Joni Askola
Finnish PhD candidate and geopolitical analyst. Trying to help Ukraine with the 69th Sniffing Brigade
youtube.com/@askolageopolitics
- "Finland is very russian in a lot of ways," says MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk, attempting to justify why Finland shouldn’t have been accepted into NATO. Even Trump wouldn’t say that. This is the level of disinformation and ignorance we are dealing with
- 1/6 russia’s hybrid war against Europe: As recent arrests — and many past cases — show, russia often outsources its dirty work to foreign nationals to avoid direct accountability
- We have reached 36%! Massive thanks for the support so far! Let’s continue and finish this campaign asap to get the four trucks to the four Ukrainian units that badly need them! Link to donate in the comments! 🇺🇦 @69thsb.bsky.social
- 1/11 Most deserved failure of the decade? As expected, Elon Musk’s DOGE failed miserably—and his lies won’t save him from the humiliation. Unfortunately, others will bear the consequences
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View full thread10/11 Musk isn’t the first — and won’t be the last — to crash while trying to prove how easily the public sector can be ’fixed.’ Overconfidence breeds failure, and his was well-earned. Sadly, Americans and many around the world are paying the price
- 11/11 Source: Financial Times
- 8/11 Musk’s DOGE is a massive failure — marked by secrecy, lies, and conflicts of interest. He used his influence to benefit himself and his companies, undermining US soft power and causing global harm
- 9/11 DOGE exemplified overconfidence, corruption, and incompetence. Musk filled DOGE with unqualified, shady figures, while nothing worked — except the parts that benefited his companies and gave him access to sensitive data. The oligarch got what he wanted and Americans will pay
- 6/11 The non-profit Partnership for Public Service has estimated that DOGE’s firing and rehiring will cost the US $135 billion in lost productivity this year alone. Musk is not paying that bill — American taxpayers are!
- 7/11 By March, over 11,000 IRS staff had left or were expected to, with more layoffs planned. Yale’s Budget Lab found that cutting 7,000 jobs from the IRS might save $6.9 billion in salaries — but cost $64 billion in lost tax revenue due to weaker enforcement. What a failure!
- 4/11 Musk promised $2 trillion in cuts but now claims $170 billion. Of that, only $31.8 billion is somewhat documented — and even that appears inflated, with just 6,700 of 10,248 cases verified by the Financial Times
- 5/11 Federal spending also keeps rising, despite Musk’s DOGE cuts and his warnings about public debt. In reality, Musk and Trump push massive tax cuts, showing they don’t really care about the deficit. Honestly, my dog cares more about US public debt than they do
