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Along with publicly sharing classified information, Hegseth is also running the military with his family members
March 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Along with publicly sharing classified information, Hegseth is also running the military with his family members
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Rumeysa Ozturk is apparently being held in an ICE facility in Louisiana, owned by GEO Group, a private prison company that does much of the immigration prison contracting. Here's an image of what happened to GEO's stock price, nearly doubling from Nov 4 to Nov 11.
Hate is a for profit business.
Hate is a for profit business.
March 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Rumeysa Ozturk is apparently being held in an ICE facility in Louisiana, owned by GEO Group, a private prison company that does much of the immigration prison contracting. Here's an image of what happened to GEO's stock price, nearly doubling from Nov 4 to Nov 11.
Hate is a for profit business.
Hate is a for profit business.
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Spiegel reporting that they are way more careless
March 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Spiegel reporting that they are way more careless
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I tested it, because it seemed so craven, grotesque, and absurd, but if you put in the original URL it changes to the "DEI" version automatically.
www.defense.gov/News/Feature...
www.defense.gov/News/Feature...
March 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I tested it, because it seemed so craven, grotesque, and absurd, but if you put in the original URL it changes to the "DEI" version automatically.
www.defense.gov/News/Feature...
www.defense.gov/News/Feature...
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March 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
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One of the most important websites in America right now.
Is this a coup? Home of the Coup-o-meter
Prevention is the best medicine: Get background on coups, how they happen in a democracy, and what we can do to stop one.
isthisacoup.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
One of the most important websites in America right now.
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They’re going after the weather
Just like they said they would in project 2025
Just like they said they would in project 2025
I have covered NOAA and it’s work for like 15 years and this is brutal. If you’re there and want to chat or share anything, signal is davelevitan.26
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
They’re going after the weather
Just like they said they would in project 2025
Just like they said they would in project 2025
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minor in the scheme of things but wow who could have guessed that a guy who was one of the smarmiest and most sanctimonious people in the senate was also corrupt www.alligator.org/article/2025...
State audit finds overall unnecessary spending under former UF President Ben Sasse - The Independent Florida Alligator
A preliminary report from the Florida Auditor General found UF failed to prevent former President Ben Sasse from leveraging his executive privileges to inappropriately spend university funds.
www.alligator.org
February 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
minor in the scheme of things but wow who could have guessed that a guy who was one of the smarmiest and most sanctimonious people in the senate was also corrupt www.alligator.org/article/2025...
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I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x
Thoroughly enjoying rereading this. Plus, another excuse to learn about Bluesky.
January 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Thoroughly enjoying rereading this. Plus, another excuse to learn about Bluesky.
Saw an interesting ice formation along the river during cycle commute home. Also an opportunity to start learning about Bluesky
January 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Saw an interesting ice formation along the river during cycle commute home. Also an opportunity to start learning about Bluesky
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Steve Ditko, Doctor Strange, 1960S.
January 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Steve Ditko, Doctor Strange, 1960S.