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WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/watterson-bill/77538/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Bill Watterson</a><blockquote>   CALVIN: I’m writing a fund-raising letter. The secret to getting donations is to depict everyone who disagrees with you as the enemy. Then you explain how they’re systematically working to destroy everything you hold dear. It’s a War of Values! Rational discussion is hopeless! Compromise is unthinkable! Our only hope is well-funded antagonism, so we need your money to keep up the fight!    HOBBES: How cynically unconstructive.    CALVIN: Enmity sells.</blockquote>Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist Calvin and Hobbes (1995-07-07) Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/watterson-bill/77538/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/watterson-bill/77538…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=billwatterson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#billwatterson</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=calvinandhobbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#calvinandhobbes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=anger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anger</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=antagonism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antagonism</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=compromise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compromise</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=culturewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#culturewar</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=demagoguery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#demagoguery</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=demonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#demonization</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=donations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#donations</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=enmity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enmity</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=fundraising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fundraising</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=hatred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hatred</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=politicalmovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politicalmovement</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=politicalpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politicalpower</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=politicalpressure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politicalpressure</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=usvsthem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#usvsthem</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=values" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#values</a>

Gerd_Brodowski<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#israel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iran</a> : <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conflict</a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shadowwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shadowwar</a>„Israel said on June 13 that it carried out strikes in Iran, a day before talks between the Islamic Republic & the US about Tehran’s escalating uranium enrichment programme (…). This marks the latest <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/escalation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#escalation</a> since the war in Gaza began in 2023 & heightens fears of an all-out war between the two countries, whose history of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enmity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enmity</a> spans decades of clandestine conflicts & includes land, sea, air & cyber attacks.“<a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/iran-and-israels-open-warfare-after-decades-of-shadow-war" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/iran-and-israels-open-warfare-after-decades-of-shadow-war</a>

Nonilex“I don’t believe we have the legal authority to stop an authorized payment certified by an agency,” he wrote to the group on Jan 24. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DavidLebryk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DavidLebryk</a>, who had been a federal employee for >35 years, was pushed out of his job days later for refusing to give Krause access to the system. Late on Jan. 31, a Friday, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottBessent</a> authorized entry for a team led by Krause after Lebryk’s departure.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAID</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Treasury</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteNationalism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/enmity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enmity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a>

NonilexThe possibility of systems at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Treasury</a>’s little-known Bureau of the Fiscal Service being used to stop congressionally authorized spending has stoked alarm among <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democrats</a>, who have called for investigations & led protests at the Treasury building.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DavidLebryk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DavidLebryk</a>, formerly the top career official at the Treasury, rebuffed the request to grant access & pause the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aid</a> payments.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteNationalism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/enmity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enmity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a>

NonilexThe emails viewed by NYT undercut <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Treasury</a>’s explanation for why Krause & his team were given access to the payment system. That system disburses >$5T in funding on behalf of much of the federal govt.The department, now led by Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottBessent</a>, has said that Krause, a Treasury staff member, & his team are conducting an “operational efficiency assessment” that does not involve blocking agency payments.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteNationalism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/enmity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enmity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a>

NonilexIn a Jan 24 email to a small group of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Treasury</a> ofcls, the chief of staff, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DanKatz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DanKatz</a>, wrote that Krause & his team needed access to the system so they could pause <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAID</a> payments & comply w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s Jan 20 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExecutiveOrder</a> to halt <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ForeignAid</a>.“To the extent permitted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a>, we would like to implement the pause as soon as possible in order to ensure that we are doing our role to comply with the EO,” Katz wrote.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteNationalism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/enmity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enmity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a>

NonilexConspiracy to block <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAID</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin appointees & allies of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> wanted to use the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Treasury</a>’s sensitive payment system to freeze <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ForeignAid</a> payments, emails show<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteNationalism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteChristianNationalism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/enmity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enmity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/us/politics/trump-musk-usaid.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/us/politics/trump-musk-usaid.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</a>

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