Michael De Leo

Here for the Reposts.

[Patrick Cunningham @pmc3_83]

Maybe the best piece ESPN has ever produced.

25 years after 9/11 and I still watch this at least once a year.

The story of Welles Crowther, a former Boston College lacrosse player who saved at a dozen lives.

“The Man In The Red Bandana.”

[ChrisO_wiki @ChrisO_wiki]

1/ The world is facing a 'ticking time bomb' from its supply of oil, according to a briefing note from JP Morgan. Physical scarcity of oil is about to unfold across the globe, spreading sequentially through April from east to west, causing major economic disruption worldwide. ⬇️

[Michael De Leo @M_leode]

Check out this article from Insurance Journal: https://t.co/CTfjTPc1in

Lawsuit Alleges Microbetting Product by DraftKings, FanDuel, NFL Leads to Addiction

@esaagar

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

This is a mustwatch not just as it’s the 1st time I have seen a major figure on an establishment media outlet question a journalist’s ’right to exist’ pro-Israel propaganda phrase but also because the interviewer is the Economist editor who thinks anti Zionism is defined by…Iran

[Michael De Leo @M_leode]

@xray_media @joeroganhq Any link to the DHS data you mention? Curious to see.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

This week, I joined @emilyjashinsky & @ryangrim on Breaking Points to discuss why Congress should vote on whether we go to war, what’s happening with Iran, and why the Epstein files are still hidden.

Watch the first half of my interview here: https://t.co/4SARdmiD06

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

I’m running for the U.S. Senate.

Billionaires have taken over Texas and taken over America — but together, we can take power back for working people.

Join this movement: https://t.co/Cam7Y742fM

[Ezra Klein @ezraklein]

"Economic justice is mentioned 3,000 times in our Scriptures, both the New Testament and the Hebrew Scriptures. This is such a core part of our tradition, and it’s nowhere to be seen in Christian nationalism or on the religious right." - @jamestalarico

[Acyn @Acyn]

Massie on Epstein Files: If this were a private law firm with 5% of the resources of the DOJ, this would have been done by the deadline. They just missed another deadline to report all of the politicians in their files, and they’re supposed to justify all of their redactions.

The biggest problem isn’t that they’re missing deadlines—it’s what they’re redacting. They’re trying to pretend the Privacy Act overrides a law that explicitly says you can’t withhold records to prevent embarrassment. They’re also citing FOIA standards, which don’t apply to our law. They’re trying to say they don’t have to release internal decisions, but our bill specifically says they must release internal decisions.

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

This is a simple explainer on the types of crude oil, where it comes from around the world, and what the US lacks.

Save it

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

.@wolfblitzer, the invasion of Venezuela is a moral test for our nation.

Most Americans are not for gunboat diplomacy.

We do not believe in using the awesome power of our military to plunder weaker and poorer nations.

These are not the values we teach our kids.

Silence in the face of militarism is a betrayal of America's fundamental principles.

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

Donald Trump betrayed his MAGA base today launching a war of choice to bring regime change in Venezuela.

We keep voting against dumb wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, & Libya.

But our Presidents bow to a foreign policy blob committed to militarism. They get us entangled in conflicts abroad, while ignoring the lack of good jobs and high costs for Americans at home.

What will we say now if Xi Jinping wants to capture Lai of Taiwan or Putin tries to capture Zelensky in Ukraine?

The times call for a movement of the American people to stand against bloated defense budgets and warmongering. We need statesmen who will heed the advice of Washington and our founders and invest in jobs, healthcare, childcare & education for our people.

[Holden Culotta @Holden_Culotta]

Thomas Massie is going NUCLEAR on Trump’s regime change war in Venezuela.

“How did it work out in Cuba, Libya, Iraq, or Syria?”

“Do we want another Afghanistan in the Western Hemisphere?”

“This is about oil and regime change.”

“Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs, weapons of mass destruction, that did not exist.”

“Now it’s the same playbook, except we’re told that drugs are the WMDs.”

“James Madison warned us that in no part of the Constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war and peace to the legislature—not the executive.”

“The framers understood a simple truth: to the extent that war-making power devolves to one person, liberty dissolves.”

“By escalating toward war, we would predictably create countless refugees.”

“Are we prepared to receive swarms of the 25 million Venezuelans who will likely become refugees?”

@RepThomasMassie @MassieforKY

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

The silence from many media-hyped 2028 contenders today is shocking.

If you cannot oppose this regime change war for oil, you don't have the moral clarity or guts to lead our party or nation.

[Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 @FmrRepMTG]

I’ve served on the Homeland Security Committee for the past three years. I’m 100% for strong safe secure borders and stopping narco terrorists and cartels from trafficking deadly drugs and human trafficking into America.

Fentanyl is responsible for over 70% of U.S. drug overdose deaths and fentanyl comes from Mexican cartels made with chemical precursors from China and trafficked across the U.S. Mexico border.

Mexican cartels are primarily and overwhelmingly responsible for killing Americans with deadly drugs.

If U.S. military action and regime change in Venezuela was really about saving American lives from deadly drugs then why hasn’t the Trump admin taken action against Mexican cartels?

And if prosecuting narco terrorists is a high priority then why did President Trump pardon the former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez who was convicted and sentenced for 45 years for trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into America? Ironically cocaine is the same drug that Venezuela primarily traffics into the U.S.

The next obvious observation is that by removing Maduro this is a clear move for control over Venezuelan oil supplies that will ensure stability for the next obvious regime change war in Iran.

And of course why is it ok for America to militarily invade, bomb, and arrest a foreign leader but Russia is evil for invading Ukraine and China is bad for aggression against Taiwan? Is it only ok if we do it? (I’m not endorsing Russia or China)

Regime change, funding foreign wars, and American’s tax dollars being consistently funneled to foreign causes, foreigners both home and abroad, and foreign governments while Americans are consistently facing increasing cost of living, housing, healthcare, and learn about scams and fraud of their tax dollars is what has most Americans enraged. Especially the younger generations. Boomers and half of Gen X will cheer on neocon wars and talking points, but the other half of Gen X and majority on down see through it and hate it.

Americans disgust with our own government’s never ending military aggression and support of foreign wars is justified because we are forced to pay for it and both parties, Republicans and Democrats, always keep the Washington military machine funded and going.

This is what many in MAGA thought they voted to end.

Boy were we wrong.

As the baby boomers slip away both in votes and power, the electoral future will be decided for candidates that focus on American economic populism and promising prosperity for Americans only.

As of right now, neither party is offering the solution.

[Michael De Leo @M_leode]

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[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

Today's entry into the Least Surprising Chart Ever file comes from @AmericanFreedom and shows that Trump's tariffs are fueling a DC lobbying BOOM

[Little League @LittleLeague]

We feel strongly that there is no place for betting on Little League games.

[Cato Institute @CatoInstitute]

We should stop thinking about tariffs as just national statistics. It’s also about real people, real livelihoods, and real consequences.

“For small businesses, this is life or death," highlights @scottlincicome.