@jparkins10.bsky.social
Born Scouser, raised in Toronto, worked all over the world, long retired, interested in travel, sports, news, politics, current affairs, history, music, science, technology, markets & business. LFC supporter
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Despite that $50,000 in a Cava bag he denies taking, and having a run a company that helped clients get government contracts, Tom Homan is still involved in DHS procurement, the White House admits that. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Border czar’s former clients cash in on Trump’s immigration crackdown
“So we’ve been trying to get access to Tom Homan…”
www.motherjones.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Despite that $50,000 in a Cava bag he denies taking, and having a run a company that helped clients get government contracts, Tom Homan is still involved in DHS procurement, the White House admits that. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Totally shocking that this president would want to see a fellow cheater rewarded
Trump backs Roger Clemens for Baseball Hall of Fame despite performance-enhancing drug allegations reut.rs/4aGu66u
Trump backs Roger Clemens for Baseball Hall of Fame despite performance-enhancing drug allegations
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner whose legacy has been tainted by accusations of using performance-enhancing drugs, should be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
reut.rs
December 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Totally shocking that this president would want to see a fellow cheater rewarded
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On Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, AI slop videos of simulated ICE arrests are going viral among the sadists who enjoy that sort of thing.
Meanwhile here's my US Senator, showing us the ugly reality of of what these thugs are doing.
Thank you, Senator Murray. We have to end this.
Meanwhile here's my US Senator, showing us the ugly reality of of what these thugs are doing.
Thank you, Senator Murray. We have to end this.
You can hear Jose scream in excruciating pain as an ICE vehicle runs over his foot while he's being detained.
His family says Jose is a good man, with no criminal record, who works in roofing.
He needs to be released from detention to receive appropriate medical care.
His family says Jose is a good man, with no criminal record, who works in roofing.
He needs to be released from detention to receive appropriate medical care.
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
On Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, AI slop videos of simulated ICE arrests are going viral among the sadists who enjoy that sort of thing.
Meanwhile here's my US Senator, showing us the ugly reality of of what these thugs are doing.
Thank you, Senator Murray. We have to end this.
Meanwhile here's my US Senator, showing us the ugly reality of of what these thugs are doing.
Thank you, Senator Murray. We have to end this.
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This should horrify decent Americans. Through my entire life, we've been close friends with Europe. Trump is fulfilling Putin's wildest dreams. Makes me sick, tbh
Trump Has Long Disdained Europe’s Elites. Now, It’s Official.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This should horrify decent Americans. Through my entire life, we've been close friends with Europe. Trump is fulfilling Putin's wildest dreams. Makes me sick, tbh
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Ever since the government shutdown, it’s finally begun to sink in on people that Trump and his entire administration are a bunch of raging ideologues or incompetents or both, peddling a fantasy version of their strength that people no longer buy. trib.al/bxVWbrK
There’s No Doubt About It: The Great MAGA Crack-Up Has Begun
Every single prominent member of the Trump administration has had a very, very bad week.
trib.al
December 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Ever since the government shutdown, it’s finally begun to sink in on people that Trump and his entire administration are a bunch of raging ideologues or incompetents or both, peddling a fantasy version of their strength that people no longer buy. trib.al/bxVWbrK
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Imagine thinking that people come to America to "access unlimited welfare for life"
Stephen Miller thinks it’s terrible that I can vote
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Imagine thinking that people come to America to "access unlimited welfare for life"
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Instinctively, I’ve felt like the bigger impact money in politics has is in who is allowed to run. And this article confirms that:
December 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Instinctively, I’ve felt like the bigger impact money in politics has is in who is allowed to run. And this article confirms that:
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This is amazing, and explains a lot about US politics. Thanks for writing this up @adambonica.bsky.social
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is amazing, and explains a lot about US politics. Thanks for writing this up @adambonica.bsky.social
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1/ Interesting point.
If you’re a billionaire, people don’t push back against your bad (or corrupt or inhumane) ideas very often.
So when you DO get pushback, it’s the deadly and — at this point — meaningless “woke” at play.
If you’re a billionaire, people don’t push back against your bad (or corrupt or inhumane) ideas very often.
So when you DO get pushback, it’s the deadly and — at this point — meaningless “woke” at play.
Someone who once worked for this guy told me he was at a party where everyone was in one way or another, economically dependent upon him. Under those circumstances you don't get much pushback for dumb statements. When they do encounter that pushback, they think its wokeness that must be destroyed.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
December 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
1/ Interesting point.
If you’re a billionaire, people don’t push back against your bad (or corrupt or inhumane) ideas very often.
So when you DO get pushback, it’s the deadly and — at this point — meaningless “woke” at play.
If you’re a billionaire, people don’t push back against your bad (or corrupt or inhumane) ideas very often.
So when you DO get pushback, it’s the deadly and — at this point — meaningless “woke” at play.
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But Elon Musk said it would be easy to fix it if they went too far. Can't imagine why people are rushing back.
December 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
But Elon Musk said it would be easy to fix it if they went too far. Can't imagine why people are rushing back.
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Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, Radosław Sikorski, to Elon Musk
"Go to Mars.
There's no censorship of Nazi salutes there."
"Go to Mars.
There's no censorship of Nazi salutes there."
December 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, Radosław Sikorski, to Elon Musk
"Go to Mars.
There's no censorship of Nazi salutes there."
"Go to Mars.
There's no censorship of Nazi salutes there."
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“In dealing with Putin, in other words, Trump keeps thinking he’s entering a Manhattan boardroom, when in fact he’s walking into a Leningrad courtyard—and blinking first.” www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Putin Lives by a Code Trump Doesn’t Understand
Where Trump sees a deal, Putin sees submission.
www.theatlantic.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“In dealing with Putin, in other words, Trump keeps thinking he’s entering a Manhattan boardroom, when in fact he’s walking into a Leningrad courtyard—and blinking first.” www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim.
Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim.
Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
December 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim.
Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim.
Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
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The tech oligarchs are the most organised, determined anti democratic force we’ve seen this side of World War II
For way too long this has been ignored, elided and under estimated
What someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time
For way too long this has been ignored, elided and under estimated
What someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The tech oligarchs are the most organised, determined anti democratic force we’ve seen this side of World War II
For way too long this has been ignored, elided and under estimated
What someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time
For way too long this has been ignored, elided and under estimated
What someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time
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Well, there’s a surprise:
Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK.
With #Farage raising the rabble and the English prime minister, @Keir_Starmer, choosing to follow #ReformUK’s racist/xenophobic path is it any wonder they feel unwelcome?
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
With #Farage raising the rabble and the English prime minister, @Keir_Starmer, choosing to follow #ReformUK’s racist/xenophobic path is it any wonder they feel unwelcome?
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK
Number of overseas nurses and midwives registered between April and September was half that of a year ago
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Well, there’s a surprise:
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By “sovreignty” he means “states should be weak enough so that billionaires like me should be able to treat them as feudal vassals” bsky.app/profile/lora...
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
By “sovreignty” he means “states should be weak enough so that billionaires like me should be able to treat them as feudal vassals” bsky.app/profile/lora...
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Masculinity as performative assholery. Hardly new from this crowd, but still striking how they psych each other up into a pathetic sort of try-hardism.
It’s almost pitiable, or would be, if their massive wealth didn’t give them opportunities to take out their insecurities on everyone else.
It’s almost pitiable, or would be, if their massive wealth didn’t give them opportunities to take out their insecurities on everyone else.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Masculinity as performative assholery. Hardly new from this crowd, but still striking how they psych each other up into a pathetic sort of try-hardism.
It’s almost pitiable, or would be, if their massive wealth didn’t give them opportunities to take out their insecurities on everyone else.
It’s almost pitiable, or would be, if their massive wealth didn’t give them opportunities to take out their insecurities on everyone else.
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🚨Pam Bondi is ordering the FBI to “compile a list" of Americans who may be extremists, per signed memo leaked to me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
LEAK: FBI List of “Extremists” Is Coming, Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
🚨Pam Bondi is ordering the FBI to “compile a list" of Americans who may be extremists, per signed memo leaked to me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
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73% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
December 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
73% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
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Trump won’t quit the filibuster fight. Thune can’t give him what he wants.
Trump won’t quit the filibuster fight. Thune can’t give him what he wants.
President Donald Trump still wants the Senate to ditch the filibuster, putting Senate Majority Leader John Thune in a bind as both parties turn their attention to 2026.
dlvr.it
December 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Trump won’t quit the filibuster fight. Thune can’t give him what he wants.
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Lawmakers were shocked and appalled Thursday after they were shown video footage of the September 2 double tap that killed two survivors of an airstrike in the Caribbean. trib.al/3vAwlZQ
December 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Lawmakers were shocked and appalled Thursday after they were shown video footage of the September 2 double tap that killed two survivors of an airstrike in the Caribbean. trib.al/3vAwlZQ
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The envoy questioned whether Europe would be a dynamic economy or somewhere Americans visit for lovely wines, cheeses and beers.
Is Europe ‘Just a Museum’ Asks Trump’s NATO Envoy
www.newsweek.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The envoy questioned whether Europe would be a dynamic economy or somewhere Americans visit for lovely wines, cheeses and beers.
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I think it’s gonna just be the California map and the Texas map allowed in the midterms. I think SCOTUS will say it’s too late for Indiana or Virginia.
December 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I think it’s gonna just be the California map and the Texas map allowed in the midterms. I think SCOTUS will say it’s too late for Indiana or Virginia.
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Trump has never really achieved much. He's only rich because he inherited a fortune.
His Art of the Deal brilliance is a myth, and all the things he's famous for, including that book and The Apprentice were made by other people.
His craving for prizes represents a desperate need for validation.
His Art of the Deal brilliance is a myth, and all the things he's famous for, including that book and The Apprentice were made by other people.
His craving for prizes represents a desperate need for validation.
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Trump has never really achieved much. He's only rich because he inherited a fortune.
His Art of the Deal brilliance is a myth, and all the things he's famous for, including that book and The Apprentice were made by other people.
His craving for prizes represents a desperate need for validation.
His Art of the Deal brilliance is a myth, and all the things he's famous for, including that book and The Apprentice were made by other people.
His craving for prizes represents a desperate need for validation.