I hope this is one of the most consequential pieces I will have ever written.
Epstein and His Co-Conspirators’ New York Crimes: What NY officials can now do
A DOGE engineer allegedly walked out of the Social Security Administration with the personal data of more than 500 million living and dead Americans on a thumb drive, reportedly planning to share it with his private employer.
Watch this clip.
Professors will recognize this kid as the student who didn't do the reading but still has very strong opinions about how it's all "bullshit," except this time he's not the callow student who's going to fail your course, he's the reviewer who's going to cancel your grant.
mmm hmm.
important thread
What if Trump’s foreign policy isn’t chaotic at all?
What if it’s built on his mobster-style attitude towards everything: Pay up. Or else.
@brynntannehill.bsky.social explains how the closest historical parallel isn’t modern diplomacy, it’s the Barbary pirates.
The most stupid.
New from me at @motherjones.com: Today, @ericswalwell.bsky.social said he's working to help the family of a Deaf kid seek humanitarian parole so he can continue attending CA School for the Deaf–and his staff brought his hearing aids to Colombia for him to use. www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/20...
time is a flat circle.
North Korea is more subtle with their propaganda than the GOP is
Isn’t the right to protest what makes America great? an American in the back of a government vehicle asked the agent who had just arrested her.
No, the agent responded.
Inside the Department of Homeland Security’s war on American dissent.
www.wsj.com/us-news/immi...
So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right
the most important state election of early 2026 is right around the corner… though you’d never know it by the attention it’s receiving.
here’s hoping this bolts article helps jumpstart a little more chat!
Shared of course. So sorry!
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Imagine any Democrat saying this. Just imagine what would happen.
Inspired by ProPublica’s new database, I created a visualization of the nearly 400 LLCs that make up Trump’s business empire.
That and more in this week’s newsletter. Read! Free!
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So so bleak.
And then, this feature from back in. 2023, one of many we've published on which way legacy/corporate media leans (it's not liberal)
Naturally, we're reminded of 2 pieces we published, both by @parkermolloy.com. The first on Weiss and, as @jayrosen.bsky.social phrases below, ideological creep at CBS:
Trump's war in Iran is cutting off oil & gas shipping routes and production. To meet contractual obligations, Exxon is shipping some 600,000 barrels of gasoline from its U.S. refineries to Australia. Lower supply + higher global oil prices = higher U.S. gas prices.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Our tax dollars hard at work...
(the grift, the graft, the corruption, *actual fraud, waste and abuse*)
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So much for “America First.”
In this week’s Truth About newsletter, @themaxburns.bsky.social breaks down the costs of Trump's war (nearly $1B per day, missile shortages, rising executive power) plus the dangerous nonsense from Rubio and Hegseth.
A month of running around to conventions every weekend is over, and now it's time to write some goddamn comics. A preview of art from SAVAGE TALES, news recommendations (@damemagazine.bsky.social & @marisakabas.bsky.social) and the usual navel-gazing. Check it out!
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"10 days after his speech about trust & openness,
HHS rescinded a 54yo policy of soliciting public
comments for new regulations, silencing
the voices the stakeholders he pledged
to serve..."
And MUCH more. Powerful rundown of RFK Jr damages @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
CNN put together a montage of the regime's incoherent talking points about Trump's war on Iran
BREAKING: We @democracydefendersfund.org filed a complaint demanding investigation into Jared Kushner's "Special Envoy for Peace" appt
The peacemaker's firm has BILLIONS in ties to the govts he's negotiating with
Another business deal dressed up as foreign policy
