In 2025, Meta paid an effective federal tax rate of 3.5% — its lowest on record.

Meanwhile, Meta is pumping $65 million into elections this year to boost AI friendly candidates.

Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax, it's corrosive to democracy.

Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.

The US doesn't care if Cuba is communist or not; what they care about is having control over the island, its government, and resources. Freedom has never been on the agenda, only organized crime and thievery. It is not democracy besieging the Island but Oligarchy wearing the corpse of democracy.

I grew up in that part of the world. They'd rather eat coal dust and sleep in a cave than vote for a liberal. They'd rather be eaten by a sloth of bears than be around people of color.

Ungarisches Magazin lädt antidemokratischen US-Blogger Curtis... In den kommenden Tagen macht der Vordenker von „Dark Enlightenment“ und der Maga-Bewegung bei ungarisch gesponserten Rechten und der rechtsextremen „Aktion 451“ halt. Wie kam es dazu?

Scoop @diepressecom.bsky.social: Hungarian government-financed magazine "The European Conservative" is hosting Curtis "Let's install an American Caesar" Yarvin at an event at the former Viennese Hitlerjugend HQ. www.diepresse.com/20598287/ung...

This worm brain is “not afraid of bacteria”..

"I once sniffed cocaine from toilet seats. I'm not afraid of bacteria." US Health Minister Kennedy Jr. gave a vivid example from his own life.

One of Trump’s sycophants who thinks he is brave.

Why evangelicals couldn't care less about Trump's Epstein scandal They have a long history of falling for narcissists posing as Saviors.

Why do few evangelical leaders seem to care about Trump's Epstein scandal? As Rev. Rob Schenck writes, they have a long history of falling for narcissists posing as Saviors.

On the anniversary of the UK leaving the EU, it is worth hearing once again the many benefits of Brexit, clearly articulated by those who voted for it.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admits that the DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from yesterday’s Epstein files release.

WHAT ELSE ARE THEY HIDING???

An image of French Revolution-era women hauling a piece of artillery and carrying pikes, with the title: Women's March on Versailles, October 5, 1789; and a caption reading: An angry mob of armed women demanded that the king and queen vacate Versailles and come with them to Paris.

The original wine moms.

The reviews for “Melania” are going to be far more entertaining than the movie. What a fabulous headline:

If this is correct statistics I still would feel safer around immigrants.

In today’s (first) Debunk of the Day, we’ll talk about… “realistic expectations”.

Russia has the GDP of Italy. NATO — which Russia claims to be fighting — has 20 times their GDP, and a much stronger and more modern military.
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We have been using a platform that is banned in Russia to say that free speech is banned in the EU on the platform we banned.

Most descriptions of the origins of the Ku Klux Klan state that it started out as a "social club" before it transformed into a terrorist organization. Social club for what? It reminds me of people who argue that the Confederacy was fighting for states' rights. States' rights for what exactly?

A Trump Cabinet Member Was Heckled At Davos—Including By This Unexpected Politician A Trump Cabinet Member Was Heckled At Davos—Including By This Unexpected Politician

A dinner involving Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick reportedly devolved after he made contentious remarks.

EU is US’ largest external financier, holding over $8 trillion in bonds & equities, twice the combined holdings of the rest of the world. Canada & Mexico are US’ two largest trading partners, each with total annual trade of about $900B. Turning any into an enemy is suicide.

Wow! 💥💥💥
I've seldom heard such an honest, measured analysis of where we've been and where we are geopolitically. Carney is a great world leader right now. Exactly the kind of voice we need to listen to!
#Davos2026

[SOUND ON 🔊]

Even Lutnick is comparing the U.S. attempt to steal Greenland to the Russian attempt to steal Ukraine.

Important perspective from Greenland.

It's why the America Crisis is a much broader system failure than the madness of an individual

Problem is that Europe was at war among each other for hundreds of years. Trump and Putin would love for nationalism to return in 🇪🇺 and for Europeans to be at war with each other again, which may well happen if 🇪🇺 vote for alt. right

YouTube video by In the Bunker with Darth Putin KGB Russia Stops reporting oil sales as revenues collapse

The latest from the bunker: "Russia has stopped reporting oil sales".

Plus we talk drone strikes, ships blowing up and a Ukrainian tea cup for use on your enemies.

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Zionism is to Judaism what Christian nationalism is to Christianity, but at the top of the pyramid, oligarchs and corrupt politicians like Trump aren't even Zionists nor Christian nationalists, they’re predators who feed off our resources and destroy the foundations of democracy and the rule of law.

These so-called "patriotic" 🇬🇧newspapers who brought you Brexit were never really patriotic at all.

They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.

They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.

Europe is heading to a point where Atlanticism becomes equated with Appeasement

US import dependence on EU on the rise, outpacing China, study finds The United States relies more heavily on imports from the European Union than commonly assumed, with the bloc surpassing China in both total value and the number of goods, according to a study from Ge...

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"The United States relies more heavily on imports from the EU than commonly assumed, with the bloc surpassing China in both total value and number of goods. The EU could target goods critical to the U.S. economy with export restrictions."

2024: can Europe defend itself ALONGSIDE America?

2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America?

2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?

South Carolina state Rep. RJ May (R) - an anti-LGBTQ+ politician who has accused transgender people of harming kids - was sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to five counts of distributing child sex abuse material.

Can someone explain why this keeps happening???

Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.