John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Some nations are islands. No national economies are islands. MAGA seems to be trying to make the US one. But as long as DJT is POTUS, the Kremlin will have direct control of the US government--the opposite of us being independent. www.trumpisarussianasset.info 000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Wish I still had the screenshot, but one of his final tweets as SecState celebrated this moment as one of their biggest "wins" 000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 01/10/2026At Saw Dust Coffee House in Putnam, Connecticut. @kairyssdal.bsky.social @marketplace.org 000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Go to buy some chocolate, see a note about Trump's decimation of US power and influence and being a force for good abroad shop.equalexchange.coop/collections/... #EqualExchange 000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"As U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent opened the meeting, some ministers were surprised and dismayed to see Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov sitting at the G20 table" www.reuters.com/world/china/... 000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Remember when Trump ambushed world leaders at the G20 in Asheville by secretly inviting Russia? That was just a few weeks ago. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/b... #TIARA 120
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Really glad to see the NY Fed putting out data like this 010
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Not that Trump's loyalty to Russia was ever in question, but look at the timing of when that oligarch paid for Don Jr.'s wedding www.trumpisarussianasset.info 022
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Did not expect to see these two in lockstep. Just $1,000/share short of “l33t”.  010
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Witkoff blurs the line between emissary of Trump and Putin’s biggest fan, but no one mistakes him for an emissary of the United States. www.trumpisarussianasset.info/timeline/mor... 012
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Institutions keep getting hacked. In many cases, there would be no motive if cryptocurrency didn't allow the victims to send instant, unregulated payments across international borders. www.reuters.com/legal/govern... 000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 23/09/2026'Spectacle' and 'annihilation' stand out on Reuters' front page this morning 000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It's almost like NYT has some sort of bias one way or the other 0191
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Sign of the times that the market was actually relieved that the Fed raised interest rates.  000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 17/09/2026You don't have to be a genius to take direction from the Kremlin. Machiavelli is usually cited for the ends justify the means, committing evil for the national good. No US national good in POTUS being loyal to Russia. And what facade? He's not at all good at hiding it web.archive.org/web/20170628... 000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Bit of an AI freakout in stock market media today 000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 13/09/2026"Before the Iran war, the Gulf supplied roughly 20% of global seaborne jet fuel, 10% of seaborne diesel, 23% of ammonia demand, and 33% of helium production. Half of global seaborne sulfur... 9% of the world’s aluminum." --Atlantic Council www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/1... 121
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Love for and fealty to Putin does not make for an even-handed negotiator. www.trumpisarussianasset.info/timeline/mor... 030
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Witkoff puts hand to heart when Putin walks in the room: 041
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Perhaps the "mystery" of why the people who live in this economy aren't happy with it is gradually getting solved. 030
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The awful legislation Republicans passed is still working its way through the states. cthealthpolicy.org/wp-content/u... 000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 24/08/2026"Save the cheerleader, save the world." idk how, but I guess we fucked that up too www.cnn.com/2026/08/19/u... 000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Cutting spending on labor wasn't even enough to pay for their AI capex, these companies have also taken on massive debt through corporate bond offerings www.reuters.com/commentary/r... 000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Weird. It's almost like the president is following a Make America Weak agenda. www.trumpisarussianasset.info 020
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Huh he must be feeling really inadequate. Maybe he doesn't think he can win in a fair fight. 000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 01/08/2026"Admiral Caudle hired Timothy Parlatore, a Navy Reservist and well-known lawyer who had represented Mr. Hegseth and President Trump." 000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Oh good thing so many people use Meta platforms and Meta is paying Newsmax to train its AI on Newsmax content ir.newsmax.com/news/news-de... 000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Most people would rather not think about where the money they transfer to Amazon goes 000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Just me, or is that "context of the news" missing something? www.reuters.com/world/europe... 000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Bezos destroyed one of the best newspapers in the US. Thus far consequences have not come for his fortune. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_... #Amazon 100
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Good news from Investor Relations. Still way overpriced though. 000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 29/07/2026And it was a key mission of Trump for the Kremlin, as Ukraine was the top recipient of USAID (by country) in recent years, which is why he tackled it immediately upon taking office. "Mission accomplished." www.congress.gov/crs_external... www.trumpisarussianasset.info 1225
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 28/07/2026"Since taking office nearly 18 months ago, Mr. Hegseth has fired or sidelined more than two dozen senior officers... He has also removed from promotion lists about 40 senior officers who had been selected by boards made up of their peers." #TIARA 100
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Russian oil exports to India also surged after Trump closed the Strait. www.reuters.com/business/ene... 000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 27/07/2026And you have a US president helping Russia, which is why all aid to Ukraine stopped within weeks of him starting his second (no longer running for re-election) term. The obvious plan was for him to be in office in 2022 when Russia invaded (again), but his coup failed. www.trumpisarussianasset.info 030
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Or perhaps his strategic goal was to save the Russian economy, which he did. www.trumpisarussianasset.info www.reuters.com/commentary/r... 000
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Their stock is still way overpriced, but I'm glad to see another earnings miss from TSLA. Any company that stands behind Elon Musk can go to hell 111
John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Haven't the Trumps been giving them to Saudi Arabia? www.reuters.com/business/aer... 120