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Have a vague recollection of “shell companies” being a Fox News-level scandal for Biden somehow?

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TODAY: A hearing will be held in a lawsuit from the city of Baltimore, Maryland seeking to block Trump’s efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the nation’s financial watchdog agency. The shutdown is paused as litigation proceeds.

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“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” ― George Orwell, Animal Farm

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relatedly, why is the entire political press completely uninterested in the verifiable fact that JD Vance has close relationships with online nazis?

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Just learned that Dr. Seuss drew this in 1941 www.artsy.net/article/arts...

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t's performative hate that political bait which you relish and right out of the gate see you altering states are you jealous you seem jealous yeah, you're green with envy and also with greed you are the enemy that's making us bleed... www.deviantart.com/midnightshad... -full poem @ link

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📣📣 Sound the alarm. Let's organize by city and get out in the streets before it's too late.

submitted 30 days ago • 115 comments

...you strike me with the sword to break me where I bend luckily I was forged through the strength of the pen the demon's resurrection foretells of a collapse the past is in collections the future off the tracks... www.deviantart.com/midnightshad... -full poem @ link

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When the FBI searched Jan. 6 defendant Jeremy Brown's home, they discovered illegal grenades, a sawed-off shotgun and classified information he retained after leaving the army. Today, DOJ says Donald Trump's pardon for J6 issues covers all of that.

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...yes, I swear I saw the light at midnight but I'm scared now it could have been a lie I'm writing a letter to Dear Abbie Mr. Hoffman I stole this one for you born into this world to love madly was this purpose that was turning the screw... www.deviantart.com/midnightshad... -full poem @ link

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clears throat GOVERNMENT FRAUD AND WASTE

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PATHOCRACY — This, right now, is a more important concept than oligarchy. We have pathological leaders. They attract other people with personality disorders, who seize the opportunity to gain influence. At the same time, individuals who are moral, empathic & fair-minded gradually fall away.

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Look I know it's a cliché, but call your fucking reps. They don't get scared unless they hear from an overwhelming number of us all the time. Call them every damn day. Tell them to fight the hell back and protect us from Musk and Trump. It matters and it makes a difference, right now. reps.fyi

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Film analysis final paper done! The Cabin in the Woods and the intentional deployment of identification across all four dimensions of measure for more effective engagement FTW! Gotta love a cynical pothead ending all of civilization! No? Just me? Guess I really identify with Marty.

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Musk has the power to fire regulators who oversee his businesses, and the procurement officers who provide his government contracts. The US govt uses its dwindling power to pressure allies not to regulate him, and to target judges who have rule against him.

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Curtis Yarvin's vision for the world is one that basically combines the worst aspects of every single real and fictional dystopia from the past 200 years. It has basically no mass appeal or support aside from the techbro ghouls who propped him up, so the more people know about it, the better.

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So where does this lead? Are the majority of Republicans in Congress who gave Zelensky a standing ovation going to call out their president after he repeatedly uttered Kremlin lies about him? Trump calls Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ as US rift with Ukraine deepens on.ft.com/4b7QYdu

submitted 14 days ago • 20 comments

The tribalism in politics has got to go. The idea that everything that a leader from “your party” is correct is destructive and not good for the American people. These are public servants who should be under the public eye and are not above criticism.

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Trump, the most thin-skinned man in politics, goes full on for Zelenskyy.

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...cry now for Calliope let each tear speak its rite wasn't what was meant to be at the break of daylight I cannot hear the muses their rhythms or their words their influence refuses on this day to be heard... www.deviantart.com/midnightshad... -full poem @ link

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When America loses the Financial Times. www.ft.com/content/11f1...

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This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”. This is a manifesto against disability. This is the language of eugenics.

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AOC clapped back at Tom Homan — More of this.

submitted 16 days ago • 192 comments

We’re only one step away from a dude in a trenchcoat approaching you in an alley and whispering “I got eggs.”

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C.I.A. Expands Secret Drone Flights Over Mexico www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

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This is why you don’t agree to sit down at “peace talks” with fascist invaders with no preconditions & the country being invaded not at the table

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

Currently working my way through the Bargue plates. No official casts, just images I’m finding online. They’re quite enjoyable! Anyone have any experience with them? Any advice? #artists #blueskyartists #art #drawing #pencil #sketch #bargueplates

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Go ahead. Let the people see you for what you are.

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So many amazingly talented people helped put this little indie gem together and I've not the character limit to thank them all here individually, but our new short film Takers (2024) has been online for one month on our YouTube channel is has gotten such love! Means the world! youtu.be/sQX7BPPsKTc

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Framingham MA

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Tapping the sign

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When the Nazis took power and gutted the Weimar era civil service in government, they also claimed the need to increase efficiency and to ensure loyalty to the nazi party. They did it through the law for the restoration of the professional civil service. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_for...

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The Trump administration has just announced that all college financial aid programs, scholarships, prizes, housing, and graduation ceremonies that help Black or Latino students are now considered to be illegal. The Education Department accuses colleges of discriminating against white students.

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COLLINS: “AP says you banned them because they won’t call it ‘Gulf of America’ — does this mean Trump will retaliate against reporters who don’t use language you want them to, and how does this align with your first amendment commitment?” Beyond parody. Also, chilling.

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Okay, so one of the apples I got at Safeway today was suddenly cracked open in half sitting on the counter. Almost as if something was hatching out of it, and from what I could see through the crack, it looked hella suss in there. 😰🤢🤮

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Seeing the number of people in two different King Soopers locations here in the Springs, despite the ongoing strike by workers was sad. Do better, COS #UnionStrong

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...in moments this dark and blue when fear works overtime I've not the words to tell you that things will all be fine and so I offer this verse where such hate is disarmed the heartless they got here first so I call thee to arms... www.deviantart.com/midnightshad... -full poem @ link

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Been in go mode since yesterday morning, barely any sleep, and back up and at it again this a.m. Wish me energy! lol

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New teaser for a poetry short just dropped! youtu.be/7VB4AAnEK4k

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Erynn, our lead actor and my close friend, talks about her experience working on our Stephen King adaptation, E is for Expiation in an interview that just dropped! www.stephenkingshortmovies.com/interviews/e...

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Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.

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In a world set to take, they're ready to give as good as they get! Takers (2024) : youtu.be/sQX7BPPsKTc

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People are pissed, and I get it. Trump and Republicans are flooding the zone to shake us up. Elon Musk and his interns are meant to make us feel powerless when we’re not. Keep calling. Call Republicans. Be specific about how these actions impact your lives.

submitted 28 days ago • 83 comments

On Tuesday, House Democrats attempted to extract some measure of accountability from Musk, the world’s richest man, who bought his way into the Trump administration, and the effort failed. What is the next course of action?

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A six-byline WaPo story: “.. many of [Musk’s] moves appear to violate federal law, according to more than two dozen current and former officials, one audio recording, and several internal messages obtained by The Washington Post.” @jeffstein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 28 days ago • 75 comments