David Brooks: "We live in a global economy and Trump doesn't know how it works."
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David Abernathy
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David Abernathy
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Professor of Global Studies and GIS at Warren Wilson College. @dabernathy on Mastodon, @dabernat.bsky.social on Bluesky.
Asheville, NC เข้าร่วม Haziran 2007
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David Abernathy รีทวีตแล้ว
The President of the United States is an emotionally unstable man with obvious cognitive issues. We are in the middle of a war, he tanked an important speech to the nation, and this is what he's worried about:
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David Abernathy รีทวีตแล้ว
Trump's approval rating just fell below 40 percent in our tracking for the first time. And his net approval rating is now -17.4, also a new low and down about 5 points over the past several weeks.
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David Abernathy รีทวีตแล้ว
Every time Duke loses, an angel gets his wings.
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David Abernathy รีทวีตแล้ว
Donald Trump was everything Washington feared and despised could happen to the American presidency.
theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
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David Abernathy รีทวีตแล้ว
If our country is not affected by the Strait of Hormuz, why are Americans paying a dollar more for gas at the pump than they were a month ago?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Trump: "The amazing thing is we don't need the Hormuz Strait. We don't need it. We don't need it at all. We have so much oil. Our country is not affected by this."
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David Abernathy รีทวีตแล้ว
This is just rambling nonsense. We’re in the middle of a war with a president who is emotionally unstable and seems to be having significant cognitive issues.
Acyn@Acyn
Trump: I was in Saudi Arabia, came back with $2 trillion for our country from Saudi. $2 trillion from Qatar. $2 trillion from UAE, They are great, they are all fighting. They got hit. Nobody expected they were going to get hit.
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We asked ChatGPT who the next head coach of the UNC basketball program should be. 👀
Tar Heel fans are going to absolutely LOVE the response! ⬇️
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David Abernathy รีทวีตแล้ว
One day, Donald Trump will die, and his supporters will try to punish the people who say things like this.
Shelby Talcott@ShelbyTalcott
Trump on the death of Robert Mueller: “Good, I’m glad he’s dead.”
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David Abernathy รีทวีตแล้ว
Trump’s Plan A was to hit Iran hard, watch the theocrats flee, and then hand power to a government of his own choosing. Should such things not come to pass, Plan B was … well, apparently, there was no Plan B.
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/…
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David Abernathy รีทวีตแล้ว
A declaration of no quarter is an explicit violation of Article 23 of the Hague Convention and therefore a war crime under U.S. law, specifically the War Crimes Act of 1996. And there is no statute of limitations.
Acyn@Acyn
Hegseth: No quarter, no mercy for our enemies. Yet some in the press just can't stop. More fake news from CNN reports that the Trump administration underestimated the Iran war's impact on the strait of hormuz. The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better.
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David Abernathy รีทวีตแล้ว
Credit where due: "High gas prices are good actually" is a brilliant midterms message, and the president should definitely keep hammering it
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David Abernathy รีทวีตแล้ว
Yes, per NYT, Guardian, Intercept, PBS & FactCheck.org reporting today: A preliminary US military probe found the US responsible for the Feb 28 Tomahawk strike on Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab, Iran (targeting error using outdated data on adjacent IRGC site), killing ~175 (mostly children). Trump previously blamed Iran ("done by Iran... they have Tomahawks"—no evidence Iran has them), then said "I don't know about it" when asked about the findings. Video in the thread matches his evasion.
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David Abernathy รีทวีตแล้ว
Dear God.
(Capturing the ship would have been a far better move, especially if we offered the crew asylum.) This is basically admitting a crime.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Trump: "I said, 'Why don't we just capture the ship? We could use it. Why did we sink them?' He said, 'It's more fun to sink them.' They like sinking them better."
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David Abernathy รีทวีตแล้ว
Breaking News: Oil prices surged above $100 a barrel for the first time in almost four years amid growing concerns about supplies as the war in the Middle East continues. nyti.ms/40RlVy6
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David Abernathy รีทวีตแล้ว
Breaking News: Lawmakers voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. The vote marked a rare case of a Republican-led panel compelling a member of the president’s cabinet to testify. nyti.ms/4r76zQR
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David Abernathy รีทวีตแล้ว
U.S. officials and lawmakers with access to classified information say the Trump administration’s assertions about threats from Iran are incomplete, unsubstantiated, or flat-out wrong. on.wsj.com/4sFNWF5
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David Abernathy รีทวีตแล้ว
Iran is an evil regime and deserves to fall. But that's not a good argument for the significant risks of launching a war of regime change without Congress and against the will of the American people.
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