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Mulberry Heel said:
I don't think there's much doubt that in this administration that Putin knows everything we're planning to do militarily and economically and politically before we actually do it, and probably the Chinese do as well. This administration leaks like a sieve, and has several people, like Tulsi, who are likely feeding information to Russia as soon as they get it.
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I agree 100% with your assertion of "I don't think there's much doubt that in this administration that Putin knows everything we're planning to do militarily and economically and politically before we actually do it, . . .." But I don't think it is because of leaks. I think it is because Putin has Kompromat on St. Donald of Mar-a-Lago that is so horrendous and disgusting that St. Donald dutifully does is whatever Putin tells him to do. While St. Donald is indeed wildly erratic in his personal behavior, I believe he is scrupulously faithful--to the extent his limited and compromised mental facilities allow--to the instructions he receives from Putin. If Putin were to demand, St. Donald and his entire cabinet would perform-on live TV--the children's song "I'm a Little Teapot," with Trump delivering the last line of, "I must be a cup!", I believe it would happen and happen in primetime, preempting regular commercial broadcasts.
 
BlueSteel said:
which will be ceremoniously ripped down and smashed to pieces the moment this dipshit administration leaves office.
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Fingers crossed. In a worst-case scenario, I hope (pray) it will not take as long, 70 years, as it took to topple the Lenin/Stalin statutes in Eastern Europe. Horrible thought, if Trump is America's Lenin, then who is America's Stalin?
 
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“… The [June NRC] meeting was convened by 31-year-old lawyer Seth Cohen. Just five years out of law school, Cohen brought no significant experience in nuclear law or policy; he had just entered government through Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team.

As Cohen led the group through a technical conversation about licensing nuclear reactor designs, he repeatedly downplayed health and safety concerns.

When staff brought up the topic of radiation exposure from nuclear test sites, Cohen broke in.

“They are testing in Utah. … I don’t know, like 70 people live there,” he said.

… For his part, Cohen has told the nuclear industry that he sees his job as making sure the government “is no longer a barrier” to them.

… He also suggested that regulators should not fret about preparing for so-called 100-year events — disasters that have roughly a 1% chance of taking place but can be catastrophic for nuclear facilities.

“When SpaceX started building rockets, they sort of expected the first ones to blow up,” he said.”
 
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After finishing the fall semester of his sophomore year, Bior returned to Uganda for winter break. He played chess with friends and recounted the brutal winters and demands of chemistry class.

Then President Trump began to ban students from Africa, starting with South Sudan where Bior was born. He hasn’t returned to campus since.…”

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Brutal winters — in Durham? Good thing he didn’t go to Harvard!

But that light-hearted detail is part of a sad, infuriating story.
 
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