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[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

It would be nice if, next time, Americans elected an adult as US President—and not a spoiled, narcissistic child who likes to act like a piece of shit in public.

[jochen @JochenClaes2]

@APompliano THAT is the kind of person America needs in the White House.
Instead they get career fraudsters of politicians who can't even walk up stairs without help.
Land of opportunity… just not that kind of opportunity.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Coons: Our president said that we never asked for and never received anything from our NATO allies. Was that your experience in Afghanistan?

Hegseth: I've written extensively about that, and the vast majority of my experience was frustration with the limits of what those troops were able to do because of the political caveats, rules of engagement limits that came from there.

Coons: But you don't doubt or question that about a third of all the combat casualties in our war in Afghanistan were our NATO partners and allies?

Hegseth: I would have to go back and check that number

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

Marco Rubio on Donald Trump in 2016: “I will never stop until we keep a con man from taking over the party of Reagan and the conservative movement.”

Fact-check: In 2025, Marco Rubio joined the second Trump Administration.

[jochen @JochenClaes2]

@patrickbetdavid NATO was built on democracy, rule of law & freedom. America can no longer claim to live by them the facts speak: US dropped in judicial independence, 'press' freedom, global trust & respect, US now ranks as the least democratic nation among NATO members. Corrupted government.

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

A recent Reputation Institute survey ranks countries by how respected they are globally – and the US didn’t even make the top 20. It used to be near the top.

Anyone who still says America is respected right now just lives in an alternative reality.

[Benjamin Cowen @benjamincowen]

When Gensler left the SEC in January 2025, Bitcoin was at 109k. Today Bitcoin is at 75k.

One major reason the crypto markets have suffered is because market participants started to lose faith in the industry itself.

After Gensler left, it essentially just opened the floodgates to the grifting age of crypto, where influencers and politicians were launching memecoins and rug-pulling their followers each and every day, without fear of any repercussions. This led to a massive misallocation of capital into useless assets that drained liquidity from the industry.

While people celebrated Gensler leaving, it actually marked a turning point in the industry, with Bitcoin only marginally going higher before entering a bear market.

Now that people celebrate Powell's removal as chair of the Federal Reserve, it makes me think history will repeat itself once again.

People celebrate it in the short-term, but as we look back on this era in a few years, I imagine it will mark a major turning point in credibility at the Fed. If the Fed just becomes another cabinet of the executive branch, it may lead to a lack of trust in the institution itself.

Perhaps many will look back in a few years and realize that markets were better off with Powell than without him.

[JP Sears @AwakenWithJP]

Very weird stances for a “traitor.”

[jochen @JochenClaes2]

@elonmusk The American Dream has turned into a nightmare. A nation throwing stones at Democrats, Republicans, Muslims, Jews, Ukraine, Europe, Canada, Venezuela, Mexico, Cuba, Iran, NATO... Polarization is eating civilization. They all incite hate, no matter what side. The new American way.

[jochen @JochenClaes2]

@WarPeace85 @thunderyeti @RobertMSterling When any ideology is followed in a cult‑like way, it becomes dangerous no matter the label. Blind obedience, dehumanization and moral absolutism aren’t virtues of left or right. The wisest voices usually live in the middle, rejecting extremism and political violence altogether.

[jochen @JochenClaes2]

@patrickbetdavid @jimmykimmel A society stuck in permanent polarization isn’t suffering from a lack of opinions, but from a lack of thinking. When identity replaces reasoning and labels replace ideas, dialogue dies. What’s needed is less tribal loyalty and more common sense.

[JP Sears @AwakenWithJP]

How Trump loyalists cope...

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

The strength it takes to do this
https://t.co/o26nkYV8w3

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

People who say math is painful

[Living Tricks @LivingTricks_]

Practical tips for everyday life.

[Digital Asset News @NewsAsset]

This video has more utility than 99.9% of altcoins.