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GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
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"Die neue deutsche und europäische Migrationspolitik unterstützt praktisch die Migrationspolitik der extremen Rechten und trifft die Würde des Menschen ins Herz".
Gesine Schwan in der Weihnachtsausgabe der Süddeutschen Zeitung.
Gesine Schwan in der Weihnachtsausgabe der Süddeutschen Zeitung.
December 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"Die neue deutsche und europäische Migrationspolitik unterstützt praktisch die Migrationspolitik der extremen Rechten und trifft die Würde des Menschen ins Herz".
Gesine Schwan in der Weihnachtsausgabe der Süddeutschen Zeitung.
Gesine Schwan in der Weihnachtsausgabe der Süddeutschen Zeitung.
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Grifter extraordinaire
Marissa Mayer's new startup Dazzle, which is building next-gen AI personal assistants, raised an $8M seed at a $35M valuation and plans to exit stealth in 2026 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
December 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Grifter extraordinaire
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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A fantastic NYT report: Donors to Trump get pardons, jobs, & access - and benefited from regulatory decisions the Trump admin has made.
SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A fantastic NYT report: Donors to Trump get pardons, jobs, & access - and benefited from regulatory decisions the Trump admin has made.
SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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GS via @augurinfinity Nearly all major equity markets have outperformed the US in 2025 in both local and USD terms.
augurdigest.com/p/au...
augurdigest.com/p/au...
December 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
GS via @augurinfinity Nearly all major equity markets have outperformed the US in 2025 in both local and USD terms.
augurdigest.com/p/au...
augurdigest.com/p/au...
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Oracle’s 10-Q “detailed $248 billion of lease-payment commitments, ‘substantially all’ related to data centers .. but they’re not yet included on its balance sheet ..
“..’CreditSights analysts called the lease disclosure a ‘bombshell.’”
@bloomberg.com $ORCL
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“..’CreditSights analysts called the lease disclosure a ‘bombshell.’”
@bloomberg.com $ORCL
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Oracle’s 10-Q “detailed $248 billion of lease-payment commitments, ‘substantially all’ related to data centers .. but they’re not yet included on its balance sheet ..
“..’CreditSights analysts called the lease disclosure a ‘bombshell.’”
@bloomberg.com $ORCL
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“..’CreditSights analysts called the lease disclosure a ‘bombshell.’”
@bloomberg.com $ORCL
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Jared Kushner’s Firm Pulls Out of Trump-Branded Hotel Deal in Serbia
The announcement came just hours after prosecutors there charged four government officials with corruption in connection with the half-billion-dollar project.
By Sharon LaFraniere and Lara Jakes
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
The announcement came just hours after prosecutors there charged four government officials with corruption in connection with the half-billion-dollar project.
By Sharon LaFraniere and Lara Jakes
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
Kushner’s Firm Pulls Out of Trump-Branded Hotel Deal in Serbia
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Jared Kushner’s Firm Pulls Out of Trump-Branded Hotel Deal in Serbia
The announcement came just hours after prosecutors there charged four government officials with corruption in connection with the half-billion-dollar project.
By Sharon LaFraniere and Lara Jakes
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
The announcement came just hours after prosecutors there charged four government officials with corruption in connection with the half-billion-dollar project.
By Sharon LaFraniere and Lara Jakes
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
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Ok this story is totally insane
Rich Chinese building armies of American born children via surrogacy
Rich Chinese building armies of American born children via surrogacy
December 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Ok this story is totally insane
Rich Chinese building armies of American born children via surrogacy
Rich Chinese building armies of American born children via surrogacy
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Nick Train on Rightmove
"In the US, ChatGPT has chosen to partner with ... Zillow, rather than compete ... It's not just a question of the inventory on the site ... What $RMV has is 'property intent & behaviour, signals for pricing, supply & demand dynamics and geographies'"
"In the US, ChatGPT has chosen to partner with ... Zillow, rather than compete ... It's not just a question of the inventory on the site ... What $RMV has is 'property intent & behaviour, signals for pricing, supply & demand dynamics and geographies'"
December 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Nick Train on Rightmove
"In the US, ChatGPT has chosen to partner with ... Zillow, rather than compete ... It's not just a question of the inventory on the site ... What $RMV has is 'property intent & behaviour, signals for pricing, supply & demand dynamics and geographies'"
"In the US, ChatGPT has chosen to partner with ... Zillow, rather than compete ... It's not just a question of the inventory on the site ... What $RMV has is 'property intent & behaviour, signals for pricing, supply & demand dynamics and geographies'"
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Okay guys sure thing
*ORACLE SAYS FREE CASH FLOW WAS -$10 BILLION IN QUARTER
*ORACLE SAYS COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING INVESTMENT GRADE
*ORACLE SAYS FREE CASH FLOW WAS -$10 BILLION IN QUARTER
*ORACLE SAYS COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING INVESTMENT GRADE
December 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Okay guys sure thing
*ORACLE SAYS FREE CASH FLOW WAS -$10 BILLION IN QUARTER
*ORACLE SAYS COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING INVESTMENT GRADE
*ORACLE SAYS FREE CASH FLOW WAS -$10 BILLION IN QUARTER
*ORACLE SAYS COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING INVESTMENT GRADE
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Must read because 💯% correct (also, f***ing awesome: enjoy artificial blueberries and maraschino cherries, US!)
Theres a very long list of US products that cannot be sold in the EU thanks to EU regulations. Since the favorite pastime of the Trump regime & every US oligarch is to demonize EU regulations, I thought it would be very much worth going through some of those products.
🧵 by @daractenus.bsky.social
🧵 by @daractenus.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Must read because 💯% correct (also, f***ing awesome: enjoy artificial blueberries and maraschino cherries, US!)
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MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
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"Several developers told me this week GPU shipments are outpacing construction timelines so severely that some firms are storing racks of idle GPUs in warehouses, waiting to be told where to send them."
www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-...
www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-...
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"Several developers told me this week GPU shipments are outpacing construction timelines so severely that some firms are storing racks of idle GPUs in warehouses, waiting to be told where to send them."
www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-...
www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-...
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We live in an age where there's a glut of information and scarcity of attention, mediated through platforms that prioritise engagement over accuracy, and emotion captures attention more readily than reason.
This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
November 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
We live in an age where there's a glut of information and scarcity of attention, mediated through platforms that prioritise engagement over accuracy, and emotion captures attention more readily than reason.
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V-Dem Institute director Lindberg @silindberg.bsky.social (already in March, 2025):
""If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy" in the 2026 report.
"If it continues like this, democracy [there] will not last another six months.""
1/6
""If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy" in the 2026 report.
"If it continues like this, democracy [there] will not last another six months.""
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Whatever the accuracy and value of “Democracy Indices”, this is truly remarkable and again shows the striking disconnect between the U.S. legacy media and U.S. political reality.
ANALYSIS | U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog | CBC News
Possibly defying a court order. Urging his Justice Department to prosecute nemeses. Repeatedly calling the media 'illegal.' Declaring a predecessor's pardon null and void. U.S. President Donald Trump ...
www.cbc.ca
September 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
V-Dem Institute director Lindberg @silindberg.bsky.social (already in March, 2025):
""If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy" in the 2026 report.
"If it continues like this, democracy [there] will not last another six months.""
1/6
""If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy" in the 2026 report.
"If it continues like this, democracy [there] will not last another six months.""
1/6
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Every parent whose career has to do with online safety also bans Roblox.
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Every parent whose career has to do with online safety also bans Roblox.
Something to think about in certain cases
Basically every succescful equity investor the last 20yrs has invested in hidden monopolies or markets where competition is heavily hampered & corporate margins have exploded higher to erode the social contract of western democracies and their voters which has caused for the rise of the alt-right?
November 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Something to think about in certain cases
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Everybody's trying a little Enron these days
Meta enters electricity trading to help accelerate the construction of new US power plants critical for its AI infrastructure buildout (Bloomberg)
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November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Everybody's trying a little Enron these days
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Wow, this article published by @npr.org in August 2024, they accused Harris of lying about: Trump wanting to jail is enemies, Trump enacting Project2025, Trump cutting healthcare & social welfare programs, Trump cutting taxes for rich, Trump raising taxes for working families with tariffs ...
Can’t think why it turned out how it did with the media reporting honestly.
www.npr.org/2024/08/25/g...
www.npr.org/2024/08/25/g...
12 misleading or lacking-in-context claims from Harris’ DNC speech
They range from characterizations of former President Trump’s stances on abortion rights and Social Security to her plans to address housing and grocery prices.
www.npr.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Wow, this article published by @npr.org in August 2024, they accused Harris of lying about: Trump wanting to jail is enemies, Trump enacting Project2025, Trump cutting healthcare & social welfare programs, Trump cutting taxes for rich, Trump raising taxes for working families with tariffs ...
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Where we are as a country
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Where we are as a country
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"Cinemas back Wicked sequel to rekindle interest in the magic of film" (FT)
"In the US, admissions in October fell to lowest level since 1997" (Comscore)
$AMC CEO Adam Aron "expected next year’s box office takings to be 'dramatically larger than that achieved in 2025'"
www.ft.com/content/127c...
"In the US, admissions in October fell to lowest level since 1997" (Comscore)
$AMC CEO Adam Aron "expected next year’s box office takings to be 'dramatically larger than that achieved in 2025'"
www.ft.com/content/127c...
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
"Cinemas back Wicked sequel to rekindle interest in the magic of film" (FT)
"In the US, admissions in October fell to lowest level since 1997" (Comscore)
$AMC CEO Adam Aron "expected next year’s box office takings to be 'dramatically larger than that achieved in 2025'"
www.ft.com/content/127c...
"In the US, admissions in October fell to lowest level since 1997" (Comscore)
$AMC CEO Adam Aron "expected next year’s box office takings to be 'dramatically larger than that achieved in 2025'"
www.ft.com/content/127c...
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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Ich habe nie verstanden, warum die Geschäftsanteile so problematisiert wurden. Dass er sich von ihnen trennt, löst den Interessenkonflikt nicht. Schließlich fließen die Gewinne weiter seiner Ehefrau zu.
Kulturstaatsminister Weimer trennt sich von Firmenanteilen
Kulturstaatsminister Weimer stand wegen möglicher Vermischung von politischen und privatwirtschaftlichen Interessen zunehmend unter Druck. Nun zieht er Konsequenzen und gibt für die Dauer seiner Amtsz...
www.tagesschau.de
November 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Ich habe nie verstanden, warum die Geschäftsanteile so problematisiert wurden. Dass er sich von ihnen trennt, löst den Interessenkonflikt nicht. Schließlich fließen die Gewinne weiter seiner Ehefrau zu.
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Das Bild einer Entfremdung: Die Stipendiaten der Deutschlandstiftung Integration verlassen bei der Rede des Bundeskanzlers den Saal.
Viele wollen es nicht verstehen oder wahr haben, aber die Äußerungen des Kanzlers haben enorme Kränkungen verursacht.
Viele wollen es nicht verstehen oder wahr haben, aber die Äußerungen des Kanzlers haben enorme Kränkungen verursacht.
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Das Bild einer Entfremdung: Die Stipendiaten der Deutschlandstiftung Integration verlassen bei der Rede des Bundeskanzlers den Saal.
Viele wollen es nicht verstehen oder wahr haben, aber die Äußerungen des Kanzlers haben enorme Kränkungen verursacht.
Viele wollen es nicht verstehen oder wahr haben, aber die Äußerungen des Kanzlers haben enorme Kränkungen verursacht.