August Mom

President Trump is absolutely wrong by allowing 500,000 Chinese students on our campuses and in our communities. Chinese students are state-sponsored spies for the Chinese Communist Party. This is a fact. And it takes away opportunity for Americans. This is NOT America First!

@SecMullinDHS @DHSgov Your boss pardoned thugs that beat cops.

It’s National Police Week. I’m proud to stand with the 80,000 law enforcement officers at @DHSgov. These heroes put their lives on the line every single day to protect our communities. May God bless them and may God bless America.

Mary Trump is now the “chief crypto advocate” of her own meme coin, spoofing the president’s position at World Liberty Financial. thedailybeast.com/trumps-niece-b…

@FantasyMaestro_ @GunOwners @KyleSeraphin Sounds like you are good with nut jobs having guns.

@AugustMom3 @GunOwners @KyleSeraphin Nope Not what constitution says WHY would you allow govt to decide who can own a firearm when defending ourselves from that very govt is the #1 reason we have #2A You are making absolutely no sense

🚨BREAKING🚨 Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger has signed the ban on commonly-owned firearms and standard capacity magazines. Gun Owners of America will be filing its lawsuit to challenge this ban tomorrow.

@Thirstygolfer @GunOwners @KyleSeraphin

@AugustMom3 @GunOwners @KyleSeraphin

@Recondo886 @GunOwners @KyleSeraphin Try to make your point without getting so upset.

@AugustMom3 @GunOwners @KyleSeraphin wut? a responsible person wouldn't say stupid shit on social media. I would like a fried bologna sandwich for lunch. and you had better be barefoot and wearing a sundress when you bring to me.

@vternity8 @GunOwners @KyleSeraphin Well armed militia

@AugustMom3 @GunOwners @KyleSeraphin "Shall Not be Infringed"

The takeaway from Trump's visit to China is he went, hat in hand, trying to get the Chinese to help in the Middle East and claiming cooperation on trade and Xi did the equivalent of leaving Trump's text messages on "read." Another humiliation on the world stage for Dear Leader

If you only do one thing today, tweet some kind of support for @RepThomasMassie he is the main guy pushing for the release of the Epstein files and Trump hates him for it.

@SarahLongwell25 @Timodc I never knew there were so many spineless yes men.

“The main way Warsh finally got the gig was by pledging to cut interest rates, which was Donald Trump’s litmus test. Unfortunately for Warsh, he will not be able to deliver on that promise for reasons that are clear to everyone except, perhaps, Trump.” thebulwark.com/p/congrats-on-…

For the first time, we're watching plants breathe in real time. Plants "breathe" through minuscule openings on their leaves known as stomata—a term derived from the Greek word for "mouths." These tiny pores perform a critical balancing act: they open to allow carbon dioxide (CO₂) to enter for photosynthesis, while simultaneously permitting water vapor to escape into the atmosphere through transpiration. This ongoing compromise influences a plant's growth rate, water requirements, and overall resilience, especially in challenging environments. Historically, scientists faced significant limitations in studying this dynamic process directly. They could either observe stomatal movements under a microscope (often in artificial or uncontrolled settings) or measure overall leaf gas exchange (which reflects aggregate behavior but obscures microscopic details). A recent breakthrough from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign overcomes this divide with an innovative system called Stomata In-Sight. This integrated tool combines three key technologies in real time: - A live confocal microscope (specifically laser scanning) that captures high-resolution, three-dimensional images and videos of living stomatal cells and pores without damaging the tissue. - Precise gas exchange sensors that quantify CO₂ uptake and water loss (stomatal conductance, photosynthesis, and transpiration) from the same leaf section. - A controlled environmental chamber that maintains specific levels of light, humidity, temperature, and CO₂ to simulate real-world conditions. By linking microscopic stomatal aperture changes (tracked via machine-learning image analysis for dozens of pores simultaneously) with whole-leaf physiological responses, researchers can now observe how individual stomata behave and contribute to the plant's overall performance under varying scenarios. The implications are profound, particularly for agriculture. Water scarcity remains the primary constraint on crop yields worldwide. By identifying the genes and mechanisms that govern stomatal efficiency—such as opening/closing speed, density, or aperture size—scientists can develop breeding strategies for crops that conserve water more effectively while maintaining or boosting photosynthesis. This could lead to varieties better equipped to withstand drought, heat, and other effects of climate change, ultimately supporting higher food production with fewer resources. Stomata In-Sight represents a major advance in plant science, transforming our ability to study—and ultimately engineer—plants that not only endure environmental stress but actively help humanity adapt to a changing climate. [Crawford, J. D., Mayfield-Jones, D., Fried, G. A., Hernandez, N., & Leakey, A. D. B. (2025). Stomata in-sight: Integrating live confocal microscopy with leaf gas exchange and environmental control. Plant Physiology, 199(4), kiaf600. DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiaf600]

“Now we are a bogged down in a war with Iran that our Commander-in-Chief has not only lost interest in, he is actively ignoring and feebly rebranding as somehow ‘won’. It is far from over, and as Trump heads to China this week he will be approaching his meeting with President Xi as a substantially weakened president - and the whole damn world knows it. By any real metric the U.S.A. has been bested by Iran and their control over the Strait of Hormuz; the options left to this administration all point to an emboldened regime in Tehran. To put it mildly, this was an abject geopolitical disaster which will not only cause suffering in the region, it will leave much of the rest of the world holding the bag when Trump finally cuts and runs and sets his sights on Cuba. Not to mention the threat and strain DJT has put on the global economy because of his ill-conceived, whimsical war. One which continues to be a cash cow for Trump family insiders; a $920 million short was placed on the oil futures market at 3:40am this week, a little over an hour before news broke in the middle of the night that Trump and Iran were nearing a ’14 Point Deal’ to end the war. Oil markets dropped on the news and whomever (my guess is Barron) placed the bet netted a $125 million profit in a couple of hours. There are only so many folks who have access to almost a billion dollars of liquid capital to place shorts in the market; nobody was doing this on a whim or a hunch, and it reflects the same pattern employed over and over again in the seven plus weeks of this war. Someone is making a killing off of the killing. Of course fighting broke out again within 24 hours of the announcement of the latest ‘peace deal’ proposal and Iran has yet to even respond to it, in yet another successful humiliation of Trump’s feckless diplomacy. The only thing this ‘excursion’, as Trump so inappropriately tries to brand it, is accomplishing is opportunities for market manipulation and no-bid Pentagon defense contracts for his eldest sons’ business interests. Anyone who doesn’t think the world’s intelligence agencies are aware of the financial malfeasance occurring in regard to this war and how that weakens our geopolitical position hasn’t looked hard enough at the damage being done. Which is not that surprising, given how most of the cable news networks and newspapers focus on the daily outrages over deep dives into the carnage created by Trump’s ineptitude.”open.substack.com/pub/noelcasler…

This is a huge development--a chance to firmly punish Russia for its savage aggression and help add to Ukraine's growing momentum. Perhaps a chance to finally end this war. UNLESS the @POTUS stands w/Putin, and Republicans in Congress are too cowed to oppose him.

Good morning everyone! Opinion time for SCOTUS. Here is the link to SCOTUSBlog and Amy Howe + team. scotusblog.com/2026/05/announ…

Yesterday a few folks pointed out that Trump has changed major details about his reflecting pool project since he announced it in late April. I've created a video with graphics that point out how much he's lied about it. This includes edits of longer rambling statements.

look at the genius idea he came up with to wash and dry clothes

The sweet moment a female swan met her partner again after time apart for treatment.

What's happening right now in our capital markets is going to DESTROY the retirement savings of millions of Americans. Anyone of good conscience needs to rise up and say enough. This must be stopped. I don't say that lightly. I've been doing this for 45 years, and what's happening right now to the integrity of our capital markets is unlike anything I have ever seen. This is not about Elon Musk or Donald Trump. This is not about whether you like rockets or hate rockets. This is about the systematic CORRUPTION of the financial system that every American depends on for their retirement. In the entirety of its existence, Tesla has generated approximately $36 billion in cumulative profit. That includes over $20 billion in government emission credits and tax subsidies. The company is valued at $1.7 trillion and its CEO is the richest man on the planet. I'm not talking about the stock price. I know the stock has made people money. That's the popularity contest. I'm talking about whether this company creates enough economic value to JUSTIFY the capital invested in it. And it doesn't. The returns on invested capital have been chronically below what any serious investor would demand. That's not wealth creation. So the product here isn't the car. The product is the STOCK PRICE. Elon Musk is selling hopium and an entire generation of investors is buying it without even knowing what a PE ratio is. I posted two pieces recently on Tesla and SpaceX. Each got over 1.5 million impressions. Thousands of hate replies but NOT ONE response with an actual argument. Not one. It was all "Libtard" and "Elon derangement syndrome." You would not get past a first-round interview at Fidelity thinking this way. But Tesla is just the opening act... SpaceX just filed for a $1.75 TRILLION IPO. $15 billion in revenue but no profit in sight. The private valuation was walked up from $200 billion to $400 billion to $800 billion to $1.75 trillion in two years. And Reuters has confirmed that SpaceX made early inclusion in the Nasdaq-100 a necessary condition for listing on the exchange. Nasdaq obliged by adopting a "Fast Entry" rule in March that lets mega-cap IPOs join the index after just 15 trading days, completely exempt from the normal seasoning and liquidity requirements every other company had to meet. And this matters because over $600 billion in passive funds track the Nasdaq-100. Unlike the S&P 500, which still requires months of seasoning and stricter float thresholds, the Nasdaq-100 is now a 15-day on-ramp for trillion-dollar IPOs. Every ETF and mutual fund benchmarked to that index will be FORCED to buy SpaceX within weeks of it going public regardless of whether the valuation makes any sense. Your 401(k) is literally the exit liquidity. You don't even get a choice. The structure of the market makes you a participant whether you want to be or not. That's what makes this different from every other bubble in history... You can't opt out. And the agencies that were supposed to protect you from exactly this? They're doing NOTHING. Peter Lynch would always say the product is not the stock and the stock is not the product. Show me one Hall of Fame investor who ever made his fortune chasing hype. Lynch, Druckenmiller, Soros, Buffett, Griffin, Cohen. Not one of them managed money this way. It's only the cult on X who thinks momentum and greater fool is an investment strategy. As Buffett said, in the short run the market is a popularity contest. In the long run it's a weighing machine. This popularity contest has gone on longer than any I've witnessed in my career. But gravity always wins. And when it does, the people who forced your pension fund into a money-losing rocket company at 120x revenue will have a lot of explaining to do. This must stop. And it WILL stop. The only question is how much damage gets done first. Are you listening?

@bennyjohnson You lie so much it’s sickening. Obama at the airport in Beijing, November 10, 2014