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[dudeinkc @dudeinkc]

I watched Gladiator again last night. It is amazing how Trumpian Commodus was. Plays to the mob, incestuous, daddy issues, perpetual victim, needs to stack the deck in his favor. https://t.co/RcfaslzgLz

[NO CONTEXT HUMANS @HumansNoContext]

In a world where you can be anything, be a number 50

[dudeinkc @dudeinkc]

@LifeofFitz Fall of 1984, Dogs? at Brothers and every other song at Dark Horse seemed to be "Dark Side" from Eddie and the Cruisers

[dudeinkc @dudeinkc]

If you don't like the Virginia results, ask why the GOP isn't taking up this bill.

Warnock, Padilla Introduce Bill to Ban Partisan Gerrymandering Nationwide » Reverend Raphael Warnock https://t.co/r4kf9CLBx8

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

I am not sure the American military establishment has fully grasped what Trump has actually done here. So let me spell it out in language even a Pentagon procurement officer can understand.

Europe has been buying American weapons at a staggering rate. In 2024 alone, US foreign military sales notifications to European countries hit $76 billion. Four times the European average since 2008.  F-35s, missile systems, air defence, ammunition. All of it American. All of it coming with decades of service contracts, maintenance agreements, spare parts, software updates and training programmes worth hundreds of billions more over their operational lifetimes.
Between 2020 and 2024, the United States supplied 64 percent of all European weapons imports. 
That is now over.

Europe has an $860 billion defence plan, and American contractors are being frozen out. The goal is 80 percent of all military purchases from European factories by 2030.  Airbus. Rheinmetall. KNDS. Saab. Leonardo. BAE Systems. They are about to receive the largest order book in the history of European defence industry. Because Trump made it politically impossible for any European government to keep writing cheques to Washington.

Some European governments have discussed worries that the Pentagon could remotely disable American F-35 fighters or impose restrictions on how US weapons can be used.  When your supplier is also threatening to annex your allies, that is not paranoia. That is basic procurement logic.

Trump set out to make America great again. He has succeeded magnificently. For Rheinmetall.

Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

[dudeinkc @dudeinkc]

@LifeofFitz @DanielSantelli3 Your right, the Bushes aren't in charge, they wouldn't have ignored the warnings about the damage caused by closing the strait.

[dudeinkc @dudeinkc]

@LifeofFitz @DanielSantelli3 You might also look back at Iranian history before 1979 to 1953 as well.

POTUS has effectively installed an Iranian tollbooth on the world economy, with no visible off ramp. You can argue it's a much more effective weapon than a small nuke, without the downsides.

[dudeinkc @dudeinkc]

@LifeofFitz @DanielSantelli3 Yet, it's not just Iranian oil being blocked, our gas prices are headed towards $5/gallon due to it being a global market, and we are likely looking at a global recession.

POTUS spent zero time building the case for the country, our allies, etc for this war.

[dudeinkc @dudeinkc]

@optimusklein16 @KCTV5 @785SportsKSU My understanding is it was a reunion of the "Foundation" teams, the early ones that didn't go to a bowl game, but Bill has always considered them essential in laying the groundwork for what came later.

[Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25]

Sen, Ted Cruz: "I  can also assure you that were this a Republican president, a Republican Attorney General, and a Republican IRS that were targeting Democrats, I at least would speak out just as vigorously against it because if we are going to respect rule of law, the apparatus of the federal government cannot and should not be used as a partisan tool to bludgeon your enemies."

[dudeinkc @dudeinkc]

@Super70sSports She's got the right dynamics

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@bruce_ney @KStateFB "Air Parrish"

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@CycloneLarry69 In the south, swamp ass is a real thing

[dudeinkc @dudeinkc]

@kkhasissues Except Epstein died while trump was in office.

[dudeinkc @dudeinkc]

Happy @Timodc is getting time away, but disappointed that there is no @Bulwark Podcast in his absence. Whether in house talent like @JVLast or @SarahLongwell25, or guests, it leaves a big hole in my day.

[dudeinkc @dudeinkc]

@LifeofFitz So, after all the we have heard about Epstein, the list sitting on Bondi's desk for final review, the dems hiding it, now this? Kash, Bongo, and Bondi all say there is no list, and he killed himself. Thoughts?

https://t.co/PgfqvCyi0l

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@DerekYoungKSO Beer-Boiled Brats for the Grill | Town & Country Markets https://t.co/OTGDQfaGmc

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Weird. So surprising. And by that I mean, not at all surprising.

[dudeinkc @dudeinkc]

@PeterSchorschFL I was definitely getting a french vibe off the Ghor in the square as well. Maybe because they were all so well dressed. ;>

Mon Mothma's speech though hit hard thought

[dudeinkc @dudeinkc]

@SenatorWicker Yet he and POTUS "Have been through so much together", and we seem to have their back against UKR. Wow, what should a principled GOP Senator do???? (if there are any left).

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@QuikTrip Will it debut in the soon to open MHK store?