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Some of you know I've spent time as a video game journalist. In that context I've come across Karl Jobst before. He's someone whose work I respect.
His lengthy exposé on Musk being a video game cheater is excellent.
It also tells you exactly who Musk is. youtu.be/z1ykCc588Zw?...
His lengthy exposé on Musk being a video game cheater is excellent.
It also tells you exactly who Musk is. youtu.be/z1ykCc588Zw?...
The Elon Musk Cheating Scandal
YouTube video by Karl Jobst
youtu.be
March 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Some of you know I've spent time as a video game journalist. In that context I've come across Karl Jobst before. He's someone whose work I respect.
His lengthy exposé on Musk being a video game cheater is excellent.
It also tells you exactly who Musk is. youtu.be/z1ykCc588Zw?...
His lengthy exposé on Musk being a video game cheater is excellent.
It also tells you exactly who Musk is. youtu.be/z1ykCc588Zw?...
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Musk has ursurped the power of the purse from Congress, and is now giving out his phone number to a select group of Republican Senators, in case they have questions
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
March 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Musk has ursurped the power of the purse from Congress, and is now giving out his phone number to a select group of Republican Senators, in case they have questions
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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As they beat the drum of “insufficient evidence” about gender affirming healthcare, you’d think that the trans skeptics would relish the chance to generate more evidence.
Of course, these studies do conflict with their reality—or at least reveal a more nuanced one.
Of course, these studies do conflict with their reality—or at least reveal a more nuanced one.
White House scared of trans mouse
Donald Trump is on one about "transgender animal experiments."
www.motherjones.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
As they beat the drum of “insufficient evidence” about gender affirming healthcare, you’d think that the trans skeptics would relish the chance to generate more evidence.
Of course, these studies do conflict with their reality—or at least reveal a more nuanced one.
Of course, these studies do conflict with their reality—or at least reveal a more nuanced one.
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Disgusting! 🤬
🔥 AKBARI: “I AM OFFENDED… We’re talking about 5 year-old babies. I cannot in good conscience go to sleep at night and support something to do this to kids.”
Senator Bo Watson’s (R) cruel bill to keep undocumented kids out of schools passed in committee 5-4
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DG1qNW-...
Senator Bo Watson’s (R) cruel bill to keep undocumented kids out of schools passed in committee 5-4
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DG1qNW-...
March 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Disgusting! 🤬
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When they say "Oh, we're not going to touch Social Security." ...they already have.
Previously, the weight times were about 28 minutes in 2024. If you call about the status of a disability application today, due to etaffing reductions, the average processing time is 200 to 230 DAYS!
Previously, the weight times were about 28 minutes in 2024. If you call about the status of a disability application today, due to etaffing reductions, the average processing time is 200 to 230 DAYS!
Trump BLOWS UP Key Program in ULTIMATE BETRAYAL
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
youtu.be
March 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
When they say "Oh, we're not going to touch Social Security." ...they already have.
Previously, the weight times were about 28 minutes in 2024. If you call about the status of a disability application today, due to etaffing reductions, the average processing time is 200 to 230 DAYS!
Previously, the weight times were about 28 minutes in 2024. If you call about the status of a disability application today, due to etaffing reductions, the average processing time is 200 to 230 DAYS!
Reposted by Richard Pamatatau
NEW: Four months after Missouri voted to legalize abortion, Republican lawmakers are proposing a 100% tax credit — capped at $50,000 per year — for taxpayers who donate to crisis pregnancy centers.
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
A New Missouri Bill Would Let Residents Donate to Anti-Abortion Centers Instead of Paying Any Taxes
Four months after Missouri voted to legalize abortion, Republican lawmakers are proposing a 100% tax credit — capped at $50,000 per year — for taxpayers who donate to crisis pregnancy centers.
propub.li
March 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Four months after Missouri voted to legalize abortion, Republican lawmakers are proposing a 100% tax credit — capped at $50,000 per year — for taxpayers who donate to crisis pregnancy centers.
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
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🛳️ What do the Titanic and my pepeha have in common? My ancestors sailed on the SS Ionic, sharing a lineage with the Titanic. But my pepeha is about more than ships—it’s about connecting past and present while honouring Māori traditions. Discover how: oneancestor.co/how-i...
March 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
🛳️ What do the Titanic and my pepeha have in common? My ancestors sailed on the SS Ionic, sharing a lineage with the Titanic. But my pepeha is about more than ships—it’s about connecting past and present while honouring Māori traditions. Discover how: oneancestor.co/how-i...
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‘Shadow fleets’ and subaquatic sabotage: are Europe’s undersea internet cables under attack?
‘Shadow fleets’ and subaquatic sabotage: are Europe’s undersea internet cables under attack?
Europe is on high alert after a series of outages to cables and pipelines. This visual guide explains what happened and what’s being done
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:53 AM
‘Shadow fleets’ and subaquatic sabotage: are Europe’s undersea internet cables under attack?
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Republicans can't exactly tell their conspiracy theorist followers that everything they've ever told them is just a lie.
So... they replace the old lies with new ones.
Lies manufactured in the US of A.
So... they replace the old lies with new ones.
Lies manufactured in the US of A.
AG Bondi blames deep state for nothingburger Epstein files
Conspiracies are fun. Reality notsomuch.
www.publicnotice.co
March 6, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Republicans can't exactly tell their conspiracy theorist followers that everything they've ever told them is just a lie.
So... they replace the old lies with new ones.
Lies manufactured in the US of A.
So... they replace the old lies with new ones.
Lies manufactured in the US of A.
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The good news for Trump is major media continues to obscure the identities of his personal attorneys, calling Pam Bondi the former Florida Attorney General rather than a Trump personal attorney, Kash Patel a former Pentagon aide rather than a Trump personal attorney, and so on.
The trend continues:
The trend continues:
Hegseth’s personal lawyer to be commissioned as a Navy commander in the reserves.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The good news for Trump is major media continues to obscure the identities of his personal attorneys, calling Pam Bondi the former Florida Attorney General rather than a Trump personal attorney, Kash Patel a former Pentagon aide rather than a Trump personal attorney, and so on.
The trend continues:
The trend continues:
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Trump is putting one of his personal lawyers—see below—atop the JAG corps, the lawyers who’ll be consulted when he finally decides to impose martial law.
Coupled with his putting his attorneys atop the DOJ and FBI, this is another sign that when the move to end democracy comes, no one will stop it.
Coupled with his putting his attorneys atop the DOJ and FBI, this is another sign that when the move to end democracy comes, no one will stop it.
Former key Trump attorney says he left because of legal team infighting | CNN Politics
Former Donald Trump attorney Timothy Parlatore, who departed the former president’s legal team earlier this week, said Saturday he left because of infighting among the group.
www.cnn.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Trump is putting one of his personal lawyers—see below—atop the JAG corps, the lawyers who’ll be consulted when he finally decides to impose martial law.
Coupled with his putting his attorneys atop the DOJ and FBI, this is another sign that when the move to end democracy comes, no one will stop it.
Coupled with his putting his attorneys atop the DOJ and FBI, this is another sign that when the move to end democracy comes, no one will stop it.
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Several others have aptly summarized this. Republicans now get a number where they can call Elon and ask for the law to be followed for things that were cut but which they want back. So Elon is in charge of federal spending. And you can go to him hat in hand.
Like huh it’s almost as if this information is inconsistent with the government’s representations in court that Amy Gleason, not Musk, is in charge of DOGE, and that agency heads, not DOGE, are responsible for the cuts
March 6, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Several others have aptly summarized this. Republicans now get a number where they can call Elon and ask for the law to be followed for things that were cut but which they want back. So Elon is in charge of federal spending. And you can go to him hat in hand.
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(🧵) How Elon Musk betrayed America: a thread from a Musk biographer and former federal criminal investigator.
Please share widely, here and elsewhere. This will be long.
Author bio: www.sethabramson.net/bio
Latest book: sethabramson.substack.com/p/proof-of-d...
Please share widely, here and elsewhere. This will be long.
Author bio: www.sethabramson.net/bio
Latest book: sethabramson.substack.com/p/proof-of-d...
March 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
(🧵) How Elon Musk betrayed America: a thread from a Musk biographer and former federal criminal investigator.
Please share widely, here and elsewhere. This will be long.
Author bio: www.sethabramson.net/bio
Latest book: sethabramson.substack.com/p/proof-of-d...
Please share widely, here and elsewhere. This will be long.
Author bio: www.sethabramson.net/bio
Latest book: sethabramson.substack.com/p/proof-of-d...
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The damage being done is unfathomable.
I wrote a whole book about the first month of the destruction of our government, and will be appending a coda to alert readers to the fact that in the third and fourth months after Trump took office the bulk of the American government was summarily destroyed.
I wrote a whole book about the first month of the destruction of our government, and will be appending a coda to alert readers to the fact that in the third and fourth months after Trump took office the bulk of the American government was summarily destroyed.
"You'd think the past decade would have snapped us out of the fantasy that our institutions—or, even more fantastical, the U.S. electorate—will rescue us."
‘Time for It to Die’: The Chaotic Killing Off of the Government
Don’t count on the courts to stop it.
www.thebulwark.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The damage being done is unfathomable.
I wrote a whole book about the first month of the destruction of our government, and will be appending a coda to alert readers to the fact that in the third and fourth months after Trump took office the bulk of the American government was summarily destroyed.
I wrote a whole book about the first month of the destruction of our government, and will be appending a coda to alert readers to the fact that in the third and fourth months after Trump took office the bulk of the American government was summarily destroyed.
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In my city there is one cybertruck and one DIY parody of a cybertruck and the parody truck has become a local celebrity. Meanwhile, I always wish I had some rotten eggs to throw at the tesla whenever I see it.
February 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
In my city there is one cybertruck and one DIY parody of a cybertruck and the parody truck has become a local celebrity. Meanwhile, I always wish I had some rotten eggs to throw at the tesla whenever I see it.
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Reposted by Richard Pamatatau
Trump wants to wipe out Gaza’s history. Saving its mosques and churches would defy him | Raja Shehadeh
Trump wants to wipe out Gaza’s history. Saving its mosques and churches would defy him | Raja Shehadeh
The US president’s real-estate fantasies rely on the erasure of Gaza’s people and culture. Now we must act to preserve them
It might already be too late to save the homes where many of the people of Gaza have been living and have memories of lives spent…
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Trump wants to wipe out Gaza’s history. Saving its mosques and churches would defy him | Raja Shehadeh
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NOW: a federal judge has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s DOGE employees from being granted access to sensitive financial information in the Treasury Department.
Any records they already obtained need to be destroyed.
Any records they already obtained need to be destroyed.
February 8, 2025 at 6:06 AM
NOW: a federal judge has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s DOGE employees from being granted access to sensitive financial information in the Treasury Department.
Any records they already obtained need to be destroyed.
Any records they already obtained need to be destroyed.
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Miron Muslic: ‘We became refugees overnight. It was just devastating’
Miron Muslic: ‘We became refugees overnight. It was just devastating’
New Plymouth Argyle manager on fleeing from genocide in Bosnia when he was nine and the ‘fantasy’ of managing against Liverpool in the FA Cup
As the waves crash against the harbour walls of West Hoe Pier, a Grade II-listed structure beneath Plymouth’s…
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Miron Muslic: ‘We became refugees overnight. It was just devastating’
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We should all be pushing our local & municipal government agencies and elected officials to establish @bsky.app accounts.
Making Bluesky more of a hub of civic information will encourage many, many users to migrate away from Twitter/X.
Is there a Bluesky HOWTO for govt departments and officials?
Making Bluesky more of a hub of civic information will encourage many, many users to migrate away from Twitter/X.
Is there a Bluesky HOWTO for govt departments and officials?
February 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We should all be pushing our local & municipal government agencies and elected officials to establish @bsky.app accounts.
Making Bluesky more of a hub of civic information will encourage many, many users to migrate away from Twitter/X.
Is there a Bluesky HOWTO for govt departments and officials?
Making Bluesky more of a hub of civic information will encourage many, many users to migrate away from Twitter/X.
Is there a Bluesky HOWTO for govt departments and officials?
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We've updated our tracker below with these 3 additions.
If you have information about any of the people on this list, or know of other Musk associates who have entered the federal government, reach out on Signal at 917-512-0201.
If you have information about any of the people on this list, or know of other Musk associates who have entered the federal government, reach out on Signal at 917-512-0201.
February 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We've updated our tracker below with these 3 additions.
If you have information about any of the people on this list, or know of other Musk associates who have entered the federal government, reach out on Signal at 917-512-0201.
If you have information about any of the people on this list, or know of other Musk associates who have entered the federal government, reach out on Signal at 917-512-0201.
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Police tried to protect a small group of armed neo-Nazis from angry community members today on a freeway overpass in #Ohio, people managed to push through police as the Nazis escaped in a box truck.
Young people then set fire to a stolen Nazi flag.
Young people then set fire to a stolen Nazi flag.
February 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Police tried to protect a small group of armed neo-Nazis from angry community members today on a freeway overpass in #Ohio, people managed to push through police as the Nazis escaped in a box truck.
Young people then set fire to a stolen Nazi flag.
Young people then set fire to a stolen Nazi flag.
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SCOOP: Kash Patel took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries. He did not respond to questions about this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Kash Patel Took $25,000 From Russia-Linked Firm to Appear on an Anti-FBI TV Series
The documentary was produced by a filmmaker tied to Russian propaganda efforts.
www.motherjones.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
SCOOP: Kash Patel took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries. He did not respond to questions about this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Exclusive: President Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract reut.rs/4b7MUKt
Exclusive: Trump Air Force nominee arranged satellite contract in manner that favored Musk's SpaceX, sources say
President Donald Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract.
reut.rs
February 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Exclusive: President Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract reut.rs/4b7MUKt