John Maen
@johnmaen.bsky.social
Justice. Fairness. Democracy. Stand with your neighbors. https://youtu.be/cwJ8glTKWRY archive.is https://kiwix.org/en/ https://ghost.org/ Portland, Oregon
hmmmm...not sure one person giving half a billion dollars to one party is a great sign of a healthy political system just not quite on board with that
David Gura@davidgura.bsky.social · 4h agoNEW, from Bloomberg News: “Elon Musk has now given more than $445 million in the current election cycle.”
3X: “At birth, Mr Vance was named James Donald Bowman, after his father, Donald Bowman.” After his mother remarried, “he became James David Hamel…After law school, J.D. married a classmate, Usha Chilukuri, and they both changed their last name to Vance” Gift link www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/u...
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2h ago“Therefore, because she used a fake name to be sworn in, I assume she must IMMEDIATELY resign from Congress. Please inform the Speaker of the House of Representatives, James Michael Johnson, that the Dumocrat Party has just conceded her seat.”
“Therefore, because she used a fake name to be sworn in, I assume she must IMMEDIATELY resign from Congress. Please inform the Speaker of the House of Representatives, James Michael Johnson, that the Dumocrat Party has just conceded her seat.”
Two things. First, watch the press reaction to this vs. how they covered ‘Biden’s Laptop!’ Second, if we know about this hack of Kushner’s phone you can bet foreign powers have had a line into Trump’s unsecured iPhone since just about day one.
Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2h agoThis is fucking insane. It reads like a bad spy novel. The corruption is almost cartoonish at this point. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...
Corruption is so corrosive and not only to the rule of law within the country but our own economic vitality.
The looting of the country by Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, the Trump sons, and their orbit of aides and friends is directly tied to *your* inability to afford housing, health care, child care, and more. It's their illegal wealth versus our ability to live.
I've now read it, 3 quick takeaways: 1) Dutch intel figured out Jared's phone was compromised because the GRU, Russian military intel, had compromised it & then someone hacked the GRU, released that info, & Dutch intel saw what the GRU had hacked from Jared's phone. 1/
Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 8h agoThis is one of the most holy sh*t stories I’ve ever read in my life. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...
I’ve been thinking about this all day.
Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗@madisonkittay.bsky.social · 10h agoSorry, I can't stop watching. 😂
RAGBRAI (The Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa) is one of the most celebrated bike rides in the world.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h agoJoe Mitchell: "Thank God you're building the ballroom. Thank God you're getting rid of those awful bike lanes. We don't ride bicycles in Iowa."
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: MeidasTouch obtained NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN photos and videos revealing devastating damage to U.S. bases from Trump's Iran war. Troops and military families describe being abandoned by their own government. “It’s so much worse than people realize.”
“So Much Worse Than People Realize”: Never-Before-Seen Images Reveal Damage at U.S. Bases as Troops Describe Being Abandoned
Service members, contractors, and military families share photos, videos, and firsthand accounts of the Iran war that they say the Pentagon has kept from the American public
meidasnews.com
Wednesday night was one to be remembered for Portland Trail Blazers' fans, with the team beating the Phoenix Suns by a cool 41 points in the first game of the season. The game marked the official return of Blazers superstar Damian Lillard, who was greeted with much fanfare.
Trail Blazers Crush Phoenix Suns in First Game of the Season - Portland Mercury
Portland is back in the warm embrace of Damian Lillard, and it feels like everything’s going to be okay. At least, it definitely felt that way during the Trail Blazers’ season opener on Wednesday nigh...
portlandmercury.com
America was a very different place as recently as the 1970's think of any crafter you know wouldn't they damn near kill to work in a local garment factory? making sewing creating for daily wages with a union behind you? fulfilling labor Reagan killed all of it now we have this disaster
derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 22h agoAn old 1978 commercial produced by the I.L.G.W.U. (International Ladies Garment Workers' Union).
Come on. This is completely insane. The John Roberts Supreme Court paved the way for oligarchs to try to destroy democracy. Obscene.
David Gura@davidgura.bsky.social · 4h agoNEW, from Bloomberg News: “Elon Musk has now given more than $445 million in the current election cycle.”
🇷🇺Putin: “The territories that Ukraine has lost do not belong to it. These are historically Russian lands. Russia does not want a war with Ukraine; Kyiv does We are ready for negotiations and to seek a way out of this difficult situation,bearing in mind that Ukrainians are a people very close to us"
If it's so insignificant to him, then let's cancel all military operations in the Middle East and bring everyone home immediately
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h agoTrump: "We're gonna Iran finished very soon. One way or the other. It's almost insignificant to me which way"
Just a periodic, friendly reminder that we could actually avoid all this by not caring who’s attracted to, who’s having sex with who, who’s marrying who, let alone believing any of it should matter in public policy. We could just all mind our own business and all have rights. ✨
Well look at that, someone with a spine.
More Perfect University@mpuniversity.bsky.social · 10h agoTrans voter to @aoc.bsky.social: Trans people in America feel like they've been abandoned by the Democratic Party, that we are a losing issue, that it's not worth defending us. What do you say to that? AOC:
Trump’s goal is to intimidate me and get me to back down. That’s not going to happen. I will not be silenced, and I will not stop fighting for my constituents.
I literally said this a year and a half ago. You could've saved yourself all this time and money if you had started conversations with other companies
Space Force scrambles as Musk’s SpaceX retires its major rocket
Other rocket-makers have faced delays getting their vehicles up and running, leaving the Pentagon in a bind.
politico.com
Coach Finstock@coachfinstock.bsky.social · last yr.TBF finding someone other than Musk to do NASA space tech is probably a good idea anyway, seeing as SpaceX is nothing more than a money funnel for Musk. Feeding endless taxpayer cash into a never completed defense project is the plot point to 80s action movie Remo Williams.
Trump Called Musk and Asked Him to Lift Ukraine Starlink Restrictions Military-grade system appeared to be working more normally on Thursday, soon after the call www.wsj.com/world/trump-...
Exclusive | Trump Called Musk and Asked Him to Lift Ukraine Starlink Restrictions
The military-grade system appeared to be working more normally on Thursday, soon after the call.
wsj.com
In addition, DPS's case report confirms that the Senatobia PD were already at the Walmart for a report of sexual harassment unrelated to the alleged shoplifting. From the videos released, it doesn't appear the officers have any idea what Vellesiya Wiley and Latoya Ferrell were doing beyond running.
It's like every day there is a headline "Techbro Creates Terrifying New Product that No-One Asked For, Valued at $1.2B"
Amy Feldman@amyfeldman7.bsky.social · 6h ago*NEW* Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey team up on a new startup to genetically engineer war dogs for the military. Warhound comes out of stealth at $1.2B valuation For @forbes.com with @iainmartin.bsky.social and @mhunterhart.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
Outrageous! Nearly 200 people granted clemency by Trump for Jan. 6 charges are suing for US compensation, including dozens convicted of attacking or impeding law enforcement www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Jan. 6 Rioters Pardoned for Assaulting Cops Now Want Taxpayer Money
Nearly 200 people granted clemency by Trump for Jan. 6 charges are suing for US compensation, including dozens convicted of attacking or impeding law enforcement
bloomberg.com
I want everyone to internalize that these fucking "A.i." companies are inflicting this shit on us KNOWINGLY. They're doing this to us. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHATEVER HAPPENS. No bailout for these creeps, ever. Let their companies and their wealth and reputation evaporate forever.
Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 15h agowrote about "Black October," the PHP vulnerability, and the AI-fueled dread and panic I'm seeing among almost all of the cybersecurity experts I've ever known. I think people w/ LLMs are brute forcing software the same way they brute forced social media w/ slop www.404media.co/php2shell-bl...
Many called Jared Kushner corrupt Many noted he took bribes from Middle Eastern autocrats, especially Saudi Arabia, skewing US foreign policy And they were right But as this reveals, he's even more corrupt and took even more money from Middle Eastern autocrats that many, even strong critics, knew
Wendy Siegelman@wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 9h agoThe Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations—Including More Than $700 Million in Transfers Excerpt from Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East, by Matthew Cole www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...
