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I was a knitter, I am a writer, and I will pet all the cats.

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Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 16h ago

Michael Flynn got paid by the Russian government to do anti-American propaganda, got paid by the Turkish government to conspire to break US laws, and now got paid by the US government for helping cover up a hostile anti-American foreign intelligence operation, ensuring perpetrators got away with it.

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 17h ago

🧵🧵🧵 A scandal that hardly anyone knows happened is Trump giving traitor Michael Flynn $1.25 million in your tax money. Flynn, Trump’s 1st national security adviser, pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI but was pardoned by Trump. He sued, alleging "weaponization," and DOJ paid him in March. 1/4🧵

ProPublica@propublica.org · 3d ago

Roger Shoffstall spent three years in prison for evading income taxes. It hasn’t stopped the FCC from sending him $1 million a year to sell obsolete internet service in Alaska. The money comes from a special government subsidy program. You help pay for it. (Published May w/ @adn.com)

This Convicted Felon Gets $1 Million a Year to Sell Obsolete Internet Service. You Pay for It.

Roger Shoffstall spent three years in prison for tax evasion. Still, each year the federal government pays his Alaska company, Summit Telephone, for internet service that’s slower than in most of the ...

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Freedom of the Press Foundation@freedom.press · 6d ago

Like documentaries? Then you probably don’t want the two largest privately held news archives — the lifeblood of documentary film — under the same ownership. Especially when that ownership kisses up to politicians by censoring their critics.

Film producers warn Paramount-Warner merger could restrict access to news archives

By Dawn Chmielewski and Paul Sandle LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, July 30 (Reuters) - A group of film producers has urged the British culture minister to intervene in the proposed merger of Paramount Skyda...

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ProPublica@propublica.org · 6d ago

The DOGE team was acting like “a bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time,” former SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek said. (Published Sept. 2025)

The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security

DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...

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Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · last wk.

"By the end of 2030," reports NYT, the amount of energy used by data centers"is expected to quadruple, eclipsing the power used by all countries in South America and Africa combined." This is extinctionism.

ProPublica@propublica.org · 2w ago

Trump administration officials earlier this year killed a federal criminal investigation into the coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice, the Republican former governor of West Virginia and a close ally of the president’s. (Published June)

Trump Administration Killed Criminal Investigation of GOP Senator’s Coal Companies

EPA and Justice Department officials were looking into potential criminal violations by the vast coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice. Then the Office of the Deputy Attorney General told them “pencil...

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Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2w ago

Republicans' gas price problem is worse than it seems: Of the 46% of Americans who said gas prices will have an impact on their vote, just under 40% said they're considering voting for a different party than they normally would — including 49% of MAGA Republicans and 57% of non-MAGA Republicans.

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 2w ago

If you are the DOJ, it is unprecedented to lose 17 straight voting cases in 17 different courts without winning a single one. It's even more remarkable when 8 of them were decided by judges appointed by Trump. How long will the networks ignore this? How long will Trump?

Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, the Philippines, Israel. Which country is next? Thiel’s network is moving fast while the MSM has a snooze fest.

Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social · 2w ago

👀 Argentine politician Maximilian Ferraro warns that Argentina’s government joined "Pax Silica"—a global AI initiative led by Under Secretary of State Jacob Helberg (former advisor to Palantir’s CEO)—& negotiated critical resources without informing Congress. He is requesting transparency. 1/

maxi ferraro • @maxiferr... •7h O Translated from Spanish Show original THE GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATED OUR RESOURCES WITHOUT INFORMING CONGRESS Argentina joined "Pax Silica," an agreement promoted by the United States on critical minerals, energy, semiconductors, and artificial intelligence. The accession was signed by Ambassador Alec Oxenford in Washington, under orders from Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno. The problem? The Government moved forward without providing information to Congress. +
Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Politico & Business Insider are owned by German publisher Axel Springer. Palantir CEO Alex Karp served on its supervisory board until 2020, then joined its shareholder committee (dissolved due to restructuring in 2025). The publisher is now bestowing an award on Palantir founder Peter Thiel. 1/

As a consequence, the Supervisory Board is again complete with nine members. Dr. Alexander Karp, 52, Co-Founder and CEO of Palantir Tech-nologies, Iris Knobloch, 56, Président-Directeur Géneral of Warner Bros. France S.A., and Dr. Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, 60, Managing Partner and CEO of TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG, resigned their positions on Axel Springer's Supervisory Board on 31 December 2019. Dr. Alexander Karp has meanwhile become a member of the shareholder committee which was formed as part of the agreement between the major shareholders. Chairman of the shareholder committee is Dr. Mathias Döpfner, 56, CEO of Axel Springer SE. Deputy Chairman is Johannes Huth. Further members of the committee are Friede Springer, Henry Kravis, 76, Co-Founde Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of KKR, and Philipp Freise
Freedom of the Press Foundation@freedom.press · 2w ago

Even the Mafia says families are off limits. Trump’s hangers-on should be sending the Times thank-you cards, not subpoenas for keeping Trump’s unsafe bribe plane grounded with its reporting. Our full statement: freedom.press/issues/trump...

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The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2w ago

The Trump administration sought the phone records of several New York Times journalists and their relatives — including one reporter’s mother — in its effort to unmask the confidential sources who had provided information about the security capabilities of President Trump’s new Air Force One jet.

Freedom of the Press Foundation@freedom.press · 2w ago

In one of the dumbest arguments we've ever heard, a judge in New Orleans is trying to claim that "open court" means a judge is present on the bench, not that the courtroom is open to the public. 🤦‍♀️ pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incident...

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker@pressfreedomtracker.us · 4w ago

Investigative producer @dcmonteverde.bsky.social was handcuffed and detained by sheriff’s deputies after a judge barred WWL-TV and other media outlets from covering a court proceeding that revealed the indictment of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill in New Orleans on July 2.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2w ago

He is absolutely not "showing us the receipts." He has zero actual evidence, nothing at all. He's been laughed out of five dozen courts and just has rumors and conspiracy theories. Speaker Waylon Smithers can lie all he wants, but this is utter nonsense.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Q: Do you think it would serve your most vulnerable members if Trump stopped relitigiating the 2020 election & moved on? JOHNSON: Well, I didn't hear him in that address relitigate the 2020 election. This is about making sure people have faith in our election system.. He is showing you the receipts

Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social · 2w ago

I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:

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CREW@citizensforethics.org · 2w ago

NEW: Trump amassed a record-high revenue of over $117 million from overseas business interests last year, according to CREW analysis. These developments bring with them a raft of new conflicts of interest to a degree that is unprecedented—even for Trump.

Trump’s foreign revenue exploded during his first year back in office - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

President Donald Trump raked in record-high revenue of over $117 million from overseas business interests last year.

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Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 2w ago

I've been teaching my National Security Law students about the "Alien Terrorist Removal Court" for 20 years. Now that the Trump administration is using it for the first time (ever), today's "One First" looks at what it actually *does,* why it exists, and where we should (and shouldn't) be concerned:

239. The Alien Terrorist Removal Court

The Trump administration has activated a secret 30-year-old court that's never been used. Here's what we know, and why we should (and shouldn't) be worried.

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