BlogHide Resteemsthomaslknapp (57)in crime • 5 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.When Prosecuting Imaginary Crime Promotes Real CrimeOn February 26, ABC News reports , Europol announced the arrest of 25 individuals it accuses of being "part of a criminal group engaging in the distribution of images of minors fully generated by…thomaslknapp (57)in jeffbezos • 6 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Jeff Bezos: Going Post "L?"On February 26, Jeff Bezos --- founder of e-commerce giant Amazon and space travel company Blue Origin --- dropped a note to staff at his 2013 acquisition, the Washington Post , "to let you…thomaslknapp (57)in freepress • 9 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Press Is More Important Than The President -- And Should Start Acting Like ItJames Brady Press Briefing Room. Photo by Kellerbn. Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license. In mid-February, the White House barred Associated Press journalists from presidential events…thomaslknapp (57)in elonmusk • 10 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.I Asked Elon Musk's AI For Its Government Efficiency Recommendation"Chaos." That seems to be America's go-to descriptor for the federal government since January 20. Depending on who you ask, US president Donald Trump, "special government employee" Elon Musk, and…thomaslknapp (57)in doge • 13 days agosteemCreated with Sketch."DOGE Dividend": Stimulus ReduxOn February 18, investor/entrepreneur James Fishback posted a suggestion to X : "President Trump and @ElonMusk should announce a 'DOGE Dividend' --- a tax refund check sent to every taxpayer…thomaslknapp (57)in doge • 16 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Without Congressional Action, DOGE Is Mostly Just An Enjoyable DistractionWhenever the insanely high level of federal government spending comes up --- which is every time federal government spending comes up --- federal government spenders immediately trot out a fake…thomaslknapp (57)in trump • 21 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Why Trump Shouldn't Negotiate With Putin On UkraineBakhmut, 2023. State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Last May, Donald Trump bragged on Truth Social that "IF PRESIDENT, I WOULD BE…thomaslknapp (57)in doge • 22 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Sleeping or Not, DOGEs LieSo much going on! Will Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the Department of Government Efficiency succeed in their supposed quests to shut down everything from USAID to the Department of Education to God…thomaslknapp (57)in tariffs • 26 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Trump's Tariff Schemes Hurt Even More When He Flip-FlopsAs January bled into February, Lora Kelly notes at The Atlantic , US president Donald Trump "announced 25 percent tariffs on the country's North American neighbors, caused a panic in the stock…thomaslknapp (57)in politics • 27 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Trump/Musk "Buyout" Program: A Win For America, But Only On One ConditionPhoto by Flying Logos. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. On January 28, US president Donald Trump made federal government employees an offer that, at least…thomaslknapp (57)in politics • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.Why The New Boss Could Be Worse Than The Old Boss ... By Being The Same As The Old BossPhoto by Gage Skidmore. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Last November, when DOGE remained a gleam in president-elect Donald Trump's eye, its leader apparent…thomaslknapp (57)in schoolchoice • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.National School Choice: Weak"With education funding following the student rather than being assigned to government-run institutions in a growing number of states, " JD Tuccille writes in his annual "National School Choice…thomaslknapp (57)in doge • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.Trump's "Return to Office" Order: The Opposite of DOGE?In a Wall Street Journal op-ed last November ( "The DOGE Plan to Reform Government" ), Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy asserted that "[r]equiring federal employees to come to the office five…thomaslknapp (57)in tips • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.No Tax On Tips: One of Trump's (And Harris's) Better IdeasPhoto by Scott Sanchez. Public domain. During last year's presidential campaign, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris seemed to disagree on quite a few things. One thing they agreed on --- Trump…thomaslknapp (57)in incandescentlightbulbs • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.Let There Be Light -- And Let People Choose How They Get ItOne of newly inaugurated (for a second time) president Donald Trump's executive orders --- "Unleashing American Energy" --- promises to "safeguard the American people's freedom to choose from a…thomaslknapp (57)in immigration • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.The Constitution Won't Save Us From TrumpOn January 17, outgoing US president Joe Biden belatedly announced the ratification --- in 2018 --- of the 28th Amendment (the "Equal Rights Amendment") to the US Constitution. On January 20…thomaslknapp (57)in rossulbricht • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Free Ross, Hopefully"If you vote for me," Donald Trump told Libertarians at their national convention last May, "on day one, I will commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht." Some of us believed him. Some didn't. Some…thomaslknapp (57)in tobacco • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.FDA To Public: Smoke 'Em If You Got 'EmHere we go again: On January 14, the US Food and Drug Administration announced its latest rule proposal in the War on Nicotine. Under the rule (which faces a 240-day public comment period…thomaslknapp (57)in trump • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.BOHICA: Or, What to Expect When You're Expecting a New PresidentWell, here we are: After a long presidential campaign full of warnings from each "major" party campaign about the horrible things the other "major" party's candidate would do to us if elected…thomaslknapp (57)in donaldtrump • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Politics Makes People -- Including Supreme Court Justices -- StupidProtesters outside the court on the day of Trump's sentencing. Photo by Swinxy. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. On January 10, US president-elect Donald Trump officially…
