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Yes, it's good that The Times collates Trump's tangled grifts but, again, the #BrokenTimes fails to take the next step: Labeling it corruption to enable explanation of emoluments and illegality.
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Yes, it's good that The Times collates Trump's tangled grifts but, again, the #BrokenTimes fails to take the next step: Labeling it corruption to enable explanation of emoluments and illegality.
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"Remember that a key goal of PRC propaganda is to transfer the tension it manufactures in its relationship with Taiwan to the Taipei-Washington relationship."
The latest from Michael Turton
The latest from Michael Turton
Notes from Central Taiwan: PRC drills, theater and reality - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
www.taipeitimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:07 PM
"Remember that a key goal of PRC propaganda is to transfer the tension it manufactures in its relationship with Taiwan to the Taipei-Washington relationship."
The latest from Michael Turton
The latest from Michael Turton
The Orange Felon's corrupt authoritarian governance makes space for the likes of Maduro.
American needs to be better - a shining beacon on the hill. Not the mob-boss crew of the current administration.
The latest from Michael McFaul
American needs to be better - a shining beacon on the hill. Not the mob-boss crew of the current administration.
The latest from Michael McFaul
Democracy In Venezuela Must Be Restored
But Not By Means of a U.S. Military Invasion
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The Orange Felon's corrupt authoritarian governance makes space for the likes of Maduro.
American needs to be better - a shining beacon on the hill. Not the mob-boss crew of the current administration.
The latest from Michael McFaul
American needs to be better - a shining beacon on the hill. Not the mob-boss crew of the current administration.
The latest from Michael McFaul
You know the Orange Felon lusts after this location for a self-dealing development plan. Given his administrations decline, you know he needs fresh loyalty payoff opportunities.
Follow the $$$ as the grifters circle to line their pockets.
Follow the $$$ as the grifters circle to line their pockets.
The Hoover building has been contentious since it was built and inadequate for the needs of the FBI since at least the late 70s, and they've been trying to figure out a way to gtfo for DECADES, but they never had the money or a better spot for relocation.
Did did Patel fix those problems? Nope.
Did did Patel fix those problems? Nope.
FBI to move out of brutalist J Edgar Hoover building in Washington DC
Iconic building, called ‘greatest monstrosity ever constructed’ by Hoover himself, to be closed down
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
You know the Orange Felon lusts after this location for a self-dealing development plan. Given his administrations decline, you know he needs fresh loyalty payoff opportunities.
Follow the $$$ as the grifters circle to line their pockets.
Follow the $$$ as the grifters circle to line their pockets.
Follow the $$$. Boycott, divest and sanction businesses lining up to profit.
The Brazen Cruelty of the Trump Regime
Its plan to warehouse immigrants has shades of Nazi concentration camps and America's shameful imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
open.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Follow the $$$. Boycott, divest and sanction businesses lining up to profit.
Designed to prevent the possibility of a Palestinian state.
How Israel's hilltop settlers coordinate attacks to expel Palestinians
Israeli settlers in the Or Meir outpost take to Telegram to spell out their plans to chase Palestinians off the land and take control of "strategic" hilltops in the West Bank.
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Designed to prevent the possibility of a Palestinian state.
Theocrats are the most dangerous folks on the planet. Holocosts-R-Them.
Full Meltdown Mode at Turning Point USA
Right-wing leaders and influencers divide over welcoming hate into their party’s tent
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Theocrats are the most dangerous folks on the planet. Holocosts-R-Them.
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KMT lawmakers seen visiting China ahead of major votes – Taipei Times: ‘multiple Taiwanese businesspeople have said that the Chinese government is pressuring KMT lawmakers to stop Taiwan’s NT$1.25 trillion (US$39.6 billion) special defense budget and national security law amendments’
KMT lawmakers seen visiting China ahead of major votes - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
www.taipeitimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:04 AM
KMT lawmakers seen visiting China ahead of major votes – Taipei Times: ‘multiple Taiwanese businesspeople have said that the Chinese government is pressuring KMT lawmakers to stop Taiwan’s NT$1.25 trillion (US$39.6 billion) special defense budget and national security law amendments’
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
F#ck the farmbelt. Kash needs new beemers.
How Kash Patel Ordered Himself a New Fleet of BMWs With FBI Money
Donald Trump’s FBI director can only ride in BMWs apparently.
newrepublic.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
F#ck the farmbelt. Kash needs new beemers.
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Read the full email Sharyn Alfonsi sent her team about CBS pulling their segment on the Trump admin’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Read the full email Sharyn Alfonsi sent her team about CBS pulling their segment on the Trump admin’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants
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Holy hell... I'm gifting the article because everyone should be able to read this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Holy hell... I'm gifting the article because everyone should be able to read this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Articulate and solidly rooted in historical context. But make no mistake, McFaul delivers a heck of a beat-down.
"Trump’s NSS recommends even more retreat than Nixon recommended. ... And you won’t read any criticism of the Chinese Communist Party repression in this document."
Read this stuff.
"Trump’s NSS recommends even more retreat than Nixon recommended. ... And you won’t read any criticism of the Chinese Communist Party repression in this document."
Read this stuff.
Trump’s New National Security Strategy Is a Nixon Doctrine 2.0
And Its Nixon-era Defeatism Undermines American National Interests
michaelmcfaul.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Articulate and solidly rooted in historical context. But make no mistake, McFaul delivers a heck of a beat-down.
"Trump’s NSS recommends even more retreat than Nixon recommended. ... And you won’t read any criticism of the Chinese Communist Party repression in this document."
Read this stuff.
"Trump’s NSS recommends even more retreat than Nixon recommended. ... And you won’t read any criticism of the Chinese Communist Party repression in this document."
Read this stuff.
To the trash heap and ignominy. Do not pass go. All your evils soon revealed.
Dan Bongino plans to step down as FBI deputy director | CNN Politics
Deputy FBI director Dan Bongino is stepping down soon from the job after eight months marked by clashes with his boss, Attorney General Pamela Bondi, and fighting off the conspiracies he once fueled.
www.cnn.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
To the trash heap and ignominy. Do not pass go. All your evils soon revealed.
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The State of Taiwan's Birds 2024 report by @taiwanwildbirds.bsky.social is now online for free downloading: bird.org.tw/report/5633
December 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The State of Taiwan's Birds 2024 report by @taiwanwildbirds.bsky.social is now online for free downloading: bird.org.tw/report/5633
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"Cuomo isn't Jewish, Adams isn't Jewish, Trump isn't Jewish. But they all are delighted to weaponize antisemitism, to weaponize Jewish fear, against Muslims especially."
Jewish Democratic Congressional candidate Brad Lander.
My full interview with him: zeteo.com/p/meet-the-p...
Jewish Democratic Congressional candidate Brad Lander.
My full interview with him: zeteo.com/p/meet-the-p...
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
"Cuomo isn't Jewish, Adams isn't Jewish, Trump isn't Jewish. But they all are delighted to weaponize antisemitism, to weaponize Jewish fear, against Muslims especially."
Jewish Democratic Congressional candidate Brad Lander.
My full interview with him: zeteo.com/p/meet-the-p...
Jewish Democratic Congressional candidate Brad Lander.
My full interview with him: zeteo.com/p/meet-the-p...
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Happy for Spike Lee
December 17, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Happy for Spike Lee
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Also it really can’t be understated how much the voucher scam has helped to take a sledgehammer to public education here. Just a regular stream of these kinds of headlines ever since:
December 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Also it really can’t be understated how much the voucher scam has helped to take a sledgehammer to public education here. Just a regular stream of these kinds of headlines ever since:
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[email protected] : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela?
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
December 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
[email protected] : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela?
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
Trolling with Ronnie is a great way to hit some deep GOP nerves.
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Trolling with Ronnie is a great way to hit some deep GOP nerves.
No wonder the idea of "illegal orders" has team Orange Felon so nervous.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
No wonder the idea of "illegal orders" has team Orange Felon so nervous.
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The is a declaration and act of war without congressional approval, and imperialistic jingoism.
December 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The is a declaration and act of war without congressional approval, and imperialistic jingoism.