The goddamn Trump Administration (Part 2)

Sure, make Walmart eat the tariffs. Just not China. Or Mexico. Or Vietnam. Etc.

You learning how they work yet?

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They really seem to be in a releasing mood. Everything but Epstein :thinking:

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At this point, thanks to Palantir slurping up mass quantities of data as part of its contributions to the surveillance state, it doesn’t help to delete one’s social media presence before going to the US - they still have it.

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Politico: White House removes Wall Street Journal from Scotland press pool over Epstein bombshell

The Epstein story really isn’t a Scottish story,

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https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5410977-harvard-faculty-hiring-holocaust-denial/

I asked if, under the demands listed in the letter, the Harvard government department would be compelled to hire faculty that believe the 2020 election was stolen.

I asked if Harvard Medical School would be required to hire immunologists that adhere to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s view on vaccine efficacy.

McMahon’s response was to bluster about free speech and multiple viewpoints on college campuses. She obfuscated and I pressed.

It was at this point I asked, “Madam Secretary, does refusing to hire a Holocaust denier as a member of Harvard’s history department faculty count as an ‘ideological litmus test?’”

She responded: “I believe that there should be diversity of viewpoints relative to teachings and opinions on campuses.”

There are a number of deeply disturbing aspects to that answer. I could write at length about the implications that widely discredited and — in the case of the third example, deeply offensive and dangerously ignorant — conspiracy theories should have a place in academic institutions that are at the global forefront of research. There is also much to be said about that fact that an administration which claims to be fighting against antisemitism does not immediately condemn Holocaust denial and insist that it does not have a place or a platform in higher education.

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Bingo. For them, calling people “Holocaust deniers” is the real antisemitism, and experiencing such trauma of being labeled is the Holocaust.

[eyeroll gif]

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I swear I could see a pattern here…

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-21/brazil-probing-alleged-insider-trading-tied-to-trump-tariff-news

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From https://liberalsarecool.com/

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huh. I wonder why.

Starlink’s connection speeds drop below the federal definition of “broadband” at a density of ~7 customers per square mile, according to recent research. The more the customers in an area, the slower everybody’s connections get. Data shows that 83% of US Starlink customers get sub-broadband speeds.

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Yet, somehow, this is Biden’s fault.

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I’m posting here, since this family seems to represent the current administration:

Father who moved family to Russia to escape ‘woke’ America is sent to front line

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/father-who-moved-family-to-russia-to-escape-woke-america-is-sent-to-front-line/ar-AA1J0q28?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=ac3379dee1f44b4f95fd6578494bd5c0&ei=9

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I feel for the kids; this wasn’t their choice, yet they have to suffer.

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