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If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week
January 24, 2026 at 4:14 PM
If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week
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Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Judge Set to Rule Thursday in Case Centering on Federal Immigration Agents’ Use of Force: ‘I Could See Inside the Barrel’
Protesters, clergy members and others who say they’ve been directly impacted by a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs will testify before a federal judge weighing wh...
news.wttw.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
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We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later
March 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
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This piece by Pablo Stefanoni explains the connections between DOGE and Milei's Department of Deregulation - some direct, some indirect - I'm begging people in the US to read it www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
The Ideology Behind Trump's Favorite President - Dissent Magazine
Following the teachings of Murray Rothbard, Javier Milei wants to dismantle the state while also using it to consolidate his power.
www.dissentmagazine.org
March 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This piece by Pablo Stefanoni explains the connections between DOGE and Milei's Department of Deregulation - some direct, some indirect - I'm begging people in the US to read it www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
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🚨New Paper🚨 (hi law reviews!)
‘Digitizing the Fisc’ is the first article to address the current separation of fiscal powers crisis, exemplified by Trump's takeover of the Treasury's payments IT systems, through a tri-dimensional legal, political economic, & technological lens.
‘Digitizing the Fisc’ is the first article to address the current separation of fiscal powers crisis, exemplified by Trump's takeover of the Treasury's payments IT systems, through a tri-dimensional legal, political economic, & technological lens.
March 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
🚨New Paper🚨 (hi law reviews!)
‘Digitizing the Fisc’ is the first article to address the current separation of fiscal powers crisis, exemplified by Trump's takeover of the Treasury's payments IT systems, through a tri-dimensional legal, political economic, & technological lens.
‘Digitizing the Fisc’ is the first article to address the current separation of fiscal powers crisis, exemplified by Trump's takeover of the Treasury's payments IT systems, through a tri-dimensional legal, political economic, & technological lens.
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make flyers of the first two paragraphs of this just filed lawsuit, and give them to your neighbors, leave them under t*sla wipers, in little free libraries, at the grocery store
(thank you to the plaintiffs)
(thank you to the plaintiffs)
New lawsuit just dropped against Musk. Stick this shit directly into my veins
March 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
make flyers of the first two paragraphs of this just filed lawsuit, and give them to your neighbors, leave them under t*sla wipers, in little free libraries, at the grocery store
(thank you to the plaintiffs)
(thank you to the plaintiffs)
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‘Prelude to privatization:’ Social Security confirms workforce reduction targets, continues to shutter offices www.govexec.com/workforce/20... via @GovExec
‘Prelude to privatization:’ Social Security confirms workforce reduction targets, continues to shutter offices
Despite most of the agency being exempt from deferred resignations and the government-wide hiring freeze, early retirement and Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments are now available to the entire a...
www.govexec.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
‘Prelude to privatization:’ Social Security confirms workforce reduction targets, continues to shutter offices www.govexec.com/workforce/20... via @GovExec
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NEW: The Trump Justice Department says it will investigate Colorado's prosecution of Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk sentenced to nine years for breaching voting systems in an unsuccessful search for election rigging. (1/3) #copolitics
March 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
NEW: The Trump Justice Department says it will investigate Colorado's prosecution of Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk sentenced to nine years for breaching voting systems in an unsuccessful search for election rigging. (1/3) #copolitics
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March 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Musk here isn’t simply being stupid.
He’s purposely defining Nazism down. The claim that there weren’t Nazis until, in effect, 1939, is ridiculous—but it is an attempt to stop people from correctly calling out elements of Nazism today as long as or until there’s not an actual world war or genocide.
He’s purposely defining Nazism down. The claim that there weren’t Nazis until, in effect, 1939, is ridiculous—but it is an attempt to stop people from correctly calling out elements of Nazism today as long as or until there’s not an actual world war or genocide.
Elon Musk says that as long as you aren't "committing genocide and starting wars" you are "not a Nazi"
www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-te...
www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-te...
March 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Musk here isn’t simply being stupid.
He’s purposely defining Nazism down. The claim that there weren’t Nazis until, in effect, 1939, is ridiculous—but it is an attempt to stop people from correctly calling out elements of Nazism today as long as or until there’s not an actual world war or genocide.
He’s purposely defining Nazism down. The claim that there weren’t Nazis until, in effect, 1939, is ridiculous—but it is an attempt to stop people from correctly calling out elements of Nazism today as long as or until there’s not an actual world war or genocide.
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I raised this concern in January 2017 before Trump even took the oath of office. It’s not hard to make a fortune off of market volatility if you had advanced knowledge of which direction it was going to turn and the precise timing of Trump’s announcements.
Trump’s reckless tweets are a convenient way of causing turmoil in the markets, however. Cronies & family members would be in an incredible position to short key stocks if they had advance knowledge of his tweets. I wish Michael Lewis (of The Big Short) would write about how this might be gamed!
March 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I raised this concern in January 2017 before Trump even took the oath of office. It’s not hard to make a fortune off of market volatility if you had advanced knowledge of which direction it was going to turn and the precise timing of Trump’s announcements.
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So let's review. Over the last 24 hrs we've learned that two DOGErs embedded at IRS are finalizing a plan to share your tax data with people throughout the government; that's plainly illegal. Meanwhile Mike Johnson claims that Elon is already pouring your Social Security data into his AI and he's...
So two DOGEbros now embedded at IRS are, according to WAPO, finalizing an 'omnibus agreement' for IRS to share Americans' individual tax data with officials across the US govt, something that would appear to be plainly illegal. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
DOGE presses to check federal benefits payments against IRS tax records
Officials with Elon Musk’s group say they want to search for fraud. Privacy law bars the IRS from disclosing tax information to other parts of the government.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
So let's review. Over the last 24 hrs we've learned that two DOGErs embedded at IRS are finalizing a plan to share your tax data with people throughout the government; that's plainly illegal. Meanwhile Mike Johnson claims that Elon is already pouring your Social Security data into his AI and he's...
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And they all have the flu
March 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
And they all have the flu
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He called it "magic intelligence in the sky" a few years ago. Truly living in the twilight zone where people fall for this.
March 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
He called it "magic intelligence in the sky" a few years ago. Truly living in the twilight zone where people fall for this.
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Another great thing American Imperialism gave us.
The Origin of Insider Trading
The Philippines Sugar Estates Development Company
theamericanvandal.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Another great thing American Imperialism gave us.
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It took me longer than I hoped to finish but I'm really happy about the outcome: My big picture piece about Musk and Trump visiting Fort Knox. The headline tells you what you need to know but its also a very accurate summary of every step of my argument
www.crisesnotes.com/a-scam-built...
www.crisesnotes.com/a-scam-built...
A Scam Built Atop an Accounting Gimmick Wrapped in Bullshit: Why Visiting Fort Knox Is Not About Selling Gold but is About Buying Bitcoin
Notes on the Crises pivoted on February 1st into around the clock coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025. Today is Day Twenty Two
Read Part 0, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Par...
www.crisesnotes.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It took me longer than I hoped to finish but I'm really happy about the outcome: My big picture piece about Musk and Trump visiting Fort Knox. The headline tells you what you need to know but its also a very accurate summary of every step of my argument
www.crisesnotes.com/a-scam-built...
www.crisesnotes.com/a-scam-built...
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This is what’s actually happening. They’re forcing federal employees to train an LLM.
The richest man in the world has parasitically imposed himself on the federal government to insist that all employees generate content for his language-processing machine, conscripted the administrative state as monkeys at typewriters, all under penalty of dismissal should they refuse.
February 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This is what’s actually happening. They’re forcing federal employees to train an LLM.
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Called it...
"The AI system will determine whether someone’s work is mission-critical or not."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
"The AI system will determine whether someone’s work is mission-critical or not."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
February 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Called it...
"The AI system will determine whether someone’s work is mission-critical or not."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
"The AI system will determine whether someone’s work is mission-critical or not."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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NEW PIECE: Since early on this crisis I've thought about the fastest warning signs of mass payment failure or mass impoundment. I pursued "deep background" calls with former or current Federal Reserve/Treasury/Banker informants to find out. This is the result
www.crisesnotes.com/how-can-we-k...
www.crisesnotes.com/how-can-we-k...
How Can We Know if Government Payments Stop? An Exploratory analysis of Banking System Warning Signs
Notes on the Crises pivoted on February 1st into around the clock coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025. Today is Day Twenty Two
Read Part 0, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Par...
www.crisesnotes.com
February 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
NEW PIECE: Since early on this crisis I've thought about the fastest warning signs of mass payment failure or mass impoundment. I pursued "deep background" calls with former or current Federal Reserve/Treasury/Banker informants to find out. This is the result
www.crisesnotes.com/how-can-we-k...
www.crisesnotes.com/how-can-we-k...
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I’m genuinely enjoying everybody’s historical analogues. Third Reich? Vichy? SDF? Let’s hear it. Nobody loves the rhyme of crisis more than me.
But I’m still not convinced the model isn’t just America’s good ole Jacksonian era apartheid-based spoils system.
But I’m still not convinced the model isn’t just America’s good ole Jacksonian era apartheid-based spoils system.
February 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I’m genuinely enjoying everybody’s historical analogues. Third Reich? Vichy? SDF? Let’s hear it. Nobody loves the rhyme of crisis more than me.
But I’m still not convinced the model isn’t just America’s good ole Jacksonian era apartheid-based spoils system.
But I’m still not convinced the model isn’t just America’s good ole Jacksonian era apartheid-based spoils system.