David Wesley
@david-wesley.bsky.social
I enjoy philosophy, biking, writing, making useful things, thoughtful people, good coffee, social justice and listening to children’s ideas about life. I’m also a ninja turtle in training 🥷 🐢
Sleuth Report: Tommy Carstensen Maps Jeffrey Epstein’s Billion Dollar Money Network epsteinwiki.com/knowledge-ba...
Sleuth Report: Tommy Carstensen Maps Jeffrey Epstein’s Billion Dollar Money Network - EPSTEIN WIKI
Tommy Carstensen’s interactive Epstein money network maps 231 entities, 415 connections, major banks, trusts, investments, shell companies, and documented payments.
epsteinwiki.com
Balderdash: noun : NONSENSE “Many experts in finance and digital security have been watching with dismay as consumers and policymakers bought in to promoters’ balderdash.” — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022 www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/b...
Definition of BALDERDASH
nonsense… See the full definition
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These 11 restaurants stand out for their bold flavors, generous portions, and a knowledge of traditions that continue to reward Los Angeles with a thrilling Jamaican cuisine scene. The full guide: lataco.com/jamaican-res... By Shylah Featherstone
Comparing notes… “Those who are wise lay up knowledge, but to the mouth of the fool, ruin draws near.” ~ Proverbs 10:14 “If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.” ~ Carl Sagan
The state said it needs the records to investigate allegations of abuse at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch.
New Mexico Sues Blanche, DOJ For ‘Withholding’ Epstein Files
The state said it needs the records to investigate allegations of abuse at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch.
forbes.com
Prosecutors say Maduro’s regime hired the street gang Tren de Aragua to kill a political dissident in Chile. The Venezuelan leader suspected of ordering the hit continues to be a key player in the country’s Trump-backed government.
He’s Suspected of Hiring a Venezuelan Gang for a Political Killing. Trump Officials Still Work With Him.
Authorities say former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s regime hired Tren de Aragua to kidnap a dissident who had taken refuge in Chile. The suspected mastermind, Diosdado Cabello, remains powerf...
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Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
“And let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, if we do not give up.” ~ Paul’s letter to the Galatian church
“Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness! The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what good is wealth—except perhaps to watch it slip through your fingers!” ~ Ecclesiastes 5:10-11
BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.
SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏
Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳
“If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.” ~ Carl Sagan
“The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true.” ~ Carl Sagan
“If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then, we are up for grabs for the next charlatan (political or religious) who comes rambling along.” ~ Carl Sagan
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
Gill: All 100 senators last week passed a non-binding resolution condemning any pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. They're simultaneously considering confirming the guy who met with her and moved her to a low-security facility as the top cop in the United States. That is so insane to me.
In memory Adam Nathaniel Yauch aka MCA, American bass player, rapper and founding member of the hardcore punkrock / hip hop group Beastie Boys, born on this day in 1964, NYC Photo by Gene Ambo #punkrock #hardcorepunk #adamyauch #mca #beastieboys #history #punkrockhistory #otd
The suspicious transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell is just the most visible and outrageous example of what could become a quiet attack on the rule of the law:
Todd Blanche’s New Grip on the Federal Prison System
Critics worry a little-noticed policy shift could let the attorney general reward allies, punish enemies, and sideline longstanding Bureau of Prisons processes.
lnk.thebulwark.com
“Rather than acknowledging individual roles in what might have went wrong, each person tries to pass the blame off onto someone else. It becomes a cycle that avoids responsibility and accountability as people try to protect their reputation and prevent guilt.” www.verywellmind.com/blame-game-d...
What Is the Blame Game?
The blaming game is a way for people to avoid responsibility for problems or mistakes. Learn why people play the blame game, its effects, and how to prevent it.
verywellmind.com
Political theatre is weird; you say the things your supposed to but when they don’t have enforceable power. Which venue is the right one to actually hold corrupt politicians to account? This is where professional wrestling is an accurate comparison to how the political system actually operates.
Whitehouse: "Next we get to this crooked slush fund Trump family tax amnesty scam. We've got these two new pieces of paper. One signed only by Blanche, one not signed by anybody. Neither of which has any legal effect whatsoever. They are decorative. Can you trust Todd Blanche? I do not."
Republicans win the White House, enact trickle-down tax cuts, and collapse the economy. Feel like we've been here before? Here's why it keeps happening.
Booker: "Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in the lowest possible confinement after giving no information that helped us get one more investigation started and has been silent, and the man responsible for that we're about to make the attorney general of the US ... this is farcical."
Schiff: "The president is entitled to his own views about me or anybody else. He is not entitled, however, to use the DOJ to go after his political opponents. The day we say that's ok and the day we confirm an AG who says that's ok is the day the rule of law becomes merely an unenforceable idea."
