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Chengdu is the first city in China I was actually starting to get aggravated in. They had no subway in 2010 and now they have 15 massive lines. It really is possible for a place to reliably improve year after year when you don’t let elites skim all the extra gains off the top.

Michael Knowles at CPAC: We're a practical people. We don't follow radicals, and ideologues, and demagogues easily.

And just like that, it’s completely VANISHED from the media. A sitting congressman, Ted Lieu, said on the record the Epstein files are being blocked because they show Trump raped and threatened to kill children. Let’s keep this in the spotlight every day.

@conorsen Disgusting tbh

Markets need this to be over — boots on the ground this weekend that accelerate the endgame potentially get the Strait opened faster than another one week delay that prolongs this.

Not a word in US media about the Louisiana army base drones if you’re wondering why Americans are they the way they are

Jaime Raskin: “It is now clear that DOJ is in possession of evidence that Trump has already endangered national security to further the interests of his family businesses. It is time for the American people to know what secrets he betrayed and how he may have cashed in on them"

Never seen anything quite like this story…

The stunning revelation that Trump held classified documents, including one well beyond Top Secret, for personal financial gain, underscores even more how vile and disgraceful is Judge Aileen Cannon. In any normal time, she would be impeached and removed from office.

AIPAC’s political arm funneled over $5 million to groups to defeat Illinois Democrats critical of Israel, according to filings. The secretive giving is the latest example of how outside groups are obscuring their spending in competitive campaigns. wapo.st/4rN1Mo3

We shouldn't forget that Trump's blockade of Cuba is an act of war too, even without the missiles and bombs he has unleashed on Iran. trib.al/uIuqdFh

So there's effectively no more internal freedom of movement within the U.S. Travelers must go through federal checkpoints just to travel domestically. It's the culmination of the post-9/11 surveillance and national security state. nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/…

The Justice Dept. agreed to give former national security adviser Michael Flynn a payout to settle claims he was wrongfully prosecuted in the FBI’s Russian election interference investigation — the latest reversal under Donald Trump that benefits an ally. wapo.st/47TQfw0

A fun corruption hack is to have your supporters sue the govt for something done under Biden, then immediately give them a huge settlement since you control the Justice Department. Perfectly 'legal' and can be done an unlimited amount of times. Money printer for loyal goons.

@AP This country fucking sucks.

The Trump administration will pay $1.2 million to settle Michael Flynn's lawsuit over his prosecution in a Russia probe, an AP source says. apnews.com/article/trump-…

So let me get this straight. The previous administration criminally prosecuted Michael Flynn. Michael Flynn pleaded GUILTY to the charges. Then Trump 2.0 pardons Michael Flynn. Flynn sues the previous administration for politically motivated prosecution. ...And the current Trump administration is settling the lawsuit with taxpayer dollars an UNDISCLOSED amount of $. There needs to be a law against this kind of self-dealing. This is absolutely maddening.

6:49am: sudden spike in oil futures trading. no news. no announcement. nothing public. 7:05am: trump announces a pause on iran strikes. markets move. someone knew. 16 minutes early. $580 million in contracts. the corruption is staggering.

@josh_wingrove Oligarchs unite!

Trump announces a "Council of Advisors on Science and Technology" led by Sacks and Kratsios, with members including Ellison, Huang, Zuckerberg, Dell, Brin.

Reuters confirms why I’ve been saying: the U.S. has been allowing fuel in to Cuban private businesses like foreign-operated hotels but barring it from hospitals and other publicly run institutions. I’m sure that the NYT and The Free Press, which produced entire articles about Hasan Piker’s hotel, will do a follow up now

This is either the worst OPSEC or corruption beyond measure.

This is so dystopian man. An entire nation under a medieval-style siege, slowly being strangled to death while the rest of the world simply turns a blind eye.