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Politico: Ed Artau, a judge who behind the scenes was lobbying for a seat on the federal bench. After he sided with the Felon in a defamation case against the Pulitzer Prize Board, he received the Federal judgeship.

www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
A judge sided with Trump. Behind the scenes, he was lobbying for a nomination.
Ed Artau was already meeting with Senate staff about securing a nomination to the federal bench when he sided with Trump in a case, according to a new Senate disclosure obtained by POLITICO.
www.politico.com
June 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Rethinking the state isn’t about mimicking the logic of start-up culture–rapid iteration, disruption and scaling to increase profits. Rather than learning how to win at all costs, governments need to learn how to collaborate, share, and diffuse better practices

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Governments Are Not Startups | by Mariana Mazzucato & Rainer Kattel - Project Syndicate
Mariana Mazzucato & Rainer Kattel explain why ongoing efforts to run the state like a business are doomed to fail.
www.project-syndicate.org
April 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Lies fail always
March 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This news outlet is not what it used to be… Jeff’s grip is turning it slowly into a propaganda outlet.
Just announced only his opinion will be allowed in the opinions columns
#WashingtonPost #DemocracyDiesWithJeff
February 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Closed my Twitter/X account today. It feels liberating
February 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Freedom of expression is not chaos.

There is no freedom without truth. Man has the right to speak, but also the duty not to deceive. Speech that liberates is not speech that manipulates, and censorship does not begin when we refuse to spread a lie, but when we prevent honest debate.
February 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Rising cases of measles in the UK and USA.

Measles is one of the deadliest infectious diseases in human history. Before a vaccine became available in 1963, around 30 million people were infected annually, and 2.6 million died worldwide each year.

www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
Concerning global rise in measles cases
The UK Health and Security Agency declared a national incident on January 19, 2024, due to the rising number of measles cases in the country, with further warnings that the disease could spread. Despi...
www.thelancet.com
February 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Folks, I don't intend to post about every single horrible thing that's happening at the moment because I'm not a direct news source and also because my mental health has an upper limit. Don't confuse lack of obsessive news updating for lack of concern or lack of personal action. Also, here's a cat.
February 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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New target of Paragon spyware comes forward
New target of Paragon spyware comes forward
The latest target of Paragon spyware openly questions if he was targeted by the Italian government. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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February 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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U.S. Democratic Representative Mark Pocan plans to introduce a bill designed to ban “special government employees” like Elon Musk from having federal contracts so they can’t steer spending towards their own self-interest.

Read more here: tcrn.ch/4jMVFNJ
February 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM