Bubba
@sloopt.bsky.social
Interested in the world around me. Appreciate insight from folks who know far more than me. Not much on commenting.
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More evidence that the Trump administration is cozying up to cybermercenaries. The Treasury Dept has removed three people closely affiliated with Intellexa, the company that makes Predator, off a sanctions list: therecord.media/treasury-san...
Treasury removes sanctions for three executives tied to spyware maker Intellexa
The Treasury Department on Tuesday took three people closely affiliated with the holding company behind Predator spyware off of a sanctions list, reversing their designation in 2024 by the Biden admin...
therecord.media
December 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
More evidence that the Trump administration is cozying up to cybermercenaries. The Treasury Dept has removed three people closely affiliated with Intellexa, the company that makes Predator, off a sanctions list: therecord.media/treasury-san...
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As I was saying, Trump isn't a mediator in the Russo-Ukrainian war, he has sided with the russian aggressor.
BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…”
Read that again.
Read that again.
December 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
As I was saying, Trump isn't a mediator in the Russo-Ukrainian war, he has sided with the russian aggressor.
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INBOX: @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, an investigative reporter at @miamiherald.com who has covered Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking story for nearly a decade, accuses the Trump Department of Justice for tracking her flight history in 2019 and releasing them partially unredacted in the Epstein files
December 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
INBOX: @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, an investigative reporter at @miamiherald.com who has covered Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking story for nearly a decade, accuses the Trump Department of Justice for tracking her flight history in 2019 and releasing them partially unredacted in the Epstein files
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What's so crazy about this is that Congress is passing almost no laws despite GOP majorities in both chambers. The Trump administration doesn't *want* normal three-branch constitutional governance because they're trying to enshrine something else.
From the NYT today, 2 charts on the brokenness of American politics:
December 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
What's so crazy about this is that Congress is passing almost no laws despite GOP majorities in both chambers. The Trump administration doesn't *want* normal three-branch constitutional governance because they're trying to enshrine something else.
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Very strong earthquake felt in northern Taiwan just now.
December 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Very strong earthquake felt in northern Taiwan just now.
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DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
December 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
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Two stories side by side in WashPost
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Two stories side by side in WashPost
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Former FDA Dr. @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social on childhood vaccine schedule overhaul: Dr. Gottlieb reminds us that a move to the Danish schedule means more children hospitalized and dead, and counters other anti-vaccine claims. youtu.be/e8CJr1IgGPw?... via @cnbc.com
Former FDA Dr. Scott Gottlieb on childhood vaccine schedule overhaul
YouTube video by CNBC Television
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December 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Former FDA Dr. @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social on childhood vaccine schedule overhaul: Dr. Gottlieb reminds us that a move to the Danish schedule means more children hospitalized and dead, and counters other anti-vaccine claims. youtu.be/e8CJr1IgGPw?... via @cnbc.com
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Tenet Media founder Lauren Chen, who secretly took money from two people with ties to Russian state media to involve conservative influencers in an unwitting propaganda scheme, is back in the US after being deported to Canada under President Biden. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Tenet Media founder Lauren Chen, who secretly took money from two people with ties to Russian state media to involve conservative influencers in an unwitting propaganda scheme, is back in the US after being deported to Canada under President Biden. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
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I have the “In Covid’s Wake” PDF and this section floored me. Here is some of the surrounding content — and citations. The professors cited laundered Twitter Files claims in their discussion of the Murthy v Missouri case — they stuck the *outcome of the case* in a footnote while centering the lies.
December 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I have the “In Covid’s Wake” PDF and this section floored me. Here is some of the surrounding content — and citations. The professors cited laundered Twitter Files claims in their discussion of the Murthy v Missouri case — they stuck the *outcome of the case* in a footnote while centering the lies.
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🇺🇦🎄✨ The Christmas atmosphere is already in Kyiv. Carols are heard in the metro, in churches, and from military.
December 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
🇺🇦🎄✨ The Christmas atmosphere is already in Kyiv. Carols are heard in the metro, in churches, and from military.
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I wrote about how X as an online rumor mill that feeds the hard right propaganda machine, destroying lives in the process.
Ben Shapiro and others in the movement have started to realize that it’s dangerous and bad — because it’s negatively impacting them too, now…
Ben Shapiro and others in the movement have started to realize that it’s dangerous and bad — because it’s negatively impacting them too, now…
December 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I wrote about how X as an online rumor mill that feeds the hard right propaganda machine, destroying lives in the process.
Ben Shapiro and others in the movement have started to realize that it’s dangerous and bad — because it’s negatively impacting them too, now…
Ben Shapiro and others in the movement have started to realize that it’s dangerous and bad — because it’s negatively impacting them too, now…
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What we’re being told is that a guy who is an adjudicated rapist, who was credibly accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who paid hush money to a porn star, who cheated on all his wives, who is mentioned hundreds of times in the Epstein files, couldn’t possibly be a sexual predator.
December 24, 2025 at 5:12 AM
What we’re being told is that a guy who is an adjudicated rapist, who was credibly accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who paid hush money to a porn star, who cheated on all his wives, who is mentioned hundreds of times in the Epstein files, couldn’t possibly be a sexual predator.
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Before I sign off to enjoy a few days in peace and away from the news, a word on the recent U.S. sanctions: The "global censorship-industrial complex" is a far right fantasy. Most of the DSA is about transparency and forcing platforms to provide info about how they moderate and boost content 1/
December 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Before I sign off to enjoy a few days in peace and away from the news, a word on the recent U.S. sanctions: The "global censorship-industrial complex" is a far right fantasy. Most of the DSA is about transparency and forcing platforms to provide info about how they moderate and boost content 1/
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When the Secretary of State has to chase a private envoy for permission to attend his own meetings, you no longer have coherent diplomacy — you have a court system.
Rubio doesn’t run U.S. diplomacy — he’s been folded into someone else’s side channel.
Rubio doesn’t run U.S. diplomacy — he’s been folded into someone else’s side channel.
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
When the Secretary of State has to chase a private envoy for permission to attend his own meetings, you no longer have coherent diplomacy — you have a court system.
Rubio doesn’t run U.S. diplomacy — he’s been folded into someone else’s side channel.
Rubio doesn’t run U.S. diplomacy — he’s been folded into someone else’s side channel.
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NEW in Bolts: Ohio is the fourth GOP-run state this year to ban ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive after. A Supreme Court case could force that policy nationwide next year.
Ohio Bans Grace Periods for Mail Ballots, Fulfilling Trump’s Wishes
Ohio is the fourth GOP-run state this year to ban ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive after. A Supreme Court case could force that policy nationwide next year.
boltsmag.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
NEW in Bolts: Ohio is the fourth GOP-run state this year to ban ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive after. A Supreme Court case could force that policy nationwide next year.
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The US State Department is now going to be deporting people and/or revoking visas over Benz, Taibbi, and Shellenberger’s “censorship industrial complex” hoax.
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov
December 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The US State Department is now going to be deporting people and/or revoking visas over Benz, Taibbi, and Shellenberger’s “censorship industrial complex” hoax.
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
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This victim told a driver that she couldn't report Trump raping her because "They will kill me." In 2021, another victim said that Epstein told her girls who don't behave are fed to alligators and took her where they die. He threatened to kill her and her son.
December 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This victim told a driver that she couldn't report Trump raping her because "They will kill me." In 2021, another victim said that Epstein told her girls who don't behave are fed to alligators and took her where they die. He threatened to kill her and her son.
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Trump administration to scrap federal rule requiring transparency into health AI tools www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/h...
Trump administration to scrap federal rule requiring transparency into health AI tools
The Trump administration wants to scrap rules that require developers to disclose how AI tools used to treat patients were developed and tested.
www.statnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Trump administration to scrap federal rule requiring transparency into health AI tools www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/h...
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Erika's freaking scary. What else is she lying about? 🤔
December 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Erika's freaking scary. What else is she lying about? 🤔
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The Plot to Enslave America
TikTok is removing clips of the leaked 60 Minutes segment.
The Ellison family (which acquired Paramount — CBS’s parent company — and The Free Press, making Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS) is set to co-own TikTok through a Trump-backed deal.
The Ellison family (which acquired Paramount — CBS’s parent company — and The Free Press, making Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS) is set to co-own TikTok through a Trump-backed deal.
December 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The Plot to Enslave America
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"China Imports No U.S. Soybeans for Third Month; Argentine Arrivals Up 634%" 🤔 share.google/yxJk9FytGMTY...
December 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"China Imports No U.S. Soybeans for Third Month; Argentine Arrivals Up 634%" 🤔 share.google/yxJk9FytGMTY...
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Hilarious. Michael Shellenberger, who has spent years spewing made up nonsense about a "censorship industrial complex" involving close ties between gov't & industry to "censor" speech is out there running cover for Bari Weiss censoring speech on behalf of the gov't.
December 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Hilarious. Michael Shellenberger, who has spent years spewing made up nonsense about a "censorship industrial complex" involving close ties between gov't & industry to "censor" speech is out there running cover for Bari Weiss censoring speech on behalf of the gov't.
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RFK Jr's wife Cheryl Hines is the star guest for an "exclusive" interview with anti-vaccine group, Children's Health Defense's morning show, just after their segment denying measles injury and deaths.
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
RFK Jr's wife Cheryl Hines is the star guest for an "exclusive" interview with anti-vaccine group, Children's Health Defense's morning show, just after their segment denying measles injury and deaths.