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i actually don’t believe anything i see on here and i think more people should have that basic assumption

at long last, our nation's enemies have stolen the most dangerous technology in America's arsenal: the California Environmental Quality Act

@deportation_fan @TheStrategicGC @OwyheeCanyon @wallstengine it takes distance + a lot of the immigration narrative was dismissed bc republicans are always talking about immigration so it took a while for people to realize the actual scale

@TheStrategicGC @OwyheeCanyon @wallstengine Great to see Biden’s supporters can freely admit this now. Just a few years ago this was an impossible task he was doing the very best he could possibly do, somehow.

TRUMP ON TIM COOK: I have always been a big fan of Tim Cook, and likewise, Steve Jobs, but if Steve was not taken from the Planet Earth so young, and ran the company instead of Tim, the company would have done well, but nowhere near as well as it has under Tim. For me it began with a phone call from Tim at the beginning of my First Term. He had a fairly large problem that only I, as President, could fix. Most people would have paid millions of dollars to a consultant, who I probably would not have known, but who would say that he knew me well. The fees would be paid but the job would not have gotten done. When I got the call I said, wow, it’s Tim Apple (Cook!) calling, how big is that? I was very impressed with myself to have the head of Apple calling to “kiss my ass.” Anyway, he explained his problem, a tough one it was, I felt he was right and got it taken care of, quickly and effectively. That was the beginning of a long and very nice relationship. During my five years as President, Tim would call me, but never too much, and I would help him where I could. Years latter, after 3 or 4 BIG HELPS, I started to say to people, anyone who would listen, that this guy is an amazing manager and leader. He makes these calls to me, I help him out (but not always, because he will, on occasion, be too aggressive in his ask!), and he gets the job done, QUICKLY, without a dime being given to those very expensive (millions of dollars!) consultants around town who sometimes get it done, and sometimes don’t. Anyway, Tim Cook had an AMAZING career, almost incomparable, and will go on and continue to do great work for Apple, and whatever else he chooses to work on. Quite simply, Tim Cook is an incredible guy!!!

@the_culturist_ i wouldnt care if it werent for the lions. they have absolutely nothing to do with america. its just cosplay

Be brutally honest. What is your opinion on this design?

I’d rather be transformative in four years than mediocre in eight. #CaliforniaGovernor2026

killing a chicken to scare a whole bunch of monkeys

@ZuGang1738 @disclosetv looks like a hedge against chinas aggressive posture in region. says indonesia prefers status quo but still isnt a full commitment to it either

@disclosetv This life is crazier than ever thought. Isnt indonesia like 90% muslim 🤣 how tf are they patnerd with us against iran

JUST IN - U.S. announces a defense partnership with Indonesia.

@RapidResponse47 whats up with the lions?

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@AVillaraigosa bruh just focus on the roads or something. governor doesnt need to be about national politics

This is about going to war against Turkey

@Roland_Whitmore @BujokMr the us relationship with turkey is deeply inconvenient for israels aims in the region

@xueshang @Noahpinion staffers are usually highly ideological or else they wouldnt have joined in the first place. self selects for radicals

@Noahpinion How are staffers so immune to being vetted or reined in by the other groups you mentioned? Someone is paying them.

I am glad that people are realizing that staffers, not donors or activists or elected politicians, rule the Democrats.

@aleafindwind @SaysSimulation i mainly agree. i dont see how the US leaves here without losing its global position. unless the whole plan is one last hurrah before retreating to the western hemisphere the war seems misguided

@petrichorcodex @SaysSimulation yes, I meant hitting the stock markets and interest rate. America is built on the dominant MAG7 valuation and Iran knows, not all attacks are physical. US is running out of the stock of goodwill from the world. Russia though Ukraine will be a walk in the park. Trummp did too.

There's a very dark, but fascinating symmetry in play here. Iran is trying to take down the world economy to punish America. They are willing to kill many millions of people with the resulting food shortages. So, Trump responds to that leverage harming Iran worse than 1/

@C_P8_8 @ingelramdecoucy taking anything trump says seriously is where youre wrong. no one here does. hes only cares about media and posturing. especially in a war where theres no reason to tell the truth

@ingelramdecoucy Who said anything about air dominance? The US said they had air dominance in Trump’s dumb rambling speech the other day then immediately lost multiple planes to Iranian fire. How is this thing even still going on?

Seeing bunches of European based accounts talking about how saving the life of a serviceman couldn’t have been worth losing a couple of airplanes because the airplanes are expensive is honestly depressing af. Just a horrible soul rot going on over there

@aleafindwind @SaysSimulation thats the thing iran hasnt hit america really theyre focusing on putting pressure on the rest of the world so it pressures america to stop. they could launch attacks on american soil but they wont because they know itll escalate so they hold the world hostage instead

@SaysSimulation you attacked them brother. thats like saying i hit him for peace, how dare he tried to hit me, he is a bully. lol.

@Pterodactyculus @estherzelda0514 oh no they might lose the midterms

@estherzelda0514 Counter-point: if Republicans chicken out and pull the plug, Trump will help them to lose the midterms, blame them for blocking his agenda. If they see the Iran war through to a conclusion with months to go before the midterms, and gas prices drop, and he loosens a few tariffs…

Your daily reminder that all it would take to stop this is three Republicans in the House and twenty in the Senate, but they'd all rather watch America burn.

@Ericissaucy @pl_european yet bc of primaries he probably also has the best chance among dems

@pl_european Gavin Newson isn’t anywhere near becoming president now or ever. He has way too much baggage that Republican candidates would use to mop the floor with him on a national stage.

@EpicAphala @JamesLonefeathr @astraiaintel geography encourages it. forcing the US to reroute obviously makes its missions more expensive and dangerous. im not saying you guys arent allowed to do so. its just not great from an ally

@petrichorcodex @JamesLonefeathr @astraiaintel I mean, it's a privilege not a right lol No is forcing you to use our land. 😂

@EpicAphala @JamesLonefeathr @astraiaintel letting us fly through your airspace is so basic i dont even see that as help. sure dont support the war effort—i dont. but actively obstructing? thats not really great from an ally

@petrichorcodex @JamesLonefeathr @astraiaintel We don't have to let you though, you are entitled to a base on the premises of not starting conflicts. You start fighting and demanding help without anyone actually knowing you're doing this is incredibly unwise hence the current mess.

@EpicAphala @JamesLonefeathr @astraiaintel blocking access to airspace feels different no? thats a break in relations

@JamesLonefeathr @astraiaintel >Attacks iran >gets mogged >expects a DEFENSIVE pact to engage in OFFENSIVE operations >gets told no >US bugs the fuck out

@posh_420 @CAAttorney1 @malmesburyman then why start with decapitation strikes if regime change wasnt the goal? US ignoring rules of war to achieve that helps no one but the side more willing to be a terrorist (which wont be the US)

@petrichorcodex @CAAttorney1 @malmesburyman Buddy if we didn't want them to be a nation anymore, we would firebomb their cities and salt the earth before we left. That wasn't the goal. Stop coping

Look at that, dad kicked the kids out of the house and the bigger ones are getting their own apartment, going shopping.