@thaloo.bsky.social
If you're not part of the solution, don't be part of the problem.
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good time to read this.
Marco Rubio is the Trump administration’s most formidable liar and is dead set on placing drug cartel bosses at the top of every Latin American government. Maureen Tkacik reports on Rubio’s long narco-terrorist history:
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The Narco-Terrorist Elite - The American Prospect
Why is Marco Rubio so hell-bent on making Iran-Contra again?
trib.al
January 7, 2026 at 3:01 AM
good time to read this.
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And if you’re thinking at least the billionaires will have to pay taxes, I’ve got bad news for you…
Buy, Borrow, Die: How Billionaires Legally Avoid Paying Taxes While the Rest of Us Can't
A Step-by-Step Guide to How the Ultra-Wealthy Minimize Their Tax Burden While Their Fortunes Multiply
open.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:11 AM
And if you’re thinking at least the billionaires will have to pay taxes, I’ve got bad news for you…
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My final newsletter of 2025: We're in The Enshittifinancial Crisis, the fourth stage of enshittification, where companies turn on their shareholders. Unprofitable, unsustainable AI threatens future of venture capital, private equity and the markets themselves.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshitti...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshitti...
The Enshittifinancial Crisis
Soundtrack: Lynyrd Skynyrd — Free Bird
This piece is over 19,000 words, and took me a great deal of writing and research. If you liked it, please subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, ...
www.wheresyoured.at
December 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My final newsletter of 2025: We're in The Enshittifinancial Crisis, the fourth stage of enshittification, where companies turn on their shareholders. Unprofitable, unsustainable AI threatens future of venture capital, private equity and the markets themselves.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshitti...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshitti...
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🚨 BREAKING from @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social
The NYFed quietly injected billions into unnamed banks — then removed limits on emergency cash. No transparency. Are we seeing the early warning signs of another Wall Street bailout?
DCReport investigates. ⬇️
www.dcreport.org/2025/12/29/n...
The NYFed quietly injected billions into unnamed banks — then removed limits on emergency cash. No transparency. Are we seeing the early warning signs of another Wall Street bailout?
DCReport investigates. ⬇️
www.dcreport.org/2025/12/29/n...
Big Banks Enjoy Stealth Bailouts - A DCReport Exclusive
The NYFed has quietly injected tens of billions into major banks—now with no limit. Unreported policy changes raise fears of another Wall Street bailout.
www.dcreport.org
December 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🚨 BREAKING from @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social
The NYFed quietly injected billions into unnamed banks — then removed limits on emergency cash. No transparency. Are we seeing the early warning signs of another Wall Street bailout?
DCReport investigates. ⬇️
www.dcreport.org/2025/12/29/n...
The NYFed quietly injected billions into unnamed banks — then removed limits on emergency cash. No transparency. Are we seeing the early warning signs of another Wall Street bailout?
DCReport investigates. ⬇️
www.dcreport.org/2025/12/29/n...
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Consumers don’t know if their medications came from factories that used dirty water, were infested by insects or birds, or were outright banned from shipping drugs to the U.S.
Our new app provides answers that the FDA won’t.
Our new app provides answers that the FDA won’t.
Rx Inspector: ProPublica’s New Tool Provides Drug Info the FDA Won’t
We’ve launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and see the track records of the factories that made them.
www.propublica.org
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Consumers don’t know if their medications came from factories that used dirty water, were infested by insects or birds, or were outright banned from shipping drugs to the U.S.
Our new app provides answers that the FDA won’t.
Our new app provides answers that the FDA won’t.
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Brown Professor Responds to the Campus Shooting — Gun Laws That Work. The video version of this very personal episode of The Oath and the Office is up. @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
youtu.be/HJby8E6k0Fk?...
youtu.be/HJby8E6k0Fk?...
Brown Professor Responds to the Campus Shooting — Gun Laws That Work
YouTube video by The Oath and the Office
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Brown Professor Responds to the Campus Shooting — Gun Laws That Work. The video version of this very personal episode of The Oath and the Office is up. @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
youtu.be/HJby8E6k0Fk?...
youtu.be/HJby8E6k0Fk?...
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Tech fascists seek to dismantle the "Cathedral" of democracy.
Christian Nationalists want to conquer the "Seven Mountains" and impose theocracy.
The bridge between them? JD Vance
My talks with @matthewboedy.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
www.thenerdreich.com/jd-vances-th...
Christian Nationalists want to conquer the "Seven Mountains" and impose theocracy.
The bridge between them? JD Vance
My talks with @matthewboedy.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
www.thenerdreich.com/jd-vances-th...
JD Vance's Theo Bro Network: Silicon Valley Meets ‘God’
JD Vance links Silicon Valley extremists & Christian nationalists. From Curtis Yarvin to Seven Mountains—inside the authoritarian alliance.
www.thenerdreich.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Tech fascists seek to dismantle the "Cathedral" of democracy.
Christian Nationalists want to conquer the "Seven Mountains" and impose theocracy.
The bridge between them? JD Vance
My talks with @matthewboedy.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
www.thenerdreich.com/jd-vances-th...
Christian Nationalists want to conquer the "Seven Mountains" and impose theocracy.
The bridge between them? JD Vance
My talks with @matthewboedy.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
www.thenerdreich.com/jd-vances-th...
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New #Substack Essay... open.substack.com/pub/theantho...
Americans Pay the Most for Healthcare but get the Worst Results
Why Healthcare for Profit is an Oxymoron.
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
New #Substack Essay... open.substack.com/pub/theantho...
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"We're turning our ocean into a watery landfill."
Former EPA official Judith Enck discusses her new book, "The Problem with Plastic."
Former EPA official Judith Enck discusses her new book, "The Problem with Plastic."
December 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"We're turning our ocean into a watery landfill."
Former EPA official Judith Enck discusses her new book, "The Problem with Plastic."
Former EPA official Judith Enck discusses her new book, "The Problem with Plastic."
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Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
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Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
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The Endangered Species Act lets us measure our virtue even as the world empties around us.
This is an excerpt from a larger piece about what protection means….and what it fails to capture.
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
This is an excerpt from a larger piece about what protection means….and what it fails to capture.
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The Endangered Species Act lets us measure our virtue even as the world empties around us.
This is an excerpt from a larger piece about what protection means….and what it fails to capture.
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
This is an excerpt from a larger piece about what protection means….and what it fails to capture.
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
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I was delighted to join Michael Lewis, author of “The Big Short,” for a conversation about the state of our democracy and what I’ve learned in my nearly 60 years in and around politics.
You can watch it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxfnO4Su880
You can watch it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxfnO4Su880
Coming Up Short: A Conversation with Robert Reich and Michael Lewis
Goldman School of Public Policy
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I was delighted to join Michael Lewis, author of “The Big Short,” for a conversation about the state of our democracy and what I’ve learned in my nearly 60 years in and around politics.
You can watch it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxfnO4Su880
You can watch it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxfnO4Su880
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NEW: Amid concerns over the Biden administration's regulation of the crypto industry, billionaire tech investor Marc Andreessen, a longtime Democrat, donated more than $5 million to groups supporting Trump ahead of the 2024 election.
Since then, he's gotten what he called for: a hollowed-out CFPB.
Since then, he's gotten what he called for: a hollowed-out CFPB.
Tech Billionaire Marc Andreessen Bet Big on Trump. It’s Paying Off for Silicon Valley.
The Trump administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been good for venture capitalists like Andreessen, who previously accused the agency of “terrorizing” fintech startups and crypto companies.
www.propublica.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Amid concerns over the Biden administration's regulation of the crypto industry, billionaire tech investor Marc Andreessen, a longtime Democrat, donated more than $5 million to groups supporting Trump ahead of the 2024 election.
Since then, he's gotten what he called for: a hollowed-out CFPB.
Since then, he's gotten what he called for: a hollowed-out CFPB.
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Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
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Big Oil spent nearly $450M backing Trump & Republican candidates last year.
Now, during one of the longest government shutdowns in history, Senate Republicans voted to gut a policy protecting millions of acres in Alaska from oil drilling.
Talk about a return on investment.
Now, during one of the longest government shutdowns in history, Senate Republicans voted to gut a policy protecting millions of acres in Alaska from oil drilling.
Talk about a return on investment.
The Secret Behind High Gas Prices
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Big Oil spent nearly $450M backing Trump & Republican candidates last year.
Now, during one of the longest government shutdowns in history, Senate Republicans voted to gut a policy protecting millions of acres in Alaska from oil drilling.
Talk about a return on investment.
Now, during one of the longest government shutdowns in history, Senate Republicans voted to gut a policy protecting millions of acres in Alaska from oil drilling.
Talk about a return on investment.
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We keep hearing “CO₂ was higher before.”
Yes — and recovery took millions of years.
Earth can heal. Humanity just doesn’t live long enough to wait.
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
Yes — and recovery took millions of years.
Earth can heal. Humanity just doesn’t live long enough to wait.
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
What Ancient CO₂ Can, and Can't, Teach Us About the Modern World
What Earth's deep past reveals about the illusion of safety in a warming world.
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
We keep hearing “CO₂ was higher before.”
Yes — and recovery took millions of years.
Earth can heal. Humanity just doesn’t live long enough to wait.
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
Yes — and recovery took millions of years.
Earth can heal. Humanity just doesn’t live long enough to wait.
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
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Sounding the alarm on election equipment
#InvestigativeJournalist @sgcarney.bsky.social interviews #SMARTelections Cofounder & Executive Director @lulufriesdat.bsky.social on the #ElectionSecurity of the #midterms
#hacking #voting
Clip 7 of 8
Full Interview
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfUY...
#InvestigativeJournalist @sgcarney.bsky.social interviews #SMARTelections Cofounder & Executive Director @lulufriesdat.bsky.social on the #ElectionSecurity of the #midterms
#hacking #voting
Clip 7 of 8
Full Interview
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfUY...
October 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Sounding the alarm on election equipment
#InvestigativeJournalist @sgcarney.bsky.social interviews #SMARTelections Cofounder & Executive Director @lulufriesdat.bsky.social on the #ElectionSecurity of the #midterms
#hacking #voting
Clip 7 of 8
Full Interview
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfUY...
#InvestigativeJournalist @sgcarney.bsky.social interviews #SMARTelections Cofounder & Executive Director @lulufriesdat.bsky.social on the #ElectionSecurity of the #midterms
#hacking #voting
Clip 7 of 8
Full Interview
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfUY...
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My latest: Trump is slowly but surely desensitizing the public to a brand of authoritarianism aimed at subverting the will of the electorate. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Trump’s Plan To Remain on His Throne
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
My latest: Trump is slowly but surely desensitizing the public to a brand of authoritarianism aimed at subverting the will of the electorate. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
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✨ New! ✨
"Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City"
Grab your favorite beverage ☕ and settle in for a deep long-read.👩💻
"Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City"
Grab your favorite beverage ☕ and settle in for a deep long-read.👩💻
Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City
Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes …
moneyontheleft.org
October 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Our new video episode with @malcolmnance.bsky.social is blowing up
8K+ views and nearly 500 new subscribers in under 48 hours
We dig into Trump, the shutdown, and the Information War threatening our democracy @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
🎧 Watch the full conversation www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3-S...
8K+ views and nearly 500 new subscribers in under 48 hours
We dig into Trump, the shutdown, and the Information War threatening our democracy @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
🎧 Watch the full conversation www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3-S...
Trump, the Shutdown, and the Information War|Malcolm Nance on The Oath and The Office (full episode)
YouTube video by The Oath and the Office
www.youtube.com
October 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Our new video episode with @malcolmnance.bsky.social is blowing up
8K+ views and nearly 500 new subscribers in under 48 hours
We dig into Trump, the shutdown, and the Information War threatening our democracy @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
🎧 Watch the full conversation www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3-S...
8K+ views and nearly 500 new subscribers in under 48 hours
We dig into Trump, the shutdown, and the Information War threatening our democracy @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
🎧 Watch the full conversation www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3-S...
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I feel very strongly that we must use the next three years to build a new opposition movement. I tried to lay out my reasons and what I think we need to do to make it happen.
Please watch, comment, and share. youtu.be/_GUgnpAYMCc
Please watch, comment, and share. youtu.be/_GUgnpAYMCc
Can We Actually Save America?
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
September 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I feel very strongly that we must use the next three years to build a new opposition movement. I tried to lay out my reasons and what I think we need to do to make it happen.
Please watch, comment, and share. youtu.be/_GUgnpAYMCc
Please watch, comment, and share. youtu.be/_GUgnpAYMCc
Project 2025 tracker:
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Project 2025 Tracker
A comprehensive, community-driven initiative to track the implementation of Project 2025's policy proposals
www.project2025.observer
September 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Project 2025 tracker:
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Historically, the "Antichrist" concept has been used to demonize political enemies and cast political struggle as an existential battle.
Notice any of that happening right now?
I have a more comprehensive piece coming soon, but here's a primer www.thenerdreich.com/peter-thiel-...
Notice any of that happening right now?
I have a more comprehensive piece coming soon, but here's a primer www.thenerdreich.com/peter-thiel-...
Peter Thiel & The Antichrist: Silicon Valley Apocalypse Hype
Why are some of the richest people in the United States suddenly talking about demons, apocalypse, and even the “Antichrist”?
On Monday, Peter Thiel—Palantir co-founder, Trump ally, and one of the mo...
www.thenerdreich.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Historically, the "Antichrist" concept has been used to demonize political enemies and cast political struggle as an existential battle.
Notice any of that happening right now?
I have a more comprehensive piece coming soon, but here's a primer www.thenerdreich.com/peter-thiel-...
Notice any of that happening right now?
I have a more comprehensive piece coming soon, but here's a primer www.thenerdreich.com/peter-thiel-...