Matt Ortega
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Oakland-born, East Bay bred // Arizona Wildcat ‘06 // small businessman and union member
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And yet the BBC took issue with the apt description that this is the most corrupt administration this nation has ever seen.
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
And yet the BBC took issue with the apt description that this is the most corrupt administration this nation has ever seen.
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Trump envoy Steve Witkoff has been outed as a Russian asset. This is traitorous stuff.
Steve Witkoff helped Russia derail Ukraine’s access to Tomahawk missiles. He tipped off the Kremlin about Zelensky’s U.S. visit, giving Moscow time to arrange a call that convinced Trump to block the deal. Witkoff actively works against Ukraine’s defense, in coordination with Putin’s regime.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff has been outed as a Russian asset. This is traitorous stuff.
Maybe outlets like the Times will take greater interest in the fact that JD Vance, in line to be president behind this guy, follows outright Nazis on social media and wrote the blurb to a book which cheered fascists murdering political opponents.
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Maybe outlets like the Times will take greater interest in the fact that JD Vance, in line to be president behind this guy, follows outright Nazis on social media and wrote the blurb to a book which cheered fascists murdering political opponents.
Ironically, Grover Cleveland, the last nonconsecutive two term president, often worked well into the night.
Trump’s average workday now beings at 12:08 and his public appearces are down 39% from first year of first term: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Ironically, Grover Cleveland, the last nonconsecutive two term president, often worked well into the night.
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I assume that getting steak and lobster dinners with 20,000 calories of appetizers for your whole family delivered by personal chauffeur is inexpensive again now that Uncle Joe Brandon is out of the White House at least
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I assume that getting steak and lobster dinners with 20,000 calories of appetizers for your whole family delivered by personal chauffeur is inexpensive again now that Uncle Joe Brandon is out of the White House at least
The lack of concern or even a care for the child's mother is really depraved.
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The lack of concern or even a care for the child's mother is really depraved.
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Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
The Dersh got rizz, Kat.
I’m still thinking about Bari Weiss saying that Hasan Piker (extremely popular influencer) is less of a measure of where Americans are than Alan Dershowitz (extremely unpopular Epstein associate, his own neighbors won’t sell him a pierogi)
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The Dersh got rizz, Kat.
This will kill Americans but the Trump administration is pursuing it anyway to inflate corporate profits.
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This will kill Americans but the Trump administration is pursuing it anyway to inflate corporate profits.
Tariffs caused the cost of cars to increase. We all experienced this. It was not that long ago. Safety features did not cause used car prices to go up.
I wanted to trade in my 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee to get something newer with fewer miles but prices spiked.
I wanted to trade in my 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee to get something newer with fewer miles but prices spiked.
Exclusive: Republicans plan to challenge vehicle-safety mandates, such as automatic emergency braking and alarms that remind drivers a child is in the back seat.
Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
on.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Tariffs caused the cost of cars to increase. We all experienced this. It was not that long ago. Safety features did not cause used car prices to go up.
I wanted to trade in my 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee to get something newer with fewer miles but prices spiked.
I wanted to trade in my 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee to get something newer with fewer miles but prices spiked.
Every regulatory decision from this administration is about hurting you to pad the profits of corporate interests.
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Every regulatory decision from this administration is about hurting you to pad the profits of corporate interests.
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
Trump’s administration far outstrips Harding and Grant for most cartoonishly corrupt administrations. It’s not even close.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Trump’s administration far outstrips Harding and Grant for most cartoonishly corrupt administrations. It’s not even close.
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“Today, family separations are back, only now they are happening all across the country.” www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
“Today, family separations are back, only now they are happening all across the country.” www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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Aside from the high seas murder spree, an order to court martial a sitting senator for 100% legal political speech, and to do so under blatant unlawful command influence, would probably be the clearest case yet of an order so manifestly unlawful there is a duty for anybody in uniform to refuse it.
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Aside from the high seas murder spree, an order to court martial a sitting senator for 100% legal political speech, and to do so under blatant unlawful command influence, would probably be the clearest case yet of an order so manifestly unlawful there is a duty for anybody in uniform to refuse it.
The New Republic: "Donald Trump has now blocked three economic data reports."
Trump Cancels Release of Crucial Economic Report to Hide His Failures
Donald Trump has now blocked three economic data reports.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
The New Republic: "Donald Trump has now blocked three economic data reports."
The range she provided is from Trump's impeachment lawyer to a rabid pro-gun nutjob right-winger. Bari Weiss is an unbelievable con artist.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The range she provided is from Trump's impeachment lawyer to a rabid pro-gun nutjob right-winger. Bari Weiss is an unbelievable con artist.
Jesus Christ.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Jesus Christ.
"A pair of U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents visited the Cherryland Elementary School campus in Hayward on Friday looking for information about a student but were escorted off by the principal..."
Homeland Security agents show up at Hayward school
A pair of Department of Homeland Security agents visited the Cherryland Elementary School campus in Hayward looking for information about a student.
www.nbcbayarea.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
"A pair of U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents visited the Cherryland Elementary School campus in Hayward on Friday looking for information about a student but were escorted off by the principal..."
This is why they float absurd things like "AI will open up cancer cures!" as Donald Trump and Elon Musk teamed up to zero out research funding. (To be replaced by their AI scams, of course.)
They treat AI like it's the space race. What, then, is the equivalent goal of space flight in the race to "global dominance in AI?"
"the president has directed the Department of Energy to launch an AI project called the genesis mission" sounds like something out of a technothriller
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This is why they float absurd things like "AI will open up cancer cures!" as Donald Trump and Elon Musk teamed up to zero out research funding. (To be replaced by their AI scams, of course.)
Chotiner decided to forgo seeking UN approval and instead has adopted a unilateral first strike policy.
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Chotiner decided to forgo seeking UN approval and instead has adopted a unilateral first strike policy.