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Attorney, active in politics & public policy half a century starting with JFK & civil rights movement, Ex Publisher California Progress Report & Legal Counsel to Speaker of CA Assembly. Trying to enjoy life in difficult times with music, photography travel

Frank D. Russo

Four-Ton Elephant Urinates in Middle of Texas GOP Convention How could I pass on this one, even if it's from Newsweek? After Abbott finished speaking an African elephant thelargest land mammal was led in campaign messaging. Passing delegates & media she stopped and relieved herself bit.ly/4xtEess

My comment: No shit!

Losing This War Is The Best Thing Possible The USA Needs To Be Humbled by Phillips P. O'Brien Losing wars is not always a bad thing. Sometimes it can be the best thing Germans & Japanese governments losing WWII was by far best for their people Think about it Dear leader says no bit.ly/4uC9Vgz

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Trump says agreement with Iran will be signed Sunday Politico Iran has not confirmed deal has been reached Iranian state media has described any possible deal as more of a 60-day ceasefire extension so both parties can continue negotiations & not a final end to conflict We'll see bit.ly/3RXXbTY

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Trump’s Big New Vulnerability in 2026: Blue-Collar White Voters by Shane Goldmacher Review of polling data shows an extraordinary swing among white working-class voters on the president’s handling of the economy Watershed break in part of his core voters is real bit.ly/4enrCKC

Who Benefits from Income and Wealth Growth in the United States? UC Berkeley Department of Economics Realtime Inequality provides the first timely statistics on how economic growth is distributed across groups Facts don't lie! bit.ly/4orPrpm

The explosion of wealth at the very top is without precedent in U.S. history At the height of the Gilded Age the richest handful of Americans had a net worth equivalent to 3% of the country’s annual economic output. Today for the same 0.00001 percent-about 20 individuals-it's 12% bit.ly/4aLLQN0

Wages Are Falling. Wealth Is Surging. No Wonder Americans Are Unhappy NYT Gift Article Stark juxtaposition explains why Same week Musk became the first trillionaire, BLS reported surge in energy prices wiped out a year and a half of wage gains for the average worker "Inequality" bit.ly/4aLLQN0

The world’s first trillionaire is a killer The Verge Musk’s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse — gleefully feeding USAID into the wood chipper Over 780,000 deaths — mostly of children, many of infants documented bit.ly/4fK4zMp

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Frank D. Russo

Defense decoupling is no longer just a European fear — it’s Trump’s policy by Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO Ending Europe’s dependence on U.S. capabilities is one thing, denying allies the ability to defend themselves is an entirely different matter This is serious! bit.ly/4fJUD5M