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Roll the dice. Hmm. How about getting China out of Central America and Venezuela. Half of Venezuela's oil went to China, not to mention other natural resources. Iran, 40-45% of China's oil. China's big dependencies: oil, and consumers (and the US is the biggest consumer). US big dependencies: rare earth minerals (we already have oil). We can, over time, address each dependency which keeps up from being self-sufficient. So the question is: What do you need and do you have it.

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 When it comes to global stability, the most "risk-acceptant" leader on the world stage isn't in Beijing or Moscow, it’s in the Oval Office. Ian Bremmer broke down how Trump’s "rolls of the dice" in Venezuela and Iran have fundamentally altered the geopolitical landscape. Ian suggested the sheer economic scale of American maneuvers makes the current White House the ultimate wild card in the global order. "No other major world leader would do anything remotely like that. The only one who's close is Putin." @IanBremmer

I would like your opinion on AIs for Python dev. Been using ChatGPT and Grok. Both want to, from time to time, refactor your code without approval; Remove previously working code, etc. I have to maintain strict CM (using git) just to make sure I have a backup for the current change (which was junk). It saves a lot of time and takes part of it away because it thinks it is being "proactive"...

One thing I'd note: Depending on what you're doing, it often helps to switch between Claude, GPT 5.5, Gemini. The models have different personalities and somewhat different expertise. You may want to consider how you can incorporate that kind of diversity benefit to get a system that is net stronger. It'd probably also be more expensive initially... But it's more important to first figure out how to win customers, than it is to save on costs early on.

Grok Build is a fully interactive CLI, which means you can actually use your mouse to click. No flickers. Especially useful as I find myself running 5+ agents at a time and jumping between plans.

@j_olsen0606 @FarmGirlCarrie Hat too small or head too big...you choose...

@FarmGirlCarrie #47 & Xi exchanged hats...

This is amazing! 😂🐼 Trump in China Credit: Baby News Network

@OneDrunkRedneck @freedomcaucus @SenateGOP Well, whether our country is great or not is an opinion. That everybody in the world wants to come here, even illegally, is not...

@freedomcaucus @SenateGOP Sorry, #Christians, #MAGA, #bigots, and #racists have themselves to blame for the deplorable state they have led our once great country into.

Democrats are at war with America. Court-packing. Illegal alien voting. Shredding our values and sovereignty. Power is their only agenda — no principles, no limits. They’ll lie, cheat, and steal to keep it. @SenateGOP — wake up. It's time to fight like you mean it.

@KempAlleyne @FarmGirlCarrie Building a team...

@FarmGirlCarrie and this is evidence of what exactly?

It’s true… 💪🏼

@TudorDixon Indentured slave. And the debt can never be paid off...

SHOCKING: Office of Refugee Resettlement-funded project manager openly admits the Biden Admin was sending unaccompanied children to live in U.S. factories and work as slave laborers to pay the cartels. Find out more on The Tudor Dixon Podcast.

@catturd2 I don't know 'turd, these pictures of KH are killing me. It's giving me a syndrome. KHS...

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@RodDMartin The view is always the same when you're behind the lead dog...

6/ Xi asserts the U.S. is in decline and China is rising. That narrative is convenient for Beijing. But America’s recent strategic moves, economic resilience, and alliances tell a different story. If Xi truly believes his own propaganda, he risks walking into the very trap he claims to fear.

🧵 Xi Jinping just invoked the Thucydides Trap with Trump. Most assume this is a threat. But what if Xi is signaling something else — that he recognizes China is now in a weakened position against the United States and thus needs to avoid a war? The historical record and current realities both suggest he has reason to worry. Thread 🧵

@bennyjohnson Grotesque. My son could have built this with legos...

Obama just unveiled a stunning addition to his Presidential Library... A monument to Nancy Pelosi's career: Next to his garbage can shaped monstrosity you'll find the “Nancy Pelosi Community Garden” Perfectly reflective of her contributions to the country: EMPTY. There’s nothing in the garden— just piles of fertilized dirt. The sign looks like it was made out of leftover cardboard— perhaps to remind us of the homeless encampments that have taken over her district of San Francisco during her tenure? Nothing could encapsulate the rot of Pelosi's career better after spending DECADES getting rich off insider politics while hard working Americans collapsed under inflation, crime, corruption, and endless DC greed.

@NRO @Jim_Jordan DA's and judges were leveraged long ago...

"Why'd you change your website?" @Jim_Jordan slams Steve Descano over prosecuting policies that take immigration status into account.

And yet they still enriched uranium and lied about it. After that, why should I believe a Fatwa. Israel has nuclear weapons to protect its existence from countries and people that believe "from the river to the sea". Iran funds and supports terrorists. And little did other Islamic countries believe that Iran would ever shoot missles at them.

Yes. The 60 percent is not enough for a nuclear weapon. They need 90 percent. Their Ayatollah had passed a Fatwa no nuclear weapons because they are immoral. Why does 🇮🇱 get to have illeagal nukes... Try to answer without being rude or insulting. It takes away from your point.

Trump is in a trap of his own making in Iran. Much of the trap stems from what Trump didn’t do. He never explained to Americans why military force was justified and he did little or nothing to coordinate with dissidents inside Iran. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…

I don't know what goes on in Trumps head...but I like the outcomes. What he says, thinks and does are three different things. You don't telegraph your next play. To be an effective leader you don't telegraph your plays, you don't ask for permission (or you're a follower), you don't explain everything and, you have to keep secrets... IMHOP

Zohran Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani is a foreign-born jihadist and communist who claims he is "texting" President Trump on a weekly basis. I love the President, but he is being manipulated by this foreign born radical who campaigned with Siraj Wahhaj, a 1993 World Trade Center bombing co-conspirator. Mamdani is effectively endangering our national security because Trump cabinet secretaries now think this jihadist is the President's "bro". There will be NO crackdown on immigration fraud or Islamic terror supporters by DHS while this foreign born Muslim is allowed to infiltrate the White House inner circle. It’s time to stop giving Mamdani a pass and start the mass deportations and denaturalizations of these Muslim invaders before we have another 9/11 on steroids. Never Again is NOW!!!!

@RapidResponse47 @POTUS Wait for it...

.@POTUS: President Xi would like to see a deal made. He said, 'If I can be of any help at all, I would like to be of help.' Anybody that buys that much oil has obviously got some kind of relationship, but he'd like to see the Hormuz Strait open.

@Santana34328922 @MakeSenseMarie Not indentured. Slavery has existed for millenia. Not saying it's good. Before there were boats to capture slaves in Africa, there were slaves in all the continents...

@IsThisIt11 @MakeSenseMarie Which slaves were indentured in America?

This man says, “let me get this straight. When White people move into an area, it’s called “colonizing” or “gentrification”, which is bad. But if people of a high melanin count move into an area, that’s “cultural enrichment” and “diversity is our strength”, which is good. But then if those same White people don’t want any more “cultural enrichment” or are tired of “diversity” being their strength, that’s called “White Flight”, which is bad. So they don’t want White people to come or to go. It’s almost as if they don’t want them (whites) to exist at all.” He’s figuring it out.

@AmbJohnBolton Keep guessing...it's entertaining...

Iranian hegemony in the region is entirely unacceptable to Gulf Arab states, and should be unacceptable in Washington. Trump’s way out of his self-constructed trap is very clear. He himself will decide whether he wants to be remembered as America’s Anthony Eden. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…

@catturd2 Gollum...

He’s transformation into a lizard is complete.

@GenFlynn @POTUS Well, for a declining country we seem to (1) have the most effective military in the world and (2) be the largest consumer in the world (economics). Pick your battle: guns or goods...or both...

Breaking (the internet): CCP President Xi’s use of the term, “Thucydides Trap” during his opening comments to @POTUS has everyone wondering … WHAT THE …. ? Xi’s remark on the Thucydides trap is a classic piece of Chinese diplomatic signaling; polite on the surface, however, very sharp and pointed underneath. It’s a reminder to our president (and the world) that Beijing (Xi) sees itself as the rising power in a structural rivalry with a (supposedly) established hegemon (the U.S.), and that any failure to accommodate China’s ascent risks major conflict which the United States cannot afford (and there is practically zero support from the American people currently for more war and Xi knows it). Examining it another way, President Xi stated it intentionally to show China as Sparta (rising, dynamic, rightful heir to greater influence) and the U.S. as Athens (established but fearful and in decline). To some students of warfare, this may be an imperfect analogy, but the fact he used this phrase must be clearly and thoroughly examined. Xi is signaling that the U.S. should step back gracefully, especially on Taiwan (and never lose site of what Xi has already said about Taiwan; One (1) China, and he’s not backing down), checking trade & tech restrictions, and increasingly regional dominance, rather than the U.S. attempting to further impede China’s “rejuvenation” efforts. Essentially, it was a veiled warning: Push too hard (ie., on Taiwan or decoupling), and structural tensions could lead to an extremely dangerous place. Lastly, I believe Xi’s use of this ancient theory on warfare is explicitly tied to Taiwan tensions. At the same time, it’s cooperative language as well. Typical use of smart diplomatic double speak the Chinese are masters at. Xi addressing a new paradigm, a brighter future for humanity because he knows the world is watching and listening and studying. This is standard CCP diplomacy that keeps the door open for deals while putting the onus on the U.S. to avoid escalation. Bottom line, and like it or not, he let Trump know you’re in my house now and we set the rules here. FYI only, Thucydides wrote about the Peloponnesian War. The War (431–404 BC) was a devastating 27-year conflict between Athens and Sparta. It was driven by Sparta’s fears of growing Athenian (ie., U.S.) imperialism, the war ended with the total defeat of Athens, fundamentally altering the ancient Greek world and ending its “Golden Age.” The Peloponnesian war lasted more than two decades. I’d say we’re somewhere in the late third quarter and time favors the watchmakers and not the watch-watchers. We need to keep in mind that @realDonaldTrump isn’t the only one who understands nor read the art of the deal.

@elonmusk Or, perhaps, a lack of morals...

Yes

@akhanusmc @AmbJohnBolton An international investigation by the UN had previously found that Iran has 60% enriched uraninum. Four times more than what is needed for a nuclear reactor. If you believe that when you die you get 72 virgins, then what else can we expect? Death doesn't seem to be a deterrent...

Military force wasn't justified. It is 🇮🇱 war. The notion that a country will have nukes and use them is absurd and doesn't hold logic. Apart from us, no one has used them - including 🇮🇱 with its illegal nuclear arsenal. We will eventually push Iran to cross the nuclear threshold to defend itself. Then what?

@WHLeavitt Stay in your part of the court...

Pope Leo demands due process for every illegal immigrant. Why doesn’t he take in all 18 million at the Vatican and process them there? Is he a woke hypocrite? A. Yes B. No