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Wow. Careless People. Everyone should read this.
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When @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered a Goodreads page tied to the email of a top Pentagon official featuring “Asian wife sharing” books and other pornographic works, he did what any reporter would do: ask the Pentagon questions.
The very next day, a threatening email from Jack Posobiec arrived.
The very next day, a threatening email from Jack Posobiec arrived.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
When @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered a Goodreads page tied to the email of a top Pentagon official featuring “Asian wife sharing” books and other pornographic works, he did what any reporter would do: ask the Pentagon questions.
The very next day, a threatening email from Jack Posobiec arrived.
The very next day, a threatening email from Jack Posobiec arrived.
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The Trump administration keeps threatening to interfere with the full release of the Epstein Files.
To ensure there is no tampering with the files ahead of their legally-required release, we need an independent audit of who at the Justice Department had access. And when.
To ensure there is no tampering with the files ahead of their legally-required release, we need an independent audit of who at the Justice Department had access. And when.
Epstein survivors and Senate Democrats ask for audit to determine if Epstein files have been "tampered with"
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes and a group of Democrats are asking for a review of the Epstein case files to determine whether the records have been "tampered" with or concealed, ahead of a...
www.cbsnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The Trump administration keeps threatening to interfere with the full release of the Epstein Files.
To ensure there is no tampering with the files ahead of their legally-required release, we need an independent audit of who at the Justice Department had access. And when.
To ensure there is no tampering with the files ahead of their legally-required release, we need an independent audit of who at the Justice Department had access. And when.
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Jasmine Crockett: “Democrats that believe the only way that you can win is by being soft & sounding like a Republican — That is not true —
What people are looking for are people that are tough & are going to fight for them
fight for better health care
fight for access to jobs
fight for education”
What people are looking for are people that are tough & are going to fight for them
fight for better health care
fight for access to jobs
fight for education”
December 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Jasmine Crockett: “Democrats that believe the only way that you can win is by being soft & sounding like a Republican — That is not true —
What people are looking for are people that are tough & are going to fight for them
fight for better health care
fight for access to jobs
fight for education”
What people are looking for are people that are tough & are going to fight for them
fight for better health care
fight for access to jobs
fight for education”
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Twitter X, far from being the groundbreaking medium that initially made information accessible to the greatest possible number of people, has in recent years become an impressive tool for destroying our democracies.
Thank you for everything 💙💛🩵
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social
@sundaedivine.lol
1/3🧵
Thank you for everything 💙💛🩵
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social
@sundaedivine.lol
1/3🧵
December 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Twitter X, far from being the groundbreaking medium that initially made information accessible to the greatest possible number of people, has in recent years become an impressive tool for destroying our democracies.
Thank you for everything 💙💛🩵
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social
@sundaedivine.lol
1/3🧵
Thank you for everything 💙💛🩵
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social
@sundaedivine.lol
1/3🧵
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Hey Elon, Peter Thiel, David Ball Sacks, Botha the idiot, here's a suggestion 😏👇
South Africa’s richest woman is returning home – Daily Investor share.google/MLbRZAwHRKTm...
South Africa’s richest woman is returning home – Daily Investor share.google/MLbRZAwHRKTm...
South Africa’s richest woman is returning home
Magda Wierzycka is returning to South Africa after seven years in the UK, citing both global shifts and the opportunity to drive positive change at home, as the company she founded, Sygnia, posts stro...
share.google
December 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hey Elon, Peter Thiel, David Ball Sacks, Botha the idiot, here's a suggestion 😏👇
South Africa’s richest woman is returning home – Daily Investor share.google/MLbRZAwHRKTm...
South Africa’s richest woman is returning home – Daily Investor share.google/MLbRZAwHRKTm...
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🚨 BREAKING: Jackson County Board of Elections votes 3-2 to close the Western Carolina University early voting site despite it being one of the most active polling locations in the county. This is active voter suppression and we will not stand for it.
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Jackson County Board of Elections votes 3-2 to close the Western Carolina University early voting site despite it being one of the most active polling locations in the county. This is active voter suppression and we will not stand for it.
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Lawmakers have been attempting to tighten oversight of U.S. chip controls following reports of loopholes... However, Trump will allow Nvidia to ship its H200 chips to “approved customers” in China, on the condition that Washington gets a 25% cut on the profits www.cnbc.com/2025/12/09/u...
U.S. uncovers scheme to reroute Nvidia GPUs worth $160 million to China despite export bans
Authorities have shut down yet another China-linked smuggling network for Nvidia's AI chips, according to a release from a U.S. Attorneys office.
www.cnbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Lawmakers have been attempting to tighten oversight of U.S. chip controls following reports of loopholes... However, Trump will allow Nvidia to ship its H200 chips to “approved customers” in China, on the condition that Washington gets a 25% cut on the profits www.cnbc.com/2025/12/09/u...
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Ossoff: "This is so much deeper than the politics. What does it say about the moral condition of this Congress that the thing that has them all tied up in knots is a very simple question: Should people's health insurance premiums go up double or triple? This is a policy choice."
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Ossoff: "This is so much deeper than the politics. What does it say about the moral condition of this Congress that the thing that has them all tied up in knots is a very simple question: Should people's health insurance premiums go up double or triple? This is a policy choice."
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#Trump pardoned Tim Leiweke — who his own DOJ indicted in July for rigging a public university’s arena bid—
It’s all a grift — Saudis to crypto to pardon seekers — everything gets turned into a revenue stream. With 1,500+ pardons already, clemency is a monetized market
It’s all a grift — Saudis to crypto to pardon seekers — everything gets turned into a revenue stream. With 1,500+ pardons already, clemency is a monetized market
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
#Trump pardoned Tim Leiweke — who his own DOJ indicted in July for rigging a public university’s arena bid—
It’s all a grift — Saudis to crypto to pardon seekers — everything gets turned into a revenue stream. With 1,500+ pardons already, clemency is a monetized market
It’s all a grift — Saudis to crypto to pardon seekers — everything gets turned into a revenue stream. With 1,500+ pardons already, clemency is a monetized market
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So JP Morgan Chase was a shield for #Epstein
So incredibly far reaching.
I am utterly disgusted.
This is beyond words.
#Pinks
#ProudBlue
open.substack.com/pub/commonse...
So incredibly far reaching.
I am utterly disgusted.
This is beyond words.
#Pinks
#ProudBlue
open.substack.com/pub/commonse...
JPMORGAN CHASE: THE UNINDICTED CO-CONSPIRATOR
A Public Indictment of the Bank That Served as Epstein's Financial Shield.
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
So JP Morgan Chase was a shield for #Epstein
So incredibly far reaching.
I am utterly disgusted.
This is beyond words.
#Pinks
#ProudBlue
open.substack.com/pub/commonse...
So incredibly far reaching.
I am utterly disgusted.
This is beyond words.
#Pinks
#ProudBlue
open.substack.com/pub/commonse...
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Kisunla, a dementia drug by Eli Lilly, is administered by IV, and also
- requires frequent MRIs to check for fatal brain bleeds
- has “difficulty walking” and “confusion” as listed side effects
kisunla.lilly.com
- requires frequent MRIs to check for fatal brain bleeds
- has “difficulty walking” and “confusion” as listed side effects
kisunla.lilly.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Kisunla, a dementia drug by Eli Lilly, is administered by IV, and also
- requires frequent MRIs to check for fatal brain bleeds
- has “difficulty walking” and “confusion” as listed side effects
kisunla.lilly.com
- requires frequent MRIs to check for fatal brain bleeds
- has “difficulty walking” and “confusion” as listed side effects
kisunla.lilly.com
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A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone comp
popular.info
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
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Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Tortured in Small ‘Box,’ Amnesty International Says
Migrants were allegedly sent to what detainees described as a four-by-four-foot "box" as punishment.
Migrants were allegedly sent to what detainees described as a four-by-four-foot "box" as punishment.
Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Tortured in Small 'Box,' Amnesty International Says
Migrants were allegedly sent to what detainees described as a four-by-four-foot "box" as punishment.
www.miaminewtimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Tortured in Small ‘Box,’ Amnesty International Says
Migrants were allegedly sent to what detainees described as a four-by-four-foot "box" as punishment.
Migrants were allegedly sent to what detainees described as a four-by-four-foot "box" as punishment.
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NEWS: The case against Ryan Kesler, charged with two misdemeanor counts of criminal sexual conduct, is headed to trial.
His accuser is a now-17-year-old girl who was friends with his daughter. She took the stand Thursday.
Initial story from Michigan —
www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
His accuser is a now-17-year-old girl who was friends with his daughter. She took the stand Thursday.
Initial story from Michigan —
www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
Case against Ryan Kesler, ex-NHL center charged with criminal sexual conduct, headed to trial
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
NEWS: The case against Ryan Kesler, charged with two misdemeanor counts of criminal sexual conduct, is headed to trial.
His accuser is a now-17-year-old girl who was friends with his daughter. She took the stand Thursday.
Initial story from Michigan —
www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
His accuser is a now-17-year-old girl who was friends with his daughter. She took the stand Thursday.
Initial story from Michigan —
www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
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Grand jury in Virginia refuses to re-indict Letitia James, another embarrassing setback for Trump's campaign of retribution against his political enemies, reports Devlin Barrett www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Grand Jury Said to Decline to Re-Indict Letitia James
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Grand jury in Virginia refuses to re-indict Letitia James, another embarrassing setback for Trump's campaign of retribution against his political enemies, reports Devlin Barrett www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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Naturally, but the GOP and their MAGA fluffers on social media will have nothing to say about this, and Mike Johnson will pretend not to see this story until 2029.
Trump Jr-backed startup gets $600 million dollar government deal.
Trump Jr-backed startup gets $600 million dollar government deal.
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Naturally, but the GOP and their MAGA fluffers on social media will have nothing to say about this, and Mike Johnson will pretend not to see this story until 2029.
Trump Jr-backed startup gets $600 million dollar government deal.
Trump Jr-backed startup gets $600 million dollar government deal.
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JUST IN: Judge Chutkan orders expedited processing of a FOIA request for files related to DOJ's handling of the Epstein files. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
JUST IN: Judge Chutkan orders expedited processing of a FOIA request for files related to DOJ's handling of the Epstein files. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
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The governor is asking the Trump administration to reverse course and provide money to help survivors of flooding across Chicago, Cook County and Illinois.
Pritzker pleads for federal flood disaster aid after summer storms
chicago.suntimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The governor is asking the Trump administration to reverse course and provide money to help survivors of flooding across Chicago, Cook County and Illinois.
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Following the release of the Epstein Files:
How will we hold accountable those that are in powerful positions and were either complicit or participated in the crime?
How will we hold accountable those that are in powerful positions and were either complicit or participated in the crime?
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Following the release of the Epstein Files:
How will we hold accountable those that are in powerful positions and were either complicit or participated in the crime?
How will we hold accountable those that are in powerful positions and were either complicit or participated in the crime?
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Hey @govpritzker.illinois.gov
Help us do away with Citizens United
Help us do away with Citizens United
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Hey @govpritzker.illinois.gov
Help us do away with Citizens United
Help us do away with Citizens United