Scott Van Etten
@scottvanetten.bsky.social
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Congratulations to all the bankers, hedge-fund managers, private-equity honchos, tech titans, corporate executives and op-ed writers for backing the man who will do more to undermine the system that made them insanely wealthy than any other presidential candidate in their lifetimes.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank had been served grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department threatening a criminal indictment, a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s attacks on the Fed.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fed Served With DOJ Subpoenas, Powell Vows to Stand Firm
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank had been served grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department threatening a criminal indictment, a dramatic escalation of the Trump admi...
www.bloomberg.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Congratulations to all the bankers, hedge-fund managers, private-equity honchos, tech titans, corporate executives and op-ed writers for backing the man who will do more to undermine the system that made them insanely wealthy than any other presidential candidate in their lifetimes.
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“.. Crypto was supposed to free us from the chains of government control, but now it is finally revealing what that freedom really means: removing all checks on the power of the wealthy to do what they want, discharged at last from law .. and civic obligation ..”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
October 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
“.. Crypto was supposed to free us from the chains of government control, but now it is finally revealing what that freedom really means: removing all checks on the power of the wealthy to do what they want, discharged at last from law .. and civic obligation ..”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
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Just for the record, in 2020:
- Wray was the FBI director Trump handpicked to replace Comey
- Jack Smith was in the Hague prosecuting Kosovo war crimes
- Garland was an appeals court judge
- Monaco was in private practice in LA
There was no Biden administration yet, crooked or otherwise.
He crazy.
- Wray was the FBI director Trump handpicked to replace Comey
- Jack Smith was in the Hague prosecuting Kosovo war crimes
- Garland was an appeals court judge
- Monaco was in private practice in LA
There was no Biden administration yet, crooked or otherwise.
He crazy.
October 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Just for the record, in 2020:
- Wray was the FBI director Trump handpicked to replace Comey
- Jack Smith was in the Hague prosecuting Kosovo war crimes
- Garland was an appeals court judge
- Monaco was in private practice in LA
There was no Biden administration yet, crooked or otherwise.
He crazy.
- Wray was the FBI director Trump handpicked to replace Comey
- Jack Smith was in the Hague prosecuting Kosovo war crimes
- Garland was an appeals court judge
- Monaco was in private practice in LA
There was no Biden administration yet, crooked or otherwise.
He crazy.
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the crowd sizes are obviously the highlight here but the fact that *this* is the public statement of the NYPD does not bode well for the regime. or, put another way:
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
ZERO arrests at No Kings in NYC. (And the NYPD isn’t notorious for being sympathetic with people anti-Trump.)
This proves what shameless liars Speaker Mike Johnson & Karoline Leavitt are to slander the participants as violent anarchists.
This proves what shameless liars Speaker Mike Johnson & Karoline Leavitt are to slander the participants as violent anarchists.
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
the crowd sizes are obviously the highlight here but the fact that *this* is the public statement of the NYPD does not bode well for the regime. or, put another way:
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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"All of these powerful people trying to save their own skin have effectively multiplied Trump’s attacks, by enhancing a false sense of inevitability and invincibility...The people, it turns out, are far more courageous than their leaders."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Lower Than Cowards
The surrender of America’s elites
www.theatlantic.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"All of these powerful people trying to save their own skin have effectively multiplied Trump’s attacks, by enhancing a false sense of inevitability and invincibility...The people, it turns out, are far more courageous than their leaders."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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A belter of a post by @mmasnick.bsky.social: "The pattern is clear: mainstream media has become so terrified of appearing biased that they’ve abandoned their basic responsibility to clearly communicate truth to the public."
Also one of the reasons why independent journalists are vital right now.
Also one of the reasons why independent journalists are vital right now.
The Mainstream Media Is Catastrophically Failing To Meet The Moment
Earlier today we wrote about Trump’s extraordinary admission that he was basing military deployment decisions on old Fox News footage and lies from his advisors. But there’s an even mor…
www.techdirt.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
A belter of a post by @mmasnick.bsky.social: "The pattern is clear: mainstream media has become so terrified of appearing biased that they’ve abandoned their basic responsibility to clearly communicate truth to the public."
Also one of the reasons why independent journalists are vital right now.
Also one of the reasons why independent journalists are vital right now.
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Aaaaand 3, 2, 1 … using the Kirk assassination to brand as “terrorists” those who don’t support him or who criticized Kirk & threatening to “find” them.
This from the guy who pardoned the January 6 insurrectionists.
It’s straight out of the fascist playbook.
This from the guy who pardoned the January 6 insurrectionists.
It’s straight out of the fascist playbook.
Trump: "For years those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism we're seeing in our country & it must stop right now. My admin will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity"
September 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Aaaaand 3, 2, 1 … using the Kirk assassination to brand as “terrorists” those who don’t support him or who criticized Kirk & threatening to “find” them.
This from the guy who pardoned the January 6 insurrectionists.
It’s straight out of the fascist playbook.
This from the guy who pardoned the January 6 insurrectionists.
It’s straight out of the fascist playbook.
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Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
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Uh oh. He’s just going to have to shut this thing off.
June 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Uh oh. He’s just going to have to shut this thing off.
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Look sell your books man but try to maintain some dignity in the process
Jake Tapper on Biden: "It is a scandal. It is without question -- and maybe even worse than Watergate in some ways, because Richard Nixon was in control of his faculties when he wasn't drinking."
May 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Look sell your books man but try to maintain some dignity in the process
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
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The spreadsheet “names more than 800 firms, assigning them to one of five stark categories:
“Caved to Administration”
“Complying in Advance”
“Other Negative Action”
“Stood Up Against Administration’s Attacks”
.. or “No Response.”
@klasfeldreports.com
www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...
“Caved to Administration”
“Complying in Advance”
“Other Negative Action”
“Stood Up Against Administration’s Attacks”
.. or “No Response.”
@klasfeldreports.com
www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...
Law students organize to give Trump-caving firms a recruitment problem
By creating a spreadsheet, Georgetown Law students sparked national headlines, along with PR headaches and staffing challenges inside the world's most powerful firms.
www.allrisenews.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The spreadsheet “names more than 800 firms, assigning them to one of five stark categories:
“Caved to Administration”
“Complying in Advance”
“Other Negative Action”
“Stood Up Against Administration’s Attacks”
.. or “No Response.”
@klasfeldreports.com
www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...
“Caved to Administration”
“Complying in Advance”
“Other Negative Action”
“Stood Up Against Administration’s Attacks”
.. or “No Response.”
@klasfeldreports.com
www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
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Tesla stock rises on news that its profits only went down by 70%
April 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tesla stock rises on news that its profits only went down by 70%
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Import Chinese battery: 145% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff
Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy.
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff
Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy.
April 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Import Chinese battery: 145% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff
Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy.
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff
Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy.
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I am Jewish.
I have spent literally my entire life on university campuses.
I was the child of two Jewish professors.
Since kindergarten I have spent exactly one year as neither a student nor a professor.
I have, on occasion, experienced antisemitism. But never on a university campus.
I have spent literally my entire life on university campuses.
I was the child of two Jewish professors.
Since kindergarten I have spent exactly one year as neither a student nor a professor.
I have, on occasion, experienced antisemitism. But never on a university campus.
April 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I am Jewish.
I have spent literally my entire life on university campuses.
I was the child of two Jewish professors.
Since kindergarten I have spent exactly one year as neither a student nor a professor.
I have, on occasion, experienced antisemitism. But never on a university campus.
I have spent literally my entire life on university campuses.
I was the child of two Jewish professors.
Since kindergarten I have spent exactly one year as neither a student nor a professor.
I have, on occasion, experienced antisemitism. But never on a university campus.
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1/2 Counting active-duty, reserves, and contractors, some 3 million Americans are under direct/indirect authority of DOD.
Every one of those 3 million—EVERY ONE—knows that if he or she had sent real-time info about combat operations on commercial platforms, their careers would be over. And worse.
Every one of those 3 million—EVERY ONE—knows that if he or she had sent real-time info about combat operations on commercial platforms, their careers would be over. And worse.
March 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
1/2 Counting active-duty, reserves, and contractors, some 3 million Americans are under direct/indirect authority of DOD.
Every one of those 3 million—EVERY ONE—knows that if he or she had sent real-time info about combat operations on commercial platforms, their careers would be over. And worse.
Every one of those 3 million—EVERY ONE—knows that if he or she had sent real-time info about combat operations on commercial platforms, their careers would be over. And worse.
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First they came for your due process rights, and you said nothing for you had not committed a crime.
Then they came for your right to privacy, and you said nothing for you had nothing to hide.
Then they came for your free speech rights, and you said nothing.
Then they came for your right to privacy, and you said nothing for you had nothing to hide.
Then they came for your free speech rights, and you said nothing.
March 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
First they came for your due process rights, and you said nothing for you had not committed a crime.
Then they came for your right to privacy, and you said nothing for you had nothing to hide.
Then they came for your free speech rights, and you said nothing.
Then they came for your right to privacy, and you said nothing for you had nothing to hide.
Then they came for your free speech rights, and you said nothing.
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CAMERON: “I see a turn away from everything decent. America doesn’t stand for anything if it doesn’t stand for what it has historically stood for. It becomes a hollow idea, and I think they’re hollowing it out as fast as they can for their own benefit.”
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
James Cameron Calls Donald Trump's Re-Election 'Horrifying'
James Cameron has responded to Donald Trump's re-election, calling the president's second term "horrifying."
www.rollingstone.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
CAMERON: “I see a turn away from everything decent. America doesn’t stand for anything if it doesn’t stand for what it has historically stood for. It becomes a hollow idea, and I think they’re hollowing it out as fast as they can for their own benefit.”
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
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Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.
February 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
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Between the Bove/Sassoon/Adams contretemps and Attorney General Bondi’s preposterous letters to Apple and Google, Thursday was about as bad a day for the Department of Justice’s credibility as we’ve seen in generations.
Me, via “One First”:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/124-the-th...
Me, via “One First”:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/124-the-th...
124. The Thursday Night Massacre(s)
Two very different episodes on Thursday provide growing evidence of a Department of Justice that is showing less respect, by the day, for the rule of law.
www.stevevladeck.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Between the Bove/Sassoon/Adams contretemps and Attorney General Bondi’s preposterous letters to Apple and Google, Thursday was about as bad a day for the Department of Justice’s credibility as we’ve seen in generations.
Me, via “One First”:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/124-the-th...
Me, via “One First”:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/124-the-th...
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Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
February 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.