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Aaron Greenspan

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"Fueled by a litany of largely unintelligible and random grievances" —Elon Musk's Lawyers "Écrasez l'infâme" —Voltaire http://www.aarongreenspan.com

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Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · Feb 25

Everyone should watch this. Thanks to our friends in France for putting it in plain English in a way that seemingly no American broadcaster can. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k35P...

Operation Trump: Russian Spies Conquer America

YouTube video by Best Documentary

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 51m

As another Jewish woman in the industry, I can clear this up: It's due to her being an asshole.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1h

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 1h

Just gonna say it: Amid all the corruption & wreckage, Ezra/NYT amplifying Pod Save Guy & Maron ending his show with a valorizing interview of Obama feels together like a troll-ish reminder that liberal influencers will forever refuse to reckon with the betrayals that created conditions for Trumpism

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2h

Mike Johnson — man of deep faith, we are told — wants pastors to be shot in the head with pepper balls.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1h

is it ever going to be news that the richest man in the world openly promotes full-bore, swastika-flying, pro-genocide neo-Nazis

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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 2h

lol someone is nervous about the prospect of Tomahawks going to Ukraine. To be fair, though, they know how to manipulate their target.

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 3h

The Kremlin has lashed out at Time magazine over its cover depicting Donald Trump after the American leader condemned the choice of photograph.

Russia blasts ‘freaks’ at Time magazine over cover that Trump hated

“Only unhealthy people” could have chosen the photo Time used, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova fumes.

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Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 2h

Everyone else has, and did, a long time ago.

Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 2h

Either I have lost my mind or everyone else has www.theblock.co/post/374573/...

Nasdaq-listed Tether Gold treasury firm completes $134 million purchase of XAUT

The acquisition comes after Aurelion announced it had raised $150 million through a $100 million PIPE and a $50 million debt facility.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

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Jesse Mermell @jessemermell.bsky.social · 1d

He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.

How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 19h

🚨NEW: A case at the Supreme Court cites Trump reportedly promising oil donors favors as proof that pay-to-play influence is so pervasive that bribery laws must be narrowed so pay-to-play is no longer a prosecutable crime.

The case is represented by a Trump-connected law firm.

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 21h

Periodic reminder that Christopher Columbus was a monster.

50,000 Native Americans committed mass suicide rather than be killed or captured by him.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22h

Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 1d

If I awarded the Nobel Peace Prize it would be a dual award to sandwich man and frog person.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

blah blah Hunter Biden blah blah Burisma yada yada

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 1d

quite a take from someone who called COVID restrictions "fascism" and "a violation of constitutional rights," and argued that SEC penalties for announcing a fake leveraged buyout of Tesla trampled on his first amendment free speech protections

San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 2d

The remarks from the tech leaders come as city officials tout falling crime rates even as overdose deaths continue to climb.

‘The only solution’: Elon Musk backs call to deploy federal troops to San Francisco

The remarks from the tech leaders come as city officials tout falling crime rates even as overdose deaths continue to climb.

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Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 1d

There is an easily reproducible bug in the HP LaserJet P2035/2055dn driver on Mac OS that results in a fatal PostScript error (requiring printer reboot) if you print >1 copy of a double-sided document. It's been there for a decade at least. I wish someone would fix this bug.

Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 1d

Also they were going to arrest Elon if Kamala won. So.

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Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 1d

Well, if they could find Parulekar wherever he is in India or who knows by now, they would probably arrest him.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 1d

Martin Shkreli concludes that Tesla is not a "fraud" because nobody's ever been arrested for fraud there...

Martin Shkreli post on X (twitter): "This week I learned that there is a community called 'TSLAQ' who thinks Tesla is a fraud [three laughing crying emoji faces]. They are a bunch of failed Wall Streeters who obviously lost their mind. As a life-long short-seller, I will explain this phenomenon through psychiatry! (1/3)" The tweet shows a Tesla revenue since inception bar graph.

Martin Shkreli tweets about Tesla (TSLA) stock. 1. "i'm not saying it's not a short. i'm saying you need professional help if you think the company is a 'fraud'" 2. "fraud is whatever gets you arrested for fraud." a user with the handle "@GiveUsArms" confronts Shkreli and says "logical fallacy. Simply because nobody was arrested, it doesn't mean it's not a fraud" 3. Shkreli replies, "i think that is the law."

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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 2d

Boss, we’ve got a problem. Users don’t want this stuff! They keep wanting to turn it off, even when we keep turning it back on!

Boss: I have an idea

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 2d

bitch what

Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.

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Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 2d

It was only a matter of time before Martin Shkreli, notorious truth-teller, weighed in.

Also, just imagine writing this while you're begging the judge to get out of default for yourself *and* your company. Incredible.

Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 2d

Shachar does it again. Andrew Ross-Sorkin is one of the most trusted financial reporters of our time, I suppose, if you’ve never once heard of another financial reporter in your life.

A million better sources with a million better stories than having a book to sell.

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 3d

This Sunday, Andrew Ross Sorkin — one of the most trusted financial reporters of our time — discusses his new book, “1929,” which examines the market crash a century ago and explores whether history is about to repeat itself.

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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not saying this wasn’t legit, but there are several confirmed cases of Russia hiring people to vandalize synagogues in an attempt to sow division.