Sandymaxey
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I am no one of any consequence. Public policy for two decades. Nurse for two decades. Older than dirt, and wiser for the effort.
PANTONE 448 C FTW
Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 11h agoThis is low key one of the most important popular studies that supports the societal importance of art history. So much so that I am doing everyone here a solid by not allowing the article preview to show, the images of which will haunt you for life. english.elpais.com/health/2026-...
If only we had a working CDC run by a real doctor, not a heroin addicted brain worm ... 🤬 www.whsv.com/2026/08/05/v...
VDH confirms first case of dengue virus in Virginia
The Virginia Department of Health has confirmed the commonwealth’s first case of dengue, a virus transmitted through mosquito bites, in northern Virginia.
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Meh. He is trying to break it, and sell it off for parts. Like private equity or the mob
Linda D@busia11182020.bsky.social · 11h agoIt really seems that his objective is to destroy our country.
ICE set a record in July. 51,000 arrests. Yet…we watch the biggest criminal in US history…walk around unscathed.
Somehow things that would have been a background gag in a Verhoeven movie are now just real
NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social piece: So much of the joint United States-Japanese currency intervention last Friday makes sense, even considering Bessent's silly theatrics. Yet some strange choices "under the hood" portend danger for the global financial system www.crisesnotes.com/a-hidden-geo...
A Hidden Geopolitical Threat to the Global Financial System? Oddities in the U.S.-Japanese Yen Intervention
This is a Premium Piece of Notes on the Crises. If Notes on the Crises gets enough paid subscriptions or tips associated with this piece, it will be unlocked. Given that I’ve committed to ma...
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Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
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"Generative AI is catnip to the men who miss female sycophants." Really astute article here: katemanne.substack.com/p/a-culture-...
A Culture Hooked on Generative AI is a Culture that Misses Female Sycophants
And we have missed a central reason why AI is a feminist issue
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THE $168 BILLION WAS TAKEN ILLEGALLY AND THE GOVERNMENT DIDN’T WANT TO GIVE IT BACK. Kill me I’ve wasted my life.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayBessent: "Here at the Treasury, I had $168 billion of tariff revenues that we're gonna have to refund. So when the Democrats scream, "Oh, the refunds should go back to the American people!', well, the American people had it, it was in the Treasury and it was paying down the debt."
“I can’t give anyone a view into my heart and mind but I can split some meaningless platitudes that say nothing about my views”. All we can do is judge people by their actions, and we can look at what’s happened at CBS News to see clearly that Ellison is full of shit.
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d agoGenuinely a choice to give the son of a billionaire column space to argue for him to further consolidate the media, especially given the pretty abysmal track record of on journalism he has already implemented at CBS
From Stuart Greenberg: GOP Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis are assholes!! If they really wanted to do the right thing, they’d use their new found power to get all the Epstein Files released before voting to advance Todd Blanche. Instead they roll over, sit up and perform on cue.
As I’ve traveled the state, I’ve heard how difficult it is to get by now. I want to make life easier for North Carolinians, and that starts with making stuff cost less. My opponent only wants to make life easier for his friends in DC.
Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
An impotent leverage point. If that is all there is within our current framework, then…
Arbaz Kakkar5@arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 2d agoIf you can’t impeach a President for laundering money, War crimes, corruption, Market Manipulations, illegal Wars nowadays, what can you impeach them for?
I have few heroes. She is one of mine. A fascinating and audacious woman. I truly admire her.
David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · 2d agoToday's Prospect Patriot is Frances Perkins. She saw the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory go ablaze in 1911 and her life changed. "The New Deal was born that day," she said. 22 years later she'd be America's first female cabinet member. prospect.org/2026/08/04/a...
The billionaire class is both a threat and an embarrassment to humanity.
When firefighters battling the Rowe Creek Complex fire faced water and food disruptions at Spray Fire Camp in Spray, Oregon, the community stepped up to provide for tired and hungry crews.
Fire Season: Contamination Warning Disrupts Kitchen at an Oregon Fire Camp
This story was originally published by The Times Journal. EDITOR’S NOTE: It’s another fire season and, once again, fire crews are fighting blazes that scorch untold thousands of acres across the West. But firefighting is much more than being on the front lines of the actual fire. It’s a massive logistical undertaking to keep the operations going, as well as work that comes after the last of the flames are put out.
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The framing that women’s rights are “minority rights” is especially revealing. Women are 51% of the US population. We’re not a minority. What women share with actual minorities is the idea that women are not fit to be full members of the political community.
It always gets me when major organizations or local governments immediately fold to some fash nonsense because "they'd sue us!" So? You've got a legal department. Quit whining and tell them to go do their goddamn jobs.
NEWS: For nearly 20 years, Epstein moved over $1B through the major banks. The banks looked away. Sen. Wyden’s 3-year probe exposes it all. But most damning? How Trump and the GOP tried to bury it.
Follow the Money: How Wall Street Bankrolled Epstein, and How the Trump Administration and CBS are Blocking The Truth
For nearly two decades, Jeffrey Epstein moved more than a billion dollars through some of the biggest banks in America. He withdrew millions in unexplained
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I think his is an important point, if only as a break in the Snowballing Doom of Inevitability narrative. Like maybe?…. But I have fallen for the audacity of hope before so take this with a grain of salt
MaddowBlog@maddowblog.bsky.social · 2d agoJames Talarico tells Rachel Maddow that if Democrats win the Senate seat he is running for, "I think we can build the political will to restore the Voting Rights Act." Watch:
If we weren't so broken, divided and led by corrupt rapists, this would be the biggest story of the week. But barely a blip. apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump accounts were closed in 2021 due to concerns over possible money laundering, Capital One says
Capital One closed President Donald Trump’s accounts in mid-2021 after flagging financial activity that resembled money laundering.
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Mid player auditioning for a talk show with Gaines. Blonde Outrage
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoLMAOOO -- Sophie Cunningham committed a foul on this play! Every time she gets boxed out it's a scandal on Fox News. Truly beyond parody.
Directly related to RFK Jr's cuts to CDC which used to track this parasite. Now it has spread to 40+ states and causes "explosive diarrhea" apnews.com/article/mich...
Michigan reports the first 2 US deaths related to a diarrhea-causing parasite
State health officials say two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan. They are the first confirmed deaths in the U.S. related to the microscopic parasite.
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It’s not safe to eat anything anymore.. I literally had one from Publix for dinner tonight. Just something quick and easy for when I was eating alone. Great.. just great!
