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The banality of evil: how Epstein’s powerful friends normalised him
The banality of evil: how Epstein’s powerful friends normalised him
Long after his conviction for sexual abuse, people in royalty, academia, business, journalism and politics sought his ear
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The banality of evil: how Epstein’s powerful friends normalised him
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The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism.
The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America
www.theguardian.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism.
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You might want to sit down for this one. futurism.com/scientists-w...
Scientists Just Found Who's Causing Global Warming
A new study observes economic patterns related to climate change in order to find the staggering amount of emissions pumped out by the rich.
futurism.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
You might want to sit down for this one. futurism.com/scientists-w...
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Gabriel harvests oranges in Selma CA: I earn $24 per 900lb bin. The pay hasn't changed in 4-5 years. It doesn’t justify the hard, heavy work we do. We run back and forth and go up and down a 16-foot ladder quickly picking oranges in a bag that weighs 60lb when full. #WeFeedYou
May 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Gabriel harvests oranges in Selma CA: I earn $24 per 900lb bin. The pay hasn't changed in 4-5 years. It doesn’t justify the hard, heavy work we do. We run back and forth and go up and down a 16-foot ladder quickly picking oranges in a bag that weighs 60lb when full. #WeFeedYou
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US recessions since 1950:
1953 - Eisenhower 🔴
1958 - Eisenhower 🔴
1960 - Eisenhower 🔴
1969-70 - Nixon 🔴
1973-75 - Nixon 🔴
1980 - Carter 🔵
1981-82 - Reagan 🔴
1990-91 - Bush Sr 🔴
2001 - Dubya 🔴
2007-09 - Dubya 🔴
2020 - Trump 🔴
2025-?? - Trump 🔴
1953 - Eisenhower 🔴
1958 - Eisenhower 🔴
1960 - Eisenhower 🔴
1969-70 - Nixon 🔴
1973-75 - Nixon 🔴
1980 - Carter 🔵
1981-82 - Reagan 🔴
1990-91 - Bush Sr 🔴
2001 - Dubya 🔴
2007-09 - Dubya 🔴
2020 - Trump 🔴
2025-?? - Trump 🔴
April 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
US recessions since 1950:
1953 - Eisenhower 🔴
1958 - Eisenhower 🔴
1960 - Eisenhower 🔴
1969-70 - Nixon 🔴
1973-75 - Nixon 🔴
1980 - Carter 🔵
1981-82 - Reagan 🔴
1990-91 - Bush Sr 🔴
2001 - Dubya 🔴
2007-09 - Dubya 🔴
2020 - Trump 🔴
2025-?? - Trump 🔴
1953 - Eisenhower 🔴
1958 - Eisenhower 🔴
1960 - Eisenhower 🔴
1969-70 - Nixon 🔴
1973-75 - Nixon 🔴
1980 - Carter 🔵
1981-82 - Reagan 🔴
1990-91 - Bush Sr 🔴
2001 - Dubya 🔴
2007-09 - Dubya 🔴
2020 - Trump 🔴
2025-?? - Trump 🔴
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CHUCK SCHUMER HAS TO GO. He’s way past his best by date and I’m not talking about age, I’m talking about usefulness.
Senate Dems need to step up and have some courage.
Senate Dems need to step up and have some courage.
March 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
CHUCK SCHUMER HAS TO GO. He’s way past his best by date and I’m not talking about age, I’m talking about usefulness.
Senate Dems need to step up and have some courage.
Senate Dems need to step up and have some courage.
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"Under no circumstances should any sane person take his health advice. Nor should any senator consent to give him authority over government agencies that regulate our food and medicines."
RFK Jr. Is a One-Man Plague
It’s not just that he’s misinformed. It’s the way his mind works that’s dangerous.
www.thebulwark.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Under no circumstances should any sane person take his health advice. Nor should any senator consent to give him authority over government agencies that regulate our food and medicines."
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Murphy: "Let's not pull any punches about why this is happening. Elon Musk makes billions off of his business with China. And China is cheering at this action today. There is no question that the billionaire class trying to take over our govt right now is doing it based on self-interest."
February 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Murphy: "Let's not pull any punches about why this is happening. Elon Musk makes billions off of his business with China. And China is cheering at this action today. There is no question that the billionaire class trying to take over our govt right now is doing it based on self-interest."
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Sorry, Mexico and Canada, we elected a dimwitted shitheel
January 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Sorry, Mexico and Canada, we elected a dimwitted shitheel
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Time for real protests.
February 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Time for real protests.
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
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here's the full (and now-deleted) reddit post supposedly written by an OPM employee:
January 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
here's the full (and now-deleted) reddit post supposedly written by an OPM employee:
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Dems would get much more traction finding and promoting people saying what they know and experience.
What has more impact, This man speaking his mind or the Dems speaking “in unison “ ?
What has more impact, This man speaking his mind or the Dems speaking “in unison “ ?
You guys need to see this and take it in…
Wise words from someone who is a target. And he’s been listening.
Wise words from someone who is a target. And he’s been listening.
January 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Dems would get much more traction finding and promoting people saying what they know and experience.
What has more impact, This man speaking his mind or the Dems speaking “in unison “ ?
What has more impact, This man speaking his mind or the Dems speaking “in unison “ ?
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If you have watched the last 2 and a half minutes of the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde's homily this morning, I urge you to watch the whole 15 minutes. My first impression is that of the entire inauguration, this speech will be the one remembered and studied for decades.
1.21.25 Homily by The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde
YouTube video by Washington National Cathedral
youtu.be
January 22, 2025 at 4:52 AM
If you have watched the last 2 and a half minutes of the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde's homily this morning, I urge you to watch the whole 15 minutes. My first impression is that of the entire inauguration, this speech will be the one remembered and studied for decades.
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Please please please watch this. Please.
Ex-Sniper reacts to Pete Hegseth Hearing
YouTube video by Hillary Clinton
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Please please please watch this. Please.
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Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
propub.li/3DGXECO
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
propub.li/3DGXECO
The Militia and the Mole
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
propub.li
January 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
propub.li/3DGXECO
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
propub.li/3DGXECO
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Ann Telnaes, a Washington Post editorial cartoonist who has been with the newspaper for sixteen years, just quit her job after the cartoon below—which depicts Post owner Jeff Bezos and other CEOs bowing to Donald Trump—was spiked.
It's another huge blow to the credibility of a once-great newspaper.
It's another huge blow to the credibility of a once-great newspaper.
January 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Ann Telnaes, a Washington Post editorial cartoonist who has been with the newspaper for sixteen years, just quit her job after the cartoon below—which depicts Post owner Jeff Bezos and other CEOs bowing to Donald Trump—was spiked.
It's another huge blow to the credibility of a once-great newspaper.
It's another huge blow to the credibility of a once-great newspaper.
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SCOOP: Apple CEO Tim Cook will personally donate $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee.
He believes the inauguration is a great American tradition and is donating to the inauguration in the spirit of unity.
He believes the inauguration is a great American tradition and is donating to the inauguration in the spirit of unity.
Scoop: Apple CEO Tim Cook donates $1 million to Trump inauguration
Cook joins other top CEOs and companies in making a seven-figure pledge.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
SCOOP: Apple CEO Tim Cook will personally donate $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee.
He believes the inauguration is a great American tradition and is donating to the inauguration in the spirit of unity.
He believes the inauguration is a great American tradition and is donating to the inauguration in the spirit of unity.
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“Rather than fear that the opposition is weakened by these Americans who are bending down to Trump, they are saving us time by telling us that they are not up to the fight and we cannot count on them.”
The Rich, The Powerful, The Cowardly
We are witnessing media companies, journalists and billionaires bowing down to Trump and his hostile takeover—seeking access, favors and security. They are doing us a favor.
www.americaamerica.news
December 16, 2024 at 9:30 PM
“Rather than fear that the opposition is weakened by these Americans who are bending down to Trump, they are saving us time by telling us that they are not up to the fight and we cannot count on them.”
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Want to understand how ABC came to pay a protection racket tribute to Trump? Max Potter and I explained @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/ant...
On anticipatory obedience and the media
Trump's campaign against the Fourth Estate has been unfolding before our eyes—far more effectively than some in the press would like to believe.
www.cjr.org
December 15, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Want to understand how ABC came to pay a protection racket tribute to Trump? Max Potter and I explained @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/ant...
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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...