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Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.

max respect and credit to the great Jessica Yellin for first reporting this story. open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...

Tweet from @JordanUhl: "So corporations might get refunds from the government because of Trump's illegal tariffs. Those corporations raised prices because of those tariffs, meaning more money out of your pockets. But you get nothing. So, all in all, another massive transfer of wealth to the top."

Working families have paid the price for Trump's illegal tariffs.

And he wants us to keep on paying.

Not just “mattered” but was probably decisive

Biden’s unwillingness to either crack down on Israel’s genocide or turn Gaza to a single flat sheet of trinitite contributed vastly to the public perception of him as a demented old man who wasn’t capable of doing what had to be done

The longtime principal conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra has been president of Bard since 1975, a very rare tenure among US college heads who are often embattled with political and social pressures. Under his leadership, the school built its first endowment which reached $1 billion this year. Botstein is synonymous with the school itself, having served as its head since his late 20s. Forcing him to depart would be tantamount to closing the college altogether, said longtime trustee Asher Edelman, who joined the board in the 1970s and is now a life trustee. “He led this college to be the leading light in liberal arts education,” he said in an interview.

ok, but ... we do see how only one mortal human being able to run the institution is about as bad for survival as no endowment, right? we see that???

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Turns out there’s an economic cost to everyone hating us.

1. He's head of the Alaska Young Republicans
2. The girl was 15; he lured to his house & got her so drunk she could barely walk.
3. Siblings told her mom who tracked her cellphone, called the cops, then entered to get her daughter.
4. Mom hit him.
5. There are at least 11 other potential victims.

two signs: one reads: We Welcome all races, all religious, countries of origin, sexual orientations genders. we stand with you you are safe here the other reads: "restrooms are for customer use only" over the photo standard "meme font" text reads: "The Essence of Liberalism in One Photo"

I mean, this is fundamentally it.

the main contradiction in liberalism. "everyone is equal, but access to things you need to live are paywalled"

Justice Kavanaugh openly worries that refunding billions in illegally collected tariffs will "be a mess."

The Court wasn't worried about the mess IT created when it struck down Roe.

And the Court wasn't too worried about the mess IT created with the half-assed Citizens United decision.

Meet the Trump Official Who’s Trying to Protect Prediction Markets Mike Selig wants to help Trump shield prediction markets from state regulators. So do his former colleagues and one of his old clients.

NEW: One of Trump's top "regulators" is working to block regulation of prediction markets like Polymarket & Kalshi.

Turns out, his old firm reps Polymarket. And he's using his role to join a legal battle his old colleagues are in to defend the markets.

And his old client helped Kalshi raise $185M.

One man's view (mine):
Let's talk about prez candidates after the midterms. NOT NOW.

(1) Predictions before midterms almost always wrong, (2) seeing that midterms actually happen matters most, (3) we'll see how the world looks then.

Her ASU course on fundraising must be a hell of a ride

NJ lawmakers introduce the FUCK ICE Act.

The bill "permits civil action for violations of US Constitution related to immigration enforcement."

Acronym tho

‘Time to Pay Up!’ Newsom, Pritzker Demand Trump Admin Refund American Families for Tariff ‘Damages’ The court’s 6-3 decision on Friday found that the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) did not authorise Trump to impose the tariffs. The post ‘Time to Pay Up!’ Newsom, Pritzker Demand Trump Admin Refund American Families for Tariff ‘Damages’ first appeared on Mediaite.

‘Time to Pay Up!’ Newsom, Pritzker Demand Trump Admin Refund American Families for Tariff ‘Damages’

When media outlets defensively insist there’s no “evidence” of Trump’s “wrongdoing” in the Epstein matter, they’re misinforming the public, doing a disservice to the journalists uncovering this evidence, and helping Trump warp the meaning of this awful scandal. www.offmessage.net/p/trump-epst...

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Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia—by Elon Musk The state board of elections found Musk’s PAC sent prefilled ballot applications.

The story that Elon Musk committed voter fraud has gotten next to no coverage -- one of those things you can't make come up on a Google search.

But I think it's time for Dems to go on offensive abt right wing coddling of this immigrant interfering in our elections.

newrepublic.com/post/206857/...

The second in command resigned over it too.

...Oof.

Really wish Microsoft hadn't bought out so many beloved studios before deciding to burn it all down in a self-destructive fit of "AI" induced psychosis.

Pritzker demands a $1,700 refund per family for the people of Illinois after Trump's tariffs were ruled unconstitutional.

Dems, pay attention. This is your midterms message.

Transparent Election Initiative The Montana Plan will stop corporate and dark money cold.

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"If you seized all Elon's wealth it'd only be like $2,000 per American."

Do you know what a $2,000 'Fuck Elon' stimulus check would do for people and the country economically, emotionally and morally?

If you read the thread below—and I hope you will—please also bear in mind the inane, knee-jerk, judge-trashing comment that the US Atty for the District of Minnesota gave the @nytimes.com when it sought comment on the utter breakdown taking place in his office.

Nah they'd pay about 2% or something. 1.5 if they are donors.

Holy shit! How could I have forgotten? It’s #FundFriday today and I am happy to repost any requests for #MutualAid that anyone would care to share!

Here’s a feed to review in case anyone might have a moment to repost or a dollar or two to share.

NEW: @summerlee.bsky.social will deliver the official Working Families Party Response to the State of the Union!

On Tuesday night, she will spell out where this country really is right now, why working people are angry — and how we are fighting back.

Text SOTU to 30403 to join us.

‘Andor’ Creator Tony Gilroy Gives the Interview He Couldn’t During Its Release While promoting his cautionary tale about fascism, Disney asked Gilroy to refrain from using the word. Nine months after it aired its finale, the 'Star Wars' series feels scarily prescient.

“We were stunned [about the prescience] for a while, but we’ve really gotten to the point where it’s really sad. It’s just sad how predictable and lame and obvious and wrong it all is. Fascism is just a total fail in the end.” www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-featur...

In a move Democrats call 'potentially divisive'.

The Speaker of the House, when asked for comment, said he was unfamiliar with the matter.

Yeah. He sucks. His policies are basically in lockstep with the Trump admin on a local level and he hasn’t shown up AT ALL. What he has done is travel around the country for prime time interviews in hopes of making a bid for a national seat. Don’t believe his bullshit.

"Notable names include House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Martin Heinrich."

HOW INTERESTING.