Scott Patrick, PhD

Correction: Staley resigned as CEO of Barclays in 2023 due to lying about his relationship with Epstein

I called it an error in another reply. I regret the error and would fix it if I could without deleting the post.

Thanks, now that I know about this I will do it in the future.

I got that part wrong, but my overall point was what Staley said. And his consequences for lying about his association with Epstein pale in comparison to the crimes he has committed, either with Epstein or just in doing capitalist business as usual

Error on my part. But I don’t think changing “currently” to “former” undermines my point. At the time of the email he was in senior management at another prominent capital firm altogether.

Seriously? Do those consequences fit the crime in your opinion?

If I could edit “currently” to “former” I would, but I’m not going to delete a popular post for a typo. I don’t think the fact he is not currently CEO takes away from my post; if anything, he is no longer CEO only because of his association with Epstein.

US Embassy confirms warships in Haiti’s water amid political deadline and gang violence The U.S. Embassy confirmed the arrival of three American warships along with Coast Guard vessels in Haitian waters as gang violence intensifies and Haiti’s political transition nears a Feb. 7…

This is neocolonialism: Haiti is now directly threatened by the United States, which has sent three warships to Port-au-Prince Bay. haitiantimes.com/2026/02/04/u...

“Bernard-Henri Lévy, whom my doorman takes for a journalist, journalists take for a philosopher, and philosophers take for my doorman.”

— Pierre Bourdieu, Recueil d’interventions, 1961–2001

The United States, now featuring death squads

Let’s walk back to where we started. What motivates Trump? The answer is simple: racism. You might also say ego and raw self-interest, but the two are connected. Racism, among other things, is a kind of chauvinism, a belief in one’s inherent superiority, based on nothing other than a meaningless accident of birth. It’s an ideology that papers over feelings of inadequacy, that tells you that — no matter what you have or have not accomplished in your life — you’re still better than someone, some group. Let’s suppose you’re the spoiled son of a self-made man. Let’s suppose that, despite your flash and bravado, you’ve failed at virtually everything you’ve tried. You’re the laughingstock of polite society, a punchline for the privileged. You think you’re superior enough to be the president of the United States — the highest honor in your country — but the actual president is a man of humble origins, a minority of the kind your family didn’t even rent to when you were in the landlord business. And he is claiming power that rightfully belongs to you. He’s even mocking you, ridiculing you for all the world to see. For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career — from his embrace of birtherism to his hatred of birthright citizenship — cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism.

Please take the time to read this superb @jamellebouie.net column. It establishes a baseline of truth for anyone who wants to think, talk, and write honestly about Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...

This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.

Democrats’ 10 demands to ‘rein in’ ICE – the full list of proposed reforms Party says it will not back funding bill without reforms on – among other things – masks, ID and judicial warrants

ICE cannot be reformed. DHS cannot be reformed. They must be splintered to the wind and their members put on trial. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Author who co-wrote two books with Noam Chomsky condemns scholar’s ties to Epstein Vijay Prashad said he was ‘disgusted’ by linguist’s friendship with Epstein as new files shed light on their relationship

All those folks who preferred Parenti have been vindicated www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Fanny Schoonheyt, born in Rotterdam in 1912, was the only woman among the contingent of Dutch volunteers to take up arms in defense of the Spanish Republic.

White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration

Altering an arrest photo to smear a protester is propaganda. The way the White House did it is nakedly racist. This is how the fascist state manufactures consent: reshape reality, then punish dissent. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

If you care about Iranians, demand an end to Western sanctions that punish civilians, fuel misery, and destabilize society. No country can freely choose its future while under siege. Westerners’ only role is to pressure their governments to stop regime-change warfare.

This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.

A citizen.

Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.

"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.

Agents took and sold his phone

And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.

ICE List – Put ICE on ice The ICE List is an open journalistic project, created by Crust News, aimed at collecting and sharing information that can hold ICE members legally accountable.

The fatal shooting of 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross has led to a major leak of ICE personnel data to the ICE List, an online database aimed at holding masked federal agents accountable.

Thanks! I use that and “Bakunin Matata” a lot

This occurred to me when I scheduled the post and I may have deliberately kept the reference to the very good show because these two countries are incredibly repressive toward LGBT people

If you mean the “heated rivalry” reference, I couldn’t resist ;)

Why is that funny?

Is the Saudi-UAE rivalry heading for more violence? The Emiratis' desire to crush Islamists and dominate geopolitically at all costs, particularly in Yemen and Sudan, is clashing with old friends in Riyadh

If you’re curious about the heated rivalry emerging between #SaudiArabia and the #UAE in Yemen and Sudan, this piece by Annelle Sheline will be an interesting read:

I hope you feel better!

The same people who stayed silent—or applauded—while Palestinians were burned alive by the hundreds now claim to oppose the killing of Iranians in the streets. Hypocritical, but predictable.

“If the communist Party is the party of revolutionary hope, then fascism, as a mass movement, is the party of counter-revolutionary despair.” — Leon Trotsky, Fascism: What It Is & How to Fight It

Jonathan Ross is a white supremacist, confirmed

“Do not pledge loyalty to people who would sell you out in the blink of an eye.”

@premthakker.bsky.social sits down w/ MN Attorney General Keith Ellison amidst an effort to investigate Renee Nicole Good’s murder after she was killed by an ICE agent earlier this week.

🔗: zeteo.com/p/keith-elli...