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@503bartley.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 12:08 AM

Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) fell -403K bbl last wk, to 285mn bbl, lowest since 11/82, marking the 25th consecutive weekly decline, the longest streak since 2021-23. Inventories dropped -131mn bbl, or -46%. #OilReserve #StrategicPetroleumReserve #AgentKrasnov #ResidentDump #GasShortage #diesel

@503bartley.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 2:00 AM

#AgentKrasnov #DearLeader #DonTheCon #FearlessLeader #ResidentDump #TangerinePalpatine

Statue of President Trump, standing in a trash bin, right fist upraised, on a plinth with a brass plaque reading "The Trash Talker"
From the InIreland FaceBook account "The Trash Talker, up just off Grafton Street.
It's the work of Wexford artist TinKicker and first appeared last month at a street art festival in Co Carlow. It's now on display outside a gallery in Dublin city centre"

@503bartley.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 5:14 AM

#ResidentDump's been drinking Putin's Kontinental Kool-Aid... giving America indigestion. (OVERVIEW IN ALT TEXT)

In the continental world, the currency of power is land. Most countries, by geography, inhabit a continental world with multiple neighbors. Such neighbors have, historically, been each other’s primary adversaries. Those with enough power to conquer others—continental hegemons such as China and Russia—believe the international system should be divided among them into huge spheres of influence. They funnel resources into their militaries to protect boundaries, conquer and intimidate neighbors in wealth-destroying wars, and entrench authoritarian rule at home to prioritize military over civilian needs. The result is a vicious cycle. To justify their repression and retain the throne, despots require a big enemy and manufacture security threats that lead to more wars.
By contrast, states with an oceanic moat have relative security from invasion. They can thus focus on compounding wealth rather than on fighting neighbors. These maritime states see money, not territory, as the source of power. They advance domestic prosperity through international commerce and through industry, minimizing the tradeoff between military and civilian needs.

@503bartley.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 12:59 AM

15 times Americans were promised a dividend, rebate, or check.
Checks that have reached the public from any of them: zero.
#DonTheCon #ResidentDump #AgentKrasnov #TagerinePalpatine

DOGE DIVIDEND
2/19/25 Fll Summit
"There's even under consideration a new concept where we give 20% of the DOGE savings to American citizens, and 20% goes to paying down debt."
2/19/25 Air Force 1
"l love it. A 20% dividend, so to speak, for the money that we're saving... I think it's a great idea."
TARIFF REBATE/DIVIDEND
7/25/25 White Hse, lv for Scotland
"We have so much money coming in, we're thinking about a little rebate... for people of a certain income level might be very nice."
8/3/25 Allentown PA
"There could be a distribution or dividend to the people of our country... middle-income people and lower-income people, we could do a dividend."
10/1/25 OAN interview
"We also might make a distribution to the people, almost like a dividend to the people of America... maybe $1,000 to $2,000. It'd be great."
11/9/25 Truth Social
"A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone."
11/10/25 Truth Social
$2,000 first to "IOW and middle income USA Citizens," then "all money left over from the $2000 payments" to "substantially pay down national debt."
11/10/25 Oval Ofc
"We're going to issue a dividend to our middle-income people and lower-income people of about $2,000."
11/14/25 Air Force 1
"I'll be giving back $2,000 or so... everybody but the rich." Before Christmas? "NO, no, not for this year, It'll be next year sometime."
11/17/25 Oval Ofc
"We're going to be issuing dividends later on... probably the middle of next year, a little bit later than that. Thousands of dollars for individuals of moderate income."
12/2/25 Cabinet mtg
"We're going to be giving back refunds out of the tariffs... We're going to be giving a nice dividend to the people in addition to reducing debt."
1/7/26 NYT interview
"l did do that? When did I do that?" Then: "I'll be able to do $2,000 sometime. I would say toward the end of the year."
1/20/26 White Hse press briefing
"We'll be able to issue at least a $2,000 dividend... I believe we can do tha…

@503bartley.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 9:26 PM

#ResidentDump's “FCC has threatened me, threatened our show, our network, #abc, our affiliates, our local stations... you will have to go to the #jimmykimmellive #youtubevideo channel... because in the #america we live in right now, that is the best.. until November.”
meidasnews.com/news/kimmel-...

@503bartley.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 2:20 PM

#AgentKrasnov #ResidentDump #DonTheCon #TangerinePalpatine #Iceland

@503bartley.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 2:17 PM

#AgentKrasnov #ResidentDump #DonTheCon #TangerinePalpatine

@503bartley.bsky.social Sep 5, 2026, 5:33 PM

#StolenValor #AgentKrasnov #DonTheCon #TangerinePalpatine #ResidentDump #MedalofHonor