jay gibbs
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this might be hard to hear but it's you not me
😳 On 9/29/26, Argentina’s Supreme cleared the way for President Javier Milei’s administration to scrap historical restrictions on foreign land ownership, opening the door to the likes of Peter Thiel & Sam Altman who have shown great interest in the region … 1/ share.google/t7nTsPAkbpC8...
Supreme Ct clears way for Milei to scrap limits on foreign land purchases
Opposition parties condemn the ruling, question its scope and warn that it leaves the door open to unrestricted foreign ownership of rural land.
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End of the world The Globe and Mail by @deAdder Substack: deadder.substack.com/p/end-of-the...
End of the world
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I questioned the government chatbot about Trump’s attacks on voting. Here’s what it said. newsletters.democracydocket.com/-17907830690...
Even Trump's AI won't back his election lies
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Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. (Published April 2023)
Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor
Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me tha...
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DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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This story brought me back to Kara, one of the mothers in my book, There Is No Place for Us. She was homeless with her four kids while driving for DoorDash. They had to pee in bottles so bathroom stops wouldn't make her late. After gas, she earned $6.50 an hour—75 cents less than the minimum wage.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · last wk.DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
Jack Smith gets what he’s been seeking.. a public hearing to answer questions about his criminal case against Trump. Tuesday. At the US Senate
Citizens of Springfield, Missouri showed up to a city council meeting to discuss the city’s Flock contract. The mayor shut them down and arrested two people for ‘disruption of meetings of city council.’
Woman Arrested After City Council Denies Residents Right to Speak on Flock Cameras
Citizens of Springfield, Missouri showed up to a city council meeting to discuss the city’s Flock contract. The mayor shut them down and arrested two people for ‘disruption of meetings of city council.’
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NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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NEW AD: Ken Paxton loves to make false claims about James Talarico’s record on China. But he’s been hiding his own. Paxton took an all-expenses-paid trip to China to meet with Communist Party leaders — then took massive donations from China-linked real estate developers.
Ossoff: "Georgians deserve to know the full extent of the congressman's ties to some of the nation's most notorious white nationalists. I am calling on the congressman to release these files in full."
Ossoff: "The congressman voted to accelerate the insolvency of Social Security so that he could pass anothe tax break for his wealthy donors and corporate America. And so step one to strengthening Social Security is to repeal the Collins-Trump law."
🚨 7 of 9 planetary boundaries breached, at the highest levels ever recorded‼️ 🚨Scientists have delivered an unambiguous verdict: the safe operating space for humanity is collapsing. Climate. Biosphere integrity. Freshwater. Land systems. Ocean acidification. www.linkedin.com/posts/lotte-...
‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn | Lotte Leicht
🚨 7 of 9 planetary boundaries breached, at the highest levels ever recorded‼️ 🚨Scientists have delivered an unambiguous verdict: the safe operating space for humanity is collapsing. Climate. Biosphe...
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Susan Collins is a crook. Trump covered up for her. ProPublica has the story.
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Peter Thiel has the wheel: “US Deputy Secty of Defense Stephen Feinberg has drafted a memo directing Defense Department subordinates to purchase up to $243.9 M in services from…[Thiel’s] Palantir…without a competitive bidding process…The memo’s subject line is called ‘Funding Palantir’.” 8/11/26…1/
Give Palantir up to $244M through 2028, says internal Defense Department memo
Draft memo taps AI data analysis biz for help with military production efficiency
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I can’t believe how little media coverage any of this is getting. Russia is escalating across Europe, Poland is warning of possible Russian strikes on NATO countries, and Lithuania is preparing evacuation routes in the event of a military attack. You wouldn’t know it from our media
Lithuania Prepares Evacuation Route to Poland in Case of Russian Attack
With warnings growing that Russia could launch a military attack against NATO countries, Lithuania and Poland are getting ready.
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First, Trump takes “steps to chip away at American Bar Association's power to accredit law schools” Now, the “university” founded by Bari Weiss & Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale is building the “future of legal education, w/ support from the Federalist Society” but without ABA accreditation. 1/
I am proud that today Elias Law Group filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the DSCC and 37 Democratic Senators opposing the Trump administration's misuse of government data as a part of their voter suppression scheme.
Apparently it is of no concern to any Republicans that Trump and Bessent are taking in billions of dollars from plundered Venezuelan oil and nobody knows where the money is, where is has been going, if anyone is getting proceeds, with no accounting of any of it made available.
NEW: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito mounted a failing defense of President Donald Trump’s effort to restrict mail voting after the majority of the Court refused to let the restrictions take effect before the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Alito, Thomas stand by Trump mail voting rule the rest of Supreme Court rejected
In a dissent joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, Alito offered the high court’s only defense of Trump’s attempt to clamp down on mail voting just weeks before the midterms.
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🚨BREAKING: In a major win for voters, the Supreme Court Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to reinstate its mail voting restrictions ahead of November’s pivotal midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to revive mail voting restrictions ahead of midterms, in huge win for voters
Read more here.
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Some Dems are running away from trans people. Abdul El-Sayed, Dem Senate Candidate in Michigan, is running towards them. When asked, he fully and unequivocally support trans youth care as a matter between parents, patients, and doctors. Subscribe to support our journalism.
"The Decision Ought To Be Between A Patient And Their Doctor," Says Michigan Senate Candidate El-Sayed On Trans Care
Even conservatives “agree that the decision about healthcare ought to be between a person and their provider,” El-Sayed said.
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Russia has started generating disinformation and fake content to attack US midterms. The same Matryoshka bot network involved in attacks on recent elections in Europe has now shifted focus. Will do Something this week to explain it in detail. theins.ru/news/297094
Бот-сеть «Матрёшка» начала кампанию по вмешательству в выборы в Конгресс: «знаменитости» призывают не голосовать за «демократов-педофилов»
Российская бот-сеть «Матрёшка» начала кампанию по вмешательству в промежуточные выборы в Конгресс США. Исследователи проекта «Блокировщик ботов», отслеживающие…
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For over 10 years, Trump has delegitimized elections through propaganda and lies. We must not fall for his antics as we get close to the midterms. The most important thing any of can do is reject his lies and turn out loudly and proudly.
NEW: Democrats accused Trump of trying to "rig the election" after a whistleblower revealed DHS agents were directed to build cases against noncitizen voters at a rate of five cases per hour. “Americans should not have to fear being targeted by their own government,” Sen. Schumer said.
Democratic senators blast Trump scheme to ‘rig the election’ by illegally accessing voter data, following whistleblower claims
“It’s unreliable data, combined with data they couldn’t get through failed litigation, being used to manufacture allegations and misidentify individuals as an ‘unlawful voter’ and that false label has...
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May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies. May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism. This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs. Vaccinate your pets please.
