Paul Rodgers

A Dapper Dan Man

[Stephen Semler @stephensemler]

Biden admin gives no end date for its war in Yemen, but assures us it won't drag on.

Donald Rumsfeld, Nov 2002: "I can’t tell you if the use of force in Iraq today would last five days or five weeks or five months. But it certainly isn’t going to last any longer than that."

[Brad Simpson (bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social) @bradleyrsimpson]

Historian of US foreign policy here. One of the core functions of US diplomacy towards client states engaging in mass murder is denial of death tolls. I cannot think of a single example of simple acknowledgment of client state atrocities since 1945. A few examples:

[Samira Sawlani @samirasawlani]

TikTokers continuing to have fun with the “Tell Them To Make Noise” hit featuring Gabon’s ousted leader, Ali Bongo

[Tobita Chow @tobitac]

Why are so many global south countries totally disinterested in US rhetoric about rules based liberal international order

It’s a mystery

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Diane Feinstein returns to Senate.

Feinstein, 89 years old, has some of the most unusual trades in Congress, over her thirty year career.

In that time, her net worth sky rocketed to over $200 million.

Let’s look at some of her unusual trades:

[Stephen Semler @stephensemler]

Biden: “The idea that over 100,000 forces would invade another country…since World War Two, nothing like that has happened.”

US troop levels in Iraq:
2003: 141,800
2004: 130,600
2005: 143,800
2006: 141,100
2007: 148,300
2008: 157,800
2009: 135,600

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Dianne Feinstein is not running for election in 2024.



Feinstein, 89 years old, has some of the most unusual trades in Congress, over her thirty year career.



In that time, her net worth sky rocketed to over $200 million.

Let’s look at some of her unusual trades:

[Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman]

Case in point: the United States. The US has been dragging its feet and Congress has blocked proper implementation. The consequence? American corporations will pay taxes to other countries that could be paid to the US instead. /5

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

🚨BREAKING🚨

I have just released the full trading report on politicians in 2022.

Despite 2022 being the worst market since 2008, both Democrats & Republicans beat the market.

Many politicians individually beat the market.

And many made unusual trades resulting in huge gains.

[Fifty Shades of Whey @davenewworld_2]

The chip manufacturer Micron has announced that they will lay off 10% of their workers after the company wasted no time taking advantage of the subsidies provided by the CHIPS Act.

This is your country on corporate welfare.

[Americans For Tax Fairness @4TaxFairness]

BREAKING: New analysis finds that 465 billionaires had pumped $881,000,000 into the 2022 federal midterm elections by October.

That's 27x more than they contributed before Citizens United was decided.

By the time this cycle is over, their donations could climb to $1 billion.

[Stuart Benson @LeftHandStu]

If only someone had had the power to do something about it

[Craig Caplan @CraigCaplan]

50-44: Senate approved Cotton (R-AR) motion to instruct their conferees to remove $8B for Green Climate Fund from House science & tech bill and used instead for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for weapons systems to compete with China.

[The Onion @TheOnion]

I Thought This Was The Kind Of Shit America Liked — Vladimir Putin https://t.co/BeUL4gX0bt

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

Reasons recorded for worker absence on this 3,200 year-old ancient Egyptian attendance register include ‘embalming brother’, brewing beer’ and ‘scorpion bit him’ 😳. From Deir el-Medina (Thebes).

#Archaeology

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

America’s number one export is violence.

[queeralamode @queeralamode]

Perhaps The New York Times should consider the implications of publishing this type of war propaganda in the future:

[Azadeh Shahshahani @ashahshahani]

Video of the U.S. military drone attack that killed the Afghan aid worker Zemari Ahmadi and nine of his family members, including seven children.

Per a Dec 13th announcement from the Pentagon, nobody will face accountability for this war crime.
https://t.co/yZQsgh3yEI

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Share this clip of my father. We must study him beyond the end of ‘I Have a Dream.’ (and that’s taken out of context, too) #MLK #MLKDay