🤍💙🤍 Anglo-Saxon Cat; liberal utilitarian; anti-conservatist; anti-muskist; anti-trumpist. My blog: https://t.co/qr3npLHQCn
Jun 20 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„So is the @realDonaldTrump administration friendly to Jews, as they claim, or threatening to us? The answer is that it depends on what kind of Jew you are — or, perhaps, where you live.
@RonFilipkowski @realDonaldTrump 2).
The MAGA right’s approach can best be described as »pro-Israel antisemitism«: a simultaneous embrace of the Jewish state and attack on American Jews’ place in American life.
Jun 19 • 22 tweets • 6 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Christian Zionism [1] [2] [3] [4] is an ideology among some evangelical Christians, particularly in the U.S., that interprets the Bible as promising the land of Israel eternally to the Jews and asserting that God would bless Israel’s supporters.
@RonFilipkowski 2).
Some proponents also interpret the Bible as predicting many Jews’ eventual conversion to Christianity [5].
Jun 19 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
– „»Alright, ladies and gentlemen, how many of you believe Jesus is king? How many of you believe that @realDonaldTrump is their president?« – Whoops from the pews.
@RonFilipkowski @realDonaldTrump 2).
– »How many of you believe that Michael Flynn [1] [2] is America’s general?« – More applause. – »And how many of you believe in the power of prayer?« [3]”.
Jun 19 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
@DemocraticDaisy @RonFilipkowski 1).
„Academy Award-winning filmmaker @realRonHoward said Wed., Jan. 1, 2020, that many people in the entertainment industry who have worked with President Trump in some capacity view him as a »self-serving, dishonest, morally bankrupt ego maniac«.
@DemocraticDaisy @RonFilipkowski @RealRonHoward 2).
Howard added that @realDonaldTrump cares only about his bank account and is »hustling« the U.S. as president.
Jun 19 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
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„The US is the only country that possesses the kind of bomb required to strike Iran’s Fordow nuclear site...
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Destroying Fordow from the air would be almost impossible for Israel, according to a March report from the UK-based Royal United Services Institute (@RUSI_org) think tank and would require significant firepower and assistance from the US.
Jun 19 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Projections for inflation and unemployment grew, while those for growth sank. Anything that carries even the suggestion of stagflation can put markets on high alert.
@RonFilipkowski 2).
The dot plot saw core inflation expectations increase to a peak of 3.1% compared with 2.8% in March, and the projected unemployment rate ticked up to 4.5% from 4.4%. Â
As markets grapple with domestic uncertainty, they were greeted with another war in the Middle East.”
Jun 19 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Conservative influencers first seized on Walz’s 2019 reappointment of Boelter to a state board to promote baseless claims that @GovTimWalz was implicated in the attack on state Rep. Melissa Hortman and state Sen. John Hoffman and their spouses.
@RonFilipkowski @GovTimWalz 2)
Now, some online personalities said @Tim_Walz tried to erase evidence of past praise for Boelter.
@kenblackwell, a Republican former Ohio Secretary of State, and other social media users shared the statement across other platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Bluesky.
Jun 19 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Inside the clashes between @realDonaldTrump and @TulsiGabbard
@RonFilipkowski @realDonaldTrump @TulsiGabbard 2)
Asked for comment, @WhiteHouse spokesperson @StevenCheung (@StevenCheung47) said the president »has full confidence in his entire exceptional national security team« and insisted that »efforts by the legacy media to sow internal division are a distraction that will not work«.
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Ayyatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (1900 or 1902 – 1989) [1] [2] [3] [4] was the Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989. The office is currently held by Ayyatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
@RonFilipkowski @RonnyJacksonTX @RepRonnyJackson 2).
Endnotes:
@KevinlyFather @atrupar 1).
On Nov. 3, 2022, during a campaign rally for Democratic Rep. Mike Levin at MiraCosta College near San Diego, then-US President Joe Biden, referring to the protests that erupted after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini (1999–2022) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7],
@KevinlyFather @atrupar 2).
declared that „Donʼt worry, weʼre gonna free Iran” [8] [9] [10] [11].
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Though @Newsweek has been unable to verify the veracity of the image, the drug test lists a woman named Jennifer Taylor as being associated with Fastest Labs of South Austin.
@RonFilipkowski @Newsweek 2).
Newsweek has seen a LinkedIn profile which lists Taylor as the owner of Fastest Labs and states that it provides »Industry-Leading Drug, Alcohol & DNA Testing«.
Jun 19 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„The largest decline in sales in four months reported by the @CommerceGov on Tues. added to moderate job growth last month in suggesting that domestic demand was softening.
@RonFilipkowski @CommerceGov 2).
That was reinforced by other data showing production at factories, outside motor vehicle assembly, decreased in May.
Jun 19 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
◆︎ Source material for this photo (17 June 2025 – date the recording was posted on YouTube):
youtube.com/shorts/EBfrkwR…
@RonFilipkowski 2).
The authenticity of the recording is confirmed by another video posted by @meduzaproject, but with a view from a different perspective (0:06 – 0:09)
@DemocraticDaisy @RonFilipkowski 1).
„[...] in the 1970s, Roy Cohn (1927–1986) took a young @realDonaldTrump »under his wing and as a client«. He taught him how to attack his opponents relentlessly [1].”
@DemocraticDaisy @RonFilipkowski @realDonaldTrump 2).
„While representing Trump, Cohn simultaneously represented mobster Anthony Salerno (1911–1992) who along with other mobsters controlled the concrete unions in New York.
Jun 18 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„US President @realDonaldTrump indicated at the G7 summit that he is in no rush to impose tougher sanctions on Russia, dismissing pressure from allied leaders eager to do more to push Moscow to the negotiating table.
@RonFilipkowski @realDonaldTrump 2).
The @POTUS has repeatedly said he is considering new economic penalties on Russia, but has declined to follow through.
Jun 18 • 18 tweets • 4 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„ @POTUS @realDonaldTrump on Tues., June 17, 2025, repudiated Director of National Intelligence @TulsiGabbard's assessment that Iran has not been building a nuclear weapon, publicly contradicting his spy chief for the first time during his second term.
@RonFilipkowski @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @TulsiGabbard 2).
In rejecting his top spyĘĽs judgment, Trump appeared to embrace @IsraeliPM Benjamin @netanyahu's justification for launching airstrikes last week on Iranian nuclear and military targets, saying he believed Tehran was on the verge of having a warhead.
Jun 18 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„An Afghan man who worked alongside U.S. troops in Afghanistan was detained by @ICEgov officers on June 11, 2025 in San Diego [1].
@RonFilipkowski @ICEgov 2).
– »This man served with our troops. He came through the front door. He followed every rule. And we locked him up anyway« – said @shawnjvandiver [2],
@ICEgov agents have been told to continue conducting enforcement operations at agricultural businesses despite concerns about negative effects on the food industry.
@RonFilipkowski @ICEgov 2).
@StephenM, an architect of much of @realDonaldTrump's aggressive immigration policy, had privately opposed carving out exceptions for certain industries that rely heavily on workers without legal status,
Jun 18 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
@rhonda_harbison @Acyn @SecDef @JesseBWatters 1).
„As @realDonaldTrump publicly threatens to join Israel in attacking Iran, an unlikely coalition of lawmakers has moved to prevent the president from involving US forces in the conflict without Congress’s approval.
@rhonda_harbison @Acyn @SecDef @JesseBWatters @realDonaldTrump 2).
On Tues., Republican congressman @RepThomasMassie, whose libertarian-tinged politics have often put him at odds with @realDonaldTrump, joined with several progressive Democrats to introduce in the House of Representatives a war powers resolution
Jun 17 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
@atrupar @RonFilipkowski 1).
– „»Barring miracles, building a smartphone entirely in the U.S. by Sept. is all but impossible« – @TinglongDai, professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School [1] [2], told @Newsweek.
@atrupar @RonFilipkowski @TinglongDai @Newsweek 2).
– »The U.S. doesnʼt currently have the supply chain to support that. We donʼt make key components like screens, memory chips, or camera modules here at scale« – he added. – »Even final assembly would be a stretch without significant lead time and preparation« [3].”
Jun 17 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„[...] Trump had said it had been »big mistake« to exclude Russia from G7 summits in his first comments in Kananaskis, flanked by @MarkJCarney, Canada’s prime minister.
@RonFilipkowski @MarkJCarney 2).
@realDonaldTrump has long said he would like to see the G7 return to a G8 format, bringing Moscow back into the fold as it was before Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.