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Derek Fox
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Penn State Astronomer (he/him), personal account. “We went and made everything a computer without ever bothering to fix computers.”
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This is just one more example of a much broader pattern: The Department of Justice targeting Trump's political enemies with made-up accusations of wrong-doing.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
January 12, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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Washington literally described Trump in his farewell address. Lol Everything down to hijacking a political party to serve his own interests. They *could* and *did* predict someone like Trump because Trump is a cartoonishly evil, corrupt, selfish man, like every other authoritarian in history.
January 12, 2026 at 2:34 AM
…or kill a baby with poison gas or one of their arsenal of “nonlethal” weapons
January 11, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Oh, I *do* hope he will be desperately needing those funds soon, however
January 11, 2026 at 3:39 PM
So many of our pundits had so much uncertainty about these questions!
January 11, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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My goodness, where have all the “<White male Billionaire X>’s politics defy the usual labels” think pieces gone???
a woman in a blue sweatshirt covering her nose with her hand and the word poof below her
Alt: A woman in a blue sweatshirt making a little explosion with her hand as she says “Poof!” and the word Poof appears
media.tenor.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:35 PM
My goodness, where have all the “<White male Billionaire X>’s politics defy the usual labels” think pieces gone???
a woman in a blue sweatshirt covering her nose with her hand and the word poof below her
Alt: A woman in a blue sweatshirt making a little explosion with her hand as she says “Poof!” and the word Poof appears
media.tenor.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:35 PM
And
After the 2020 election, Larry Ellison joined a call to strategize on overturning the vote for Trump and donated to election deniers. Now he controls CBS and wants CNN’s parent, raising new questions this week as his influence grows.

My latest in @status.news www.status.news/p/larry-elli...
Ellison and the Lie
As Larry Ellison’s media empire expands, unanswered questions about his views on the 2020 election now carry real stakes as Jan. 6 is reframed and the next presidential race approaches.
www.status.news
January 11, 2026 at 3:23 PM