Laura Friedrich Merton
@worldlady.bsky.social
🇬🇧 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 +! Writing a book about my Topgun Vietnam fighter pilot dad, and my mother coping on her own in California. And how the Vietnam war forever messed with the USA. Including what’s happening now.
Pinned
Lessons learned from lawsuits with liars:
1. Do not help them.
2. If they create legal, moral, tactical vulnerabilities, use them! Fight!
3. Never let them control the narrative or claim high ground. Expose their hypocrisy, smear them with their own bull.
4. Don’t despair. Don’t give up.
1. Do not help them.
2. If they create legal, moral, tactical vulnerabilities, use them! Fight!
3. Never let them control the narrative or claim high ground. Expose their hypocrisy, smear them with their own bull.
4. Don’t despair. Don’t give up.
I watched the NYT interview with Karp and crikey he’s insane.
European security contractors should carefully scrutinize this and other tapes of the Palantir CEO, who exhibits all the physical characteristics of a dangerous drug addict, before signing any contracts with Palantir.
February 18, 2026 at 6:43 AM
I watched the NYT interview with Karp and crikey he’s insane.
The experts said crimes outlined in documents released by the US justice department were committed against a backdrop of supremacist beliefs, racism, corruption and extreme misogyny. The crimes, they said, showed a commodification and dehumanisation of (cont.)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...?
Epstein files suggest acts that may amount to crimes against humanity, say UN experts
Independent experts appointed by human rights council speak of ‘grave’ nature regarding scale of atrocities against women and girls
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Jon Ossof, Senator for Georgia. Will be running again this November against ultra-MAGA lunatic Buddy Carter.
I agree that he’s the younger, talented, principled Dem that Obama was talking about as needed by the party and the country.
I agree that he’s the younger, talented, principled Dem that Obama was talking about as needed by the party and the country.
Can someone remind me why this is not our guy for 2028? Young, speaks well, drops truth bombs, handsome (sorry it’s an advantage)….??
Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."
February 17, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Jon Ossof, Senator for Georgia. Will be running again this November against ultra-MAGA lunatic Buddy Carter.
I agree that he’s the younger, talented, principled Dem that Obama was talking about as needed by the party and the country.
I agree that he’s the younger, talented, principled Dem that Obama was talking about as needed by the party and the country.
😱
Recruiters and propagandists who previously worked for Russia’s Wagner Group have emerged as a main conduit for Kremlin-organised sabotage attacks in Europe, according to western intelligence officials. The fighter group’s status has been uncertain since a failed rebellion against the top brass of
Russia’s Wagner Group pivots to European sabotage, say western officials
Recruiters involved with fighter group are said to be targeting agents for operations on Nato soil
www.ft.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:44 AM
😱
Just like it’s unclear how Epstein died.
Trump was credibly accused of sexual assault in the Epstein files. It's unclear what became of the DOJ's investigation.
FBI Interviewed Trump Accuser, Epstein Files Show
Trump was credibly accused of sexual assault in the Epstein files. It's unclear what became of the DOJ's investigation.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Just like it’s unclear how Epstein died.
Eswar Prasad: Trump is scoring so many self-goals right now that China could win the geopolitical game by default ft.trib.al/lfdTYLI
How China could win the geopolitical game by default
Mercurial shifts in US foreign policy under Trump have left leaders of other countries baffled
ft.trib.al
February 16, 2026 at 5:32 AM
🇪🇺 Kaja Kallas on Russia:
Russia is no superpower. After more than a decade of conflict, including four years of full-scale war in Ukraine, Russia has barely advanced beyond the 2014 lines. And the cost? 1.2 million casualties.
Russia is no superpower. After more than a decade of conflict, including four years of full-scale war in Ukraine, Russia has barely advanced beyond the 2014 lines. And the cost? 1.2 million casualties.
February 15, 2026 at 9:04 AM
He grabbed the MAGAs by the p****, and they let him do it because he’s a star.
February 15, 2026 at 2:55 AM
He grabbed the MAGAs by the p****, and they let him do it because he’s a star.
Oh God no with this rubbish. “Reform” my eye.
Honestly lads the motorbike and leather jacket combo much more appealing and sensible than this latest rant from reforms wannabe MP….
February 14, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Oh God no with this rubbish. “Reform” my eye.
If you ever wondered who would have supported Hitler in the 1930s, look at American tech oligarchs today.
They exchanged democracy for deregulation.
It’s the same betrayal
They exchanged democracy for deregulation.
It’s the same betrayal
February 14, 2026 at 8:33 AM
February 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
ICE offices are based in the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building at 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Repost if you think the local authorities should rename its address "One Renee Nicole Good/Alex Pretti Plaza."
February 13, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Everyone everywhere needs to read every word of this.
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 12, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Everyone everywhere needs to read every word of this.
When the world’s richest man, who cut USAID to get tax cuts and caused tens of thousands of children to die as a result, acts like he cares about victims, don’t take him seriously.
He’s gaslighting you
He’s gaslighting you
February 11, 2026 at 10:30 AM
And to paraphrase Goebbels, repurposed for the DT and the Epstein class: once is an outrage, a million times is just a statistic
Trump is the central figure in the Epstein files, with his name dwarfing that of all others excepting Epstein himself. Rep Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said that when he searched President Trump's name in the unredacted Epstein files the previous day, it came up "more than a million times."
Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin alleges
One document recounts that Trump said he "never" asked Epstein to leave Mar-a-Lago.
www.axios.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
And to paraphrase Goebbels, repurposed for the DT and the Epstein class: once is an outrage, a million times is just a statistic
And of course, the “R” before their names.
Sens Jon Husted (R-OH) & Bernie Moreno (R-OH) both got big payments from Les Wexner and then on cue started to disparage investigations into the Epstein files. This is how the corrupt system works.
February 11, 2026 at 2:59 AM
And of course, the “R” before their names.
February 11, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Just followed…
No-one seems to have noticed, but many of the core developments in the Mandelson/Epstein story these last few days have been broken on this website. @pickardje.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social are both posting each breaking development on BlueSky, not X.
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Just followed…
The wrong thing went in the woodchipper
HORRIFYING -
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Expert insight: U.S. withdrawal from WHO could affect global health - Western News
History professor Mitchell L. Hammond explains how the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization could affect global health and disease threats.
news.westernu.ca
February 10, 2026 at 11:28 AM
The wrong thing went in the woodchipper
No words.
Emails show Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem corresponded with the disgraced financier for more than a decade after Epstein was first jailed in 2008 for procuring a minor for prostitution. Their correspondence included an exchange of torture films.
One of Dubai’s Most Powerful Executives Discussed Sex, Business With Epstein
Emails show Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem corresponded with the disgraced financier for more than a decade after Epstein was first jailed in 2008 for procuring a minor for prostitution
www.bloomberg.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:56 AM
No words.
I had no clue who Bad Bunny was but now I looove him, thanks DT!
February 10, 2026 at 6:39 AM
I had no clue who Bad Bunny was but now I looove him, thanks DT!
I did too 😂
February 9, 2026 at 2:42 PM
I did too 😂
SpaceX shifts focus from something that it will never do on Mars to something it will never do on the Moon.
February 9, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Unforgivable
It’s hard not to resent Trump, Musk, Thiel, and Vance even more than Putin or Xi.
Enemies attack you. That’s expected.
These men chose to betray their own country, their allies, and their democracy.
An enemy harms you. A traitor sells you out. Betrayal is harder to forgive
Enemies attack you. That’s expected.
These men chose to betray their own country, their allies, and their democracy.
An enemy harms you. A traitor sells you out. Betrayal is harder to forgive
February 7, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Unforgivable