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Jan 6 happened. Trump is actively trying to nationalize the elections. I think we have ample reason to fear he will do illegal things to stay in power. I agree taking stock of our fears is counter productive sometimes but risk assessment both negative risk (the crap that can go wrong) and positive risk (the risk of what you give up if you do not act) must be assessed equally.

While this falls in the relatively innocuous “world politics” bin… The fallout from this is very cross-cutting.

The things this will unlock! Now I gather that other countries that have Putinist leadership can still step in and block the EU's attempts to fund Ukraine. But, the entire MAGA, Tucker Carlson, Groyper, anti-Semitic, Christian Nationalist weltanschaung took a serious body blow today.

Seeing report that Orban conceded!!!!!!

Augustin Martinez setting up wholly out of the k zone against Baez.

btw, In Bruges is a bizonkers movie. Enjoyed quite a bit and then saw the town. Fun place.

When you have record turnout like that...you have to think its can't be good for Orban. If he tries to stay, he will be thrown out by the mob.

FINGERS CROSSED!!! https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-2026-election-high-voter-turnout-viktor-orban-peter-magyar/

How do we know its something... Julie K. Brown is the person who knows more than anyone not on the inside...

https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-04-12/amanda-ungaro-from-sharing-soirees-with-the-trumps-to-being-deported-by-ice.html This is something.

Nixon leveraged the "mad bomber" thing pretty well to get out of Vietnam but had Kissinger doing his cold calculating thing to manipulate the rift between the PRC and Soviets. Meanwhile, the people who have grifted and grifted and diddled and diddled do not have a move to make because nobody fears TACO.

Stole that

Goes back to her father.