Nathan Standing

@cryptosantra.bsky.social

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Budding curmudgeon. Cryptosantra on Xitter, Threads, Post.News, Mastodon, BSky, and (I know) TruthSocial.

An image of a CNN "Breaking News" story with the headline, "A person was killed in an ICE-involved shooting in Maine, state official says. It comes days after a man was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Texas."
A poster with a picture of Donald Trump, surrounded by these words: THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS CURRENTLY DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN DO TO FUCK WITH, SOW DISTRUST IN, AND DESTROY ANOTHER AMERICAN ELECTION. (Picture) DONALD TRUMP IS AMERICA'S ENEMY.
Donald Trump post on Truth Social: The Radical Left Lunatics, often referred to as Dumocrats, have lost control of their Party. They are being led by loud and unattractive people who have totally lost their way. Hopefully, they will fight back, and not let this sick, Communist ideology, take over America! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Donald Trump posted on TruthSocial: 1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands of more to immediately follow, should the Iranian Government act on its threat, pronounced in many corners of the Globe, to assassinate, or attempt to assassinate, the sitting President of the United States of America, in this case, ME! Orders have already been given, and the U.S. Military is ready, willing, and able, for a one year period of time, subject to extension, to completely decimate and destroy all areas of Iran - PRAISE BE TO ALLAH! President DONALD J. TRUMP
@middleageriot post on threads: A close-up photo of Donald Trump's arch on the Mall showing cracks and defects in the plaster. The caption reads, "Donald Trump's triumphal arch is a pile of failure coated with a layer of loser."
Donald Trump post on TruthSocial: Do you think people appreciate what a fantastic job we did in building and operating the Great American State Fair at the National Mall, packed with happy people, and everybody loving it? Ask yourself this simple question, “DO YOU THINK THAT OBUMA OR SLEEPY JOE BIDEN COULD HAVE DONE IT?” THE ANSWER IS NO!
An AI-generated picture of Donald Trump holding a small planet Earth on his shoulders. He's dressed in a suit, with a large American flag over one shoulder and dragging on the ground. He's standing on a small pile of stones and appears to be taking the planet somewhere.
A poster showing DNC Chair Ken Martin on a microphone, with the caption, DNC LAUNCHES "STUFF COSTS TOO MUCH WEEKEND OF ACTION" WITH 200+ EVENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
Trump post on TruthSocial: "This is the hard rubber surface — No Paint — Before the Vandals cut and pulled it apart!" He attached a photo showing an unblemished coating on the left side, but the right side is still bare concrete.
Two consecutive posts from Donald Trump on TruthSocial: "Has anyone ever seen a Happy Communist? President DJT" and Communists always do well with the Voters or, as they would say, THE PEOPLE, in the Early Years! But, in the end, the Country, State, or City, GOES TO HELL! Great Violence proceeds at levels never seen before, and the entity dissolves into Poverty, Squalor, and Crime. Remember, breathtaking “Popularity” first, and then, guaranteed DEATH AND DESTRUCTION! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Sen. Charles Schumer posted on Threads: As Trump wages war on our elections: @senatedems Election Protection Task Force is gearing up with lawyers and response teams the moment he tries to interfere. The GOP is already ignoring your bills, wages, health care, and freedom—we won’t let them ignore your vote too.
Trump on TruthSocial: "Has anyone ever seen a happy Dumocrat??? President DJT"
Trump reposted a picture from his visit to China, showing the back of Trump's head as he faces the stage where Xi Jinping is speaking. Good times, apparently.
Trump post on TruthSocial: The New York Times wrote a story today entitled, “Trump Administration Sees Striking Exodus of Legal Talent,” as though that’s a bad thing, when actually, it’s very good. The people that are leaving are Radical Left Deep State Lunatics, who are destroying our Country, and Weaponizing Government. Many of them didn’t leave, but were fired! The Failing New York Times writes this, but makes it sound like it’s a terrible thing when actually, it’s just the opposite. We want people that will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, not people that are trying to destroy our Country, that were put in by Obama and Biden and, in many cases, they shouldn’t have been representing the U.S.A. in the first place. Let them go on to “bigger, better, and brighter” things in the future — I fully support that, and wish them all well! President DONALD J. TRUMP
A Trump post on TruthSocial: an AI illustration of Mount Rushmore, but with Donald Trump's scowling face carved into the rock to one side, with the setting sun behind the monument coloring Trump's graven image orange.
Trump post on TruthSocial: "We should have a giant MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN RALLY, for 250, instead of having overpriced singers, who nobody wants to hear, whose music is boring, and yet who do nothing but complain. Cancel it, just like I canceled my involvement with the failing and unsafe to be in Kennedy Center..." (and so on). Trump squalls for hundreds of words more about his many recent failures, insisting they were all someone else's fault.
A Trump post on TruthSocial, showing a publicity still of Trump and Xi Jinping facing each other, shaking hands in front of long stairs up to a public building. Trump writes, "See, they have a Ballroom — It’s called The Great Hall of China! It’s very large and beautiful. Why do people fight me for having something even better? The Dumocrats are CRAZY! President DONALD J. TRUMP." I swear, I'm not making this up.
A Donald Trump post on TruthSocial, showing a publicity picture of a scowling Donald Trump and indifferent Xi Jinping standing in front of Chinese and US flags.
A Donald Trump post on TruthSocial: A poster titled "Stealing Groceries" with a "Biden's Solution" on the left side (a photo of two people stuffing cans under their clothing) and "Trump's Solution" on the right (three people in orange overalls locked in an overcrowded jail cell. (It's hard to tell if their faces are as orange as Donald's.)
A Donald Trump post on TruthSocial: an AI illustration of a Cubist Mount Rushmore with the sky as an American flag and Donald as the fifth (still orange) head.
Trump post on TruthSocial: an AI image of Trump in a florid military uniform, pointing at us while jets fly above him and military ships sail below. At the bottom is the phrase "YOU'RE GETTING DISCOMBOBULATED," coarsely made as if from an archaic dot-matrix printer. (No, none of it makes sense.)
A Donald Trump post on TruthSocial, where the President of the United States gets colicky and attacks everyone for not praising his Iran deal loudly enough. Note that Trump is a compulsive liar who hasn't completed any Iranian deal yet, the terms he's described are unrealistic and incompatible with Iran's positions, and Iran denies that any such deal exists.
"Everyone says he is crazy — which maybe he is — but the scarier thing about him is that he is stupid. You do not know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump. You just don't." Fran Lebowitz
Donald Trump posted on TruthSocial: An AI picture showing a drone painted with a US flag pretending to have fired missiles at two boats flying Iranian flags, destroying them with photocopied fireballs.
Donald Trump post on TruthSocial: "What happened last night is exactly the reason that our great Military, Secret Service, Law Enforcement and, for different reasons, every President for the last 150 years, have been DEMANDING that a large, safe, and secure Ballroom be built ON THE GROUNDS OF THE WHITE HOUSE. This event would never have happened with the Militarily Top Secret Ballroom currently under construction at the White House. It cannot be built fast enough! While beautiful, it has every highest level security feature there is plus, there are no rooms sitting on top for unsecured people to pour in, and is inside the gates of the most secure building in the World, The White House. The ridiculous Ballroom lawsuit, brought by a woman walking her dog..." Trump goes on with us usual disjointed fantasies.
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) post on TruthSocial: John Phelan is a long time friend, and very successful businessman, who did an outstanding job serving as my Secretary Of The Navy for the last year. John helped my Administration rebuild Sleepy Joe Biden’s rapidly depleted, and almost abandoned, Navy. Now, because of John, and all of the Great Men and Women lovingly and tirelessly involved, we have the strongest Navy in the World — BY FAR! John Phelan is smart, tough, and respected by all, and although he has decided to move on from his position as Secretary Of The Navy, I very much... [And so on. I'm not repeating more than I need to.]
Donald Trump posted on TruthSocial: "Israel never talked me into the war with Iran, the results of Oct. 7th, added to my lifelong opinion that IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, did. I watch and read the FAKE NEWS Pundits and Polls in total disbelief. 90% of what they say are lies and made up stories, and the polls are rigged, much as the 2020 Presidential Election was rigged. Just like the results in..." The rest was just Trump's usual regurgitated complaints
Royal Ambassador @Jaokoo... Posted on X: CONFIRMED: The US joint Chiefs of staff Air "Force Gen. Dan Caine stormed out of an emergency meeting with Trump. Insiders indicate that Trump wanted to invoke the nuclear codes as a deterrence against Iran but Caine refused and invoked the U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Elon Musk (@elonmusk) posted on X/itter: Universal HIGH INCOME via checks issued by the Federal government is the best way to deal with unemployment caused by Al. Al/robotics will produce goods & services far in excess of the increase in the money supply, so there will not be inflation.
A post from Donald Trump's account on TruthSocial that attacks "An Illegal Alien Criminal from Haiti." I'm not quoting the rest.
A post by the official Iran News 24 account: Dear Americans, Iran does not have the missile range to strike your country; if an attack occurs, it would most likely be carried out by your own GOVERNMENT or ISRAEL.
Trump writes on TruthSocial: A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!
Section 4 Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President. Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.
Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) writes: "I think there's too little discussion in the United States that Trump may conduct war crimes in the war against Iran. Targeting civilian infrastructure to torture the civilian population into unrest is a war crime. Whatever the objective of the war, we will all live with the stain for decades to come."
Trump post on TruthSocial: Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is running out - 48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them. Glory be to GOD! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Donald Tusk (Prime Minister of Poland) posts on Xhitter: The threat of NATO’s break-up, easing sanctions on Russia, a massive energy crisis in Europe, halting aid for Ukraine and blocking the loan for Kyiv by Orban — it all looks like Putin’s dream plan.
A photo of three ICE agents in an airport. They're not helping, just looking ominously at people in the long TSA lines. They're each heavily armed and wearing bulletproof vests labeled (left to right) "Department of Homeland Security POLICE," "POLICE ICE", and "POLICE FEDERAL AGENT." Note that all three are ICE agents.
A disjointed post by Donald Trump on TruthSocial: "For years, Democrats ignored Violent and Vicious Crime of all shapes, sizes, colors, and types..." "...Let in the worst from the worst countries so they could rip off American Taxpayers." "Safe and Secure Elections." And something about "TINA PETERS, a patriot..." FYI, I deliberately cropped the image because I'm not repeating Trump's gibbering dementia unedited.
Donald Trump posted on TruthSocial: Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people! President DONALD J. TRUMP
A picture taken through chain-link fencing of dozens of children sleeping on the floor in an ICE detention center, each with just a foil blanket and no pillow.
Alt National Park Service posts: Republicans keep saying “just use your Real ID" to meet the SAVE Act's 'proof of citizenship' requirement, but that's only true in 5 states. H.R.22 - SAVE Act I'm married and | have a Real ID driver's license. Will this be accepted as proof of US Citizenship? NO. With the exception of 5 states (NY, WA, VT, MI, MN), your Real ID will not be accepted as proof of citizenship when registering to vote. Will my birth certificate provide proof, even though it shows my maiden name? NO. Proof of citizenship cannot be verified by your birth certificate if the name does not match. Will my marriage license provide this proof if I bring it with my birth certificate and Real lD? NO. Since marriage licenses do not specify citizenship, you would need to bring a passport or an active military ID with papers. I'm already registered to vote. Am I guaranteed that I won't have to re-register? NO. As the bill currently stands, there is no requirement to notify you if your name is removed from the existing registration database.
There's no description, but the file is someone powerful's schedule. I've copied the first page: May 1st, Sunday: 9:30am Breakfast with Terje Roed-Larsen (omlettes) [REDACTION] 10:30 Appt w/Leon Black 9 [REDACTION] Melanie is his assistant: [REDACTION] 11:00 Appt w/[REDACTION] [REDACTION] [REDACTION] 1:00pm Appt w/Michael Wolff ([REDACTION]) 2:00pm Appt w/[REDACTION] 3:00pm Appt w/Steve Bastone and Joe (Steve cell: [REDACTION]) 5:00pm Appt w/Howard Lutnick (drinks) ([REDACTION]) 6:30pm Dinner w/Woody Allen, Soon-Yi, Prof. Steve Kossl n Katherine Keating, Alexandra Keating, Korina, Sultan and his Wife ([REDACTION] may stop by with [REDACTION]. 8:30pm Buffet Dinner at the Home of Vera Wang (740 Park Ave) After party for L'Amour Fou May 2, Monday 9:30am Breakfast w Sultan [REDACTION] and Andre Balasz [REDACTION] Adriana is his assistant [REDACTION] 4:30pm Appt w/Dan ene and Jennie at Core Club 66 e. 55th street bet Park and Madison) ([REDACTION]) 9:00 m Dinner w Bill Gates and Larry Summers and Jes Staley (Larry cell: [REDACTION] Julie is Larry's assistant: [REDACTION] EFTA_R1_00009112 EFTA01733743
A post by Donald Trump on TruthSocial: "Iran has long been known as a Master of Media Manipulation and Public Relations. They are Militarily ineffective and weak, but are really good at “feeding” the very appreciative Fake News Media false information. Now, A.I. has become another Disinformation weapon that Iran uses, quite well, considering they are being annihilated by the day. They showed phony “Kamikaze Boats,” shooting at various Ships at Sea, which looks wonderful, powerful, and vicious, but these Boats don’t exist — It’s all false information to show how “tough” their already defeated Military is! The five U.S. Refueling Planes that were supposedly struck down and badly damaged, according to The Wall Street Journal’s false reporting, and others, are all in service, with the exception of one, which will soon be flying the skies. Buildings and Ships that are shown to be on fire are not — It’s FAKE NEWS, generated by A.I. For instance, Iran, working in close coordination with the Fake News Media, shows our great USS Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier, one of the largest and most prestigious Ships in the World, burning uncontrollably in the Ocean. Not only was it not burning, it was not even shot at — Iran knows better than to do that! The story was knowingly FAKE and, in a certain way, you can say that those Media Outlets that generated it should be brought up on Charges for TREASON for the dissemination of false information! The fact is, Iran is being decimated, and the only battles they “win” are those that they create through AI, and are distributed by Corrupt Media Outlets. The Radical Leftwing Press knows this full well, but continues to go forward with false stories and LIES. That’s why their Approval Rating is so low, and I can win a Presidential Election, IN A LANDSLIDE, getting only 5% positive Press — They have no credibility! I am so thrilled to see Brendan Carr, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), looking at the licenses of so…
An image of a random page from the Epstein Files with around 14 names redacted. There is no attached explanation for these redactions, as required under the Epstein Act. Despite that, the context — this is from a subpoena for Epstein's financial records — makes it clear that none of those redactions were the victims' names or identifying information.
TheAuthorGuy on Threads posted: Barack Obama's speech at Rev. Jesse Jackson's memorial service was beautiful. Hopeful, respectful, reverent, humble, eloquent, humorous, gracious, and dignified. Thank you, Mr. President.
EPSTEIN talked about blackmailing people in front of [redacted]. [Redacted] was confident TRUMP knew EPSTEIN blackmailed people because she heard EPSTEIN and TRUMP talking about it. [Redacted] stated she knew TRUMP had illegal building permits. She heard him (TRUMP) talking about washing money through casinos. Number 6 is Donald Trump's favorite number. [Redacted] was not sure how she knew that, but she had heard it at one point. [Redacted] stated that EPSTEIN's blackmailing of her mother "ruined my family". [Redacted] asked the Agents to keep her safe, stating, "Throughout my life his [EPSTEIN's] people have found me... have kept tabs on me."
Epstein's Associates and Enablers (provisional) ASSOCIATES: 1. Donald Trump 2. Peter Thiel 3. Larry Summers 4. Bill Burns 5. Gordon Brown 6. Howard Lutnick 7. Kosslyn 8. Boris (Gates) 9. Icon Black 10. Ehud Barak 11. Harvey Weinstein 12. (Prince) Andrew [crossed out] 13. Steve Bannon 14. Jamie Dimon 15. Jess Staley 16. Les Wexner 17. Bill Clinton 18. Ron Burkle 19. David Copperfield 20. Elon Musk 21. Bill Gates 22. Shaun Carter (Jay-Z) 23. William Barr 24. David Blaine 25. Leon Black 26. Brett Ratner 27. David Mitchell 28. Richard Branson 29. Deepak Chopra 30. Andre Assaf 31. Ahmed Bin Sulayem 32. Jennie Saunders 33. Franck Ribéry 34. Bill Richardson 35. Thorbjørn Jagland 36. Sergey Brin 37. Martin Nowak 38. Tom Pritzker ENABLERS 1. Pam Bondi 2. Kash Patel 3. Mike Johnson 4. Jim Jordan 5. Alexander Acosta 6. Karoline Leavitt 7. John Phelan 8. Paolo Zampolli 9. R. F. K. Jr. 10. Kevin Warsh 11. Mehmet Oz 12. Reid Hoffman 13. Tom Barrack 14. Peter Mendelson [crossed out] 15. Peter Attia 16. Brad Karp 17. Kathy Ruemmler 18. Leon Botstein 19. Keith Frankel 20. Alan Dershowitz 21. Sarah Kellen 22. Adriana Ross 23. Eve and Glenn Dubin 24. Leslie Groff 25. Karyna Shuliak 26. Sarah Ferguson 27. Eric Trump 28. Donald Trump, Jr. 29. Ivanka Trump 30. Melania Trump
Posted by https://www.threads.com/@qasimrashid: Trump stole $134B from small businesses with his illegal tariff scheme—which is about 10X more than all annual burglary, theft, and property crimes COMBINED. He will face no consequences. Meanwhile tens of thousands of low income people are in prison and jail for a fraction of what Trump stole. Nations that protect the wealthy but prosecute the poor condemn themselves for failure.
Cartoon with a large and scary AG Pam Bondi bellowing "HAVE YOU SEEN THE STOCK MARKET" at a slumped, crying Epstein victim.
Cartoon with a large and scary AG Pam Bondi bellowing "HAVE YOU SEEN THE STOCK MARKET" at a slumped, crying Epstein victim.
Trump post on TruthSocial: Highly Respected Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, is a truly strong and powerful Leader, with a proven track record of delivering phenomenal results. He fights tirelessly for, and loves, his Great Country and People, just like I do for the United States of America. Viktor works hard to Protect Hungary, Grow the Economy, Create Jobs, Promote Trade, Stop Illegal Immigration, and Ensure LAW AND ORDER! Relations between Hungary and the United States have reached new heights of cooperation and spectacular achievement under my Administration, thanks largely to Prime Minister Orbán. I look forward to continuing working closely with him so that both of our Countries can further advance this tremendous path to SUCCESS and cooperation. I was proud to ENDORSE Viktor for Re-Election in 2022, and am honored to do so again. Viktor Orbán is a true friend, fighter, and WINNER, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election as Prime Minister of Hungary — HE WILL NEVER LET THE GREAT PEOPLE OF HUNGARY DOWN! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
Photo of a pile of Epstein documents that are almost entirely redacted.
toucan (@distributionat) posted: EXCLUSIVE: xAl LAID OFF NEARLY 50% OF STAFF ** MACROHARD, REASONER, AND CODE TEAMS WIPED OUT ** COFOUNDERS JIMMY BA AND TONY WU RESIGNED BEFORE LAYOFFS ** MULTIPLE DEPARTEES FORMING NEW COMPANY.
A photo of the hearing questioning Attorney General Pam Bondi. The six Epstein victims had been asked to stand. They were asked how many of them had never been approached by the DOJ. All six stand there -- five women and one man -- with a hand in the air. And AG Bondi looks away the entire time.
Trump on TruthSocial: "The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER! It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn’t represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence. Nobody understands a word this guy is saying..." And more of Trump's tripe
Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.