Jim Zakany
@zakany.bsky.social
Rocket scientist. Subject matter expert in propulsion system testing, cryogenics management, test facility operations, and omelette making. Also known to make excellent salads. Always traveling to new places.
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In DC, Trump officials celebrated the decimation of USAID with a sheet cake.
In South Sudan, USAID budget cuts closed a health clinic in the middle of a cholera outbreak.
Tor Top had to take his sick mother to the hospital, 8 hours away. She died on the way.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
In South Sudan, USAID budget cuts closed a health clinic in the middle of a cholera outbreak.
Tor Top had to take his sick mother to the hospital, 8 hours away. She died on the way.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In DC, Trump officials celebrated the decimation of USAID with a sheet cake.
In South Sudan, USAID budget cuts closed a health clinic in the middle of a cholera outbreak.
Tor Top had to take his sick mother to the hospital, 8 hours away. She died on the way.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
In South Sudan, USAID budget cuts closed a health clinic in the middle of a cholera outbreak.
Tor Top had to take his sick mother to the hospital, 8 hours away. She died on the way.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
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1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
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Just so we’re all clear here, he is saying that Rob Reiner and his wife were asking for it.
December 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Just so we’re all clear here, he is saying that Rob Reiner and his wife were asking for it.
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"According to the…annual Harris Poll, for the 1st time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71% believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"According to the…annual Harris Poll, for the 1st time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71% believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
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I just want to once again congratulate every business and media outlet who tripped over their own dicks to take right-wing outrage in uncritical good faith and ruin peoples’ careers over extremely tame internet comments about Charlie Kirk 48 hours before immediately forgetting he ever existed.
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I just want to once again congratulate every business and media outlet who tripped over their own dicks to take right-wing outrage in uncritical good faith and ruin peoples’ careers over extremely tame internet comments about Charlie Kirk 48 hours before immediately forgetting he ever existed.
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“Donald Trump doesn’t care about your healthcare. Trump is AWOL on healthcare.“
Political Science Professor
Jeanne Zaino
@bloomberg.com
Political Science Professor
Jeanne Zaino
@bloomberg.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“Donald Trump doesn’t care about your healthcare. Trump is AWOL on healthcare.“
Political Science Professor
Jeanne Zaino
@bloomberg.com
Political Science Professor
Jeanne Zaino
@bloomberg.com
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iRobot, the U.S. firm that had robots vacuuming homes, will be taken over by its China-based supplier. It's assuring owners that devices will keep working as usual. n.pr/4oZf4wi
Roomba maker files for bankruptcy, weighed down by debt and tariffs
iRobot, the U.S. firm that had robots vacuuming homes, will be taken over by its China-based supplier. It's assuring owners that devices will keep working as usual.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
iRobot, the U.S. firm that had robots vacuuming homes, will be taken over by its China-based supplier. It's assuring owners that devices will keep working as usual. n.pr/4oZf4wi
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Things could change for the better for veterans if they would vote for those who care about them. And that automatically excludes republicans, conservatives and definitely fascists!
December 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Things could change for the better for veterans if they would vote for those who care about them. And that automatically excludes republicans, conservatives and definitely fascists!
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Usually, when I need an appointment at the VA, I can get one within 2 weeks. Today, I called for an appointment and the next available is in May, 2026. Firing 35K people will do that. The Trump administration hates veterans.
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Usually, when I need an appointment at the VA, I can get one within 2 weeks. Today, I called for an appointment and the next available is in May, 2026. Firing 35K people will do that. The Trump administration hates veterans.
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As we wrote in 2024:
Hare Psychopathy Checklist:
“Perfect” score for total psychopath = 40
Average score in general population = 5
Average score for someone in maximum security prison = 22
Donald J. Trump = 34
Hare Psychopathy Checklist:
“Perfect” score for total psychopath = 40
Average score in general population = 5
Average score for someone in maximum security prison = 22
Donald J. Trump = 34
December 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
As we wrote in 2024:
Hare Psychopathy Checklist:
“Perfect” score for total psychopath = 40
Average score in general population = 5
Average score for someone in maximum security prison = 22
Donald J. Trump = 34
Hare Psychopathy Checklist:
“Perfect” score for total psychopath = 40
Average score in general population = 5
Average score for someone in maximum security prison = 22
Donald J. Trump = 34
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Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Trump is never able to be anything other than who he is — even amidst tragedies like Rob Reiner’s death. Cruelty is always the point.
December 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Trump is never able to be anything other than who he is — even amidst tragedies like Rob Reiner’s death. Cruelty is always the point.
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Editor in Chief of Christianity Today Magazine 👇🏽
December 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Editor in Chief of Christianity Today Magazine 👇🏽
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The fact that not a single reporter tells Mike Johnson “let me read it for you” or “here it is” when he claims he hasn’t seen or doesn’t know a thing about the psychotic ramblings of the head of state is not only a dereliction of journalistic duty, but a display of pure cowardice.
December 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The fact that not a single reporter tells Mike Johnson “let me read it for you” or “here it is” when he claims he hasn’t seen or doesn’t know a thing about the psychotic ramblings of the head of state is not only a dereliction of journalistic duty, but a display of pure cowardice.
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Something I mentioned to @atrupar.com is how Johnson will say he's too "busy" to read *the president's* tweets or statements, while actual VP JD Vance will rage post in response to journalists and relatively minor liberal influencers. Either Johnson can't multitask or Vance doesn't have a real job.
The fact that not a single reporter tells Mike Johnson “let me read it for you” or “here it is” when he claims he hasn’t seen or doesn’t know a thing about the psychotic ramblings of the head of state is not only a dereliction of journalistic duty, but a display of pure cowardice.
December 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Something I mentioned to @atrupar.com is how Johnson will say he's too "busy" to read *the president's* tweets or statements, while actual VP JD Vance will rage post in response to journalists and relatively minor liberal influencers. Either Johnson can't multitask or Vance doesn't have a real job.
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Setting aside the sheer moral depravity for a moment, Donald Trump attacking Rob Reiner after his murder is only going to serve as an accelerant to the growing public opinion that he is out-of-touch (affordability), cruel (ICE), and unfit for office (mental/physical health).
December 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Setting aside the sheer moral depravity for a moment, Donald Trump attacking Rob Reiner after his murder is only going to serve as an accelerant to the growing public opinion that he is out-of-touch (affordability), cruel (ICE), and unfit for office (mental/physical health).
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The GOP brand is necrotizing on a near-daily basis in large part due to Trump’s antics, such as those we saw today.
They are in an accelerating downward spiral, and it’s up to us to make sure that they pay a steep price in every election from today through the midterms and beyond.
They are in an accelerating downward spiral, and it’s up to us to make sure that they pay a steep price in every election from today through the midterms and beyond.
December 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The GOP brand is necrotizing on a near-daily basis in large part due to Trump’s antics, such as those we saw today.
They are in an accelerating downward spiral, and it’s up to us to make sure that they pay a steep price in every election from today through the midterms and beyond.
They are in an accelerating downward spiral, and it’s up to us to make sure that they pay a steep price in every election from today through the midterms and beyond.
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Some Republicans seem to be catching on.
But even in the face of such utter depravity, their criticisms are far too muted compared to what the moment calls for.
And they will pay a political price for not wholly denouncing and disowning this sick cretin.
www.axios.com/2025/12/15/t...
But even in the face of such utter depravity, their criticisms are far too muted compared to what the moment calls for.
And they will pay a political price for not wholly denouncing and disowning this sick cretin.
www.axios.com/2025/12/15/t...
Republican lawmakers slam Trump's "inappropriate" posts on Rob Reiner
"Most Americans want more and better from our president," said one House Republican.
www.axios.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Some Republicans seem to be catching on.
But even in the face of such utter depravity, their criticisms are far too muted compared to what the moment calls for.
And they will pay a political price for not wholly denouncing and disowning this sick cretin.
www.axios.com/2025/12/15/t...
But even in the face of such utter depravity, their criticisms are far too muted compared to what the moment calls for.
And they will pay a political price for not wholly denouncing and disowning this sick cretin.
www.axios.com/2025/12/15/t...
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WSJ explains how FBI was able to solve Pipe Bomber case after so many years: an Agent wrote code to access T-Mobile data FBI HAD thought was corrupted.
Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
WSJ explains how FBI was able to solve Pipe Bomber case after so many years: an Agent wrote code to access T-Mobile data FBI HAD thought was corrupted.
Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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NEW: My lawyer told a judge on Dec. 3 that Northwestern DA David Sullivan’s office is legally required to disclose the names and case numbers of cops who have been charged with crimes like possession of child pornography, assault and battery, and driving under the influence.
#Massachusetts #mapoli
#Massachusetts #mapoli
Judge hears arguments about whether Northwestern DA must release names of cops charged with crimes
For years, DA David Sullivan has spent taxpayer money to fight against police transparency
andrewqmr.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
NEW: My lawyer told a judge on Dec. 3 that Northwestern DA David Sullivan’s office is legally required to disclose the names and case numbers of cops who have been charged with crimes like possession of child pornography, assault and battery, and driving under the influence.
#Massachusetts #mapoli
#Massachusetts #mapoli
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One reason why Republicans won't extend expiring ACA subsidies?
Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
December 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
One reason why Republicans won't extend expiring ACA subsidies?
Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Q: As part of your investigation, reviewing all the videos, you would agree with me that not a single one of those agents had anything on them [that would indicate that they were from ICE].
A: Yes, not displayed outwardly in the video.
A: Yes, not displayed outwardly in the video.
December 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Q: As part of your investigation, reviewing all the videos, you would agree with me that not a single one of those agents had anything on them [that would indicate that they were from ICE].
A: Yes, not displayed outwardly in the video.
A: Yes, not displayed outwardly in the video.
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🚨🚨 JUDGE DUGAN'S TRIAL GETS ITS SIGNALGATE
The witness agrees that federal agents spoke to each other in a Signal group called "Frozen Water Group," indicating ICE.
Dugan's lawyer notes that's not the preferred mode of ICE communications.
The witness agrees that federal agents spoke to each other in a Signal group called "Frozen Water Group," indicating ICE.
Dugan's lawyer notes that's not the preferred mode of ICE communications.
December 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🚨🚨 JUDGE DUGAN'S TRIAL GETS ITS SIGNALGATE
The witness agrees that federal agents spoke to each other in a Signal group called "Frozen Water Group," indicating ICE.
Dugan's lawyer notes that's not the preferred mode of ICE communications.
The witness agrees that federal agents spoke to each other in a Signal group called "Frozen Water Group," indicating ICE.
Dugan's lawyer notes that's not the preferred mode of ICE communications.
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Cross-examination of Agent Lucker has begun.
Q: You're a federal agent, not an agent of the State of Wisconsin, correct?
A: That's correct.
Q: How many times other than this case have you spent in the 6th floor of [Dugan's courthouse]?
A: Not that I recall.
Q: You're a federal agent, not an agent of the State of Wisconsin, correct?
A: That's correct.
Q: How many times other than this case have you spent in the 6th floor of [Dugan's courthouse]?
A: Not that I recall.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Cross-examination of Agent Lucker has begun.
Q: You're a federal agent, not an agent of the State of Wisconsin, correct?
A: That's correct.
Q: How many times other than this case have you spent in the 6th floor of [Dugan's courthouse]?
A: Not that I recall.
Q: You're a federal agent, not an agent of the State of Wisconsin, correct?
A: That's correct.
Q: How many times other than this case have you spent in the 6th floor of [Dugan's courthouse]?
A: Not that I recall.