The View from Afar: Sunday, February 2, 2025

Sunday, February 2, 2025

Tweets#

See what the light of day brings.#

Ah, so expecting intellectual honesty from @BillKristol may have been a mistake. https://t.co/CQQHPPBpYS [Link]#

Google serves Google, not you.#

How to bend Google search to your will rather than that of Google. — “Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviews https://t.co/m29B2qOeLg [Link]#

A Cliff Notes guide to the news.#

A most complete account of interesting federal actions your legacy media may have missed on purpose. — Trump’s Second Week: A Turning Point in American Governance - American Thinker https://t.co/CqXMmvacsM [Link]#

Journalism fail.#

New York Magazine twisted narrative reveals it deserves no journalism cred. — The Mean Girls of liberal media https://t.co/ryd9NjRnzV [Link]#

Follow the money.#

Doubtless @LindseyGrahamSC was concerned about the high percentage of overhead ... and may have had a say in it. What was USAID doing? https://t.co/t5tSgGq4AE [Link]#

One of the Democratic Party’s weaker links.#

The DNC deserves this. https://t.co/fWu4MFDPEc [Link]#

Brennan’s loyalties lie with Obama or elsewhere.#

Why FAFO entered the political lexicon. — John Brennan‘s Protests To President Trump Lifting His Security Clearances Are Absurd https://t.co/3icHvVSC0V [Link]#

One back door and they all could have back doors.#

China lost all trust. But it never should have had any. — Widely Used Chinese-Made Health Monitor Using ‘Backdoor‘ To Send Patient Data To Chinese IP Address — https://t.co/XQ6CIO6svD [Link]#

Climate scam.#

One bad card built a house of cards that needs to fall. —EPA’s “Carbon Scare Framework” aka “Endangerment Finding” – A Classic Case of Government Overreach https://t.co/SqfA8gGOad via @wattsupwiththat [Link]#
“This “prequel” posting will now highlight three tricks of the green energy narrative: misleading language, false problem and narrative control.” — How the Green Energy Narrative confuses things https://t.co/JA1oGBLLhU via @wattsupwiththat [Link]#

Whatever. It will change for the better, for that is in their interest.#

Mexico -- Friend, Enemy, Neutral, or Something Else? https://t.co/m1Mk3lVZei [Link]#

Retweets#

Diplomacy. speak softly and carry a big stick.#

RT @defense_civil25: 🚨Update: Panama surrenders!! “We’ll NOT renew agreement with China over Silk Route!” — Panama President after meeting… [Link]#
RT @bennyjohnson: 🚨BREAKING: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announces that the U.S. Military can now perform special ops against Mexican ca… [Link]#
RT @ScottAdamsSays: You can‘t say Canada had no idea the tariffs are coming.... ... They knew. [Link]#

It will all come out.#

RT @GenFlynn: FINAL WARNING:... ... THIS IS MY FINAL WARNING AS IT RELATES TO CONFIRMATIONS OF @realDonaldTrump ‘s NOMINEES. IF THERE ARE PEOPLE… [Link]#
RT @AutismCapital: 🚨 BREAKING: USAID Senior Officials put on Leave after Physically Trying to stop DOGE from accessing Agency Systems... ... Two… [Link]#
RT @KyleSeraphin: 🚨EXCLUSIVE: FBI Employees who were involved in the inappropriate actions against @realDonaldTrump have received this noti… [Link]#
RT @instapundit: The takeaway is that thousands of FBI people investigated Trump and couldn‘t find anything better than the BS that Jack Sm… [Link]#
RT @stillgray: Mike Benz: USAID is not about aid. It’s about coordinating clandestine operations through foreign left-wing NGOs. With a $50… [Link]#
RT @JoeLang51440671: Trump trapped the enemy.... ... He’s placed them into a tough choice.... ... They fear Bondi, Kash, RFK Jr and Tulsi.... ... The democra… [Link]#
RT @jeffreyatucker: Wow wow! Geeks with passwords controlled $5T in disbursements and would not cough up access for the new administration.… [Link]#
RT @kerpen: USAID was created by executive order. [Link]#
RT @themarketswork: @elonmusk USAID is perhaps the most intentionally misnamed entity in government. Money-laundering, pushing State Depar… [Link]#
RT @themarketswork: @elonmusk USAID is perhaps the most intentionally misnamed entity in government. Money-laundering, pushing State Depar… [Link]#
RT @MikeBenzCyber: Why is USAID funding Nina Jankowicz’s Internet censorship project in London? https://t.co/2T5TpfTjL9 [Link]#

Who controlled the RINO republicans?#

RT @ThePiperPie: @ConceptualJames Still relevant. https://t.co/K9ai36zteT [Link]#

Lies.#

RT @WesleyHuntTX: Mayorkas: “We’re not responsible for the border crisis. Only Congress can fix it.”... ... Biden & MSM: “Congress must act!”... ... 🚨… [Link]#

Co-opted.#

RT @ByronYork: This is so odd. For months NPR, like everyone else, said the astronauts were stranded. Then Trump said the astronauts were s… [Link]#

Draining the swamp.#

RT @AutismCapital: 🚨NEW: Trump issued an order saying that any lame-duck Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) executed 30 days prior to… [Link]#
RT @jsolomonReports: Two U.S. service academies end minors degrees in diversity and inclusion https://t.co/qC5y8lH2Fe [Link]#

FAFO#

RT @jsolomonReports: Hundreds of mayors and dozens of Democratic governors vow to defy Trump’s energy policies https://t.co/tV4glUoONJ [Link]#

Journalism fail.#

RT @EYakoby: NBC believes that Palestinians who conducted suicide bombings and stabbings are considered “hostages.”... ... You seriously do not h… [Link]#

Rednecks.#

RT @LostMyHats: A few years ago, my family was coming back home on a blistering hot 4th of July on a desolate stretch of ND road. We stoppe… [Link]#

Political Science.#

RT @BasedMikeLee: Could 2025 be the year Americans finally realize that they neither need nor want the federal government to do many of the… [Link]#

Follow the money.#

RT @EYakoby: This is truly unbelievable. The Red Cross has issued a condemnation against Israel for taking photos of Palestinian terrorists… [Link]#
RT @DefiyantlyFree: There was only 4 times the Senate voted no for a President’s cabinet appointments: ... ... 1. Roger Taney 1834... 2. Caleb Cushi… [Link]#
RT @elonmusk: Interesting. Is this legal? [Link]#

Appropriately used.#

RT @chasrmartin: You don‘t read the word "wastrel" very often any more. [Link]#

Follow the trail and you will find skulduggery.#

RT @brithume: Quote: "The mystery surrounding [Ray] Epps is in some ways representative of everything we still don’t know about January 6.… [Link]#

Sunday, February 2, 2025

Tweets#

See what the light of day brings.#

Ah, so expecting intellectual honesty from @BillKristol may have been a mistake. https://t.co/CQQHPPBpYS [Link]#

Google serves Google, not you.#

How to bend Google search to your will rather than that of Google. — “Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviews https://t.co/m29B2qOeLg [Link]#

A Cliff Notes guide to the news.#

A most complete account of interesting federal actions your legacy media may have missed on purpose. — Trump’s Second Week: A Turning Point in American Governance - American Thinker https://t.co/CqXMmvacsM [Link]#

Journalism fail.#

New York Magazine twisted narrative reveals it deserves no journalism cred. — The Mean Girls of liberal media https://t.co/ryd9NjRnzV [Link]#

Follow the money.#

Doubtless @LindseyGrahamSC was concerned about the high percentage of overhead ... and may have had a say in it. What was USAID doing? https://t.co/t5tSgGq4AE [Link]#

One of the Democratic Party’s weaker links.#

The DNC deserves this. https://t.co/fWu4MFDPEc [Link]#

Brennan’s loyalties lie with Obama or elsewhere.#

Why FAFO entered the political lexicon. — John Brennan‘s Protests To President Trump Lifting His Security Clearances Are Absurd https://t.co/3icHvVSC0V [Link]#

One back door and they all could have back doors.#

China lost all trust. But it never should have had any. — Widely Used Chinese-Made Health Monitor Using ‘Backdoor‘ To Send Patient Data To Chinese IP Address — https://t.co/XQ6CIO6svD [Link]#

Climate scam.#

One bad card built a house of cards that needs to fall. —EPA’s “Carbon Scare Framework” aka “Endangerment Finding” – A Classic Case of Government Overreach https://t.co/SqfA8gGOad via @wattsupwiththat [Link]#
“This “prequel” posting will now highlight three tricks of the green energy narrative: misleading language, false problem and narrative control.” — How the Green Energy Narrative confuses things https://t.co/JA1oGBLLhU via @wattsupwiththat [Link]#

Whatever. It will change for the better, for that is in their interest.#

Mexico -- Friend, Enemy, Neutral, or Something Else? https://t.co/m1Mk3lVZei [Link]#

Retweets#

Diplomacy. speak softly and carry a big stick.#

RT @defense_civil25: 🚨Update: Panama surrenders!! “We’ll NOT renew agreement with China over Silk Route!” — Panama President after meeting… [Link]#
RT @bennyjohnson: 🚨BREAKING: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announces that the U.S. Military can now perform special ops against Mexican ca… [Link]#
RT @ScottAdamsSays: You can‘t say Canada had no idea the tariffs are coming.... ... They knew. [Link]#

It will all come out.#

RT @GenFlynn: FINAL WARNING:... ... THIS IS MY FINAL WARNING AS IT RELATES TO CONFIRMATIONS OF @realDonaldTrump ‘s NOMINEES. IF THERE ARE PEOPLE… [Link]#
RT @AutismCapital: 🚨 BREAKING: USAID Senior Officials put on Leave after Physically Trying to stop DOGE from accessing Agency Systems... ... Two… [Link]#
RT @KyleSeraphin: 🚨EXCLUSIVE: FBI Employees who were involved in the inappropriate actions against @realDonaldTrump have received this noti… [Link]#
RT @instapundit: The takeaway is that thousands of FBI people investigated Trump and couldn‘t find anything better than the BS that Jack Sm… [Link]#
RT @stillgray: Mike Benz: USAID is not about aid. It’s about coordinating clandestine operations through foreign left-wing NGOs. With a $50… [Link]#
RT @JoeLang51440671: Trump trapped the enemy.... ... He’s placed them into a tough choice.... ... They fear Bondi, Kash, RFK Jr and Tulsi.... ... The democra… [Link]#
RT @jeffreyatucker: Wow wow! Geeks with passwords controlled $5T in disbursements and would not cough up access for the new administration.… [Link]#
RT @kerpen: USAID was created by executive order. [Link]#
RT @themarketswork: @elonmusk USAID is perhaps the most intentionally misnamed entity in government. Money-laundering, pushing State Depar… [Link]#
RT @themarketswork: @elonmusk USAID is perhaps the most intentionally misnamed entity in government. Money-laundering, pushing State Depar… [Link]#
RT @MikeBenzCyber: Why is USAID funding Nina Jankowicz’s Internet censorship project in London? https://t.co/2T5TpfTjL9 [Link]#

Who controlled the RINO republicans?#

RT @ThePiperPie: @ConceptualJames Still relevant. https://t.co/K9ai36zteT [Link]#

Lies.#

RT @WesleyHuntTX: Mayorkas: “We’re not responsible for the border crisis. Only Congress can fix it.”... ... Biden & MSM: “Congress must act!”... ... 🚨… [Link]#

Co-opted.#

RT @ByronYork: This is so odd. For months NPR, like everyone else, said the astronauts were stranded. Then Trump said the astronauts were s… [Link]#

Draining the swamp.#

RT @AutismCapital: 🚨NEW: Trump issued an order saying that any lame-duck Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) executed 30 days prior to… [Link]#
RT @jsolomonReports: Two U.S. service academies end minors degrees in diversity and inclusion https://t.co/qC5y8lH2Fe [Link]#

FAFO#

RT @jsolomonReports: Hundreds of mayors and dozens of Democratic governors vow to defy Trump’s energy policies https://t.co/tV4glUoONJ [Link]#

Journalism fail.#

RT @EYakoby: NBC believes that Palestinians who conducted suicide bombings and stabbings are considered “hostages.”... ... You seriously do not h… [Link]#

Rednecks.#

RT @LostMyHats: A few years ago, my family was coming back home on a blistering hot 4th of July on a desolate stretch of ND road. We stoppe… [Link]#

Political Science.#

RT @BasedMikeLee: Could 2025 be the year Americans finally realize that they neither need nor want the federal government to do many of the… [Link]#

Follow the money.#

RT @EYakoby: This is truly unbelievable. The Red Cross has issued a condemnation against Israel for taking photos of Palestinian terrorists… [Link]#
RT @DefiyantlyFree: There was only 4 times the Senate voted no for a President’s cabinet appointments: ... ... 1. Roger Taney 1834... 2. Caleb Cushi… [Link]#
RT @elonmusk: Interesting. Is this legal? [Link]#

Appropriately used.#

RT @chasrmartin: You don‘t read the word "wastrel" very often any more. [Link]#

Follow the trail and you will find skulduggery.#

RT @brithume: Quote: "The mystery surrounding [Ray] Epps is in some ways representative of everything we still don’t know about January 6.… [Link]#

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