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Another US culture war around history revision and #Odyssey: A good time to remind oneself that history is typically written by the victor. A "people's history of the US" is a reflection from the viewpoint of those who did not win. Good weekend read. Tidbits captured in thread below 👇 #ElonMusk

Pattern: Everything Trump's family touches is about money. It's not about constituents, be it the people as a whole, or just soccer fans. And corruption is never far away. #Corruption

History: America's internment of Japanese Americans in concentration camps during WWII is taught today as an example of failure of constitutional checks and balances of US Government.

Reality: US excess deaths per capita were roughly 1.5–2× higher than similarly wealthy peer countries like UK, Germany, France, Canada, etc. between 2020-2021. Causality is widely attributed to the US handling of Covid under Donald Trump. And Dr. #Fauci knew. 👇 www.kff.org/covid-19/pre...

Premature Mortality During COVID-19 in the U.S. and Peer Countries | KFFThis analysis finds that the U.S. had the highest rate of premature deaths amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-2021 among a group of 12 large, wealthy peer countries. The U.S. on average had more than ...www.kff.org

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America plays corruption. Europe plays soccer. Period. #FIFA

Question: As "historically accurate" as MAGA revisionist history on American slavery? Asking for a friend. #Fascism #History www.cnn.com/2026/07/22/t...

Elon Musk says his Grok Imagine Al platform will make ‘historically accurate’ Odyssey adaptation by year-end | CNN BusinessElon Musk has said that his AI platform Grok Imagine will make a full-length, “historically accurate” film of the Odyssey in the coming months.www.cnn.com

Living in America's planned economy: Can't compete on EVs. Can't compete on vacuums and other modern world tech. So, no such thing for America in their so-called "free market economy". #FCC mashable.com/tech/us-robo...

The FCC bans all robot vacuums made outside the U.S.That's pretty much all of them.mashable.com

The day China discovered that Chinese EVs are better and cheaper. #Econsky

For not going along with an unconfirmed conspiracy: Best description of #Science in America under Trump 👇 #Fauci

Examples of autocrat/terror regimes having given preferential treatment to specific groups or regions: #Oligarchy #Autocracy

Ironic - isn't it: In a functioning society dangerous Quacksalbers are put behind bars. In the US they go on TV while they try to put scientists behind bars. #Fauci #Navarro #Science #Sciencesky

Europe has been wondering for a while.... no pension, no vacation, no health insurance, no freedom of press, no worker protection making sure everyone can make ends meet, crappy streets (mostly), brittle bridges,... but billionaires indeed seem to be doing just fine (enjoying Europe on their yachts)

Numbers cutting through banter: The UK has lived its " #AfD #Brexit " phase and seems to not have enjoyed it. 👇 #EU

Propaganda fact:

Accounting in an oligarchy👇 The US ranks 29th of 180 countries in the CPI corruption index (for now). Germany ranks 10th. Best is Denmark, which holds the 1st spot. #Corruption

Noteworthy: Balance sheet red for #Boeing Profit goes into fixing a man's toy. #AirForceOne #Corruption

China tariffs: The world learns that trade deals with the US are not worth the paper they are written on. The consequence will be less trade with the US and more trade with reliable nations. #Tariff #Econsky www.reuters.com/world/china/...

China opposes US 'forced labour' tariffs, calls for them to be cancelledChina's commerce ministry said on Monday that new U.S. tariffs imposed on Chinese goods over alleged forced labour were unjustified ​and amounted to protectionism, and urged Washington to remove them.www.reuters.com

Business is good: Yet, #Infantino is a disgrace to the sport of soccer. Period. #FIFA #FIFAPeacePrice www.ctvnews.ca/sports/artic...

‘Planting seeds of hate’: FIFA president targets critics he says spread ‘false rumours’ about World CupOne week after the World Cup final, FIFA President Gianni Infantino attacked perceived critics for “spreading hate and false rumors” about the tournament.www.ctvnews.ca

Utter failure #DOGE: As predicted and stated repeatedly, China's influence just grew after Musk's DOGE cuts. The no strategy US administration tries to repair now. #ElonMusk abcnews.com/US/wireStory...

US looks to boost anti-China spending worldwide, documents sayThe Trump administration is preparing to ramp up funding by hundreds of millions of dollars for programs designed to counter China’s growing influence worldwideabcnews.com