Steve in Chicago
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IT Professional. Friend of democracy. If you're not going to heaven, why only miss it by an inch?
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The only response is, "So you're saying service members SHOULD comply with illegal orders?"
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The only response is, "So you're saying service members SHOULD comply with illegal orders?"
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contrarian.substack.com/p/a-call-to-... “Success looks like a dent in sales of Home Depot, Target, and Amazon, and folks understanding there is a dent because of [these companies’] enabling of the administration.” In short, every dollar not spent sends a message.
A call to action
‘We Ain’t Buying It’
contrarian.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
contrarian.substack.com/p/a-call-to-... “Success looks like a dent in sales of Home Depot, Target, and Amazon, and folks understanding there is a dent because of [these companies’] enabling of the administration.” In short, every dollar not spent sends a message.
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Absolutely every business is going for broke with the emails now but still, having stayed in a few hotels this month, the post-stay emails are like OUT OF CONTROL. It was FINE. There was a BED and WALLS. leave me ALONE
November 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Absolutely every business is going for broke with the emails now but still, having stayed in a few hotels this month, the post-stay emails are like OUT OF CONTROL. It was FINE. There was a BED and WALLS. leave me ALONE
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
Noting that Sen. Wyden is attempting to get the Finance committee to subpoena Epstein's financials and has been stonewalled by Republicans. This report is damning in its own right but they need all the information to fully investigate who financed Epstein and where their money went.
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Noting that Sen. Wyden is attempting to get the Finance committee to subpoena Epstein's financials and has been stonewalled by Republicans. This report is damning in its own right but they need all the information to fully investigate who financed Epstein and where their money went.
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/13 Why? For proximity to power. For prestige. For attention.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
/13 Why? For proximity to power. For prestige. For attention.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
Saddest thought of the day: I genuinely can't tell if Trump turned up the crazy dictator knob today because he's feeling cornered or if it's a planned misdirection from Bondi trying to shove 24 TB of Epstein files data into a box with "ongoing investigation" frantically scrawled on it.
November 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Saddest thought of the day: I genuinely can't tell if Trump turned up the crazy dictator knob today because he's feeling cornered or if it's a planned misdirection from Bondi trying to shove 24 TB of Epstein files data into a box with "ongoing investigation" frantically scrawled on it.
This is really good at condensing a whole lot of Trump hypocrisy into a two minute video.
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is really good at condensing a whole lot of Trump hypocrisy into a two minute video.
This is really important -- 🧵on Epstein's financials.
Epstein did a lot of things that looked like money laundering, they were reported to the banks who then...largely ignored them. But it tells how he moved his money around and where it came from...
Epstein did a lot of things that looked like money laundering, they were reported to the banks who then...largely ignored them. But it tells how he moved his money around and where it came from...
Let me tell you about the other Epstein files the Trump administration is STILL HIDING — records that aren’t affected by the bill Congress passed today.
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 AM
This is really important -- 🧵on Epstein's financials.
Epstein did a lot of things that looked like money laundering, they were reported to the banks who then...largely ignored them. But it tells how he moved his money around and where it came from...
Epstein did a lot of things that looked like money laundering, they were reported to the banks who then...largely ignored them. But it tells how he moved his money around and where it came from...
This is going to be terrible once AI gets its hooks into personal finance information. In addition to the potential to give people terrible advice, I'd be worried about a massive data breach at some point.
I’m getting in early to call that this will prove to have been a horrific mistake by all parties in ways that were perfectly obvious now.
OpenAI strikes deal with Intuit to plug personal financial data into ChatGPT on.ft.com/3LJ7J6g
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This is going to be terrible once AI gets its hooks into personal finance information. In addition to the potential to give people terrible advice, I'd be worried about a massive data breach at some point.
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astigmatic gang RISE UP
October 5, 2024 at 5:55 PM
astigmatic gang RISE UP
Daily reminder that, without Julie K Brown poking into this, the whole Epstein sweetheart deal would have been papered over and he'd probably still be out there trafficking underage girls just like he did between the first conviction and the second investigation.
This is important context from Julie K. Brown.
With alt text.
With alt text.
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Daily reminder that, without Julie K Brown poking into this, the whole Epstein sweetheart deal would have been papered over and he'd probably still be out there trafficking underage girls just like he did between the first conviction and the second investigation.
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I am begging America to not be stupid enough to embrace a racist and an antisemite because Donald Trump thinks she's a meanie. Just grab some popcorn and watch the Nazis fight.
Trump: “I am withdrawing my support and Endorsement of ‘Congresswoman’ Marjorie Taylor Greene…”
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I am begging America to not be stupid enough to embrace a racist and an antisemite because Donald Trump thinks she's a meanie. Just grab some popcorn and watch the Nazis fight.
Although Trump has publicly allowed Reps to vote yes on releasing the files, he obviously wants them not to, especially in veto-proof numbers so they're going to try to find the messaging that works with the base and this ain't it.
Rep. Jason Smith: "Epstein had been dead for years. It's not something I hear from people when I travel back home in Missouri. They care about the affordability crisis."
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Although Trump has publicly allowed Reps to vote yes on releasing the files, he obviously wants them not to, especially in veto-proof numbers so they're going to try to find the messaging that works with the base and this ain't it.
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Adding to the enjoyment of the Broncos beating the Chiefs is that Harrison Butker missed an extra point, which contributed to the loss.
November 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Adding to the enjoyment of the Broncos beating the Chiefs is that Harrison Butker missed an extra point, which contributed to the loss.
Look, there's a good chance that she and Massie are sufficiently pissed off to throw a few House votes our way out of spite and we should gladly accept those, but there's a level of racism, anti-semitism, anti-trans hatred and general lunacy there we shouldn't be willing to put a D next to.
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Look, there's a good chance that she and Massie are sufficiently pissed off to throw a few House votes our way out of spite and we should gladly accept those, but there's a level of racism, anti-semitism, anti-trans hatred and general lunacy there we shouldn't be willing to put a D next to.
Very proud of whoever came up with this -- this is a great way to put pressure on them.
Spotify's HQ in L.A. has a 150,000 sq ft campus. Now those buildings have light projections showing men in balaclavas with text like:
"Spotify, Don't Stream Fascism"
"Tell Spotify, Get ICE Ads OFF THE AIR"
Reddit: "Spotify is facing backlash for running recruitment ads for ICE on its service."
"Spotify, Don't Stream Fascism"
"Tell Spotify, Get ICE Ads OFF THE AIR"
Reddit: "Spotify is facing backlash for running recruitment ads for ICE on its service."
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Very proud of whoever came up with this -- this is a great way to put pressure on them.
Bob Menendez, from prison: “Ok, so people are OK with leaders just accepting gold bars now?”
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Bob Menendez, from prison: “Ok, so people are OK with leaders just accepting gold bars now?”
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The fuckin bears did it. They built the toilet paper MOAB
November 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The fuckin bears did it. They built the toilet paper MOAB
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Happy Halloween (Orthodox)
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Happy Halloween (Orthodox)
"We don't whip these" = "Yeah, the horse is already out of the barn and we're going to lose anyone who has an ounce of self-preservation on this"
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"We don't whip these" = "Yeah, the horse is already out of the barn and we're going to lose anyone who has an ounce of self-preservation on this"
The internet remains undefeated.
They’re calling her Megyn R. Kelly on TikTok
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The internet remains undefeated.
The bombings will continue in a futile attempt to push Epstein out of the news cycle.
Hegseth announces military’s Operation Southern Spear against ‘narco-terrorists’ after Trump briefed on strike options
Hegseth announces US military operation against ‘narco-terrorists’ in Latin America
www.independent.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The bombings will continue in a futile attempt to push Epstein out of the news cycle.
This really makes the point well that everything she does is scripted. Bet they cleared a ton of tourists away from Mount Rushmore so they could shoot this too.
Worth 1,000 words. This picture is so revealing about so much about this “administration.”
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This really makes the point well that everything she does is scripted. Bet they cleared a ton of tourists away from Mount Rushmore so they could shoot this too.