New reporting from @publiccitizen.bsky.social finds Trump has made at least $1.4B from his crypto ventures. Meanwhile, his investors have been saddled with $4.7B in losses. The conman-in-chief's grifts are making him even richer — and endangering our entire financial system in the process.
Trump's Crypto Corruption, Explained
Trump's crypto corruption is off the charts.Here's how the president's latest grift could endanger our democracy and cra
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This should be setting off alarm bells. Service members trying to leave the military on moral grounds have surged to SIX TIMES the normal rate since Trump’s war with Iran began in February.
It’s been almost 90 days since the American people have seen or heard from Mitch McConnell. We’re still paying his salary.
Remember that time South Koreans rose up and arrested their president because he tried to incite AN INSURRECTION? Be like the South Koreans! 🇰🇷
So much more than a Country Music Superstar. Philanthropist, humanitarian, defender of diversity & fierce advocate for the working class, she helped fund the Moderna Covid vaccine & donated 332+ million books to children. Thank you, Dolly. We will always love you.♥️ #RIP
Dolly Parton, Hardscrabble Storyteller Turned Global Entertainer, Dead at 80
Dolly Parton, country music legend, dead at 80.
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Companies have a responsibility to protect the privacy of their users. That responsibility does not end simply because they wish to avoid the ire of this administration. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Some Tech Companies Have Privately Pushed Back on ICE Subpoenas. They
When companies receive these unlawful subpoenas, they should be clear with the public that they will not hand over the data unless a court compels them to do so.
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Where are the journalists? We need answers..... we need facts....
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan plans to stop paying certain kinds of mental healthcare professionals for the care they provide. We showed up to find out what it would mean and what we can do about it. It's dangerous. No insurance company should have this much power. Patients over profit.
Looks like @theguardian.com was able to find the fraudster who tried to manipulate multiple elections with #disinformation.
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · last wk.Exclusive: Rahil Prakash tells the Guardian: ‘I wanted to see if fake polls could penetrate the ecosystem that easily’
Mark Zuckerberg should be regarded in the same way Andrew Tate is for the insidious and intentional damage he does to young men
Maggie Harrison Dupré@mharrisondupre.bsky.social · last wk.NEW: Teen boys are using smart glasses — mainly Meta's AI Glasses — to film themselves harassing classmates at school, following girls around and "rizzing" them or "ragebaiting" them w/ insults. In several videos we reviewed, girls plead w/ the poster to stop filming. futurism.com/artificial-i...
NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin is attempting to present Russia’s poor economic performance in a positive light as he is unable to conceal the damage that over four years of war and Ukrainian long-range strikes have done to the Russian economy. 🧵(1/10) Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar081926
This is the same person who shamed Kamala Harris for supposedly sleeping her way to success. She can take a seat and STFU.
This is a good piece, and also a very good time to remind people that what DHS is up to is a feature, not a bug. The feds have a *very* long history of spying on/targeting leftists. The Trump admin is turning up the dial on that as far as it will go.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last wk.Trump's covert surveillance of anti-ICE protesters is much worse than we thought. I dug into this and found that DHS agents secretly spied on over a dozen meetings of left-leaning groups, all protected by First Amendment. The details are unnerving. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2144...
Greg Sargent looks deeply into court documents about the Trump regime's outrageous spying on nonviolent anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota. In one case, it appears that an undercover federal agent tried to entrap protesters with talk of illegal "direct action."
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last wk.Trump's covert surveillance of anti-ICE protesters is much worse than we thought. I dug into this and found that DHS agents secretly spied on over a dozen meetings of left-leaning groups, all protected by First Amendment. The details are unnerving. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2144...
"I don’t care." That's what an ICE agent said to a U.S. citizen after pointing a gun in her face as she told them she was an American. & her story is just one of three U.S. citizens targeted by immigration agents in one week. Mass deportation was never about public safety. ✍️: @tusk81.bsky.social
When It Comes to ICE, No One Is Off-Limits
“From the beginning, mass deportation was never about public safety. It was always about targeting anyone and everyone this administration deems undesirable, for whatever reason.”
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Fascism. ICE is just his paramilitary out of control force. 'Immigration' is just a tool to inflame the less educated and more racist poor; meant to divide the citizens. Abolish ICE.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · last wk.We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.
ICE arranged deportation flights to Tehran while the US bombed Iran — and honored Iran's request to hand over three named people. One man wasn't even on the manifest. They sent him anyway. https://oturu.online/cycles/2026-08-18-ice-worked-with-iranian-regime-to-set-up-deportation-flights
The unhinged ICE agent falsely accused Carolina Molina of trying to run him over with her car. Lies, lies, lies. When she “explained to the ICE agents that she had dashcam footage of the moments leading up to one of them pointing a gun at her, they soon departed w/out arresting or detaining her.”
America's Voice@americasvoice.bsky.social · last wk."I don’t care." That's what an ICE agent said to a U.S. citizen after pointing a gun in her face as she told them she was an American. & her story is just one of three U.S. citizens targeted by immigration agents in one week. Mass deportation was never about public safety. ✍️: @tusk81.bsky.social
On the left: Oliver North, convicted for his role in illegally selling missiles to Iran during the Reagan administration. On the right: Fox News “military analyst” Oliver North, who thinks Iran shouldn’t have missiles. Same guy. Same Oliver North.
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'The Trump Bump': Demand for Canadian Citizenship Soars as Americans Try to Flee Disastrous Second Term | Common Dreams
Americans are fleeing Trump's racist regime, seeking refuge in Canada. Citizenship applications surge as archivists scramble to prove eligibility.
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I wish the story wasn’t, “Trump yelled at a female reporter again”, but instead was, “The press corps stood up for the female reporter who was disrespected by Trump.”
If the people responsible for foreign policy in the Trump administration were actively trying to destroy the US's global influence, and thus its power, it's hard to imagine what they'd have done differently in the last few days - let alone the last 18 months.
Ruth Deyermond@ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 2y agoAnd here we are, three weeks in. Unmanaged hegemonic decline doesn't really do justice to either the speed or the lack of control - less like an unmanaged decline and more like a drunk gibbon roller skating down a greased ski-jump.
Obama left office with an Iran nuclear deal and the Strait of Hormuz OPEN. Trump tore up that deal with no nuclear agreement to replace it. Iran then expanded its nuclear program.
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This is a total clown show. John Solomon is infamous for promoting unproven claims.
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · last mo.Here's John Solomon ambling away from MS NOW's Vaughn Hillyard after he admits that there's no intelligence that shows any votes were flipped in the 2020 election. He blurts out "I'm researching" and "not yet" when Hillyard presses if he has proof the election was stolen. x.com/VaughnHillya...
Dystopian. Hugh Hewitt. John Solomon. The National Archives.
David Corn@davidcorn.bsky.social · 2y agoSCOOP: 31-year-old Trump operative pushes out the acting archivist to make way for Trump's own appointment. Possible replacements include Hugh Hewitt and John Solomon. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
