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At a Dubai Conference, Trump’s Conflicts Take Center Stage A deal for a state-backed Emirati firm to use a Trump-affiliated digital coin was announced in a panel that included the president’s son and his business partner, who promised, “This is only the begin...

It's hard to overstate how corrupt this is www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...

Trump's plan for movie tariffs leads to global confusion Production in Hollywood has been suffering. But it's unclear how a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the United States would work – or who it would help.

Production in Hollywood has been suffering. But it's unclear how a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the United States would work – or who it would help.
By @radioactive22.bsky.social

Casar: You can quickly explain Doge with just two numbers.

First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.

Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…

here’s the harsh truth we all know but never acknowledge: everyone you know will die in random order.

Axios (@axios) on Threads 🚨 BREAKING: Trump turns to Fox's Jeanine Pirro for D.C. attorney after cutting Ed Martin

Frying pan meet fire: www.threads.com/@axios/post/...

So fucking tired of politicians who believe in nothing.

The state of U.S. immigration law The Trump administration says it’s living up to the president's promises.

New! ICAP's Mary McCord joined NPR's 1A this morning to provide expert analysis on the current state of immigration law in the United States.

Listen to the full conversation here: the1a.org/segments/the...

Also a valid point. The Library of Congress is in the legislative, not executive, branch.

More shameful cowardice from Big Law.

Lock Them All Up! It’s high time we created accountability for the Trump 2.0 criminal syndicate.

Damn this was great. Just read it. Bravo @mobute.bsky.social, your aim is true.

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🚨 BARRACO! Marina Sena partiu pra cima de uma mulher que passou por ela e Juliano Floss perguntando pela Vivi, ex-namorada do influenciador.

‘Crony capitalism’: GOP megadonor Griffin slams Trump trade war The Citadel founder’s frustration with the president’s policies reflects broader concerns among executives over how the trade war could derail the economy.

Exactly this www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

reality eventually reasserts itself. "smart" is always what it takes to adapt to one's environment, whether that's preserving attention span despite dopamine saturation (the past ten years), or acquiring independent thinking despite automated reasoning (the next ten years)

YouTube video by Apashe Apashe & LIA - Kryptonite

Went to an Apashe show recently and he brought a live orchestra, pyrotechnics, and a sword.

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Thoughts on the Big Shakeup at the Trump White House A President who can't get the most basic things right.

The big shakeup in the Trump National Security reveals a chaotic and poorly run White House www.messageboxnews.com/p/thoughts-o...

“Maybe a dog!”

Yes, but the silver lining is that the government’s behavior since J.G.G. has provided all the evidence the justices should ever need of the potentially disastrous consequences of foreclosing nationwide relief more generally.

🚨 EXPLICANDO TODA A CONFUSÃO ENVOLVENDO O DIDDY E A INDÚSTRIA AMERICANA: a thread 🧵

My seat mate on my DC to SF flight can’t stop won’t stop. Total coincidence but utterly fun.

"An only child, [Honor] Frost was born in Nicosia, Cyprus. She was orphaned at an early age and became the ward of Wilfred Evill, a London solicitor and art collector."

if a Gothic novel had these names and backstory, I would complain about it

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Two scenes captured in "Fight" by Amie Parnes and @jonallendc.bsky.social — Biden’s convention meltdown and Harris’s price-gouging retreat — perfectly encapsulate the deeper campaign dynamics that cost Democrats the 2024 election to Trump.

Sometimes I just stop, shake my head, and think how ridiculous it is watching my country be destroyed by a demented old man just because some white people are afraid of the future.

Johnson targets small tax package with $1.5T in spending cuts The House Ways and Means Committee wants to mark up its portion of Trump’s megabill on Tuesday.

Exclusive: Johnson targets small tax package with $1.5T in spending cuts

Misogyny is terrorism & should be globally classified as such & misogynists should be classified as terrorists.

Army suspends helicopter flights near Reagan National airport after DOT’s complaints about safety The announcement came three days after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy admonished military VIPs to “take a taxi or Uber” rather than fly choppers through D.C.’s crowded airspace.

The Army has suspended helicopter flights into the Pentagon.

This decision comes after a military helicopter “took a scenic route" last week and diverted two commercial flights that had been attempting to land.

I wrote up a bunch of summaries of medieval ballads I’ll post sometime, but I’ve been on an EDM kick

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Netanyahu Is Pushing for an Iran War, but Trump Holds Back for Now Michael Waltz’s demotion is a flashpoint in the MAGA civil war over foreign policy.

There's a new push from Netanyahu for a war against Iran. Trump is resisting this -- for now. We need a broad coalition to hold it back. www.thenation.com/article/worl...