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OK I’ve put together the list. Shame on all of them:
Ford CEO Jim Farley
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
General Motors plant manager John Urbanic
National Auto Dealers Association Chairman Tom Castriota
Transportation Sec Sean Duffy
Deputy transportation Sec Steven Bradbury
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Ford CEO Jim Farley
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
General Motors plant manager John Urbanic
National Auto Dealers Association Chairman Tom Castriota
Transportation Sec Sean Duffy
Deputy transportation Sec Steven Bradbury
1/2
This is the list of politicians and CEOs who stood next to Trump in the White House when he made his racist remarks about Somalis in the US.
I'm sure they are hoping nobody noticed they all stood silent and smirked. They should hear from us.
I'm sure they are hoping nobody noticed they all stood silent and smirked. They should hear from us.
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NEW with @ruthreader.bsky.social: Small states and states that adopt policies favored by the Trump admin (such as restrictions on SNAP) got a much bigger windfall from the fund Congress created to "transform" rural health care.
Alaska received more than California, which has 40x its population.
Alaska received more than California, which has 40x its population.
Trump admin doles out billions for rural health
Montana and California will receive near equal amounts in 2026, despite their massive size disparity.
www.politico.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
NEW with @ruthreader.bsky.social: Small states and states that adopt policies favored by the Trump admin (such as restrictions on SNAP) got a much bigger windfall from the fund Congress created to "transform" rural health care.
Alaska received more than California, which has 40x its population.
Alaska received more than California, which has 40x its population.
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The Trump administration on Monday doled out $50 billion to states from a fund Congress created to “transform” rural health care for states that have adopted Trump administration-friendly policies. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Trump admin doles out billions for rural health
Montana and California will receive near equal amounts in 2026, despite their massive size disparity.
www.politico.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The Trump administration on Monday doled out $50 billion to states from a fund Congress created to “transform” rural health care for states that have adopted Trump administration-friendly policies. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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FYI, Florida got twice what it asked for in medical supplies during COVID. tRUMP decided who will live or die.
“Amount of medical supplies the feds have shipped to various states, relative to amount requested: Massachusetts 17% Maine 5% New York 2% (and wait for it...) DeSantis Florida 200% .”
“Amount of medical supplies the feds have shipped to various states, relative to amount requested: Massachusetts 17% Maine 5% New York 2% (and wait for it...) DeSantis Florida 200% .”
December 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
FYI, Florida got twice what it asked for in medical supplies during COVID. tRUMP decided who will live or die.
“Amount of medical supplies the feds have shipped to various states, relative to amount requested: Massachusetts 17% Maine 5% New York 2% (and wait for it...) DeSantis Florida 200% .”
“Amount of medical supplies the feds have shipped to various states, relative to amount requested: Massachusetts 17% Maine 5% New York 2% (and wait for it...) DeSantis Florida 200% .”
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I live in CA where all registered voters get a mail in ballot; I stopped using USPS to post my ballot during the first trmp term. I vote early, and take it directly to the election office. Not even the ballot drop boxes, I hand it over to someone in the election office. Paranoid you say?
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I live in CA where all registered voters get a mail in ballot; I stopped using USPS to post my ballot during the first trmp term. I vote early, and take it directly to the election office. Not even the ballot drop boxes, I hand it over to someone in the election office. Paranoid you say?
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It's a very dead horse to beat at this point, but it is in fact funny to imagine the reaction to someone in the Obama-era DOJ---Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch, Vanita Gupta---writing "You are hoes."
Ladies and gentlemen, the head of DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
December 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It's a very dead horse to beat at this point, but it is in fact funny to imagine the reaction to someone in the Obama-era DOJ---Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch, Vanita Gupta---writing "You are hoes."
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Trump frustrated at never-ending Epstein saga, calls on DOJ to release names of only Dems connected to Epstein to “embarrass them” and suggests that despite legal requirement to release everything, DOJ should consider saying “no more.”
December 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Trump frustrated at never-ending Epstein saga, calls on DOJ to release names of only Dems connected to Epstein to “embarrass them” and suggests that despite legal requirement to release everything, DOJ should consider saying “no more.”
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#Instacart, Stop Using American Shoppers as Lab Rats During an Affordability Crisis www.commondreams.org/opinion/inst...
Instacart, Stop Using American Shoppers as Lab Rats During an Affordability Crisis | Common Dreams
The grocery delivery app is conducting large-scale, hidden pricing experiments on unsuspecting shoppers to determine just how much money they can extract from customers on the groceries they buy to fe...
www.commondreams.org
December 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
#Instacart, Stop Using American Shoppers as Lab Rats During an Affordability Crisis www.commondreams.org/opinion/inst...
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But why would anyone remove a nonpartisan Archivist? What could she possibly do that Trump would care about?!? Oh… that’s right… the Archivist receives the official record of presidential Electors and the certified Electoral Votes for President from the states.
December 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
But why would anyone remove a nonpartisan Archivist? What could she possibly do that Trump would care about?!? Oh… that’s right… the Archivist receives the official record of presidential Electors and the certified Electoral Votes for President from the states.
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“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever." - Dept. of Education to ProPublica's @megomatz.bsky.social
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever." - Dept. of Education to ProPublica's @megomatz.bsky.social
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
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December 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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The Trump administration says it arrested 4,500 people in a mission targeting “the worst of the worst.” The reality is most of them were people with brown skin who were at the right place —their landscaping jobs, the hardware store, a Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru— at the wrong time.
December 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The Trump administration says it arrested 4,500 people in a mission targeting “the worst of the worst.” The reality is most of them were people with brown skin who were at the right place —their landscaping jobs, the hardware store, a Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru— at the wrong time.
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Thinking about the time Sacks and his buddies started a run on their own bank and had to be bailed out.
David Sacks, presumably, on the push by some in the tech and VC world to fund a primary challenge to Congressman Khanna.
December 29, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Thinking about the time Sacks and his buddies started a run on their own bank and had to be bailed out.
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This is not how a normal Justice Department talks about an ongoing investigation—or about putative targets and their uncharged conduct.
December 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is not how a normal Justice Department talks about an ongoing investigation—or about putative targets and their uncharged conduct.
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💰Trump’s wealth increased by about $2.5B since his reelection, to $6.9B
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government. n.pr/48P2QSb
How President Trump reshaped capitalism in 2025
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
💰Trump’s wealth increased by about $2.5B since his reelection, to $6.9B
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
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Forest and trees re Epstein documents, as of now.
Trees: Controversies about particular documents.
Forest: Virtually none of the key documents, ones that we know exist, the ones the victims and knowledgeable observers have been demanding to see, have been released.
And so the coverup continues.
Trees: Controversies about particular documents.
Forest: Virtually none of the key documents, ones that we know exist, the ones the victims and knowledgeable observers have been demanding to see, have been released.
And so the coverup continues.
December 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Forest and trees re Epstein documents, as of now.
Trees: Controversies about particular documents.
Forest: Virtually none of the key documents, ones that we know exist, the ones the victims and knowledgeable observers have been demanding to see, have been released.
And so the coverup continues.
Trees: Controversies about particular documents.
Forest: Virtually none of the key documents, ones that we know exist, the ones the victims and knowledgeable observers have been demanding to see, have been released.
And so the coverup continues.
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“Or perhaps, this letter and other suspicious documents like it were released without context to plant seeds of doubt and uncertainty into the validity of all the federal documents involving Epstein.”
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
Happy Holidays
One Million Documents to Go...
open.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“Or perhaps, this letter and other suspicious documents like it were released without context to plant seeds of doubt and uncertainty into the validity of all the federal documents involving Epstein.”
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
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“Trump must have been relieved when she told Blanche she had nothing bad to say about the President. ‘The President was never inappropriate with anybody.’ But she also said she didn’t know anything about the sexual assaults on countless girls by Epstein.”
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
Trump & Maxwell
How friendly were they?
open.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“Trump must have been relieved when she told Blanche she had nothing bad to say about the President. ‘The President was never inappropriate with anybody.’ But she also said she didn’t know anything about the sexual assaults on countless girls by Epstein.”
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
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Ryan Goodman really excellent here in explaining what we’ve learned and how much we don’t yet know about Epstein—and what documents we should be on the lookout for, how much DOJ is still stonewalling, what Congress might have to do.
www.youtube.com/live/GZF-ojI...
www.youtube.com/live/GZF-ojI...
Is DOJ Playing Games With the Epstein Investigation? (w/ Ryan Goodman)
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
December 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Ryan Goodman really excellent here in explaining what we’ve learned and how much we don’t yet know about Epstein—and what documents we should be on the lookout for, how much DOJ is still stonewalling, what Congress might have to do.
www.youtube.com/live/GZF-ojI...
www.youtube.com/live/GZF-ojI...
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Please read this and share it on places that are not here (Facebook! Instagram! Other places less-online family members may see it!)
December 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Please read this and share it on places that are not here (Facebook! Instagram! Other places less-online family members may see it!)
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LEFT: @asharangappa.bsky.social four weeks ago
RIGHT: new NYT report
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
RIGHT: new NYT report
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
December 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
LEFT: @asharangappa.bsky.social four weeks ago
RIGHT: new NYT report
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
RIGHT: new NYT report
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
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NEW: Alan Dershowitz tells Jeffrey Epstein prosecutor "You are a real mensch:" Newly released emails show that Florida federal prosecutors had "social" meetings with Epstein's lawyers as they worked to mitigate the sex trafficker's sentence. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
As Epstein’s cushy jail sentence raised concerns, his lawyers went on charm offensive
The Epstein Files show how his attorneys mixed personal and business relationships with prosecutors who had agreed to settle Epstein’s case.
www.miamiherald.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
NEW: Alan Dershowitz tells Jeffrey Epstein prosecutor "You are a real mensch:" Newly released emails show that Florida federal prosecutors had "social" meetings with Epstein's lawyers as they worked to mitigate the sex trafficker's sentence. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
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ICE just loves those "Kavanaugh arrests." They're license to brutalize anyone with dark skin. 'I have my ID!' Mubashir shouted repeatedly, as heard on the video. The agents do not respond."
ICE agents tackle, arrest American citizen in Minneapolis
Federal immigration agents tackled and arrested a Somali American man in Minneapolis on Tuesday and detained him for about two hours for no apparent reason other than his ethnicity.
www.mprnews.org
December 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
ICE just loves those "Kavanaugh arrests." They're license to brutalize anyone with dark skin. 'I have my ID!' Mubashir shouted repeatedly, as heard on the video. The agents do not respond."
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Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"