Walter Appling
@WalterAppling
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Retired engineer. Grateful for the American experiment in self-government and rule of law. Long may it last.
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Joined October 2015
RT @JamesSurowiecki: Totally false. Trump's most important promise was that he would "immediately bring prices down, on Day One." He has no….
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RT @Wilson__Valdez: What the fuck are you talking about, Frank? He promised to bring down the price of groceries on day one. He promised to….
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The AI explosion means millions are paying more for electricity. The data centers required for Big Tech are driving up electricity demand — and prices. Trump promised 50% cut for *all* energy costs within one year of taking office. He’s deranged.
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Across much of the eastern U.S., electricity bills have jumped. The reason? Data centers required for AI and other tech wonders are driving up electricity demand.
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Trump’s imaginary numbers, from $1.99 gas to 1,500 percent price cuts. The president likes to cite specific numbers to bolster his claims. They are often wildly improbable — or just impossible. Trump is deranged.
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The president likes to cite specific numbers to bolster his claims. They are often wildly improbable — or just impossible.
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Trump bill adds $250 fee for some foreign travelers. Here’s how it works. “Let’s steal money from foreign travelers, money they would have spent in U.S. restaurants and hotels and with small businesses. Now they’re going to give it to the government.”.
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The Trump administration has introduced a new $250 visa integrity fee for certain foreign travelers, which could affect tourism and travel to the U.S.
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How Israel’s War Became Unjust. —Ross Douthat. via @NYTOpinion.
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Even a righteous cause needs a plan to limit suffering and a reasonable path toward peace.
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‘Putin>>>>>NATO’.On a Trump-administration official and the state of the American Right. —Jay Nordlinger.
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On a Trump-administration official and the state of the American Right
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The End of Work as We Know It. via @.
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CEOs call it a revolution in efficiency. The workers powering it call it a "new era in forced labor." I spoke to the people on the front lines of the AI takeover.
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RT @EricSchmittNYT: How the Air Force is paying to refurbish Trump's "free" Air Force One is tied up in a mysterious, $934 million transfer….
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To hide the cost of renovating the plane Qatar donated to President Trump, the Air Force appears to have tucked it inside an over-budget, behind-schedule nuclear modernization program.
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Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Head Boasts Success as Palestinians Starve. “What we’re doing has actually been unbelievably effective,” said the chair of the Israeli-backed and U.S.-run aid group. by @jonahmv.
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“What we’re doing has actually been unbelievably effective,” said the chair of the Israeli-backed and U.S.-run aid group GHF.
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RT @UnPopulistMag: “To visit these places is to be shocked anew by the savagery that was the defining trait of the Jim Crow South—and the a….
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Defenders of liberal democracy cannot succumb to Donald Trump's attempts to scare them into inaction
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A Massive Health Care Shock Is Coming. 25 million Americans are about to pay more for their health care—in some cases, a lot more. And while Trump and the Republicans could stop it from happening, they’ve shown no willingness to do so. —Jonathan Cohn.
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And there is little time—and maybe not enough will from Republicans—to avert it.
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RT @RadioFreeTom: The belief system of hardcore MAGA supporters is like a giant Jenga pile. They cannot risk pulling out even the smallest….
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The San Antonio Flood of 1921 Held Lessons We Refuse to Learn. - via @TexasObserver.
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There is nothing unknown about what triggered the brutal Hill Country flood of 2025 and so many others dating back to the nineteenth century.
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RT @RadioFreeTom: The video of Trump’s caddy doing an Oddjob Slazenger drop isn’t a big deal; cheating at golf isn’t nearly the worst thing….
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RT @farhip: Short version of this story: In less than six months, Hegseth has been a managerial disaster:. —Infighting? ✅. —Investigations?….
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Suspicions about leaks and a mistrust of senior military officers have defined much of the defense secretary’s first six months on the job.
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RT @AstorAaron: A sizable chunk of Trump's 2024 voters cared about one thing: bringing prices down. (And not just eggs and gas.) He promise….
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RT @RadioFreeTom: The people saying "that's just a drop" have never played golf. I mean, sure, you can call that a "drop" the way Judge Sm….
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Anthony Aguilar, retired U.S. special forces officer who worked with the GHF, told BBC: “In my entire career, I have never witnessed the level of brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population. An unarmed, starving population.".—Haaretz.
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