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Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030.
That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.
That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.
New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
August 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030.
That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.
That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.
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"It has been a truly humiliating few weeks for Elon Musk and his followers, and it’s only going to get worse. If I weren’t laughing so much, I would almost feel sorry for them."
You Will Never See Elon Musk's The Odyssey
The humiliation of the Tesla Weirdo is complete.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
July 27, 2026 at 1:55 AM
"It has been a truly humiliating few weeks for Elon Musk and his followers, and it’s only going to get worse. If I weren’t laughing so much, I would almost feel sorry for them."
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It's hard to celebrate the ideals of the Declaration of Independence if you don't believe in them
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump and Vance Ruined the Fourth of July
Celebrating the ideals of the Declaration of Independence is hard if you don’t believe in them.
www.theatlantic.com
July 1, 2026 at 1:42 PM
It's hard to celebrate the ideals of the Declaration of Independence if you don't believe in them
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
What’s the point of paying for Peacock if I’ve still got to have the golf coverage interrupted by commercials?
June 20, 2026 at 7:22 PM
What’s the point of paying for Peacock if I’ve still got to have the golf coverage interrupted by commercials?
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Trump made thousands of transactions worth hundreds of millions of dollars in tech companies stocks, while pushing policies that boosted their (his) stock prices. The corruption is breathtaking.
www.cnbc.com/2026/05/15/t...
www.cnbc.com/2026/05/15/t...
Trump went big on tech stocks in first quarter of 2026, new filings show
Trump bought shares of Amazon, Meta, Oracle, Broadcom, Motorola and Dell worth millions, new ethics disclosure filings show.
www.cnbc.com
May 16, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Trump made thousands of transactions worth hundreds of millions of dollars in tech companies stocks, while pushing policies that boosted their (his) stock prices. The corruption is breathtaking.
www.cnbc.com/2026/05/15/t...
www.cnbc.com/2026/05/15/t...
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good lord www.politico.com/newsletters/...
March 27, 2026 at 9:12 PM
good lord www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Student visas for Africa’s best and brightest were canceled by the Trump administration, leaving empty seats and broken dreams. “A punch to the heart,” said one woman who lost her scholarship.
He Had a Full Ride at Duke—Until America Cut Him Off
Student visas for Africa’s best and brightest were canceled by the Trump administration, leaving behind empty seats and broken dreams.
on.wsj.com
March 25, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Student visas for Africa’s best and brightest were canceled by the Trump administration, leaving empty seats and broken dreams. “A punch to the heart,” said one woman who lost her scholarship.
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I wrote a lot about Bob Mueller across a lot of chapters of his career. I wanted to share two @wired.com pieces that I wrote about his defining life experiences—both a picture of an era of public service all but lost today:
1) His brave *voluntary* service in Vietnam: www.wired.com/story/robert...
1) His brave *voluntary* service in Vietnam: www.wired.com/story/robert...
The Untold Story of Robert Mueller's Time in Combat
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's job is to make sense of how Russia hacked the 2016 election. But to make sense of Mueller, you have to revisit Vietnam's bloodiest battles.
www.wired.com
March 21, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I wrote a lot about Bob Mueller across a lot of chapters of his career. I wanted to share two @wired.com pieces that I wrote about his defining life experiences—both a picture of an era of public service all but lost today:
1) His brave *voluntary* service in Vietnam: www.wired.com/story/robert...
1) His brave *voluntary* service in Vietnam: www.wired.com/story/robert...
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2) Bob Mueller’s deeply personal decades-long hunt for justice for the victims of Pan Am 103: www.wired.com/story/robert...
Pan Am Flight 103: Robert Mueller’s 30-Year Search for Justice
In 1988 a bomb downed a jet in Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 in the first major attack on Americans. Robert Mueller, then the head of the Justice Department’s criminal division, oversaw the case. F...
www.wired.com
March 21, 2026 at 6:06 PM
2) Bob Mueller’s deeply personal decades-long hunt for justice for the victims of Pan Am 103: www.wired.com/story/robert...
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To be clear, the Republicans who policed all of our speech when Charlie Kirk was killed, & who jump on anyone who doesn’t mourn their heroes correctly, have just opened the door for every liberal & leftist in America to post ‘Good, I’m glad he’s dead” when Trump eventually dies.
Trump: “Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
March 21, 2026 at 6:04 PM
To be clear, the Republicans who policed all of our speech when Charlie Kirk was killed, & who jump on anyone who doesn’t mourn their heroes correctly, have just opened the door for every liberal & leftist in America to post ‘Good, I’m glad he’s dead” when Trump eventually dies.
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Someday, Trump will die as we all must, and on that day, his knuckle-dragging fanbase will be scandalized and aggrieved that anyone would breath a negative word about him upon his death.
Remind them of days like today when Trump said he's "glad" that Robert Mueller died.
Remind them of days like today when Trump said he's "glad" that Robert Mueller died.
March 21, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Someday, Trump will die as we all must, and on that day, his knuckle-dragging fanbase will be scandalized and aggrieved that anyone would breath a negative word about him upon his death.
Remind them of days like today when Trump said he's "glad" that Robert Mueller died.
Remind them of days like today when Trump said he's "glad" that Robert Mueller died.
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"A carrier strike group is designed for blue-water power projection, not littoral escort through a corridor where a $500 contact mine can cripple a $4 billion destroyer."
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Actuarial Warfare: How Seven Insurance Letters Closed the World’s Most Critical Chokepoint and Why Markets Are Mispricing Duration by 300%
Private Reinsurance, IRGC Fragmentation, Interceptor Depletion, and a Dead Nuclear Fatwa Have Produced a Crisis No Military Victory Can Resolve
open.substack.com
March 11, 2026 at 2:50 PM
"A carrier strike group is designed for blue-water power projection, not littoral escort through a corridor where a $500 contact mine can cripple a $4 billion destroyer."
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open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
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Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...
Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined
An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein gave FBI agents true accounts of her time growing up in SC. Claims she made about Donald Trump remain unsubstantiated.
www.postandcourier.com
March 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...
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Everything Trump Touches Dies Goes Global
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Everything Trump Touches Dies Goes Global
When I tell you that everything Trump touches dies, some of you still try to find exceptions.
open.substack.com
March 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Everything Trump Touches Dies Goes Global
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open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
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SelfCare and Wellness, presidential edition talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/war-a...
March 6, 2026 at 7:22 PM
SelfCare and Wellness, presidential edition talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/war-a...
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Twelve years stolen from Medicare’s future.
Money collected from workers, promised to the elderly.
Reassigned to those who already have too much.
trump's wealthy donor tax cuts are literally killing us.
The hunger at the top is never satisfied, it only asks who will be trimmed next.
Money collected from workers, promised to the elderly.
Reassigned to those who already have too much.
trump's wealthy donor tax cuts are literally killing us.
The hunger at the top is never satisfied, it only asks who will be trimmed next.
In less than a year, Trump erased 12 years of solvency for the trust fund that pays for Medicare Part A | Fortune
The CBO estimates that benefit reductions would start at 8% in 2040 and steadily climb to a 10% cut by 2056.
fortune.com
February 24, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Twelve years stolen from Medicare’s future.
Money collected from workers, promised to the elderly.
Reassigned to those who already have too much.
trump's wealthy donor tax cuts are literally killing us.
The hunger at the top is never satisfied, it only asks who will be trimmed next.
Money collected from workers, promised to the elderly.
Reassigned to those who already have too much.
trump's wealthy donor tax cuts are literally killing us.
The hunger at the top is never satisfied, it only asks who will be trimmed next.
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Thank you to Greenland for providing emergency medical care to a US sailor on board the submarine, since we did not have adequate resources in the area to treat him. I’m sorry that our president felt the need to cover up our shortcomings with a deranged ghost hospital ship post.
February 22, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Thank you to Greenland for providing emergency medical care to a US sailor on board the submarine, since we did not have adequate resources in the area to treat him. I’m sorry that our president felt the need to cover up our shortcomings with a deranged ghost hospital ship post.
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“Derisking” has taken on new meaning. Now it is dependence on an unpredictable US under President Trump that many countries view as dangerous. As a result, a new wave of strategic recalculation is one of the strongest geopolitical winds blowing across the globe.
open.substack.com/pub/fridains...
open.substack.com/pub/fridains...
De-Risking from the US
U.S. allies once feared dependence on China, now they fear relying on the U.S.
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM
“Derisking” has taken on new meaning. Now it is dependence on an unpredictable US under President Trump that many countries view as dangerous. As a result, a new wave of strategic recalculation is one of the strongest geopolitical winds blowing across the globe.
open.substack.com/pub/fridains...
open.substack.com/pub/fridains...
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This is no small matter: The Trump administration let its guard down in Syria. It allowed the new Syrian govt to push out the Kurds who were guarding ISIS detention camps. Now thousands of ISIS prisoners and families have escaped. What could possibly go wrong?
news.sky.com/story/syrian...
news.sky.com/story/syrian...
Syrian government acknowledges widespread escapes from ISIS-linked al Hol camp
A Syrian government official has told Sky News that the detention camp, which housed tens of thousands of women and children linked to ISIS, was largely emptied by escapes after it was seized from Kur...
news.sky.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:19 PM
This is no small matter: The Trump administration let its guard down in Syria. It allowed the new Syrian govt to push out the Kurds who were guarding ISIS detention camps. Now thousands of ISIS prisoners and families have escaped. What could possibly go wrong?
news.sky.com/story/syrian...
news.sky.com/story/syrian...
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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I just penned this piece with Tom Joscelyn
Fact Checking Bari Weiss: The Stated Reasons for Spiking 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT”
"If 60 Minutes had 'explained this' as Weiss described they should, the segment would have included false or highly misleading information."
Fact Checking Bari Weiss: The Stated Reasons for Spiking 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT”
"If 60 Minutes had 'explained this' as Weiss described they should, the segment would have included false or highly misleading information."
Fact Checking Bari Weiss: The Stated Reasons for Spiking 60 Minutes "Inside CECOT"
Analysis of Bari Weiss's stated justifications to 60 Minutes staff for not airing segment on CECOT prison.
www.justsecurity.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I just penned this piece with Tom Joscelyn
Fact Checking Bari Weiss: The Stated Reasons for Spiking 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT”
"If 60 Minutes had 'explained this' as Weiss described they should, the segment would have included false or highly misleading information."
Fact Checking Bari Weiss: The Stated Reasons for Spiking 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT”
"If 60 Minutes had 'explained this' as Weiss described they should, the segment would have included false or highly misleading information."
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The anguish in Jewish communities is two-fold: First, the assaults themselves. Second, the lack of understanding by authorities and non-Jewish community leaders about the depth of the threat makes them deadlier, more likely, and more infuriating.
open.substack.com/pub/fridains...
open.substack.com/pub/fridains...
The Hannukah Massacre
Can the Killing on an Australian Beach Help Stop a Wave of Antisemitism?
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The anguish in Jewish communities is two-fold: First, the assaults themselves. Second, the lack of understanding by authorities and non-Jewish community leaders about the depth of the threat makes them deadlier, more likely, and more infuriating.
open.substack.com/pub/fridains...
open.substack.com/pub/fridains...
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Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
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What already has the makings of a corrupt deal will reverberate around the world -- and most certainly in the U.S.
fridainsight.substack.com/p/cnns-futur...
fridainsight.substack.com/p/cnns-futur...
December 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
What already has the makings of a corrupt deal will reverberate around the world -- and most certainly in the U.S.
fridainsight.substack.com/p/cnns-futur...
fridainsight.substack.com/p/cnns-futur...