60 Minutes Quietly Killed Story About Epstein’s Shady Banking Tactics Senator Ron Wyden sat for an interview with correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi about Jeffrey Epstein’s bank transactions. Alfonsi was fired for other reasons shortly after, & the story never aired. | TNR newrepublic.com/post/213927/...

60 Minutes Quietly Killed Story About Epstein’s Shady Banking Tactics

Senator Ron Wyden sat for an interview with correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi about Jeffrey Epstein’s bank transactions. Alfonsi was fired for other reasons shortly after, and the story never aired.

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We tried nothing, and we're all out of ideas.

John Cornyn On Not Ending Trump Tax Deal, Slush Fund: We Did Our Best

The Texas Republican explained why he switched to “yes” on Todd Blanche even as the Justice Department continues to defend the president’s tax immunity deal.

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#NOCHA (No One Could Have Anticipated)

Maggie Harrison Dupré@mharrisondupre.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW: A large trove of Claude-generated documents have been exposed to the web and indexed by Google. We reviewed what appear to be real medical records, the full names and phone numbers of school-aged children, and company documents marked for internal use only. futurism.com/artificial-i...

Never forget.

Paul Eric@pauleric70.bsky.social · 3d ago

This aged well 😎

Must-read thread about the emperor’s new AI

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 4d ago

Neoclassical econ assumes rationality. The corollary of, "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" is "you're rich, so you must be very smart!" Thus, people assume that if powerful, well-compensated CEOs insist that "AI is changing everything," well then, *AI must be changing everything*. 1/

This is our future, too.

Social Media Lab@socialmedialab.ca · 3d ago

Question: Tell me what happened at Tiananmen Square in 1989. Here are the answers from two popular open-source Chinese AI models.

A former Epstein assistant recalls gross phone conversations between Trump and Epstein on a speakerphone. 4/6🧵

The reason Blanche refused to put the killing of the immunity deal in writing remains a complete mystery.

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 6d ago

Oh, it's bad. He doesn't say Blanche is pulled, but, he does. I think the only fair reading of this is that Trump is not willing to let Blanche back down on the audit immunity.

Too many horrors committed by the Trump regime to keep track of. They are determined to duplicate every historical form of colonialist violence and lawlessness.

Marie Cerda@primalux.thedeadbird.club · 7d ago

Fucking hell

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

The largest-scale protection racket in history.

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · last wk.

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

"Just slightly ahead of our time" was a slogan for Panasonic for many years. They aren't using it anymore. I think The Onion has earned it.

The Onion@theonion.com · last wk.

GigSlave Goes Public With $84 Billion Valuation

Never underestimate the ability of the Democratic Part to seize defeat from the jaws of victory.

Why The Embattled DNC Chair Probably Isn’t Going Anywhere

Ousting Ken Martin just isn’t worth the trouble — at least for now.

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These thugs weren't hired in spite of their violence and sexual aggression. They were hired because of them.

America's Voice@americasvoice.bsky.social · last wk.

The agent who killed Johan Sebastián wasn't an outlier. A recent report by the Ohio Immigrant Alliance, found that of the 59 agents it identified, "85% percent had been charged with or convicted of sex offenses, with nearly two-thirds targeting children." ✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social

"The USA is engaged in a war of choice to defeat itself."

Midweek Update #20: Each Day The US Weakens Itself

What It Means For US-China Relations

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There were 2 different health-related questions I looked up today, and complete ignored links to CDC and DHS web pages because no way I trust a goddamned thing they say now. What a tragedy that is.

"In charging a man for allegedly typing in a duress password which wiped his privacy-focused GrapheneOS phone, the U.S. government is trying to intimidate other activists from protecting their data and participating in social movements, Samuel Tunick, the man charged" www.404media.co/the-governme...

‘The Government Hopes To Set a Precedent’: An Interview With the Man Charged for Allegedly Wiping His GrapheneOS Phone

The U.S. government has charged Samuel Tunick with allegedly typing in a passcode to wipe his phone before officers could search it. “I hope people understand that the charges against me are meant to ...

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A useful reminder: nothing is ever so bad that it can’t get even worse.

Susan Rinkunas@susanrinkunas.com · last wk.

Todd Blanche is not a shoo-in for Attorney General. A cadre of forced birth enthusiasts on the Senate judiciary committee are seizing on this weakness to try to extract some anti-abortion wins in exchange for their votes. Me in @ballsandstrikes.org:

The Man From Nantucket, directed by John Waters

Jamie McKelvie@mckelvie.bsky.social · last wk.

Plums In The Icebox, coming from Denis Villeneuve in 2028

WTF? This is devastating and ominous.

Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · last wk.

BREAKING: In a loss for voters, the D.C. Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling upholding parts of Trump's executive order targeting mail voting, including allowing: ✔️DHS to build a citizenship registry ✔️USPS to withhold mail ballots from states that don't share voter data with the government

I hesitate to post anything from Xitter, but this is everything vile and disgraceful about the White House Press Corpse and their fucking prom night.

Keith Edwards (@keithedwards) on X

NBC's kristen welker was caught laughing it up with Stepehen Miller.

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GM CEO Mary Barra is introducing Trump at his rally. Something to keep in mind if you're in the market for a vehicle anytime soon.

#NOCHA No One Could Have Anticipated

A Whole Bunch of People's Claude Chats Are Publicly Accessible Online, and There's Some Wildly Private Stuff in There

A trove of documents generated by Anthropic's Claude were indexed by Google. They included medical records and student information.

futurism.com

Once again, we were right, but too soon.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Enten on the 67 point swing (!!!) against Israel among Americans: "We're not just talking about the Democratic base anymore. The general electorate has turned against Israel. This is not just a left issue. It's an American issue. The trend line is unbelievable."

Local Man Wins Big At Poker Using Marked Deck

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

Don Jr.'s investment firm posts a 200% return: Jr. leads 1789 Capital, which has repeatedly bought shares in private companies before they've gone public, "often by leveraging their political and business connections to secure a stake." Many of those companies have major federal contracts.

Disgraceful. Simply disgraceful.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w ago

“.. the Trump administration decided to remove four service members killed this past weekend from the list .. because their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a cease-fire ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...

Trump doing a great job of disproving the “globalist” conspiracy theories.

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 2w ago

yesterday's story was that this wasn't included and that this reflected dropping Israel from regional decision-making (which made sense on various fronts). but things change, it seems.

When the Pentagon announced a $620 million loan last year to a startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the company tried to tamp down suspicions of cronyism. We found that the request came directly from the White House. (Published May)

The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.

About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company.

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Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.

Tomorrow, the House will vote on the NDAA, which includes a provision to merge parts of our military with the IDF. This amendment is an existential threat to American sovereignty and democracy. Every member of Congress must vote NO.