I don’t have any evidence to suggest one way or the other that Trump is or is not a Russian asset. But I think the news-worthiness of this post is not necessarily the supposed turning of Trump, but with the story was scrubbed.

A notable news outlet merely reported something said by a well-known ex-intelligence operative. That is legitimate news. And if they got what the ex-intelligence operative said wrong typically, a news outlet would update the story and issue a retraction. Instead they just deleted it, and so did everyone else, and I think the reasons for that is a valuable thing to think about.

No idea if this story is true or not. Weird it got published, and weirder that it got scrubbed.

As far as intelligence assets go, from what I’ve read you want as many as you can get, just in case they become useful eventually.

Here’s one from the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20250221153932/https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-intelligence-officer-alnur-mussayev-claims-kgb-recruited-donald-trump-under-codename-krasnov/

“My name’s Larry, this is my Uncle David, and this is my other Uncle David.” 🥰

It’s not a perfect solution (and I know people don’t love Cloudflare) but their Tunnels project is free. Hides your personal IP from the world, and provides some protection against known exploits.

But a VPS is quicker and easier, for sure.

But some beautiful day in the future, bad code will write badder code.

Can confirm Mooch and Earl are still at it!

It’s subjective, but I clearly remember saying Windows couldn’t get any worse around the time that (Microsoft was claiming that) Internet Explorer was irrevocably integrated with Windows 98.

Never believe it when someone says such-and-such can’t get any worse. Somehow it always can.

… but no one will be able to find it. /s

Aww, torties are great 😻

For sure. Trump needs Musk to keep the Republican Congress in line.

During the 2020 through 2024 political cycle, Trump continually voiced support for various candidates who were die-hard Trumpers, and discovered that his mere endorsement didn’t move the needle as much as he wished it would: A lot of those candidates lost their races.

What proved to be a larger influence (especially in close races) was massive infusions of cash, which is something that Trump is unwilling or unable to provide. Musk, on the other hand, as the richest man in the world has the cash and the will to spend it. Most important to Trump, Musk has threatened to “primary” any sitting Congress person who does anything that Trump doesn’t like. Any Congress person who might raise a stink about the Executive branch usurping their Constitutional powers will likely find themselves facing a well-funded Trump loyalist in their next election – and they would rather lose the power of their body then their own personal career.

Cats aren’t dogs

Except for Maine Coons, which are among the most dog-like cats I’ve ever met. (Not to take anything away from other breeds, I love all cats😸 .)

It’s probably a coincidence, but so-called “underhanded” techniques like this used to be referred to as “ratfucking.” Anyway, here’s to more left-wing ratfucking.

Can’t bullshit a bullshitter.

Heh heh heh!

Mutha. Fuckin’. Breadcrumbs.

“Jim Membership”

Carrots in B-flat, 12/12 time.

We’d better hold off on showing compassion until we figure out once and for all who needs it most, first. /s

Check for X’s on the back of her paws, she might be straight-edge.