Fazal Kamal
@fazalkamal.bsky.social
A media professional—editor, public affairs, copywriter—for 50 years; now a confirmed cynic, a cantankerous old fart; frustrated world isn’t what it should be.
"Their latest study analyzed data involving thousands of billionaires from 65 countries and identified distinct offshore strategies, including a reliance on nominees and blacklisted jurisdictions to park and shield assets from scrutiny and seizure."
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Dartmouth researchers use ICIJ database to show how the ultrawealthy exploit the offshore world - ICIJ
ICIJ spoke to author Herbert Chang about the study, which found that elites in both democratic and authoritarian countries are well-versed in financial secrecy tactics.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:28 AM
"Their latest study analyzed data involving thousands of billionaires from 65 countries and identified distinct offshore strategies, including a reliance on nominees and blacklisted jurisdictions to park and shield assets from scrutiny and seizure."
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Trump & Hegseth Engage in Massive Abuse of Power!
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Trump & Hegseth Engage in Massive Abuse of Power!
Hey friends, I just finished discussing this issue with Jen Psaki on MS Now.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Trump & Hegseth Engage in Massive Abuse of Power!
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Lmao #MarjorieTaylorGreene puts #JohnCernovich firmly in his place.
That being said I stand with @crockett.house.gov who mocked her for quitting after a WEEK of what she's been putting up with since being elected, and she hasn't quit and run away.
That being said I stand with @crockett.house.gov who mocked her for quitting after a WEEK of what she's been putting up with since being elected, and she hasn't quit and run away.
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Lmao #MarjorieTaylorGreene puts #JohnCernovich firmly in his place.
That being said I stand with @crockett.house.gov who mocked her for quitting after a WEEK of what she's been putting up with since being elected, and she hasn't quit and run away.
That being said I stand with @crockett.house.gov who mocked her for quitting after a WEEK of what she's been putting up with since being elected, and she hasn't quit and run away.
NATIONAL GUARDS
New reports:
Two West Virginia National Guard members were shot just outside the WH complex in Washington Wed, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said.
He initially said both Guard members were killed, but he later said he was getting “conflicting reports” about their condition.
New reports:
Two West Virginia National Guard members were shot just outside the WH complex in Washington Wed, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said.
He initially said both Guard members were killed, but he later said he was getting “conflicting reports” about their condition.
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
NATIONAL GUARDS
New reports:
Two West Virginia National Guard members were shot just outside the WH complex in Washington Wed, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said.
He initially said both Guard members were killed, but he later said he was getting “conflicting reports” about their condition.
New reports:
Two West Virginia National Guard members were shot just outside the WH complex in Washington Wed, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said.
He initially said both Guard members were killed, but he later said he was getting “conflicting reports” about their condition.
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I'm a veteran of the United States Air Force, and I fully and completely support Senator Mark Kelly. Oh, and as someone trained to drop nukes on the Soviet Union, I was also required to get training on lawful and unlawful orders.
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I'm a veteran of the United States Air Force, and I fully and completely support Senator Mark Kelly. Oh, and as someone trained to drop nukes on the Soviet Union, I was also required to get training on lawful and unlawful orders.
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Absofuckinglutely 💯.......
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Absofuckinglutely 💯.......
The answer is blowing in the wind—as the poet said.
Out of curiosity, can American liberals and centrists - heck, even American Tories - explain to me when there's sufficient evidence for you to conclude that these people are bringing back Jim Crow, with added concentration camps a wider remit to include any kind of brown? Genuine question
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The answer is blowing in the wind—as the poet said.
Wunderbar👏
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Wunderbar👏
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Things are so bleak at the moment. Just once I'd like to have a government I voted for. But most people keep voting for scum bags. Just once can we not do that?
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Things are so bleak at the moment. Just once I'd like to have a government I voted for. But most people keep voting for scum bags. Just once can we not do that?
He pretty much begged for this situation.
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
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Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
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November 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
He pretty much begged for this situation.
By 3 p.m., D.C. police said they had one suspect in custody. apple.news/AiB8-9M5JQIq...
Live updates: 2 National Guard members killed in D.C. shooting near White House — The Washington Post
Three gunshot victims were taken to the hospital after the shooting in downtown Washington.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
By 3 p.m., D.C. police said they had one suspect in custody. apple.news/AiB8-9M5JQIq...
Hugely tragic and a stinging disservice to the nation.
The 2020 Georgia election case is going to be dismissed in its entirety, with the prosecutor offering less-than-persuasive reasoning. A miscarriage of justice that weakens our democracy.
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Hugely tragic and a stinging disservice to the nation.
Sad. Absolutely. But could be true.
Usha Chilukuri, at Amy Chua's urging, married down to one ambitious and amoral enough to give her a shot at power. She has dutifully endorsed every horrific thing he has done, even at the expense of their children. It would be poetic for her to be discarded now for a young, white trash trophy wife.
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Sad. Absolutely. But could be true.
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General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
In Taganrog, hits were on the Beriev aircraft repair plant and the Molniya UAV production facility, the Sheskharis oil terminal in Novorossiysk and the Tuapse. In Novorossiysk, to oil loading equipment and a launcher from an S-400 air-defence system.
In Taganrog, hits were on the Beriev aircraft repair plant and the Molniya UAV production facility, the Sheskharis oil terminal in Novorossiysk and the Tuapse. In Novorossiysk, to oil loading equipment and a launcher from an S-400 air-defence system.
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
In Taganrog, hits were on the Beriev aircraft repair plant and the Molniya UAV production facility, the Sheskharis oil terminal in Novorossiysk and the Tuapse. In Novorossiysk, to oil loading equipment and a launcher from an S-400 air-defence system.
In Taganrog, hits were on the Beriev aircraft repair plant and the Molniya UAV production facility, the Sheskharis oil terminal in Novorossiysk and the Tuapse. In Novorossiysk, to oil loading equipment and a launcher from an S-400 air-defence system.
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You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.
Naturally. That’s the primary criterion.
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“Obedience (to the whims of Trump) above all else” pretty much sums up what it takes to maintain your job with this regime.
“Obedience (to the whims of Trump) above all else” pretty much sums up what it takes to maintain your job with this regime.
Departing Department of Justice staff leave brutal notes ripping Trump and Bondi for causing ‘irreversible damage’ (The Independent)
Former Department of Justice staffers have signed of their farewells with notes slamming Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi for causing “irreversibl...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Naturally. That’s the primary criterion.
Justice is demanding its day in the sunlight.
The rapists WILL face justice. There will be no escaping We The People—who stand with the victims.
#Epstein
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#Epstein
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If Epstein’s survivors don’t receive justice that is a ticking time bomb | V (formerly Eve Ensler)
Millions of sexual violent survivors will not live a day longer with this torturous injustice
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November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Justice is demanding its day in the sunlight.
It was always known to most people but the beneficiaries aren’t about give up their financial privileges. It’s a volatile combination of greed and selfishness.
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It was always known to most people but the beneficiaries aren’t about give up their financial privileges. It’s a volatile combination of greed and selfishness.
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I submit to both Houses of the US Congress a new Bill: Those who dodged the draft must never be allowed to run for, be appointed to, or serve in any capacity in any federal office. Those currently in office must be immediately relieved of duty.
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I submit to both Houses of the US Congress a new Bill: Those who dodged the draft must never be allowed to run for, be appointed to, or serve in any capacity in any federal office. Those currently in office must be immediately relieved of duty.
Please don’t embarrass(!) this rethuglican dominated Congress. Completely unable to free themselves from the hypnotism they fell under almost a decade back.
CAN WE PLEASE HAVE
A FUNCTIONING
DEMOCRACY AGAIN
CONGRESS TAKE YOUR POWER BACK!
VOTE TO IMPEACH
A FUNCTIONING
DEMOCRACY AGAIN
CONGRESS TAKE YOUR POWER BACK!
VOTE TO IMPEACH
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Please don’t embarrass(!) this rethuglican dominated Congress. Completely unable to free themselves from the hypnotism they fell under almost a decade back.
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The 🇺🇸 American road trip comedy film "PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES" written, produced and directed by John Hughes and starring Steve Martin and John Candy was released in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 1987
🎬 Paramount Pictures
🎬 Paramount Pictures
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The 🇺🇸 American road trip comedy film "PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES" written, produced and directed by John Hughes and starring Steve Martin and John Candy was released in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 1987
🎬 Paramount Pictures
🎬 Paramount Pictures
That’s obviously a dominant core principle of the powers that be at present.
Over a quarter of Trump's proposed $1T military budget would go to just four companies who have spent $103B in taxpayer dollars on stock buybacks and dividends over the last decade.
He wants to use your money to make the military-industrial complex even richer.
He wants to use your money to make the military-industrial complex even richer.
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
That’s obviously a dominant core principle of the powers that be at present.
Why’re they going down to unheard of levels to demean precisely those who selflessly serve all people in times of severe need is completely way beyond any realm of reality. Unless of course some in power feel threatened by the professionalism of others.
My sister is a nurse. My oldest daughter is a nurse. My wife is a lab tech. And...and one time...I was a nurse. Don't tell my family...or the hundreds of thousands of other families...that nurses...and those in the health field...aren't "professionals."
You're Goddamn right we're professionals.
You're Goddamn right we're professionals.
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Why’re they going down to unheard of levels to demean precisely those who selflessly serve all people in times of severe need is completely way beyond any realm of reality. Unless of course some in power feel threatened by the professionalism of others.
“Three ICC judges have been put on a sanctions list with terrorists after approving an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister. This is the charade of the ‘rules-based order’”
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This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones
Three ICC judges have been put on a sanctions list with terrorists after approving an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister. This is the charade of the ‘rules-based order’, says Guardian columnis...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“Three ICC judges have been put on a sanctions list with terrorists after approving an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister. This is the charade of the ‘rules-based order’”
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Fleetwood Mac 's "Silver Springs" is a trending sound right now at least on Insta, and people are using it for ... their wedding videos and getting brunch with friends.
they hear "you won't forget me" and go "awww 🥹"
🫠 You don't even need to know the background, just actually listen to the song
they hear "you won't forget me" and go "awww 🥹"
🫠 You don't even need to know the background, just actually listen to the song
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Fleetwood Mac 's "Silver Springs" is a trending sound right now at least on Insta, and people are using it for ... their wedding videos and getting brunch with friends.
they hear "you won't forget me" and go "awww 🥹"
🫠 You don't even need to know the background, just actually listen to the song
they hear "you won't forget me" and go "awww 🥹"
🫠 You don't even need to know the background, just actually listen to the song