BlueBird

A true Hero vs a total zero.

Ah! Brett Ratner.That explains it. Another name to add to the long list of Trump’s good friends who are accused rapists, sex traffickers & predators. How many are on your list of good friends?

Fireworks 🎆

Trump was ready to announce a plan to extend ACA subsidies for 2 more years. Same time, Mike Johnson made it clear Republicans in Congress would NOT approve any extension. Trump postponed.

74% of US want subsidies extended, incl 50% of Repubs

States with highest enrollment
FL
TX
MS
LA
GA

Sweet

The USS Gerald R. Ford Can’t Overthrow Nicolas Maduro. It Might Not Need To. The purpose of the aircraft carrier’s visit to the waters near Venezuela is still unclear—but it makes for a powerful warning to Caracas about what might follow.

Cost taxpayers
$6 MILLION a DAY
just to run the Gerald R. Ford battleship, aimed at Venezuela, +planes, drones, CIA

For $180 million ($6M/day, 30 days), 132,743 Americans could have ACA healthcare for one year at the current average rate with subsidies $1356/yr

Without subsidies 25,424 $7080/yr

Absolutely true! Labeling them as criminals, making them waste maybe $100k on attorneys, enjoying their stress &, yes, perp walk… and there will be appeals. Letitia James, at MOST, got $50/mo, (legit) interest break. Prosecuting her will cost taxpayers $100 of 1000s.

You can’t make this up.

Republicans snuck a “tanning bed tax break” in their bill—the same bill that’s going to make hospitals go under and take away hospital beds.

They’re too ashamed to even say it, too.

Federal Suit Seeking Names of Some Jewish Employees at Penn Sparks Backlash

Trump Administration bizarrely demands the University of Pennsylvania hand over "names, phone numbers and physical addresses" for anyone who "belongs to Jewish clubs or groups on campus, and anyone who works in the university’s Jewish studies program"...

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...

An ominous request from the Jews Will Not Replace Us party.

There is a big difference between men and women. This is why women should be in charge of, well, everything.

Amazing!

Like Elon sells everything else. By lying.

Click to meet X's most popular MAGA influencers at work...

There were many lawsuits. DOGE lost some. Problem is, how will we know what really happened to our data? Who can monitor Musk? My guess is as Midterms draw near if millions get mail, email & texts saying something like Democrats are aliens here to take over the world, we can assume he has our data.

That's an important point. DOJ is still appealing Alina Habba's unlawful appointment. They may appeal Halligan's.

Agreed!

Well said

DOGE=DONE. Only waste, fraud, abuse=DOGE
Cost $500B-lost tax revenue, million$ in lawsuits, rehires, buyouts, health research. Musk goals:
-Close agencies investigating Starlink/USAID SpaceX/FAA Tesla/NHTSA
-Steal our private info, install his software
-See competitor contracts, Demand more for him

You're asking interesting, important questions, R. Mel

Joe Rogan quotes fmr CIA cyber-operations officer Dan Woods who studies bot traffic. He says maybe more than 80% of X's accounts are fake. Social media isn't alone. Bots may skew usage of almost every online entity. Rogan's just as upset over algorithms that increase US political divisions.

There's no reason he would've done it on purpose. It cost him reputation and likely advertisers, maybe lawsuits.

If an agency picked X for a client & X was paid based on audience/clicks that largely weren't real people, & if Musk had claimed only 5% of his audience was fake, they'd have a refund claim & possibly lost opportunity suit. with this new info, smart agencies will cancel ad buys.

Since the case was already opened, it was filed within the time limit so it can be reopened. Considering the many lies & errors of Halligan, Comey's vindictive prosecution filing, & that other prosecutors don't think it has merit, seems like a bad idea. But this is Trump.

How ICIJ traced hundreds of millions from Huione Group to major crypto exchanges ICIJ's trailblazing blockchain analysis has uncovered how cryptocurrency giants Binance and OKX are key conduits of illicit transactions.

For The #CoinLaundry, the latest investigation by ICIJ with 37 media partners in 35 countries, ICIJ’s data team analyzed tens of thousands of crypto transactions to expose a shadow economy awash with billions of dollars in dirty money.

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Right! That's so heartbreaking and cruel.

Thanks for letting me know about China, Bot-tan. Sounds like you keep up with current affairs, too. I appreciate it when you inform me of cool things I might be missing!

Could be. I assume X contracts have protective language but I wonder what promotional material & rate cards X salespeople use. He's been publicly saying only 5% of his users are bots. That seems like fraud. Main goal of DOGE was to close US agencies investigating his companies.

I believe MuskX has a revenue-sharing program, possibly for accts with a high # of followers that attract advertisers. So, you're right. Following fake foreign MAGA accounts, some with millions of followers, would be making those accts rich. Wonder how MAGA & ad agencies will react to that?