Pete Tucker

If a coup plotter chants the magic words “this is not regime change,” that should definitely be the headline
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Jeffrey Epstein Wanted More War New revelations show that Jeffrey Epstein’s interests extended far beyond money and sex with underage girls. Epstein used his influence to push aggressive solutions to geopolitical problems, particula...

Insightful
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White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.

“In recent weeks, junior officers in the military, fearing potential legal exposure, asked military lawyers…for written sign-off before taking part in strikes… It does not appear that such memos were furnished.”
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When Israel violates Trump's ceasefire, the mainstream media calls it "testing" the ceasefire.

There is no circumstance in this or in any other universe in which Hamas could kill 24 Israelis and the media would reduce it to Hamas "testing" the ceasefire.

Instead of negotiating global agreements and dining on foie gras with handsome EU ambassadors, Elise Stefanik will spend her next 2 years ironing out Social Security snafus for the ornery fellow who runs the Ace Hardware Store in Glens Falls, NY

This is part of an increasingly pattern at the Post, where the paper is unwilling to name Bezos and Amazon in its coverage of data centers — which are central to Amazon’s success fair.org/home/wapo-de...

This story fails to note Post owner Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon, one of the leading builders of AI data centers. And this is part of a trend, as I wrote for FAIR fair.org/home/wapo-de...

Let them eat squash One pumpkin produces an astounding amount of food if you want it bad enough

I thought the title of my sister’s column should be “Let them eat squash or pumpkins.” But it turns out that’d be redundant because pumpkins are a type of squash. Who knew?
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The Post is standing by Trump on the Epstein files, even after he called for their release, and even after Congress voted 427 to 1 to do so

Gotta be worth at least another contract or two for Bezos’ space company, right?

your daily reminder there are no adults in the room

"Japan has approved the restart of the world’s largest nuclear power plant more than a decade after its closure following the Fukushima disaster, as the country returns to atomic energy to address rising power costs.”

Kudos to DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb for persevering in this case, even as the city’s mayor and its newspaper of record have been busy bowing to Trump
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“Modi on board”: Jeffrey Epstein Pressed Steve Bannon to Meet With Indian PM Shortly Before His Death Records of emails and text messages reveal previously unknown details about Epstein’s efforts to broker influence on Indian geopolitics and his interactions with a senior leader of Modi’s party.

The drip, drip, drip of Drop Site’s Epstein reporting continues
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WaPo Defends Data Centers—With Few Disclosures That Amazon Depends on Them The data center controversy was downplayed by the Washington Post—owned by the founder of Amazon, a company at the forefront of the data center buildout,

The @washingtonpost.com tells us not to worry about Amazon's hundreds of energy-gobbling data centers--except they don't usually tell us that they're Amazon's.

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WaPo Defends Data Centers—With Few Disclosures That Amazon Depends on Them The data center controversy was downplayed by the Washington Post—owned by the founder of Amazon, a company at the forefront of the data center buildout,

DC area residents are getting bilked out of billions to pay for AI data centers benefitting trillion dollar companies. Meanwhile the Post -- owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos -- has been largely MIA

My latest for @fairmediawatch.bsky.social:
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A Seattle Socialist’s Victory Gives Elite Media the Jitters New York City isn’t the only city to have elected a democratic socialist as mayor. Seattle voters ousted incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell for community organizer Katie Wilson, who had the endorsements of...

"these editorial boards are not afraid that Wilson and Mamdani’s policies will fail—they fear that they will work, thus making a 'tax the rich' agenda more popular nationwide."
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apparently I just became cool

on the depressing state of the media -- from Status newsletter
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With UN blessing, the US and Israel impose the master’s plan Adopting Trump's "peace plan" for Gaza, the UN Security Council endorses an unprecedented rejection of Palestinian rights.

“People have human rights insofar as they provide services to power. Israel provides substantial services to US power, Palestinians on the other hand provide nothing.” — Noam Chomsky
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Is The Washington Post becoming libertarian? Washington Post opinion editor Adam O’Neal outlines his vision for a more classically liberal editorial voice, examines how both parties turned against free speech and free markets, and explains why t...

In which 33-year-old Post opinions chief Adam O’Neal holds forth on “prudential questions” he’s pondering... such as “Should air traffic control be privatized?”
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We’ll never forget Jamal Khashoggi, and we advise those who care about free speech and a free press to do the same.

Lina Khan’s populist plan for New York: Cheaper hot dogs (and other things) Zohran Mamdani’s new aide will focus on “excavating the law” to lower prices, borrowing from her legal playbook at the Federal Trade Commission.

The involvement of Lina Khan in the Mamdani administration is a very positive development. Probably the biggest way New Yorkers could benefit from antitrust action is in stopping the collusion among landlords, which has a tremendous impact on inflating rents.

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Jeffrey Epstein Pursued Swiss Rothschild Bank to Finance Israeli Cyberweapons Empire Epstein to Ehud Barak: “[Ariane de Rothschild] said to me, if Ehud wants to make serious money, he will have to build a relationship with me. take time so that we can truly understand one another.”

More insightful @dropsitenews.com reporting on Epstein/Israel
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Housing Official Who Attacked Democrats Invokes a Disputed Family Legacy

It’s amazing how many of Trump’s top officials aren’t even liked by their own families
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Emails Reveal Epstein’s Ties to Mossad—But Corporate Media Looked Away Information from a major hack targeting Israel revealed that Jeffrey Epstein played a significant role in brokering multiple deals for Israeli intelligence.

Emails Reveal Epstein’s Ties to Mossad—But Corporate Media Looked Away
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Washington Post doing its thing
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The Post editorial page doing it's thing

Opinion | Seattle’s coming socialist experiment The mayor-elect has little experience but plenty of bad ideas.

Unwitting self-satire from alarmed editorial board of Jeff Bezos's Washington Post. Next mayor of Seattle is a socialist! She wants city to run some grocery stores! She doesn't own a car! @pdamerica.bsky.social @rootsaction.org @ninaturner.bsky.social @rickperlstein.bsky.social

Trump is of course famously resistant to taking unilateral action