Call me Cassandra

Money Can't Buy You Love: Fascist Oligarchs as a Cautionary Tale Musk and Trump and their whole cadre of conspirators are joyless and give the lie of capitalism away. We should be grateful.

This perfectly summarizes where we are:

Money Can't Buy You Love: Fascist Oligarchs as a Cautionary Tale
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Bingo

Verdict Number One: America Has Big-Time Buyer’s Remorse About Trump Elections are the one opportunity we have to see what the people think. And what they think is clear: Trump sucks.

"Last night proved that Americans hate what Trump is doing to the country. It’s going to get worse. Democrats can’t let voters forget it."

Verdict Number One: America Has Big-Time Buyer’s Remorse About Trump newrepublic.com/article/2027... via @newrepublic.com

Mamdani won IN SPITE OF the Democratic Party leadership.

Don't forget that.

The ADL sold its soul a long time ago.

Not sure Jeffries, who had to be dragged kicking and screaming, off of Andrew Cuomo's dick, gets to revel in our victories, though....

Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.

The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.

They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.

Wanna fix fraud and abuse?

Fix that.

This exactly. The human race has story after story warning how power and money corrupt, about the ways evil worms its way into our souls through greed and ego.

And yet, here we are again.

How the US is preparing a Caribbean staging ground near Venezuela The US military is upgrading a Cold War base in the Caribbean it abandoned 20 years ago. Experts say it’s a step towards sustained operations in the region.

How the US is preparing a military staging ground near Venezuela

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Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a time it makes the process of protecting your privacy

There’s something for everyone in here, from installing Signal to filing a privacy request from a data broker. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

We are our own doctors now.

A Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft linked to Wagner PMC landed in Venezuela, Defense News reports, describing the flight as Moscow's attempt to expand its military presence in Latin America.

🧵 1/ Search For Your Church! And see if it has been targeted by Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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#gazagenocide #propaganda

Hear, hear!

🍕🍕⏰️🏝🏖🚢⚡️⚡️♨️

Well, this is no surprise. Should be interesting, what happens next.

AI has an "emperor has no clothes" problem where people imagine there are geniuses who will inevitably achieve breakthroughs with enough cash.

AI is bottlenecked by limits in data availability, statistical mechanics, & computing. Improvements will be expensive & incremental, not fundamental.

And SHAME to any organization booking the Kennedy Center for their venue.

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

‘Change Course Now’: Humanity Has Missed 1.5C Climate Target, Says UN Head

‘Devastating Consequences’ now inevitable, but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres, in sole interview before Cop30

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It’s day 29 of the shutdown and SNAP is set to stop next week. Food banks are already being overwhelmed. If you can, please donate to your local food bank 🍽️

💵Because food banks can purchase food at a discount, donating money goes further than donating food

📋If donating food, check for a wish list

They are planning on replacing 600,000 jobs with automation over the next 8 years. That's 75,000 jobs lost EVERY YEAR. For only one company.

Amazon May Cut 30,000 Corporate Jobs, Report Says One of America’s largest employers is planning major layoffs, according to Reuters, an indication of major shifts coming to the labor market.

And now it begins, the real impact of AI:

www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...

Why would anyone believe Trump would ever, ever, willingly give up power?

The only way would be with an off-ramp so gilded with accolades, pomp, and riches that he wouldn't be able to resist. Like King of Khazad-dûm, perhaps.

So she sits on her ass while the country collapses until it's time for another run? Jesus.

Facts every American should know.

Of course there is. Why would anyone believe Trump would ever, ever, willingly give up power?

The only way would be with an off-ramp so gilded with accolades, pomp, and riches that he wouldn't be able to resist. Like King of Khazad-dûm, perhaps.

I met Chávez and Maduro. I know drugs are not the reason Trump wants war with Venezuela I met with Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez just days after he was kidnapped. I’ll tell you about that, and the current President Nicolás Maduro’s visit to my New York office. But first you must know three things about Venezuela, to understand why Donald Trump has ordered a covert operation to over...

OPINION: I met with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez just days after he was kidnapped.

Because what illustrates overwhelming US power and military capabilities better than bombing tiny 39-foot speedboats?

The Circus of Caligula

Coming soon

These Are the 37 Donors Funding Trump’s White House Destruction Here is every company that is paying for Donald Trump’s ballroom.

These Are the 37 Donors Funding Trump’s White House Destruction newrepublic.com/post/202163/... via @newrepublic.com