Louis Abelman
@louis-antoine.bsky.social
Twitter quitter by judicial decree in Brasil S.C., former NYT rat, RISC alum, documentary freelancer. Expat with a hankering for a hunk of utopian socialism!! Proud Prudhon compatriot!!
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New companies, like rising defense contractors and law firms, are giving to The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center. The mind boggles.
Companies ‘Honor’ Trump With Kennedy Center Donations
From defense to oil to tech, new companies are supporting the Kennedy Center since Trump’s takeover while others are revising their disclosure practices to explicitly honor the president.
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February 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM
New companies, like rising defense contractors and law firms, are giving to The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center. The mind boggles.
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Our politicians are with war with nature and are ready to kill if you stand on their way pathetic.
February 3, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Our politicians are with war with nature and are ready to kill if you stand on their way pathetic.
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People are upset about Trump corruption! There was a legislative fix—House Dems didn't pass it, because Pelosi didn't like it.
The Anti-Corruption Act, first intro'd August 2018, would have forced presidents to divest. It also would have banned lawmakers from owning stocks. It never got a hearing.
The Anti-Corruption Act, first intro'd August 2018, would have forced presidents to divest. It also would have banned lawmakers from owning stocks. It never got a hearing.
February 2, 2026 at 2:08 PM
People are upset about Trump corruption! There was a legislative fix—House Dems didn't pass it, because Pelosi didn't like it.
The Anti-Corruption Act, first intro'd August 2018, would have forced presidents to divest. It also would have banned lawmakers from owning stocks. It never got a hearing.
The Anti-Corruption Act, first intro'd August 2018, would have forced presidents to divest. It also would have banned lawmakers from owning stocks. It never got a hearing.
Americans: we hate ICE, so nasty. We want a kinder, gentler deportation bureaucracy
January 30, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Americans: we hate ICE, so nasty. We want a kinder, gentler deportation bureaucracy
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Brand-name companies with ICE contracts under the Trump administration:
- AT&T
- Dell
- Deloitte
- Ernst & Young
- FedEx
- Stamps .com
- Xerox, and others
See the $$ amounts in our searchable list:
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- AT&T
- Dell
- Deloitte
- Ernst & Young
- FedEx
- Stamps .com
- Xerox, and others
See the $$ amounts in our searchable list:
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The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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January 24, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Brand-name companies with ICE contracts under the Trump administration:
- AT&T
- Dell
- Deloitte
- Ernst & Young
- FedEx
- Stamps .com
- Xerox, and others
See the $$ amounts in our searchable list:
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
- AT&T
- Dell
- Deloitte
- Ernst & Young
- FedEx
- Stamps .com
- Xerox, and others
See the $$ amounts in our searchable list:
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
apnews.com/article/bish... Hampshire bishop warns clergy to prepare for 'new era of martyrdom'
New Hampshire bishop warns clergy to prepare for 'new era of martyrdom'
A New Hampshire Episcopal bishop is drawing national attention for urging clergy to prepare for a “new era of martyrdom.”
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January 20, 2026 at 1:56 AM
apnews.com/article/bish... Hampshire bishop warns clergy to prepare for 'new era of martyrdom'
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New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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Here is an up-to-date interactive of companies getting paid by ICE as the agency raids cities. From Trump-donating prison contractors like GEO Group to MAGA firms like Palantir to brand names like Deloitte and others. Free:
The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Here is an up-to-date interactive of companies getting paid by ICE as the agency raids cities. From Trump-donating prison contractors like GEO Group to MAGA firms like Palantir to brand names like Deloitte and others. Free:
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"The Amazon & Congo are vanishing faster than we think—join daily advocacy like @SaveCongoForest! Plant trees, support petitions, demand policy change. Together, we can save these wonders. NO to ecocide! #SaveAmazon #SaveCongoRainforest #EnvironmentalSustainability"
January 10, 2026 at 5:19 PM
"The Amazon & Congo are vanishing faster than we think—join daily advocacy like @SaveCongoForest! Plant trees, support petitions, demand policy change. Together, we can save these wonders. NO to ecocide! #SaveAmazon #SaveCongoRainforest #EnvironmentalSustainability"
Look, reasonable people know you have to have a balance between getting shot in the face and not having bullets blow your head off. Bullets should go half way into your face-- that`s just common sense www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...
Opinion | The ICE Shooting Displays the Need for Equilibrium. But How?
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January 10, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Look, reasonable people know you have to have a balance between getting shot in the face and not having bullets blow your head off. Bullets should go half way into your face-- that`s just common sense www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...
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Much, much more of this energy in 2026, please
January 8, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Much, much more of this energy in 2026, please
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How a Brazilian meat tycoon accused of bribery and deforestation became a key player in regional diplomacy
How a Brazilian meat tycoon accused of bribery and deforestation became a key player in regional diplomacy
Joesley Batista is credited as a major force behind the reconciliation between Trump and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
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December 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
How a Brazilian meat tycoon accused of bribery and deforestation became a key player in regional diplomacy
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TODAY: @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social on a new show from Rousseau and his “deceit and imagination,” fixing his mental image on canvas no matter what—insisting, for example, that an oversized dog he’d painted in an otherwise fairly normal portrait must be that size.” flaminghydra.com/r/c9218dde?m...
The mighty jungle
David Moore visits the new Rousseau exhibit
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December 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
TODAY: @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social on a new show from Rousseau and his “deceit and imagination,” fixing his mental image on canvas no matter what—insisting, for example, that an oversized dog he’d painted in an otherwise fairly normal portrait must be that size.” flaminghydra.com/r/c9218dde?m...
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i wrote for flaming hydra about my sober-addict relationship to all the drug use in The Last Waltz
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December 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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É bem mais fácil falar de "Brasil soberano" até na mineração, dizer no exterior que se quiserem nossos minérios de terras-raras tem que industrializar aqui, enquanto mineradoras gringas já estão cravando seu acesso aos minérios na ausência de uma política nacional e às custas do povo local.+
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
É bem mais fácil falar de "Brasil soberano" até na mineração, dizer no exterior que se quiserem nossos minérios de terras-raras tem que industrializar aqui, enquanto mineradoras gringas já estão cravando seu acesso aos minérios na ausência de uma política nacional e às custas do povo local.+
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Larry Summers' record caught up with him, too much even for CAP, OpenAI, and Harvard; progressives were right.
Right now, under the radar, Chuck Schumer is pushing centrists in Democratic senate primaries. His favorites are backed by the crypto industry that spent huge to knock out Sherrod Brown.
Right now, under the radar, Chuck Schumer is pushing centrists in Democratic senate primaries. His favorites are backed by the crypto industry that spent huge to knock out Sherrod Brown.
Schumer Lines up Behind Centrists in Senate Primaries
In Michigan and Minnesota, Schumer’s reported favorites align with AIPAC’s endorsements and the crypto industry's supporters.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Larry Summers' record caught up with him, too much even for CAP, OpenAI, and Harvard; progressives were right.
Right now, under the radar, Chuck Schumer is pushing centrists in Democratic senate primaries. His favorites are backed by the crypto industry that spent huge to knock out Sherrod Brown.
Right now, under the radar, Chuck Schumer is pushing centrists in Democratic senate primaries. His favorites are backed by the crypto industry that spent huge to knock out Sherrod Brown.
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NEW: Trump Invests in Media Merger His Administration Controls readsludge.com/2025/11/17/t...
Trump Invests in Media Merger His Administration Controls
Days after the Ellison family expressed interest in buying Warner Bros. Discovery, Trump bought up to $1 million in its debt. He is now reportedly pushing the deal to be approved.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
NEW: Trump Invests in Media Merger His Administration Controls readsludge.com/2025/11/17/t...
@macmargolis.bsky.social in @theguardian.com with what will one day be seen as the biggest story of our time: How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon
Cultivation of the crop has made a few wealthy but at a huge cost to untouched forest as it spreads across vast areas of former wilderness
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October 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
@macmargolis.bsky.social in @theguardian.com with what will one day be seen as the biggest story of our time: How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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a SS do Trump prendeu uma mulher trans brasileira em Washington, Alice Correia Barbosa
ela foi acusada de posse de maconha 3 anos atrás, e estão usando essa acusação para dizer que ela tem que sair do país
enquanto isso, está presa em uma prisão masculina
ela foi acusada de posse de maconha 3 anos atrás, e estão usando essa acusação para dizer que ela tem que sair do país
enquanto isso, está presa em uma prisão masculina
Ok this is bad. She had a marijuana possession charge from 3 years ago in Texas and they’re using that to declare her “illegal”.
Saying she can either self-deport at her own expense, or she can wait in a men’s prison to fight her case.
This fucking sucks. Free Alice.
Saying she can either self-deport at her own expense, or she can wait in a men’s prison to fight her case.
This fucking sucks. Free Alice.
August 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
a SS do Trump prendeu uma mulher trans brasileira em Washington, Alice Correia Barbosa
ela foi acusada de posse de maconha 3 anos atrás, e estão usando essa acusação para dizer que ela tem que sair do país
enquanto isso, está presa em uma prisão masculina
ela foi acusada de posse de maconha 3 anos atrás, e estão usando essa acusação para dizer que ela tem que sair do país
enquanto isso, está presa em uma prisão masculina
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Ok this is bad. She had a marijuana possession charge from 3 years ago in Texas and they’re using that to declare her “illegal”.
Saying she can either self-deport at her own expense, or she can wait in a men’s prison to fight her case.
This fucking sucks. Free Alice.
Saying she can either self-deport at her own expense, or she can wait in a men’s prison to fight her case.
This fucking sucks. Free Alice.
August 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Ok this is bad. She had a marijuana possession charge from 3 years ago in Texas and they’re using that to declare her “illegal”.
Saying she can either self-deport at her own expense, or she can wait in a men’s prison to fight her case.
This fucking sucks. Free Alice.
Saying she can either self-deport at her own expense, or she can wait in a men’s prison to fight her case.
This fucking sucks. Free Alice.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 's dad's 1996 book Citizen and Subject is formative for understanding colonialism press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Citizen and Subject
press.princeton.edu
June 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 's dad's 1996 book Citizen and Subject is formative for understanding colonialism press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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BOMBA 💣
Pelo menos 40 milhões de toneladas de carbono foram vendidas para compensar emissões de grandes marcas, como Ifood, Uber e Google, mas @fabiobispo.bsky.social mostra no @infoamazonia.org que metade desses créditos tinha áreas de mineração associadas a eles
infoamazonia.org/2025/06/26/m...
Pelo menos 40 milhões de toneladas de carbono foram vendidas para compensar emissões de grandes marcas, como Ifood, Uber e Google, mas @fabiobispo.bsky.social mostra no @infoamazonia.org que metade desses créditos tinha áreas de mineração associadas a eles
infoamazonia.org/2025/06/26/m...
Mais da metade dos créditos de carbono da Amazônia está ‘contaminada’ pela mineração
Pelo menos 40 milhões de toneladas de carbono foram vendidas para compensar emissões de grandes marcas, como Ifood, Uber e Google, mas análise exclusiva da InfoAmazonia mostra que o selo verde esconde...
infoamazonia.org
June 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
BOMBA 💣
Pelo menos 40 milhões de toneladas de carbono foram vendidas para compensar emissões de grandes marcas, como Ifood, Uber e Google, mas @fabiobispo.bsky.social mostra no @infoamazonia.org que metade desses créditos tinha áreas de mineração associadas a eles
infoamazonia.org/2025/06/26/m...
Pelo menos 40 milhões de toneladas de carbono foram vendidas para compensar emissões de grandes marcas, como Ifood, Uber e Google, mas @fabiobispo.bsky.social mostra no @infoamazonia.org que metade desses créditos tinha áreas de mineração associadas a eles
infoamazonia.org/2025/06/26/m...
Walmart, Nike, and Starbucks Say They’re Green, But Fund the Fight Against Climate Laws readsludge.com/2025/06/26/w...
Walmart, Nike, and Starbucks Say They’re Green, But Fund the Fight Against Climate Laws
The companies and others are helping powerful lobbying groups fight lawmakers' efforts to address climate change.
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June 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Walmart, Nike, and Starbucks Say They’re Green, But Fund the Fight Against Climate Laws readsludge.com/2025/06/26/w...
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Which companies near you are making money from ICE? Explore our interactive map to find the businesses profiting from U.S. immigration policy. readsludge.com/2025/05/09/w...
Who’s Profiting From ICE?
Use this interactive map to see the companies near you with active U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement contracts.
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May 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Which companies near you are making money from ICE? Explore our interactive map to find the businesses profiting from U.S. immigration policy. readsludge.com/2025/05/09/w...