Tootfinder

It should be easy to see how state escalation across the US (especially MLPS) is a strong indicator of a failing counter-insurgency effort.
Force escalations in other areas are, likewise, a strong counter-indicator of success. Given that Trump only know how to escalate, you can assess for yourself the direction of the next few years.

The Trump administration on Monday said it would
pause leases for five #wind #farms under construction off the east coast
🔥essentially gutting the country’s nascent offshore wind industry
in a sharp escalation of Trump’s crusade against the renewable energy source.
The decision injected uncertainty into…

Trump Halts 5 Wind Farms Off the East Coast
The Interior Department said the projects posed national security risks, without providing details. The decision imperils billions of dollars of investments.

The FCC says TV talk shows should now comply with equal time political broadcasting rules; the board's lone Democrat calls the change a censorship escalation (The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pol

FCC Targets ‘The View’ and Jimmy Kimmel With Eye Toward Getting Equal Time for Republicans
The FCC released new guidance Wednesday that stipulates that daytime and late night talk shows will be expected to comply with equal time rules.

2026: END OF WAR OR ESCALATION? Miltech by Minister FEDOROV. Ukraine through AMERICAN Eyes: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/15/end-of-war-or-escalation.html

Sources: UK and Chinese security officials set up a forum to discuss cyberattacks after hacking accusations, the first of its kind, to help prevent escalation (Alex Wickham/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…

Russia is not interested in peace. Full stop.
Putin wants the USSR back, if not the Russian empire. That's his goal. That and general corruption.
Every time a politico says they want to avoid escalation, it just means they're cowards.
Every time Russia violates NATO airspace, Putin is escalating. He's testing resolve, and finding it lacking. Every Russian plane or drone not shot on sight is inviting broader escalated war.

Is Trump stupid (yes, he is) enough to attack Venezuela?🤬
So what's in it for US? Oil? Bauxite? Gold?🤔
Will be Ukraine left just with support mostly by EU?😬
Fucking "interesting times" as Sir Pratchett would say.

The Trump administration has reportedly set a goal of yanking citizenship away from over a thousand naturalized Americans in fiscal year 2026,
in yet another escalation in the administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown.
New guidance issued on Tuesday directs the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) field offices
to “supply Office of Immigration Litigation with 100-200 denaturalization cases per month” next year, according to The New York Times.
Denatu…

Trump Administration Sets Goal to Denaturalize Thousands of US Citizens in 2026
Immigration officials have reportedly issued guidance setting a quota of 100 to 200 denaturalization cases a month.

Federal Prosecutors Open Investigation Into Fed Chair Powell
The investigation, which is said to center on renovations of the Federal Reserve’s headquarters in Washington,
is an escalation of Trump’s long-running pressure campaign on Jerome H. Powell
Powell commented
“This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions
— or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or…

Federal Prosecutors Open Investigation Into Fed Chair Powell
The investigation, which is said to center on renovations of the Federal Reserve’s headquarters in Washington, is an escalation of the president’s long-running pressure campaign on Jerome H. Powell.

Fed Changes Course
and Takes On Trump’s Political Fight
The Justice Department’s decision to open up a criminal investigation of Jerome H. Powell,
the chair of the Federal Reserve,
is a major escalation in the pressure campaign against the central bank to cut interest rates.
“Trump is now exercising the nuclear option,
so there is no longer a reason for Powell not to speak his mind,”
said Maurice Obstfeld,
a senior fellow at the Peterson Instit…

Fed Changes Course and Takes On Trump’s Political Fight
The Justice Department’s decision to open up a criminal investigation of Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, is a major escalation in the pressure campaign against the central bank to cut interest rates.