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Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:11am On Apr 23
Thanks .
X is Elon Musk gift to the world. A community where the left has no say,cannot ban you. A safe space like bluesky . I bet he values it more than Tesla.

BreakingNews21:
You may have missed this business news.

"Yes, Twitter (now X) struggled significantly to keep and attract advertisers after Elon Musk’s takeover in October 2022. Within months, roughly 50% of its top 100 advertisers paused or halted spending due to concerns over content moderation, brand safety, and controversial statements made by Musk, leading to a massive decline in ad revenue."
The Guardian
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Linda Yaccarino resigned as CEO of X (formerly Twitter) on July 9, 2025, after a turbulent two-year tenure. Appointed in June 2023, she aimed to restore advertiser confidence and transform the platform into an "everything app," but often served as a "CEO in title only" under Elon Musk. Her exit followed X's merger with xAI and ongoing advertiser, content, and management friction.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:08am On Apr 23
IjeBos:
Only a Cabinet Secretary in the Trump administration could belittle themselves this way.
Did Trump actually reduce a drug from $600 to $10?
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:59am On Apr 23
BreakingNews21:
Hot off the presses as they used to say in the media. wink


Trump Media & Technology Group is replacing CEO Devin Nunes, who led the company through its public debut and a subsequent surge — and swoon — in its market value.

Trump Media, which trades under the ticker DJT — the same as President Trump's initials — said Tuesday that Nunes would be replaced by interim CEO Kevin McGurn.

Nunes, a former Republican congressman, oversaw the social media platform's stated mission to provide "a safe harbor for free expression." Despite serving as a pulpit for Mr. Trump's frequent posts, Truth Social has struggled to attract advertisers. The company's revenue has risen only 1.8% over the past year, while it has lost more than $1 billion since going public two years ago, according to its most recent annual report.

Trump Media's stock price tumbled 58% during the previous 12 months, erasing billions in shareholder value. Valued at close to $10 billion when it went public in March 2024, the company now has a market capitalization of $2.7 billion, according to FactSet.

Shares of Trump Media traded at $9.78 on Wednesday.

McGurn said the company "is poised to take off and meet that vital challenge and opportunity," according to a statement from Trump Media.

"In carrying President Trump's unique, singular vision and message, Truth Social stands for the most powerful brand and voice in the history of social media and beyond," he said.

___________________

Printer's Devil
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734614/
A man sells his soul to the Devil to save his failing newspaper and gets more than he bargained for.

Burgess Meredith stars as a charming, demonic linotype operator named Mr. Smith in the Twilight Zone episode "Printer's Devil" (Season 4, Episode 9, 1963). Meredith's character uses an enchanted printing press to turn small-town newspaper headlines into reality, forcing a Faustian bargain for the editor's soul, making it a classic devil-deal story

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer%27s_Devil
It is the first company in history to operate at a loss for several years after founding. It's also the first social media company to struggle getting advertisers and users.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
Data Republican on why Unite the Right led SPLC to be a billion dollar operation

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2047064924262908170.html

Provides additional details include neo nazi who threatened to run over protesters on Discord 26 days before the rally.
• Member of the online leadership chat that planned Unite the Right
• Attended Charlottesville (at SPLC's direction)
• Made racist postings (under SPLC's supervision)
• Helped coordinate transportation for attendees


The single event redefined the org which strode the podiums of hate monitoring like the colossus.
Lordreed. The insufferable.

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:35am On Apr 23
benalvino3:
Democrats funded this so they can tie it to Donald Trump and the right.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson sat on the SPLC board at that time.
She was sponsored by George Soros.
After Unite the Rally and the violence that followed , George Clooney, Tim Cook and JP Morgan Chase became big donors to SPLC.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 3:30am On Apr 23
Russia has notified Germany that it will halt oil deliveries from Kazakhstan via the Druzhba pipeline starting May 1

The suspension is expected to increase uncertainty in Germany’s energy supply, especially as the ongoing conflict with Iran is already disrupting Middle Eastern oil flows.

In 2025, Kazakhstan’s oil exports to Germany through the Druzhba pipeline amounted to about 2.146 million metric tons, a 44% increase compared to 2024. In the first quarter of 2026 alone, shipments reached 730,000 tons.

A full halt would reduce crude throughput by roughly 17% at the PCK Schwedt refinery, one of Germany’s largest refineries


The refinery powers 90% of Berlin vehicles .
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 3:23am On Apr 23
WriterrNg:
⚡US 'won't dictate terms' of free trade talks, says PM Carney.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will not let the US dictate the terms of free trade negotiations between the two countries.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has ruled out making concessions ahead of further talks with the US while a top US official warned the two countries remain fundamentally misaligned on trade.

The comments come at a tense time for US-Canada trade and as the future of a major North American free trade deal remains unclear.


On Wednesday, US trade representative Jamieson Greer told Congress that Canada is "doubling down on globalisation when we're trying to correct for the problems of globalisation".

Carney meanwhile told reporters that Ottawa will not let the US dictate the terms of free trade negotiations. "It's not a case where there is someone making demands, and a supplicant," he said.

"It's not a case ​that the United States dictates the terms. We have a negotiation, we can come to a mutually successful outcome - it will ​take some time."
Says Canada whose richest state is voting to secede.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:47am On Apr 23
cococandy:
The biggest most pathetic whiny cry baby in the history of the world.
A judge has ruled the referendum was unconditional. Void from the beginning,all new maps void and permanently blocked..

This democrat and republican gerrymandering should be dealt at the SCOTUS or a bipartisan bill after every party plays hard ball.

St Jesus of Chicago the Harvard trained lawyer celebrating an illegality .

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:22pm On Apr 22
EnlightenedUFO:
Great. Remember when he prayed at the Whitehouse just like a week ago and said that the Persians (Iranians) were ready to kill the Jews and God intervened through Esther? I want to know if you've seen that video before we proceed. Let me know now.
Isn't that a biblical story.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:16am On Apr 22
Should a SCOTUS judge opt to retire within the Trump 2.0 Ron De Santis is in the consideration.

https://x.com/ToscaAusten/status/2046699283374899390

There was female SCOTUS ( RIP) judge who refused to retire knowing Hilary Clinton would replace her.
Obama had it all mapped. Scalia replacement. But Mitch McConnell refused to advance his nominee . Had Ginsburg retired early and McConnell allowed his nominee Merrick Garland nomination go through ,the left would have 5 liberals on SCOTUS.

Much as I may hate McConnell, he stood up to Obama and prevented him from forever changing the supreme court. Trump also triumphed saving the court from leftism.
My maths may be wrong ,but I see the hand of the Lord in this preventing a liberal takeover of the supreme court
Merlick Garland as AG ran a vendetta against Trump for choosing Gorsuch over him . Garland wanted Trump finished . He is an evil horrible person.

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
LordReed:
So when the government pays informants in criminal organisations that means the government is secretly funding criminal organisations?
That's the defence of the SPLC.
The org is now gone , kaput no more funds.
One or two of their directors might be held criminally culpable.
They labelled these as hate groups.

Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF)
Family Research Council (FRC)
Turning Point USA (TPUSA)
Moms for Liberty
Liberty Counsel
Focus on the Family
Pacific Justice Institute (PJI)
Eagle Forum
Ruth Institute
MassResistance
American Family Association (AFA)
Center for Family and Human Rights (C-FAM)
World Congress of Families
Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)
Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)
Quilliam Foundation (and founder Maajid Nawaz—later retracted .


TellMAMA , a UK outfit hate monitoring group was defunded by UK govt and they are moaning about their prospects of being closed. They were partners with SPLC.

The SPLC labelled conservatives hate groups then social media giants like Google and Facebook used that designation to ban or shadow ban the named groups. It's just another leftist website that enforces censorship of conservative views.

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:39am On Apr 22




basilico:
Dr Fauci finally sued . Let him lawyer up.

https://x.com/NicHulscher/status/2045669993744933315

Nicolas Hulscher, MPH
@NicHulscher
Criminal referral requests have been filed against Anthony Fauci and top COVID officials in SEVEN states — Accused of MURDER, TERRORISM, RACKETEERING, FRAUD, ABUSE, and more

TWO county-level criminal investigations are already underway.

NAMED INDIVIDUALS:
• Dr. Anthony Fauci
• Dr. Francis Collins
• Dr. Deborah Birx
• Dr. Rochelle Walensky
• Dr. Stephen Hahn
• Dr. Cliff Lane
• Dr. Robert Redfield
• Dr. Peter Daszak
• Dr. Ralph Baric
• Dr. Rick Bright
• Dr. Janet Woodcock
• Dr. Peter Hotez

ALLEGED CRIMES:
• Murder / Involuntary Manslaughter / Negligent Homicide
• Assault / Abuse / Coercion
• Reckless Endangerment
• Kidnapping / Forced Labor
• Terrorism
• Racketeering
• Operating a Corrupt Organization

The referrals were filed by Vires Law Group and are backed by detailed evidence—including testimony from HUNDREDS of victims and families.

They said that lethal hospital protocols, the denial of life-saving treatments, and systemic medical coercion led to widespread injury and death.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:15am On Apr 22
What's fake here. Read the indictment.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1437146/dl

_Group paid millions to extremist leaders.
_Donors were defrauded through secret payments.
_Center allegedly manufactured racism for profit.
_Staff secretly funded groups they denounced.
_Accounts hid money sent to neo-Nazis.
_Group used partisan labels as weapons.
_Hate maps inspired violence against activists.
_Leaders covered up internal sexual assault.
_Center suppressed workers through union busting.
_Organization abandoned civil rights for politics.




So you remember Build the Wall case. They were jailed for ostensibly using donor money to cover their expenses , ostensibly they had promised every penny would go towards the wall.



LordReed:
Bro do you thrive on fake news and misinformation? Is that how you pay your bills? You are too invested in offering up fake news and misinformation for this to be ordinary.
Democrats are just stupid. When they have power they think they will never lose it.
SPLC had Charlie Kirk on their hate list ,a day before Tyler Robinson murdered him. Tyler was using Discord platform , OMG ,Discord uses SPLC as a fact checker
Think this indictment is a laughing matter?

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:03am On Apr 22
Virginia has voted 51.5 % to gerrymander giving democrats a 10-1 possible house seats.
This is good. Every state should now work it's advantage. This should ultimately end up at the Supreme Court which will nullify racial allocations.
Who will be the eventual loser?
Hint :Republicans have more states and counties than democrats big blue cities.
It will also accelerate the demands by Republicans to pass the VoterID law. Many Republicans are looking to wrench power from MAGA once Trump leaves office, assuming he won't be awarded a third term smiley smiley
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
DeepSight:
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For heavens sake Netanyahu was indicted for war crimes as a result by the ICC. There are countries he cannot travel to today as a consequence. So no one is using any term loosely.
The ICC indictment on him were just a sham. The ICC prosecutor was facing sexual harassment accusations , he quickly dug deep and found something to divert the accusations. He should be thanking Netanyahu for exterminating these vermins that he indicted .
Mohamed Diab Al Masri
Yahya Sinwar
Ismail Hanniyeh


Al Masri means the-Egyptian. Arabic for Egypt is Masr(i)
Arabs will usually identifies themselves from their country of origin .
ISIS had names like
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Baghdad)
Abu Omar al-Shishani (Chechen)
Abu Maryam al-Faransi ( France)
Abu Adam al-Australi ( Australia)
Abu Safiyyah al-Belgik (Belgium)
Abu Abdullah al-Britani ( British jihad John)
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:50am On Apr 22
armyofone:
Shocked!!

Just reading Tucker blacksliding! shocked
Apologizing!! Just wow!

“You know, we’ll be tormented by it for a long time – I will be,” Tucker Carlson said. “And I want to say I’m sorry for misleading people. It was not intentional, that’s all I’ll say.”

All those years on TV 📺 with Tucker!

This life!!
Tucker sold his soul to Qatar. Very sad.
It's only a matter of time he will be demanding Boko Haram be given the presidency.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
Deepsight. I know you love the SPLC and what it does.


SPLC was indicted on 11 counts of wire fraud. They got money from donors to fight right wing groups. They used part of the money to pay right wing group leaders. Basically they were leeching off a problem they created in the first place.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-grand-jury-charges-southern-poverty-law-center-wire-fraud-false-statements-and

Remember Trumps " Fine People on both sides" in Charlotte. The rally organized by Unite the Right which was attacked by left wing agitators.

SPLC was funneling money to "Unite the Right".
They were behind everything. SPLC was also funding the KKK and blaming Republicans.

Between 2014 and 2023, the SPLC secretly funneled more than $3 million in donated funds to individuals who were associated with various violent extremist groups including:

Ku Klux Klan
United Klans of America
Unite the Right
National Alliance
National Socialist Movement
Aryan Nations affiliated Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club
National Socialist Party of America (American Nazi Party)
American Front


Media , Joe Biden etc should apologize to Conservatives.

See my comments then. Basilico sees far like a giraffe. The white supremacists were sponsored by SPLC. This was part of the elaborate 2020 election fraud. GracieX3

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:48pm On Apr 21
GracieX3:
False dichotomy.

This is above your IQ
I didn't want to say but most anti Trump are brainwashed , I'm not brainwashed , hence my IQ is higher than those who do not realize they are brainwashed
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 6:15pm On Apr 21
GracieX3:
You can see how your mind is a simple one way road. Tunnel vision.

"If someone criticizes Isreal, the person is pro Hamas"

If someone criticizes Trump's war against Iran, the person is pro Iran"

Very fallacious thinking on your part!
It's mostly true when it comes to Trump.
Those who hate him especially here will always support the opposite party.. It's a no brainer.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:47pm On Apr 21
Maeve7:
That it was open before orange man went it and as the result made gas much more expensive everywhere. You can’t be this dense, can you?
You have any plans how you'll celebrate if Iran sinks an aircraft carrier?
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:41pm On Apr 21
In America it's more apparent thanks to Bernie Sanders and Co.


The Biden immigration law was disastrous. Trump never wanted those changes . Enumerate them I dare you ,and tell me how they help America.
.Trump got the border fixed without any law passed.Buden was a way of legalizing a steasy stream of democrat voters. Once Biden got his voters in , now courts and non profits are fighting hard to prevent their deportation. Liberals do this look no further than Spain last few days.


DeepSight:
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Why act as though this is not American politics 101? Nonetheless Dems are the generally more rational side by far.

I am sure you recall when Trump specifically told Republicans not to vote for a bill that would have delivered the immigration changes even he and Republicans wanted - simply because Biden was in power and would get the credit. And they obeyed him.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:22pm On Apr 21
GracieX3:
The reporter is an award winning journalist. She defended herself well.

Kash Patel is in hot soup. The FBI was contacted for a response before the article came out. They were silent.
Ok.
The reporter is an award winning journalist. Which award ?
She works for far left Laureen Powell the billionaire widow of Steve Jobs

Jeffery Goldberg is the editor in chief of TheAtlantic.
He was in the Hegseth Signal chat group after lurking there for some time only for him to publish the hit pieces . In other words he saw an opportunity to have Hegseth fired and timed his release.

Jeffery Goldberg also published that Trump had called soldiers suckers and losers. Same editor her boss

TheAtlantic makes a claim then you have to prove it's false . They do this with insider help knowing a lot of sordid detailsay come out
For instance John Kelly after being fired said Trump disparaged service members.

This journalist , she interviewed 25 anonymous sources but gave Kash Patel two hours to refute. As if she took 2 hours to collect and compile her hit piece.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:07pm On Apr 21
cococandy:
Yes as a billionaire but you can take tax payer loans (that you get forgiven for btw), corporate handouts and subsidies based on the value of your assets and never have to pay it back because you haven’t “sold” yet. And keep doing that year after year after year.

Never sell so that you never have cash to pay back. Fix your books so that you declare a loss and never have tax obligations. Communism for the billionaires and none for the people who fund them.

Pls don’t engage me next time with steupid questions when you know that your mind is already made up and you’re looking to be a troll as usual. Save it for those who you go around butt sniffing each other with.
Oh so it's now billionaire who do that. How about millionaires like Bernie Sanders and Eliza Warren?
If I been using my land as collateral then I should be paying more. What else.
Incase it hasn't occured to you,that would discourage wealth creation by entrepreneurs.

Everyone takes advantage of tax laws everywhere not just in America.

You make a claim, post evidence derived from 2017 then expect me to agree with you.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:58pm On Apr 21
You should pay taxes on your income,that's my position not on future incomes. A loan is not an income.
The far left fringe of the democrats is the one advocating for socialism and equity demanding money to advance their social utopia.

The irony here is that if Obama had made the same common sense tax relief proposal as Trump , all democrats would have voted for them.

cococandy:
if you can’t be taxed on the profit from those shares because it’s not cash yet and therefore not technically money at hand, then you shouldn’t also be able to use them as collateral to purchase anything.

So let me guess. You’ve moved from asking why congress doesn’t change tax laws to defending the tax laws because I’ve shown you the Republicans are the culprits?

This is why I don’t waste time with you people. Disingenuous down to your red blood cells. EuGH 🥴
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:41pm On Apr 21
cococandy:
America is not an autocracy so technically everything gets a vote. Joe Biden wasn’t a king and the houses still had to vote on any changes.

Guess who votes against any amendments to fix tax issues or help the masses? If you guessed republicans , then you guessed right.

I know this is the point where you either have to admit you’re supporting the wrong guys or you let cognitive dissonance take you away from the point.
But at least I’ve tried to point you in the right direction. What you do with the information is up to you.

You can read more on the issue or just copy and paste right wing jargon. It’s up to you!
I've held on to some shares for over a decade which have risen in value .
I have not sold them , why should I be taxed.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:21pm On Apr 21
Do these things have to go to supreme Court.
A school. District should notify parents what books they are using and allow parents to opt out .
Liberals want to force lbgtq material on young innocent minds.

SUPREME COURT DELIVERS MAJOR WIN FOR PARENTS — 6-3 RULING ALLOWS OPT-OUT FROM LGBTQ BOOKS THAT CONFLICT WITH FAITH

The Supreme Court just sided with parents in the Mahmoud v. Taylor case, ruling 6-3 that schools must notify them and allow opt-outs when books conflict with their religious beliefs.

Justice Alito’s majority opinion granted a preliminary injunction: “They said these parents have earned at least a preliminary injunction so while this case plays out they said the board has to notify them about a book in question or anything similar so their kids can be excused.”

The Court rejected the idea that parents should just homeschool or go private: “Justice Alito and others saying that’s not practical for a lot of people.”

The liberal dissent from Justice Sotomayor (joined by Kagan and Jackson) claimed the ruling “threatens the essence of public education” and that it’s “not about bringing kids together to learn about a particular faith new ideas.”

Parents’ rights just got a massive boost. Government schools no longer get to force LGBTQ propaganda on kids without giving families a say. Huge victory for religious liberty and common sense.


Ketanji, Kagan and Sotomayor always dissent on matters democrats and liberals push for.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:02pm On Apr 21
cococandy:
The border would have been fixed under the Biden administration, but Trump told Republicans not to sign anything. Trump had nothing else to run on, he killed that bipartisan bill purposely so that he could use the issue to whip up sentiments among his gullible irrational supporters !
How would have been fixed when it's Joe Biden who opened it. What was he fixing here.

Fiscal Year
FY 2025. 691,906
FY 2024 2,901,142
FY 2023. 3,201,144
FY 2022 2,766,582
FY 2021 1,956,519
FY 2020 646,822
FY 2019 1,148,024
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:56pm On Apr 21
cococandy:
That’s why you shouldn’t speak much and so authoritatively on a system you clearly don’t understand
Comments aside , , don't billionaires use the law to avoid paying tax or lessrn their tax burden
Congress is the law making body.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 2:51pm On Apr 21
Turns out the Iranian ship was carrying chemical precursors for Iran ballistic missile program.


The ship the US seized in the Strait of Hormuz this weekend was headed from China to Iran and is linked to chemical shipments for missiles. It refused repeated orders to stop. Another reminder that China is helping prop up Iran’s regime — a reality that can’t be ignored.”

The Touska is part of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), a state-owned company already under heavy U.S. sanctions for serving as the preferred shipping line for Iranian proliferators and agents tied to Tehran’s ballistic missile program
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:36pm On Apr 21
raumdeuter:
Another leak from the Supreme court.
Several high profile leaks at the SCOTUS in the last 4yrs. Recall how the last leak led to attack on homes of SCOTUS judges especially the conservative ones
The leaks from 2022 onwards are considered more severe than historical ones because they shifted from leaking final results to leaking the entire internal deliberation process

They started after the judge who can't define a woman joined. I'm not suggesting it's her. It seems liberal staffers want to provoke Democrats to pack the supreme court .
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:27pm On Apr 21
Democrats.
Eric Swalwel gone because of immoral behaviour.
His best friend the Arizona Senator has an accuser already , wio says he violated her.He might be going home also

The House Ethics Committee with a handy list of the 25 ethics violations in the case of Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick D-FL. Who stole $5 million from FEMA.

She will be expelled tomorrow, the vote is scheduled. It's not everyday you wake up and Lise a $170,000 job thats accompanied by other humongous perks and benefits.

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