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America is for sale.
“Apple set the tone” when Tim Cook gave Trump an engraved, glass disc. This week, the Swiss delegation gave him a “special Rolex desktop clock” and a $130,000 gold bar.
“.. It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it," an administration official told @axios.com
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“.. It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it," an administration official told @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
November 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
America is for sale.
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This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
couriernewsroom.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
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All the October data will remain a wonderful secret.
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
All the October data will remain a wonderful secret.
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Looks like we’re going to war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Looks like we’re going to war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.
Who the hell are these people who are anxiously awaiting being able to pass off every mundane task of life to AI agents? Geez Louise, how about just adulting? Using some executive functioning to get your shit done? Or just having fun browsing Etsy or eBay or Amazon for gifts for half an hour?
November 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Who the hell are these people who are anxiously awaiting being able to pass off every mundane task of life to AI agents? Geez Louise, how about just adulting? Using some executive functioning to get your shit done? Or just having fun browsing Etsy or eBay or Amazon for gifts for half an hour?
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this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)
October 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)
Yes, GOP, please make this your messaging talking point. It’ll go over *great* with everyone I know who has a daughter, especially one under the age of 18. 😡
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Yes, GOP, please make this your messaging talking point. It’ll go over *great* with everyone I know who has a daughter, especially one under the age of 18. 😡
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Sloppy Steve doing damage control with the cult today trying to talk them off the ledge.
November 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Sloppy Steve doing damage control with the cult today trying to talk them off the ledge.
What a night in Wisconsin. I’m in awe.
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
What a night in Wisconsin. I’m in awe.
Funny, we managed a 35-day fed shutdown not too long ago without permanent damage to the statistical system, but those few extra days now killed it dead. Just in time for major job losses and tariff impacts.
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Funny, we managed a 35-day fed shutdown not too long ago without permanent damage to the statistical system, but those few extra days now killed it dead. Just in time for major job losses and tariff impacts.
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So our entire economic well being hinges on a company with $20B in revenues spending $1.4T on AI infrastructure when there isn’t enough electricity generated on the planet to power that many data centers?
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
So our entire economic well being hinges on a company with $20B in revenues spending $1.4T on AI infrastructure when there isn’t enough electricity generated on the planet to power that many data centers?
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No matter how damning you think this report is going to be, it’s worse. I promise you it is worse.
(Reuters) - Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show.
$META @reuters.com
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$META @reuters.com
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November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
No matter how damning you think this report is going to be, it’s worse. I promise you it is worse.
This is both hilarious and intensely frustrating.
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is both hilarious and intensely frustrating.
Proof that all the money in the world can’t save you from being pathetic.
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Proof that all the money in the world can’t save you from being pathetic.
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I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
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A visual metaphor for the moment.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A visual metaphor for the moment.
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www.wired.com/story/maga-r... All this is similar to when Sadiq Khan became London’s mayor in 2016. Tories called it “Londonistan,” and his opponents claimed he’s affiliated with radical Islamists. When Khan was reelected for a 3rd term last year, he was heckled by racist rightwingers.
‘New York City Has Fallen’: MAGA Responds to Zohran Mamdani’s Victory With a Racist Freak-Out
Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory.
www.wired.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
www.wired.com/story/maga-r... All this is similar to when Sadiq Khan became London’s mayor in 2016. Tories called it “Londonistan,” and his opponents claimed he’s affiliated with radical Islamists. When Khan was reelected for a 3rd term last year, he was heckled by racist rightwingers.
Nothing Trump himself is doing caused the election wipeout, of course. Not tariffs. Not indiscriminate ICE raids. Not threatening foreign wars or blowing up fishermen. Not ignoring laws. Just Congress’s fault that they let the government shut down.
He’s a true megalomaniac.
He’s a true megalomaniac.
Trump to Republican senators: "I thought we'd have a discussion after the press leaves about what last night represented and what we should do about it and also about the shutdown and how that relates to last night. If you read the pollsters, the shutdown was a big factor, negative for Republicans."
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Nothing Trump himself is doing caused the election wipeout, of course. Not tariffs. Not indiscriminate ICE raids. Not threatening foreign wars or blowing up fishermen. Not ignoring laws. Just Congress’s fault that they let the government shut down.
He’s a true megalomaniac.
He’s a true megalomaniac.
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Yup. It turns out massively destabilizing trade in and out of the country is bad for people importing to build factories in order to export stuff.
Also, they’ve pretty much killed CHIPS and Science, the largest domestic manufacturing bill in recent history.
Also, they’ve pretty much killed CHIPS and Science, the largest domestic manufacturing bill in recent history.
Domestic manufacturing rose sharply under Biden and is falling under Trump
November 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Yup. It turns out massively destabilizing trade in and out of the country is bad for people importing to build factories in order to export stuff.
Also, they’ve pretty much killed CHIPS and Science, the largest domestic manufacturing bill in recent history.
Also, they’ve pretty much killed CHIPS and Science, the largest domestic manufacturing bill in recent history.
Timeline cleanse. May have to watch it more than once.
November 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Timeline cleanse. May have to watch it more than once.
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ICE officers reportedly shot a 25-year-old named Carlos Jimenez.
He was shot after getting out of his car to tell the agents, who had pulled over a vehicle, that children would soon be gathering in that spot for the school bus.
He was shot after getting out of his car to tell the agents, who had pulled over a vehicle, that children would soon be gathering in that spot for the school bus.
Report: ICE shot a US citizen trying to help kids
According to his lawyer, immigration officers shot Carlos Jimenez after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.
www.motherjones.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
ICE officers reportedly shot a 25-year-old named Carlos Jimenez.
He was shot after getting out of his car to tell the agents, who had pulled over a vehicle, that children would soon be gathering in that spot for the school bus.
He was shot after getting out of his car to tell the agents, who had pulled over a vehicle, that children would soon be gathering in that spot for the school bus.
A terrific article by Jonathan V. Last with facts on how Trump is nationalizing US industry — a hallmark of socialism and “controlling the means of production.” I put a helpful screenshot from it in the comments.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-t...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-t...
Donald Trump Is a Commie
Bernie’s democratic socialism is still compatible with liberal democracy. Trump’s national socialism is not. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
www.thebulwark.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A terrific article by Jonathan V. Last with facts on how Trump is nationalizing US industry — a hallmark of socialism and “controlling the means of production.” I put a helpful screenshot from it in the comments.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-t...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-t...
Signs of a teetering economy, propped up by a bubble.
NVIDIA is now 16% of the US economy, in case you're wondering if your labor has any remaining value
The Value of NVIDIA Now Exceeds an Unprecedented 16% of U.S. GDP
With 16% of GDP riding on a single chipmaker, the U.S. economy is dangerously over-leveraged — and Wall Street is betting blind
medium.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Signs of a teetering economy, propped up by a bubble.