@sidjnsn.bsky.social
This will end badly . . .
Trump order will allow alternative assets like cryptocurrencies, private equity in 401(k)s
The executive order will direct the U.S. Secretary of Labor to review fiduciary guidance on private market investments in 401(k) and other defined-contribution plans that are governed by ERISA.
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August 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This will end badly . . .
So Iranian bombing of an Israeli hospital is a “war crime”, but bombing all the hospitals in Gaza is just “war”?
June 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
So Iranian bombing of an Israeli hospital is a “war crime”, but bombing all the hospitals in Gaza is just “war”?
Great interview of DHS rep tonight by @amnanawaz.bsky.social. She does not let BS go by unchallenged!! 👍
June 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Great interview of DHS rep tonight by @amnanawaz.bsky.social. She does not let BS go by unchallenged!! 👍
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Whenever you hear conservative politicians preach from the gospel of "fiscal responsibility," remember that one of the biggest drivers of deficits lately are the Bush and Trump tax cuts, which have added nearly $10 trillion to the national debt.
May 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Whenever you hear conservative politicians preach from the gospel of "fiscal responsibility," remember that one of the biggest drivers of deficits lately are the Bush and Trump tax cuts, which have added nearly $10 trillion to the national debt.
The Boss speaks
Democratic Wins Media on Substack
BREAKING: Newly leaked footage shows Bruce Springsteen’s performance that sent Donald Trump spiraling. This is amazing.
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May 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The Boss speaks
This should be making headlines everywhere
NLRB whistleblower claims Musk's DOGE potentially caused significant security breach
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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April 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This should be making headlines everywhere
Urge your representatives to join Senator Van Hollen in traveling to El Salvador to demand the release of Kilmer Abrego.
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April 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Urge your representatives to join Senator Van Hollen in traveling to El Salvador to demand the release of Kilmer Abrego.
Now that is intelligent strategic power well used
Carney’s Checkmate: How Canada's Quiet Bond Play Forced Trump to Drop Tariffs
Carney, Japan And The EU proved America's Idiot Emperor Has No Clothes
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April 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Now that is intelligent strategic power well used
That one person can do this to world markets says something very scary about their fragility as an interconnected complex system.
April 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
That one person can do this to world markets says something very scary about their fragility as an interconnected complex system.
I guess “Liberation Day” didn’t refer to the people who were planning to retire soon.
April 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I guess “Liberation Day” didn’t refer to the people who were planning to retire soon.
Anyone who has ever re-engineered a significant codebase knows exactly how this will end.
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Anyone who has ever re-engineered a significant codebase knows exactly how this will end.
If you wanted to root out fraud in the government, would you start with Social Security or the Pentagon?
March 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
If you wanted to root out fraud in the government, would you start with Social Security or the Pentagon?
Dems, do not let up on this when the next piece of eye candy comes along. The facts in this article lay out the sheer incompetence and lying of the security cabinet members and their boss, potus. Incredible.
March 26, 2025
Monday’s astounding story that the most senior members of President Donald Trump’s administration planned military strikes on Yemen over an unsecure commercial messaging app, on which they had include...
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March 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Dems, do not let up on this when the next piece of eye candy comes along. The facts in this article lay out the sheer incompetence and lying of the security cabinet members and their boss, potus. Incredible.
I’ve tended to blow off the “Russian asset” theory of djt, thinking instead that Putin is his role model. But this timeline is pretty provocative and has links for digging deeper.
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March 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I’ve tended to blow off the “Russian asset” theory of djt, thinking instead that Putin is his role model. But this timeline is pretty provocative and has links for digging deeper.
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"Many times when Putin and Trump are interacting, Putin’s actually making fun of him. It’s just completely lost in the translation. I can give lots of episodes of this or he’s goading him and urging him onto something because he’s trying to kind of see how he will react."
Transcript: What Does Trump See in Putin? - Fiona Hill
Read the full transcript of a conversation between Foreign Affairs Interview’s Dan Kurtz-Phelan and foreign affairs advisor and author Fiona Hill on “What Does Trump See in Putin?”, Tuesday, March 11,...
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March 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"Many times when Putin and Trump are interacting, Putin’s actually making fun of him. It’s just completely lost in the translation. I can give lots of episodes of this or he’s goading him and urging him onto something because he’s trying to kind of see how he will react."
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At some point the press needs to stop adopting right-wing framing that this is a "DEI purge" and call it what it is — white supremacist violence against our collective past.
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Jackie Robinson’s Army career wiped from military website in DEI purge
Robinson trained as an officer and was assigned to a tank regiment during World War II.
www.nbcnews.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
At some point the press needs to stop adopting right-wing framing that this is a "DEI purge" and call it what it is — white supremacist violence against our collective past.
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
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How $6T in war spending added to the natl debt without the public noticing.
The Ghost Budget: How U.S. war spending went rogue, wasted billions, and how to fix it
Public finance expert and HKS Senior Lecturer Linda Bilmes says the United States funded the $5 trillion Iraq and Afghanistan wars with an unaccountable and unprecedented scheme utilizing debt, accoun...
www.hks.harvard.edu
March 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
How $6T in war spending added to the natl debt without the public noticing.
Good to know . . .
EXCLUSIVE: Memo details Trump plan to sabotage the Social Security Administration
An internal Social Security Administration (SSA) memo, sent on March 13 and obtained by Popular Information, details proposed changes to the claims process that would debilitate the agency, cause sign...
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March 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Good to know . . .
Some good news
The Democracy Index
March 14, 2025
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March 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Some good news