Skeets Of The Day

 

Operation Epic Quagmire / FAFO Crown Prince Bonesaw --

 

Saudi Arabia is in big trouble, with their oil industry under attack from multiple directions. The Saudis spent years bribing Trump and Kushner. At first, it seemed like a good investment. But the Iran war screwed them, now they really need help, and the US can't/won't. Me, in @foreignpolicy.com:

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— Nicholas Grossman (@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social) September 24, 2026 at 2:12 PM

 

Trump's illegalities (part infinity) --

 

Ambassador Alan Wolff says President Donald Trump's novel implementation of America's tariff law is illegal and runs counter to how Congress intended the presidential power to be used. Wolff would know. He wrote the law. https://cnn.it/4AuSoLg

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— CNN (@cnn.com) September 25, 2026 at 8:02 AM

 

With the midterm elections approaching, the White House is airing a new TV ad promoting President Donald Trump and his policies that says it is “Paid for by the U.S. Government.” https://cnn.it/4Av5loz

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— CNN (@cnn.com) September 24, 2026 at 6:59 PM

 

"Stop us before we kill" --

 

Tech leaders to UN: For the sake of humanity, please control the AI technology we created. apnews.com/article/ai-a...

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— Tim O’Brien (@timobrien.bsky.social) September 24, 2026 at 5:32 AM

 

Sad! --

Deaths now outnumber births in reliably Republican counties for the first time since at least 1982. We explain how this may already be affecting voting patterns in America bit.ly/471apDL

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— The Economist (@economist.com) September 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM

 

Trump and Xi mismatch --

Diplomacy or ‘diplotainment’? Key takeaways from the Trump-Xi summit in Washington

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— The Guardian (@theguardian.com) September 25, 2026 at 3:04 AM

 

Chinese officials look on as some final adjustments to the red carpet are made for President Xi.

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— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) September 23, 2026 at 6:11 PM

 

While Trump had the US military on their hands and knees smoothing out a red carpet for Xi and the Chinese.

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— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) September 25, 2026 at 8:29 AM

 

So it's going to be the Xi ballroom? Figures...

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— The GREAT HOUDINI (@thegreathoudini.bsky.social) September 25, 2026 at 8:36 AM

 

no significant deliverables from the trump-xi summit. but the most extraordinary photo (via chip somodevilla)

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— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer.com) September 25, 2026 at 8:30 AM

 

Xi knows he is in the presence of an absolute buffoon. He also knows that he is in the presence of the buffoon handing him global dominance.

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— VT Commons (@vtcommons.bsky.social) September 25, 2026 at 7:31 AM

Bobby Brainworm stole from black infant care to fund his security. Shameless. -- 

 

"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.

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— Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) September 25, 2026 at 10:03 AM

 

Progress!  😁 (Happy Friday!) --

 

“He definitely isn’t fluent, and I doubt he’ll ever get there, but he’s truly come a long way from being unable to pronounce a single word intelligibly.” — Xi Jinping

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— The Onion (@theonion.com) September 24, 2026 at 9:00 PM