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@fredlunau.bsky.social

Lifelong tech geek. Atheist. Left of Jesus. Quasi-doomer. Ok ok full doomer. Will defend women's rights forever. More of an introvert than an influencer. Right brain > Left brain. Satire > sarcasm. Dogs > humans.

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Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

NEW: ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.

05.03.2026 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1027    ๐Ÿ” 491    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 43
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This is why he bombed Iran. So no would be watching him remove files about his crimes and corruption with Jeffrey Epstein. The DOJ is covering up the crimes of our rapist president.

04.03.2026 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3207    ๐Ÿ” 1581    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 106    ๐Ÿ“Œ 62
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Police told Kelly Wilkinson to โ€˜cool offโ€™ and give estranged husband โ€˜a breakโ€™ days before he burned her to death, inquest hears Wilkinson was turned away by police while seeking help four days before she was murdered, Queensland coronerโ€™s court told

Kelly Wilkinson was being abused by her husband.

She tried to go to the police.

They told her to โ€œcool offโ€.

They suggested she give her husband a โ€œbreakโ€.

They accused her of cop shopping.

Her husband stabbed her over 20 times and set her on fire.

The cops were complicit in her murder:

05.03.2026 09:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 484    ๐Ÿ” 192    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22

Since the Dow is under 50,000, can we talk about the Epstein files again?

04.03.2026 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2584    ๐Ÿ” 534    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 53    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿคฎ

05.03.2026 03:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2533    ๐Ÿ” 1244    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 114    ๐Ÿ“Œ 46

Itโ€™s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for.

Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.

04.03.2026 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22189    ๐Ÿ” 8856    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1183    ๐Ÿ“Œ 572
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Time to turn the focus back on Trump and the Epstein Files. Agree ?

05.03.2026 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Mass Shooting Tracker

Found this site for US mass shootings.

America is more violent than ever.

Violence begets violence

Please ๐Ÿ™ stop, itโ€™s not about mental health. Itโ€™s about a culture where the DoD is now the Department of War, intentionally.

massshootingtracker.site

04.03.2026 11:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 878    ๐Ÿ” 324    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 50    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Itโ€™s time for America to break up with Israel No matter how desperately our politicians try to convince us otherwise, Israel isnโ€™t good for us. The new U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, which Americans overwhelmingly do not want, is the latest proof of...

No matter how desperately our politicians try to convince us otherwise, Israel isn't good for us. The new U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, which Americans overwhelmingly do not want, is the latest proof of that. It's time for us to end the relationship.

mondoweiss.net/2026/03/its-...

#Palestine #Israel

05.03.2026 02:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 85    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธNEW: The 2026 midterms are the greatest threat to Trump's power.

Marc Elias exposes Trump's plot to protect his majority: false claims of foreign election interference, a DOJ voter data push and an executive order that would let Trump dictate voting rules to every state๐Ÿ‘‡
https://bit.ly/4sgtXwm

05.03.2026 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 462    ๐Ÿ” 214    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Justice Alitoโ€™s latest opinion is a very, very bad sign for voting rights A decision upholding a New York GOP congressional district could be a prelude to killing the Voting Rights Act.

"Alito is essentially saying that districts drawn under the Voting Rights Act to remedy centuries of racial discrimination are as racist as the racism they were meant to rectify."

Read @ariberman.bsky.social on how the justice's latest opinion could portend the killing of the VRA.

04.03.2026 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 181    ๐Ÿ” 87    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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Idaho is latest red state to reject DOJ voter roll grab The refusal places Idaho alongside a growing number of red states pushing back against the departmentโ€™s campaign.

NEW: Idaho rejected the DOJโ€™s request for sensitive voter information, saying its recent court losses in similar cases undermine its justification for the demand.

The refusal places the Gem State alongside a growing number of red states pushing back against the departmentโ€™s legal campaign.

04.03.2026 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 496    ๐Ÿ” 110    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
Headline card with text at the top that reads: "The US is moving pregnant immigrant girls to Texas to avoid providing abortions, critics say". A photo below shows people protesting Donald Trump's immigration policies and holding signs.

Headline card with text at the top that reads: "The US is moving pregnant immigrant girls to Texas to avoid providing abortions, critics say". A photo below shows people protesting Donald Trump's immigration policies and holding signs.

All unaccompanied immigrant children who are pregnant, many by rape, are being moved to a single facility in Texas in order to avoid providing abortion services in a significant human rights violation, critics say.

04.03.2026 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 114    ๐Ÿ” 88    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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Analyst says interest in Epstein files plummeted after war on Iran launched Republican US Congressman Thomas Massie has said the war 'won't make the Epstein files go away'.

Republican US Congressman Thomas Massie has said the war 'won't make the Epstein files go away'.

04.03.2026 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 343    ๐Ÿ” 108    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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ICE has spun a massive surveillance web. We talked to people caught in it The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools โ€” purchased as its budget has ballooned under this administration โ€” to monitor, apprehend and intimidate the people it seeks to deport and the U.S. citizens critical of its policies.

The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools to monitor, apprehend and intimidate the people it seeks to deport and the U.S. citizens critical of its policies. n.pr/4sig14N

04.03.2026 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 361    ๐Ÿ” 183    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

Foreign policy gambling is rife with openings for high-stakes abuse by political insiders making the policies.

04.03.2026 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wrote this post hours before the Associated Press announced a new partnership with Kalshi.

02.03.2026 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 618    ๐Ÿ” 193    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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AI Translations Are Adding โ€˜Hallucinationsโ€™ to Wikipedia Articles AI translated articles swapped sources or added unsourced sentences with no explanation, while others added paragraphs sourced from completely unrelated material.

NEW: Wikipedia editors have implemented new policies and restricted a number of contributors who were paid to use AI to translate existing Wikipedia articles into other languages after they discovered these AI translations added AI โ€œhallucinations,โ€ or errors, to the resulting article.

04.03.2026 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 857    ๐Ÿ” 361    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 37
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Amid new GOP-led restrictions, North Carolina students lead a fight to vote during the midterm primary โ€œThereโ€™s nothing that the board of elections is going to do to stop me from voting,โ€ one student said.

North Carolina students are mobilizing after Republicans moved to limit their ballot access.

The removal of early voting sites on several campuses, including the nationโ€™s largest HBCU, has sparked organizing efforts as young voters rally to protect their right to vote.

03.03.2026 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 340    ๐Ÿ” 159    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Noem won't rule out ICE agents at polls She repeatedly refused to definitely say that agents would not patrol polls during midterms this November.

NEW: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem told lawmakers there are currently โ€œno plansโ€ to send ICE agents to voting locations in November but refused to explicitly rule out the tactic.

Her confirmation directly contradicts what other Trump officials told state election chiefs in a private meeting last week.

03.03.2026 17:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 279    ๐Ÿ” 152    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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In South Carolina Measles Outbreak, Vaccine Skepticism Led to Largest Outbreak Since 2000 Spartanburg County in South Carolina is ground zero for the largest measles outbreak since 2000. One school has a vaccination rate of 21 percent.

A South Carolina county is now ground zero for the largest measles outbreak since 2000. Many parents want the right to decide medical treatments for their children. But the recent contagion shows what happens when high vaccination rates โ€” meant to keep children safe โ€” are clipped.

03.03.2026 21:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 136    ๐Ÿ” 55    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Police didnโ€™t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record. โ€œIf I didnโ€™t find the evidence for them, I wasnโ€™t too sure they would find it.โ€

For magazine profile writing, judges recognize de Leon and Lurie's work on โ€œThe Unflinching Courage of Taylor Cadle,โ€ which explores how a 12-year-old girl was raped by her adoptive father, then wrongly charged for lying about it by the sheriffโ€™s office.

You can read the full feature here:

03.03.2026 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 168    ๐Ÿ” 52    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Sheโ€™d Never Changed Her Gender Marker. Kansas Invalidated Her License Anyway. โ€” Assigned A trans Kansas resident recently changed her name but not her gender marker on her license, fearing what Kansas may do if she did. The Kansas DMV still flagged her ID.

This story, from @natezuke.bsky.social, is absolutely wild. A trans woman who never changed her gender marker was issued a letter invalidating her license. At the DMV they cut up her license, which had an "M" marker.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

03.03.2026 12:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3567    ๐Ÿ” 1629    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 72    ๐Ÿ“Œ 267
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The UK has arrested high-profile figures connected to Jeffrey Epstein. Will the US? In contrast with the takedowns of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson, US consequences have been limited to resignations and apologies

The UK has arrested high-profile figures connected to Jeffrey Epstein. Will the US?

02.03.2026 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 245    ๐Ÿ” 74    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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In its first, Belgium boards Russian 'shadow fleet' vessel Belgium has detained the Ethera oil tanker linked to Russia's "shadow fleet," carrying out the operation jointly with French forces, Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken said.

โšก๏ธIn its first, Belgium boards Russian 'shadow fleet' vessel.

Belgium has detained an oil tanker linked to Russia's "shadow fleet" for the first time, carrying out the operation jointly with French forces, Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken said on March 1.

01.03.2026 10:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 629    ๐Ÿ” 111    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

Those who live in glass concentration camps shouldnโ€™t throw stones.

27.02.2026 21:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7918    ๐Ÿ” 2378    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 471    ๐Ÿ“Œ 129

Just saying, but when people are trying to do everything they can to prevent you from voting, thatโ€™s when you absolutely need to vote.

Ready to make this the biggest midterm turnout in history?

27.02.2026 21:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18049    ๐Ÿ” 5181    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 503    ๐Ÿ“Œ 247
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White House to pause $259M in Minnesota Medicaid dollars in fraud crackdown Itโ€™s the latest in a growing list of fraud-focused threats and probes from the Trump administration.

The Trump administration plans to halt $259 million in Medicaid payments to Minnesota over concerns about fraud in the stateโ€™s social services programs.

26.02.2026 14:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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AI chooses to escalate nuclear threats in war games, study finds At least one AI model in every war game escalated the conflict by threatening to use nuclear weapons, the study found.

At least one AI model in every war game escalated the conflict by threatening to use nuclear weapons, the study found.

27.02.2026 07:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Germany supplies Ukraine with natural gas for the first time Germany is now supplying natural gas to Ukraine via an LNG terminal in the island of Rรผgen. The move was announced by the Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz.

Germany is now supplying natural gas to Ukraine via an LNG terminal in the island of Rรผgen. The move was announced by the Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz.

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