How Ukraine worked a masterpiece in its Minerals Agreement with the United States: a thread 🧵:

To summarize, Ukraine placated Trump with a vague, unenforceable document with no specific obligations whose described purpose is Ukraine's security and prosperity.

Link at end. The "Agreement to Agree." This is the quintessential structure of the document. It sets forth only general understandings and puts off any specific duties, rights, and obligations to a later contract, the Fund Agreement.

The first class action related to DOGE's mishandling of personal sensitive information (PSI) has been filed. In this thread, I will discuss what the lawsuit alleges and claims involved. In the next thread, I will explain class actions. Complaint link:

jmp.sh/9g9rxXDf The Plaintiffs, both individually and as proposed class representatives, are employees of the federal government, including the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, the Bureau of Prisons, Navy, USAID, and the Forest Service. Their PSI was held by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

Short thread for those who are considering the concealed carry of a handgun after the election. I have carried for 10+ years. I am just going to address the basics, such as choice of caliber, weapon, ammunition, and the importance of training and practice. DM me with questions. Caliber choice. 9mm is recommended. It is what the FBI and most police departments use. With modern ammunition, the terminal performance is excellent. Shot placement is the most important component of neutralizing a threat quickly, not caliber choice.

Recently, a dispute arose over the Georgian Legion and its fundraising practices. From this focused beginning, the dispute expanded, broadly, into an array of personal attacks, doxing, harassment, and accusations of foreign influence. This thread will address the key issues. More specifically, I intend to identify in order of importance importance transparency and its connection to modern Ukrainian history, how we can avoid a repeat of this situation in the future, where donation monies are unaccounted for, and how to move forward to victory.

Why is the Purdue Pharma decision one of the most important pro consumer-protection cases to be handed down in the 21st century, if not decades? How close did we come as a nation to a devastating and dangerous result? I will simplify and summarize, short 🧵 First, a quick primer on how bankruptcy is used by corporations who commit fraud, sell defective products, or otherwise engage in malfeasance that causes broad public harm.

Quick analysis of the attackers in Makhachkala, Dagestan. Just a few quick notes, but some good information here on the weapons used and level of training. Four screenshots can tell us a lot more than you'd expect. Let's dive in. Very short thread: Dagestan is where the Boston Marathon bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev moved to Makhachkala in 2001. Dagestan is one of the most economically depressed areas occupied by Russia and a history of violent uprisings, for example, in the 1999 War in Dagestan.

By virtue of power invested in me as a human being with a tiny shred of decency, I announce on behalf of myself and the Selection Committee, the formation of the Baby Killer Hall of Fame & the selection of our inaugural member, Marjorie Taylor Greene: A🧵 Selection Criteria: to be eligible, the nominee must be alive, must have either directly ordered the murder of children, or have made significant bad faith contributions to the murder of children, through peddling disinformation, blocking legislation, or other acts that they

This week, major news outlets have reported that Putin is rattling the nuclear saber with respect to Ukraine. Yet again, the reporting has been largely unhelpful, except to Putin. I will attempt to clarify things and show why these threats should be rejected in this 🧵 There are interrelated but distinct issues in play here: the failure of the US and NATO to deter Putin in the past and how, if at all, Putin's threats should impact our current strategy with respect to Ukraine. Finally, I will preview what happens if we don't change course.