D.J. Grothe

former Point of Inquiry / For Good Reason host, scientific skeptic, aspiring humanist in both senses. RTs are not necessarily endorsements.

[D.J. Grothe @DJGrothe]

An old Bible college pal recently challenged me to explain how life can have any meaning whatsoever if God does not exist. This is my answer. (And nope, I did not give her a link to an old YouTube video of me talking, but it’s the same answer essentially) https://t.co/D0AudSnDOc

[Special Report @SpecialReport]

PROJECT FORTRESS: The Pentagon is updating its domestic defense strategy to prepare military installations for severe multi-domain warfare scenarios, including widespread power grid outages, disrupted satellite networks, and crippled global supply chains.

Under a new defense initiative dubbed "FORTRESS," nearly 200 major military installations across the continental United States will be required to operate independently for up to 90 days. Documents obtained by Fox News detail plans for portable nuclear reactors, hardened backup power grids, jam-resistant communications, and domestic industrial readiness. @JenGriffinFNC reports on the multi-billion-dollar plan, European civilian preparedness warnings, and expert analysis on vulnerabilities facing civilian rail, port, and power infrastructure supporting defense mobility.

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

This is still pretty impressive

[Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla]

FEDWATCH: “.. the AI trade bubble is evident across the entire AI infrastructure stack.

.. Names such as .. Lam Research, GE Vernova, Vertiv, Bloom Energy .. have fallen 30% to 35% from late-June highs, while their investment-grade spreads have widened 40 to 60 basis points ..”

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

"the white house should look like the place where i order asian chicken nachos because otherwise how will working-class americans know they're respected." listen to yourself.

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

The GRU hacked into Jared Kushner's iPhone. Dutch military intelligence (MIVD) then recruited a GRU spy who gave them access to the hacked phone. What MIVD discovered was that Kushner had access to two bank accounts --one Azerbaijani, the other Israeli --where Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Emirati ruler Mohammed bin Zayed deposited money. It sounds like a slightly far-fetched episode of "Slow Horses," but it's real. And it proves just how eye-poppingly corrupt this administration was and continues to be as its "special envoy" decides the fate of tens of millions in Europe in the Middle East. Simply incredible reporting by Matthew Cole, drawn from his new book on Kushner. https://t.co/8AyV60gg1X

[D.J. Grothe @DJGrothe]

This is one of the best interviews I’ve heard so far about the unimaginable societal changes coming in the next year or two because of AI, despite some annoying interview questions. Well worth your time. Make it through to the end.
https://t.co/sPpu05ANA1 via @YouTube

[D.J. Grothe @DJGrothe]

In the early 20th century, Americans suffered widely from really bad dental health, including widespread tooth decay, gum disease, and tooth loss. Tooth decay and missing teeth etc were actually the leading reason for rejecting military recruits leading up to WWII. Regular toothbrushing was far from universal, but military tooth brushing drills, beginning during World War I and dramatically expanding during World War II, helped establish daily brushing as a widespread American habit, because those servicemen brought those good habits back home with them after the war. Do you brush your teeth two times a day, or three times a day?

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

JD - I've got 15 free minutes before my son's hockey practice ends, so let me see how many of Trump's enrichment schemes you didn't see that I can remind you of.

1/ First one is easy: Trump has executed over 30,000 stock trades, many on inside information, netting him millions.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

Ten years ago today.

In just the last few days: Trump made a deal for the U.S. to buy Russian diesel, an economic lifeline for Putin; he and Elon Musk blamed each other for an order that slowed down Starlink satellite connectivity over Ukraine, hampering the country's defenses during a devastating Russian attack; and Trump waived sanctions on Russia that Congress, led by his late friend Lindsey Graham, had pushed for.

Now, Putin has proposed a summit with Trump and Xi to decide Ukraine’s fate for them, bulldoze a century of international cooperation, and frame Russia as an equal to the U.S. and China.

We’ll see if Putin’s puppet continues to dance on his strings.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Trump is so angry that Ukrainians won’t surrender and die quietly so he and his friends can make money with Putin.

[Matthew Herper @matthewherper]

So @TylerShultz_ as a Theranos whistleblower. And he wrote the piece you need to read about ‘You Can See Everything.’

Elizabeth Holmes is still lying, he says. And the filmmakers, while creating a great piece of art, fall short on looking outside the walls of her apartment to document that.

One key detail: "My wife had to squeeze my arm to prevent me from jumping out of my seat in the theater and screaming, THAT IS NOT THE DEVICE."

Again, that device Holmes showed? It's not the one we're talking about!!!!

Having seen the film, I basically agree with Tyler's take.

https://t.co/EhgUWc90o0

[Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto]

The WSJ editorial board states outright: “…there needs to be a bipartisan reckoning for Mr. Trump’s budding alliance with the Kremlin against Ukraine, Europe and American interests.”
https://t.co/iAtTaLqbDr

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

This is basically the David Foster Wallace essay “How Tracy Austin Broke My Heart” boiled down to a 45 second post game interview.

I’m sure DFW would have appreciated (despised) it.

https://t.co/J75dT2csgd

[CBS News @CBSNews]

A couple were spotted enjoying a drink on a café terrace near the Arc de Triomphe on Saturday, close to where some of the main rioting took place in central Paris.

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

“… in a properly functioning republic, there would be immediate hearings about this week’s shocking escalation of the Trump–Putin alliance.”

[Amy Siskind @Amy_Siskind]

When you’ve lost the conservative National Review.

https://t.co/8QYCVCeraN

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Vladimir Putin appears to have concluded that he cannot win the war in Ukraine on the battlefield. His strategy now is to grind Ukraine down. How scandalous that Donald Trump has become his best weapon https://t.co/vOpJsJYM3I

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

PS I’ve met Putin many times and listened in on calls with him as well. I also speak Russian. Yes he is soft spoken, deliberate, and measured. So what? He’s still a killer. He still launched a barbaric invasion of Ukraine, that has produced tragic loss of life not seen on this scale in Europe since WWII.

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

This interview is weird. What he says here will be revisited by journalists, historians, and Congressional committees.

[Miles Taylor @MilesTaylorUSA]

Donald Trump set another record.

There’s NEVER been an election (since polling began in the United States) where voters said “corruption” was their top worry.

Until now.