A comprehensive, jaw-dropping list of gutted national security programs and the related/potential impact. Excellent reporting.
Dismantling Defenses: Trump 2.0 Cyber Year in Review
The Trump administration has pursued a staggering range of policy pivots this past year that threaten to weaken the nation’s ability and willingness to address a broad spectrum of technology challenge...
krebsonsecurity.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A comprehensive, jaw-dropping list of gutted national security programs and the related/potential impact. Excellent reporting.
“Trump Media’s $6 billion merger with a nuclear energy company doesn’t even pretend to make business sense. TMTG is, to borrow Matt Taibbi’s defining phrase of another era, the vampire squid of this moment, haphazardly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.”
America is becoming the world’s dumb money — Semafor
The US’ capitalism is losing its way even as other countries are moving away from suboptimal and clunky state-run economies.
stocks.apple.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“Trump Media’s $6 billion merger with a nuclear energy company doesn’t even pretend to make business sense. TMTG is, to borrow Matt Taibbi’s defining phrase of another era, the vampire squid of this moment, haphazardly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.”
“During the Biden administration, it was widely reported that Attorney General Merrick Garland rarely met with President Joe Biden.”
“Attorney General Pam Bondi and Donald Trump speak so frequently that he has accidentally posted their private conversations on social media.”
“Attorney General Pam Bondi and Donald Trump speak so frequently that he has accidentally posted their private conversations on social media.”
I’ve been harboring these feelings for some time
newsletters.democracydocket.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“During the Biden administration, it was widely reported that Attorney General Merrick Garland rarely met with President Joe Biden.”
“Attorney General Pam Bondi and Donald Trump speak so frequently that he has accidentally posted their private conversations on social media.”
“Attorney General Pam Bondi and Donald Trump speak so frequently that he has accidentally posted their private conversations on social media.”
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Memories of this past Summer of the National Gardners....
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Memories of this past Summer of the National Gardners....
We can’t help these children become productive citizens but we can pay $50k signing bonuses to ICE recruits? What a disgrace.
Born Deaf and Blind, She’s Caught in Trump’s Anti-Diversity Crusade
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:12 AM
We can’t help these children become productive citizens but we can pay $50k signing bonuses to ICE recruits? What a disgrace.
“Officials have instructed superintendents to grade majority of staff at a 3 regardless of their performance. Some park superintendents, “questioned the fairness to employees whose work merited a better rating at a time when many staff are working harder to make up for the thousands of vacancies.”
National Park Service Receives One Final Punch in the Gut From the Trump Administration
You would think that after all the uncertainty and challenges experienced by National Park Service staff during the shutdown of the federal government, they would be allowed to finish out the year in ...
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“Officials have instructed superintendents to grade majority of staff at a 3 regardless of their performance. Some park superintendents, “questioned the fairness to employees whose work merited a better rating at a time when many staff are working harder to make up for the thousands of vacancies.”
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More details: moulton.house.gov/news/press-r...
Moulton Introduces the NOEM Act to Hold ICE Officers Accountable for Constitutional Violations
SALEM, MA - Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) has introduced the National Oversight and Enforcement of Misconduct Act (NOEM Act) which would permit victims of constitutional violations committed by fed...
moulton.house.gov
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
More details: moulton.house.gov/news/press-r...
“While falls are not unusual in robotics development, this specific hand motion has raised questions about the current level of autonomy in Tesla’s system and whether the demonstration reflected real independent capability or operator input.”
💨 + mirrors?
💨 + mirrors?
Tesla Optimus's fall in Miami demo sparks remote operation debate
While falls are not unusual in robotics development, a specific hand motion has raised questions about the current level of autonomy in Tesla’s system.
interestingengineering.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
“While falls are not unusual in robotics development, this specific hand motion has raised questions about the current level of autonomy in Tesla’s system and whether the demonstration reflected real independent capability or operator input.”
💨 + mirrors?
💨 + mirrors?
If true, another example of “waste, fraud and abuse” (their dog whistle) of this administration. Where is the oversight? Drain the bog, eject the bog hogs.
Kash Patel ordered FBI detail to give girlfriend’s pal a lift home: sources
FBI agents have grown increasingly concerned by Patel’s use of the bureau’s strapped resource.
www.ms.now
December 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If true, another example of “waste, fraud and abuse” (their dog whistle) of this administration. Where is the oversight? Drain the bog, eject the bog hogs.
“Reality Labs, which builds the hardware and software for Mr. Zuckerberg’s metaverse vision, has posted more than $70 billion in losses over the past four years.”
$70B for an alternative reality! Touch grass, Zuck!!
$70B for an alternative reality! Touch grass, Zuck!!
Meta Weighs Cuts to Its Metaverse Unit
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
“Reality Labs, which builds the hardware and software for Mr. Zuckerberg’s metaverse vision, has posted more than $70 billion in losses over the past four years.”
$70B for an alternative reality! Touch grass, Zuck!!
$70B for an alternative reality! Touch grass, Zuck!!
“This whole notion that we are trapped into wars by the commitments we make to our allies..the opposite of that is true. We have not had to fight for any treaty ally. It is the reliability of the commitment that is the source of stability. And right now, we are absolutely anything but reliable.”
Chaos Is Coming
America helped keep the (relative) peace for 80 years. Not anymore.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“This whole notion that we are trapped into wars by the commitments we make to our allies..the opposite of that is true. We have not had to fight for any treaty ally. It is the reliability of the commitment that is the source of stability. And right now, we are absolutely anything but reliable.”
Nick Catoggio posts are always on point and entertaining.
The Pardon Racket
Why is Trump letting random white-collar criminals out of prison?
thedispatch.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Nick Catoggio posts are always on point and entertaining.
Another warning bell.
Anthropic’s Chief Executive Acknowledges Risks of Huge Spending on A.I.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Another warning bell.
Canary in the coal mine?
Morgan Stanley explores risk transfer for AI data center loans - Bloomberg By Investing.com
Morgan Stanley explores risk transfer for AI data center loans - Bloomberg
www.investing.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Canary in the coal mine?
Be honest - who among us has never experienced this?
A Drunk Raccoon Passed Out in the Bathroom of a Virginia Liquor Store
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Be honest - who among us has never experienced this?
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It is so easy to spread misinformation when you don’t understand that correlation ≠ causation. A very good explanation!
🧪Via @drjessicaknurick.bsky.social on IG
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December 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It is so easy to spread misinformation when you don’t understand that correlation ≠ causation. A very good explanation!
🧪Via @drjessicaknurick.bsky.social on IG
🧪Via @drjessicaknurick.bsky.social on IG
Bessent at Dealbook Summit today: “Historically, capex is followed by employment growth”. Historically, yes. But current capex is concentrated on data centers. Initial increase in construction jobs followed by minimal job creation.
Data centers bring money to small towns. But do they also bring jobs?
Tech companies are investing hundreds of billions of dollars in data centers across the country. But despite the record-setting price tags, the centers create few jobs.
www.npr.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Bessent at Dealbook Summit today: “Historically, capex is followed by employment growth”. Historically, yes. But current capex is concentrated on data centers. Initial increase in construction jobs followed by minimal job creation.
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My great-uncle was born in the Russian Empire and wrote God Bless America
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My great-uncle was born in the Russian Empire and wrote God Bless America
“Noncitizen voting is exceptionally rare — so rare that the Heritage Foundation’s own “election fraud” database still relies on a handful of cases, from nearly half a century ago, to push for anti-voting policies.”
The GOP’s War on Naturalized Citizens’ Right to Vote
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
“Noncitizen voting is exceptionally rare — so rare that the Heritage Foundation’s own “election fraud” database still relies on a handful of cases, from nearly half a century ago, to push for anti-voting policies.”
“What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly.”
Judge Wolf, appointed by Reagan, resigns.
Judge Wolf, appointed by Reagan, resigns.
Winner of this week’s Joseph Welch Award
For standing up to tyranny. In honor of attorney Joseph Welch, who represented the U.S. Army in the Army-McCarthy Hearings of June 1954.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly.”
Judge Wolf, appointed by Reagan, resigns.
Judge Wolf, appointed by Reagan, resigns.