Drapper
@drapper.bsky.social
Forensic psychiatry
Canadian wannabe post 11/5/24
Recovering fairy godmother
"The Pawns, Man, In The Game, They Get Capped Quick. They Be Out The Game Early." - The Wire
Canadian wannabe post 11/5/24
Recovering fairy godmother
"The Pawns, Man, In The Game, They Get Capped Quick. They Be Out The Game Early." - The Wire
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Drapper
@drapper.bsky.social
· Jan 25
[The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump]
Yale Professor Bandy Lee and scholars in the fields of law, political science, history, climatology, and social psychology, discussed the mental health of President Trump.
www.c-span.org
We tried to warn everyone when he ran the first time -3 years before this panel
www.c-span.org/program/book...
www.c-span.org/program/book...
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Prediction: This post will work perfectly fine one year from now
I can’t believe how stupid everything is
December 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Prediction: This post will work perfectly fine one year from now
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"She took a high dive into a pool that she drained herself. Were he alive today, Mr. Murrow would not believe what his network has become."
Bari Weiss Jumps Into a Drained Pool
That she drained herself.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:33 AM
"She took a high dive into a pool that she drained herself. Were he alive today, Mr. Murrow would not believe what his network has become."
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As others point out, if you go to the remarkably moving and interesting Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA this aspect of his thought is well documented.
"Norman Rockwell was antifa," his granddaughter says. (Fact check: literally true.)
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell
Trump uses the artist’s work—like other cultural icons—to promote Gestapo tactics and nativist ideas.
www.thebulwark.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
As others point out, if you go to the remarkably moving and interesting Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA this aspect of his thought is well documented.
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We have "entered a dangerous new phase in Secretary Kennedy's campaign to shut down scientific expertise, silence the best available evidence, and replace it with his own personal agenda"
"This new version of ACIP has been stacked with anti-vaccine activists"
www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
"This new version of ACIP has been stacked with anti-vaccine activists"
www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
A Tale of Two ACIPs -- How 2025 Upended CDC's Influential Vaccine Panel
ACIP 'has made itself irrelevant in terms of immunization recommendations that can be trusted'
www.medpagetoday.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We have "entered a dangerous new phase in Secretary Kennedy's campaign to shut down scientific expertise, silence the best available evidence, and replace it with his own personal agenda"
"This new version of ACIP has been stacked with anti-vaccine activists"
www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
"This new version of ACIP has been stacked with anti-vaccine activists"
www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
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A Christmas week legal miracle--one that those of all faiths can enjoy:
Trump's targeting of our client @markzaidesq.bsky.social incl pulling his security clearance was enjoined as unconstitutional retaliation
A great win for him, for us @democracydefendersfund.org & for the superstar legal team👇
Trump's targeting of our client @markzaidesq.bsky.social incl pulling his security clearance was enjoined as unconstitutional retaliation
A great win for him, for us @democracydefendersfund.org & for the superstar legal team👇
December 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A Christmas week legal miracle--one that those of all faiths can enjoy:
Trump's targeting of our client @markzaidesq.bsky.social incl pulling his security clearance was enjoined as unconstitutional retaliation
A great win for him, for us @democracydefendersfund.org & for the superstar legal team👇
Trump's targeting of our client @markzaidesq.bsky.social incl pulling his security clearance was enjoined as unconstitutional retaliation
A great win for him, for us @democracydefendersfund.org & for the superstar legal team👇
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This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
December 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
Financial “Risk in the US is higher than it was,”
This piece is a great illustration of how the long-term effect of Trump’s destruction of US institutions won’t be felt in a dramatic market collapse, but rather in permanently worse economic conditions, and lower prosperity.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
So long, American exceptionalism
For the first time, investors are talking about ‘US risk’
giftarticle.ft.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Financial “Risk in the US is higher than it was,”
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ICE taps new surveillance tech as Trump cuts down privacy protections
ICE taps new surveillance tech as Trump cuts down privacy protections
ICE ramps up its tech contracting in a year when Trump has rolled back several government oversight measures.
dlvr.it
December 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
ICE taps new surveillance tech as Trump cuts down privacy protections
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A country that had begun to make progress in believing women is regressing. In this environment, it becomes more and more difficult for victims to come forward, which means that the people committing crimes against them are going to get away with it. Again.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Which Side Is DOJ on: The Epstein Files
With apologies for writing about such a serious topic as we enter the Christmas holidays, these developments seemed too important to ignore.
open.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A country that had begun to make progress in believing women is regressing. In this environment, it becomes more and more difficult for victims to come forward, which means that the people committing crimes against them are going to get away with it. Again.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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As a recovering catholic, I can say that this is easily the coolest fucking priest I’ve ever seen.
December 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
As a recovering catholic, I can say that this is easily the coolest fucking priest I’ve ever seen.
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Lmao who could have seen this coming but every contractor with a fucking brain, sorry guys
“Construction can’t continue”: South Texas builders say ICE arrests have upended industry www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/s...
South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have slowed work
More than 380 people attended an impromptu meeting that industry leaders in the Rio Grande Valley hosted to draw attention to the chilling effect ICE arrests have had on construction.
www.texastribune.org
December 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Lmao who could have seen this coming but every contractor with a fucking brain, sorry guys
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Have you looked at why RiteAid and thousands of independent pharmacies went out of business, and Walgreens was broke before being bought ? Do you understand who creates the horrific economics for non captive pharmacies ? Of course you don't.
Spend that same energy pushing to break up insurers
Spend that same energy pushing to break up insurers
After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
December 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Have you looked at why RiteAid and thousands of independent pharmacies went out of business, and Walgreens was broke before being bought ? Do you understand who creates the horrific economics for non captive pharmacies ? Of course you don't.
Spend that same energy pushing to break up insurers
Spend that same energy pushing to break up insurers
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Mr Cuban,
I just wanted to quickly thank you. My husband has XXXX cancer, a rare gastrointestinal cancer. We are between insurance right now and when we went to pick it up we were informed it was $29,000. We were able to get it from CostPlus for $990. Thank you for saving my husband's life.
I just wanted to quickly thank you. My husband has XXXX cancer, a rare gastrointestinal cancer. We are between insurance right now and when we went to pick it up we were informed it was $29,000. We were able to get it from CostPlus for $990. Thank you for saving my husband's life.
December 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Mr Cuban,
I just wanted to quickly thank you. My husband has XXXX cancer, a rare gastrointestinal cancer. We are between insurance right now and when we went to pick it up we were informed it was $29,000. We were able to get it from CostPlus for $990. Thank you for saving my husband's life.
I just wanted to quickly thank you. My husband has XXXX cancer, a rare gastrointestinal cancer. We are between insurance right now and when we went to pick it up we were informed it was $29,000. We were able to get it from CostPlus for $990. Thank you for saving my husband's life.
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After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
December 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
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Send Andrew to the Tower.
An email by "A" from "Balmoral" asked Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell for "inappropriate friends", new documents released by the US Dept. of Justice show. The sender asks: "Have you found me some new inappropriate friends?" and the sign-off reads: "See ya A xxx"
An email by "A" from "Balmoral" asked Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell for "inappropriate friends", new documents released by the US Dept. of Justice show. The sender asks: "Have you found me some new inappropriate friends?" and the sign-off reads: "See ya A xxx"
Email by 'A' from 'Balmoral' asked Ghislaine Maxwell for 'inappropriate friends', Epstein files show - live updates
The emails do not indicate any wrongdoing. The BBC has contacted Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's team for a response.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Send Andrew to the Tower.
An email by "A" from "Balmoral" asked Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell for "inappropriate friends", new documents released by the US Dept. of Justice show. The sender asks: "Have you found me some new inappropriate friends?" and the sign-off reads: "See ya A xxx"
An email by "A" from "Balmoral" asked Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell for "inappropriate friends", new documents released by the US Dept. of Justice show. The sender asks: "Have you found me some new inappropriate friends?" and the sign-off reads: "See ya A xxx"
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it is
not all of the files, new files seems like they are pdf´s made from images so can´t be edited in a pdf editor, but some of the older ones, super easy to remove the redactions
not all of the files, new files seems like they are pdf´s made from images so can´t be edited in a pdf editor, but some of the older ones, super easy to remove the redactions
December 23, 2025 at 6:27 AM
it is
not all of the files, new files seems like they are pdf´s made from images so can´t be edited in a pdf editor, but some of the older ones, super easy to remove the redactions
not all of the files, new files seems like they are pdf´s made from images so can´t be edited in a pdf editor, but some of the older ones, super easy to remove the redactions
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The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
December 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
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BREAKING: The Trump administration is suing D.C. over its ban on semi-automatic (AR-15) weapons.
DOJ's Civil Rights Division under Harmeet Dhillon is seeking a court ruling that D.C.'s law "prohibiting registration of the AR-15 by law-abiding citizens violates the Second Amendment."
DOJ's Civil Rights Division under Harmeet Dhillon is seeking a court ruling that D.C.'s law "prohibiting registration of the AR-15 by law-abiding citizens violates the Second Amendment."
December 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
BREAKING: The Trump administration is suing D.C. over its ban on semi-automatic (AR-15) weapons.
DOJ's Civil Rights Division under Harmeet Dhillon is seeking a court ruling that D.C.'s law "prohibiting registration of the AR-15 by law-abiding citizens violates the Second Amendment."
DOJ's Civil Rights Division under Harmeet Dhillon is seeking a court ruling that D.C.'s law "prohibiting registration of the AR-15 by law-abiding citizens violates the Second Amendment."
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Well, I've seen the 60 Minutes CECOT segment now. It's good, and it outlines the horrific conditions this administration sent people with no criminal record to
You'd only kill that segment if you were trying to protect the administration
You'd only kill that segment if you were trying to protect the administration
December 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Well, I've seen the 60 Minutes CECOT segment now. It's good, and it outlines the horrific conditions this administration sent people with no criminal record to
You'd only kill that segment if you were trying to protect the administration
You'd only kill that segment if you were trying to protect the administration
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John Phelan just re-nuclearized the surface navy by saying the Trump class will carry nukes
That's utterly bonkers.
That's utterly bonkers.
December 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
John Phelan just re-nuclearized the surface navy by saying the Trump class will carry nukes
That's utterly bonkers.
That's utterly bonkers.
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So far, there's the Trump Institute of Peace, the Trump-Kennedy Center, Trump-Class of warship, Trump $1 coins, and Trump Savings Accounts.
In Congress: Trump on the $250 bill, Trump Airport (Dulles), Trump on Mt. Rushmore, and a yearly Trump Peace Prize.
In Congress: Trump on the $250 bill, Trump Airport (Dulles), Trump on Mt. Rushmore, and a yearly Trump Peace Prize.
December 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
So far, there's the Trump Institute of Peace, the Trump-Kennedy Center, Trump-Class of warship, Trump $1 coins, and Trump Savings Accounts.
In Congress: Trump on the $250 bill, Trump Airport (Dulles), Trump on Mt. Rushmore, and a yearly Trump Peace Prize.
In Congress: Trump on the $250 bill, Trump Airport (Dulles), Trump on Mt. Rushmore, and a yearly Trump Peace Prize.
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The 60 Minutes piece on the Trump Administration’s torture prison that Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see has leaked.
December 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The 60 Minutes piece on the Trump Administration’s torture prison that Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see has leaked.
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Yep, ICC should have been tossing him into a prison cell, but this will save some $.
Seriously incredible news and certainly cause for celebration for #Ukraine! 😁 This General was a senior GRU intelligence person, suspected of the Salisbury, England poisoning involving Sergei and Yulia Skripal in 2018.
December 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Yep, ICC should have been tossing him into a prison cell, but this will save some $.