Old Bull Lee

RIA, PM, Recovering Banker, Cook, Cheese Maker, Music Buff, Outhouse Philosopher, Father of 6, Senior Citizen, Rabid Capitalist, and usually ignored. It/it

[Old Bull Lee @davebudge]

“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”

― H.L. Mencken

[Matt Lanza @mattlanza]

You could write a “We Didn’t Start the Fire” version from just the last 24 hours.

[Park MacDougald @hpmcd1]

In case anyone has forgotten, Lauren fled the United States in 2024 after the DOJ exposed her for taking millions of dollars from sanctioned Russian entities to hire podcasters to push propaganda to conservatives.

She was publicly welcomed back into the United States last year by State Department employee @Overlord26 and subsequently invited to the White House Easter Egg Roll.

She is now at MAL.

[Olga Nesterova @onestpress]

Lauren Chen, co-founder of Tenet Media, the outlet at the center of a DOJ investigation into a nearly $10M Russian influence operation, is now posting from Mar-a-Lago.

Under Biden, 2 RT employees were indicted and Chen's US work visa was revoked in 2024. A senior State Department adviser later acknowledged helping facilitate her return under Trump.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

You don’t say.

[Old Bull Lee @davebudge]

No, I'm not going to give Rubio any credit for a great speech. He's a hypocrite.

[Old Bull Lee @davebudge]

"So Americans by choice, people that did it the right way..."

What the fuck way is that? Rubio must understand how totally RUBAR the entire immigration system is. Great words from a man with real power. No action.

[Eric Martin @EMPosts]

Secretary of State Marco Rubio with a powerful rebuttal of those who want to limit American citizenship to people BORN in America (and the Trump administration overall has taken numerous steps to make it more difficult for immigrants to obtain US citizenship, as well as to strip it from people who already have it):

"Some of the most patriotic people in this country, and this is not a criticism of anybody, but some of the most patriotic people you ever meet are people that are Americans by choice, not people that are Americans."

"And I'll tell you why, because I've lived in America my entire life. I was born in the United States, I've grown up here. I don't know what life is like -- but when you meet someone who KNOWS what life is like somewhere else, when you meet someone that knows what it's like to live in a society where you don't have -- not just political freedoms, but where your very future is determined on the day you are born by what your parents did and whether they were connected or not -- when you meet people like that, they know that life in this country is special. They know that life in this country is different, and they have a lot to contribute."

"So Americans by choice, people that did it the right way and chose to be Americans, oftentimes I think understand how special this country is more than someone like me, even who was born here and lived their entire life and have never had to live under a different system or a different. And I think we need to hear more from those voices as well. I think they're very powerful in that regard."

@FedSoc

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

Alt take: As the massive, truly historic, scale of the Trump administration’s staggering corruption becomes undeniable, the fact that Vance was long ago appointed Trump’s “Corruption Czar,” and has now been told to redouble his efforts, will be just a colossal albatross and probably doom his candidacy, assuming he even runs.

[Devin Duke @sirDukeDevin]

Like... Russian troops?

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

I can already picture the Finns packing their bags and leaving NATO at Putin’s demand, after everything that’s happened since 2022.

Yeah, right.

[Old Bull Lee @davebudge]

Reminds me of a college class lit discussion of whether Virginia Woolf had the most androgynous voice of any popular English writer. I couldn't reach that conclusion because I hadn't read all popular English writers. But I am convinced her prose are very gender neutral.

[John Barach @John_Barach]

Reading a female author doesn't give you "women's perspective" on anything. It gives you the perspective of that particular author. She doesn't speak for all women. She is not reducible to a member of a class. Her perspective isn't "women's perspective." It is her perspective. 1/

[Mike Nelson @mikenelson586]

Focused on the important stuff. Let's use the correct branding of the thing that just grounded America

[Alex Tabarrok @ATabarrok]

Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea.

[Sir William Browder KCMG @Billbrowder]

Putin gained a lot of experience bombing hospitals in Syria. Now applying it in Ukraine. Bastards

[Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger]

👍

[Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger]

Of interest.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

🇱🇻 Latvian PM Andris Kulbergs: "I think we, as Europe, have to grow some bigger balls."

[Old Bull Lee @davebudge]

Just pulled out of what?

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

No he didn’t. 20 million is a number Trump pulled from thin air at a campaign rally in 2024, after riffing about 15 million, then 18 million.

Since taking office, he’s also claimed 22 million and 25 million and I think once even suggested 30 million. It’s all just made up.

[Saint Javelin @saintjavelin]

The presence of russian troops on Ukrainian territory is unacceptable.

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

"I say this as someone who would dearly love to see the GOP turn away from Trump and MAGA. But Rubio is not the vehicle. He may not have personally bitten the heads off the chickens, but he enjoyed the meal."
https://t.co/r04bjlSkFZ

[pigeon @pigeontwting]

fuck you