@jeffmcelroy.bsky.social
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Everyone should read this week’s WSJ story on Trump selling pardons. It’s some of the most corrupt shit I’ve ever seen—you can literally corner him at one of his lame parties and walk away with a pardon. How is this not the biggest story in the country?
December 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Everyone should read this week’s WSJ story on Trump selling pardons. It’s some of the most corrupt shit I’ve ever seen—you can literally corner him at one of his lame parties and walk away with a pardon. How is this not the biggest story in the country?
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ICYMI:
“According to Georgetown Law professor Adam Levitin, who specializes in financial regulation, this essentially means that “if a bank custodian for a stablecoin issuer’s reserves ends up insolvent, the claims of the stablecoin investors will come ahead of the bank depositors.” #AIBubble
“According to Georgetown Law professor Adam Levitin, who specializes in financial regulation, this essentially means that “if a bank custodian for a stablecoin issuer’s reserves ends up insolvent, the claims of the stablecoin investors will come ahead of the bank depositors.” #AIBubble
Crypto’s New Bailout Fund: Your Savings Account
The GENIUS Act would require banks to prioritize stablecoin owners over customers if there’s a financial collapse.
www.levernews.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
ICYMI:
“According to Georgetown Law professor Adam Levitin, who specializes in financial regulation, this essentially means that “if a bank custodian for a stablecoin issuer’s reserves ends up insolvent, the claims of the stablecoin investors will come ahead of the bank depositors.” #AIBubble
“According to Georgetown Law professor Adam Levitin, who specializes in financial regulation, this essentially means that “if a bank custodian for a stablecoin issuer’s reserves ends up insolvent, the claims of the stablecoin investors will come ahead of the bank depositors.” #AIBubble
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#Palantir gave $10M to the ballroom project + $5M to America250. Alex Karp donated $1M each to the inauguration and to MAGA Inc. Palantir then secured federal contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars, including to develop software to help #ICE deport people.
How very pay-to-play of them.
How very pay-to-play of them.
SCOOP-1: The @nytimes.com has confirmed the following previously unreported donations/pledges to the WH ballroom:
▶️Miriam Adelson’s foundation: $25m
▶️Lockheed Martin: $10m
▶️Palantir: $10m
▶️Ripple: $5m
▶️Parsons: $2.5m
▶️Roblox CEO: $2.5
Here's a gift link.
There's more in the story 🧵…
▶️Miriam Adelson’s foundation: $25m
▶️Lockheed Martin: $10m
▶️Palantir: $10m
▶️Ripple: $5m
▶️Parsons: $2.5m
▶️Roblox CEO: $2.5
Here's a gift link.
There's more in the story 🧵…
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office (Gift Article)
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Prof. Steve Keen (who predicted the '08 crash), appeared on @owenjones.bsky.social, warning AI will eliminate entire job categories—leaving millions unable to work. His solution: UBI. Not radical, but the only way to prevent mass starvation.
Watch the full video: youtu.be/XHUN6f37yEg
Watch the full video: youtu.be/XHUN6f37yEg
December 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Prof. Steve Keen (who predicted the '08 crash), appeared on @owenjones.bsky.social, warning AI will eliminate entire job categories—leaving millions unable to work. His solution: UBI. Not radical, but the only way to prevent mass starvation.
Watch the full video: youtu.be/XHUN6f37yEg
Watch the full video: youtu.be/XHUN6f37yEg
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Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Jack Smith had the goods on Trump. "He said that if asked whether he would 'prosecute a former president based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether the president was a Republican or Democrat.'”
apnews.com/article/jack...
apnews.com/article/jack...
Jack Smith tells lawmakers his team developed 'proof beyond a reasonable doubt' against Trump
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has told lawmakers in a closed-door interview his team “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt” President Donald Trump criminally conspired to o...
apnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Jack Smith had the goods on Trump. "He said that if asked whether he would 'prosecute a former president based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether the president was a Republican or Democrat.'”
apnews.com/article/jack...
apnews.com/article/jack...
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Costco is the most prominent US company willing to publicly oppose President Donald Trump. And so far, it has paid no obvious price for its refusal to submit.
Costco’s Loyal Customers Enable Its Resistance to Trump
Its profits exceeded expectations in the same quarter it sued over tariffs.
bloom.bg
December 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Costco is the most prominent US company willing to publicly oppose President Donald Trump. And so far, it has paid no obvious price for its refusal to submit.
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I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
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RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
jamanetwork.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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See. There ARE better ways
December 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
See. There ARE better ways
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Trump has issued over 2,000 pardons and commutations this year, letting a string of drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and MAGA-friendly businessmen off the hook in a gross abuse of the Constitution.
Commentary ↓
Commentary ↓
Trump Is Trying to Legalize Corruption by Abusing His Pardon Power
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Trump has issued over 2,000 pardons and commutations this year, letting a string of drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and MAGA-friendly businessmen off the hook in a gross abuse of the Constitution.
Commentary ↓
Commentary ↓
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U.S. on track to see the highest number of large corporate bankruptcies since 2010 🚨🚨🚨
December 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
U.S. on track to see the highest number of large corporate bankruptcies since 2010 🚨🚨🚨
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It’s time for folks at DoD and in the IC to start lawyering up.
If you’re an officer or official who was forced into pushing through potentially illegal orders, get a lawyer.
If you’re a soldier, seaman or airman who was forced to execute them, get a lawyer.
If you’re an officer or official who was forced into pushing through potentially illegal orders, get a lawyer.
If you’re a soldier, seaman or airman who was forced to execute them, get a lawyer.
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
It’s time for folks at DoD and in the IC to start lawyering up.
If you’re an officer or official who was forced into pushing through potentially illegal orders, get a lawyer.
If you’re a soldier, seaman or airman who was forced to execute them, get a lawyer.
If you’re an officer or official who was forced into pushing through potentially illegal orders, get a lawyer.
If you’re a soldier, seaman or airman who was forced to execute them, get a lawyer.
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Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny. (via @kuow.org)
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
n.pr
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny. (via @kuow.org)
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Or as Andreesen would say, a “throwback to the era of American greatness”
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Or as Andreesen would say, a “throwback to the era of American greatness”
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Half of Republicans support it; the other half are too spineless to oppose it.
November 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Half of Republicans support it; the other half are too spineless to oppose it.
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Fascinating
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Topological turning points across the human lifespan - Nature Communications
Researchers discovered five phases of brain rewiring across the lifespan. The eras of childhood, adolescence, adulthood, early aging, and late aging each have characteristic rewiring of structural con...
www.nature.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Fascinating
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Okay
This is long
BUT so worth it
The #ACA #Medicare and how Trump #corruption is going to grift money saving off your tax dollars…
Investigative reporting is wow, I hope bigger outlets cover @nytimes.com
This is long
BUT so worth it
The #ACA #Medicare and how Trump #corruption is going to grift money saving off your tax dollars…
Investigative reporting is wow, I hope bigger outlets cover @nytimes.com
11/26 The TrumpRx grift is worse than you think. ACA subsidies, IRA Medicare pricing, and HSAs. Let me know if you’d like more detail on any of this. #news #breakingnews #storytime #explained #tea
TikTok video by Brenna Pérez
www.tiktok.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Okay
This is long
BUT so worth it
The #ACA #Medicare and how Trump #corruption is going to grift money saving off your tax dollars…
Investigative reporting is wow, I hope bigger outlets cover @nytimes.com
This is long
BUT so worth it
The #ACA #Medicare and how Trump #corruption is going to grift money saving off your tax dollars…
Investigative reporting is wow, I hope bigger outlets cover @nytimes.com
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More than half a million people, including executives from tech companies like Apple and LinkedIn, spend hours listening to the "Acquired" podcast. Here's why.
Apple exec says this podcast is so good, he’s stayed in his car listening even after getting home: ‘It’s hard to stop’
More than half a million people, including executives from tech companies like Apple and LinkedIn, spend hours listening to the "Acquired" podcast. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
More than half a million people, including executives from tech companies like Apple and LinkedIn, spend hours listening to the "Acquired" podcast. Here's why.
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Please report ICE and share videos of their illegal actions here…
oversightdemocrats.house.gov/immigration-...
oversightdemocrats.house.gov/immigration-...
Oversight Immigration Enforcement Dashboard
To fulfill our oversight and legislative responsibilities to protect and defend the Constitution, Oversight Committee Democrats are compiling a verified public record of possible misconduct incidents ...
oversightdemocrats.house.gov
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Please report ICE and share videos of their illegal actions here…
oversightdemocrats.house.gov/immigration-...
oversightdemocrats.house.gov/immigration-...
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Can't sleep. Been in a funk. Only way through is to write. So this is my offering. The mainstream is ignoring the financial crisis that already occurred. This is what happens next and what progressives can do.
The Financial Crisis is NOW & The Path Forward for Democrats.
YouTube video by UNFTR Media
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Can't sleep. Been in a funk. Only way through is to write. So this is my offering. The mainstream is ignoring the financial crisis that already occurred. This is what happens next and what progressives can do.
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