Somehow things that would have been a background gag in a Verhoeven movie are now just real
Steve Yelvington
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Former enemy of the people, now mostly just an annoyance. Digital news pioneer. Cancer survivor. Newspaper journalism survivor. Would-be traveler. Held senior positions at startribune.com, Cox, Morris. Self-hosting Mastodon @steve@s.yelvington.com
Bluesky is having quite a fit of self-inflicted damage today.
Gill: All 100 senators last week passed a non-binding resolution condemning any pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. They're simultaneously considering confirming the guy who met with her and moved her to a low-security facility as the top cop in the United States. That is so insane to me.
On the same day that David Ellison claims he's not putting his finger on the scale, there's this: "CBS’s 60 Minutes had the scoop on Jeffrey Epstein’s sketchy financials—before the Bari Weiss–run network fired the reporter fronting the investigation."
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · yesterdayBanks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS
WHY WOULD ANY USA CITIZEN BE EXEMPT FROM A TAX AUDIT??? Especially The President? He is not a KING ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
David Ellison may think we are stupid, but we know who he is. We know what he has done to CBS. We know what he wants to do to CNN. Support independent media.
A new bill would tackle political corruption by establishing a new federal enforcement agency. More than 9 in 10 voters believe corruption is a big problem in politics and government. bit.ly/4apvVns
Poll: Voters Want Solutions for Government Corruption
Overwhelming majorities across parties see corruption as a major problem and back measures to limit self-dealing by officials and the influence of money in politics.
brennancenter.org
New Yorkers had to subsidize the $117 million that the NYPD paid out for misconduct lawsuits in 2025 alone, even though most of them were never personally abused by a cop. Where's your worried op-ed on that one?
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
FCC officials took luxury gifts from Paramount www.propublica.org/article/fcc-...
FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount
Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...
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Every vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general is a vote to continue the coverup of the Epstein Files.
The only other time a second-term president had approval ratings this low at this point in the cycle, he resigned a week later.
Tom Holland, Zendaya and Jon Bernthal are having one hell of a summer.
a republican congressman allegedly broke his two-year-old daughter's collarbone and he somehow hasn't been run out of congress. there really is no bridge too far for these ghouls.
‘Platner on steroids’: Max Miller abuse claims have Republicans silently sweating
The Ohio lawmaker denies the allegations as an Aug. 5 deadline to drop off the ballot approaches.
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I am making it a habit to always look for the labor story behind these nasty scandals. The consumers are almost never the only ones being harmed.
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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The administration’s campaign to interfere in elections is failing, as courts have struck down Trump’s illegal efforts. American voters must also stand strong against this attempted intimidation. bit.ly/3S1fyYn
Americans Can Vote Without Fear
We have the tools we need to protect the vote.
brennancenter.org
Facebook seems to be just fine with Republican politicians calling for death to Fauci. So much for rules and civility.
🤡 Trump personally awarded Dr. Fauci a Presidential Commendation for his work on Operation Warp Speed and the COVID vaccine. But he could not even remember. #UnfitTrump @allenanalysis.bsky.social
In China on holiday. It's wild. China in the American imagination: communist factory state full of worker drones destroying our industry and hostile to our civilisation China as I am seeing it: we have KFC, 7Eleven and McDonalds at the exit to all of our most important cultural heritage sites
One thing that the "dems do nothing" contingent does is if someone like AOC does something, she's magically not a Dem but a *SOCIALIST*!!! Despite running on the Dem ticket.
UPDATE: Google rolled back a new feature allowing Google Earth users to generate AI visualizations over its satellite imagery, following a furious backlash from researchers and open-source intelligence experts about the potential for disinformation. uk.news.yahoo.com/google-launc...
Google rolls back new satellite image AI tool after backlash
Google rolled back Friday a new feature allowing Google Earth users to generate AI visualizations on top of the service's satellite imagery, following a furious backlash from researchers and open-sour...
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"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG
Well, President Klansman doesn't like to acknowledge slavery so I guess that's not included. And Native-Americans suffered quite a bit. Lincoln and Kennedy were shot in the head. But, sure, nobody has endured more than him.
The GOP is desperately trying to rewrite history, but just a reminder that Donald Trump was president during the lockdowns, and he awarded Fauci a presidential commendation for his work on COVID. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
The easiest possible layup for a President at war with another country would be to explain that they are attacking us. Trump won't do that because he views Minnesota as a bigger enemy than Iran.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoTrump: "We heard in Minnesota there was a cyberattack and they blame it on Iran. I don't think so. I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent. Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota."