@twafflehill.bsky.social
Political Junkie following the rise and fall of Oligarchy and the far right. Anti Brexit, Trump, Murdoch, Musk etc. I don’t follow back as I like to keep my timeline manageable.
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What can you do? Vote! Vote for Democrats in every election.
No, you cannot stay home to protest not liking the Dem enough. Failing to vote Democrat helps the GOP keep power.
Don't compare the Democratic candidate to your ideal -- compare the Dem to their Republican opponent.
No, you cannot stay home to protest not liking the Dem enough. Failing to vote Democrat helps the GOP keep power.
Don't compare the Democratic candidate to your ideal -- compare the Dem to their Republican opponent.
This. Vote blue no matter who.
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Smith explains why he got Speaker McCarthy's phone toll records.
December 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Smith explains why he got Speaker McCarthy's phone toll records.
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Smith was asked over and over again whether there was any political influence in his investigation, in his decisions and pressure from Garland/Biden/WH to charge Trump. He repeatedly rejected the notion.
December 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Smith was asked over and over again whether there was any political influence in his investigation, in his decisions and pressure from Garland/Biden/WH to charge Trump. He repeatedly rejected the notion.
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The cliffnotes required for future generations studying the fall of America.
2025 was a year where many of our worst fears came to pass.
We watched a madman get back into the White House, who let billionaires hijack our federal government, slash our benefits to fund their government handouts & tax cuts, while stealing our data to feed their Orwellian surveillance systems
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We watched a madman get back into the White House, who let billionaires hijack our federal government, slash our benefits to fund their government handouts & tax cuts, while stealing our data to feed their Orwellian surveillance systems
🧵
December 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The cliffnotes required for future generations studying the fall of America.
December 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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The 8 billionaires are: Musk, Ellison, Bezos, Page, Brin, Zuckerberg, Huang, Ballmer.
Each one saw their wealth explode as a direct result of the massive and unsustainable AI bubble.
Let's resolve to remember that when their bubble bursts all over working people in 2026.
Happy New Year!
Each one saw their wealth explode as a direct result of the massive and unsustainable AI bubble.
Let's resolve to remember that when their bubble bursts all over working people in 2026.
Happy New Year!
"What a year for the ultra wealthy. The world’s 500 richest people added a record $2.2 trillion to their collective fortunes in 2025’s… booming markets, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. And about a quarter of this year’s gains went to just eight billionaires.” — Bloomberg Morning Brief
December 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The 8 billionaires are: Musk, Ellison, Bezos, Page, Brin, Zuckerberg, Huang, Ballmer.
Each one saw their wealth explode as a direct result of the massive and unsustainable AI bubble.
Let's resolve to remember that when their bubble bursts all over working people in 2026.
Happy New Year!
Each one saw their wealth explode as a direct result of the massive and unsustainable AI bubble.
Let's resolve to remember that when their bubble bursts all over working people in 2026.
Happy New Year!
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"Caitlin Flanagan, Chris Cilizza—these are not people who produce investigative journalism. These are take-merchants and mouthpieces who publish what powerful people tell them over text and DM as if it's a transgressive secret and not a comms strategy."
Good Lord, this is savage, lol
Good Lord, this is savage, lol
Fantastic piece putting the Bari Weiss Experiment in perspective
As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:
December 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Caitlin Flanagan, Chris Cilizza—these are not people who produce investigative journalism. These are take-merchants and mouthpieces who publish what powerful people tell them over text and DM as if it's a transgressive secret and not a comms strategy."
Good Lord, this is savage, lol
Good Lord, this is savage, lol
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Just released a great discussion with @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social about RFK Junior and the danger of making "natural" the centerpiece of your worldview.
Glenn Beck's AI George Washington makes an appearance as well!
Glenn Beck's AI George Washington makes an appearance as well!
Robert Kennedy’s bizarre obsession with ‘natural’ isn’t going to make Americans healthier
Historian of fitness Natalia Mehlman Petrzela on why an obese president has a health secretary who moralizes about wellness
plus.flux.community
December 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Just released a great discussion with @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social about RFK Junior and the danger of making "natural" the centerpiece of your worldview.
Glenn Beck's AI George Washington makes an appearance as well!
Glenn Beck's AI George Washington makes an appearance as well!
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These patterns of escalation are unfortunately very predictable.
I’m sure these business are also receiving harassing phone calls and threats too. It’s scary.
In the fight for civil rights, numerous elementary schools were bombed by racist segregationists to protest integration.
I’m sure these business are also receiving harassing phone calls and threats too. It’s scary.
In the fight for civil rights, numerous elementary schools were bombed by racist segregationists to protest integration.
This is the impact of networked incitement. And now every other “citizen journalist” wannabe Nick Shirley is on the ground in Washington, Ohio, and I assume elsewhere trying to break/make the next viral story. There’s potential for this to spin further out of control, hoping it doesn’t
Somali-run day care in Minneapolis broken into, vandalized
www.fox9.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
These patterns of escalation are unfortunately very predictable.
I’m sure these business are also receiving harassing phone calls and threats too. It’s scary.
In the fight for civil rights, numerous elementary schools were bombed by racist segregationists to protest integration.
I’m sure these business are also receiving harassing phone calls and threats too. It’s scary.
In the fight for civil rights, numerous elementary schools were bombed by racist segregationists to protest integration.
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#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
Beyond financial impacts, local researchers say trump’s research funding cuts have been a vehicle to attack academic freedom, & while university leaders proclaim a commitment to the educational concept, some faculty still have doubts
www.publicsource.org/dei-crackdow...
Beyond financial impacts, local researchers say trump’s research funding cuts have been a vehicle to attack academic freedom, & while university leaders proclaim a commitment to the educational concept, some faculty still have doubts
www.publicsource.org/dei-crackdow...
Pittsburgh professors say research was weaponized in Trump’s higher ed fight
University of Pittsburgh researchers describe lost funding, rewritten grants and uncertainty as Trump administration research cuts take hold.
www.publicsource.org
December 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
Beyond financial impacts, local researchers say trump’s research funding cuts have been a vehicle to attack academic freedom, & while university leaders proclaim a commitment to the educational concept, some faculty still have doubts
www.publicsource.org/dei-crackdow...
Beyond financial impacts, local researchers say trump’s research funding cuts have been a vehicle to attack academic freedom, & while university leaders proclaim a commitment to the educational concept, some faculty still have doubts
www.publicsource.org/dei-crackdow...
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IF THE SHOE FITS
Justice Brett Kavanaugh isn’t happy that his name has become synonymous w/racist immigration enforcement.
ICE’s policy of detaining people based on ethnicity is called a “Kavanaugh stop,” named after his ruling that allows it. He’s afraid the name will ruin his “legacy.” Too late!
Justice Brett Kavanaugh isn’t happy that his name has become synonymous w/racist immigration enforcement.
ICE’s policy of detaining people based on ethnicity is called a “Kavanaugh stop,” named after his ruling that allows it. He’s afraid the name will ruin his “legacy.” Too late!
December 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
IF THE SHOE FITS
Justice Brett Kavanaugh isn’t happy that his name has become synonymous w/racist immigration enforcement.
ICE’s policy of detaining people based on ethnicity is called a “Kavanaugh stop,” named after his ruling that allows it. He’s afraid the name will ruin his “legacy.” Too late!
Justice Brett Kavanaugh isn’t happy that his name has become synonymous w/racist immigration enforcement.
ICE’s policy of detaining people based on ethnicity is called a “Kavanaugh stop,” named after his ruling that allows it. He’s afraid the name will ruin his “legacy.” Too late!
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Reality crept into the White House for a brief moment
Putin lied to the wannabe king
Gee, it's a regular event that he never noticed before
What will he do about it?!
Putin lied to the wannabe king
Gee, it's a regular event that he never noticed before
What will he do about it?!
It took an editorial in the New York Post, but it appears Trump finally learned that Putin may not have been telling him the truth
December 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Reality crept into the White House for a brief moment
Putin lied to the wannabe king
Gee, it's a regular event that he never noticed before
What will he do about it?!
Putin lied to the wannabe king
Gee, it's a regular event that he never noticed before
What will he do about it?!
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⚡️Update: Trump shares article casting doubt on Putin 'assassination attempt' on social media.
Despite first expressing outrage about the alleged attack, Trump on Dec. 31 shared a New York Post story with the headline: "Putin 'attack' bluster shows Russia is the one standing in the way of peace."
Despite first expressing outrage about the alleged attack, Trump on Dec. 31 shared a New York Post story with the headline: "Putin 'attack' bluster shows Russia is the one standing in the way of peace."
Russia shares dubious 'evidence' of Ukrainian drone attack 3 days after claiming Kyiv tried to assassinate Putin
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi, speaking to Reuters, called the footage "laughable."
kyivindependent.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
⚡️Update: Trump shares article casting doubt on Putin 'assassination attempt' on social media.
Despite first expressing outrage about the alleged attack, Trump on Dec. 31 shared a New York Post story with the headline: "Putin 'attack' bluster shows Russia is the one standing in the way of peace."
Despite first expressing outrage about the alleged attack, Trump on Dec. 31 shared a New York Post story with the headline: "Putin 'attack' bluster shows Russia is the one standing in the way of peace."
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the 2000s and 2010s were full of people in the entertainment world being rightly fired for saying things that pale in comparison to what comes from prominent Republicans today and the main difference is that major national news media have accepted "Republicans are racist" as no longer newsworthy
the racism coming from the entire conservative movement targeting the somali community is so goddam disgusting and its just being completely ignored
December 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
the 2000s and 2010s were full of people in the entertainment world being rightly fired for saying things that pale in comparison to what comes from prominent Republicans today and the main difference is that major national news media have accepted "Republicans are racist" as no longer newsworthy
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In the 1920s, the KKK circulated rumors that Catholics had amassed a huge arsenal of weapons and explosives and hidden them in the basements and sewers beneath the University of Notre Dame, in preparation for a Catholic takeover of the US.
Thinking about this today for no particular reason.
Thinking about this today for no particular reason.
December 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
In the 1920s, the KKK circulated rumors that Catholics had amassed a huge arsenal of weapons and explosives and hidden them in the basements and sewers beneath the University of Notre Dame, in preparation for a Catholic takeover of the US.
Thinking about this today for no particular reason.
Thinking about this today for no particular reason.
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If you're going to make up a number why make it only 64 percent?
Trump claims his 'real' approval rating is 64 percent (Tara Suter/The Hill)
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
December 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
If you're going to make up a number why make it only 64 percent?
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Let’s hope more people catch on in 2026 that COVID is still a danger and not just a cold—regardless of what any politician or article says.
December 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Let’s hope more people catch on in 2026 that COVID is still a danger and not just a cold—regardless of what any politician or article says.
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American women could not get a credit card without their husband's permission until the late 1970s.
Ok folks: what is your favorite fact that you share with people (maybe a bit too) eagerly?
December 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
American women could not get a credit card without their husband's permission until the late 1970s.
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"Since Trump’s inauguration, he has ordered the top US financial watchdogs to take a more business-friendly approach."
Yeah, this is only "business friendly" if you have a particular business model.
www.ft.com/content/4682...
Yeah, this is only "business friendly" if you have a particular business model.
www.ft.com/content/4682...
US fines for dirty money drop 61% as Trump retreats from enforcement
Total penalties imposed by financial watchdogs fell to $1.7bn in the year to December 19
www.ft.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"Since Trump’s inauguration, he has ordered the top US financial watchdogs to take a more business-friendly approach."
Yeah, this is only "business friendly" if you have a particular business model.
www.ft.com/content/4682...
Yeah, this is only "business friendly" if you have a particular business model.
www.ft.com/content/4682...
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I get asked if it’s boring spending 9 years on such a narrow beat.
Not even close.
Reporting on Trump businesses in 2026 meant covering—
✅ foreign labor
✅ UAE’s sovereign wealth
✅ SEC inquiries
✅ corporate advisory boards
✅ vodka
✅ beer pong
✅ virtual cologne
Not even close.
Reporting on Trump businesses in 2026 meant covering—
✅ foreign labor
✅ UAE’s sovereign wealth
✅ SEC inquiries
✅ corporate advisory boards
✅ vodka
✅ beer pong
✅ virtual cologne
December 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I get asked if it’s boring spending 9 years on such a narrow beat.
Not even close.
Reporting on Trump businesses in 2026 meant covering—
✅ foreign labor
✅ UAE’s sovereign wealth
✅ SEC inquiries
✅ corporate advisory boards
✅ vodka
✅ beer pong
✅ virtual cologne
Not even close.
Reporting on Trump businesses in 2026 meant covering—
✅ foreign labor
✅ UAE’s sovereign wealth
✅ SEC inquiries
✅ corporate advisory boards
✅ vodka
✅ beer pong
✅ virtual cologne
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A year ago, I was gearing up to track visitors to Trump’s businesses again.
Then it hit: this term’s story on Trump profiting off the presidency would likely center on crypto.
I knew almost nothing about it.
So I watched MasterClass.
Binance founder CZ was an instructor. This was the disclaimer.
Then it hit: this term’s story on Trump profiting off the presidency would likely center on crypto.
I knew almost nothing about it.
So I watched MasterClass.
Binance founder CZ was an instructor. This was the disclaimer.
December 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A year ago, I was gearing up to track visitors to Trump’s businesses again.
Then it hit: this term’s story on Trump profiting off the presidency would likely center on crypto.
I knew almost nothing about it.
So I watched MasterClass.
Binance founder CZ was an instructor. This was the disclaimer.
Then it hit: this term’s story on Trump profiting off the presidency would likely center on crypto.
I knew almost nothing about it.
So I watched MasterClass.
Binance founder CZ was an instructor. This was the disclaimer.
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Congrats to my friends in Ireland. 🙌💪👏✊️🇮🇪👇
December 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Congrats to my friends in Ireland. 🙌💪👏✊️🇮🇪👇
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At Mother Jones, we see it time and time again: a single investigation can ripple across the world. It can expose corruption, influence policy, and inspire action.
As 2025 comes to a close, let’s revisit some of our most impactful reporting of the year 🧵
As 2025 comes to a close, let’s revisit some of our most impactful reporting of the year 🧵
December 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
At Mother Jones, we see it time and time again: a single investigation can ripple across the world. It can expose corruption, influence policy, and inspire action.
As 2025 comes to a close, let’s revisit some of our most impactful reporting of the year 🧵
As 2025 comes to a close, let’s revisit some of our most impactful reporting of the year 🧵
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Utah’s private school industry is virtually unmonitored. You know it was really bad if the state got involved
A state audit identified years of payroll discrepancies affecting 35 employees and Timpanogos Academy personnel “were unable to answer many of our questions,” auditors wrote, prompting the state charter board's review.
This Utah charter school is under review after it gave ‘little oversight’ to its bookkeeper, allowing years of payroll errors
A state audit identified years of payroll discrepancies affecting 35 employees and Timpanogos Academy personnel “were unable to answer many of our questions,” auditors wrote, prompting the state charter board's review.
www.sltrib.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Utah’s private school industry is virtually unmonitored. You know it was really bad if the state got involved