Boulis
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History, Econ, Middle East Politics, and College Football. Yemen and Egypt once upon a time
Joined December 2010
RT @whstancil: The secret political turning point, clear only in retrospect, was when we shifted from turning on the TV or opening a paper…
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Everything they accuse you of are things they are secretly doing themselves
The State Department’s procurement forecast removed the mention of Elon Musk’s Tesla in relation to a planned $400 million armored EV purchase after reports emerged about it on Wednesday
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It's breathtaking how much of this effort is built on bogus claims about things that were already known/publicly available and pretending they've just been uncovered.
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This is why I don't trust DOGE to do competent audits: Some shitty OSINT account misreads a contract that's about defending against stuff like phishing, and Musk just retweets it. The contract may well be a boondoggle! But to make that case, you need to do the fucking work.
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This is basically the whole DOGE scam: misread a spreadsheet, make no effort to understand the actual purpose of the program, and proceed to torch it on twitter. Rinse, wash, repeat.
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…with idolized silicone valley personalities—the very same ones bailed out by the Fed when SVB collapsed—amplifying the propaganda to their own legions of sheep
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RT @drewharwell: This "large scale social deception" contract was: * first awarded under Trump * paid to Reuters' data division, not the n…
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RT @marceldirsus: I hope everyone's excited about nuclear proliferation because if wars of conquest are normalized and middle powers think…
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WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC ADVISER HASSETT: TRUMP WANTS TO FIGHT INFLATION BY INCREASING LABOR SUPPLY AND LOWERING AGGREGATE DEMAND -CNBC INTERVIEW
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@IndexMethods @EricBalchunas @nypost This has always been the case, and the Post spun this instance to make it appear as though it was a political decision tied to 2020 pandemic politics. Sad that Eric fell for the bit :(
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RT @ATRightMovies: IN BRUGES was released 17 years ago this week. Acclaimed as one of the great black comedies of the century and the film…
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RT @jessesingal: Imagine treating someone who works for the U.S. overseas this way. It's just completely despicable. How can any decent hum…
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@EricBalchunas @nypost Cmon Eric, I know you’re smarter than to fall for the rage bait headlines
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