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I feel like Trump has pioneered a new form of spoils, where criminal allies of the President can expect to be compensated for their crimes.
The settlement talks between the Trump administration and Michael Flynn and Stefan Passantino marked a change in position by DOJ, which previously had successfully argued in court to have both of their lawsuits tossed out
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Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I feel like Trump has pioneered a new form of spoils, where criminal allies of the President can expect to be compensated for their crimes.
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Mafia governance in action
"the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA... If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block hundreds of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate."
"the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA... If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block hundreds of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate."
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Mafia governance in action
"the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA... If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block hundreds of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate."
"the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA... If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block hundreds of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate."
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So old I remember when it was considered a political liability to hand out a presidential pardon to your son in law’s drug dealer buddy who went on to commit crimes of violence and sexual offenses. nypost.com/2025/11/11/u...
LI drug dealer freed by Trump now convicted of molesting his kids’ nanny and threatening synagogue congregant
Braun was first busted in 2010 for orchestrating a major cannabis distribution ring, smuggling millions of dollars worth of weed from Canada to New York.
nypost.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
So old I remember when it was considered a political liability to hand out a presidential pardon to your son in law’s drug dealer buddy who went on to commit crimes of violence and sexual offenses. nypost.com/2025/11/11/u...
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For this week's DOOMSDAY MACHINES, I wrote a little bit about Martin Amis' essay "Thinkability," which I think is just one of the sharpest pieces of writing on nuclear war that I am aware of... doomsdaymachines.net/p/nuclear-we...
"Nuclear weapons repel all thought, perhaps because they can end all thought"
Martin Amis on the difficulties of writing about nuclear war
doomsdaymachines.net
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
For this week's DOOMSDAY MACHINES, I wrote a little bit about Martin Amis' essay "Thinkability," which I think is just one of the sharpest pieces of writing on nuclear war that I am aware of... doomsdaymachines.net/p/nuclear-we...
Probably risky to say on here right now, but the consequences for some should be more than jail time.
Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Probably risky to say on here right now, but the consequences for some should be more than jail time.
And the conflation of "redemption is possible" with "he has redeemed himself" is all too often a convenient sleight of hand.
Men, in particular young men, swung to the Dems in this year's election.
The notion that most men are bigots and many had at least a bit of a Nazi phase at one point so Democrats have to be more welcoming to that stuff lest they lose elections forever was always a bad read on 2024, and now worse.
The notion that most men are bigots and many had at least a bit of a Nazi phase at one point so Democrats have to be more welcoming to that stuff lest they lose elections forever was always a bad read on 2024, and now worse.
Flippant remarks like this come from a place of believing that the only way we win back men os by leaning into their bigotries, which apparently starts with letting a guy that kept a nazi tattoo on his chest for 18 years & said bigoted things online for years be the Democratic senatorial nominee.
November 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
And the conflation of "redemption is possible" with "he has redeemed himself" is all too often a convenient sleight of hand.
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Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
Also 3) that he definitely went to the island.
Man, look: The regularity with which Trump defends his relationship with Epstein by noting that he never went to Epstein's island makes me think 1) that the island is where the really heinous shit went down and 2) that Trump knows that very, very well.
he’s crashing out
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Also 3) that he definitely went to the island.
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“you can be disappeared”
this is actually happening to people irl in this country, getting a temporary suspension from Bluesky is not the same thing. grow up
this is actually happening to people irl in this country, getting a temporary suspension from Bluesky is not the same thing. grow up
BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“you can be disappeared”
this is actually happening to people irl in this country, getting a temporary suspension from Bluesky is not the same thing. grow up
this is actually happening to people irl in this country, getting a temporary suspension from Bluesky is not the same thing. grow up
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Trump keeps criticizing electromagnetic catapults. Yet that is precisely the technology that China is using in its latest aircraft carrier to speed up aircraft launches. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
China’s new aircraft supercarrier challenges U.S. dominance in Pacific
The Fujian and its strike group represent a strategic game changer that will bring Beijing closer to its goal of eroding U.S. maritime primacy in its backyard.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Trump keeps criticizing electromagnetic catapults. Yet that is precisely the technology that China is using in its latest aircraft carrier to speed up aircraft launches. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
I mean, this can't be what we normally mean by these words, right?
Mark Epstein asked his brother Jeffrey Epstein whether Steve Bannon could confirm if Putin has “the photo of Trump blowing Bubba. Jeffrey Epstein: "I thought I had tsuris,” using the Yiddish term for troubles. #OpDeathEaters
![From:
Mark L. Epstein
Sent:
3/21/2018 2:54:13 PM
To:
'jeffrey E.' [jeevacation@gmail.com]
RE: hey
Subject:
High
I'd rather be in Donni Dee's shoes.
Importance:
From: jeffrey E. [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 10:43 AM
To: Mark L. Epstein
Subject: Re: hey
you mean DONNI TEE
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 9:54 AM, Mark L. Epstein
wrote:
You and your boy Donnie can make a remake of the movie Get Hard.
Sent via tin can and string.
On Mar 21, 2018, at 09:37, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com>
wrote:
and i thought- I had tsuris
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 4:32 AM, Mark L. Epstein
Ask him if Putin has the photos of Trump blowing Bubba?
wrote:
From: jeffrey E. [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2018 2:15 PM
To:
Subject: Re: hey
All good. Bannon with me
On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 1:49 PM Mark L. Epstein
wrote:
How are you doing?
A while back you mentioned that you were prediabetic. Has anything changed with that?
What is your boy Donald up to now?
please note
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November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I mean, this can't be what we normally mean by these words, right?
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It couldn’t be any more clear. This is all about standing up to the bully. Americans didn’t sign up for rule by the rich and powerful or rule by a strongman joycevance.substack.com/p/prosecutin...
Prosecuting Comey
Today, in Alexandria, Virginia, a senior federal judge from South Carolina, Cameron Currie, heard oral argument on consolidated motions filed by former FBI Director Jim Comey and New York Attorney Gen...
joycevance.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It couldn’t be any more clear. This is all about standing up to the bully. Americans didn’t sign up for rule by the rich and powerful or rule by a strongman joycevance.substack.com/p/prosecutin...
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He means he has to pick out patterns for the curtains in the Epstein Ballroom
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
He means he has to pick out patterns for the curtains in the Epstein Ballroom
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[first date]
ME: How do you spend your free time?
HER: I read a lot. I enjoy studying the big questions. Like... Do we have free will? Does God exist? Is our universe real? What do you think about?
ME: I've always wondered how Dumbo's hat stayed on when he was flying.
ME: How do you spend your free time?
HER: I read a lot. I enjoy studying the big questions. Like... Do we have free will? Does God exist? Is our universe real? What do you think about?
ME: I've always wondered how Dumbo's hat stayed on when he was flying.
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
[first date]
ME: How do you spend your free time?
HER: I read a lot. I enjoy studying the big questions. Like... Do we have free will? Does God exist? Is our universe real? What do you think about?
ME: I've always wondered how Dumbo's hat stayed on when he was flying.
ME: How do you spend your free time?
HER: I read a lot. I enjoy studying the big questions. Like... Do we have free will? Does God exist? Is our universe real? What do you think about?
ME: I've always wondered how Dumbo's hat stayed on when he was flying.
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The Trump admin is an organized crime operation that has control of the US government.
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The Trump admin is an organized crime operation that has control of the US government.
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Matt Gaetz raped a 17 year old child after exploiting her healthcare needs for money and this is how the NY Times is framing it.
"ended up having sex with powerful men"
Literally whitewashing child rape.
Corporate media is dead. Stop subscribing to it. This is beyond saving.
"ended up having sex with powerful men"
Literally whitewashing child rape.
Corporate media is dead. Stop subscribing to it. This is beyond saving.
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Matt Gaetz raped a 17 year old child after exploiting her healthcare needs for money and this is how the NY Times is framing it.
"ended up having sex with powerful men"
Literally whitewashing child rape.
Corporate media is dead. Stop subscribing to it. This is beyond saving.
"ended up having sex with powerful men"
Literally whitewashing child rape.
Corporate media is dead. Stop subscribing to it. This is beyond saving.
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I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
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A federal judge just ordered the Trump administration to release over 600 people they abducted in Chicago. ICE officials are also forbidden from pressuring people to agree to be deported.
This is what happens when we stick together and speak out. Keep up the pressure!
This is what happens when we stick together and speak out. Keep up the pressure!
Judge orders release of hundreds arrested during Chicago immigration raids
Trump officials also cannot pressure detainees to agree to voluntary deportation while cases are pending, says judge
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A federal judge just ordered the Trump administration to release over 600 people they abducted in Chicago. ICE officials are also forbidden from pressuring people to agree to be deported.
This is what happens when we stick together and speak out. Keep up the pressure!
This is what happens when we stick together and speak out. Keep up the pressure!
Joe Paterno had his career ended and his entire reputation scuttled - rightly so - for just the bare minimum of what Trump is suspected to have done: knowing and doing nothing.
Trump is demanding that GOP side with him over Epstein's victims, Rep Ansari tells me. She had a harrowing exchange with one victim who recounts how her mom had cancer and he exploited that.
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Joe Paterno had his career ended and his entire reputation scuttled - rightly so - for just the bare minimum of what Trump is suspected to have done: knowing and doing nothing.
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Trump, who has criticized America’s past “forever wars” and spent much of this year focused on ending major foreign conflicts, might be about to start one in his own backyard. The Atlantic reports on the president’s endgame in Venezuela:
Why Venezuela?
The United States is amassing an armada in the Caribbean as Trump figures out his endgame with Maduro.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Trump, who has criticized America’s past “forever wars” and spent much of this year focused on ending major foreign conflicts, might be about to start one in his own backyard. The Atlantic reports on the president’s endgame in Venezuela:
"Wag the Dog" downplays the significance of what is happening. The war in that movie was entirely fake ... produced on a sound stage.
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"Wag the Dog" downplays the significance of what is happening. The war in that movie was entirely fake ... produced on a sound stage.
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Streets have been renamed, Ukrainian monuments removed, and murals painted over. Bellingcat investigates how apartment blocks in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol have been demolished to make way for a new Russian suburban utopia… www.bellingcat.com/uncategorize...
Building on Ruins: The Russification of Mariupol, One Apartment Block at a Time - bellingcat
Bellingcat has identified 23 multi-storey housing complexes being built in occupied Mariupol and advertised for sale to Russian citizens.
www.bellingcat.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Streets have been renamed, Ukrainian monuments removed, and murals painted over. Bellingcat investigates how apartment blocks in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol have been demolished to make way for a new Russian suburban utopia… www.bellingcat.com/uncategorize...
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He's undoubtedly planning the Mother of all Distractions but can't think of anything to top flying over a city in a crown dropping poo on American citizens.
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
He's undoubtedly planning the Mother of all Distractions but can't think of anything to top flying over a city in a crown dropping poo on American citizens.