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Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · 12h ago

The perfect MAGA "self-made man." Mom helped him lie to investors about a drug, giving patients false hope. He cashed out for $260m, and then the stock dropped like a rock. One teacher's union retirement fund lost $1 million. Dude made his fortune on the backs of Alzheimer patients and teachers.

How Vivek Ramaswamy’s mom manipulated Alzheimer’s data and made her son rich

Vivek Ramaswamy, a billionaire and the Republican nominee in Ohio’s gubernatorial race, served as the frontman for a dubious pharmaceutical company and then cashed out weeks before its dramatic crash.

oligarchwatch.substack.com

Maia@maiamindel.bsky.social · 10h ago

people don't have the attention span for an actual scandal anymore. whiteknuckle it, wait two weeks if it's really really juicy, and you got away with it

William B. Fuckley@opinionhaver.bsky.social · 17h ago

I think Mamdani and AES show that you can get away from wacky 2020 shit by just shamelessly deleting tweets, flip flopping, etc. Doing so gets you one mildly negative cycle among politics nerds, trying to stick with it gets you Hong's Thanksgiving news cycle.

Lounge Lizards 🇨🇦 🍁@colin-dawny.bsky.social · 14h ago

👏🤞 "Hong’s path would have run through boosting youth turnout in Wisconsin’s urban centers and around college campuses. “That does not map on to where the competitive legislative races are,” Zepecki noted."

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 17h ago

Big silver lining for Dems in Francesca Hong's loss: Wisconsin Dems tell me David Crowley at top of ticket will make state legislative wins more likely, potentially enabling flipping of both chambers to Dems. That would allow Dems to redistrict long-term. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2142...

Andy Craig@andycraig.bsky.social · 12h ago

I didn't wipe my account and quit using X because I decided I like bluesky better. I stopped using a literal neo-nazi's website because I felt deep in my bones it is an immoral thing to do, and nothing about what alternatives do or don't exist will change that.

Micah@rincewind.run · 14h ago

personally I'm happy for it to stay a niche social media network that nobody cares about, having an audience here hasn't really changed my life at all and that's a good thing if it goes away at some point I'll probably just fade away, I'm not going back to twitter and threads doesn't interest me

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 14h ago

will Third Way's "Director of Anti-Extremism" have a secondary focus on America's Nazi-curious fascist Right, which currently controls our federal government, or will it be 100% focused on DSA members who currently control not a damn thing?

Jared Holt@jaredlholt.bsky.social · 14h ago

The "centrist" think tank Third Way is looking to pay someone between $140,000 and $150,000 to spend their days trying to dig up dirt on DSA members. They're trying to sell this gig as "anti-extremism" work, which I find completely disgusting.

from job listing: As the Director of Anti-Extremism, a typical day might include… Assembling and updating a database of the DSA’s most extreme ideas and statements and a repository of voting records, affiliations, and issue positions to make available to allies and partners; Leading public opinion research to identify and test the contrasts that move base voters away from these extreme candidates; Overseeing the development of memos, talking points, rapid response materials, and other products that make the case against these extreme forces in American politics; Promoting and marketing our research and materials to ensure they reach decisionmakers quickly, repeatedly, and at scale through a coordinated distribution infrastructure; Recruiting and arming a group of young, diverse spokespeople to fight the DSA from a center-left perspective and assembling a broad coalition of organizational partners to make the case against extremism; Running an earned media program to create a drumbeat of our message in op-eds, television appearances, podcasts, and traditional and digital media engagement.