Olive
@olive187.bsky.social
Sitting in the back of the room knitting.
Love history - prefer reading about it vs living it.
Lean towards the light.
Love history - prefer reading about it vs living it.
Lean towards the light.
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Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found.
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
How Walmart’s Financial Services Became a Fraud Magnet
Scammers have duped consumers out of more than $1 billion by exploiting Walmart’s lax security. The company has resisted taking responsibility while breaking promises to regulators and skimping on tra...
www.propublica.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found.
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
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Commentary: "It’s never a good sign when the United States’ national security plan is praised by Russia as being 'largely consistent with our vision.' But that’s the bizarro world we’re living in."
Trump Shares Russia's Twisted Vision of 'Peace' in New National Security Strategy
bit.ly
December 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Commentary: "It’s never a good sign when the United States’ national security plan is praised by Russia as being 'largely consistent with our vision.' But that’s the bizarro world we’re living in."
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Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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This is horrific. RFK Jr’s CDC is funding a study in Guinea-Bissau which would involve deliberately withholding the hepatitis B vaccine from hundreds of newborn infants, putting them at great risk of death. They want to repeat Tuskegee.
CDC awards $1.6 million for hepatitis B vaccine study by controversial Danish researchers
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This is horrific. RFK Jr’s CDC is funding a study in Guinea-Bissau which would involve deliberately withholding the hepatitis B vaccine from hundreds of newborn infants, putting them at great risk of death. They want to repeat Tuskegee.
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the barracks and military housing were already shit that took ages to get anything fixed and now they're just saying "fuck it you do it"??
starting a countdown now for when paid Tricare, the VA home loan, and the GI Bill (whatever it's called now) go bye-bye.
starting a countdown now for when paid Tricare, the VA home loan, and the GI Bill (whatever it's called now) go bye-bye.
This is shit. So I guess focusing on “lethality” means fixing your own barracks room? Maybe with that $1776 bonus? Wtf. taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-ba...
Sailors may have to fix their own barracks rooms, says Navy’s top enlisted leader
Sailors may have to make repairs “kind of how you would normally do if it was your own house,” said the Navy's top enlisted leader.
taskandpurpose.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
the barracks and military housing were already shit that took ages to get anything fixed and now they're just saying "fuck it you do it"??
starting a countdown now for when paid Tricare, the VA home loan, and the GI Bill (whatever it's called now) go bye-bye.
starting a countdown now for when paid Tricare, the VA home loan, and the GI Bill (whatever it's called now) go bye-bye.
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Flashback to 2020—
On December 19, Trump tweeted, “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!”
Almost overnight, the cheapest room in his D.C. hotel on that January evening surged from $476 to $1,999.
Read more on "How Trump’s D.C. Hotel Cashed In On The Jan. 6 Riot"
On December 19, Trump tweeted, “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!”
Almost overnight, the cheapest room in his D.C. hotel on that January evening surged from $476 to $1,999.
Read more on "How Trump’s D.C. Hotel Cashed In On The Jan. 6 Riot"
www.forbes.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Flashback to 2020—
On December 19, Trump tweeted, “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!”
Almost overnight, the cheapest room in his D.C. hotel on that January evening surged from $476 to $1,999.
Read more on "How Trump’s D.C. Hotel Cashed In On The Jan. 6 Riot"
On December 19, Trump tweeted, “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!”
Almost overnight, the cheapest room in his D.C. hotel on that January evening surged from $476 to $1,999.
Read more on "How Trump’s D.C. Hotel Cashed In On The Jan. 6 Riot"
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Silencing a black woman's voice is so on brand for that knuckle dragging knotty-pated dewberry. 🤬
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Silencing a black woman's voice is so on brand for that knuckle dragging knotty-pated dewberry. 🤬
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I am literally banging my head on my desk.
2008 Global Financial Crisis
2009 Great Recession
2010 post-recession recovery, marked by high unemployment (peaking around 9.8%)
This mother fucker is so stupid.
I love my job, I love my job, I love my job.
2008 Global Financial Crisis
2009 Great Recession
2010 post-recession recovery, marked by high unemployment (peaking around 9.8%)
This mother fucker is so stupid.
I love my job, I love my job, I love my job.
Bessent: "These 2008, 2009, 2010 financial rules were too tight. They hamstrung the American financial system. It was time for a change ... we have to take the financial system out of this straitjacket ... the regulated system is too constrained."
December 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I am literally banging my head on my desk.
2008 Global Financial Crisis
2009 Great Recession
2010 post-recession recovery, marked by high unemployment (peaking around 9.8%)
This mother fucker is so stupid.
I love my job, I love my job, I love my job.
2008 Global Financial Crisis
2009 Great Recession
2010 post-recession recovery, marked by high unemployment (peaking around 9.8%)
This mother fucker is so stupid.
I love my job, I love my job, I love my job.
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Ah..the airing of the grievances! Please feel free to use this space to air yours!
December 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ah..the airing of the grievances! Please feel free to use this space to air yours!
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@altfda.altgov.info has a great thread on how production decisions increased the risk of tainted infant formula.
A good illustration of the need for both robust regulation and oversight (FDA). Parents can’t inspect facilities. The government should.
A good illustration of the need for both robust regulation and oversight (FDA). Parents can’t inspect facilities. The government should.
NPR dropped this story today and you may be asking yourself, how the fuck did everything they produced end up potentially contaminated? Let’s talk about it🧵🧵🧵
www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
Botulism outbreak sickens more than 50 babies and expands to all ByHeart products
At least 51 babies in 19 states have been treated for botulism after being exposed to organic ByHeart baby formula. The New-York based manufacturer issued a recall of all its products last month.
www.npr.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
@altfda.altgov.info has a great thread on how production decisions increased the risk of tainted infant formula.
A good illustration of the need for both robust regulation and oversight (FDA). Parents can’t inspect facilities. The government should.
A good illustration of the need for both robust regulation and oversight (FDA). Parents can’t inspect facilities. The government should.
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There has been no debate here among constitutional scholars, historians, political scientists, anyone with a pulse really.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
Anyone who knows this history should know there’s no contested issue.
December 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
There has been no debate here among constitutional scholars, historians, political scientists, anyone with a pulse really.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
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"Treating finance as the central constraint sidelines…questions of what gets built, by whom &in whose interest. …The belief that markets alone can deliver the necessary scale and direction has not only delayed progress but also distorted priorities"
#climatechange
www.break-down.org/real-constra...
#climatechange
www.break-down.org/real-constra...
Real Constraints
Finance for climate action is limited by orthodoxy, not reality
www.break-down.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"Treating finance as the central constraint sidelines…questions of what gets built, by whom &in whose interest. …The belief that markets alone can deliver the necessary scale and direction has not only delayed progress but also distorted priorities"
#climatechange
www.break-down.org/real-constra...
#climatechange
www.break-down.org/real-constra...
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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Israel is committing genocide, using weapons supplied by the U.S. — a moral stain that cannot be removed.
- via Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Adviser under President Barack Obama
- via Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Adviser under President Barack Obama
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Israel is committing genocide, using weapons supplied by the U.S. — a moral stain that cannot be removed.
- via Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Adviser under President Barack Obama
- via Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Adviser under President Barack Obama
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The claim that Hep B vaccines only have 5 days of safety testing is false: www.voicesforvaccines.org/jtf_topics/w...
December 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The claim that Hep B vaccines only have 5 days of safety testing is false: www.voicesforvaccines.org/jtf_topics/w...
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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Friendly reminder that insurance companies profit substantially more from private/employer plans..
See? I did a whole 🧵
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. -M.M.M
bsky.app/profile/msme...
See? I did a whole 🧵
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. -M.M.M
bsky.app/profile/msme...
Trump: "THE ONLY HEALTHCARE I'LL SUPPORT OR APPROVE IS SENDING MONEY DIRECTLY BACK TO THE PEOPLE W/ NOTHING GOING TO THE BIG, FAT, RICH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHO HAVE RIPPED OFF AMERICA LONG ENOUGH. THE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE & BUY THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, INSURANCE. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!"
November 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Friendly reminder that insurance companies profit substantially more from private/employer plans..
See? I did a whole 🧵
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. -M.M.M
bsky.app/profile/msme...
See? I did a whole 🧵
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. -M.M.M
bsky.app/profile/msme...
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It’s a real shame that life in America has come to this but it’s a real blessing to have community surrounding you, looking out for each other. Go community, now.
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It’s a real shame that life in America has come to this but it’s a real blessing to have community surrounding you, looking out for each other. Go community, now.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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We're now up to over 40 persons pardoned by Trump facing charges for new crimes. The recidivism rate is exceptionally high. Showing that the people sentenced were in fact hardened criminals... but wealthy enough to buy their pardons. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Ponzi Schemer Who Got Trump Clemency Faces 50 Years in New Fraud
A convicted Ponzi schemer whose 24-year prison term was commuted by President Donald Trump in 2021 now faces as much as 50 years behind bars for an investor fraud that took place after his clemency.
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We're now up to over 40 persons pardoned by Trump facing charges for new crimes. The recidivism rate is exceptionally high. Showing that the people sentenced were in fact hardened criminals... but wealthy enough to buy their pardons. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Through every shutdown in history, the government has still provided economic data to the American people.
They aren’t doing it this time because the numbers are fucking terrible.
They aren’t doing it this time because the numbers are fucking terrible.
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Through every shutdown in history, the government has still provided economic data to the American people.
They aren’t doing it this time because the numbers are fucking terrible.
They aren’t doing it this time because the numbers are fucking terrible.
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So we're using the economic indicator that is Door Dash.
WTAF!
WTAF!
🔥 The White House released an article on Monday citing a DoorDash report as confirmation that "inflation has been tamed."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
NEW DATA: Lower Prices, Bigger Paychecks
President Donald J. Trump’s bold economic agenda is delivering real results for American families — with new data from DoorDash’s State of Local Commerce
www.whitehouse.gov
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
So we're using the economic indicator that is Door Dash.
WTAF!
WTAF!
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Thank you for your service and your sacrifice. 🫶
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Thank you for your service and your sacrifice. 🫶