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We The People's Elections Must Be Established Upon Basic & Traditional Platforms—Of, By, & For We The People—Eyes-On & Hands-On
Simultaneously, technology raises complexity & lowers confidence
If it must be explained by a technology specialist, it's too complex for its own good
Simultaneously, technology raises complexity & lowers confidence
If it must be explained by a technology specialist, it's too complex for its own good
We The People see through the Anti-Election Integrity Agenda-Driven Propaganda PsyOp, here.
Add this supplemental high-tech/low-confidence elections administration platform to the evergrowing wasteland of all-time elections administration failures:
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Add this supplemental high-tech/low-confidence elections administration platform to the evergrowing wasteland of all-time elections administration failures:
cdt.org/insights/cdt-l…
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The Netherlands actually voted to pass a tax on unrealized capital gains. I wish I were making that up. 🍿
More specifically, their House of Representatives has voted to pass it, but their Senate is also expected to pass it (so says Grok 4.20), which will make it law in the next few months… 👀
… and here’s my best Seinfeld analogy for those of you who are still not gettin’ it:
Link to full video on a related topic:
Link to full video on a related topic:
1/ Leaked messages and photographs from a senior Russian general show his role in the murder, torture and abuse of captured Ukrainians, some of whom had their ears cut off. The messages illustrate how routine extreme brutality is in the Russian army, even at senior levels. ⬇️
2/ Major General Roman Demurchiev, Deputy Commander of the 20th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Federation, has been commanding Russian forces in Ukraine since 2022. He has been given awards and promotions for his service.
3/ Ukrainian sources have obtained an archive of his personal data by undisclosed means, almost certainly by hacking his phone. The correspondence, published in part by Radio Liberty, includes open references to the mistreatment of Ukrainian POWs.
🧵 THREAD: Tom Nichols hates you more than you hate him, and here are the receipts.
Thread below. stwo weeks, military commentators across 𝕏 have been dogpiling @RadioFreeTom for his criticism of Hegseth and his insufferable debate style... bemoaning the lack of War College graduates in his feed while banning actual alumni like @CynicalPublius, @infantrydort, and As.
He's not sorry about it.
So I compiled a dossier on him. And it's worse than you think.
I have never encountered a public figure who carries this much contempt for his own country... not its government, not its politicians, but its people. The Americans he spent 25 years teaching at the Naval War College? He thinks they're the greatest threat to democracy.
That's a direct quote.
It raises a serious question: should someone who views American servicemen as a danger to the republic have any influence over how they are sent to war?
I think his material at the Naval War College should be retroactively reviewed. I'm serious.
As always, patience as I pull the thread together. 👇
Thread below. stwo weeks, military commentators across 𝕏 have been dogpiling @RadioFreeTom for his criticism of Hegseth and his insufferable debate style... bemoaning the lack of War College graduates in his feed while banning actual alumni like @CynicalPublius, @infantrydort, and As.
He's not sorry about it.
So I compiled a dossier on him. And it's worse than you think.
I have never encountered a public figure who carries this much contempt for his own country... not its government, not its politicians, but its people. The Americans he spent 25 years teaching at the Naval War College? He thinks they're the greatest threat to democracy.
That's a direct quote.
It raises a serious question: should someone who views American servicemen as a danger to the republic have any influence over how they are sent to war?
I think his material at the Naval War College should be retroactively reviewed. I'm serious.
As always, patience as I pull the thread together. 👇
@RadioFreeTom He wrote a whole book on how "We, the people" is the "greatest threat to democracy in the United States."
Why? Because they don't agree with him on globalism, or China, or immigration.
Why? Because they don't agree with him on globalism, or China, or immigration.
@RadioFreeTom "Lumpen-bourgeoisie." I think he does like to project a lot.
Heute: #European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change: Strengthening #Resilience to Climate Change. Recommendations for an effective EU #adaptation policy framework. „Standardisieren, harmonisieren und modellieren“, lauten die Hauptforderungen: .lnkd.in/dy_VqY8m
Voller konzeptioneller Unschärfen (z.B. transformative #Resilienz), getragen von naiven technokratischen Überzeugungen sowie einer unzureichenden Auseinandersetzung mit den aufgeworfenen #Verteilungskonflikten und #Gerechtigkeitsfragen in einer Situation des #Overshoot.
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@NazaninNour @Shayan86 1).
„Comprehensive and fully reliable demographic data on Iran’s ethnic composition is not available. Many academic and policy sources had relied on figures from the now-discontinued @CIA World Factbook [1], even though it had ceased reporting ethnic data on Iran a decade ago.
„Comprehensive and fully reliable demographic data on Iran’s ethnic composition is not available. Many academic and policy sources had relied on figures from the now-discontinued @CIA World Factbook [1], even though it had ceased reporting ethnic data on Iran a decade ago.
@NazaninNour @Shayan86 @CIA 2).
While these estimates provided a generally consistent picture of the relative size of Iran’s largest ethnic communities, they did not account for several smaller indigenous groups, including the Gilakis, Mazandaranis, Talysh, and Tats.
While these estimates provided a generally consistent picture of the relative size of Iran’s largest ethnic communities, they did not account for several smaller indigenous groups, including the Gilakis, Mazandaranis, Talysh, and Tats.
@NazaninNour @Shayan86 @CIA 3).
As a result, percentage-based representations are more defensible for major groups than for smaller and less documented communities, whose exclusion distorts assessments of Iran’s patterns of repression.
As a result, percentage-based representations are more defensible for major groups than for smaller and less documented communities, whose exclusion distorts assessments of Iran’s patterns of repression.
Why hasn’t a single Republican lawmaker warned the public that the Save America Act wld require that every state “submit [their] complete, official list of individuals registered as eligible voters for Federal office in the State to the Department of Homeland Security”? Why has the media blindly accepted the GOP’s framing of this bill? Did they bother to read it? 1/
2/ Link:
3/ Thread.
In Geneva, Ukraine tries to prevent Russia from getting Donbas but to no avail.
The latest round of talks ended without progress, as Moscow demands Kyiv hand over a 50×40 mile strip of territory in Donetsk as the price for ending the war. — NYT 1/
The latest round of talks ended without progress, as Moscow demands Kyiv hand over a 50×40 mile strip of territory in Donetsk as the price for ending the war. — NYT 1/
Russia wants a strip of land about 50 miles long and 40 miles wide between the frontline and the administrative border of Donetsk region, covering dozens of towns and villages.
Ukraine refuses to withdraw unilaterally. 2/
Ukraine refuses to withdraw unilaterally. 2/
Kyiv argues that ceding land would embolden Russia to attack again, either in Ukraine or elsewhere.
Zelenskyy: “Allowing the aggressor to take something is a big mistake.” 3/
Zelenskyy: “Allowing the aggressor to take something is a big mistake.” 3/
8 HIDDEN GROK COMMANDS THAT 90% OF USERS DON’T KNOW
Most people use GROK like this:
“Write a post,”
“Make a list,”
“Explain this…”
But if you’re doing that, you’re missing out on 90% of its real power.
Here are 8 advanced commands that will make GROK work at its full potential:
Most people use GROK like this:
“Write a post,”
“Make a list,”
“Explain this…”
But if you’re doing that, you’re missing out on 90% of its real power.
Here are 8 advanced commands that will make GROK work at its full potential:
1️⃣ “Act as…” – Turns GROK into any expert.
→ Generic prompts give weak answers. Defining a clear role improves results dramatically.
→ Example: “Act as a luxury brand marketer. Develop a high-end product promotion strategy.”
→ Generic prompts give weak answers. Defining a clear role improves results dramatically.
→ Example: “Act as a luxury brand marketer. Develop a high-end product promotion strategy.”
2️⃣ “Break this answer down into 3 levels: beginner, advanced, expert.”
→ You get a response tailored to different skill levels.
→ Perfect for learning, articles, scripts, and marketing.
→ You get a response tailored to different skill levels.
→ Perfect for learning, articles, scripts, and marketing.
1995: CBS’s Dan Rather warns that Americans are being “replaced by foreigners.”
I found an entire one-hour episode of CBS’s 48 Hours about the harms of both legal and illegal immigration, titled “Slamming the door.”
Let’s go through the whole thing in detail.
🧵
I found an entire one-hour episode of CBS’s 48 Hours about the harms of both legal and illegal immigration, titled “Slamming the door.”
Let’s go through the whole thing in detail.
🧵
This special is a giant commercial against mass immigration.
It covers:
— Cheap labor replacing Americans.
— Preventable crimes by illegal aliens.
— The need for a robust enforcement agency.
— Schools crowded beyond capacity.
— Americans subsidizing illegals' healthcare.
It covers:
— Cheap labor replacing Americans.
— Preventable crimes by illegal aliens.
— The need for a robust enforcement agency.
— Schools crowded beyond capacity.
— Americans subsidizing illegals' healthcare.
When’s the last time you heard Dan Rather talk like this?
“In the next 48 hours, an estimated 6,000 immigrants, both legal and illegal, will arrive in this country, straining our ability to handle this flood of newcomers.
“And now, this nation of immigrants faces a painful question: should immigration be slowed, or even stopped?
“It’s a question more Americans are asking, as they view these new arrivals with concern, and even in some quarters, outrage.”
It’s hard to believe, but back before Democrats decided to start importing voters, broadcast journalists sometimes covered immigration from the perspective of Americans.
“In the next 48 hours, an estimated 6,000 immigrants, both legal and illegal, will arrive in this country, straining our ability to handle this flood of newcomers.
“And now, this nation of immigrants faces a painful question: should immigration be slowed, or even stopped?
“It’s a question more Americans are asking, as they view these new arrivals with concern, and even in some quarters, outrage.”
It’s hard to believe, but back before Democrats decided to start importing voters, broadcast journalists sometimes covered immigration from the perspective of Americans.
Former Ukrainian FM Kuleba: Trump likes Putin. He would like to rule America the way Putin rules Russia or Xi rules China.
Trump sees the world through a superpower lens: when a superpower tells a country what to do, it should comply.
Ukraine doesn’t fit that worldview.
1/
Trump sees the world through a superpower lens: when a superpower tells a country what to do, it should comply.
Ukraine doesn’t fit that worldview.
1/
Former Ukrainian FM Kuleba: I don’t expect any deal before the end of winter.
Russia bringing Medinsky back sends a signal: “We’re not in a hurry.”
This is a circus. He’s a clown, not a negotiator.
2/
Russia bringing Medinsky back sends a signal: “We’re not in a hurry.”
This is a circus. He’s a clown, not a negotiator.
2/
Kuleba: Putin will agree to a ceasefire only under two conditions.
First: the front stabilizes. He can no longer claim “we advance every day, we hold the initiative.”
Second: Russia’s economic problems become so severe that he needs a pause to ease sanctions pressure.
3/
First: the front stabilizes. He can no longer claim “we advance every day, we hold the initiative.”
Second: Russia’s economic problems become so severe that he needs a pause to ease sanctions pressure.
3/
Over the past year, the Trump administration hasn’t just embarked on a mass hiring spree to deploy ICE and CBP agents to American cities, they have also been building heavily armed and unaccountable immigration agencies.
They have contracted for millions of dollars’ worth of weapons. How far will the arms spree go?
We’ve uncovered just how much firepower they plan to put on our streets.🧵
They have contracted for millions of dollars’ worth of weapons. How far will the arms spree go?
We’ve uncovered just how much firepower they plan to put on our streets.🧵
In just one year, ICE and CBP committed to spend more than $144 million in taxpayer dollars on lethal firearms, ammunition, chemical weapons, and more.
One such contract is for $9.1 million in assault-style rifles, which could allow ICE to buy thousands of semi-automatic weapons for agents with less than two months of training.
One such contract is for $9.1 million in assault-style rifles, which could allow ICE to buy thousands of semi-automatic weapons for agents with less than two months of training.
Americans have already seen the deadly consequences of arming reckless, unqualified, and unaccountable federal immigration agents.
But this data proves that DHS isn’t backing down.
Less than two weeks after Renee Good was gunned down in Minneapolis, CBP ordered $640,000+ more worth of Glocks.
But this data proves that DHS isn’t backing down.
Less than two weeks after Renee Good was gunned down in Minneapolis, CBP ordered $640,000+ more worth of Glocks.
