Face it. The Court is captured by right-wing billionaire interests, just the way railroad barons used to capture the railroad rate commissions, or mining barons the mine safety commissions. Look up “regulatory capture” or “agency capture.” thehill.com/opinion/judi...
Just admit it: The Supreme Court is political
Let’s face it, the Supreme Court has dug itself into a hole, and it just keeps digging.
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H/t to @hcrichardson.bsky.social for reminding me of this article by @natashabertrand.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com documenting how Trump's purge of the DOJ and FBI in his first term focused on experts in money laundering and organized crime. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump’s Top Targets in the Russia Probe Are Experts in Organized Crime
Some of President Trump’s favorite targets in the Russia probe have spent their careers in the Justice Department and the FBI investigating organized crime and money laundering, particularly as they p...
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Pilots and air traffic controllers have been warning for years that people would die if the military kept interfering with GPS. spectrum.ieee.org/faa-files-re...
FAA Files Reveal a Surprising Threat to Airline Safety: the U.S. Military's GPS Tests
Military tests that jam and spoof GPS signals are an accident waiting to happen
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i know votes are still being counted but the more i look at this michigan senate map the more it becomes clear that it kind of looks like a mitten
I love this painting! Happy Birthday former POTUS Barack Obama! You’re 65 today! Dig that tan suit!
If you thought John Mitchell or Bill Barr were bad… just you wait.
My husband said, if the abuse didn't happen, how does he remember dinner was 6 days later. 6 days later than what exactly?
Anne Frank was arrested on this day in 1944. History rarely returns wearing the same uniform, it returns asking the same thing of ordinary people: Will you sit down and look away? Or will you stand up and fight? #Resist
So tidy that B of A and Chase are also two of the biggest US banks for fossil fuel, along with Citi and Wells Fargo. Investing in harm since....
Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · yesterdayBombshell 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:
JUST IN: Rep. Don Beyer wins nomination in 8th Congressional District Democratic primary
JUST IN: Rep. Don Beyer wins nomination in 8th Congressional District Democratic primary | ALXnow
Rep. Don Beyer has earned the Democratic nomination for the 8th Congressional District in Tuesday's primary election. The congressman, who is seeking his seventh term, defeated four challengers — former...
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BREAKING: Beyer, de Ferranti cruising to victory in primary
BREAKING: Beyer, de Ferranti cruising to victory in primary | ARLnow.com
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and County Board Chair Matt de Ferranti are cruising to victory in tonight's Democratic primaries, with returns showing both incumbents far ahead of their challengers. The Associated...
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The news story about Donald Trump being desperate for immunity for tax fraud & the news story about Donald Trump being kicked to the curb by Capital One for widespread money laundering are RELATED.
BREAKING: The newly elected Prime Minister of Hungary announced that Netanyahu will be arrested if he enters Hungary.
FYI: Blanche rescinded the ORDER establishing the slush fund, not the underlying “settlement.” The settlement says any changes must be agreed to by ALL parties, not just Todd. This “rescission” isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.
My neighborhood does not have Jimothy! But we do have Monkey. Little buddy was out when I did my walk this morning. I think she's been sleeping in lately. I haven't seen her in a long time.
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Republican voter suppression isn’t a new thing, but, as Amanda Nelson explained to me in an interview last month, we can chip away at it right now, and that’s exactly what Y’all Vote are doing in the South Watch the full interview! youtu.be/_FdCZOxogsU
The MAGA right also was motivated to disregard a disease that first hit urban blue areas hardest, but thanks to their encouragement to avoid social distancing and every other precaution, eventually Republican counties suffered most.
“The president and first lady seemed totally unfazed about whether there was an abuser—another abuser—in their workplace. There was no follow-up from either of them to see if I needed help or protection. There was no investigation ordered. No effort to get to the bottom of this ....
Max Miller has a documented history of violence against women dating back to high school. Read this article from 2021. web.archive.org/web/20211105...
Bernie Moreno puts Max Miller in the dumpster hours after the Congressman refuses to exit his increasingly contested race.
So Tillis and Cornyn’s position is that the slush fund and IRS immunity is disgusting, illegal, immoral, and unethical but they are willing to confirm the man who agreed to it as Attorney General of the United States as long as he takes it back.
Would be very interesting to see a follow-up on this source. I hope he’s alright.
Three years ago, our reporter received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of thousands of files: years of secretly recorded conversations, private militia chat logs and videos sent by a man named John Williams. (Published Jan. 2025)
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
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The US taxpayer is going to send more help. Because Donald started a war without a plan or a goal.
Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷@vero1986.bsky.social · 4d agoUS general warns Pentagon he doesn’t have military resources to protect Israel: report The US needs to send another Navy destroyer to help defend Israel, the commander of the US European Command reportedly told the Pentagon www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Premium Newsletter: AI is becoming way too expensive. The 190GW of planned data centers need between $1.62 trillion and $2.92 trillion in annual compute demand that doesn't exist - and every new data center costs way more than the last. www.wheresyoured.at/premium-ai-is-getting-way-too-expensive/
Premium: AI Is Getting Way Too Expensive
A great deal of the discussion of the so-called benefits or problems with AI comes down to the theoretical jobs that are (or are not) lost as a result of things LLMs can (or cannot do), or the equally...
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The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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