PJRO

Retired national security analyst.

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@WalshFreedom I agree. For future reference, bulldozing the ballroom and the fortress beneath it will be costly, but not as costly as maintaining the unneeded facilities for many years. (Personally, I'd like the demolition--and reconstruction of the East Wing--to be charged to Trump's donors.)

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@DeanBaker13 The Russian diesel/gas will enter a GLOBAL market in which the US is an exporter. It's a tiny drop entering a large bucket, so no real impact on prices. It will, however, funnel some US/Western currency to Russian oligarchs.

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@DeanBaker13 E.g., the non-profit Heritage Foundation? Kevin Roberts (President): $961K. Derrick Morgan (Executive VP) $658K. Eric Korsvall (CEO): $540K. Andrew Olivastro (Chief Advancement Officer): $460K. Roger Severino (VP): $434K. John Backiel (VP): $399K. Robert Bluey (VP): $394K. Etc.

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@DeanBaker13 Nobody seems to care that it is against the law for any part of the US government to publish propaganda to the American people.

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@RadioFreeTom Thanks for sharing this post, which led me to read Tom Anderson's article in "American Greatness." He offered 9 recommendations. All of them are bad.

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@jonkarl Is it true or false that DOJ funding for settlements has no budgetary limitation in law?

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@DeanBaker13 Another dumbass GOP senator. Spelled with a "b" by the way.

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@JustinWolfers Having lived and worked through the 70s and 80s, one factor seldom mentioned is that pay raises lag price increases. The higher the inflation, the more palpable the lag. "Catch-up" raises don't replace the lost income.

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@DeanBaker13 Trump would be willing to accept a fee for use of his ballroom. He probably would charge more than Hilton but offer McDonald's and KFC meals.

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@ChrisO_wiki Okay, but how long might it take to produce a battleship that looks good to Trump but can't do much more than float? Trump only cares about appearances.

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@RadioFreeTom AHA! First they question the Pope, then they question Kings, and eventually . . . somebody writes a book about the death of expertise. It's a straight line!

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@DeanBaker13 The United States is not a party to that convention.

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@RadioFreeTom I also lived through the 70s, but as a grown-up rather than as a child. I guess that's why I never became a Republican or voted for Reagan.

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@DeanBaker13 I suspect this is BS. Waiting for evidence either way.

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@Angry_Staffer I suspect Trump and Hegseth would drain emergency stocks to continue the attack on Iran. They look for immediate gratification.

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@byHeatherLong Shouldn't wage gains exceed inflation by 1-2 points, depending on your historical baseline for "good" wage growth?

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@AVindman Trump appears to have made enemies of the pro-Maduro and anti-Maduro sides in Venezuela, so who will dare give Trump the oil that he desires? Maybe some general or colonel who would brutally suppress both sides?

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@DeanBaker13 Everybody who contributed to Trump's illegal demolition and construction projects should face serious jail time and fines to fully restore what they destroyed, even if the fines greatly exceed their original donations.

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@DeanBaker13 So if Trump orders the execution of somebody in the media--say, somebody like Bill Maher--then Bill Maher would be first in line wanting the troops to obey the order? Why do I continue to think that Bill Maher is an imbecile who only seeks attention?

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@DeanBaker13 Rampell, who usually is good, says "CPI cooled significantly toward the end of Biden’s term" when, in fact, it cooled significantly after June 2022, more than 2 years before the election. The only "trap" was the one set by media coverage that denied reality for many months.