𝕭𝖗𝖎𝖆𝖓 𝕮𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖚𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖕𝖍𝖔𝖇𝖊 2 Profile picture
🤍💙🤍 Anglo-Saxon Cat; liberal utilitarian; anti-conservatist; anti-muskist; anti-trumpist. My blog: https://t.co/qr3npLHQCn
Apr 3 4 tweets 1 min read
@rhonda_harbison @atrupar @howardlutnick 1).
„Tariffs will indeed hurt farmers badly. Farm costs will rise. Farm incomes will drop. Under @realDonaldTrump's tariffs, farmers will pay more for fertilizer. They will pay more for farm equipment. They will pay more for the fuel to ship their products to market. @rhonda_harbison @atrupar @howardlutnick @realDonaldTrump 2).
When foreign countries retaliate, raising their own tariff barriers, American farmers will lose export markets.
Apr 3 5 tweets 2 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Economists and economic historians have agreed that the passage of the Smoot–Hawley Tariff worsened the effects of the Great Depression [1]. @RonFilipkowski 2).
The depression worsened for workers and farmers despite Smoot and Hawleyʼs promises of prosperity from high tariffs; consequently, Hawley lost re-nomination, while Smoot was one of 12 @GOP Senators who lost their seats in the 1932 elections,
Apr 2 4 tweets 2 min read
@AmbJohnBolton 1).
„Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base [1], the U.K. government said Tues [2]. @AmbJohnBolton 2).
The government signaled that @POTUS @realDonaldTrump's administration, which was consulted on the deal, has given its approval and no further action is needed from the U.S. [2].”

April 1, 2025
Apr 2 4 tweets 1 min read
@RALee85 @Shayan86 @mediazzzona „ @mediazzzona (@mediazona_en) Mediazona, in with @bbcrussian service and a team of volunteers, maintains a named list of deceased Russian military personnel”

zona.media/casualties @RALee85 @Shayan86 @mediazzzona @mediazona_en @bbcrussian „To provide a more comprehensive picture of the war’s impact, we offer a second figure: an estimate of excess mortality among men, based on Probate registry data.
Apr 2 4 tweets 2 min read
@ConspiracyBull1 @Shayan86 1).
„Hind Qubwāt is a Syrian-Canadian politician, researcher, international counsel and activist who is currently serving as Minister of Social and Labour Affairs since 2025” [1] [2] [3], as the only woman and Christian in the new Syrian government [1] [3]. @ConspiracyBull1 @Shayan86 2).
Hind Qubwāt is also a regular columnist for @HuffPost [1] [3] [4] [5].

Endnotes:

[1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hind_Kaba…

[2] fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hind_Kaba…

[3] de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hind_Kaba…

[4] @HuffPost huffpost.com/author/hindkab…

[5] @HuffPost huffpost.com/entry/the-time…
Apr 2 4 tweets 1 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Retired Lt. Gen. Dan »Razin« Caine, the nominee for Joint Chiefs chair, on Tuesday disputed @POTUS @realDonaldTrump's claim that he donned a MAGA hat when they met in Iraq. @RonFilipkowski @POTUS @realDonaldTrump 2).
»For 34 years, I’ve upheld my oath of office and my commitment to my commission« – Caine told Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), during his Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing. – »And I have never worn any political merchandise«.
Apr 1 4 tweets 1 min read
1).
„Why @CoryBooker Has Been Speaking on the Senate Floor for Over 20 Hours 2).
– »I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the U.S. Senate for as long as I am physically able« – Booker said near the start of his speech. – »I rise tonight because I believe sincerely that our nation is in crisis«.”
Mar 31 5 tweets 1 min read
@PKulpok @drPNapierala 1).
„Burgemeester de Amsterdamse Femke Halsema bedankte vrijdagmiddag persoonlijk de heldhaftige Britse toerist die donderdag de dader van de steekpartij in de Amsterdamse binnenstad overmeesterde. @PKulpok @drPNapierala 2).
Halsema ontving hem in de ambtswoning en vertelde dat ze onder de indruk was van zijn snelle, daadkrachtige optreden. De toerist zelf wil liever niet zijn verhaal doen aan de pers. Hij maakt zich nog grote zorgen om de slachtoffers [1].”
Mar 31 4 tweets 1 min read
@TankerTrackers @Shayan86 1).
„After Mr @realDonaldTrump threatened military action against the regime if it did not make a deal with the U.S. over its nuclear programme, @TankerTrackers @Shayan86 @realDonaldTrump 2).
a senior Iranian military official told The Telegraph that Tehran would strike the joint US-UK naval base on Diego Garcia [1] (largest island in the Chagos Archipelago [2]) in response to any U.S. attack”

March 29, 2025
Mar 30 4 tweets 2 min read
@Shayan86

1).
The term „autism” was first coined by the Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler (1857–1939) [1] in 1911 as part of his research on schizophrenia. 2).
The modern definition as we know it was independently coined by Hans Asperger (1906–1980) [2] [3] in 1944 and Leo Kanner (1894–1981) [4] [5] in 1943.

Endnotes:

[1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Ble…

[2] de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Aspe…

[3] fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Aspe…
Mar 30 5 tweets 1 min read
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„In the lead-up to the election in Nov. last year, Jennifer Piggott, from Parkersburg, W. Va., flew a @realDonaldTrump flag outside her house. She was not the only one; 2).
her community in Wood County voted overwhelmingly for the Republican candidate, who scooped 70 percent of the votes in the area.

But just weeks into Trump 2.0, the @POTUS let Piggott and others like her down by firing 125 probationary civil service workers.
Mar 29 5 tweets 1 min read
@evanasmith @Gotoomem 1).
„For the cover of the April 7, 2025, issue, the cartoonist Barry Blitt borrows the visual imagery of Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 film, »Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb«, @evanasmith @Gotoomem 2).
to convey the sense of impending doom that seizes anyone who turns on the news lately. And in the wake of Signalgate, as David Remnick writes,
Mar 28 4 tweets 1 min read
1).
„It’s not the hypocrisy that bothers me; it’s the stupidity. We’re all shocked – shocked! – that @POTUS @realDonaldTrump and his team don’t actually care about protecting classified information or federal record retention laws. But we knew that already. 2).
What’s much worse is that top Trump administration officials put our troops in jeopardy by sharing military plans on a commercial messaging app and unwittingly invited a journalist into the chat. That’s dangerous. And it’s just dumb.”

March 28, 2025
Mar 28 4 tweets 1 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„When @POTUS @realDonaldTrump convened CEOs of some of the country’s top automakers for a call earlier this month, he issued a warning: They better not raise car prices because of tariffs. @RonFilipkowski @POTUS @realDonaldTrump 2).
@realDonaldTrump told the executives that the @WhiteHouse would look unfavorably on such a move, leaving some of them rattled and worried they would face punishment if they increased prices, people with knowledge of the call said.”

March 27, 2025
Mar 28 14 tweets 4 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„In May 2021, amid the ongoing crisis in Israel and Palestine, Randy Fine made several derogatory posts and comments on his Facebook and Twitter pages regarding Palestinians, including a celebration of the Israeli army's bombing of the Gaza Strip [1]. @RonFilipkowski 2).
Regarding the deaths of Palestinian children during the 2021 conflict, he said, »I don’t personally feel bad when human shields are killed« [2].
Mar 27 4 tweets 2 min read
1).
On Thurs., March 27, 2025, the dictator of the RF, Vladimir Pootin, supported the possibility of introducing a temporary international administration in Ukraine, e.g. under the auspices of the @UN. 2).
In addition, he once again stated that Volodymyr @ZelenskyyUa is an illegitimate president, which, in his opinion, makes it impossible to sign a peace treaty with him.
Mar 27 5 tweets 1 min read
1).
„The alliance that brought @realDonaldTrump to power for a second time is far more heterogeneous than it was in his first term. 2).
Aside from the Maga populists there are now the »broligarchs«, ultra-wealthy tech executives like @elonmusk who have become some of the @POTUS's most ardent supporters.
Mar 27 13 tweets 3 min read
1).
„Sherwood Eddy (1871–1963) [1] was a prominent American missionary as well as that now rare thing, a Christian socialist. In the 1920s and ’30s, he made more than a dozen trips to the Soviet Union. 2).
[...] he thought he had found in Russia something that his own individualistic society lacked: a “unified philosophy of life.” In Russia, he wrote, »all life is focused in a central purpose.
Mar 26 4 tweets 1 min read
@yashar 1).
„@SecGenNATO Mark Rutte said Wed. that four U.S. soldiers who went missing while on a training range in Lithuania have died but that he did not yet know the details [1] [2]. @yashar @SecGenNATO 2).
All of the soldiers were from 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, a rotational unit deployed to @NATO's eastern flank, U.S. Army Europe and Africa said in statement [2].”

March 26, 2025
Mar 26 6 tweets 2 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Today, almost all of Russia’s pipelines to Europe are shuttered. The continent is now the primary customer [2] for US LNG; @RonFilipkowski 2).
shortly after the re-election of @realDonaldTrump last year, EU Commission president Ursula @vonderleyen said [2] that Europe should bring down Russian gas imports by replacing them with even more US LNG.
Mar 25 5 tweets 1 min read
1).
„ @realDonaldTrump came very close to withdrawing from @NATO at the 2018 Brussels summit, and withdrawal during this term is entirely possible.

[...]

European leaders are reacting strongly. They are wrong to do so. 2).
When @_FriedrichMerz, likely Germany’s next chancellor, calls for his country’s »independence« from Washington, or the Estonian European Commission vice president @kajakallas demands a new western leader,