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Dad, Mets fan, Cornell alum, ink-stained wretch, night stalker, sleepwalker, failed poet. Suddenly a CNBC Pro editor. Opinions mine alone/RTs unendorsed.

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How Trump Decided to Go to War

In college a million years ago, I was taught this was hubris.

03.03.2026 03:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How high can oil and gas prices go because of the Iran war? Here are the scenarios Oil prices could move higher still if Iran targets Persian Gulf energy infrastructure and the Strait of Hormuz closure is prolonged.

www.cnbc.com/2026/03/02/i...

Drivers in the U.S. will likely see gasoline prices start to rise today or tomorrow, said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. Motorists should expect an average 10- to 30-cent per gallon increase at the pump over the next week.

02.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Trump May Come to Regret This

β€œIran could devolve into civil conflict, as Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya did after the initially triumphant toppling of their leaders. Separatist movements among ethnic minorities could fracture the country and draw in neighbor[s].” Refugees could flood Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey and Europe.

02.03.2026 18:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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As ever, the message from post-modern markets is today as it was then.

02.03.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"That's the way it is."

01.03.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Or Prague. East Berlin. Budapest. Bucharest.

Where there was no civil society in 1989 either.

01.03.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s the Board of Peace’s first war!

01.03.2026 02:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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28.02.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 19231 πŸ” 5439 πŸ’¬ 399 πŸ“Œ 266

Not to worry.

The CFR was canceled by the Pentagon Friday.

01.03.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The bombing will continue until morale improves.

01.03.2026 01:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive | OpenAI Employees Raised Alarms About Canada Shooting Suspect Months Ago The ChatGPT maker opted against informing Canadian authorities about Jesse Van Rootselaar’s descriptions of violence last June.

β€œOur thoughts are with everyone affected by the Tumbler Ridge tragedy,” OpenAI said in a statement.

"Sorry we decided not to do anything."

20.02.2026 22:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Europe Fills U.S. Aid Loss to Ukraine As U.S. aid falls 99%, the Continent steps up to provide weapons.

What a shameful embarrassment we've become. Freezing Ukrainians are fighting for their lives and country, and we turn our backs and a blind eye.

No wonder we're being shunned.

www.wsj.com/opinion/ukra...

18.02.2026 15:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | I Just Returned From China. We Are Not Winning.

So let's keep cutting basic scientific research. I'm sure that's a great idea.

10.02.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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JD Vance Booed at Olympic Opening Ceremony in Milan

Drunken, bullying, abhorrent, terrorizing laughingstock.

07.02.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If there's one reason AI exists, it's to write self-assessments.

07.02.2026 01:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet the smuggest man in the room. Your United States Treasury Secretary.

05.02.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Essay | How America First Risks Becoming America Alone U.S. allies are growing increasingly disenchanted and insulted by the country’s aggressive foreign policy strategy.

Friends look for alternatives.
Enemies gloat.

This is what 77 million of my countrymen voted for

31.01.2026 04:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Springsteen Takes the Stage as Minneapolis Residents Take to the Streets

Give it up for Minneapolis, world!

31.01.2026 04:25 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hundreds of Minnesotans on a frozen lake today.

31.01.2026 04:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It doesn’t seem like Epstein is a hoax after all.

31.01.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 17135 πŸ” 3402 πŸ’¬ 412 πŸ“Œ 90
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Judge Weighs Trump’s Removal of Slavery Markers From George Washington’s House

β€œYou can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way.”

31.01.2026 04:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tim has aged. And not well. To be fair, he has a fiduciary responsibility and is between a rock and a hard place and subject to untold pressure from the board and shareholders.

That said, the "Melania" boot licking and groveling was unnecessary. There must be a back story there.

28.01.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWe want to see hope, we want to see unity, we want to see a future,” the FIFA president said of DJT in December. "β€œThis is what we want to see from a leader and you definitely deserve the first FIFA Peace Prize.”

Hope?
UNITY?
It's a future, but not for you or me.

28.01.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Column | Clamor is growing in Europe to boycott Trump’s World Cup This summer’s North American World Cup is inextricably tied to President Donald Trump. Some of his critics are questioning the fitness of the U.S. as a host.

To quote the ICE agent complicit in Alex Pretti's murder, "Boo hoo."

wapo.st/4a1W3nF

28.01.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The GOP thinks this is a winning message to take into November?

In what alternate universe.

27.01.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From Kent State to Minneapolis The American Tradition of State Violence Without Consequence

Impunity.
No consequences.

25.01.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Assuming fair elections are held in November, how do a vast tidal wave of independent voters repulsed by ICE and the WH not vote for anyone else but the GOP?

24.01.2026 18:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We had absolutely no idea.

22.01.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Burning of Falmouth - Wikipedia

When today's Portland, Maine was attacked and set ablaze in a naval bombardment in the 18th century, we called it the Burning of Falmouth.

Difference being, it was the British navy, not Americans, that set it alight.

21.01.2026 20:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Federal officials launch ICE operation in Maine and begin arrests β€œEveryone is on high alert,” Portland Mayor Mark Dion said. His city and nearby Lewiston have seen an influx of migrants and asylum seekers in recent years.

Minnesota aside, where is the greatest concentration of (legal) Somali immigration into the United States?

The Pine Tree State.

21.01.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0