Jessie

Just reupping this image from my newsletter last week, that I hope people will feel free to save and liberally spred around the interwebs. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The USA will attack Iran in the very near future. It's a "prove his manhood" thing for Trump. Power thing. "I can do it. Try to stop me" thing.

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

This seems important

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

If You Can Keep It: AI, social media, and the future of our democracy Most Americans now get at least some of their news from social media.

"One estimate found around 20% of accounts on social media are automated, while another study found that, for controversial topics, nearly half of the posts could be bot–generated."- @wamu.org #disinformation

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the1a.org/segments/if-...

Bari's keeping him? Shocked 🙄. MAGA might as well be synonymous with pedophile supporters at this point.

The Cabinet this week
*RFK Jr. bragged about snorting cocaine off of a toilet seat
*Lutnick acknowledged taking his family to Epstein island
*Bondi “The Dow” / refuses to look at victims
*Noem blanket
*Hegseth loses to Kelly, tries to tweet through it
*Bessent “tariffs don’t cause inflation”

The rot is so deep and the corruption so pervasive in this admin that when justice finally comes to clean up there will be new terminology and paradigms to describe it.
The looting of the country by the trump regime is beyond any contemplated scope since a lying felon was unimaginable as president.

AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.

Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked.

Breaking someone's skull in eight places is not law enforcement. It's attempted murder.

apnews.com/article/immi...

Warner: "There is a very real threat without reforms at ICE that you could have ICE patrols around polling stations. And people say, 'Why would that matter if they're all American citizens?' We've seen ICE discriminate against Latinos ... you don't need to do a lot to discourage people from voting"

McGregor was found liable for sexual assault in 2024 and the jury ordered him to pay the victim $257,000. He lost all his appeals.

Remember when we thought Sarah Palin was the dumbest person in politics

Good times.

The GOP is okay with violence as long as they're the ones holding the gun.

Topol: The same thing occurs with all these wellness influencers—the latest being Peter Attia. There are hundreds and hundreds of these so-called longevity hackers. One cardinal rule I have is this: if somebody is selling something, they have no credibility. Zero.

Why are so many undocumented immigrants being held in detention for so long instead of being deported?
Simple. The billionaires who own the detention centers get paid for keeping people here. They don't get paid for people who get deported.
It's not about the law, it's about taking your money.

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Redistricting between censuses and gerrymandering for political gain sucks and should be ended but FAFO.

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Patriotism is about striving for a righteous country, not parroting empty slogans and waving a flag.

Our athletes get it.

Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."

Good Q @SarahKSilvermam

OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥

I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.

I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.

What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?

I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.

Make Peter Thiel into the villain, Democrats.

It's all there.

He is the node that connects Trump, Vance, Palantir, Musk, Epstein, and so many other terrible players.

Just expose it and make him and Musk the face of these psychopathic billionaires ruining our lives.

If you were a journalist or creative that was laid off by the Washington Post and you want to work for an independent, pro democracy news outlet, Democracy Docket is hiring. bit.ly/45Qaw4K

Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."