<p>Bonkers long thread so I hope you will stay with me and engage. I'd like to take stock of what is probably the most unnecessary potential for conflict since the <a href="/tags/falklandswar/" rel="tag">#FalklandsWar</a>. I'm talking about the attempt by the Trump administration to annex Greenland. <br><a href="/tags/denmark/" rel="tag">#Denmark</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#NATO</a> <a href="/tags/greenland/" rel="tag">#Greenland</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/vance/" rel="tag">#Vance</a> <a href="/tags/mettefrederiksen/" rel="tag">#MetteFrederiksen</a> <a href="/tags/jensfrederiknielsen/" rel="tag">#JensFrederikNielsen</a> 🧵</p>
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<p>Trump Team Eyes Politically Connected Startup to Overhaul $700 Billion Government Payments Program<br>—</p><p>A little-known firm with investors linked to JD Vance, Elon Musk and Trump could get a piece of the federal expense card system — and its hundreds of millions in fees. “This goes against all the normal contracting safeguards,” one expert said.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-peter-thiel-ramp-gsa-smartpay-expense-payment-system?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-peter-thiel-ramp-gsa-smartpay-expense-payment-system?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-peter-thiel-ramp-gsa-smartpay-expense-payment-system?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/vance/" rel="tag">#Vance</a> <a href="/tags/thiel/" rel="tag">#Thiel</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/investment/" rel="tag">#Investment</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>Stephen Miller vows vengeance for Charlie Kirk's murder - <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/stephen-miller-vengeance-charlie-kirk-murder-rcna231329" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/stephen-miller-vengeance-charlie-kirk-murder-rcna231329"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump</span><span class="invisible">-administration/stephen-miller-vengeance-charlie-kirk-murder-rcna231329</span></a> By Henry J. Gomez</p><p>The White House has ramped up its vow for vengeance in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination, with deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller promising to bring the resources of the federal government to bear against what he described as “terrorist networks.”</p><p>“It is a vast domestic terror movement,” said Miller.</p><p><a href="/tags/kirk/" rel="tag">#kirk</a> <a href="/tags/miller/" rel="tag">#miller</a> <a href="/tags/violence/" rel="tag">#Violence</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/vance/" rel="tag">#vance</a></p>
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<p>Winter Olympics chief begs fans not to boo JD Vance and Trump's delegation amid ICE fury | Daily Mail Online</p><p> <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/winterolympics/article-15533237/winter-olympics-jd-vance-milan-ice-fury.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/winterolympics/article-15533237/winter-olympics-jd-vance-milan-ice-fury.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/wint</span><span class="invisible">erolympics/article-15533237/winter-olympics-jd-vance-milan-ice-fury.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/vance/" rel="tag">#Vance</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/olympics/" rel="tag">#Olympics</a> <a href="/tags/italy/" rel="tag">#Italy</a> <a href="/tags/jdvance/" rel="tag">#JDVance</a> <a href="/tags/milan/" rel="tag">#Milan</a> <a href="/tags/cortina/" rel="tag">#Cortina</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a></p>
