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Take Russia's frozen assets now (written in December 2023, now even more urgent) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

👀NEWS: Documents show the Senate Banking Committee chairman has been pressing regulators to let banks charge you higher fees - all while he's raking in millions of dollars of Wall St campaign cash. Now he's trying to kill a rule limiting overdraft fees.

Of course the Democrats will be going to Houston to find and interview voters who were laid off , to ask them what their expectations of the new administration were and how they feel they are doing at the moment. And posting here and everywhere. Right ?

Jack Posobiec was instrumental in both Pizzagate (the weaponization of RU info op) and the Macon Leaks (same). No wonder Pete Hegseth was such a whimpering baby about Putin. He was traveling with a Putinist.

Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year. 2022: $0 2021: $0 2020: $0 2019: $0 2018: $0 Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.

🚨NEWS: The chemical industry has sent a letter to Trump EPA chief Lee Zeldin asking him to shut down the government website that lets Americans know about high-risk chemical plants in their communities & the safety records of the companies running them. https://buff.ly/4jNK014

NEW: Kash Patel was paid $25,000 by a Kremlin-linked filmmaker to promote anti-western propaganda. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Let’s be clear these stock grants haven’t vested yet. They are structured to vest while he’s a government employee—i.e. an ongoing $5 million bribe to the putative FBI Director from a shady foreign concern.

One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%. The actual number is less than 1%. Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.

NBC News is being kicked out of its space in the Pentagon and replaced by OANN.

On a disconcerting day, this is perhaps the saddest thing. I recently interviewed her about her illness and more and she was and will always be an inspiration to me and so many others: 19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...

deadder.substack.com

1/ At ProPublica, the goal of our reporting — whether it’s about abortion, immigration or school vouchers — is always to spur real-world impact. We want to know: Which of our stories left the strongest impact on you this year? To start, here are a few that may come to mind 🧵

Merry Christmas from Ireland. 🇮🇪 ✨🌲✨👏✨

Finnish grid company Fingrid has reported another cable break in the Baltic Sea. The power supply via the Estlink 2 cable, which connects Finland and Estonia, was cut off. This is the 4th incident in the region in a month theins.ru/news/277510

Good for Tahlequah. She would've been arrested in Texas for a miscarriage. www.cbsnews.com/news/orca-wh...

Breaking News: Finland seized an oil tanker it suspected of involvement in damaging undersea cables and suggested it could be part of a Russian shadow fleet.

“Four years ago, dozens of companies denounced the invasion of the U.S. Capitol and pledged to withhold support from those who disputed the 2020 election results. Now, many of those companies are lining up to fund Donald Trump’s inauguration.” www.wsj.com/business/tru...

I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.

BRILLIANT !!!!!!!

"Who's a good boy ? Trump's a good boy." 🤣

Exquisite

"Stop asking why schools don’t have bullet proof glass & metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools HAVE to. That’s the question that needs to be asked”

The WITCH HEAD NEBULA

Tulsi Gabbard's devotion to her religious cult, the Science of Identify Foundation, suggests she might divulge secrets to the cult's leader. "Everybody is thinking her allegiance is to Trump, but in reality her allegiance was already given away to her guru.” www.civilbeat.org/2024/12/sena...

How Americans responded in 1955 when the invention of the polio vaccine was announced.

To bring Safe Terrains to Ukraine, people donated US $50k yesterday alone to bring us well across our goal for purchasing de-mining robots. Thank you all!

White men make up 30 percent of America White men make up 100 of GOP leadership

Conman Kenny should refill his personal stash for his mistresses.

“A crypto venture recently unveiled by Donald Trump and his new Middle East envoy, billionaire Steve Witkoff, has partnered w/a crypto platform that authorities and financial experts say has been used by criminals and Iran-backed militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah” www.reuters.com/technology/t...

So if you’re wondering if Donald Trump is trying to kill your kids, yes, yes he is. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...

Please pay attention to what the GOP is doing in North Carolina. They are continuing to try to steal a state Supreme Court seat. youtu.be/cHzbdAdR4vE

Started looking at legislation that @warren.senate.gov and @joshhawley.bsky.social offered to reform PBMs. Definitely resolves some important points. But I it ignores just how smart the big PBMs are. It also ignores that there are 25 plus Pass Through PBMs that do the right thing for sponsors

Lies won’t fly with Sarah Longwell !