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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.

Please, please, please https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/world/europe/orban-loyalists-defect.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aFA.8sxt.6Rj_aFUl7Kvw&smid=url-share

What is awful is the really gross behavior of her ex-husband toward her (having ICE detain her) did not result in dot connecting by any reporters. Wait, it probably did. What happened was it didn't result in any news organizations willing to put that dot connection out in a form the general public could understand.

well, its gonna happen or he's gonna get strung up

This season so far has been a continuation of September. That really ain't fun.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Ungaro Read up...

What the absolute **** is this? Michael Burry says he's still betting against Palantir after Trump post boosts stock Why does Trump get to bumps stocks like this?

Pete Hegseth’s holy war: the militant Christian theology animating the US attack on Iran | Pete Hegseth | The Guardian This is some scary stuff

Subtextual posting is subtexual.

The wife belongs to the Freedom from Religion Foundation. I am of the opinion that religion is an essential glue for society and love the positive benefits for civilization, but I generally dislike violations of the 1st amendment. So, she's constantly pointing out things from the FFRF newspaper she gets each week. Holy crap, the military under Kegbreath is less-than-subtle about some lunatic narratives about the Iran war being an accelerationalist effort to speed up Jesus return.