@sylvansylvi
Prioress, The Sanctuary@ Mud Bay, WA. Retired healthcare data analyst & clinical RN. I love democracy, the PNW, my offspring & my chug (Lucy). “Live your life in such a way that when you die people aren't ashamed to quote the shit you said.” Texas Paul
It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire.
1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.
⚠️ Jeffrey Epstein to Steve Bannon in 2018 discussing what Trump might do in terms of foreign policy if cornered:
“You guys need to understand that he is psychotic. And would not blink twice at encouraging an attack on us … If I go down I m taking everyone with”
(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
“Measles in Utah is raging through unvaccinated children in several communities”.
“Since measles began spreading in Utah last summer, state health officials have barely acknowledged it”.
“We’re trying to find ways of tweaking the message”
“Few seem to be listening”.
On the rare occasions where Trump says “we” instead of “I” he’s talking about himself and the billionaire bloodthirsty pedophiles. Not you. Never you.
Senator Tuberville on x writing a response to the @endwokeness account Original tweet from @EndWokeness - “less than 25 years apart” Image 1 - the twin towers as they are hit by a the planes on 9/11/2001 Image 2 - Mayor Mamdani sitting on a prayer rug while hosting an Iftar at city hall Quote tweet from Senator Tuberville - “the enemy is inside the gates.”
Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.
They can't control what's happening now, so they're trying to control what gets said about it.
One enormous winter squash sliced up in half and quarters.
One winter squash cut up into chunks in my sink.
Chunks of squash out of the oven, cooling after baking. About 2/3 of one winter squash.
Puréeing the squash to be frozen for later use in baked goods and as a side for dinner.
Yesterday, I finally got enough room in my freezer to process another squash. This is one squash. More squash are out in the garage waiting for their turn. One is even bigger than this one. These are good keepers but such a big production to process these monsters.
Opening the opinion with quotes from Trump basically admitting that this investigation was pretext to pressure Powell into cutting rates? Power move.
Wet snow falls on the deck.
My weather app says rain for my location. Yet here we are. White rain.
Search-and-rescue crews were “flying blind” trying to rescue survivors from deadly tornadoes that hit the Midwest last week.
Why? Because Kristi Noem hadn't approved FEMA’s $200,000 contract with a tornado-tracking tool.
But she had time to spend $220 million on anti-immigrant ads. Priorities.
(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.
✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.
Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:
Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.
And recognized as such by the US Government.
From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
Pete. He’s all about doing illegal sh*t. Reason Trump put him there. Not because Pete has years of experience, a wealth of knowledge, or military expertise - it’s because this drunk Fox weekend news host will do any illegal action Trump gives him and now wants military lawyers to focus elsewhere.
Oh, honey . . . just because you played dress-up at a fake "military academy" that your parents sent you to because you were such an unmanageable, obnoxious teenager doesn't mean you were in the miliary. You had that duty, but lied to get out of it.
HOLY SHIT.
A dark money group, hidden behind a bunch of shell companies, is paying influencers thousands of dollars PER POST to attack @katmabu.bsky.social on social media a month before her election.
Thank you to the people who declined the money and went forward with this. So who's behind this?
“.. Estimates from Bloomberg:
Strait of Hormuz being closed for 3 months would get Brent crude #oil up to $164/barrel.”
(via Schwab) ⛽️
The president is handing out oversized clown shoes to his cabinet — and watching to see who refuses to wear them.
It's Solzhenitsyn's Stalin story come to life: the first person to stop applauding ended up in the gulag. The lesson then, as now — never be the first to stop clapping.
Very disappointing, though ultimately unsurprising, to see the DOJ surrender in the middle of the Ticketmaster-LiveNation case after political pressure from the top. Hopefully the states will continue to push to break up a monopoly that should have never been allowed to exist in the first place.
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Connect the dots
Imagine a world where Americans were smarter and didn’t applaud when reactionary idiot Ronald Reagan made a show out of removing the solar panels Jimmy Carter had installed on the White House. We wouldn’t now have to worry about affording to fill gas tanks next month.
Fortune recently shed light on one of Trump's more significant economic failures as gas prices go through the roof: "Trump promised to fill America’s oil reserves ‘right to the top.’ A year later, oil has exceeded $100 and they’re still less than 60% full."
