Peter Burkholder
@pburkholder.bsky.social
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
Fun non-spoilery Pluribus detail - this is actually the mayor of Albuquerque
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Fun non-spoilery Pluribus detail - this is actually the mayor of Albuquerque
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
"Personnel office staffers also began to conduct 15-minute interviews with DOGE staffers to determine what exactly each did. At least one Cabinet member was informed that he was free to fire any name he found from lists of DOGE employees."
Oh, poor things
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Oh, poor things
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Inside the DOGE Succession Drama Elon Musk Left Behind
What really happened when he logged out of Washington.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
"Personnel office staffers also began to conduct 15-minute interviews with DOGE staffers to determine what exactly each did. At least one Cabinet member was informed that he was free to fire any name he found from lists of DOGE employees."
Oh, poor things
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Oh, poor things
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
Your move, Harvard.
Honor Tally: Larry Summers is no longer affiliated with the Hamilton Project or the Center for American Progress
👏
👏
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Your move, Harvard.
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
Fuck this dude. Literally making excuses for murdering and dismembering a journalist in an embassy.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Fuck this dude. Literally making excuses for murdering and dismembering a journalist in an embassy.
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
The Salvation Army are a hate group. Do not forget that this winter.
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The Salvation Army are a hate group. Do not forget that this winter.
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
Side note: We here at @rns.org cover a wide spectrum of religious voices and groups that few other outlets cover with any regularity — including the religious left.
If you like what we’re doing, give us a follow, throw us a donation, share our stuff, etc.
If you like what we’re doing, give us a follow, throw us a donation, share our stuff, etc.
NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Side note: We here at @rns.org cover a wide spectrum of religious voices and groups that few other outlets cover with any regularity — including the religious left.
If you like what we’re doing, give us a follow, throw us a donation, share our stuff, etc.
If you like what we’re doing, give us a follow, throw us a donation, share our stuff, etc.
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
Probably fewer women in economics because they’re just not as smart, right, Larry?
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Probably fewer women in economics because they’re just not as smart, right, Larry?
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
On one hand polygraphs are pseudoscientific BS. On the other hand these guys believe they work so they're definitely hiding something.
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
On one hand polygraphs are pseudoscientific BS. On the other hand these guys believe they work so they're definitely hiding something.
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
Hey @safety.bsky.app, found an account making death threats you should suspend.
this is a far more explicit death threat from people with the actual means to carry it out
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Hey @safety.bsky.app, found an account making death threats you should suspend.
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
Newspapers should not be granting anonymity to allow slander.
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Newspapers should not be granting anonymity to allow slander.
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
Remember that Nimarata Nikki Randhawa ran as Nikki Haley
Piyush Jindal ran as Bobby Jindal
Raphael Cruz ran as Ted Cruz
Meanwhile—Barack Obama ran as Barack Obama and Zohran Mamdani ran as Zohran Mamdani, and MAGAs accuse Dems of identity politics
Every MAGA accusation is a confession
Piyush Jindal ran as Bobby Jindal
Raphael Cruz ran as Ted Cruz
Meanwhile—Barack Obama ran as Barack Obama and Zohran Mamdani ran as Zohran Mamdani, and MAGAs accuse Dems of identity politics
Every MAGA accusation is a confession
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Remember that Nimarata Nikki Randhawa ran as Nikki Haley
Piyush Jindal ran as Bobby Jindal
Raphael Cruz ran as Ted Cruz
Meanwhile—Barack Obama ran as Barack Obama and Zohran Mamdani ran as Zohran Mamdani, and MAGAs accuse Dems of identity politics
Every MAGA accusation is a confession
Piyush Jindal ran as Bobby Jindal
Raphael Cruz ran as Ted Cruz
Meanwhile—Barack Obama ran as Barack Obama and Zohran Mamdani ran as Zohran Mamdani, and MAGAs accuse Dems of identity politics
Every MAGA accusation is a confession
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
Professors need permission from the g government to discuss anything related to race, gender identity, or sexual orientation. You know, like a free country like Stalinist Russia would do.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Professors need permission from the g government to discuss anything related to race, gender identity, or sexual orientation. You know, like a free country like Stalinist Russia would do.
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
1) Ethics officials at Fannie Mae investigate how Bill Pulte got Letitia James mortgage docs
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
1) Ethics officials at Fannie Mae investigate how Bill Pulte got Letitia James mortgage docs
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
Under the Big Ugly Bill, Alphabet gets $17.9B in tax breaks. That could pay for SNAP benefits for 7.5 million Americans.
Amazon gets $15.7B. That could lower ACA premiums for 2.4 million people.
Microsoft gets $12.5B. That could cover Medicaid for 3.8 million children.
Amazon gets $15.7B. That could lower ACA premiums for 2.4 million people.
Microsoft gets $12.5B. That could cover Medicaid for 3.8 million children.
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Under the Big Ugly Bill, Alphabet gets $17.9B in tax breaks. That could pay for SNAP benefits for 7.5 million Americans.
Amazon gets $15.7B. That could lower ACA premiums for 2.4 million people.
Microsoft gets $12.5B. That could cover Medicaid for 3.8 million children.
Amazon gets $15.7B. That could lower ACA premiums for 2.4 million people.
Microsoft gets $12.5B. That could cover Medicaid for 3.8 million children.
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
Thou shalt replace Chuck Schumer with Chris Van Hollen, who personally went to El Salvador to find Kilmar. That’s the kind of courage we need right now.
Like / share if you agree.
Like / share if you agree.
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Thou shalt replace Chuck Schumer with Chris Van Hollen, who personally went to El Salvador to find Kilmar. That’s the kind of courage we need right now.
Like / share if you agree.
Like / share if you agree.
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
"Just after Gates published his new missive, Oxfam revealed that the net worth of the 10 richest US billionaires grew by $698bn in the past year. That money alone, the increment in the wealth of 10 people, is almost 10 times the annual amount required to end extreme poverty worldwide." […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
"Just after Gates published his new missive, Oxfam revealed that the net worth of the 10 richest US billionaires grew by $698bn in the past year. That money alone, the increment in the wealth of 10 people, is almost 10 times the annual amount required to end extreme poverty worldwide." […]
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
for those in Virginia, here are @kaine.senate.gov contact numbers. The DC office is only going to voice mail.
www.kaine.senate.gov/contact/offi...
www.kaine.senate.gov/contact/offi...
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
for those in Virginia, here are @kaine.senate.gov contact numbers. The DC office is only going to voice mail.
www.kaine.senate.gov/contact/offi...
www.kaine.senate.gov/contact/offi...
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
How much lead do you have to ingest to think you can sell voters on your victory of creating new convoluted HSAs to replace (and, likely, be less than) what used to be a couple button clicks on the ACA marketplace website? Nobody asked for this and nobody will like it.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
How much lead do you have to ingest to think you can sell voters on your victory of creating new convoluted HSAs to replace (and, likely, be less than) what used to be a couple button clicks on the ACA marketplace website? Nobody asked for this and nobody will like it.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Reposted by Peter Burkholder
Heritage is just cartoonishly evil. Just the worst scum on the face of the planet.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Heritage is just cartoonishly evil. Just the worst scum on the face of the planet.