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Life: Former Siamese blue point caretaker, bourbon drinker, avid reader. Work: Strategy and growth executive and Chair of IGF-USA.

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An infographic titled "president Trump is reshaping the media", reposted from his truth social account.

An infographic titled "president Trump is reshaping the media", reposted from his truth social account.

Donald Trump is now just openly bragging about interfering in the media. He's the president. He's running a truck over the first amendment here.

14.03.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 2747 πŸ” 1110 πŸ’¬ 115 πŸ“Œ 111
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Jared Kushner Solicits Funds for His Firm While Working as Mideast Envoy

The corruption of the Trump Administration remains so massive while also being so obvious that people just don’t know what to do. If Kushner was merely shaking someone down for $5,000 using his govt role, there’d be an outcry. But do it for $5,000,000,000 and mostly there’s πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

#TrumpCorruptionWatch

14.03.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 431 πŸ” 139 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 17
Map of the ME showing the two straits

Map of the ME showing the two straits

Yemen’s Houthis have announced they’ll be joining the war in support of Iran shortly. Analysts expect them to shut down another strait, Bab El-Mandeb, which will close the Suez Canal. The global economy hangs by a thread.

14.03.2026 11:20 πŸ‘ 2715 πŸ” 1380 πŸ’¬ 164 πŸ“Œ 740
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The new Lego movie sure took a turn

13.03.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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Goldman forecasts that Brent will average $98 in March and April, 40% above its 2025 mean, before falling to $71 by the end of the year.
They now expect 2026 headline inflation to run at 2.9%, and have lowered their GDP growth forecast to 2.2%.
www.gspublishing.com/content/rese...

13.03.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 139 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 5

The day begins with a former Fox host turned Trump administration official ranting at the media over his own failings and ends with a former Fox host turned Trump administration official ranting at a judge over her own failings.

13.03.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 2181 πŸ” 488 πŸ’¬ 84 πŸ“Œ 19
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Toss Your Not-Quite-Clean Clothes on Simone Giertz’s Laundry Chair Inventor and YouTuber Simone Giertz built an elegant chair that holds your half-dirty clothes while still functioning as a seat.

Inventor and YouTuber Simone Giertz built an elegant chair that holds your half-dirty clothes while still functioning as a seat. www.wired.com/story/simone...

13.03.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 172 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 19

This is a bizarro world sentiment by BlackRock. First, the economy was trouble before the Iran β€œexcursion” with rising costs, fewer jobs and exploding debt (State and household). Second, per recent polling, the only β€˜high’ used in a sentence with AI should have the word skepticism after it.

13.03.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Graph showing that the number of consumer complaints that credit bureau Experian closed with relief dropped significantly after Donald Trump's inauguration. The chart also shows the total complaints received has continued to rise over time. The x-axis shows year from 2021 to 2025 and the y-axis shows number of monthly complaints from 0 to 200K, with tick marks at increments of 50K.

Graph showing that the number of consumer complaints that credit bureau Experian closed with relief dropped significantly after Donald Trump's inauguration. The chart also shows the total complaints received has continued to rise over time. The x-axis shows year from 2021 to 2025 and the y-axis shows number of monthly complaints from 0 to 200K, with tick marks at increments of 50K.

Under Trump's CFPB, two of the three major credit bureaus have sharply reduced the share of complaints they resolved in customers’ favor.

In 2024, Experian’s relief rate was 20%. Last year, that figure fell to less than 1%: https://propub.li/3OY2qBw

13.03.2026 01:00 πŸ‘ 659 πŸ” 288 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 16
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Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

"Palantir CEO Alex Karp says his AI technology will lessen the power of β€œhighly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat” while increasing the power of working-class men."

Just saying it right out loud now.

newrepublic.com/post/207693/...

12.03.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 5171 πŸ” 2759 πŸ’¬ 335 πŸ“Œ 1095
A full yellow daffodil laden with a fresh wet snow. Seen next pushing greens of tiger lilies.

A full yellow daffodil laden with a fresh wet snow. Seen next pushing greens of tiger lilies.

Poor little daffodil.

12.03.2026 20:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you want to take credit for stopping a war, you need to call it a war now, not an excursion.

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That should give Savannah Guthrie and her family so much comfort.

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Can’t believe i lost a 65 game streak on that.
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12.03.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I don’t think unconditional surrender is imminent.

12.03.2026 02:09 πŸ‘ 34339 πŸ” 9924 πŸ’¬ 1254 πŸ“Œ 610

And a good response to Thune arguing, β€œon one side of the aisle, people won’t come to the table.” Well, there are many solid reasons, including this one.

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This is how we got to this mess, not prosecuting guys like Trump early and every subsequent time they break the law.

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After a series of fatal strikes involving civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, Congress directed the Pentagon to reduce civilian casualties as part of a 2019 law. During the Biden administration, the Defense Department created the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response initiative.

The civilian mitigation teams – cut by 90% by Hegseth – work with military commanders on target planning, and making sure that targets are actually military sites. The teams help come up with "no strike" lists, including religious and cultural sites and schools

After a series of fatal strikes involving civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, Congress directed the Pentagon to reduce civilian casualties as part of a 2019 law. During the Biden administration, the Defense Department created the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response initiative. The civilian mitigation teams – cut by 90% by Hegseth – work with military commanders on target planning, and making sure that targets are actually military sites. The teams help come up with "no strike" lists, including religious and cultural sites and schools

I knew that the Department of War shot a missile into a school & killed 175 civilians, mostly children.

This is learned today:

Secretary of War Hegseth had cut the teams assigned to prevent such tragedies by 90%.
www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...

12.03.2026 02:05 πŸ‘ 4018 πŸ” 2060 πŸ’¬ 132 πŸ“Œ 133

In the last 24 hours, Iran has:

- Struck three ships trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz, disabling a Thai cargo ship
- Blown up a large oil storage facility in Oman
- Struck two oil tankers at harbor in Iraq, setting both ablaze.
- Blown up oil storage tanks next to Bahrain’s main airport

12.03.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 2506 πŸ” 959 πŸ’¬ 168 πŸ“Œ 117
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Secretary of State Frank LaRose gives info of 8 million Ohio voters to Trump Justice Department β€’ Ohio Capital Journal If you are one of Ohio’s nearly 8 million registered voters, your personally identifiable information like full name, address, date of birth, driver’s license and partial Social Security numbers may…

Commentary: If you are one of Ohio’s nearly 8 million registered voters, Sec. of State Frank LaRose just gave your full name, address, date of birth, driver’s license and partial Social Security number, to Trump's Justice Department ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/11/s...

11.03.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 514 πŸ” 305 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 32
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From Meta Glasses to smartwatches, the AI revolution is every woman’s worst nightmare Women’s safety is not being overlooked; it's being traded.

β€œRefuge, the UK’s largest specialist domestic violence organisation, has revealed that referrals to its Technology-Facilitated Abuse and Economic Empowerment team rose by more than 62% in 2025 compared with the previous year.”

12.03.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 203 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4

Speaking my language. #Maryland

12.03.2026 01:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Intel shareholder claims board gave US an equity stake to avoid Trump’s social media attacks Lawsuit also criticised law firm Skadden for advising both Intel and the government

Intel shareholder claims board gave US an equity stake to avoid Trump’s social media attacks
www.ft.com/content/5506...

12.03.2026 01:12 πŸ‘ 248 πŸ” 79 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 9
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(Reuters) - U.S. intelligence indicates that Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of collapse any time soon after nearly two weeks of relentless U.S. and Israeli bombardment, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

uk.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-us...

11.03.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 3065 πŸ” 1106 πŸ’¬ 139 πŸ“Œ 190
Close-up photo of the legs and feet of JD Vance and Marco Rubio showing some comically oversized shoes

Close-up photo of the legs and feet of JD Vance and Marco Rubio showing some comically oversized shoes

It gets better. Here's Vance and Rubio in the Oval Office...

11.03.2026 09:15 πŸ‘ 4506 πŸ” 709 πŸ’¬ 393 πŸ“Œ 957
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Iran says it will target US-Israeli economic, banking interests in region Iran will target economic and banking ​interests linked to the U.S. β€Œand Israel in the region, after an attack on an Iranian bank, a ​spokesperson for Tehran's Khatam al-Anbiya military command headqu...

BREAKING: Major escalation in Iran conflict.

Iranian military command says it will target US banks and financial institutions in the Middle East.

🚨It tells civilians to keep a distance of 1km from all US banks in the region.

[SOURCE: REUTERS]

11.03.2026 12:56 πŸ‘ 246 πŸ” 166 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 23
A CNN screengrab with headline that reads β€œIran publishes hit list of tech companies”
The screen shows google, Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, oracle and palantir

A CNN screengrab with headline that reads β€œIran publishes hit list of tech companies” The screen shows google, Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, oracle and palantir

JFC. Iran has also announced that western tech companies (and their data centres!) are also now targets.

Iran has worked out exactly how to cripple the western world of oil, food, fertiliser, finance and data.

Trump has unleashed carnage - and he CANNOT put it back in its box.

BUCKLE. UP.

11.03.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 182 πŸ” 90 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 17
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This is hilarious.

Also, completely enraging.

11.03.2026 01:56 πŸ‘ 9504 πŸ” 4349 πŸ’¬ 139 πŸ“Œ 216

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

1/ Here's what I can share:

11.03.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 17747 πŸ” 7151 πŸ’¬ 517 πŸ“Œ 946
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BLACKROCK’s β€œChart of the Week”:

Over the past nine months β€” without health-care β€” job creation is net negative 347,000. πŸ‘€

10.03.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 817 πŸ” 352 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 35