Jared Peterson

Missouri Synod Lutheran, Husband, Politics Junkie, Idahoan-in-Exile

Repeatedly and depressingly vindicated anti-Trumper

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

Donald Trump is one of the most anti-American presidents we’ve ever had. He genuinely despises and resents the First Amendment and the fundamental principles of this country.

[Jared Peterson @yourrealjanitor]

@PrezWisdom As I recall, they didn't even inform Vice Pres. Stevenson that it was happening. Had Cleveland not survived the surgery (rocky boat and sharp things don't mix), that would have caught Stevenson completely off guard.

[theleahfiles @leahfiles]

People keep saying Trump term II is the most corrupt administration ever, so I built a model to find out if it was true.

I took the UN's definition of corruption, turned it into eight criteria and 100 points, and scored the leaders history remembers for looting their countries: Marcos, Suharto, Mobutu, Abacha, Obiang, Putin.

Then I put every president since Eisenhower on the same scale, both parties, with every exoneration counted right alongside the convictions.

Nixon scored 41 and no other American President scored over a 25.

Trump's second term scored a 91, which ties him with Suharto and Mobutu and puts him above Marcos and Abacha.

So he is not only the most corrupt president in American history. At this pace he finishes his term level with the most corrupt rulers of the last hundred years.

PSA: don't come in my comments arguing about the results if you haven't read the full article, because ignorance is a choice.

Full article is up now on my Substack (link in bio) and it's free.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

Much of the discourse here reminds me of this quote by J. R. R. Tolkien.

[Jared Peterson @yourrealjanitor]

@KnowingBetterYT Kiritimati is Christmas Island. Kiribati is "Gilberts"

[Jared Peterson @yourrealjanitor]

@WhiteHouse Went from HOMES to SHAME.

[Jared Peterson @yourrealjanitor]

The West is pretty cool.

[Catherine Rampell @crampell]

Are we going to bomb the bond market? What?

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

This cruelty has no need but cruelty. Haiti remains deeply dangerous; a country in the throes of anarchy since the events of 2021.

Hundreds of thousands of people are SAFE. They are safe. They are safe here and our nation has decided to make them unsafe. And for what?

[Billy Binion @billybinion]

It's repulsive how many people jeer at this stuff. Haiti is controlled by armed gangs. People are starving, it's hard to get basic essentials like medicine, & violence is routine. Every smug keyboard warrior mocking this man would also be sobbing if they were living his reality.

[UEFA @UEFA]

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[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of War lowered the total number of American servicemembers officially killed during the Iran War from 18 to 14, removing the four servicemembers killed during the most recent round of hostilities in the Middle East; 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, who were killed last week by an Iranian ballistic missile attack in Jordan, and Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, who died as a result of a controlled demolition of an Iranian one-way attack drone in Iraq. Three military officials told The New York Times that one reason behind the change was that their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a ceasefire with Iran in April.

[Zealand @theoldzealand]

There is one team that has played both World Cup finalists

They also didn’t lose to either over 90 minutes

Cape Verde

[Jared Peterson @yourrealjanitor]

@StatisticUrban Americans barely know our own presidents, let alone leaders in other countries. It's a civic symptom of global hegemony - America doesn't feel like the world affects them, so there is no need to know about the world. It's unfortunate.

[Jared Peterson @yourrealjanitor]

@HistoryCalendar

[Jared Peterson @yourrealjanitor]

@clashreport Que?

[Jared Peterson @yourrealjanitor]

@BillKristol Correction: The refs are undecided on who to support in England vs Argentina. It's like picking their favorite child.

[Jared Peterson @yourrealjanitor]

@theoldzealand Unless I'm missing one, only two World Cups had the semi-finals contested only by previous champions: 1970 and 1990.

[Arelis R. Hernández @arelisrhdz]

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: The men arrested alongside Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, including his brother, are contesting DHS account of the fatal shooting, say he didn’t ram any ICE officers.
https://t.co/WL4Ej7s1XE

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

AWFUL. The video is crystal clear. They smash the guy's head directly into a stone wall and then freakout at the person filming them, probably because they knew what they'd just done.

This is unacceptable behavior from federal agents.