Trump’s Golden Age for Billionaires
16.02.2026 17:44 — 👍 1621 🔁 572 💬 87 📌 30@4animallife.bsky.social
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Trump’s Golden Age for Billionaires
16.02.2026 17:44 — 👍 1621 🔁 572 💬 87 📌 30These are the oligarchs who seek to rule every aspect of our lives, and the current US regime is doing everything possible to facilitate that because it is owned by them.
16.02.2026 11:53 — 👍 8745 🔁 3734 💬 1085 📌 447Trump's longtime confidant Thomas Barrack, now serving as U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria, was in regular, close contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor, a CBS News analysis of over 100 texts and email exchanges shows.
16.02.2026 13:35 — 👍 1508 🔁 762 💬 108 📌 50
WE FOUND THE WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE.
Nope! I don’t want my tax dollars funding DHS brutality, and I definitely don’t want it paying for Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski to jet-set around the country and fuck in a private cabin on a luxury $70M 737 Max.
Listen to this mess.
Cold-blooded murder of Americans, by Americans working for the federal government, on American streets.
Trump's MAGA America.
Swalwell: ICE agents shot Alex Pretti and Renee Good. And the only person in the world who has been held accountable by DHS is the pilot who somehow forgot to move Kristi Noem’s blankie.
14.02.2026 02:27 — 👍 26286 🔁 8310 💬 455 📌 245BREAKING: Judge Leon *rejects* Secretary Hegseth's bid to punish Sen. Kelly for advising troops to ignore illegal orders. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
12.02.2026 17:45 — 👍 2993 🔁 731 💬 60 📌 80Leon, a George W. Bush appointee famous for his use of the exclamation point, uncorks a few here, and drops in a Bob Dylan quote for good measure. He says Hegseth and the Pentagon have "trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms." ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
12.02.2026 17:48 — 👍 834 🔁 200 💬 15 📌 13You really really REALLY have to read the whole thing.
13.02.2026 05:05 — 👍 1999 🔁 564 💬 170 📌 31
“So your belief is white Americans face more discrimination than Black Americans - prior to the Trump administration fixing this?”
Jeremy Carl, Trump’s white nationalist pick for a top state Department spot, is “likely to sink” after today’s performance, per CNN.
There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.
13.02.2026 06:06 — 👍 9971 🔁 3988 💬 785 📌 332If avian (bird) flu jumps to humans and we have no vaccine, we’re totally screwed. It has something like a 50% mortality rate. Picture half of everyone you’ve ever met or heard of dead.
13.02.2026 03:26 — 👍 95 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1The Kennedy family warned the country about how dangerous and mentally damaged RFKJ was. Trump didn’t care and nominated him. The Senate didn’t care and approved his nomination. It’s incredibly frustrating and frightening how far science has fallen in the US.
13.02.2026 03:52 — 👍 138 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 1They want millions to die. It’s easier to control a smaller population of slaves.
13.02.2026 03:59 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Saboteurs: Wrecking the US for generations by contributing to the spread of disease.
13.02.2026 03:13 — 👍 1096 🔁 404 💬 42 📌 7These people are all sociopaths, psychopaths and dipshits.
13.02.2026 03:48 — 👍 24 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
13.02.2026 03:33 — 👍 332 🔁 119 💬 17 📌 13
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Jeeez…
“Noem had to switch planes after a maintenance issue, but her blanket wasn’t moved to the 2nd plane. The Coast Guard pilot was fired and told to take a commercial flight home.
“They eventually reinstated the pilot because no one else was available to fly them home.”
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Noem “closely monitored how her national profile compared with other officials. Top of her list was Homan, with whom she has been in a battle for power.
“Noem routinely berated staff if she saw Homan on TV and kept track of both their appearances to make sure she was on TV more than him”
What a story:
“Lewandowski and Noem, both married, have denied the reports of the affair, but people said they do little to hide their relationship.
“The pair have been using a luxury 737 MAX jet, with a private cabin in back, for their travel around the country”
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Accountability is not cancel culture. It’s consequence. If powerful women are stepping down over Epstein ties, then powerful men better be next. No more special rules for the boys club.
13.02.2026 03:20 — 👍 1459 🔁 368 💬 44 📌 23
The New York Times just launched a new "newsletter about the law and the courts." They are calling it "The Docket."
The Times may not care that Democracy Docket has been publishing "On the Docket" and "Daily Docket" for years, but I believe our 400,000 subscribers might.
More on this tomorrow.
CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕
(From @andertoon.bsky.social )
First, read this and learn about the SAVE Act. Then call your senators. We can’t afford to let them impose a poll tax on our right to vote. joycevance.substack.com/p/voting-a-r...
13.02.2026 04:24 — 👍 3060 🔁 1391 💬 109 📌 78It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
13.02.2026 04:48 — 👍 20080 🔁 3855 💬 295 📌 134
The Moroun Family, criminal owners of the Ambassador Bridge (which stands to lose millions when the GHB opens), gave Il Ducheeto millions in campaign money precisely for this moment.
Trump is just ensuring a huge potential "donor" stays in the fold.
It's ALWAYS about the grift.