 29 time 2022-03-03 23:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499521233867526144 ========== "Trump's praise for Putin is a feature, not a bug" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03/politics/trump-putin-russia-ukraine-graham/index.html Trump would be flattered to be compared to Putin. Puting would be insulted to be compared to Trump. #PS1trump ===== engage 2 engage-rate 7% impress 28 likes 1 time 2022-03-03 22:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499519047867645952 ========== Good riddance to RT America! https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03/media/rt-america-layoffs/index.html #PS1media ===== impress 25 time 2022-03-03 22:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499518283870998529 ========== Putin says worst is yet to come. https://news.yahoo.com/terrifying-putin-phone-call-warns-164852494.html He's going for the gold, and nobody can stop him - except perhaps the Russian people. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 33 time 2022-03-03 17:08 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499431567378161668 ========== Even generals pay for Putin's recklessness. How will the oligarchs take that news? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-forces-reportedly-kill-russia-general-andrei-sukhovetsky-in-blow-to-invading-army/ar-AAUymwg Not to mention the raw conscripts in the invading army. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 5 engage-rate 6% expands 1 impress 87 likes 1 time 2022-03-03 17:06 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499431016313724934 ========== Why Ukrainians have hope to survive. https://olxpraca.com/goldberg-why-ukrainians-believe-they-can-win-war-with-russia/ The blessings of liberal democracy are new to them, so they defend it like America's founders did. Not for them the Putinist Trumpist cynicism and corruption. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 32 likes 1 time 2022-03-03 15:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499411194431492101 ========== Can Putin's empire survive sanctions? He's been preparing for years for this showdown. https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2640691 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 19 likes 1 time 2022-03-03 15:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499410216860864513 ========== Add another to the disbarment list of lawyers who publicly and knowingly disseminate lies in order to overthrow the government by unconstitutional means. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-wisconsin-donald-trump-ap-fact-check-elections-c8831d908e8f2429e8b7b08ec89242f3 https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-legislature-7ac114a02cf06ca795717ae05cad75cc #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 likes 1 time 2022-03-03 15:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499409582489157635 ========== Disbar lawyers who publicly and knowingly disseminate lies in order to overthrow the government by unconstitutional means - Eastman, Giuliani, Powell, ... https://www.calbar.ca.gov/About-Us/News/News-Releases/state-bar-announces-john-eastman-ethics-investigation #PS1insurrection ===== engage 6 engage-rate 11% expands 2 impress 54 likes 1 time 2022-03-03 15:36 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499408503366057986 ========== Will western resolve against Putin hold in the face of shortages and inflation? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/countries-rush-to-release-emergency-reserves-as-oil-prices-soar/ar-AAUu3DG https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/business/economy/ukraine-russia-supply-chains.html The front-line nations know what's at stake. Further back, domestic politics might overcome strategic unity over time. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 17 time 2022-03-03 15:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499403641563717633 ========== Does anybody care about the Geneva conventions any more? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/03/telegram-russian-war-dead-ukraine-pows/ #PS1other ===== impress 20 time 2022-03-03 14:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499391700451479556 ========== Citizens assembly - a method for approaching contentious problems. https://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/joe-mathews-a-citizens-assembly-for-homelessness/article_afa5cff6-9024-11ec-a8aa-1b0f717d20e0.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 11 time 2022-03-03 06:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499269093051957250 ========== Finally putting in official legal writing what we all knew - Trump was knowingly engaged in a criminal conspiracy to overthrow the government by unconstitutional means. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-crime-donald-trump-united-states-presidential-elections-d6f316446682ea36e85e2fc4e0581a87 #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 time 2022-03-03 03:47 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499229865861545984 ========== Ukraine cleverly bypasses Russian censorship to get the story home to Russian civilians. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/us/politics/russia-ukraine-war-deaths.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 46 time 2022-03-03 02:34 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499211707628933120 ========== Life in Russia differs little from life in the USSR - the menace is always implicit - until it hits you explicitly, like a shot in the back or poison in your tea. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/opinion/russia-putin-nemtsov.html #PS1other ===== impress 22 time 2022-03-03 02:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499210459601248261 ========== Putin's not trying very hard to influence the world right now because his actions are so indefensible. His propaganda is mainly to keep Russians at home supporting his war effort - instead of, say, staging a coup. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/opinion/putin-disinformation-social-media.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 41 likes 1 time 2022-03-03 02:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499208406132953089 ========== In politics, no good deed goes unpunished. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/opinion/war-ukraine-putin.html No matter how well he performs in the universe of what's possible, the GOP will blame Biden for the inevitable imperfections. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 20 time 2022-03-03 02:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499206373342539776 ========== Three scenarios - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/opinion/ukraine-russia-putin.html Missing the fourth - Putin gets Trump re-elected and Trump pulls US out of NATO and Ukrainian resistance collapses. But can Putin wait that long? Lately Putin has been acting like a man running out of time. Is he ill? #PS1 ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 66 time 2022-03-03 01:26 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499194569195278338 ========== Putin has re-awakened the insecurity of Eastern Europe, even Serbia. The Baltic democracies and Poland fear they might well be next - they were forcibly incorporated into the Russian Empire and then the Soviet Union. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/world/europe/ukraine-russia-eastern-europe.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 35 time 2022-03-03 01:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499192422617604097 ========== "Until GOP examines the way Trump’s enthusiasm for Putin and expansive nationalism led to this moment, they can’t stand with Ukraine" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/02/kim-reynolds-response-biden-true-face-gop/ Putin doesn't mind if Trumpists PRETEND to support Ukraine. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1612520489092464 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 67 time 2022-03-03 01:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499189714091331584 ========== Others have their day in court. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/03/02/reffit-trial-jury-opening-statements/ As first guilty plea to sedition by Oath Keeper. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/03/02/jan6-seditious-conspiracy-guilty-plea/ #PS1insurrection ===== impress 18 time 2022-03-03 00:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499186858340749312 ========== Will Putin impose martial law to silence opposition? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-casualties.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 47 time 2022-03-03 00:30 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499180443740086274 ========== China knew all along. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/us/politics/russia-ukraine-china.html They'll need Putin's support if they invade Taiwan. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 37 time 2022-03-03 00:25 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499179024215511041 ========== Putin tried to go back two centuries in one week. Instead, he provoked Europe to finally look forward to define a new future. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/02/one-week-of-war-in-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 27 time 2022-03-03 00:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499176823048990721 ========== Ron DeSantis - just as competent as Trump to be leader of the free world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Resistance#Guerrilla_warfare https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ron-desantis-says-french-would-e2-80-98probably-e2-80-99-do-nothing-if-putin-invaded-france/ar-AAUwwJi #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 31 time 2022-03-02 23:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499167240070963200 ========== Which Trumpist US Congressmen stand with the genius Putin? Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Thomas Massie (Ky.), Matt Rosendale (Mont.). https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-passes-resolution-backing-ukraine/ar-AAUwPZP #PS1ukraine ===== impress 52 time 2022-03-02 23:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499164491187060737 ========== Which sterling leaders stand with the genius Putin? Belarus, North Korea, Eritrea, Syria https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/02/united-nations-russia-ukraine-vote #PS1ukraine ===== impress 118 time 2022-03-02 23:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499163046702243845 ========== Putin didn't kill all the Chechens in 2000. https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1010764/putins-brutal-record-in-chechnya-and-syria-is-ominous-for-ukraine He saved a few for Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/02/zelensky-russia-ukraine-assassination-attempt-foiled/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 87 time 2022-03-02 14:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499035089765687297 ========== It's not so easy to hold urban areas with armor. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/02/europe/russia-military-challenges-ukraine-past-wars-intl-hnk/index.html Putin ultimately had to flatten the city of Grozny. Will he do the same in Ukraine? #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 44 time 2022-03-02 14:35 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499030681854246919 ========== Putin is leading the charge back to 1914, if not 1772 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Partition_of_Poland What can you do? Disinvest! https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/02/28/world-war-iii-already-there-00012340 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 25 time 2022-03-02 07:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498926595934801927 ========== No Ukraine invasion if Trump were president! He would have called Putin immediately, asked if Putin were invading Ukraine, and Putin would say no, and then Trump would ask if Putin needed any help. https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-statement-ukraine-crisis-would-never-have-happened-if-president-2022-2 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1612002932477553 #PS1trump ===== impress 52 time 2022-03-02 07:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498921569095086084 ========== "Trump voters actually had a more favorable opinion of Putin than of Biden" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/01/republicans-biden-fail-putin-succeed/ Putin's efforts are paying off - divide and conquer is an ancient strategy. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 39 likes 1 time 2022-03-02 07:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498919140588851205 ========== Primary season off with a bang! Abbott will face O'Rourke in the fall. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-texas-c4955491dbef028e2c702e276543da1e #PS1election ===== impress 18 time 2022-03-02 06:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498909587021316100 ========== It took years, but the American people finally put an end to the Vietnam war. The Russian people don't have years - can they act in time? https://www.politico.eu/article/no-to-war-ukraine-russian-opposition-fury-bursts-open-vladimir-putin/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1611512439193269 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 32 time 2022-03-01 14:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498660665526865922 ========== You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction? https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/03/01/ukraine-kharkiv-government-building-explosion-marquardt-ovn-intl-hnk-vpx.cnn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvq4rMsheJE #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% expands 1 impress 22 time 2022-03-01 13:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498657582973534211 ========== The invasion of Ukraine was planned almost a year in advance. European leaders didn't want to believe the evidence though - until Putin made them believe it. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-nato-353b9d46e2b0d0c7113cc760b144d7fb #PS1ukraine ===== impress 107 time 2022-03-01 05:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498535692145545216 ========== How did Zelenskyy progress from comedian to world inspiration? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskyy-kyiv-poland-europe-c270027c825e009ed66988bb98a3476e #PS1ukraine ===== impress 22 time 2022-03-01 05:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498533406405058560 ========== Opposition from an unexpected direction! "Two lawmakers from the Communist Party, which usually toes the Kremlin’s line, spoke out against the hostilities on social media" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-business-dmitry-medvedev-global-trade-858a23b058209e5662ee59d768b615bd #PS1ukraine ===== impress 38 time 2022-03-01 05:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498532800512753670 ========== Self-belief. Putin reminded us how it works. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/opinion/ukraine-russia-us-war.html But Ukraine has reminded us even more, of our past and future. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 83 time 2022-03-01 05:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498530783820062721 ========== How committed is Putin to taking Kyiv, to avoid a humiliating defeat or stalemate? https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/28/politics/us-kyiv-fears/index.html "it became necessary to destroy the town to save it" #PS1ukraine ===== engage 8 engage-rate 2% impress 377 time 2022-03-01 05:09 +0000 urlclicks 8 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498525937721233411 ========== A failed attempt to influence China on Ukraine. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/us/politics/us-china-russia-ukraine.html They don't want foreign interference when they invade Taiwan. #PS1china ===== engage 2 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 84 time 2022-03-01 04:55 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498522293177229313 ========== We had our chance in Georgia, and in Crimea. Our inactions encouraged Putin and led to the current Ukrainian crisis. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/24/ex-georgia-president-saakashvili-lessons-georgia-2008-invasion-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 48 time 2022-03-01 04:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498520661496459264 ========== Putin is hoping that Ukrainian refugees will become another crisis dividing and weakening the west. It's essential to recognize that and prevent it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/24/ukraine-invasion-could-produce-greatest-refugee-crisis-since-world-war-ii/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 57 time 2022-03-01 04:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498518429153726467 ========== America needs a history lesson? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/27/state-of-the-union-needs-a-biden-history-lesson/ In 1937 few Americans could identify the Marco Polo Bridge; in 1938, the Sudetenland. But appeasement failed in 1938 and isolationism in 1941. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1611233142554532 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 29 time 2022-03-01 04:22 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498514098891329539 ========== What will Putin do to avoid a humiliating defeat or stalemate? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/27/ukraine-russia-invasion-tactics/ History suggests that leveling Kyiv and Kharkiv, burying the inhabitants, is not off the table. There's a 40 mile column headed toward Kyiv, and Belarus might join in. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 6 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 571 time 2022-03-01 04:00 +0000 urlclicks 5 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498508450803765248 ========== “They portray themselves as the unique saviors of the traditional nation, and demand unconditional personal loyalty from all who serve them" How Potemkin democracy works - https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-europe-antonio-guterres-democracy-b6acfe4d9e58ccc84428e432d12e4a60 Sound like Trump? And Putin, Duterte, Erdogan, Orban, ... #PS1democracy ===== impress 117 time 2022-03-01 03:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498503300299120640 ========== First insurrectionist jury trial will set the pattern for all the follow. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-texas-riots-donald-trump-f7c650caa88498c510d7275662ae650f #PS1insurrection ===== impress 20 time 2022-03-01 03:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498498717908824065 ========== Cyber guerilla warfare! What rules apply to combatants - and prisoners? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-technology-europe-hacking-a61c1c631fd4fc945d02066e03fec534 Are the Russian afraid of US, or more likely, Ukrainian counter-measures? #PS1technology ===== impress 71 time 2022-03-01 03:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498496947077861379 ========== Will the Congressional GOP - aside from the Freedom Caucus - really support Biden against Putin and Trump? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-state-of-the-union-address-joe-biden-europe-congress-e0a832c55ece3b8ace80aec0ed6d930f #PS1trumpism ===== impress 42 time 2022-03-01 03:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498495791299641348 ========== McConnell AND McCarthy think "there's no place in the Republican Party for white supremacists" but just who exactly do they think provides the base for the Putinist Trumpist Dixiecrat Cult of Personality? https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/28/politics/republican-reaction-marjorie-taylor-greene/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1611192072558639 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 37 time 2022-03-01 03:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498493697071087617 ========== The League of Nations died when it could not muster the will to oppose aggression by major powers. How will the UN perform in a similar crisis? https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-war-isolated-russia-defends-ukraine-war-at-un-general-assembly-2795810 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 43 likes 1 time 2022-02-28 19:13 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498375912458362881 ========== Putin achieved many western goals - united NATO and EU, got Ukraine closer to both, and managed to drive most of the world - even the Swiss - further away. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-016cc6cbc65ae95286d825a4ebebd1c5 Did dealing with Trump leave him over-confident? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-west-eu-nato-f810a6d94524b804730a9704ad4f0a87 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 66 likes 1 time 2022-02-28 19:04 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498373461126746113 ========== Fearful of being purged from Trumpism, GOP senators are profiles in cowardice. They can't even speak up, much less pick up arms to defend democracy. They need to learn Ukrainian. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/27/putins-war-drives-trumps-personality-cult-new-lows/ #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 101 likes 1 time 2022-02-28 06:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498183631667298305 ========== "we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor" That's what patriots do. They're doing it right now in Ukraine, and shaming Europeans into action. But not Putinist/Trumpists. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1610580615953118 #PS1theory ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 86 likes 1 time 2022-02-28 06:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498179123549667330 ========== Liz Cheney also noticed the GOP leaders at a white supremacist event. As if she expected something different from the Putinist/Trumpist Dixiecrat Cult of Personality? https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/26/politics/liz-cheney-greene-gosar-republican-white-nationalist-event/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1610561555955024 #PS1trumpism ===== engage 2 engage-rate 8% impress 25 likes 1 time 2022-02-28 05:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498175150113447937 ========== Washington, Churchill, Nagy, Walesa, and now - Zelenskyy. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/28/politics/zelensky-us-response-to-russia/index.html They make Putin and Trump look very small indeed. #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 56 likes 1 time 2022-02-28 05:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498174056964653056 ========== Traditional conservatives are the morons on the Putinist/Trumpist Dixiecrat Cult of Personality. The Trumpists want to purge such conservatives; white nationalists are a much more reliable constituency. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/27/politics/mitt-romney-gop-ukraine-russia/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1610561555955024 #PS1trumpism ===== engage 2 engage-rate 11% impress 19 likes 1 time 2022-02-28 05:49 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498173534551502848 ========== CPAC - Trump is all about Trump, but all his would-be successors are only about opposing Biden and culture wars. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-florida-race-and-ethnicity-donald-trump-f49a267fa0d90b27a3b4747b6878e4dc GOP candidates never talk about their real agenda in public - billionaire tax cuts, deregulation, union busting, reactionary judges. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 37 time 2022-02-27 14:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497947911128190976 ========== World War Wired - a new era? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/opinion/putin-russia-ukraine.html Putin used internet DISinformation brilliantly to help elect Trump and sow discord in America and the west. But can internet INformation hinder Putin's plans? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1609471596064020 #PS1technology ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 39 likes 1 time 2022-02-26 15:17 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497591703053627395 ========== Putin's greatest success speaks at CPAC tonight. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/25/putin-biden-trump-2024-election-interference/ There's really no difference between Putinism and Trumpism. #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 45 likes 1 time 2022-02-26 14:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497584988862042113 ========== Putin has succeeded in uniting the fractious Ukrainians. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/25/saddest-irony-of-putins-war-on-ukraine-russians-ukranians/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 7% impress 30 likes 1 time 2022-02-26 14:47 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497584115318603781 ========== How the GOP became the party of Putin - by swallowing his disinformation, culminating in the election of Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/25/how-republicans-moved-reagans-evil-empire-trumps-praise-putin/ There's really no difference between Putinism and Trumpism. We might see that tonight at CPAC when Trump speaks. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 44 time 2022-02-26 14:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497582909414248450 ========== Sanctions might not touch oligarchs or Putin much. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-ivanka-trump-joe-biden-sports-business-785172175d5ab4800e2a816b3ae2193d They are unlikely to change his policies, since he's had eight years to prepare for them. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 29 time 2022-02-26 14:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497579602830512130 ========== “CPAC is a good group of people" - so much for Christie's credibility. What will those good people say when Trump addresses them tonight? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-florida-race-and-ethnicity-donald-trump-f49a267fa0d90b27a3b4747b6878e4dc #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 37 likes 1 time 2022-02-26 14:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497577981035749379 ========== US intelligence has been scoring big lately, since it turned its attention to Russia and China, and since the president started paying attention. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/26/politics/us-intelligence-ukraine-russia/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 33 likes 1 time 2022-02-26 14:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497575133942218754 ========== Russia sent a river of money to K street to buy influence in Congress. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/26/politics/lobbying-firms-russian-businesses-sanctions-invs/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 32 time 2022-02-26 14:04 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497573245150633987 ========== Putin might well conquer Ukraine if he's willing to pay the price. He has lost the disinformation war, united NATO and the EU, and convinced most of the rest of the world that he is Stalin re-incarnate. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/25/opinions/ukraine-putin-disinformation-ghitis/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1609426586068521 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 65 likes 1 time 2022-02-26 13:59 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497571928344645638 ========== "I need ammunition, not a ride" - how a strong leader leads in person - not hiding at a safe distance watching on TV. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/zelensky-defiant-ukrainian-president-refuses-us-offer-to-evacuate-saying-i-need-ammunition-not-a-ride/ar-AAUkXju #PS1ukraine ===== impress 60 time 2022-02-26 13:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497568258286751747 ========== Some people don't think US will suffer major cyber and disinformation attacks. But Putin probably thinks his cyber is more effective than ours - and definitely his disinformation. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-24/u-s-firms-brace-for-potential-cyberattacks-as-russia-warns-of-consequences #PS1technology ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 31 likes 1 time 2022-02-26 01:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497384373686915074 ========== Location sharing - something else to worry about. https://hostagenews.com/larry-magid-real-time-location-sharing-can-enhance-jeopardize-safety/ #PS1technology ===== impress 23 time 2022-02-26 01:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497383489141821443 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-coronavirus-pandemic-health-ap-fact-check-social-media-afc5b3f35731bbfb518d9750631267c7 Fact-checkers will fall hopelessly behind trying to keep up if an all-out cyber disinformation war breaks out. #PS1media ===== impress 25 time 2022-02-26 01:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497379662648922120 ========== Putin runs elections in Russia and Belarus through intermediaries. Ukraine's soon to follow. And his unknowing collaborators are helping him achieve his objectives here. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-presidential-elections-michigan-elections-76957524a0ef7fa0208ddc636aabac2d #PS1trumpism ===== impress 115 time 2022-02-25 19:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497288775482757120 ========== Possible futures for Ukraine - as seen by Putin. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/25/europe/ukraine-russia-putin-endgame-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 63 time 2022-02-25 18:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497274029048168451 ========== Crypto was designed to help criminals like Putin! He's counting on it to evade sanctions. https://www.australiannationalreview.com/cryptocurrency/russia-could-use-cryptocurrency-to-blunt-the-force-of-u-s-sanctions/ #PS1technology ===== impress 22 time 2022-02-25 14:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497223885850247169 ========== DeJoy strikes another blow for freedom - freedom to ignore climate change! https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/postal-service-finalizes-plans-to-buy-mostly-gasoline-powered-delivery-trucks-here-s-what-experts-say-is-wrong-with-that/ar-AAUdvD1 #PS1climate ===== impress 19 time 2022-02-25 14:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497222982862659584 ========== Hours before the invasion - Putin's unknowing allies hit the road. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-canada-california-01004a3ec93de57719137020a58f1284 Now Putin is showing them what freedom isn't, if they have eyes to see. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 25 time 2022-02-25 14:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497222521220833280 ========== The next steps in Putin's plan - surrender of all Ukrainian armed forces, extermination of its democratic leaders, and installation of a puppet government that will petition to be absorbed into Russia? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/24/ukraine-russia-military-strategy/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1608730366138143 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 2% impress 89 time 2022-02-25 13:48 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497206821609639938 ========== McConnell is trying to purge unelectable fringe candidates from the GOP primaries. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/13/us/politics/mcconnell-trump-primaries-midterms.html Can he do it? Will Trump's fawning over Putin help? #PS1gop ===== impress 38 time 2022-02-25 06:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497095668233506817 ========== Can Putin-Trumpism be defeated? It has a lot of appeal to some parts of the American electorate. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/opinion/defeat-trump-democrat-myths.html #PS1trumpism ===== impress 26 time 2022-02-25 06:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497090907274764292 ========== The west can hit Putin where it hurts - if they are willing to endure some pain themselves. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/opinion/russia-ukraine-sanctions-offshore-accounts.html It's time to take care of offshore accounts, theirs and ours! #PS1ukraine ===== impress 24 time 2022-02-25 05:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497087602863710208 ========== How to get elected and get rich. Or at least raise enough money for your legal expenses. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/12/us/politics/donald-trump-business-interests.html The unnamed charities that the organizers don't want to talk about likely all have "Trump" in their names. #PS1trump ===== impress 24 time 2022-02-25 05:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497086432392798209 ========== Baltic democracies and Poland fear they are next - with good reason. Finland used to be part of Russia, too, and now is looking at NATO in a more positive light. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/world/europe/us-putin-nuclear-war-nato.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 104 time 2022-02-25 05:40 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497084059243016196 ========== CPAC formerly "featured scholars and professors rather than media personalities or politicians" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/23/cpac-2022-lineup-speakers-republicans-conservatism/ That was then! Now it's just a Putin/Trumpist media event, reflecting the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP. No intellectual analysis is desired. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 30 time 2022-02-25 05:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497080436601720833 ========== Russia has a much better track record on subterfuge. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/23/deadly-devious-intelligence-war-unfolds-ukraine/ The west might not be able to count too much on Ukrainian resistance. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 70 likes 1 time 2022-02-25 05:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497079045011300359 ========== Putin's greatest fear - a pandemic of democratic yearnings might spread from Ukraine to Russia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/24/putin-attack-ukraine-restore-russian-empire/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 3 engage-rate 2% impress 133 time 2022-02-25 05:16 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497078033445908483 ========== Putin can conquer Ukraine in a week. Then what? Does he think he can install a puppet government without permanent Russian soldiers to exterminate dissent? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/24/putin-invasion-ukraine-shape-new-world-order/ He can if the rest of the world lets him. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 1% impress 173 likes 1 time 2022-02-25 05:15 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497077763328544768 ========== Putin-Trumpism - "more about Russia First than America First" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/23/trump-praises-putin-ukraine-refuting-claims-tough-on-russia/ #PS1trumpism ===== impress 38 time 2022-02-25 05:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497075546232029186 ========== Social media more often making things worse than better. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/24/ukraine-russia-war-twitter-social-media/ #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 time 2022-02-25 03:14 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497047256695857153 ========== Putin trips up his supporters all over the world. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/24/russia-ukraine-putin-bolsonaro-salvini/ Some admit they were wrong, others just try to blame somebody - anybody - else. That's the essence of Putin/Trumpism! #PS1ukraine ===== impress 25 time 2022-02-25 03:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497045742547963905 ========== Putin's plan for dismembering Ukraine, devouring the good parts and spitting out the rest. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/24/ukraine-russia-putin-war/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 104 time 2022-02-25 03:03 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497044613260988417 ========== Donald Trump's Detention Club. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/24/politics/trump-putin-russia-ukraine-invasion-former-presidents/index.html No strong leader denied membership! #PS1trumpism ===== impress 21 time 2022-02-25 01:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497024757170327552 ========== So much for "politics ends at the water's edge" https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/24/politics/elise-stefanik-biden-putin-russia-ukraine-invasion/index.html Trumpism has redefined acceptable political discourse. All thanks to Putin, Trump's role model. #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 22 time 2022-02-25 01:41 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497024024571834373 ========== The clock is ticking down - to 1 Sep 1939. Or 28 Jun 1914? https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/24/politics/putin-russia-ukraine-invasion-europe-what-matters/index.html 75 years of relative peace in Europe, twisted but not broken, finally shattered by Putin. He's earned his place in history. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 21 time 2022-02-25 01:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497021190296145939 ========== Poland and Finland were once part of Russia. https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1571053/poland-under-attack-cyber-russia-invasion-ukraine-world-war-3-putin But the Baltic democracies know they are next. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-russia-estonia-race-and-ethnicity-soviet-union-187f098422b7a3170143de238865b526 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 78 time 2022-02-24 14:45 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1496858724664692736 ========== "As Putin spoke, big explosions were heard in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other areas of Ukraine." And so the Russian invasion of Ukraine begins, exactly as predicted, exactly as Stalin would have done (if he had cyberwarfare capability). https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-russia-moscow-kyiv-626a8c5ec22217bacb24ece60fac4fe1 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 9 engage-rate 1% expands 4 impress 864 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2022-02-24 04:13 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1496699658919313412 ========== The Trumpists' desperate need for Hillary Clinton to run again. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/20/opinions/durham-motion-hillary-clinton-syndrome-obeidallah/index.html #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 time 2022-02-23 14:00 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1496485036983476226 ========== Not since Charles Lindbergh! https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/201613/Charles-Lindbergh-Hitler-s-all-American-hero Lindbergh's fall was swift and hard. How about Trump's? https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/23/politics/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-joe-biden/index.html #PS1trump ===== engage 12 engage-rate 1% expands 2 impress 832 likes 3 retweets 1 time 2022-02-23 13:56 +0000 urlclicks 6 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1496484008682995718 ========== Putin knows history well enough. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/22/opinions/putin-history-lesson-andelman/index.html But he laments the late great Soviet Union, especially its habit of completely rewriting history as often as it likes. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 20 likes 1 time 2022-02-23 13:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1496481549659033600 ========== Ukraine and Taiwan - maybe not now. But sooner or later. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/23/china/taiwan-ukraine-parallels-china-russia-intl-hnk-mic/index.html #PS1china ===== impress 36 time 2022-02-23 13:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1496479743025508352 ========== Actually it wasn't Russia OR al-Qaeda. It was China. But hopefully that is a future chapter. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/22/politics/mitt-romney-russia-ukraine/index.html Though Al-Qaeda and IS are hoping for comebacks too. #PS1china ===== impress 31 time 2022-02-23 04:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1496342259687911427 ========== Do you believe ANYthing you read on social media? https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/22/politics/fact-check-un-north-bay-ottawa-trudeau/index.html #PS1media ===== impress 17 time 2022-02-23 04:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1496341121940742147 ========== Appeasement isn't working. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/22/opinions/putin-russia-ukraine-plan-donbas-treisman/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 16 time 2022-02-23 04:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1496339415475671045 ========== Putin's handmaidens are eager to do his work for him - he doesn't even need to write their scripts! https://news.yahoo.com/trump-praises-putin-move-ukraine-021323120.html #PS1trumpism ===== impress 25 time 2022-02-23 04:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1496337526931533824 ========== Putin's handmaidens volunteer to help - he doesn't even need to write their scripts - https://www.foxnews.com/us/dc-trucker-convoy-capital-beltway-protest So what if we're on the brink of World War III? The important thing is to shut down the government. Putin and Trump are so proud of you! #PS1trumpism ===== impress 54 time 2022-02-23 04:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1496336963581972486 ========== The only thing GOP know how to do is criticize Biden https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/22/ukraine-republicans-biden/ That old notion of "partisanship ends at the water's edge" is so Eisenhower-era. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 19 time 2022-02-23 04:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1496335792880377859 ========== Social media is harder than you think, even if you use free open-source software to build it! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/22/trump-truth-social-disaster/ And after you do build it, will anybody worth having come? #PS1media ===== impress 16 time 2022-02-23 04:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1496334525957300228 ========== Putin's handmaidens collaborate for him. He doesn't even need to write their scripts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/22/ukraine-jd-vance-ohio-senate-timken/ But appeasement didn't work in 1938 and isolationism didn't work in 1941. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 32 time 2022-02-22 16:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1496161165143072774 ========== Other people's money - it's FROM other people, not FOR them! https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/21/politics/trump-fundraising-save-america-pac/index.html #PS1trump ===== impress 23 time 2022-02-22 16:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1496159854544756739 ========== Omicron is the worst variant for children too young to vaccinate. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/15/omicron-drove-up-kids-covid-19-hospitalization-rates-by-how-much-now-the-cdc-knows/ #PS1virus ===== impress 19 time 2022-02-21 19:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1495848491880521737 ========== Bifurcated recovery - the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/15/silicon-valley-job-rebound-covid-economy-tech-google-apple-inflation/ #PS1economics ===== impress 13 time 2022-02-21 19:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1495838482710863873 ========== If at first you don't succeed - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/21/truth-social-app-donald-trump/ It's easy to get your most loyal supporters to sign up on your new platform to talk to each other. But it doesn't get you an audience of potential converts or create interest from attacks from adversaries. #PS1media ===== impress 15 time 2022-02-21 15:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1495788596774723588 ========== Putin can certainly quickly conquer Ukraine in a blitz. But at what cost? Can Ukraine maintain a Taliban-style insurgency until Putin leaves Ukraine or falls from power? https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/20/opinions/ukraine-forces-russia-matthew-schmidt/index.html Annexing Donbas might be simpler - for now. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 106 time 2022-02-21 15:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1495786080255504388 ========== Will Putin settle for the Sudetenland to obtain peace for our time? Or even Donbas? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-joe-biden-boris-johnson-europe-emmanuel-macron-2b7c2949ae3168effce9d0cb2584bb32 Appeasement didn't work that well in 1938. Putin's goals are bigger than Donbas. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 73 time 2022-02-21 15:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1495781635652042753 ========== The difference between Biden and LBJ - equals the difference between 51% and 61%. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/19/opinions/why-lbj-had-success-and-biden-didnt-naftali/index.html #PS1biden ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 56 time 2022-02-20 16:14 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1495431694312083463 ========== Civil war or secession? There's a milder approach - regional federalism. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html In 1860, it was yes or no on slavery, and conflict was inevitable, though King Cotton was doomed eventually due to soil exhaustion. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/opinion/second-civil-war.html #PS1minority ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 40 likes 1 time 2022-02-20 16:03 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1495428783850999809 ========== Trade wars for losers. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/opinion/china-trade-war-trump.html #PS1trade ===== impress 35 time 2022-02-20 14:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1495409112288428034 ========== America can't retire from being a superpower. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/opinion/ukraine-war-biden.html The rest of the world will not leave us alone. #PS1foreign ===== engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 33 likes 1 time 2022-02-20 14:41 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1495408252535787520 ========== Putin has spent a lifetime preparing Russia for his day - which may be today - that he installs a puppet regime in Ukraine like those in Belarus and Moldova. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/20/putin-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 5 engage-rate 3% impress 197 likes 1 time 2022-02-20 14:30 +0000 urlclicks 3 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1495405408596344832 ========== Putin has a little list - of democracy defenders who might well be underground, and who he would never miss. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/18/politics/us-russia-ukraine-officials-list/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 6% expands 1 impress 36 likes 1 time 2022-02-20 13:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1495395045481930753 ========== The difference between Biden and Trump. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/20/politics/fiona-hill-donald-trump-joe-biden/index.html #PS1trump ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 32 time 2022-02-20 13:44 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1495393929759367173 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/ivanka-trump-russia-ukraine-coronavirus-pandemic-entertainment-business-d911ee3fa2fb9568ff343a597687f034 #PS1media ===== impress 30 time 2022-02-20 13:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1495390231524036612 ========== False flags - a Russian tradition! https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/18/ukraine-putin-false-flag/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 time 2022-02-19 03:44 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494880529593733125 ========== Musk donates hugely to - some unnamed charity. https://apnews.com/article/business-elon-musk-david-beasley-fe520f106f7b51dba1fd6db92c77d8b0 If he's a true Trumpist, the unnamed charity is actually himself - filtered through a bunch of third parties. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 22 time 2022-02-18 05:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494537232492892164 ========== Senate dysfunction writ large - GOP won't even show up to vote up or down, on any nominees. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-boycotts-jerome-powell-ca58529a85f5042d9244cf510c87e7dc #PS1democracy ===== impress 15 time 2022-02-18 04:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494536461462298627 ========== Who would accept crypto assets as collateral? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-14/blockfi-to-pay-100-million-to-sec-states-over-crypto-lending #PS1economics ===== impress 14 time 2022-02-18 04:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494535922167148544 ========== Ever want to be a beta tester? Just buy a Tesla! https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-lifestyle-13dcbfd79de79cb1f4358c3f716e64a A typical Silicon Valley computer firm might have one vice president of quality and 40 vice presidents of time to market. For less excitement, buy cars designed in Detroit or Japan. #PS1technology ===== engage 2 engage-rate 10% impress 21 time 2022-02-18 02:03 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494492834325352451 ========== An administration run like a crime syndicate has to be investigated like a crime syndicate. And they'll use the same defenses as a crime syndicate. https://nytimes.com/2022/02/05/us/politics/january-6-committee.html #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 likes 1 time 2022-02-18 01:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494483443924627458 ========== Canada trucking crisis - it's all about influencing US elections - and increasing ratings and making money. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-ottawa-canada-539e3ad520ede8bd93e067ecd2d6a33d More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1603530543324792 #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% expands 1 impress 19 time 2022-02-18 00:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494469407367524394 ========== Most religious groups discourage vaccine exemptions. https://apnews.com/article/abortion-pope-francis-coronavirus-pandemic-health-religion-86394114e3120aa1dbb80921f1c2bf28 #PS1virus ===== impress 26 time 2022-02-17 15:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494337510922543111 ========== Austin might or might not be able to import Silicon Valley's startup culture. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/silicon-valleys-tech-monopoly-over-120019618.html But the refugees will certainly discover or import the problems that they wanted to leave behind. And old-time Texans will find that newcomers have new ideas. #PS1economics ===== impress 46 time 2022-02-17 15:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494337225663807497 ========== Forget the kids! Who gets the passwords? https://apnews.com/article/technology-lifestyle-philanthropy-0237c5054c9e020c6929700ddd0caa48 #PS1technology ===== impress 27 time 2022-02-17 15:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494334127411130375 ========== A candidate who fully earned Trump's endorsement. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/16/politics/trump-mark-finchem-arizona-secetary-state-kfile/index.html There's no lie he won't repeat! Democrats should look forward to running against him in the general election. #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 30 time 2022-02-17 14:53 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494324189527875590 ========== Is a Trump endorsement worth less than he thinks? https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/16/politics/trump-endorsements-worth-gop/index.html #PS1trumpism ===== impress 31 time 2022-02-17 14:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494322898999205892 ========== A permanent Ukraine invasion-threat crisis might be more useful to Putin than an actual invasion. It will wear down western unity. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/17/politics/russia-ukraine-us-biden-putin/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 82 likes 1 time 2022-02-17 14:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494321192756387842 ========== Blinken emphasizes strategic importance of Pacific islands to US. https://www.sanjuandailystar.com/post/blinken-says-us-has-a-long-term-future-in-the-pacific-islands GOP senators need to confirm Biden ambassador nominations to these countries. #PS1foreign ===== engage 3 engage-rate 3% impress 96 time 2022-02-17 05:41 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494185323026259972 ========== The case for large legislative bodies - they are harder to buy! https://gvwire.com/2022/02/10/los-angeles-is-the-capital-of-americas-democracy-crisis/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 28 time 2022-02-17 05:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494180446434779140 ========== Crypto is just hot air. A few people win big, paid for by many who lose less. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/technology/cryptocurrency-luna-solana-polygon.html #PS1other ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 33 time 2022-02-17 04:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494168377983528963 ========== IRS trying to tax gig workers. https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/irs-aims-to-tax-the-gig-economy-and-misses #PS1tax ===== impress 66 time 2022-02-17 04:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494166690099122178 ========== Unpleasant demographic change coming if we don't do more to reduce the cost of children. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/09/happy-valentines-day-no-go-make-babies-california/ #PS1other ===== impress 28 time 2022-02-17 04:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494166024479903744 ========== How pro sports rip off underlawyered public agencies. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/13/how-the-raiders-made-189-million-in-taxpayer-money-vanish/ #PS1other ===== impress 25 time 2022-02-17 03:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494149021601988609 ========== 49ers hit by ransomware attack. https://apnews.com/article/san-francisco-49ers-nfl-sports-technology-europe-370239b9281caea114b3162be54b028e #PS1technology ===== impress 61 time 2022-02-17 03:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494146600020578309 ========== How the Trumpist propaganda machine makes ratings (and thus money) out of nothing. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/16/media/durham-report-trump-maga-analysis/index.html #PS1media ===== impress 28 time 2022-02-17 03:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494145054545305606 ========== The real threat to Putin - Ukraine in the EU. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/opinion/biden-putin-ukraine.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 2% impress 94 time 2022-02-16 14:47 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493960266895163397 ========== Why choose? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/15/donald-trump-profiting-post-presidency/ If he's elected again with a Trumpist Congress, Trump can keep making money AND be president. And maybe Speaker of the House, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and RNC chair too. That's what Putin, Xi, and Kim would do. #PS1trump ===== impress 43 time 2022-02-16 14:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493956796091809795 ========== What happens when nobody has even heard of the great books of the western world, much less read any of them? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/11/super-bowl-olympics-common-culture-collapsing/ #PS1other ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 63 likes 1 time 2022-02-16 05:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493814397491286019 ========== How wealthy white GOP donors have subverted parental concern about school effectiveness during covid into restrictions on teaching about race and gender. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/15/politics/schools-covid-politics/index.html #PS1other ===== impress 38 time 2022-02-16 05:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493812757149351941 ========== Which Americans support the Canadian trucker demonstrators? Mostly rich Republicans. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/02/15/american-donors-freedom-convoy-zipcodes/ #PS1trumpism ===== impress 43 time 2022-02-16 04:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493806419602141185 ========== The sixth column - cyber warfare. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/15/russia-ukraine-cyber-attacks/ #PS1technology ===== impress 43 time 2022-02-16 04:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493805246501457920 ========== Other people's money! https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/15/opinions/trump-accounting-mazars-wealth-dantonio/index.html #PS1trump ===== impress 36 time 2022-02-16 03:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493796475469398016 ========== Financial services to pizza delivery. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/15/politics/mcalanis-capitol-riot/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 38 time 2022-02-16 03:53 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493795615318282241 ========== Jan 6 committee wants to talk to six more fake electors schemers. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-subpoenas-6e6286297e38863656d7f12a054664ca #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 42 time 2022-02-16 03:50 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493794863472463872 ========== There's no secret about the GOP agenda. Talk about culture war issues - and do nothing about them. Do NOT talk about the real agenda - tax cuts, deregulation, union busting, all for billionaires, all to defend minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/14/republican-top-secret-agenda-really-election-calculus/ #PS1gop ===== impress 38 time 2022-02-15 15:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493606363418738689 ========== Connecticut comes to Shasta County. Just follow the money, as usual. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/14/politics/california-shasta-county-recall/index.html #PS1capolitics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 54 time 2022-02-15 15:08 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493603189131780105 ========== Zero Hedge - your home for Russian propaganda and fringe theories that reputable media won't publish! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-coronavirus-pandemic-health-moscow-media-ff4a56b7b08bcdc6adaf02313a85edd9 #PS1media ===== impress 65 time 2022-02-15 14:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493600060394852365 ========== Americans, including QAnons, provide major funding to Canadian truck protests. https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/convoy-fundraising-leak-shows-substantial-u-s-donations-coded-keywords-1.5780989 Will Canadians be as generous when they try the same in US? #PS1trumpism ===== impress 40 time 2022-02-15 14:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493598864821133317 ========== Enough is enough! Canadian government finally responds in kind to hardball protesters and insurrectionists - much to the relief of most Canadians - and most of the rest of the world as well. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/14/canada-ottawa-trucker-protests-bridge/ #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 33 time 2022-02-14 23:46 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493371145067720706 ========== Along with "training exercises" on the border and a false flag pretext attack - right out of the Stalinist playbook - Russia pretends to engage in in good faith negotiations right until the shooting starts. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/14/politics/us-embassy-kyiv-closure/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1601426036868576 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 56 time 2022-02-14 23:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493369082095280129 ========== 11000 privileged emails and 150 pleadings of the fifth? Hard not to see all that as incriminating - of Eastman and Trump. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/14/politics/john-eastman-emails-january-6-committee/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 33 time 2022-02-14 23:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493366092009402369 ========== CYA time for Mazars! https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/14/politics/trump-mazars/index.html Too bad for Deutsche Bank and anybody else who relied on Trump financials. #PS1trump ===== engage 14 engage-rate 4% impress 319 time 2022-02-14 23:20 +0000 urlclicks 14 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493364531023605760 ========== Much of the San Joaquin Valley was desert before irrigation. Now that water is drying up, it will go back to desert - ideal for solar power. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/11/skelton-building-solar-farms-in-san-joaquin-valley-will-conserve-water-make-clean-energy/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 32 time 2022-02-14 15:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493244176426627072 ========== Know Nothing and proud of it! https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/13/opinions/greene-gazpacho-police-sums-it-up-column-galant/index.html The revenge of everybody who never did their homework or paid any attention in school or church, leading the world back to a feudal subservience to power. #PS1trumpism ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 51 likes 1 time 2022-02-14 14:21 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493229004567941124 ========== Protest convenient for Trumpism! Encourage "legitimate political discourse," cause all kinds of economic harm, then blame Biden for inflation and unemployment! https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/13/opinions/canada-truckers-protest-rand-paul-obeidallah/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1601126790231834 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 39 time 2022-02-14 14:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493226851958853635 ========== Trump remains Democrats' secret weapon. He keeps doing his best to expel disloyal GOP and turn off independent voters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/13/trump-politics-weakness/ But if they fall for the third-party trap, they guarantee Trump's re-election. So is he the Trumpists' secret weapon too? #PS1trump ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 49 time 2022-02-13 17:02 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1492906951159652352 ========== A day in Inglewood, a night in the Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/12/rand-paul-trucker-protest-super-bowl/ Count on Rand Paul to encourage gridlock while Putin is gearing up to invade and Xi is thinking about Taiwan. Which of the three is the greatest threat to America? #PS1trumpism ===== engage 6 engage-rate 5% expands 2 impress 130 likes 1 replies 1 time 2022-02-12 16:47 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1492540755604213764 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-business-health-ottawa-9697f25eb1c9da59eba837cfb4ad5564 #PS1media ===== impress 28 time 2022-02-11 20:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1492234369863282689 ========== Strong leader Putin is the role model for Trump. https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-russia-getting-away-with-it-60f7e4f7c54ae3fe65d966ff5a159e9b "cheating is acceptable if you don’t get caught" #PS1foreign ===== impress 57 time 2022-02-11 13:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1492130014837428229 ========== Trump aiming to preserve his emperor role, with some success - perhaps. The proof will be in the primaries and in the general election. https://apnews.com/article/congress-donald-trump-vernon-jones-david-perdue-georgia-91709ffbc9b0841566b8c9b72ff1e272 #PS1trump ===== impress 23 time 2022-02-11 13:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1492128434511769600 ========== How Biden is moving forward on BBB. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/10/politics/white-house-state-of-play/index.html Politics is the art of the possible. What is possible now, and what might be possible later? #PS1biden ===== impress 28 time 2022-02-10 14:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491786357227732992 ========== Some countries don't have equal rights for women. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/09/middleeast/iran-teenage-wife-beheaded-intl/index.html But the US ERA has become a complicated legal morass. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/09/politics/senate-republicans-archivist-era/index.html The Supreme Court will have to decide. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1598176143860232 #PS1democracy ===== impress 26 time 2022-02-10 06:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491663879222398981 ========== The Canadian trucker disruption was practically made for Fox and the internet. Now Fox wants to create the same disruption in the US. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/09/media/right-wing-media-canadian-truckers-reliable-sources/index.html #PS1media ===== impress 29 time 2022-02-10 06:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491660214474403841 ========== How cults work - leaving you no time to think is part of the plan. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/09/politics/stop-the-steal-cult-january-6/index.html In this case, he joined voluntarily - and left voluntarily. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 25 time 2022-02-10 06:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491658499335475201 ========== "while US foes like Russia and China are escalating efforts to discredit democracy in the US and worldwide, their goals are shared by Americans working to destroy it from the inside." https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/10/politics/capitol-insurrection-donald-trump-republicans-congress/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1598165107194669 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 36 time 2022-02-10 06:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491657209717030915 ========== "The anti-Trump constituency is one out of 10 Republican voters" But what about GOP donors? That's the important number, and the one McConnell pays attention to. https://apnews.com/article/congress-mitch-mcconnell-donald-trump-elections-censures-ab60ddc94d1afb8c1162697e14aca66c More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1598157117195468 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 26 time 2022-02-10 05:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491652071090622470 ========== Free trade + fear of loss of status = Trumpism? Traditional GOP conservatives, and their donors, liked free trade. Democrats delivered it, and also inadvertently delivered the victims of free trade to the GOP, and now protectionist GOP are legion. #PS1trade ===== impress 23 time 2022-02-10 02:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491603687659040768 ========== Florida wants schools to prevent “discomfort, guilt or anguish” for rich white kids, the future heirs of minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/02/09/florida-history-discomfort/ Everybody else gets plenty of “discomfort, guilt or anguish” just by reading the news every day. #PS1minority ===== impress 23 time 2022-02-10 01:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491589340085907458 ========== What do billionaires do all day? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/09/who-is-peter-thiel/ Some of them make more billions. Most of them just want to keep what they have rather than pay taxes to support poor people. #PS1tax ===== impress 24 time 2022-02-10 01:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491588494132596741 ========== A lot of people in Afghanistan wish they'd left earlier rather than later. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/09/russia-ukraine-putin-macron-nato/ Little lost if it all turns out to be a false alarm. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 32 time 2022-02-10 01:34 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491586255611514887 ========== "It’s another thing for a lawyer who used to be a U.S. attorney" But that was long ago in a city far away from Antrim, MI. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/02/09/giuliani-antrim-prosecutor-voting-machines/ #PS1insurrection ===== impress 18 time 2022-02-10 01:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491585320567009281 ========== The Presidential Records Act was just another law for Trump to ignore. The President can do anything he wants! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/09/trump-archives-justice-department/ #PS1trump ===== impress 22 time 2022-02-10 01:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491584738192023555 ========== An Irish diplomat appreciates Leopold Bloom on his centennial. https://washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/02/01/ulysses-james-joyce-100th-irish-ambassador/ #PS1other ===== impress 22 time 2022-02-10 00:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491575096527372290 ========== How do you talk to an autocrat? Flattery works with some, blatant shows of force with others, subtle hints of force with others. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/09/opinions/putin-russia-ukraine-macron-table-autocrat-ghitis/index.html Cigar smoke worked for Mannerheim with Hitler - according to legend. https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=196733 #PS1foreign ===== impress 23 time 2022-02-10 00:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491574333315043331 ========== McConnell and Trump trade more shots - https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/09/politics/mitch-mcconnell-violent-insurrection/index.html Pence got a lot of private positive feedback from GOP leaders and donors - https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/09/politics/pence-trump-rebuke-response/index.html Most GOP voters side with Pence over Trump - https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/09/politics/electoral-count-act-pence-poll/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1598009030543610 #PS1gop ===== impress 25 time 2022-02-10 00:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491564922920071171 ========== In case you had any doubt, the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP intends to eliminate as many black legislators as possible - to protect minority rule of course - the rule of the minority of rich old white male major campaign donors. https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-al-lawson-ron-desantis-florida-alabama-f3d88c39d3180127d781e4e9afc4d496 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 51 time 2022-02-09 23:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491559715494531072 ========== Navarro subpoena - about time! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-bennie-thompson-peter-navarro-subpoenas-election-2020-fc0883f76c7a584377efd055f437ec33 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 45 time 2022-02-09 23:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491558077014839298 ========== Automotive and consumer electronics time scales don't match up at all. And big tech companies have little interest in architecting upward compatibility of cars and devices, especially the ones thinking of making their own cars. https://indianexpress.com/article/world/car-software-lawsuits-7763887/ #PS1technology ===== impress 47 time 2022-02-09 23:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491554040081125376 ========== Tired of rising auto prices due to supply chain problems? Too bad say anti-vax truckers! https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-canada-detroit-blockade-auto-20220208-m4rs4ww5orcc7bott5brxvbtt4-story.html #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 54 time 2022-02-09 23:22 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491553082840260609 ========== As long as Trump is able, every election is going to be about the 2020 election that he won and the Jan 6 legitimate political discourse. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/09/politics/trump-mcconnell-mccarthy-republicans-2022-midterms/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1597756673902179 #PS1trump ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 45 likes 1 time 2022-02-09 14:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491421096796889090 ========== Putin's plan might be to threaten war until he wears down the west's resistance, for instance by enabling the re-election of Trump, who would gratefully enable Putin in return, talking about how much money he was saving by leaving NATO. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/world/europe/ukraine-putin-russia.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 62 time 2022-02-09 06:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491292826411614208 ========== The GOP program always includes union-busting. When GOP talks about supporting labor, they mean right-to-work laws and company unions - all to benefit GOP donors, not GOP voters. Voters get culture wars that donors don't care about. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/opinion/marco-rubio-republicans-working-class.html #PS1minority ===== impress 53 time 2022-02-09 05:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491290703447859201 ========== We need to fix the Senate confirmation dysfunction. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#confirmation Ron Johnson - and Cruz and Hawley - are taking it down to new levels. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/opinion/deborah-lipstadt-ron-johnson.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 48 time 2022-02-09 05:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491287311258370050 ========== Self-restraint is a fundamental prerequisite for and basis of liberty. If everybody is free to do whatever they want - eventually most people aren't free to do anything they want. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/opinion/spotify-joe-rogan-covid-free-speech.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1597421327269047 #PS1theory ===== impress 42 time 2022-02-09 05:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491281775825649665 ========== First insurrection trial starts in 3 weeks. Sounds like the government's got the goods on him, so he's probably hoping Trump will pardon him. He must have declined numerous offers to plea bargain. One of his pals was easier to convince. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/us/trial-jan-6-guy-wesley-reffitt.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 47 time 2022-02-09 05:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491278553010548737 ========== Why is DOJ letting the clock run out on Trump's obstruction of justice? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/07/trump-garland-and-the-mueller-report/ There might be good reasons, but they need to be revealed. #PS1trump ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 46 time 2022-02-09 04:52 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491273773047488514 ========== Racism - another road to riches in Trumpist world. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/08/joe-rogan-spotify-podcast-racism-language-slur/ #PS1media ===== impress 45 time 2022-02-09 04:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491272093815939076 ========== If it weren't for colored people in cities, Trump would have won! Ask any of these Trumpist candidates! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/08/republicans-2020-election-lie-johnson-mandel/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1597405913937255 #PS1democracy ===== impress 44 time 2022-02-09 04:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491271515639214080 ========== Differing recollections of the Afghan evacuation. It was going to be chaotic, no matter what. That's how wars end in Afghanistan. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/08/afghanistan-evacuation-investigation/ "That's what defeat looks like" #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 73 time 2022-02-09 04:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491267951068332034 ========== There's big bucks in Trumpism! That's how it attracts so many self-serving opportunists, all in the image of Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/08/charlie-kirk-turning-point-academy-strongmind/ And like Trump, they really don't want any outsiders scrutinizing their finances. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 53 time 2022-02-09 04:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491264858947723264 ========== Very Trumpist - having it both ways. Tell the public that RNC was talking about peaceful protesters, while letting the fringes know RNC was also talking about the violent insurrectionists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/08/gop-legitimate-political-discourse/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1597392147271965 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 50 time 2022-02-09 04:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491262905266085889 ========== It's hard to believe that something this complicated isn't a scam at some level. https://apnews.com/article/cryptocurrency-business-new-york-miami-coin-f076e0e8b80adf74fdeebaeae9188e70 The people pushing cryptocurrencies always seem to have an angle. #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 44 likes 1 time 2022-02-09 03:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491257392818192389 ========== $3.6 billion recovered. https://apnews.com/article/cryptocurrency-stolen-arrest-7e83f7188e8e1580e9678d8a47d6ab32 Covering your tracks must be harder than it seems. #PS1justice ===== impress 43 time 2022-02-09 03:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491256018877427713 ========== GOP wants to whitewash the big picture by preventing the Jan 6 committee from finding out how it happened - who planned and financed the insurrection. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/08/politics/mcconnell-mccarthy-rnc-censure-resolution-january-6/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1597340217277158 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 49 time 2022-02-09 02:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491236325106003969 ========== NC elections board asserts power to enforce disqualification clause. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/08/politics/north-carolina-elections-board-madison-cawthorn-january-6/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 53 time 2022-02-09 02:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491234135033397251 ========== The worse news is that Austin is the best place to be in Texas. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/us/austin-boil-water.html But houses cost less! #PS1other ===== impress 60 time 2022-02-08 20:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491151275970695168 ========== Poor Elon Musk - the government just won't let him do it his way. https://bdnews24.com/technology/2022/02/08/tesla-faces-renewed-scrutiny-over-racial-bias-and-musks-tweets #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 42 replies 1 time 2022-02-08 20:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491150126584569856 ========== It's NOT GOP fighting GOP, like Democrats fighting over BBB. It's cult of personality vs rule of law, but most GOP legislators don't want to risk taking a stand - implying they don't really care. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/08/politics/nikki-haley-jan-6-pence-trump/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 52 time 2022-02-08 15:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491067428435939330 ========== Epidemic of whiplash likely for GOP leaders - ducking the issue so hard and so often is bound to be bad for elderly necks. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/07/politics/rnc-censure-january-6-republican-divide/index.html It's Trump's GOP, so it will win back Congress - or not - his way, by first purging all disloyalty to Trump. #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 46 time 2022-02-08 05:52 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490926372004728832 ========== Christie joins Pence in pointing out the obvious. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/07/politics/chris-christie-trump-republicans-january-6/index.html Perhaps the GOP will expel him for disloyalty. If the GOP does admit the truth the conversion will happen practically overnight - safety in numbers. Like the end of an Afghanistan war. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 38 time 2022-02-08 05:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490923874976149506 ========== The person serving you might be infectious and symptomatic. https://workingwomanreport.com/just-wear-a-mask-and-dont-tell-anyone-workplaces-are-filling-up-with-sick-employees/ #PS1virus ===== impress 36 time 2022-02-08 04:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490901366457311236 ========== The Great Reshuffle - not so much retirement as finding better jobs. The pandemic has rebalanced the power of labor vs capital. https://unitednewspost.com/news/us-news/jill-on-money-the-great-reshuffle/ #PS1economics ===== impress 41 time 2022-02-08 04:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490900193587261442 ========== Traditional conservatives realize they were never a mass movement at all, only puppets of their donors interested in protecting minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/02/07/heritage-foundation-trump-republicans/ Now they are trying to stay relevant by catching up with Trumpism. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 40 time 2022-02-08 01:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490867098624864256 ========== Canadian authorities slowly respond to menacing protests. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/07/canada-ottawa-truckers-protests-arrests/ #PS1trumpism ===== impress 44 time 2022-02-08 01:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490866586806517761 ========== Presidential Records Act - just another law that Trump can ignore with impunity. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/07/trump-records-mar-a-lago/ #PS1trump ===== impress 46 time 2022-02-08 01:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490861340671774726 ========== Right-to-lifers criticize DeSantis for being too liberal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/07/abortion-ban-florida-texas-roe-supreme-court/ The Texas bill provided cover for Florida to quietly consider limiting abortion to 15 weeks instead of 24. #PS1health ===== impress 47 time 2022-02-08 01:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490860633814093824 ========== Arming Mexican cartels is very profitable. They mostly use American firearms. The firearms manufacturers are well aware of that, but strenuously evading responsibility. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/06/us/mexico-lawsuit-us-gun-manufacturers/index.html #PS1firearms ===== impress 38 time 2022-02-08 01:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490858684435472385 ========== Trump invents new ways for ex-presidents to make money off their followers. https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/23/opinions/trump-our-journey-together-book-dantonio/index.html #PS1trump ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 42 time 2022-02-08 01:10 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490855571116806146 ========== Nobody's fringier or Trumpier than Greene! But the district has changed - some. https://apnews.com/article/georgia-marjorie-taylor-greene-atlanta-suburbs-congress-fdf1cc937bf7e62faacb2ed8207af7da #PS1trumpism ===== impress 41 time 2022-02-08 00:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490849295536320512 ========== Is a two-state solution still possible? https://apnews.com/article/europe-middle-east-jerusalem-israel-race-and-ethnicity-44016759f92fb1d273f3a8cdf501a6dd Nobody with the power to make it happen seems interested. The Sunni kings and sheikhs are more worried about Iran than Israel. #PS1mideast ===== engage 3 engage-rate 5% expands 1 impress 56 time 2022-02-08 00:36 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490846997565243393 ========== Biden gets Germany on board for a united front against Putin. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-joe-biden-vladimir-putin-europe-moscow-46f8be10fa71af16bae8f3a9bd82918d #PS1ukraine ===== impress 59 time 2022-02-08 00:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490845856626446337 ========== Reagan's new morning in America - "only 10.3% of workers belonged to a union in 2021, down from 20.1% in 1983." GOP business groups promptly denounced unionization as an attack on wealth inequality. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-kamala-harris-labor-unions-5a0ff5316fc9f02b485cf832e25af952 #PS1economics ===== impress 39 time 2022-02-08 00:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490845393562714115 ========== Jan 6 committee wants to talk to Ivanka. She was there and heard and saw everything. But will she talk, or plead the fifth? https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-ivanka-trump-joe-biden-donald-trump-congress-f578160e79b0c8fc4f16c21c2afa9e8b #PS1insurrection ===== impress 45 time 2022-02-08 00:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490839943547031553 ========== Trump nominees remember what they are there for - to protect minority rule. https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-alabama-elections-house-elections-john-roberts-ec7de9d81ce904d6a660ab98be12b845 #PS1democracy ===== impress 38 time 2022-02-08 00:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490838816784928772 ========== Thiel decides he can promote Trumpist minority rule better outside of Facebook. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/07/peter-thiel-to-step-down-from-facebooks-board/ #PS1trumpism ===== impress 24 time 2022-02-07 23:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490837679302344705 ========== "it’s imperative that the next generation ensures the advancement of pro-America ideas" First pro-America ideal to advance - the rule of law! First anti-America ideal to denounce - the cult of personality! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/07/mike-pence-to-take-on-woke-left-in-stanford-speech-but-will-he-talk-about-trump/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1596644870680026 #PS1gop ===== impress 19 time 2022-02-07 23:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490836746933731331 ========== State of Jefferson Trumpist militias try lawful methods before violent insurrection. They got a lot of outside money to help. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/07/could-populist-militia-backed-shasta-county-recall-effort-provide-roadmap-for-other-races/ #PS1trumpism ===== impress 30 time 2022-02-07 16:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490723904331026435 ========== New variants keep popping up! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/07/poop-sleuths-discover-mysterious-coronavirus-in-californias-sewage/ Everybody wants to be done with covid. Maybe we will be lucky. Maybe not. #PS1virus ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 45 time 2022-02-07 14:53 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490700318757195776 ========== Third parties - the Impossible Dream! Without ranked-choice voting, the Common Sense Party is not likely to do much good. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/07/moderate-common-sense-party-hopes-to-get-on-2022-ballot-in-california/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1596344727376707 #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 26 replies 1 time 2022-02-07 13:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490682171920506880 ========== How China uses (and Germany used) market power to control US film studios. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/04/china-hollywood-nazi-germany-parallels/ #PS1china ===== impress 33 time 2022-02-07 04:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490546010564685825 ========== I always voted at my party's call And I never thought of thinking for myself at all I thought so little - They rewarded me - By making me the ruler of the GOP! Unless Trump decides he likes somebody else better, who never criticized him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/06/kevin-mccarthy-kinzinger-cheney-rubio/ #PS1trumpism ===== impress 21 time 2022-02-07 04:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490544451961249793 ========== Old rich white men - like Trump - are victims of racism? Sure - if it polls well with their voter base, which oddly enough is not rich. Unlike their donor base. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/05/trump-redefine-racism/ #PS1trumpism ===== impress 22 time 2022-02-07 04:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490542152589266947 ========== The rules haven't really changed. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/technology/tech-startup-funding.html Lots of people thought the rules had changed in 2000. They were wrong. #PS1economics ===== impress 16 time 2022-02-07 03:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490531572289662983 ========== Worthy of the Franz von Papen award - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Papen Roger Ailes thought he could control Palin, then Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/business/media/trump-fox-news.html He normalized Trump - and is now outTrumped by NewsMax and OAN. Now Trump thinks he can control Fox. #PS1media ===== impress 28 time 2022-02-07 01:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490504993597640707 ========== Wealth inequality and income inequality - not the same thing. Almost opposites at times. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/opinion/income-wealth-inequality-pandemic.html #PS1economics ===== impress 16 time 2022-02-07 01:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490499620849393666 ========== From now on, all elections will be one-party affairs (primaries) and the minority party's vote won't matter. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/06/us/politics/redistricting-competition-midterms.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 20 time 2022-02-07 01:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490496734094495747 ========== The US has the most aircraft carriers. Its opponents have the most hypersonic missiles. Who wins the next war? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/03/america-led-hypersonic-technology-then-other-countries-sped-past/ #PS1technology ===== impress 21 time 2022-02-07 00:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490483398392958978 ========== Manchin and Murkowski are hopeful for bipartisan revision of Electoral Count Act. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/06/politics/manchin-murkowski-electoral-count-act-cnntv/index.html But can they find 10 more GOP votes against Trumpist headwinds? #PS1democracy ===== impress 33 time 2022-02-07 00:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490478590827241473 ========== Government support for religion. https://apnews.com/article/abortion-business-health-nashville-personal-taxes-fffa6f6f86e6eaa448b8ea89087a1c46 No doubt it's profitable for the operators. #PS1health ===== impress 16 time 2022-02-07 00:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490477486919995394 ========== Cyberattacks are good for financing nuclear missile development. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-global-trade-united-nations-north-korea-25b1c7199519b31fe592dace54e119d9 #PS1foreign ===== impress 16 time 2022-02-07 00:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490476213315387392 ========== Not just governors and secretaries of state, but attorneys general too. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-elections-lawsuits-presidential-elections-election-2020-b8fceac573ffea74283a980bfb48635a Taking every step to insure GOP never loses another election. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 18 time 2022-02-07 00:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490475507703418880 ========== Playing the race card got Trump this far, so he's sticking with it. https://apnews.com/article/texas-new-york-donald-trump-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-11fd8d697e569a75f108f6564761ba64 #PS1trump ===== impress 53 time 2022-02-06 23:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490474349408632833 ========== Manchin and Murkowski endorse each other. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-elections-alaska-donald-trump-joe-manchin-014116611c35dcf89d3510c335c5a193 #PS1politics ===== impress 59 time 2022-02-06 23:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490473182163202051 ========== Trumpist state of emergency in Canada. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-donald-trump-public-health-e9295f9f379ffdb114b6c063f5c77a98 Cheered on by Trump, DeSantis, Cruz, Paxton. #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 107 time 2022-02-06 23:49 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490472638543585280 ========== Dementia vs privacy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/02/03/national/social-issues/dementia-elderly-digital-surveillance/ The demented live in an extremely private world - that often collides with the public world. #PS1technology ===== impress 54 time 2022-02-06 23:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490469502097649671 ========== Internet vigilante. https://www.wired.com/story/north-korea-hacker-internet-outage/ Probably a bad precedent that will inspire other vigilantes globally. #PS1technology ===== impress 51 time 2022-02-06 21:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490440966557241344 ========== Trump responds to Pence in a very presidential way. Trump-presidential. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-responds-pence-overturn-election "he had no right to do anything other than being an automatic conveyor belt for the Old Crow Mitch McConnell to get Biden elected President as quickly as possible" #PS1trump ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 63 time 2022-02-06 16:18 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490359225033265153 ========== When did Trump ever care about laws? He just wanted to destroy the evidence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/05/trump-ripping-documents/ #PS1trump ===== impress 55 time 2022-02-06 07:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490232996556800001 ========== Trump removed all doubt. His supporters cheered. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/05/sundaytake-trump-jan6-election/ #PS1insurrection ===== impress 55 time 2022-02-06 07:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490231614571380743 ========== Attorneys warn Jan 6 defendants not to count on Trump pardons. He could have pardoned them while president - and didn't. Anyway Trump loyalty goes uphill only, and he issued pardons in return for specific future benefits. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/05/politics/trump-pardon-us-capitol/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 64 likes 1 time 2022-02-06 07:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490230185844613125 ========== There might be limits to Chinese support for Putin. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/05/economy/russia-china-ukraine-economy-intl-hnk/index.html #PS1china ===== impress 64 time 2022-02-06 07:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490228097399939076 ========== "the lowest paying states -- offering an average salary of less than $50,000 -- include Florida, Mississippi and South Dakota" GOP major donors have private schools so must not care much about public education - their legislators don't. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/05/us/teacher-prep-student-shortages-covid-crisis/index.html #PS1other ===== impress 62 time 2022-02-06 07:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490227031165997057 ========== How would Trump or DeSantis feel about thousands of Canadians coming to blockade their home towns and demanding they be removed from office? Future office, in Trump's case. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-donald-trump-public-health-e9295f9f379ffdb114b6c063f5c77a98 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 60 time 2022-02-06 07:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490224598813581317 ========== There is bipartisan agreement among some senators that US troops should stay out of Ukraine. This group is supported by Biden AND Trump. There is bipartisan agreement among some other senators that US troops should help defend Ukraine. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/05/all-options-are-not-on-the-table-as-biden-moves-troops-closer-to-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 73 time 2022-02-06 07:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490222939903455241 ========== Putin's getting ready for - something. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-russia-vladimir-putin-98f0ae4d7dcf539094d67c8dd9b90e23 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 56 time 2022-02-06 07:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490221313499140096 ========== Overpaid executives keep running into roadblocks in Palo Alto. If they moved to Austin, they'd have no problem. Except Texas politicians. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/05/8931393/ #PS1other ===== impress 59 time 2022-02-06 07:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490220101408210951 ========== Fragile majorities mean no progress. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-judiciary-election-2020-congress-600739a80f2e12122e9f61ab37713f96 That's OK with GOP; no progress is a good way to defend minority rule. They don't have to pass anything as long as they can get on Fox. #PS1biden ===== impress 45 time 2022-02-05 14:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489971549079629824 ========== GoFundMe shuts down Canada Truckers fund. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/04/redwood-citys-gofundme-shuts-down-10-million-crowd-funding-campaign-for-anti-vaccine-mandate-trucker-convoy-that-has-beset-canadas-capital/ Encouraged by Trump and Musk, but not by Canadian trucking. But the protesters achieved their media goals, and plan the same for DC - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/04/us-anti-vaccine-mandate-convoy-canada #PS1trumpism ===== engage 2 engage-rate 2% impress 90 replies 1 time 2022-02-05 05:52 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489839448409866241 ========== Putin keeps positioning more Russian troops and equipment. Does he want to use them or avoid using them? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/world/europe/russian-troops-ukraine-crimean-peninsula.html If Trump or another Trumpist were in power, Putin could get what he wants for free. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 56 time 2022-02-05 04:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489824914374725633 ========== Why do people feel so bad about the economy? They've forgotten the 2009 recession and 1982 inflation? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/03/opinion/inflation-consumer-confidence.html Maybe it's that inflation is always a downer, and the feeling is aggravated by nonstop media coverage. #PS1inflation ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 52 likes 1 time 2022-02-05 04:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489823291766292480 ========== "Trump is the embodiment of the wounds that already existed in the white evangelical world: misogyny, racism, celebrity worship, resentment and the willingness to sacrifice principle for power." https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/opinion/evangelicalism-division-renewal.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1594810370863476 #PS1other ===== impress 52 time 2022-02-05 04:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489821577411584004 ========== W.E.B. Du Bois saw it all coming in 1935. The foes of CRT - and any accurate history - don't care about accuracy or history, only about preserving minority rule, by keeping the masses divided. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/opinion/crt-backlash-du-bois.html #PS1other ===== impress 44 time 2022-02-05 04:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489816546172018696 ========== Call Trump as a witness? Good luck with that! He can afford better lawyers than you - paid for by the RNC. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/us/politics/jan-6-defendant-trump-subpoena.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 54 time 2022-02-05 04:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489814440853716999 ========== Don't build your house on somebody else's land. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/04/meta-valuation-loss-teaches-facebook-painful-lesson/ #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 43 time 2022-02-05 03:52 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489809214805446661 ========== The few remaining traditional conservatives in GOP try to fight back. Good luck in another Noble Lost Cause. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/04/politics/romney-gop-cheney-kinzinger-censure-vote/index.html The RNC has confirmed that GOP = Trump, and anybody that's not on board with that can get off or be pushed. #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 55 retweets 1 time 2022-02-05 03:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489808170125914112 ========== Unclear on the concept! "We should be focused on truly who our opponents are" "this is a fight between Donald Trump and (Kinzinger and Cheney), not the party" Donald Trump IS the party. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/04/politics/kevin-mccarthy-liz-cheney-republican-party/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1594787174199129 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 57 time 2022-02-05 03:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489807490300612608 ========== New names for old bases - honoring patriots rather than traitors for the cause of slavery. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/18/what-rename-army-bases-that-honor-confederate-soldiers/ #PS1other ===== impress 48 time 2022-02-05 03:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489803372278403075 ========== Excerpts from the official Virginia 7th-grade history book from 1957. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/01/racist-virginia-textbooks-history-youngkin/ That text is now a rare book with copies in a few university libraries. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1594720597539120 #PS1other ===== impress 58 time 2022-02-05 01:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489772973783347201 ========== Putin strengthens NATO and reminds it of its purpose. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/01/nato-russia-baltics-estonia/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 49 time 2022-02-05 00:42 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489761322363359237 ========== How Putin gained control of Belarus. He had a collaborator in need. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/02/putin-belarus-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 57 time 2022-02-05 00:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489759256047874050 ========== Trumpists close down Butterfly Center for opposing wall on their property. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/03/texas-butterfly-center-conspiracy-harassment/ #PS1trumpism ===== impress 53 time 2022-02-05 00:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489757139803377666 ========== Don't give Newt too much credit for invention. He was only following in the footsteps of Strom Thurmond and the other Dixiecrats to perfect minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/04/newt-gingrich-started-us-road-ruin-now-hes-back-finish-job/ #PS1minority ===== impress 47 time 2022-02-05 00:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489754797121028096 ========== One way to find out what Wyoming voters really think about the Constitution and the rule of law. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/04/liz-cheney-can-force-voters-to-defend-foundational-principles/ #PS1insurrection ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 61 likes 1 time 2022-02-05 00:11 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489753424644042752 ========== So much for the Arab Spring. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/03/biden-administration-neglecting-tunisia-democracy-saied/ #PS1mideast ===== impress 43 time 2022-02-05 00:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489752537951453186 ========== Big bucks spent to keep non-existent election fraud in the news. Repeat a lie often enough and people will believe it. https://apnews.com/article/elections-pennsylvania-voting-donald-trump-presidential-elections-e09c2770b605567fa203404637552a7a #PS1election ===== impress 22 time 2022-02-04 23:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489750191162884099 ========== This might help in the long run. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-china-united-states-congress-a6c2366885d82cca4089d3cc09b3acb0 In the short run, chip shortages will keep prices of new and used cars climbing. Especially if China attacks Taiwan. #PS1technology ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 44 time 2022-02-04 23:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489747889915977729 ========== Chinese espionage continues. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-china-hacking-news-corp-400eb96ef1aff4167df6d65c1da93ffe #PS1technology ===== impress 24 time 2022-02-04 23:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489746772247277571 ========== It could have been worse. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/03/business/stock-market-today.html Apple stock dropped by more than 26% in one day in 1983. And took a while to recover. #PS1technology ===== impress 24 time 2022-02-04 23:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489741417492598784 ========== If you're rich enough to afford fancy lawyers, you don't have to obey the laws. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/04/bay-area-town-says-big-cats-make-it-exempt-from-state-housing-law/ #PS1justice ===== impress 18 time 2022-02-04 23:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489738179586363392 ========== Anybody who works so hard to keep in the public eye - should not be surprised when the public keeps an eye on him. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/03/technology/elon-musk-jet-tracking.html That's why most billionaires try to maintain as low a profile as possible. #PS1technology ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 23 time 2022-02-04 23:05 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489737012605173760 ========== Food is getting more expensive globally. There's not much the US government could do about it in the short run. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/03/business/economy/food-prices-inflation-world.html In the long run - quit subsidizing climate change. But there might not be a very long run left. #PS1inflation ===== engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 likes 1 time 2022-02-04 23:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489736417429233665 ========== Pence said the obvious - Trump was wrong. He got no applause from the Federalist Society for that line. Is it another Trumpist front organization now? https://apnews.com/article/mike-pence-donald-trump-election-2020-84ff467d9ff5bfaad084e274f69ac521 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1594647047546475 #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 42 time 2022-02-04 22:37 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489729916664881156 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-media-elections-9631403283708d1f46bba768bddde779 #PS1media ===== impress 18 time 2022-02-04 22:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489727229923790848 ========== Putin has already won without firing a shot, thanks to collaborators abroad. After pitting Democrats against GOP in 2016, now he's got the GOP split between traditional conservatives and isolationists. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/04/politics/biden-putin-russia-ukraine/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1594408274237019 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 27 time 2022-02-04 15:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489623377333534721 ========== Putin and Xi see eye-to-eye. Will they coordinate simultaneous action on Ukraine and Taiwan? https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-putin-xi-meet-0e9127176250c0cab19b36e75800052e #PS1foreign ===== engage 2 engage-rate 1% impress 259 time 2022-02-04 14:22 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489605371966615552 ========== RNC confirms and affirms that GOP is the party of the Trump personality cult, and describes the Jan 6 insurrection committee as "a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse.” https://apnews.com/article/elections-donald-trump-censures-utah-salt-lake-city-de38fd9c7e8e113c66a68f55767cd125 #PS1trumpism ===== engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 35 time 2022-02-04 14:14 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489603360181264392 ========== DeSantis has found his political $weet $pot - running against Fauci rather than actual Democratic candidates. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/02/politics/desantis-fauci-campaign-merchandise/index.html How much Trumpier could anybody be? #PS1trumpism ===== impress 156 time 2022-02-04 05:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489470659142975489 ========== Putin's smaller-scale options. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/03/europe/putin-ukraine-options-intl-cmd/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 19 time 2022-02-04 05:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489469092184485889 ========== Trumpist election rigging derailed in Arizona. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/03/politics/arizona-bill-reject-election-results-effectively-blocked/index.html #PS1democracy ===== engage 9 engage-rate 36% expands 5 impress 25 time 2022-02-04 05:03 +0000 urlclicks 4 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489464596524003328 ========== Jeffrey Clark pleads the fifth over 100 times. https://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_f997b11cca74759da8c8d1fcfdce6919 How guilty must he be? #PS1insurrection ===== impress 20 time 2022-02-04 04:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489454209699237890 ========== Olympic athletes get to experience Chinese life. https://www.arcamax.com/sports/olympics/s-2627339 #PS1china ===== impress 18 time 2022-02-04 03:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489442354658349057 ========== The best self-defense is a home free of firearms. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/02/03/opinion-thinking-of-buying-a-gun-for-self-defense-dont-do-it/ #PS1firearms ===== impress 15 time 2022-02-04 03:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489440730464489474 ========== Pence aides won't say what Trump said. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/03/politics/january-6-mike-pence-aides/index.html Pence is trying to avoid testifying, but he should remember that he made his mark in history on Jan 6 and if he soils that - the soiling will be what's remembered. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 25 time 2022-02-04 02:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489421484229419012 ========== Trump's reality-TV approach to endorsements doesn't sit well with every GOP. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/03/politics/trump-endorsements-down-ballot-races/index.html Many of his endorsees need money, and he has raised tons of it - other people's money of course - but he isn't sharing much. #PS1trump ===== impress 18 time 2022-02-04 02:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489420473381244929 ========== Reality-TV hit a new level of unreality? https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/03/rudy-giuliani-on-the-mask-singer-worst-reality-tv-moment-ever/ #PS1media ===== impress 39 time 2022-02-04 01:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489417430103248896 ========== The Senate battleground in 2022. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/03/politics/senate-race-rankings-february/index.html The states with too many candidates in the primaries would have benefited from ranked-choice voting. #PS1election ===== impress 37 time 2022-02-03 19:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489324639482384384 ========== Why Germany is less inclined to oppose Russia. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/opinions/germany-vulnerable-to-russia-ukraine-loss/index.html Unlike the rest of Europe, they do not look at Putin in 2022 and see Hitler in 1938. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 48 time 2022-02-03 19:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489315098334142464 ========== Lights, cameras, --- action! https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/03/politics/us-alleges-russian-false-flag-ukraine/index.html Or not. Probably not while Putin is in China, nor after the ice turns to mud. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 47 time 2022-02-03 18:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489312483189813248 ========== Why Europe depends on US. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-military-4b7f31272dd8e117ea0e4fe881e175de In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row #PS1foreign ===== impress 34 time 2022-02-03 18:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489308219990163457 ========== States take steps to protect election workers from threats of violence. https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-election-workers-threats-f1627081d9901cbc1f50d10a416af719 The insurrectionists aren't worried; they think Trump will pardon them. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 36 time 2022-02-03 17:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489290413127073800 ========== Why do real estate developers contribute to 3 out of 4 mayoral candidates? https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/03/san-joses-mayoral-race-is-becoming-a-big-money-affair-where-is-it-all-coming-from/ It's not about who wins, but preserving access so the winner will return your phone calls. #PS1democracy ===== impress 34 time 2022-02-03 17:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489289739874099204 ========== Some wanted to get the NSA into the act. They didn't get very far. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/03/trump-nsa-election/ #PS1insurrection ===== impress 33 time 2022-02-03 15:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489253692217851911 ========== Following the steps of Lindbergh, Hawley and Carlson lead the way for America Firsters. Like Hitler, Putin is gratified by the support. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/02/opinions/josh-hawley-ukraine-russia-gop-ghitis/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 39 time 2022-02-03 07:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489139581639282688 ========== GOP argues what to do about Supreme Court nominee. If Trump opposes the nominee, as seems likely, will they go along? https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/02/politics/republican-strategy-supreme-court-fight/index.html #PS1justice ===== impress 36 time 2022-02-03 07:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489136169438769153 ========== DeSantis perfects himself as Trump 2.0. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/03/politics/donald-trump-ron-desantis-2024-election-republicans/index.html #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 36 time 2022-02-03 07:12 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489134743404769283 ========== Another quagmire with no exit strategy. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-middle-east-foreign-policy-yemen-houthis-0875560b0e2c0b7f3465b26d80a0c45f #PS1mideast ===== impress 33 time 2022-02-03 07:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489133145932787719 ========== Save extra income for a rainy day? That's too much to ask of most state legislators. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-new-jersey-california-ddd6fa4ac74ff9a7f914d67b0a400e14 Some want to reduce taxes on the rich (donors) rather than the poor (voters). And lowering taxes to increase disposable income makes inflation worse. #PS1tax ===== impress 37 time 2022-02-03 07:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489131869828313090 ========== More bad luck for Senate Democrats. https://apnews.com/article/stephen-breyer-coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-us-supreme-court-health-618b25ed7ac76d07fa3a2a1c37b6f161 So much for getting a Supreme Court nominee soon. #PS1biden ===== impress 30 time 2022-02-03 06:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489128154752970754 ========== GOP wants Biden to do something about crime. But not do anything about the guns used to commit crimes. It's a win-win for the GOP in an election year. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-health-police-new-york-d48859bb905b90b56e833eea83bc1b67 #PS1justice ===== impress 32 time 2022-02-03 06:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489125746387800064 ========== Technology to support sanction evasion. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-middle-east-iran-shipping-44d5cdc52e589c44a7bb0fc5be59d156 #PS1technology ===== impress 33 time 2022-02-03 06:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489122641763975170 ========== Anti-vax trucker convoy in Canada gets support from Trump and Musk - from Canadians, not so much. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-ottawa-canada-87496fa7a60183c5ab4f253f76dbb7ba #PS1virus ===== impress 92 time 2022-02-03 06:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489119729721565190 ========== The real patriots were the ones who quietly resisted partisan pressure in order to do the right Constitutional thing. Those who tried to run roughshod over the rule of law were the traitors. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/op-ed-the-republicans-who-did-the-right-thing-during-the-stop-the-steal-campaign/ar-AATjPOB #PS1insurrection ===== impress 33 time 2022-02-03 06:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489118363485835265 ========== Now warehouse space is scarce, as the economy tries to undo 70 years of just-in-time logistics. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/business/warehouses-supply-chain.html All that cost driven out of supply chains has returned with a vengeance. #PS1inflation ===== impress 33 time 2022-02-03 05:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489116394004234241 ========== Tesla programmed California stops into its vehicles. https://apnews.com/article/tesla-recall-full-self-driving-software-e23d252ac5164cb0e7af776625b15180 It's how you'd expect Musk to drive. #PS1technology ===== impress 38 time 2022-02-03 05:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489115337157005316 ========== Time to change how redistricting is done. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#redistricting Otherwise you get pretty strange boundaries. https://apnews.com/article/legislature-election-2020-kansas-city-kansas-donald-trump-85844d07388c25e71440059be29b7a6e #PS1democracy ===== engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 36 time 2022-02-03 05:50 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489114103058599937 ========== Will ranked choice voting https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#preferential reduce fringe candidates? https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2626383 #PS1democracy ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 49 time 2022-02-03 05:47 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489113248070713347 ========== Maybe the Metaverse is not really the next big thing for most people. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-earnings-mark-zuckerberg-facebook-d01a0a4c12dc24fa2150a1a3ea2ac836 #PS1technology ===== impress 32 time 2022-02-03 04:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489099725823361026 ========== A strong leader model for Trump - https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-technology-sports-business-china-b5aeeed14e662e72570df15076290830 So why couldn't Trump be President, Speaker of the House, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and Chair of RNC? That would eliminate inefficiency and corruption and promote Trump Thought, just as in China. #PS1china ===== impress 40 time 2022-02-03 04:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489099088104624131 ========== Vindman's revenge! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-lawsuits-donald-trump-impeachments-trump-impeachment-300ff76e8bdf7b995032e547f1e52afb Has he got the witnesses and the evidence? In a civil trail, he only needs preponderance of evidence. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 33 time 2022-02-03 04:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489093698247819265 ========== Trump doubles down on asserting that Pence could have overturned election - https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-elections-donald-trump-election-2020-5620bb4a79ff4840624b298fe24a8224 giving senators renewed motivation to fix the Electoral Count Act - https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-donald-trump-presidential-elections-elections-election-2020-ec7cf78961b17a72074706812fe17b9b More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1592730544404792 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 52 time 2022-02-02 07:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488780445118459912 ========== Democrats had only 11 months left to do anything important. Now they have even fewer. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/02/politics/senate-democrats-supreme-court-ben-ray-lujan/index.html #PS1biden ===== impress 37 time 2022-02-02 07:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488777147862847490 ========== Will RNC excommunicate Cheney and Kinzinger? https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/01/politics/rnc-resolution-cheney-kinzinger/index.html That's Trumpism in action - if you make a mistake, double down on it. Is McConnell next? https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/01/politics/republicans-january-6-committee-miscalculations/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1592722187738961 #PS1trumpism ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 42 time 2022-02-02 07:23 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488774960227127297 ========== If all you know is guerilla terrorism, that's all you want to do. Revolutionaries are seldom able to make the transition to a post-revolutionary society. So they join Al-Qaeda or IS. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-kabul-taliban-3a4f8dfad31c408b59a7d0a66952bc2e #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 41 time 2022-02-02 07:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488769342141440001 ========== DeSantis making inroads on Trump. He's so much like Trump - that it's a pretty good bet that he will run against him. Trump would have done the same thing to him. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-florida-donald-trump-texas-d0fb48fb5ccf444dc7b20590201a05ca #PS1trumpism ===== impress 41 time 2022-02-02 06:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488764794828066817 ========== Will Marc Short turn out to be the pivotal witness? https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/01/politics/donald-trump-capitol-insurrection-house-committee-mike-pence/index.html He seems willing to do what Pence won't. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 64 time 2022-02-01 14:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488525660515676172 ========== Ancient ethnic rivalries and domestic politics dominate foreign policy in eastern Europe - not so different from US. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/world/europe/ukraine-poland-hungary-nato.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 60 time 2022-02-01 05:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488384690885038080 ========== GOP leads in fund-raising. Will that be enough to offset bitter primary feuds? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/31/midterm-election-money-parties/ #PS1politics ===== impress 54 time 2022-02-01 05:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488381933482434565 ========== Red states aren't using covid funds to help those who need it most - instead they are cutting taxes for those who need it least. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/31/democrats-accidentally-made-it-easier-republicans-cut-taxes-this-year-oops/ But that's what Republicans do. Their donors love it. #PS1tax ===== impress 57 time 2022-02-01 05:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488380648318373891 ========== US dependents to leave Belarus too. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/politics/us-embassy-minsk-belarus-ordered-departure-family/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 58 time 2022-02-01 05:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488379361866616836 ========== Shots are coming for under-5. Maybe child care will be safer by summer. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/01/31/coronavirus-vaccine-children-under-5/ #PS1virus ===== impress 54 time 2022-02-01 03:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488352338527997956 ========== Of course no Trumpist - hardly any GOP in fact - is really going to explicitly condemn Nazis, white supremacists, antisemites, QAnons, anti-vaxxers, or any other fringe constituency that they count on for votes. They'd rather dodge the issue. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/politics/ron-desantis-anti-semitic-protests/index.html #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 56 likes 1 time 2022-02-01 03:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488350882005614596 ========== Trump has more campaign funds than the RNC. Maybe because RNC has been paying Trump's personal legal bills. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/politics/trump-war-chest-fundraising/index.html #PS1trump ===== impress 57 time 2022-02-01 03:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488349497788747776 ========== Most GOP legislators demonstrate excellence at avoiding issues and taking stands. So much for rule of law! They don't consider anything Trump might say to be disqualifying. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/politics/republicans-trump-january-6-pardons-2024-nominee/index.html #PS1gop ===== impress 52 time 2022-02-01 03:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488348805682667521 ========== DOD won't violate constitution? Try DHS! https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/politics/trump-executive-orders-seize-voting-machines/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 52 time 2022-02-01 03:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488347206440534023 ========== Covid is a lot like the 1918 flu. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/opinion/covid-pandemic-end.html The public got tired of worrying about it, and subsequent waves carried off the most susceptible in greater numbers than before. Nobody cared. #PS1virus ===== impress 54 time 2022-02-01 02:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488345139449716736 ========== Spotify/Rogan and Trump/Twitter - what's the same, what's different. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/technology/joe-rogan-spotify-controversy.html In online media, controversy is the most profitable business plan. #PS1media ===== impress 63 time 2022-02-01 02:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488343542502080515 ========== "What social problems do these blockchain-enabled technologies solve? To understand blockchain-enabled technologies, realize that they are parking lots for venture capitalists." https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/opinion/crypto-nfts-inequality.html Reducing wealth inequality is a sales pitch, not a reality. #PS1economics ===== impress 62 time 2022-02-01 02:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488341388668256261 ========== Slow service due to short staffs? Are you going to do anything about it? Not if you're GOP, or Manchin, or Sinema. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/30/its-not-rocket-science-how-get-women-back-work/ #PS1economics ===== impress 58 time 2022-02-01 01:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488329817514594305 ========== "This time is never different" And the rules never change. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/31/speculative-frenzy-meme-stocks-crypto-is-coming-an-end-youve-probably-got-nothing-worry-about/ Start dollar-cost-averaging in a no-load target date fund when you are young, throw away quarterly statements, and you'll outperform almost everybody actively investing. #PS1economics ===== impress 60 time 2022-02-01 01:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488328963562754049 ========== A history of Supreme Court diversity. https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2625353 There's nothing new about Biden's promise. #PS1justice ===== impress 55 time 2022-02-01 01:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488324472864067586 ========== It's easy to criticize while you are out of power. You don't have to be consistent or logical or practical. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/31/trump-never-met-dictator-he-didnt-praise-yet-his-fans-dare-accuse-biden-appeasement/ #PS1foreign ===== impress 51 time 2022-02-01 00:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488304867915431936 ========== Ruthless Democratic gerrymandering now might make it possible to end gerrymandering later. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/31/democrats-gerrymandering-ruthlessly/ California should gerrymander for Democrats until Texas gives up gerrymandering for Republicans. #PS1democracy ===== engage 3 engage-rate 3% impress 95 time 2022-02-01 00:10 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488303808190902274 ========== "The virus is not disappearing. It is adapting. We must do the same." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/31/what-if-were-middle-not-end-pandemic/ #PS1virus ===== impress 50 time 2022-02-01 00:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488302135900991489 ========== Traditional conservative tries to encourage Pence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/31/mike-pence-this-is-your-moment-rebuke-donald-trump/ But Pence is not Trumpy enough for Trumpists, too Trumpy for everybody else. He did the right thing on Jan 6. He should say so and leave presidential political ambitions behind. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 58 time 2022-02-01 00:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488301311997009921 ========== What kind of idiot would tear up incriminating material so carelessly that it could be reconstructed? https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/31/trump-ripped-up-documents/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1591856724492174 #PS1trump ===== impress 50 time 2022-01-31 23:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488300129673449473 ========== Trump might have improved the chances of Electoral Count Act reform. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/politics/trump-electoral-count-act-2024/index.html By making a hypothetical danger concrete, he motivates Congress to act. #PS1democracy ===== impress 72 time 2022-01-31 23:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488296538946162688 ========== Pence doesn't want to testify but his staff will. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/politics/pence-marc-short-january-6-committee/index.html Pence shouldn't suppose that refusing to testify will win back any favor with the Trump base. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 54 time 2022-01-31 23:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488294569049395202 ========== In the covid era, public schools make good ransomware targets. How many pay up? https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-health-business-hacking-aecb37a35f3677e4f2cc62362a23defa #PS1ransomware ===== impress 58 time 2022-01-31 23:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488293306148667396 ========== “The Trump group is smaller today, but it is even more intense, more passionate and more unforgiving. As people drift away, those who are still with him are even stronger in their support.” https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/us/politics/trump-grip-republicans-polls.html Some drift further right, others toward the center. #PS1trump ===== impress 57 time 2022-01-31 15:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488174318794121222 ========== "When do we get to use the guns?" https://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/article255576166.html "Trump or the Constitution, there is no middle on defending our nation" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/31/jan-6-trump-republicans-risk-becoming-party-of-violent-insurgents/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1591368291207684 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 58 time 2022-01-31 14:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488157998052638720 ========== Some GOP worry Trump won't stay on message. But Trump IS the message, and GOP is just one of his media. So he continues to focus on his fans who come to his rallies and focus on Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/30/trump-republican-candidates/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1591368291207684 #PS1trump ===== impress 54 time 2022-01-31 14:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488156048980471809 ========== Jan 6 committee doesn't have a lot of time to get to the bottom of the insurrection. How many subpoenas should it issue and how many criminal referrals? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/opinions/house-january-6-select-committee-actions-honig/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 53 time 2022-01-31 14:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488154035160977411 ========== Newt Gingrich joins the insurrectionist chorus. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/24/politics/newt-gingrich-jail-time/index.html He thinks there's something illegal about a Congressional committee investigating a violent attack on Congress. But he won't say what. Investigating Trump and Trumpists and Trumpism? #PS1insurrection ===== impress 60 time 2022-01-31 07:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488045812894470144 ========== Trump says Pence could have and should have overturned Biden's election. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/30/politics/trump-pence-2020-election/index.html Does he really mean it? Or is this just another GOP loyalty test, to see who will back him up in public no matter how ridiculous his statements. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 114 time 2022-01-31 06:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488036764191051780 ========== Will FBI protect Georgia DA and grand jury from Trumpist insurrectionists? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/30/politics/fulton-county-da-fbi-letter/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== engage 3 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 76 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2022-01-31 06:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488035783680282630 ========== Did Trump call for additional violent insurrection is he is prosecuted for crimes? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/30/opinions/trump-rally-dangerous-obeidallah/index.html Whereas his ability to pardon depends on getting elected, he could incite insurrection at any time. Or is this just another drill to purge disloyal GOP? #PS1insurrection ===== impress 64 time 2022-01-31 06:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488035358411739140 ========== A coordinated campaign to convert neutral professionalism into partisan loyalty, to make sure no GOP candidates ever lose again. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/30/us/politics/election-deniers-secretary-of-state.html Unswerving loyalty is the currency of Trumpism, and neutral professionalism is disloyal. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 53 time 2022-01-31 03:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487992103791595525 ========== Who helps Putin call the shots? A bunch of fellow KGB veterans. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/30/world/europe/putin-top-advisers-ukraine.html Like Trump, they tout "traditional values" but if you know anything about Russian history, they are not values you'd want forced upon you. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 58 time 2022-01-31 03:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487990351650381827 ========== Putin is NATO's best advertisement. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/01/28/putin-ukraine-russia-backfire/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 60 time 2022-01-31 03:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487986261906243584 ========== Putin's mythology - much like Trump's. Make up an enemy and blame everything on it. Protect people by invaliding them and oppressing them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/01/28/putin-russia-ukraine-myths/ Historical revisionism is an ancient Russian tradition. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 61 time 2022-01-31 03:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487984996283400193 ========== Why eating out is getting more expensive. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/01/28/great-resignation-restaurant-perks/ Workers are finally starting to get just compensation for dealing with harsh schedules and increasingly unpleasant customers. It's not over. #PS1economics ===== impress 50 time 2022-01-31 02:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487982995055079425 ========== Is volatility an attractive nuisance? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/30/maybe-volatility-cryptocurrencies-is-feature-not-bug/ Is investing in cryptocurrency any different from a weekend in Vegas? #PS1economics ===== impress 59 time 2022-01-31 02:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487978992837693440 ========== Is covid undermining authoritarians globally? Or just paving the way for worse successors? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/28/opinions/strongman-elections-orban-bolsonaro-duterte-ben-ghiat/index.html #PS1virus ===== impress 55 time 2022-01-31 02:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487977129354563587 ========== Need investment advice? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/30/investing/stocks-week-ahead/index.html You could do worse than invest in Berkshire Hathaway. A lot of new investors are about to learn a lot about market cycles as the Fed tackles inflation. #PS1economics ===== impress 58 time 2022-01-31 01:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487960113524527106 ========== Re-elected Trump might pardon insurrection criminals. Or maybe just the ones that never blamed him in court. But Collins, Graham, Sununu say no pardons for convicted violent insurrectionists. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/30/politics/chris-sununu-capitol-riot-pardons-trump-cnntv/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1591226901221823 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 55 time 2022-01-31 01:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487958906290667520 ========== US is still trying to catch up with IS - https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-africa-religion-syria-arrests-d8d18842303528e4f0ecf5f25a211acd but they're mostly getting away rather than going away. https://apnews.com/article/business-syria-middle-east-racial-injustice-iraq-e0c9bdc100f6ad74fb52d63a188ac978 #PS1mideast ===== impress 54 time 2022-01-31 00:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487940735152259072 ========== IRS as Sisyphus - under bipartisan direction. Democrats pile on more tasks while GOP removes budget for headcount. Now IRS has to give up something - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/01/28/irs-backlog-taxpayer-notices/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1591176484560198 #PS1tax ===== impress 24 time 2022-01-30 22:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487921189037117440 ========== Protect small business and consumers by protecting global megabusinesses! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/28/opinion-antitrust-bills-threaten-california-businesses-and-economy/ It's straight out of the standard GOP playbook. #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 30 retweets 1 time 2022-01-30 21:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487899253296881668 ========== What's ultimately more important - the port of Oakland or the A's ballpark? The A's can play in Las Vegas - but the port of Las Vegas is not much help for the supply chain. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/28/borenstein-as-ballpark-plan-forces-taxpayers-to-protect-oakland-port/ #PS1capolitics ===== engage 13 engage-rate 12% expands 1 hashclicks 1 impress 112 time 2022-01-30 21:20 +0000 urlclicks 11 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487898462590935041 ========== Lots of reasons to deny bail for Rhodes. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/26/us/stewart-rhodes-oath-keepers.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 22 time 2022-01-30 21:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487895952669040643 ========== Cyberweapons - the new nukes for merchants of death. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/magazine/nso-group-israel-spyware.html The bad guys always get the technology sooner or later, and their uses are more creative. #PS1technology ===== impress 31 time 2022-01-30 19:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487866214894366721 ========== History of mass movements has at least two parts - the statistics of how many were involved and when and how, and the individual stories of how particular persons were affected. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/opinion/slavery-voyages-data-sets.html You can't get the whole picture without both. #PS1other ===== impress 27 time 2022-01-30 17:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487842897919569921 ========== What is the Trumpist Dixiecrat Republican Party? The personal cult party of Donald J Trump? The cult party of pseudo-populist Trumpism - possibly better embodied in one of his many would-be successors? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/29/sundaytake-trump-polls/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1590984627912717 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 35 time 2022-01-30 15:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487816723944275972 ========== Putin, like Trump, hates to lose. So maybe he won't launch a war if he thinks he can't win. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/opinion/putin-russia-ukraine.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 23 time 2022-01-30 14:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487796726207422467 ========== Would Putin invade Ukraine during the Olympics? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/28/opinions/putin-xi-relationship-ukraine-ghitis/index.html Probably not. But he would gain the element of surprise. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 42 time 2022-01-30 14:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487795604818325510 ========== Re-elected Trump might pardon insurrection criminals. Or maybe just the ones that never blamed him - to be his Leibstandarte. Why didn't he just issue a blanket pardon before he left office? https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-steve-bannon-joe-biden-donald-trump-crime-934c38eb247dd8839e8985ff966b7bc5 A pardon from Trump certifies guilt! #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 39 time 2022-01-30 07:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487684201251962881 ========== Finishing Trump's wall won't stop the flow. https://apnews.com/article/immigration-caribbean-miami-florida-haiti-c18257df8f6f28f5f52522ec9ad6e5a8 GOP major donors don't want to stop the flow anyway, they just want to keep it as illegal and dangerous as possible, the better to control the illegal immigrant workforce. #PS1immigration ===== impress 33 time 2022-01-30 06:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487678889019150336 ========== Who gets burned by cryptocurrency? The same kinds of people who were burned by subprime mortgages. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/opinion/cryptocurrency-subprime-vulnerable.html There's still a sucker born every minute. #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 28 replies 1 time 2022-01-30 06:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487678139522158594 ========== Monetizing the presidency - and this time not a single Trump is involved! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/technology/trump-coins.html A multilayer scam, apparently from Romania, for coins made in China. #PS1media ===== impress 40 time 2022-01-30 06:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487677496812179458 ========== Monetizing the presidency - from the start - https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2017-02-17/donald-trump-monetizes-the-presidency to the finish - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-money-businesses/2022/01/27/e321fc70-77c8-11ec-9102-d65488c31bb1_story.html It's just another way to scam the suckers. #PS1trump ===== impress 37 time 2022-01-29 14:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487438140549709827 ========== Trump is confident he'll run and win! https://apnews.com/article/elections-texas-florida-donald-trump-united-states-7f3da5e62e169575a27a2c6f2c319414 Even if he's broke and in jail! #PS1trump ===== impress 44 time 2022-01-29 14:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487437517980770309 ========== Fake electors - will they plead the fifth? https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-joe-biden-subpoenas-electoral-college-bennie-thompson-d952fecdfd41dfc60aaa12734a9d55ab #PS1insurrection ===== impress 35 time 2022-01-29 14:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487436577991114755 ========== Above and beyond - what the prosecution asked. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/28/federal-judge-bucks-prosecutors-jails-ca-man-who-mailed-75-racist-death-threats-to-anti-trump-politicians/ #PS1trumpism ===== impress 35 time 2022-01-29 14:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487436047772368896 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-sports-science-business-health-8ba7884f834a8369c8aa6eb86ad287a1 #PS1media ===== impress 36 time 2022-01-29 13:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487419668813926400 ========== Recovering Trumpist advises other recovering Trumpists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/26/republicans-main-job-right-now-isnt-defining-themselves-its-breaking-with-trump/ But Abernathy doesn't seem to have learned a thing. Trump's rejection of the rule of law has been a constant of his entire life. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1589195214758325 #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 47 time 2022-01-27 19:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486789949126967296 ========== Arthur Rock, founder of Silicon Valley. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/27/silicon-valley-invention-venture-capital-sebastian-mallaby-book/ A fateful coincidence - Shockley recruited a brilliant team and then drove them away. They stumbled on Rock. None of this was pre-ordained, which is why Silicon Valley is so hard to duplicate. #PS1technology ===== impress 44 time 2022-01-27 19:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486782400445042692 ========== Traditional conservatives no longer have a political party. And they never had a mass movement. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/27/politics/anti-trump-republicans/index.html So in 2022 and 2024, will they support Trump or another Trumpist - or the rule of law? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1589174871427026 #PS1gop ===== impress 52 time 2022-01-27 19:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486778619401629699 ========== Is Tucker Carlson making his play for the 2024 GOP nomination? “I really hope that Republican primary voters vote out any Republican who believes Ukraine’s borders are more important than ours" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/27/tucker-carlson-support-putin-republicans/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1589168431427670 #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 80 time 2022-01-27 18:58 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486775536726671361 ========== A third of the electorate doesn't care about objective reality, only their feelings, and there is a huge media industry built upon monetizing those feelings and enabling legions of opportunist politicians. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/27/opinions/holocaust-remembrance-day-politicization-wilf/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1589079098103270 #PS1theory ===== impress 48 time 2022-01-27 16:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486731276107190275 ========== A scene from the transformation of GOP from rule of law to cult of personality. Plenty of GOP state party officials were enthusiastic conspirators in a criminal fraud of counterfeit electoral votes. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/opinions/2020-election-phony-electors-democracy-alexander/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 43 time 2022-01-27 15:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486724534493351936 ========== Being a Trumpist means you don't have to obey the law. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/27/business-food/sarah-palin-covid-restaurant/index.html #PS1trumpism ===== impress 43 time 2022-01-27 14:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486704718059503616 ========== Imagining Trumpist tactics in 2024 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/26/trump-2024-electoral-count-act-reform/ But will any GOP senators support fixing the broken parts? #PS1democracy ===== impress 49 time 2022-01-27 05:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486568805107044357 ========== DeSantis doesn't need science - he knows the Trump base that he wants to capture for his presidential bid. They don't decide based on science. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/26/its-pandemic-miracle-im-defending-fda-against-ron-desantis/ #PS1virus ===== impress 44 time 2022-01-27 05:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486567590835015687 ========== “cinematic epistemology - the world works the way action movies do. In reality, those like him are simply leveraging this impulse for attention and money" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/26/tucker-carlson-airs-his-most-dishonest-dangerous-pandemic-segment-yet/ It doesn't have to be true if the ratings are good! #PS1media ===== impress 44 time 2022-01-27 05:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486565856842686467 ========== Strengths and weaknesses of Russian forces vs Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russia-miiitary-advances-ukraine/2022/01/26/25f959b0-7ec4-11ec-a844-86749890616a_story.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 72 time 2022-01-27 04:58 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486564160921952258 ========== Everybody wants an annuity - even if it's illegal. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/26/politics/winred-political-fundraising-investigation/index.html Nobody wants to enable a monthly deduction BY DEFAULT. #PS1justice ===== impress 44 time 2022-01-27 04:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486550162990272514 ========== Trumpists get warm response. But are they gaining new recruits or just preaching to the choir? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/26/politics/nevada-secretaries-of-state-campaigns/index.html #PS1trumpism ===== impress 38 time 2022-01-27 03:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486549161692385280 ========== Will Manchin and Sinema support Biden's Supreme Court nomination? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/26/opinions/biden-nominee-stephen-breyer-replacement-manchin-sinema-zelizer/index.html #PS1justice ===== impress 48 time 2022-01-27 03:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486547404987850759 ========== We may be reaching a historical inflection point - https://thefulcrum.us/big-picture/Leveraging-big-ideas/political-change But there's no guarantee that it will be for the better - https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2623819 A third of the electorate doesn't mind Trumpist crimes, they celebrate them. #PS1theory ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 42 time 2022-01-27 03:29 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486541811426344961 ========== Supply shortages breed supply shortages. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-356ad647382e6a3112becece5fdead97 There's nothing to be done in the short term, except cause a recession. Building new fabs in the US will help - in about five years. #PS1inflation ===== impress 45 time 2022-01-27 03:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486539463702441988 ========== Closing in on Eastman. The chief theorist of the insurrection pleaded the fifth or attorney-client privilege on most questions. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/24/politics/eastman-january-6-committee-subpoena-chapman-university/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 23 time 2022-01-26 18:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486410800700870659 ========== Who cares if it's true if it polls well with the base? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/24/politics/robert-kennedy-jr-anti-vaccine-nazis-what-matters/index.html #PS1media ===== impress 22 time 2022-01-26 18:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486409626845257728 ========== Putin's best investment? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/25/business/russia-putin-nord-stream-2-gas-pipeline-intl-cmd/index.html Nord 2 is working exactly as planned to divide Europe. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 20 time 2022-01-26 18:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486407543312162817 ========== "there's rarely been a better time for foreign nations to test a modern President's character and stamina" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/25/politics/joe-biden-ukraine-russia-china-iran/index.html Putin's "timing is no accident as he tries to probe divisions between European powers internally and with the United States." #PS1ukraine ===== impress 24 time 2022-01-26 18:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486406435491618816 ========== Camp Auschwitz guy getting off lightly. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/26/politics/robert-packer-camp-auschwitz-sweatshirt-us-capitol-riot/index.html Let him try "Arbeit macht frei". #PS1insurrection ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-26 18:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486403378791936000 ========== McConnell is losing the daily media game to Trumpists. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/26/politics/mitch-mcconnell-donald-trump-gop/index.html But who's winning the long game for major donors? Those who know, do not say. "You never get in trouble for keeping your mouth shut." #PS1trumpism ===== impress 23 time 2022-01-26 18:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486402659980652544 ========== Anti-vaxers elicit counter-protests from the rational majority. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-berlin-religion-5dc72a0b8fa6956be7227b4100f23f4c #PS1virus ===== impress 24 time 2022-01-26 17:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486396463290609666 ========== Pitch defileth the hand that toucheth it - you can't get close to the tar baby and make a clean escape. https://news.yahoo.com/abcarian-ivanka-trump-wanted-center-110554414.html #PS1trump ===== impress 23 time 2022-01-26 17:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486395409366880260 ========== No relief on gas prices soon. And there's nothing to be done about it. https://apnews.com/article/why-are-gas-oil-prices-high-c949cd59a39fc62b5c37eed6838484bd If there is no war in Ukraine, gas prices will keep rising more slowly. If there is war, gas prices will keep rising more quickly. #PS1inflation ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 52 time 2022-01-26 17:30 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486391014013091840 ========== Putin "wants to evict the United States from Europe." https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/25/politics/biden-us-foreign-affairs-what-matters/index.html The Nord 2 pipeline has been Putin's useful tool for dividing Europe and dividing the US Senate. Ukraine is an opportunity for Xi and Kim to make moves in their spheres. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 56 time 2022-01-26 07:30 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486240004422602752 ========== "Tucker Carlson ought to be on your show!" one guest on a Russian talk show told the anchor. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/25/europe/ukraine-nato-russia-coverage-tv-media-cmd-intl/index.html Trump too! #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 55 time 2022-01-26 07:22 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486238055778324480 ========== "It appears to me the administration is moving in the right direction," McConnell said! McConnell is still not clearing his statements with Trump - and on this front reflects traditional GOP conservatism rather than Trumpism. https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-russia-ukraine-joe-biden-business-voting-bb843191f9a6636e90efb97612e069cf #PS1ukraine ===== impress 27 time 2022-01-26 07:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486232701770223617 ========== Different approaches to redistricting and House control - GOP focuses on protecting incumbents, Democrats on expanding majority. https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-new-york-legislature-state-legislature-redistricting-1511d08eb2ec109644439713eb9d44fb Who's right? Depends on how the economy performs. #PS1democracy ===== impress 44 time 2022-01-25 05:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485852216023916545 ========== West Virginia is a solid red state. Don't expect any help for organizing labor. Union busting is part of the Trumpist Dixiecrat DNA. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-lifestyle-health-west-virginia-2668bb1208fca484e82b017f8b43de19 #PS1economics ===== impress 36 time 2022-01-25 05:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485851640489861122 ========== Poverty is not good for babies! https://apnews.com/article/science-business-health-education-poverty-c5664cde406736d976053f4e0dfa0bff #PS1health ===== impress 29 time 2022-01-25 05:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485850379820490755 ========== Reproductive rights will likely be a major issue in 2022 and 2024 elections, energizing both sides. https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-health-elections-presidential-elections-election-2020-4191f4c12620b035bcdc966b6e335cc7 Since rich people can always afford to travel wherever they need to go, it's mainly a question of reproductive rights for poor women. #PS1other ===== impress 44 time 2022-01-25 05:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485849712217362432 ========== Napoleon and Hitler taught the world about invading Russia. Here's what the US could do instead - https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-sports-technology-business-middle-east-49557915cbd254b01d5cb2f210803b47 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 45 time 2022-01-25 05:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485848614526062592 ========== "Russian linguistic and Orthodox motherland that should be joined with, or at least friendly toward, Moscow" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-russia-vladimir-putin-soviet-union-europe-32b8a914ad4debba6c3231738a5f5a36 Just what you'd expect from a KGB graduate. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 33 time 2022-01-25 03:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485820027013980161 ========== Buy a cheap seat, sit in a cheap seat? Not if you're a Trumpist! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/24/self-upgrading-passengers-force-another-flight-to-turn-around/ #PS1trumpism ===== impress 46 time 2022-01-24 20:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485711783943757824 ========== Are Russian troops practicing social distancing? https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-01-russia-covid-case-day.html Just in case, 8500 US troops are on alert to reassure allies. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-puts-8500-troops-on-heightened-alert-amid-russia-tension/ar-AAT4Hez #PS1ukraine ===== impress 62 time 2022-01-24 20:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485711107905896448 ========== You have to have liability insurance to drive a car, so why not to own a firearm? You're liable for all damages caused by your vehicle, so why not your firearm? https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/01/24/san-jose-to-officially-adopt-new-gun-control-laws-to-force-firearm-owners-to-pay-for-gun-violence/ Freefire enthusiasts vow to block even the watered-down ordinance. #PS1firearms ===== impress 56 time 2022-01-24 20:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485708832743378946 ========== How come whenever they actually find voting fraud - it's usually done by Republicans? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/monte-sereno-councilwoman-convicted-of-illegal-voting-in-oregon/ar-AASUJaP It's certainly in the GOP aristocratic tradition to think that you should be able to vote wherever you own property. #PS1democracy ===== impress 49 time 2022-01-24 20:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485707249137819872 ========== Strong leader Putin's vision of the future meshes nicely with Trump's. Perhaps Putin senses that Biden can't effectively oppose him now, while threatened by China, Korea, and the GOP. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-russia-vladimir-putin-soviet-union-europe-32b8a914ad4debba6c3231738a5f5a36 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1587040024973844 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 52 time 2022-01-24 17:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485668702968115203 ========== Affirmative action too? https://apnews.com/article/college-admissions-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-religion-affirmative-action-5fd79b529db78daee370de22ae17909f In 2008 it was possible to think that the need for affirmative action had passed. The Tea Party and Trump stifled that idea. #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 64 time 2022-01-24 17:19 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485663539662524417 ========== A night of long knives coming? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives https://www.history.com/news/the-trotsky-assassination-75-years-ago Idaho shows the future of the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/18/republican-infighting-idaho-527190 Extreme ideologues eventually turn on each other for impurity. "When do we get to use the guns?" #PS1trumpism ===== impress 53 time 2022-01-24 15:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485640537159835648 ========== Why would anybody use cryptocurrencies to buy real estate? https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/24/is-bay-area-real-estate-the-next-frontier-for-crypto/ Is there a tax scam angle to "set up a legal structure that would allow a buyer to defer taxes on crypto investment gains"? #PS1tax ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 54 likes 1 time 2022-01-24 14:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485628397782921220 ========== Who cares whether it's true or not? Leading Michigan Trumpist Meshawn Maddock was right on it - https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/24/school-superintendent-disappointed-people-believed-rumors-of-litter-boxes-for-students/ https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2022/01/23/michigan-superintendent-furries-litter-boxes-schools/6630738001/ https://www.detroitnews.us/2022/01/24/michigan-superintendent-denies-litter-boxes-provided-to-students-rumor/ Anybody who's just now getting disappointed by Trumpists hasn't been paying attention. #PS1media ===== impress 60 time 2022-01-24 14:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485626573168398339 ========== Changing a public health issue into a political fund raising tool. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/24/politicians-use-covid-19-to-raise-cash-is-that-healthy/ Everything's political now. Even Trump has discovered he can't change his tune once he's convinced his base. #PS1virus ===== impress 48 time 2022-01-24 13:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485610564483121154 ========== Biden figured it out in one year - https://news.yahoo.com/pitts-gop-zero-interest-bipartisanship-130009116.html Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP cult of personality has no interest in bipartisanship - none is possible between cult of personality and rule of law. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 49 time 2022-01-24 05:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485481169395142659 ========== Jan 6 attendees have an epiphany - of falsehoods. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/23/us/jan-6-attendees.html But they want to believe, so they do. They wish they'd done more - and next time, they will. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 49 time 2022-01-24 05:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485478021473583105 ========== Texas thinks up novel methods of voter suppression - like not having enough voter registration cards. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/league-of-women-voters-threatens-to-sue-texas-secretary-of-state-for-failing-to-provide-voter-registration-cards/ar-AAT1sGE #PS1democracy ===== impress 45 time 2022-01-24 04:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485475850472460295 ========== What strong leaders do - make up economics as they go - Trump take note. https://apnews.com/article/business-europe-turkey-middle-east-consumer-prices-19ea7eba8bb97ea53d07be4cd4648ac7 Interest is un-Islamic, but inflation is Islamic? #PS1economics ===== impress 50 time 2022-01-24 00:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485410500892495880 ========== Jan 6 committee already talking to Barr. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/23/politics/january-6-committee-william-barr/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 51 time 2022-01-23 23:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485401451442552832 ========== Play it again, Sam! The race card, that is. It polls so well with the base. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-madison-251ffe2672b6c40ca7b8a0a7341959f2 Trumpists hope to make white people one of their single-issue constituencies. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 59 time 2022-01-23 23:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485398231936757762 ========== War threat serious enough to evacuate dependents. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-antony-blinken-europe-evacuations-45d1a477929caefe1f0626a5ca42afd0 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 59 time 2022-01-23 23:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485397042008444930 ========== The unbearable burden of nursing in a Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP state that won't do a thing to help. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/23/health/covid-mississippi-nurses.html It's not a job that anybody wants now. #PS1virus ===== impress 53 time 2022-01-23 23:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485395461183664132 ========== It's 1938 all over again. The west takes a stand now or a stand later. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/22/politics/russia-ukraine-us-what-matters/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 60 time 2022-01-23 18:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485314345563082752 ========== Pandemic of repeat armed carjackings by minors. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/23/us/carjackings-rise-major-cities-pandemic/index.html Should repeat armed felons be charged as adults? In any case, defunding police is pretty unlikely. Most departments are short-handed already. #PS1justice ===== impress 63 time 2022-01-23 18:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485313167399948289 ========== How a strong leader converts journalists into propagandists - Trump take note! https://apnews.com/article/kashmir-india-journalists-676566be736545ecfc59c16acfa7f575 Turns out turning government advertising off and on is an effective tool in India. Traditional methods work too. #PS1journalism ===== impress 70 time 2022-01-23 17:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485311281271738369 ========== GOP succeeds at IRS. Not enough resources for ordinary taxpayers, much less auditing major donors, who will remember their senators favorably. https://apnews.com/article/when-will-taxes-be-accepted-irs-9d29b1e4b5d12acbb68e43772a009f1e They'll blame it on Biden as usual. #PS1tax ===== impress 53 time 2022-01-23 17:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485309953720029184 ========== You thought majority rules? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/21/politics/cnn-poll-abortion-roe-v-wade/index.html Right-to-lifers are an essential single-issue consistency supporting minority rule. GOP judicial nominees know they are expected to keep anti-abortion and pro-firearms voters happy in GOP. #PS1minority ===== impress 57 time 2022-01-23 17:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485307842164768772 ========== First catch for Election Threats Task Force. https://apnews.com/article/georgia-austin-texas-elections-arrests-c82d47a3dec7376bc07f68610847ad9d That field is white for harvest. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 60 time 2022-01-23 17:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485306915357822976 ========== A very slight improvement - well in the future. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-lifestyle-games-video-games-cb3e3a36f48416a25b5d00baa405f91a Supply chain issues take a while. Production in Ohio should be going well by 2026, so don't expect cheaper car prices soon. And fabbed chips will still be shipped overseas to be packaged. #PS1inflation ===== impress 60 time 2022-01-23 17:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485305296603942914 ========== How DID the Southern aristocracy get poor whites to fight for slavery? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#political%20ideology%20for%20the%20masses all to protect aristocratic minority rule? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html The wise ass on the hill got canceled for explaining! https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2022/01/23 #PS1media ===== impress 61 time 2022-01-23 17:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485303941021585409 ========== British conclude that Russia intends to install a friendly government in Ukraine. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-russia-antony-blinken-d6425c531f277b9dfb099511999822f4 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 94 time 2022-01-23 15:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485266477229899776 ========== Moving the filibuster from 67 to 60 - one of Mondale's greatest feats. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/23/politics/filibuster-60-vote-senate-rule/index.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 55 time 2022-01-23 07:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485158197014851586 ========== Biden would not get off as easily on Fox. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/21/politics/trump-sean-hannity-border-wall/index.html #PS1media ===== impress 62 time 2022-01-23 07:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485155993377914881 ========== Epshteyn admits role in fake electors scam. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/22/politics/boris-epshteyn-trump-campaign-fake-electors/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 62 time 2022-01-23 07:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485155589906853888 ========== Palin v NYT - with implications for Fox. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/22/media/sarah-palin-new-york-times-trial/index.html #PS1journalism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 69 time 2022-01-23 07:35 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485154241375203330 ========== Putin strengthens NATO. Now Sweden and Finland are thinking about whether they should join. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/opinions/putin-russia-us-nato-miscalculation-ghitis/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 2% impress 87 time 2022-01-23 07:31 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485153279432544256 ========== An unreliable census. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-georgia-census-2020-3fc3ef87b47cbe81cb15a19469841387 #PS1other ===== impress 54 time 2022-01-23 07:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485151605833945089 ========== She voted no without ever saying what she WOULD vote for. https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-kyrsten-sinema-phoenix-arizona-voting-af9409b7dbab996a1a8df329c053fce0 Let her draft and pass political and economic democracy bills with 10 GOP co-sponsors. If she can't do that, her bipartisanship isn't worth much and never will be missed. #PS1politics ===== impress 58 time 2022-01-23 07:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485150579689025537 ========== Ponzi died but Ponzi schemes never die. https://apnews.com/article/cryptocurrency-technology-business-brazil-bitcoin-2dc801e5e3aa477ce7983d84dc8a64bb If it sounds too good to be true, it is. Why would anybody offer such a good investment to a stranger? #PS1other ===== impress 53 time 2022-01-23 07:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485148461339013123 ========== It was all just a joke? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/22/politics/ali-alexander-january-6-extremists-kfile/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 23 time 2022-01-22 13:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484881597891448832 ========== Contract with America - the campaign brochure that nobody reads or believes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/20/contract-with-america/ The real GOP agenda is the same as always - billionaire tax cuts, deregulation, union busting... If they can't override Biden's veto, they simply oppose Democrats. #PS1gop ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-22 06:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484772868957224960 ========== Optimism and pessimism in Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/21/ukrainians-cant-afford-be-afraid/ Sooner or later they know they will have to fight for their independence. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 60 time 2022-01-22 06:11 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484770734576574465 ========== How propaganda works. It doesn't have to be true if it polls well with the base. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/21/fox-news-lie-school-board-domestic-terrorists/ #PS1media ===== impress 19 time 2022-01-22 06:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484769796105203714 ========== A positive look at Biden's first year. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/21/opinions/joe-biden-first-year-is-not-a-failure-powers/index.html #PS1biden ===== impress 21 time 2022-01-22 06:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484767842356498433 ========== The antivax toll - no room in the ICU for other emergencies. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-chicago-illinois-e8727a5e7b1df775d692877e94f8cb73 #PS1virus ===== impress 17 time 2022-01-22 05:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484766264560021506 ========== Known by the company they keep! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-joe-biden-europe-manhattan-campaign-finance-07c83dcbb9ecc93d14e65b43e0eb72bb #PS1ukraine ===== impress 20 time 2022-01-22 05:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484764271082831876 ========== Tipster and social media did him in. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/21/exclusive-san-mateo-man-is-latest-bay-area-resident-arrested-in-jan-6-u-s-capitol-breach/ #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 58 time 2022-01-21 23:00 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484662316989751296 ========== Make Election Day a state holiday! https://news.yahoo.com/granderson-why-arent-democrats-making-110027269.html Don't hold your breath waiting for McConnell to make it a Federal holiday. #PS1democracy ===== impress 47 time 2022-01-21 22:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484658719778435073 ========== What happens when politics becomes unproductive? https://news.yahoo.com/column-why-californias-best-public-194211484.html Find another way to foster change! #PS1capolitics ===== impress 39 time 2022-01-21 22:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484657956092198912 ========== Pandemic of misleading ballot summaries of initiative measures. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/01/21/borenstein-tricks-california-local-officials-use-to-deceive-voters/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 52 time 2022-01-21 22:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484657396462993408 ========== Caste now a protected category at CSU. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/cal-state-schools-add-caste-anti-discrimination-policy-rcna12602 Some new immigrants can't leave old prejudices behind in the old country. #PS1other ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 96 time 2022-01-21 22:28 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484654266694258691 ========== Trump thought through the National Guard seizing voting machines and had an executive order drafted. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/draft-order-trump-would-ve-directed-guard-seize-voting-machines-n1287875 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 48 time 2022-01-21 22:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484653436943540225 ========== Metaverse risks? https://www.connectsafely.org/metaverse-what-it-is-and-what-are-its-risks/ As with any new technology, you don't really understand it until you've seen how it can be exploited toward evil ends. #PS1technology ===== impress 54 time 2022-01-21 22:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484652728819216385 ========== It's now or never for Putin to stop western ideas from getting too close to Russia. It's now or never for Biden to show he will stand up against aggressors without suffering another humiliating defeat. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/21/politics/joe-biden-vladimir-putin-us-russia-ukraine/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1584973205180526 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 71 likes 1 time 2022-01-21 14:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484530190973747203 ========== McCarthy wants to be Speaker so badly. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/21/politics/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-gop-conference/index.html But Trump and the Freedom Caucus don't trust him, and they're not shy about saying so. The Democrats will paint him standing with the lunatic fringe. #PS1gop ===== impress 56 time 2022-01-21 13:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484523814868320256 ========== The red (and sometimes blue) wave of inexperienced school board members - many accepted campaign funds from national reactionary donors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/19/parents-school-boards-recall-takeover/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1584718365206010 #PS1other ===== impress 51 time 2022-01-21 05:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484401505952100353 ========== Texas GOP don't want to talk about the real reasons for the Alamo - https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/146405 But Confederate Heroes Day only dates back to 1973. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/20/confederate-heroes-day-texas-should-not-celebrate/ Other slave states still observe Confederate Memorial Day. #PS1other ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 59 likes 1 time 2022-01-21 05:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484397824473059330 ========== While Trump stumbles on tactics and strategy, McConnell uses the same old tactics and strategy to defend minority rule - fortifying it in Congress, the federal judiciary, and red state legislatures. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/20/mitch-mcconnell-filibuster-brutal-biden-polls/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1584700481874465 #PS1minority ===== impress 56 time 2022-01-21 05:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484391513253507077 ========== GOP asks Gingrich to draft a plan. They tell major donors in private billionaire tax relief billionaire deregulation billionaire union busting reactionary judiciary But what do they tell voters in public? https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/01/20/republican-midterm-plan-education-economy/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1584686885209158 #PS1gop ===== impress 59 time 2022-01-21 04:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484384204313956358 ========== Too many alternatives for political fantasy - and not enough suckers interested in a 100% political fantasy diet. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/20/trump-audience-stalling/ Trump's social media project will just make it worse, if it ever gets off the ground. #PS1media ===== engage 3 engage-rate 7% impress 42 likes 1 time 2022-01-21 04:17 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484379715636908038 ========== Voter rights have to be preserved at the state level, by regional federalism if necessary - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html The Senate has done its constitutional job of protecting minority rule - https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/politics/whats-next-voting-rights/index.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 48 time 2022-01-21 04:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484375926079066115 ========== After a lifetime of lies, it's just automatic - second nature. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/20/opinions/trump-organization-attorney-general-accountability-dantonio/index.html #PS1trump ===== impress 52 time 2022-01-21 03:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484374431174590471 ========== Need time to consider pleading fifth? That's a poor argument for dismissing charges! https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/20/media/infowars-owen-shroyer/index.html But insurrectionists who caught themselves on tape have poor arguments at best. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 52 time 2022-01-21 03:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484373487296794628 ========== The fake electors plot was coordinated by Giuliani across seven states, supported by OAN. https://twitter.com/safety/unsafe_link_warning?unsafe_link=https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/08/17/oan-loses-appeal-maddows-statement-that-oan-is-paid-russian-propaganda-stands/ Some of those states made conditional claims. The others simply asserted fraudulent credentials - a crime. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/20/politics/trump-campaign-officials-rudy-giuliani-fake-electors/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 50 time 2022-01-21 03:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484367574317944837 ========== We probably haven't heard the last Trumpist claims of executive privilege. At least they'll have to come up with better arguments next time. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/20/opinions/trump-loss-supreme-court-win-democracy-eisen-perry-perry/index.html #PS1trumpism ===== impress 54 time 2022-01-21 03:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484366317029187594 ========== A special grand jury for Georgia insurrection investigation. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-georgia-united-states-atlanta-election-2020-582aa817b935517deeb507c9bc46b0dd #PS1insurrection ===== impress 47 time 2022-01-21 03:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484362997992550405 ========== Who loves to spread fake news BECAUSE it's fake? https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/14/we-found-the-one-group-of-americans-who-are-most-likely-to-spread-fake-news-526973 Pointing out it's fake just encourages them. And they have plenty of echoers courtesy of foreign interests, who share their interests in tearing things down. #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 53 likes 1 time 2022-01-21 02:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484351495512285187 ========== Not Trump's best days https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/20/politics/trump-supreme-court-jan-6-investigation/index.html His would-be successors are smiling inwardly at least. #PS1trump ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 32 time 2022-01-20 22:28 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484291709865398272 ========== Ivanka asked to testify https://apnews.com/article/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-bennie-thompson-elections-election-2020-b974bb17f8ce4ea0200f3b016e50176b #PS1insurrection ===== impress 40 time 2022-01-20 22:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484289823179300865 ========== Sometimes it's hard to stay motivated https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/pitts-sometimes-you-can-t-help-but-grow-weary/ar-AASYnyc But our predecessors endured worse and persisted to success, even if it was fleeting. Can't we do at least as well? #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 26 likes 1 time 2022-01-20 22:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484288493291335681 ========== Georgia leads the way in voter suppression - https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/politics/poll-closures-rural-lincoln-county-georgia/index.html That jeopardizes DeSantis' presidential hopes, so Florida is catching up - https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/why-desantis-wants-even-more-voter-suppression-measures-florida-n1283329 #PS1democracy ===== impress 33 time 2022-01-20 14:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484177809744404484 ========== Trumpist or not, they're all defending minority rule - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Don't be fooled by superficial differences - https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/20/opinions/ron-desantis-glenn-youngkin-gop-future-hemmer/index.html #PS1minority ===== impress 23 time 2022-01-20 14:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484176841023713288 ========== Don't waste taxpayer dollars on voter suppression cops - https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/20/politics/david-perdue-election-police-force-georgia/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/politics/desantis-election-crime-security-voter-fraud/index.html The KKK will do it for free, same as they always have. But it's really about impressing the Trumpist base with candidates' voter-suppression credentials. #PS1democracy ===== impress 27 time 2022-01-20 14:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484176333936611338 ========== No room in the Emergency Room? https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-lifestyle-business-california-c8906d6154daf3185d39fdee2d3a7f55 It might be unvaccinated covid patients or homeless people - or longer term systemic problems. #PS1health ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-20 14:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484171380899782667 ========== Chinese scanners available below cost. What could go wrong? https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-china-russia-europe-120b7dedacd8d545bf4521a1948bc31e #PS1china ===== impress 26 time 2022-01-20 13:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484158674910138370 ========== What does Trump think of his Supreme Court nominations now? What will he say at his next campaign rally? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/20/politics/donald-trump-supreme-court-january-6-committee/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 38 time 2022-01-20 05:51 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484040992554569728 ========== Fuentes and Casey subpoenaed. Will they plead the fifth too? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/politics/january-6-subpoenas/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 25 time 2022-01-20 05:43 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484038845658132483 ========== Beware of false gods! https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/politics/january-6-riot-judge-2024-election/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 23 time 2022-01-20 05:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484038453104832514 ========== What has Biden's first year reminded us? Who's in the White House doesn't matter nearly as much as who controls the Senate. And the GOP will do whatever it takes to avoid ever losing another Senate election. https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-joe-biden-europe-donald-trump-422b4b87a6e7b961977cedd9d33bb03c #PS1biden ===== impress 29 time 2022-01-20 05:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484028920831774721 ========== The Wild West lives on in Brazil, led by the Trumpist Cowboy-in-Chief Bolsonaro. https://apnews.com/article/business-mountains-environment-and-nature-brazil-00196ff2ed46a82e4fd6a4a817829f24 #PS1foreign ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-20 04:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484027710632464388 ========== Supreme Court justices fail to do their duty for Trump https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-congress-donald-trump-30d5d01db49f0591d641d9e92d4092a8 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 32 time 2022-01-20 04:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484023366583341058 ========== Manchin and Murkowski think there are 10 GOP votes for some kind of election reform. They didn't say who the other 9 are, or what kind of reform. They've had a year to draft a bill and find support. Trumpists will oppose it. https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-joe-biden-college-football-sports-kyrsten-sinema-27c888b4f9bf876520913d7036a942b0 #PS1democracy ===== impress 26 time 2022-01-20 04:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484022672983932930 ========== Teaching law students where to look for hope https://wacotrib.com/opinion/columnists/erwin-chemerinsky-jeffrey-abramson-what-do-we-teach-law-students-when-we-have-no-faith/article_d72e5cc2-1fd5-52e8-85a9-a57abd858acd.html #PS1justice ===== impress 27 time 2022-01-20 04:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484018242527973377 ========== Not the best day for Elon Musk. Autopilot felony crash - https://apnews.com/article/tesla-autopilot-fatal-crash-charges-91b4a0341e07244f3f03051b5c2462ae SolarCity bailout - https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/musk-engineered-solarcity-purchase-as-bailout-investors-argue #PS1technology ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 26 likes 1 time 2022-01-20 04:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484016499392090117 ========== Insuring economic democracy - https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-federal-trade-commission-economy-92c9d29e42e8cbe5db46ce9815d5e062 All concentrations of power are inherently bad. Part of the job of government is to continually level the playing field enough for new competitors to thrive. GOP, of course, disagrees. #PS1economics ===== impress 23 time 2022-01-20 04:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484015053749698562 ========== “If NASA functioned like the United States Senate, they would never get the rocket off the launchpad” https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-joe-biden-college-football-sports-kyrsten-sinema-27c888b4f9bf876520913d7036a942b0 That's the whole point. A dysfunctional Congress that can't change the status quo is a pillar of minority rule. #PS1democracy ===== impress 30 time 2022-01-19 20:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483893455294124036 ========== Teens will be driving big rigs across state lines. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/19/new-rule-will-allow-teens-to-drive-semi-trucks-across-state-lines/ Let's hope it alleviates some of the supply chain problem and thus reduces inflationary pressure. #PS1inflation ===== impress 25 time 2022-01-19 19:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483891765635551232 ========== Very specific allegations, and everybody else is pleading the fifth - so Trump and his kids must testify. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/19/ny-ag-trump-org-statements-include-misleading-statements/ #PS1trump ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-19 19:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483882333912526848 ========== Will covid ever be no worse than the flu? Don't count on it. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/19/think-covid-is-becoming-like-the-flu-heres-how-much-worse-it-still-is/ Flu is bad enough, especially for very young and old people. #PS1virus ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 time 2022-01-19 19:18 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483881648085032960 ========== Supreme Court says full steam ahead on Federal deregulation, a critical goal of GOP major donors. https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2620086 #PS1justice ===== impress 26 time 2022-01-19 19:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483880010964340737 ========== Don't let the perfect prevent the better. Can ANY parts of voting rights or BBB pass? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/time-to-start-over-on-voting-rights-and-election-security/ar-AASPzZv It's doubtful - most GOP senators are opposed to giving Biden any wins. Even if there aren't 10 GOP votes for anything, get them on the record. #PS1democracy ===== impress 35 time 2022-01-19 19:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483878807794638848 ========== Better hope you never need a public conservator - https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/18/opinion-britney-spears-conservatorship-was-atypical-most-lack-funds/ As with most of its mental health responsibilities, the state "mainstreamed" the problem to counties without transferring any funding. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 29 time 2022-01-19 19:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483877224394596352 ========== All about the filibuster - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#filibuster What Manchin and Sinema ignore - https://news.yahoo.com/calmes-filibuster-terrible-history-time-110010923.html Even Strom Thurmond, the segregation-forever filibuster king and founder of the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP, got a toilet break. Nowadays nobody needs one. #PS1democracy ===== impress 37 time 2022-01-19 18:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483876200845963264 ========== The pandemic has not been a disaster for everybody. Why not let them help those hit hardest? https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-poverty-world-economic-forum-2316d71c873de5320af56b7159148117 #PS1tax ===== impress 20 time 2022-01-19 18:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483874031203848193 ========== Who hires crackpot mathematicians? The crackpot pillow man! https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/18/politics/douglas-frank-big-lie/index.html Crackpot mathematicians can make a living off the crackpot pillow man! #PS1insurrection ===== engage 5 engage-rate 6% impress 86 likes 1 time 2022-01-19 04:56 +0000 urlclicks 2 userclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483664612096557059 ========== Jan 6 committee subpoenas phone logs of Eric Trump and Kimberly Guilfoyle. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/18/politics/eric-trump-kim-guilfoyle-subpoena-jan-6/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 89 time 2022-01-19 04:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483662447487569920 ========== Giuliani and Powell subpoena'd by Jan 6 committee. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-boris-epshteyn-bennie-thompson-donald-trump-subpoenas-871ecaecc54ffff987205684833850ed #PS1insurrection ===== impress 29 time 2022-01-19 04:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483658111407722497 ========== The omicron peak might push total US covid deaths over one million. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-omicron-covid-19-deaths-08f8db29985b992d5ef98ccfa1459eb7 #PS1virus ===== impress 41 time 2022-01-19 03:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483643374066274304 ========== George Wallace and Strom Thurmond eventually repented, at least partially. Will their political heirs in the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP ever repent? Doesn't seem likely in the age of cable television and social media. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/18/opinions/biden-segregationist-history-voting-rights-george-wallace-joseph/index.html #PS1trumpism ===== impress 32 time 2022-01-18 18:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483512849464922114 ========== An invasion of Ukraine won't do anybody any good. Will Putin do it anyway? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/18/europe/russia-ukraine-us-high-stakes-gamble-cmd-intl/index.html He doesn't want to appear to back down. But can he wait until Trump is in charge? #PS1ukraine ===== engage 3 engage-rate 3% impress 92 time 2022-01-18 18:47 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483511275762044932 ========== No rest for the people at the bottom. With no other options, many have to work sick. Thus omicron spreads, just like its successor will, whenever it incubates itself among the global billions of unvaccinated. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-lifestyle-health-pandemics-e5fc6251d51e9142f90dfc81f8047ef8 #PS1virus ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-18 18:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483505733094105092 ========== China won't be a threat to Silicon Valley after all. They'll have to go back to industrial espionage. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/technology/china-tech-internet-crackdown-layoffs.html That's what happens when the leader/party/government decide to regulate technology for political ends. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1583056932038820 #PS1china ===== impress 30 time 2022-01-18 18:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483504774532067329 ========== Is the Trump star waxing or waning? You can see whatever you want to see - WANING - https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/18/politics/trump-administration-officials-against-former-boss-2022/index.html WAXING - https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/18/politics/donald-trump-one-year-out-of-office/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1582963835381463 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 24 time 2022-01-18 15:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483465989757050885 ========== Social influencers are a risky medium. You can pay them for saying nice things about you. Or you can pay them for saying nasty things about somebody else, or for NOT saying nasty things about you. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/18/social-influencers-can-make-or-break-a-companys-reputation/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1582936715384175 #PS1media ===== impress 26 time 2022-01-18 15:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483455992654446592 ========== The collapse of Afghanistan was inevitable once the Trump administration negotiated directly with the Taliban. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-joe-biden-kabul-taliban-air-force-e9fb454b7e9bebac58477e13d603fc06 Better support for the Afghan air force would have delayed the inevitable only a bit. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1582694742075039 #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 37 time 2022-01-18 07:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483337412096905223 ========== The return of nuclear power. https://apnews.com/article/climate-technology-business-nuclear-power-environment-and-nature-cfb21ab68a9e7005cc08873f2a5a7031 The only problem is that nobody wants to store the wastes for centuries in THEIR backyard. #PS1climate ===== impress 20 time 2022-01-18 07:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483333384323493889 ========== Can DeSantis get away with it? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/16/us/trump-desantis.html If DeSantis can get enough donors to help him run against Trump, then all the other would-be Trump successors will try as well. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1582263685451478 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 47 time 2022-01-17 14:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483086379009462273 ========== It takes a while to gain historical perspective to understand whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/17/politics/mlk-polling-analysis/index.html #PS1other ===== impress 37 time 2022-01-17 13:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483065629791834123 ========== Voting rights have to be won state by state, block by block. Biden can lead the way. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/16/opinion/biden-voting-rights.html It's a waste of time to try to change the Senate. Senators have their orders from their donors. And Biden doesn't have enough of their votes. #PS1democracy ===== impress 37 time 2022-01-17 06:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482959848018874371 ========== Ukrainians are preparing for war. They fear it will come sooner or later, no matter what concessions NATO makes to Putin. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/16/opinion/ukraine-war.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 56 time 2022-01-17 06:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482958544034942977 ========== Nobody was ready to manage supply instead of demand. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/16/opinion/biden-obama-economy.html #PS1economics ===== impress 35 time 2022-01-17 06:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482957613834797057 ========== No legislator has a problem with deficit spending on defense, as long as it goes to donors in his district! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/opinion/military-budget-build-back-better.html #PS1other ===== impress 32 time 2022-01-17 05:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482946185589444608 ========== Price controls? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/business/economy/inflation-price-controls.html They didn't work last time. Don't expect them to work this time, except in times of total war. In the future, though, total wars will be over in 15 minutes. #PS1inflation ===== impress 37 time 2022-01-17 04:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482939416276525059 ========== To subpoena legislators or not? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/15/jan-6-subpoenas-committee/ Little point to wasting time if you know it won't work. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 33 time 2022-01-17 03:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482922831671296001 ========== FBI not working on Trump and his direct associates - yet. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-jan-6-investigation-garland/2022/01/15/e55a3ca2-7555-11ec-b202-b9b92330d4fa_story.html But who knows what the future holds? You start at the bottom, squeeze, and see what you come up with as you go up the food chain. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 36 time 2022-01-17 03:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482921494611050497 ========== More options for Putin in Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/15/russia-us-ukraine-biden-putin/ If Putin decides Trump might not be re-elected, that might increase the chances of a military invasion. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 82 time 2022-01-17 03:35 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482919482641158148 ========== "the silent majority will be overtaken by a violent minority" https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/01/15/oath-keepers-stewart-rhodes-sedition/ #PS1insurrection ===== impress 31 time 2022-01-17 03:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482918229328609282 ========== First amendment doesn't cover violence or invitations to violence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/01/10/january-6-first-amendment/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/16/merrick-garland-seditious-conspiracy-indictment-changes-everything/ #PS1insurrection ===== impress 35 time 2022-01-17 03:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482916762509185024 ========== A traditional conservative hawk on Putin's intentions and NATO's lack of resolve. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/16/putin-strategy-ukraine-united-states-needs-one/ Bolton might be right. Or Putin might just be setting up the chessboard, in order to move when Trump is re-elected. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 36 time 2022-01-17 03:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482915071428685825 ========== What's so hard about prohibiting stock trades by legislators? Why is that harder than requiring income tax returns from elected officials? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/16/bill-ban-congressional-stock-trading-is-an-opportunity-democrats-theyre-squandering-it/ No point giving GOP another issue to campaign on and then do nothing about. #PS1politics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 39 time 2022-01-17 03:09 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482912901111242752 ========== Bipartisanship is a lost cause. Democrats up and down the line must call out cult of personality for what it is - a threat to the American idea - to defend minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/16/if-democrats-want-win-they-must-change-venue/ #PS1minority ===== impress 30 time 2022-01-17 03:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482912015060402177 ========== "King earned this holiday not by being bland but by being bold" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/16/dr-king-was-bold-dont-make-him-bland/ Every significant historical figure gets re-interpreted by the current establishment to fit their norms. #PS1other ===== impress 32 time 2022-01-17 03:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482910948675375104 ========== It's all working by design. The GOP wants IRS investigating poor people for chump change, rather than GOP major donors owing millions. So they underfund IRS enforcement, so IRS relies on automation. Covid was very helpful to GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/01/14/irs-processing-delays/ #PS1tax ===== impress 40 time 2022-01-17 02:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482909545605128195 ========== A GOP dream come true! Omicron shutdowns and longshoreman contracts likely to complicate supply chains and fuel inflation, just before the election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/01/15/omicron-supply-chain-inflation/ GOP can blame Biden without ever admitting that they would be just as powerless as him! #PS1inflation ===== impress 48 time 2022-01-17 02:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482905638728450050 ========== What would Jesus do? Jesus refused to get involved in politics, the work of the devil. So what would Pence do? He's already a politician. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/12/opinions/pence-january-6-commission-dantonio/index.html A politician trusted neither by Trumpists nor anti-Trumpists. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 31 time 2022-01-17 01:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482892762215337984 ========== Other presidents had bad days, months, or years - and recovered. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/opinions/bidens-approval-rating-history-zelizer/index.html But not all. Will Biden rank with Clinton or with Carter? #PS1biden ===== impress 32 time 2022-01-17 01:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482891437700120580 ========== A news-consumer reports service. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/16/media/newsguard-startup-profit-expands/index.html Will any social media companies license its rating? #PS1media ===== impress 34 time 2022-01-17 01:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482888572743000065 ========== GOP is right! Inflation is rampant! https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/16/business/oxfam-pandemic-davos-billionaires/index.html GOP is rightly concerned about deficit spending. So which part of their 2017 billionaire tax relief do they want to repeal? #PS1economics ===== impress 34 time 2022-01-17 01:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482887671378628611 ========== Trumpists tried hard to interfere with the census, intending to increase GOP representation in Congress. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/16/politics/census-bureau-commerce-department-trump-political-interference/index.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 29 time 2022-01-17 01:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482886869280985089 ========== The enduring legacy of white moderates. https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1581910528820127 If filibuster had stood in the way of ending slavery or segregation, Manchin and Sinema would have stood in the door to protect it. #PS1democracy ===== impress 31 time 2022-01-17 01:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482885600139100162 ========== Trump plays the race card again. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-donald-trump-public-health-new-york-af74214dee66e60c4251f776f7b906b3 It polls well with his base. Who cares if it's true or not? #PS1trump ===== impress 32 time 2022-01-17 01:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482882512246362114 ========== Alaska hopes to reduce partisanship with ranked-choice voting. https://apnews.com/article/elections-alaska-voting-legislature-election-2020-900d52ccb7d2bbff8de23b3ae92af12f Traditional politicians sued because it "would dilute the power of political parties". That's the whole idea! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1581904708820709 #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 67 time 2022-01-17 01:05 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482881802452684801 ========== How the FBI catches insurrectionists. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-arrests-riots-delaware-6c15f1c74c082efe90e19eed95978071 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 33 time 2022-01-17 00:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482877589282701312 ========== Rhodes' roads to prison. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-oath-keepers-stewart-rhodes-0c30d5cb0724c623a27f2eb39da20285 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 33 time 2022-01-17 00:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482877183899041795 ========== Missing your shipments? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/14/economy/la-freight-railroad-theft/index.html #PS1justice ===== impress 41 time 2022-01-16 16:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482755359873847302 ========== Rhodes and Jones were made for each other. What a shame Hitler couldn't live to see this day. Putin has to enjoy it on his behalf. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/14/politics/oath-keepers-stewart-rhodes-alex-jones-invs/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 30 time 2022-01-16 16:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482754947858894852 ========== You can't achieve unity if the other side doesn't want it. And sowing disunity among the masses is how minority rule works. Trump helped the ruling class overcome its shyness about fortifying minority rule. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/16/opinions/promise-biden-couldnt-fulfill-opinion-column-galant/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1581658348845345 #PS1minority ===== impress 22 time 2022-01-16 16:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482753676796039168 ========== Credit Putin for reviving NATO's sense of purpose. https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-ukraine-united-states-vladimir-putin-b547c53e4b787da6a8304807db6167c5 But he doesn't need to start a war. He can just wait until Trump is re-elected - with Putin's help again - and Trump will unilaterally withdraw US from NATO. #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 38 time 2022-01-16 16:24 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482750656024776704 ========== Last act for a Trumpist? Israel can only hope. https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-israel-benjamin-netanyahu-tel-aviv-6a5a53b6ae927557ccf28d72648c8238 #PS1mideast ===== impress 27 time 2022-01-16 15:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482729825806610433 ========== Opening shots in Putin's next battle for Ukraine. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-europe-russia-ukraine-404c5e751709fba66b31fd512f734d80 https://apnews.com/article/technology-russia-europe-moscow-malware-d3246ab9149e1a7e76599e7cc2149866 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 56 time 2022-01-16 14:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482729234166534146 ========== Omicron has not peaked in nursing homes. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-pandemics-nursing-homes-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-31685a926b0ee4e97e1b314a52b1f41c #PS1virus ===== impress 35 time 2022-01-16 14:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482728189025656834 ========== 2022 and 2024 will not be about Republican vs Democrat, or Conservative vs Liberal, but Cult of Personality vs Rule of Law. Are there principles acceptable to Democrats AND to traditional conservatives? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Union_Party_(United_States) More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1581405462203967 #PS1theory ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-16 08:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482629344598003713 ========== Democratic hopes in 2022 and 2024 hinge on Trump! Trump endorses the GOP primary candidates least likely to win the general - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/15/us/politics/trump-rally-republicans.html Still, some GOP candidates are wary of Trumpism - https://apnews.com/article/arizona-donald-trump-campaigns-presidential-elections-elections-be1c94516de16d480870ea8f46e0f35b More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1581385725539274 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 37 time 2022-01-16 07:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482616153771888640 ========== Did you enjoy the endless investigations of Benghazi and Clinton's emails? Then you'll love a Trumpist Dixiecrat cult of personality Congress. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/politics/republican-majority-investigation-plans-midterms/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1581371612207352 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 27 time 2022-01-16 06:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482606622375440384 ========== Fake electoral certificates were part of the official insurrection strategy outlined by Eastman to Trump. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/12/politics/trump-overturn-2020-election-fake-electoral-college/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 45 time 2022-01-16 06:42 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482604129163776001 ========== Omicron is not the end of the Greek alphabet. As long as there is a huge global reservoir of unvaccinated people, new variants will evolve. Imagine a variant as transmissible as omicron, as virulent as delta, and resistant to existing vaccines. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-pandemics-dc99bc9f769dd6d7cb669e3d185c6261 #PS1virus ===== engage 5 engage-rate 9% expands 1 impress 54 time 2022-01-16 06:28 +0000 urlclicks 4 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482600751029362699 ========== Biden not delivering? https://apnews.com/article/climate-voting-rights-joe-biden-business-voting-04901c8ab44af4db019d590fa7524d86 Prefer Trump? Biden beat him by just 43,000 votes. Which Democrat do you think could have been elected in 2020 and done better? Which could be elected in 2024 and do better? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1580953685582478 #PS1biden ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-15 14:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482364143239778305 ========== Seditious conspiracy was difficult to prove. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-riots-conspiracy-indictments-b846daef24d854ed267c509e758164db But now conspiracists record everything on social media. But the trials and appeals might take so long that Trump will be re-elected and pardon them before they ever start doing hard time. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 32 time 2022-01-15 14:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482357739925819393 ========== Hopeful signs that the omicron crest might be near. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/14/covid-there-are-signs-omicron-is-about-to-crest-in-bay-area-one-is-in-our-wastewater/ #PS1virus ===== impress 32 time 2022-01-15 13:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482344561242374149 ========== If Jan 6 committee subpoenas legislators, they probably won't comply. But such defiance of the rule of law counts morally much like pleading the 5th. https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-donald-trump-kevin-mccarthy-house-elections-elections-8a23546a6df8709556a7447045ff65b2 #PS1insurrection ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 37 likes 1 time 2022-01-15 04:56 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482215042690916358 ========== Can red states be punished for evading Federal rules? https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-education-arizona-3886d9e4270a6463291f56fe78a526ed #PS1virus ===== impress 24 time 2022-01-15 03:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482194666145550339 ========== Poor West Virginians should thank Manchin for saving them from drug addiction. https://apnews.com/article/child-tax-credits-program-ends-5ded3907c72ee0c3ad8a067a29d6b2c0 #PS1biden ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 22 likes 1 time 2022-01-15 03:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482194144336363524 ========== Ohio gerrymander violates state law. https://apnews.com/article/ohio-redistricting-gerrymandered-supreme-court-9a8db5c06897ad9c4e020ffc871f17ac #PS1democracy ===== impress 30 time 2022-01-15 03:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482193065573904384 ========== Kim joins Putin in hoping to exploit Biden's moment of weakness. https://apnews.com/article/diplomacy-south-korea-north-korea-pyongyang-41158eef7c5fdf375185137ca19e7e2a #PS1foreign ===== impress 25 time 2022-01-15 03:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482192419684634624 ========== Fake electoral certificates might be a Federal felony as well as state. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-michigan-elections-electoral-college-criminal-investigations-8a0454f0a28fd3f5903fa3ab962f764b #PS1insurrection ===== impress 21 time 2022-01-15 03:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482191514327343104 ========== Discordant note in the midst of preparation for war - "Russia said it had arrested members of a major ransomware gang that targeted U.S. entities" https://apnews.com/article/technology-europe-ukraine-hacking-106e5948eb4e313c7eba53d714cb7533 The hackers must not have paid up enough protection money. #PS1ransomware ===== engage 3 engage-rate 5% expands 1 impress 65 likes 1 time 2022-01-15 03:19 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482190718953148419 ========== Russia prepares for Ukraine invasion. https://apnews.com/article/technology-europe-ukraine-hacking-106e5948eb4e313c7eba53d714cb7533 https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-media-ukraine-vladimir-putin-f24e6bd400e20d7890daff371cd80eb2 Putin is hoping to achieve his objective of restoring the Russian Empire without firing a shot - but he might be willing to do whatever it takes. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 87 time 2022-01-15 03:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482190359773937668 ========== DirecTV to finally drop OAN https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/oan-the-right-wing-conspiracy-channel-will-be-dropped-by-directv-later-this-year/ar-AASNyiA Viewers can get their Trumpist lies direct from Fox or Newsmax instead, without the Moscow spin. #PS1media ===== impress 41 time 2022-01-15 02:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482185765345890307 ========== Texas voting law working as intended to restore confidence in elections - https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-austin-texas-voting-legislature-f6bca0efd177745538e0c08aca796fb0 namely confidence that only Trumpists can win elections. #PS1democracy ===== impress 27 time 2022-01-15 02:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482184863834771458 ========== A good reason to keep regional federalism in mind. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html GOP might have a filibuster-proof Senate in 2024. Like 2018, it's a year that favors GOP. https://www.rollcall.com/2022/01/12/dont-rule-out-a-gop-senate-wave/ #PS1politics ===== impress 27 time 2022-01-15 02:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482179433335169024 ========== Can America be as smart as Israel? A broad-based coalition finally ousted Netanyahu. https://nytimes.com/2022/01/11/opinion/democratic-ticket-liz-cheney-2024.html It's no longer Republican vs Democratic or conservative vs liberal, but cult-of-personality vs rule-of-law. More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1580299958981184 #PS1politics ===== impress 32 time 2022-01-14 16:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482021781573713932 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-us-supreme-court-entertainment-business-health-fad50abe43bfbb0fe0f4c9c052397601 #PS1media ===== engage 3 engage-rate 5% impress 64 time 2022-01-14 16:07 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482021561158668288 ========== Can America be as smart as Israel? A broad-based coalition finally ousted the Netanyahu. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/11/opinion/democratic-ticket-liz-cheney-2024.html It's no longer Republican vs Democratic or conservative vs liberal, but cult-of-personality vs rule-of-law. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1580299958981184 #PS1politics ===== engage-rate NaN time 2022-01-14 15:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482009138414555136 ========== Putin sees a great opportunity to re-establish the Soviet Union. https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2618716 He knows the Trumpist GOP in Congress will oppose any Biden attempt to respond. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1580289185648928 #PS1foreign ===== impress 31 time 2022-01-14 14:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482003916795432961 ========== How does Trumpism work in Poland? https://apnews.com/article/technology-middle-east-israel-poland-europe-50ed323d62ecb49e0f5fdf2c54103095 Just like here - the Trumpist party refuses to participate in a bipartisan investigation of spyware in elections. Because they know where that would lead. #PS1foreign ===== impress 33 time 2022-01-14 14:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482000094383591424 ========== 11 charged with seditious conspiracy. https://apnews.com/article/stewart-rhodes-arrested-oath-keepers-jan-6-insurrection-70019e1007132e8df786aaf77215a110 FBI worked traditionally, starting at the bottom and now reaching the top. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 29 time 2022-01-13 19:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481713131487305729 ========== Sounds very much like it's all about protecting unlimited dark money political contributions, a pillar of minority rule. Losing that threatens all GOP as well as Manchin and Sinema and perhaps others. https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-joe-biden-voting-elections-wv-state-wire-28fce7f5190404f5091158c912bf8d5d More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1579761645701682 #PS1democracy ===== impress 26 time 2022-01-13 19:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481712453205770241 ========== No more debates? https://apnews.com/article/voting-election-2020-dc83904186186ecc8cd2adcac5e91179 A cult of personality only entertains pre-approved questions from pre-approved moderators. There are cardboard fans left over in sports stadiums from the lockdown. Maybe Trump could debate a cardboard Biden. #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 120 likes 1 time 2022-01-13 19:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481710110510510084 ========== No forgiveness for traitors in Trump country! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/13/on-anniversary-of-trump-impeachment-vote-hanford-republican-still-faces-resentment/ Cult of personality has no use for traditional conservatives. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 27 time 2022-01-13 19:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481703326525706243 ========== Buying ads for one person. https://apnews.com/article/business-nevada-florida-donald-trump-elections-9171cbee9e03532118a94d0e77cabb4c That's the definition of cult-of-personality - one vote counts more than all the others. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 42 time 2022-01-13 05:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481502238698721281 ========== Romney defied Paul and thanked Fauci for his dedicated and dangerous service. Paul continued to raise money off his attacks on Fauci. That's the new Trumpist Dixiecrat cult of personality for you. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/12/opinions/anthony-fauci-rand-paul-senate-exchange-begala/index.html #PS1trumpism ===== impress 27 time 2022-01-13 05:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481492123278929921 ========== It's not easy to be Mike Pence. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/12/opinions/pence-january-6-commission-dantonio/index.html It's hard enough finding traditional conservatives to support his candidacy, and worse if he gets subpoena'ed by Jan 6 committee. #PS1gop ===== impress 22 time 2022-01-13 04:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481489129896513536 ========== Trump team had already forged fake Electoral College certificates. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/12/politics/trump-overturn-2020-election-fake-electoral-college/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 29 time 2022-01-13 04:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481487736385130496 ========== Coal ash is not what you want in your drinking water. The Biden administration is finally acting. https://apnews.com/article/business-health-environment-and-nature-environment-iowa-44dd8b135c24a575c7e5975ed9f95d66 #PS1deregulation ===== impress 22 time 2022-01-13 04:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481481686743355395 ========== Kids are not getting vaccinated. https://apnews.com/article/kids-low-covid-vaccine-rate-impact-a3f24f27f39ab198755eff8f8e0e5493 The unvaccinated are another reservoir to incubate new variants. #PS1virus ===== impress 27 time 2022-01-13 04:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481480741586227200 ========== Justice Dept tackles domestic terrorism. https://apnews.com/article/united-states-national-security-terrorism-899caf47624dd8741d04f73e65659e68 The could start with Congress. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 21 time 2022-01-13 03:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481474393368776708 ========== Don't get too comfortable - have you thought about what cyberwarfare and space warfare mean to your highly technological life? https://apnews.com/article/climate-technology-health-business-environment-and-nature-b2e44f9612a4bffc52a41b94dda2d6a0 You do remember how to use map and compass, don't you? #PS1technology ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 31 time 2022-01-13 03:43 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481471899485945861 ========== Trumpist insurrectionism is alive and well in Bulgaria! https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-europe-bulgaria-epidemics-04657d1de49df909d2dea33f5f3330ae Oddly enough, Trump himself endorses vaccines. But he defends your right to make other people sick. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 35 time 2022-01-13 03:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481470975514333188 ========== GOP can't agree on whether they allow small businesses to set vaccine/mask rules or prohibit them. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-legislature-washington-missouri-38a306da890ad6c46532e4828889de8e Logical consistency was never a goal. It's all about getting re-elected by defending everybody's right to make other people sick. #PS1virus ===== impress 20 time 2022-01-13 03:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481470382712373253 ========== McCarthy refuses to cooperate. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-kevin-mccarthy-mark-meadows-bennie-thompson-congress-92d310c0bb0232afc0c3d0a6b179874a He's right, it's a partisan exercise - but not between GOP and Democrats, but between rule-of-law and cult-of-personality. McCarthy switched sides when he saw how the wind$ of donors were blowing. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 21 time 2022-01-13 03:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481468471523176451 ========== Jan 6 committee wants to talk to McCarthy. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jan-6-committee-seeks-information-house-gop-leader-mccarthy-n1287384 Will he cooperate? Or plead the 5th in order to avoid alienating Trump? #PS1insurrection ===== impress 22 time 2022-01-13 00:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481415906433503232 ========== Plan B - get everybody to vote on the record. For one-person-one-vote democracy, or one-dollar-one-vote democracy. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-elections-voting-filibusters-congress-bb0582d4b71b9e86a84076b1787c5fe4 #PS1democracy ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-12 23:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481414960043360256 ========== How low can McCarthy go? https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/kevin-mccarthys-new-low/ Probably not low enough to make Trump forget that McCarthy denounced Trump for insurrection - for about a day. And Trump wants to be Speaker - or at least have a more reliable sycophant instead. #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 34 time 2022-01-12 23:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481409730828398592 ========== The essence of Silicon Valley - learn from your mistakes and try again. EVEN BETTER - learn from other people's mistakes and do better. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/11/opinion-silicon-valley-culture-isnt-to-blame-for-holmes-crimes/ Other people's mistakes as well as other people's money. #PS1technology ===== impress 27 time 2022-01-12 23:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481408349191094277 ========== Universal health care coming to California? https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-10/skelton-new-california-universal-healthcare-proposal #PS1capolitics ===== impress 29 time 2022-01-12 23:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481407495964794880 ========== First Trump outrages his base by suggesting that sometimes it's a good idea to tell the truth - https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-donald-trump-election-2020-b85328cc76781d264fd84022999ccfeb Then quickly reverts to form, saying it's a bad idea to tell the truth - https://apnews.com/article/elections-voting-donald-trump-south-dakota-election-2020-420e506aa4c3f2a5af18458708d8c154 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1579181705759676 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 31 time 2022-01-12 22:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481399384973582337 ========== Forget "don't be evil"! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/business/google-labor-union-ruling.html Now it's just another huge self-perpetuating bureaucratic money machine. #PS1economics ===== impress 24 time 2022-01-12 15:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481281925000019968 ========== Smart investors don't seem to read Texas newspapers. https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/01/07/silicon-valley-real-estate-office-google-facebook-amazon-linkedin-covid/ #PS1economics ===== impress 27 time 2022-01-12 15:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481281306436636677 ========== SOME GOP senators are willing to defend a colleague from Trump. But Trump's issue #1 is the stolen 2020 election, along with revenge on every GOP official who does not support Trump 100%. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/11/politics/mike-rounds-republican-defense/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1578736502470863 #PS1trumpism ===== engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 32 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2022-01-12 07:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481161093045100544 ========== "CRT is not the problem. Racism is the problem" https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-joe-biden-lifestyle-united-states-georgia-29d4418343269e76a43d8c8fadbf1bb8 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 30 time 2022-01-12 06:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481156197927448577 ========== Manchin didn't budge. That's how he wants to be remembered. https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-joe-biden-georgia-voting-martin-luther-king-jr-dc4544c23622f35fc95d63afe512554d #PS1democracy ===== impress 26 time 2022-01-12 06:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481155084071305219 ========== The FBI did not organize the insurrection. Trump could do it all by himself, and he wouldn't have asked them to help. https://apnews.com/article/arizona-ap-fact-check-ted-cruz-congress-767d5dad0631f88bb0b10a45115a1bc6 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 30 time 2022-01-12 06:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481153830729310211 ========== Three more subpoenas. https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-donald-trump-subpoenas-bennie-thompson-70ca4f9a762b8c945e00a3f15bb3e795 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 26 time 2022-01-12 06:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481152804769042443 ========== McCarthy previews the bipartisan spirit he'll bring to a GOP House. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/10/politics/kevin-mccarthy-committees-republican-house-majority/index.html But will that be enough to keep Trump from replacing him? McCarthy was not quick to praise Trump on Jan 7, and Trump remembers. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 26 time 2022-01-11 14:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480908441837178882 ========== Biden to speak forcefully for voting rights. But will he change any minds in the Senate? Most senators really, REALLY, don't want anybody to know who is paying for their campaigns. https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-joe-biden-georgia-voting-martin-luther-king-jr-dc4544c23622f35fc95d63afe512554d #PS1democracy ===== impress 22 time 2022-01-11 14:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480906770910351361 ========== As Republicans go, Hogan is not bad. But why settle for "not bad" in a blue state? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-campaigns-senate-elections-larry-hogan-maryland-fcddb1dbbb036f3db02f775e31ca93c6 #PS1gop ===== impress 30 time 2022-01-11 04:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480760191398252545 ========== Voting rights appear to be the issue that this Congress will be remembered for. Bipartisanship will be achieved if failure to act soils the historical legacy of both parties. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-voting-rights-joe-biden-senate-elections-election-2020-5b63509f7e1407bfde54ddce7c072174 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1578011039210076 #PS1democracy ===== impress 24 time 2022-01-11 04:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480759073498824709 ========== "taking down names and kicking ass" Mo Brooks meant that only metaphorically, of course - but he knew full well that his audience took it literally and acted thereon. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/10/mo-brooks-jan6-eric-swalwell-lawsuit-insurrection/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1577975392546974 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 50 time 2022-01-11 03:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480741796388896768 ========== It's no accident that IRS is impotent. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/01/10/treasury-irs-filing-season/ That's a major goal of many major GOP donors. GOP senators took note and voted accordingly. #PS1tax ===== impress 21 time 2022-01-11 03:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480739965931712513 ========== Crypto - the next big thing? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/20/technology/silicon-valley-cryptocurrency-start-ups.html But be cautious if you don't remember the collapse of the internet bubble in 2000. Currencies and NFTs look like tulip bulbs. There might be important blockchain applications ahead, but not yet. #PS1technology ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-11 02:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480733631035314176 ========== A new approach to Trumpist insurrectionists! "No person shall be a Senator or Representative who, having previously taken an oath to support the Constitution, shall have engaged in insurrection" https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-elections-madison-cawthorn-57cf6e5bdf41585cc5e068a26568d4e1 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1577804609230719 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 19 time 2022-01-10 20:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480637727724896257 ========== Ted Cruz' cardinal sin - undermining the Sacred Myths of Trumpism and minority rule by telling the truth. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/07/ted-cruz-tucker-carlson-fox-exchange-terrorists/ They used to lynch people for less than that. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 21 time 2022-01-10 05:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480406336391159811 ========== Where would Trump be without his enablers - the noisy as well as the quiet? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/09/ted-cruzs-humiliation-made-headlines-his-colleagues-cowardice-is-more-worrying/ "I'll vote for the Republican in 2024" means "I'll vote for the Trumpist" means Trump - or worse - Cruz, Hawley, Abbott, DeSantis, Carlson, Don Jr., or ... #PS1trumpism ===== impress 36 time 2022-01-10 05:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480405055782076416 ========== Jim Jordan refuses to cooperate. At least he hasn't pleaded the 5th yet. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/09/politics/jim-jordan-house-january-6-commitee/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 17 time 2022-01-10 04:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480402748017295361 ========== Your friends are where you find them, but - "Moscow has a history of sending peacekeeping forces to countries that never leave" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/08/world/europe/kazakhstan-russia.html #PS1foreign ===== impress 15 time 2022-01-10 04:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480398527096229889 ========== What kind of nation do we want to be? https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article257104857.html There's always been a minority that favored blut-und-boden and hereditary aristocracies. They used to hide behind facades, but now they are more obvious. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1577300759281104 #PS1democracy ===== impress 20 time 2022-01-10 04:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480395503904845824 ========== Is it time to run the Senate like a business? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#confirmation But none of those "pro-business" senators want to run their own club like a business with deadlines and a bias toward action. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/08/us/politics/biden-nominees-senate-confirmation.html #PS1politics ===== impress 17 time 2022-01-10 04:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480392640780640256 ========== Social breakdown imminent in some places. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-education-pandemics-76830eee3a8c2a5688df4fc77488195a There's a reason why China closes down whole cities when one person gets sick. #PS1virus ===== impress 22 time 2022-01-10 04:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480391492870963202 ========== The mass formation psychosis is people ignoring reliable sources and believing anything they hear on the internet from snake oil peddlers. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-joe-rogan-ap-fact-check-a87b1044c6256968dcc33886a36c949f #PS1media ===== impress 25 time 2022-01-10 04:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480390556027027459 ========== It's easy to hope we've seen the worst and accept adapting to it - https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/09/covid-is-everywhere-but-something-changed-we-all-have-to-live-with-it-so-why-be-afraid/ But the worst might be yet to come. What if omega is as transmissible and resilient as omicron and as virulent as delta? https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/09/living-with-covid-19-how-the-virus-could-turn-into-the-common-cold-or-something-far-worse/ #PS1virus ===== impress 26 time 2022-01-10 03:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480388358387879939 ========== Do you really want to relocate to the boonies? Make sure you add up all the costs and benefits! And that you'll fit in with the local culture. https://apnews.com/article/business-lifestyle-maine-tulsa-oklahoma-a3d6fc2fa4fcf861f925bff854131bb7 #PS1economics ===== impress 17 time 2022-01-10 03:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480376993224945664 ========== How much should solar power owners pay for the electric transmission grid? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/if-solar-roof-subsidies-are-unfair-what-about-prop-13/ar-AASxuiD Who subsidizes whom? #PS1capolitics ===== impress 20 time 2022-01-10 03:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480376120167993347 ========== Sacramento mayor tackles homelessness in a big way - 95% carrot, 5% stick. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/07/this-california-mayor-wants-to-give-everyone-a-right-to-housing/ But can he bring the city council and voters along? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1577265719284608 #PS1capolitics ===== impress 26 time 2022-01-10 03:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480375108917026817 ========== Justices show great imagination inventing arguments for deregulation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/09/conservative-supreme-court-justices-could-harm-covid-fight/ They don't have to imagine much to know what was expected when they were nominated and confirmed. #PS1deregulation ===== impress 15 time 2022-01-10 02:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480373136927326213 ========== Why Garland is being cautious https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/09/garlands-caution-is-an-asset-when-it-comes-holding-trump-accountable/ He's recreating the Justice Dept in its original form, undoing the Trump metastases. #PS1justice ===== impress 17 time 2022-01-10 01:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480352857442250753 ========== How Fox ran the Trump White House. Set up the shot and nudge the president to take it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-cable-cabinet/2022/01/09/96fac488-6fe6-11ec-b9fc-b394d592a7a6_story.html #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 28 time 2022-01-10 01:31 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480351478149615616 ========== Too many manufacturers got addicted to deregulation during the Trump years. Now they can't live without it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/01/09/energy-efficiency-climate-change-biden/ #PS1deregulation ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-10 01:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480349931558739972 ========== Putin thinks of himself as the preserver of the Russian Empire, imposing Russia on all his neighbors and sometimes elsewhere. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/08/russia-putin-kazakhstan/ His motto for is fellow dictators could be "where we fall one, we fall all". #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 time 2022-01-10 01:20 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480348706465464324 ========== Trump could never have succeeded without Fox behind him. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/07/opinions/tucker-carlson-ted-cruz-gop-revelation-zelizer/index.html #PS1media ===== impress 15 time 2022-01-10 01:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480346027014066177 ========== Who knew Jan 6 was take-your-child-to-work day? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/07/politics/virginia-spencer-january-6-rioter-mom-brought-son-sentenced-to-jail/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 17 time 2022-01-10 00:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480342637164908545 ========== Manchin channels traditional GOP thinking - rich people = job creators, poor people = drug users. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/09/politics/joe-manchin-biden-build-back-better/index.html #PS1biden ===== impress 14 time 2022-01-10 00:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480339727362314240 ========== Thune decides he's still in. https://apnews.com/article/elections-donald-trump-south-dakota-mitch-mcconnell-john-thune-ac301b7c42a5485b747750d423344f06 But in to support Trump or in to thwart Trump? #PS1gop ===== impress 13 time 2022-01-10 00:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480337926584029184 ========== Flying to buy a car? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/22/business/economy/car-chip-shortage-pandemic.html Just as it was starting to look better - it's starting to look worse. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-thailand-beijing-01bf2ddae699f54cf009a6311d8389f8 Want to get back to normal? Get everybody in the world immunized. #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 time 2022-01-10 00:12 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480331792074768388 ========== Guantanamo? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#guantanamo "I want to hold them as long as it takes to keep us safe" Lindsey Graham makes it clear that he favors permanent detention without charges or trial. Hitler, Stalin, Kim - they'd all be proud. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-cuba-prisons-congress-01da0f22b22c0a56b91c146ba2d2f4fc #PS1justice ===== impress 25 time 2022-01-09 16:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480218514325577732 ========== Hopes fade for whoever wanted to contend for Ron Johnson's crown as worst US senator. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-joe-biden-elections-wisconsin-donald-trump-c520f157cf4da196e3f5589002d71353 It would have been a dirty fight, with so many vying for that chance to shine like wet mud in the sun. #PS1trumpism ===== engage 4 engage-rate 2% impress 202 likes 2 retweets 2 time 2022-01-09 16:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480216336936570881 ========== Economic recovery - a bipartisan success story. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/07/dont-tell-republicans-american-economy-is-bipartisan-success-story/ GOP doesn't mind reckless spending when they might lose the next election. But their donors hate it. Solution - make it impossible to lose any more elections. #PS1recovery ===== impress 33 time 2022-01-08 14:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479826848024387588 ========== A caste society - the ultimate aim of minority rule. https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2616401 #PS1minority ===== impress 31 time 2022-01-08 04:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479672554990149634 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-betty-white-entertainment-health-business-5a338743e247b20a87f83c074fc302a5 #PS1media ===== impress 29 time 2022-01-08 04:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479671963991699458 ========== As long as GOP is out of power, they're free to criticize the Democrats for not solving economy problems quickly. When back in power, though, it's back to slow free markets. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-business-health-elections-7b9a7d40c53f94504f2bcec7e22d7cb0 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1575793969431783 #PS1economics ===== impress 34 time 2022-01-07 20:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479549423902330882 ========== Election reform proposals. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/07/politics/voting-rights-electoral-count-john-lewis-act/index.html The most important is regulating dark money in politics, and that is the one the GOP will fight hardest. Their major donors, whoever they are, really don't want publicity, and neither do the candidates. #PS1democracy ===== impress 32 time 2022-01-07 19:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479535939118518272 ========== QAnon Shaman in Statuary Hall? Could happen - Jefferson Davis was there for generations. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/opinion/jan-6-shaman-past-future.html People are really good at whitewashing and rewriting history. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 37 time 2022-01-07 19:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479531608004698118 ========== The words of the men who appear on America's money, show that they all believed in God, but none were Christian nationalists. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/opinion/jan-6-christian-nationalism.html But Christian nationalists were important to the Nazi and Fascist movements, the KKK - and even Putin. #PS1theory ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 29 likes 1 time 2022-01-07 19:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479530106452279296 ========== Inflation was better than another recession. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/opinion/inflation-unemployment-economy-growth.html But with unemployment at 3.9%, it's time to prevent wage-price-cycle inflation. #PS1economics ===== impress 38 time 2022-01-07 18:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479524743392862210 ========== GOP is subverting election law from the bottom up. Democrats need to get over Trumpism fatigue and respond from the bottom up. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/opinion/democrats-fail-defending-democracy.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 30 time 2022-01-07 18:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479523683018280961 ========== Election integrity should be viewed as cult of personality vs rule of law, not as GOP vs Democrats. Democrats need to act in a way that the remaining traditional conservatives can support. But they do need to act. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/opinion/trump-democracy-voting-jan-6.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-07 18:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479522019217530884 ========== Putin's grand design is - preserving Putin! By making Russia the center of a new empire. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/opinion/russia-ukraine-putin-nato.html The counter-measures that would get his attention are measures that would endanger his rule. But those carry risks of mutual miscalculation. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 39 time 2022-01-07 18:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479520005242769414 ========== Will big business major donors take a stand for reason and rule of law? A year ago, it appeared they would, but they soon returned to investing in GOP insurrectionist candidates, to preserve access to whoever won the next election. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/opinion/trump-jan-6-democracy.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 36 time 2022-01-07 18:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479518232008478721 ========== Defensive democracy - a strategy for dealing with mainstream domestic terrorism https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/opinion/jan-6-domestic-extremism.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 32 time 2022-01-07 18:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479516654472101889 ========== More analysis of the root causes of Jan 6 insurrection https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/opinion/jan-6-anniversary-package.html Many different points of view. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 30 time 2022-01-07 18:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479514101734731780 ========== Ordinary Democrats and Republicans are much less rabid than their party's leaders and committed base. They agree that the political leadership is not looking out for people like them. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/opinion/voter-focus-groups-jan-6.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1575728672771646 #PS1democracy ===== impress 29 time 2022-01-07 18:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479513305429409796 ========== Violence traumatizes journalists too. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/05/jan-6-journalist-psychological-trauma/ #PS1insurrection ===== impress 29 time 2022-01-07 15:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479475969320624129 ========== Gaetz and Greene volunteered to be the voice of the Trumpist Dixiecrat cult of personality on the anniversary of Jan 6. None of their GOP colleagues disputed their claim to the role. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/06/jan-6-anniversary-republicans-plumb-new-depths/ #PS1insurrection ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-07 15:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479475048188575745 ========== "politics of pretending are over" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/06/biden-tells-truth-best-speech-his-presidency/ #PS1insurrection ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-07 15:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479473967270281217 ========== Assault on democracy rising in emphasis in print media. Broadcast media, not so much. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/07/pro-democracy-media-gop-threats/ There's no "fair and balanced" between fact and fantasy. #PS1journalism ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-07 15:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479473114098462720 ========== Cyber Ninjas, that world class election audit organization, dissolved itself rather than comply with a court order. Who can be found in contempt now? all the former owners and officers, one hopes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cyber-ninjas-the-firm-hired-to-conduct-an-election-review-in-arizona-ordered-to-pay-50000-a-day-in-sanctions/2022/01/07/d6e8dfcc-6fb8-11ec-a5d2-7712163262f0_story.html #PS1election ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 55 time 2022-01-07 15:13 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479471348351004678 ========== Biden acknowledges no possibility of bipartisanship between cult of personality and rule of law. Now can he persuade 12 GOP senators in time? Or do they all want to be remembered for dodging the moment, like Manchin and Sinema? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/07/politics/january-6-insurrection-joe-biden-donald-trump-2024-election/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 29 time 2022-01-07 14:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479454557553840132 ========== Can't buy a house? Maybe you'll have better luck finding a rental. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-01-07/buying-starter-homes-gets-harder-as-wall-street-uses-zillow-to-buy-thousands Of course, nobody ever got rich in real estate by being a renter. Tucker Carlson is upset but he knows the GOP mantra is "let the free market work". #PS1economics ===== engage 3 engage-rate 5% expands 2 impress 56 time 2022-01-07 13:47 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479449495293161473 ========== A day at the Capitol. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/06/us/jan-6-capitol-riot #PS1insurrection ===== impress 27 time 2022-01-07 06:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479344696031805442 ========== Civil war and secession aren't likely - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/opinion/america-civil-war.html Erosion of Federal power and regression toward the Articles of Confederation seems more likely - with loss of American status as a superpower. China will be glad to take over. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 36 time 2022-01-07 06:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479333308043448322 ========== Unrest prediction and CoupCast? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/06/jan6-algorithms-prediction-violence/ #PS1insurrection ===== impress 33 time 2022-01-07 05:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479328346315976705 ========== Most insurrectionists so far have gotten off lightly. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/01/06/jan6-sentencings-judges/ The government needs to dispose of the small fry quickly in order to move on to big fry felons. And the small fry tend to cooperate against the big fry, in order to gain leniency. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 26 time 2022-01-07 05:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479325505136447490 ========== Ultimately the only guard rail of democracy is are citizens that agree on basic principles, even if they disagree on application. But there's always been a minority that don't agree. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democracy-january-6/2022/01/06/2a1fc41e-6db4-11ec-a5d2-7712163262f0_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1575363566141490 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 26 time 2022-01-07 05:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479319796596441089 ========== Pence and staff cooperating with Jan 6 committee? That would be one way to atone for his four years of devotion to Trumpism. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/06/politics/cheney-pence-january-6/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 29 time 2022-01-07 04:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479314084159889408 ========== Trumpist response to Biden - double down on lies. Why not? It worked for Hitler and Stalin. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/06/media/jan-6-anniversary-right-wing-conspiracy-lies/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-07 04:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479313130408665089 ========== Ted Cruz called Jan 6 a terrorist attack, and next day begged Tucker Carlson for forgiveness. https://news.yahoo.com/cruz-begs-tucker-forgive-him-030837828.html Clearly neither is qualified to be president, or indeed to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust, or Profit under the United States. #PS1insurrection ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 44 replies 1 time 2022-01-07 04:43 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479312787788550144 ========== Who cares whether Trump wanted "stay peaceful" in his tweet after the violence already started? Everybody knew he didn't mean it, and was just covering himself in case the insurrection failed. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/06/politics/trump-tweet-january-6/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1575349939476186 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-07 04:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479310536642727936 ========== Anti-vaxers die from rabies, too. https://apnews.com/article/science-health-rabies-bats-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-f493090b8e59b7e5e4df8ac425559376 There's no limits to superstition. #PS1health ===== impress 30 time 2022-01-07 04:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479307138220453892 ========== "What brazen politicization of January 6 by President Biden" - Lindsey Graham What's Graham been smoking? Jan 6 was 100% political in conception, execution, and whitewashing, long before Biden. https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-capitol-siege-biden-congress-3dd8fd804c857c23f8e0fe2324c9d8a4 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1575339372810576 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-07 04:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479303831758327810 ========== The people who loved America and its ideal of rule of law patiently worked through the courts and Congress. The blut-und-boden insurrectionist rabble and their leaders and enablers despise the Enlightenment ideals of America's founders. https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article257045542.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 32 time 2022-01-07 03:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479296780349030402 ========== "You can't love your country only when you win." https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/06/politics/joe-biden-january-6-speech-anniversary/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 26 time 2022-01-06 20:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479188583906897921 ========== "God's truth" - "They were looking to subvert the Constitution" with "Lies told for power and for profit". https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-capitol-siege-biden-congress-3dd8fd804c857c23f8e0fe2324c9d8a4 It's just business you understand - didn't Biden ever watch any Godfather movies? #PS1insurrection ===== impress 26 time 2022-01-06 15:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479106650556416000 ========== Trouble in Kazakhstan https://apnews.com/article/business-europe-russia-moscow-kazakhstan-3349e68089ccdbcd08e76a5e8fd4a909 A Trumpist government vs a Trumpist insurrection. #PS1foreign ===== impress 155 time 2022-01-06 13:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479088433016414208 ========== Little hope that Afghan Taliban will hinder terrorist groups other than IS. Most of them are allies. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-europe-pakistan-kabul-taliban-25bc607b1d2c73fd79fba8062b2fff81 It's a very complicated ethnic mess. #PS1afghanistan ===== impress 36 time 2022-01-06 06:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478984373533741056 ========== GOP not interested in remembering Jan 6. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-elections-voting-jen-psaki-congress-3dd8fd804c857c23f8e0fe2324c9d8a4 They're busy rewriting it. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 16 time 2022-01-06 06:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478982871398248450 ========== What the Trumpist crowd projected - https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-missouri-congress-54ccb3bb19908667afcbe2e5c8b8e5ca What they whined in court - https://apnews.com/article/politics-prisons-donald-trump-883d0f57e0f2acc7acc6d184e3ebc984 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 32 time 2022-01-06 06:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478982126032748546 ========== Trump is still in charge of GOP - courtesy of his numerous enablers. He's doing his best to purge the rest. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-campaigns-donald-trump-biden-cabinet-elections-896b9c7d0c86a631f54efda8e1fb4d2f It's impossible to conceive that he won't run in 2024. #PS1trump ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 34 likes 1 time 2022-01-06 06:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478980113903415296 ========== Regional federalism https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html is not so different from post-Reconstruction America - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/04/jan-6-civil-war-democracy/ Leaving the states to govern themselves may be the least violent way out. #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 19 time 2022-01-06 06:32 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478977662987030529 ========== Sponsored content in real newspapers is like prostitution to keep from starving to death. But Fox is not in danger of starvation. Except the moral starvation of greed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/05/fox-businesss-personal-finance-portal-can-you-tell-news-stories-sponsored-content/ #PS1media ===== impress 20 time 2022-01-06 05:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478966404632047618 ========== Minority rule is based on false prophets. How did the Southern aristocracy get poor whites to fight for slavery? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#political%20ideology%20for%20the%20masses The same way the major political donor class got poor whites to fight for Trump - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/05/joe-scarborough-false-prophets-jan-6/ #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 28 likes 1 time 2022-01-06 05:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478965198358650881 ========== If the GOP actually has the votes to change the Electoral act - probably against Trump's wishes - let them draft, move, and pass it. But that's no reason for Democrats to let up on all other GOP voter suppression activities. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/electoral-college-act-senate/2022/01/05/537bc010-6e68-11ec-b9fc-b394d592a7a6_story.html #PS1democracy ===== engage 3 engage-rate 10% expands 2 impress 31 retweets 1 time 2022-01-06 05:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478963895884988418 ========== Somehow the people that fund GOP campaigns decided after Jan 6 to stick with Trump and his narrative. Any non-conformists have to be removed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-jan-6-election-lie/2022/01/05/82f4cad4-6cb6-11ec-974b-d1c6de8b26b0_story.html There's just Trumpist cult of personality and anti-Trumpist rule of law now. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 likes 1 time 2022-01-06 05:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478962220323139585 ========== Navarro admits Trump's plan was to overthrow the Constitution. Peacefully, he says! They're still working on it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/05/peter-navarro-wants-you-know-they-only-intended-overthrow-government-peacefully/ #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 likes 1 time 2022-01-06 05:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478959516272054274 ========== Democrats remind everybody that the insurrection was part of a plan to suppress democracy - a plan that continues in other forms. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/05/priorities-usa-ad-buy-jan6-insurrection-trump-midterms/ In jail after the failed Beer Hall Putsch, Hitler realized he needed to gain power lawfully. So he did. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 42 time 2022-01-06 05:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478958221377216513 ========== Why doesn't Fox just come out and say that it's a Trumpist propaganda machine? Nobody looks to Fox for objective journalism. https://apnews.com/article/sean-hannity-business-arts-and-entertainment-donald-trump-ben-bradlee-e4e8353591844244a0d74c3584b53b60 #PS1media ===== impress 18 time 2022-01-06 04:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478950452905480193 ========== A role model for Trumpism? https://apnews.com/article/business-kazakhstan-almaty-9da42330ca51c36fe9fd88f9ef35ff4e #PS1foreign ===== impress 19 time 2022-01-06 04:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478948997247102977 ========== Pelosi says democracy won - https://apnews.com/article/ap-interview-nancy-pelosi-jan-6-capitol-siege-8daea575e6f2ced931a5abdc4a2a8049 But the whole point was to magnify disunity - and the architects of disunity won a decisive victory even though they were driven from the field. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-riots-donald-trump-democracy-a7d6f4e19386b70e8126f1029c0fab3e More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1574694629541717 #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 likes 1 time 2022-01-06 04:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478948274220388353 ========== Stephanie Grisham cooperates with Jan 6 committee. She was there and heard a lot. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/05/politics/stephanie-grisham-committee-meeting/index.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 39 time 2022-01-06 03:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478938864114757634 ========== Emergency workplace medical mandates - will the Supreme Court follow the established law or politics? https://news.yahoo.com/op-ed-employers-mandate-covid-110112221.html #PS1virus ===== impress 19 time 2022-01-06 03:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478932017609777154 ========== What should legislatures do with one-time windfalls? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/01/california-legislature-budget-windfall-taxes/ #PS1capolitics ===== impress 17 time 2022-01-06 03:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478931240480739333 ========== An aging population and a pandemic = too many jobs and not enough workers. GOP complains but won't support families needing childcare or permit increased immigration. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/12/29/job-market-2021/ Net result will be a declining standard of living. #PS1economics ===== impress 22 time 2022-01-05 19:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478816632969457665 ========== Inaction can be a crime too. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-12-30/donald-trump-criminal-liability-jan-6-aid-and-abet #PS1insurrection ===== impress 22 time 2022-01-05 18:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478790277309419520 ========== Wasted effort. https://ovanewsblast.com/americans-must-challenge-todays-obstinance-with-intelligence "If you disprove somebody's religion, they don't thank you, they kill you." Personality cult is a religion. So like stubborn two-year-olds, some people have to learn things the hard way. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 16 time 2022-01-05 18:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478789454173065216 ========== Who's going to get paxlovid? It will be in short supply for a long time. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-12-30/pfizer-s-paxlovid-will-be-a-game-changer-but-for-whom #PS1virus ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 72 time 2022-01-05 17:12 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478776429563187203 ========== Another traditional conservative might have had enough. https://apnews.com/article/elections-campaigns-south-dakota-sioux-falls-john-thune-d77c0282509b0174786d58c0d0e5ccd9 Why wait to get expelled from the Trumpist Dixiecrat cult of personality? #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 31 likes 1 time 2022-01-05 17:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478775400696205313 ========== Biden tackles meat prices. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-lifestyle-business-prices-inflation-78335dba9802d7eb727744301d4489df Standard out-of-power GOP response is to let the free market solve the problem - slowly. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1574403442904169 #PS1economics ===== impress 21 time 2022-01-05 17:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478774004299141120 ========== On Jan 6 - remember Jan 6! House members trapped in the balcony were traumatized - https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-health-elections-riots-trauma-04e29724aa6017180259385642c1b990 Experienced live on TV and social media in living color - https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-donald-trump-8233cf9850c2859ca8e412090f7b6159 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1574139682930545 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 24 time 2022-01-05 08:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478641392796635137 ========== Sean Hannity is next. https://apnews.com/article/arts-and-entertainment-media-donald-trump-constitutions-mark-meadows-131a927da2378612ede5ff21d6949870 It's about his private communications with Trump and Meadows, not anything he said on the air. #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 62 likes 1 time 2022-01-05 07:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478631969428676612 ========== Facebook couldn't handle the flood, so for a while it quit trying. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/04/facebook-election-misinformation-capitol-riot/ Insurrectionists used and use Facebook extensively and effectively - and still complain that they are discriminated against. #PS1media ===== impress 34 time 2022-01-04 13:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478363890316546050 ========== The same third of the electorate don't think beating police with flagpoles and fire extinguishers is violent. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-riots-donald-trump-only-on-ap-congress-3dc5964a8139ae964f7c5c66798a987d What do they think qualifies as violent? Firefights with automatic weapons? Suicide bombers? Nuclear weapons? #PS1insurrection ===== impress 32 time 2022-01-04 13:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478360535510831104 ========== "Bid to win" take a hit? Not likely. All these supersalespeople think they are smarter than the ones that failed and got caught. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-health-apple-inc-netflix-inc-bf6be8f233d53d908d508d3feb14fc2e More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1573646932979820 #PS1technology ===== impress 27 time 2022-01-04 13:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478358976006070277 ========== They did their own research! https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/01/03/louisville-evacuee-accused-of-threatening-firefighter-found-with-loaded-weapons/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/04/staff-are-attacked-at-tustin-vaccination-site-by-man-claiming-pandemic-is-a-hoax-suspect-arrested/ Now they'll continue to research the legal system and the mental health system. #PS1justice ===== impress 24 time 2022-01-04 13:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478355264583602186 ========== Teachers were worried about what they could say about 1619. Now they have to worry about Jan 6 as well. https://apnews.com/article/education-boston-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-massachusetts-0afa16fa4efba084c5a62a3a02bdd30d #PS1insurrection ===== impress 41 time 2022-01-04 05:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478237431061090304 ========== Another traditional conservative unclear on the Trumpist Dixiecrat personality cult concept. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/opinion/voting-rights-democrats.html The Trumpists are NOT interested in fair elections. They are interested in defending minority rule. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1573396079671572 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-04 03:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478213366745235458 ========== Do advance care directives really work? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/opinion/advance-directives-death.html #PS1health ===== impress 22 time 2022-01-04 03:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478206660061503488 ========== "Utter cynicism pays" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/opinion/covid-vaccines-misinformation.html If it polls well, who cares if a bunch of people die? #PS1virus ===== impress 22 time 2022-01-04 03:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478205560931569665 ========== Ever heard of 1st Amendment Praetorian? Just another group of armed insurrectionists that wisely stayed out of the Capitol on Jan 6, but might get a chance to return - and testify at the Jan 6 committee. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/us/politics/first-amendment-praetorian-trump-jan-6.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 40 time 2022-01-04 03:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478203290038923265 ========== Social audio - the (current) last frontier? Is it possible to moderate audio? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/21/technology/clubhouse-twitter-spaces.html #PS1media ===== impress 23 time 2022-01-04 03:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478199536010948609 ========== Can any one country become self-reliant AND competitive in technology? China is going to try. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-europe-china-beijing-2987b725a845e36b2a9735d9294bfb90 #PS1china ===== impress 30 time 2022-01-04 02:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478198505374056449 ========== Autocratic birds of a feather - Trump endorses Orban. He already endorsed Bolsonaro. Putin and Xi next? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/us/politics/trump-endorses-viktor-orban-hungary.html The EU already regrets years coddling Orban. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/world/europe/hungary-european-union.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 51 time 2022-01-04 02:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478195882734456834 ========== Benjamin Harrison warned of the danger of subverting the vote in 1891. And now it's coming to pass as the announced program of the Trumpist Dixiecrat personality cult. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/01/opinion/january-6-attack-committee.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 24 time 2022-01-04 01:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478175548635418627 ========== Every day is Jan 6 - media need to react accordingly. https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/01/03/media-democracy-jan6-atlantic-npr/ #PS1journalism ===== impress 24 time 2022-01-04 01:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478174047531769858 ========== Capitol Police are exhausted and many are leaving. Those staying are hoping for the best. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/01/03/manger-capitol-police-chief/ #PS1insurrection ===== impress 23 time 2022-01-04 01:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478173355270303744 ========== Merrick Garland to speak about insurrection on the day before the anniversary. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/garland-capitol-riot-speech/2022/01/03/aa94f186-6cde-11ec-a5d2-7712163262f0_story.html #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 60 retweets 1 time 2022-01-04 01:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478171416381964289 ========== The Senate is more normal these days, but the House is still enveloped in fear. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/03/january-6-congress/ #PS1insurrection ===== impress 21 time 2022-01-04 01:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478170924075474945 ========== Don, Don Jr, Ivanka - the attorney general wants to talk to you. https://apnews.com/article/business-new-york-donald-trump-subpoenas-ivanka-trump-072e02a5bf16faa89a7f496d16536893 Will they comply by pleading the fifth like many of Trump's henchmen? By the way, don't run for public office if you have any skeletons in your closet. #PS1trump ===== impress 37 time 2022-01-04 00:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478163392959430660 ========== "absurd and dangerous to the institution" The institution of minority rule, that is. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html https://apnews.com/article/elections-voting-voting-rights-filibusters-870377874673cd1d251300814ff107ce It's time to take a stand for democracy. Otherwise, the Trumpist Dixiecrat personality cult will shut it down for good. #PS1democracy ===== impress 20 time 2022-01-04 00:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478162430551224321 ========== Conspiracism as reality-TV and pro wrestling! It's all about fighting over the ratings and thus the money. A self-serving opportunist at the top attracts self-serving opportunists all the way down. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/03/trump-qanon-online-money-war-jan6/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1573016689709511 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 30 time 2022-01-03 13:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478001605765058560 ========== Back to the bad old days. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-europe-russia-china-ukraine-a7cc93ab7f9b546acb47034aab490841 Not just Russia and China, but North Korea and Iran want nuclear missile capabilities. #PS1foreign ===== impress 74 time 2022-01-03 13:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477995485713428481 ========== What kind of person tries to crawl through a broken window against armed police pointing their guns? https://apnews.com/article/ashli-babbitt-capitol-siege-a15c7e52a04d932972b7a284c7a8f7df If she wanted to become a martyr, she succeeded. She's more useful to Trump dead than alive, as a propaganda prop. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 43 time 2022-01-03 13:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477994319336275970 ========== Biden finally confronts threat to American democracy and rule of law from Trumpist Dixiecrat personality cult. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-capitol-siege-voting-rights-donald-trump-b0e831f72f2da099bfbc37c6987a7989 #PS1democracy ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-03 13:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477991956949000194 ========== Nashville confronts gentrification. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/01/us/nashville-bombing-recovery.html Not just a California problem. #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 43 time 2022-01-03 04:19 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477857038340214784 ========== There are advantages to free trade and costs to protectionism - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/business/uk-companies-brexit-trade.html The basic problem is that the advantages are spread out across the entire economy while the costs are concentrated in particular noisy sectors. It's a fundamental challenge. #PS1economics ===== impress 25 time 2022-01-03 04:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477852382516023298 ========== Who's going to run the Democratic House in majority or minority? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-pelosi-jeffries/2022/01/01/317f7792-5cfa-11ec-9c0e-a955f8a009c1_story.html The most important thing to remember - the Democratic Party is the rule-of-law alternative to the Trumpist Dixiecrat cult of personality. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1572756889735491 #PS1democracy ===== impress 25 time 2022-01-03 03:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477847259022651393 ========== Poor California! Every Texas politician will tell you that California's economy is the pits. But LA County alone has a larger economy than Ohio, or Poland, or Walmart. https://www.ocregister.com/2021/12/28/california-has-11-economies-bigger-than-new-hampshire-luxembourg-or-pepsico/ #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 46 replies 1 time 2022-01-03 03:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477838575353798659 ========== Mixed signals in real estate! NY - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/31/realestate/a-frenetic-housing-market-in-the-suburbs-and-then-a-cooling-off.html Silicon Valley - https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/01/no-holiday-discounts-in-bay-area-real-estate-as-insane-market-continues/ #PS1economics ===== impress 36 time 2022-01-03 03:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477837541554278400 ========== The dirty side of green. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/world/asia/tesla-batteries-nickel-new-caledonia.html #PS1technology ===== impress 26 time 2022-01-03 01:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477821424223940608 ========== 12 year terms for Supreme Court justices? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/31/opinion/supreme-court-term-limits.html #PS1justice ===== impress 27 time 2022-01-03 01:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477814821206704128 ========== How many AirTags do you have - that you don't know about? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/technology/apple-airtags-tracking-stalking.html #PS1technology ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 31 time 2022-01-03 01:22 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477812605301391362 ========== Did anybody notice that Obamacare is getting more successful? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/02/distinguished-persons-2021-great-untold-health-care-success-story/ GOP have given up talking about it. #PS1health ===== impress 25 time 2022-01-03 00:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477801418736037890 ========== Civility is possible if people exercise their free will to choose. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-united-states-f4969f8239eeb961bd513f42b6a7d590 But don't expect any help from the fantasy-and-fear-and-division media. There are no ratings and no money in civility. And no strategic advantage for foreign adversaries. #PS1other ===== impress 28 time 2022-01-03 00:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477795776965214208 ========== Jan 6 going public. https://apnews.com/article/capital-siege-steve-bannon-elections-donald-trump-congress-bab0144274d996171b7160e051b29a75 They just under one year left to finish this mammoth investigation. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 21 time 2022-01-02 23:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477790828588240897 ========== Twitter finally recognizes the obvious. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-health-business-media-0ebae275423fc33a707235c67a0e71b2 #PS1media ===== impress 18 time 2022-01-02 23:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477789616430202880 ========== How much do you know about QSBS? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/28/business/tax-break-qualified-small-business-stock.html If a true flat tax proposal ever gained traction, GOP senators and not a few Democrats would piously defend the existing "progressive" tax system - in all its regressiveness. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1572462719764908 #PS1tax ===== engage 3 engage-rate 4% impress 76 time 2022-01-02 16:20 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477676071789105153 ========== More from the third who believe violence against the government is justified. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/01/1-3-americans-say-violence-against-government-can-be-justified-citing-fears-political-schism-pandemic/ #PS1insurrection ===== impress 26 time 2022-01-02 06:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477534347339059201 ========== About a third of the country completely accept Trumpism. They don't understand why this doesn't entitle their candidates to win all elections, and they want that fixed by any means necessary. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/01/post-poll-january-6/ #PS1insurrection ===== impress 23 time 2022-01-02 06:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477532759912431620 ========== Contrite remorse works with some judges, not so well with others, at least for small fry. https://apnews.com/article/prisons-95bdc863812cab48be3d98ada67bd582 The big fish have yet to fry. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 21 time 2022-01-02 06:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477529666990723076 ========== GPS driving is like just-in-time logistics. Optimized for perfect conditions only. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/31/us/google-maps-waze-sierra-nevada-snow.html Don't drive unfamiliar roads in a blizzard or a flood, no matter what electronics you have. You might get stuck where there's no cell service. #PS1technology ===== impress 56 time 2022-01-01 14:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477289880187138051 ========== That was the insurrection that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/television-donald-trump-washington-conspiracy-theories-congress-0ddc173391135ac2cdaa335e3c9b4881 Rule #1 - people will more easily believe a big lie than a small one #PS1insurrection ===== impress 26 time 2022-01-01 14:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477285744490156033 ========== Regional federalism is an alternative to secession. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html The practical difficulties of secession are enormous - "which is why Quebec and Scotland are not independent countries". https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/12/31/secession-civil-war-stephen-marche/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1571487853195728 #PS1theory ===== impress 51 time 2022-01-01 04:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477140555163258881 ========== Great Books as an antidote to social media. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/31/harvard-classics-socrates-how-to-argue/ #PS1media ===== impress 27 time 2022-01-01 04:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477135921883463680 ========== "Trump tested our democracy in a way only America’s worst enemy could." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/01/jan-6-capitol-insurrection-truth/ And he plans to keep doing it until he achieves total victory. #PS1insurrection ===== engage 2 engage-rate 7% impress 27 likes 1 time 2022-01-01 04:28 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477134634190209027 ========== Prosecutors have charged 725+ persons in the insurrection. 225 - assault or resisting arrest. 75 - using a deadly weapon against police officers. 75 - entering a restricted area with a deadly weapon. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/31/capitol-deadly-attack-insurrection-arrested-convicted/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1571469836530863 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 24 time 2022-01-01 04:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477133743483600898 ========== PRC monitors foreign internet users. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/china-harvests-masses-of-data-on-western-targets-documents-show/2021/12/31/3981ce9c-538e-11ec-8927-c396fa861a71_story.html #PS1china ===== impress 25 time 2022-01-01 04:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477130614897659905 ========== More guns sold = more guns confiscated at airports. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-12-30/despite-lower-travel-demand-firearms-recovered-at-airports-set-20-year-record #PS1firearms ===== impress 24 time 2022-01-01 03:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477122625050533888 ========== One reason meat costs more - justice for workers. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/world/a-colorado-slaughterhouse-has-upped-vaccinations-but-workers-still-feel-fear-and-anger.html #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 likes 1 time 2022-01-01 03:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477121595668037636