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Really good story on how Tesla took nearly a billion dollars in New York public funding with the promise of new jobs. Then -- surprise! -- most of the jobs never materialized.
open.substack.com/pub/oligarch...
open.substack.com/pub/oligarch...
How Tesla bilks taxpayers
Over the last 12 years, Elon Musk and Tesla have secured hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to help grow their business, while making numerous commitments to state and local governments that oft...
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Really good story on how Tesla took nearly a billion dollars in New York public funding with the promise of new jobs. Then -- surprise! -- most of the jobs never materialized.
open.substack.com/pub/oligarch...
open.substack.com/pub/oligarch...
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CNN put together a supercut of Trump calling affordability a "Democrat hoax" and "con job"
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
CNN put together a supercut of Trump calling affordability a "Democrat hoax" and "con job"
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AUTHERS: “.. Mortgage rates have risen since the Fed resumed cutting in September. … In recent history, it’s unprecedented for a cutting cycle as aggressive as this one has been to overlap with rising 10-year yields.”
@johnauthers.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com
@johnauthers.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
AUTHERS: “.. Mortgage rates have risen since the Fed resumed cutting in September. … In recent history, it’s unprecedented for a cutting cycle as aggressive as this one has been to overlap with rising 10-year yields.”
@johnauthers.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com
@johnauthers.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett announces her campaign for U.S. Senate for Texas with an ad that uses Trump’s own words against her.
December 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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How long until a single reporter actually presses the White House on the exact reason for these bandages?
Trump last night had the complexion of a Thanksgiving turkey that was left in the oven too long and bandages were again visible on the back of his right hand
(photos via Getty and by Aaron Schwartz and Paul Morigi)
(photos via Getty and by Aaron Schwartz and Paul Morigi)
December 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
How long until a single reporter actually presses the White House on the exact reason for these bandages?
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The US Labor Department announces it has cancelled the October PPI inflation report. Trump is refusing to show just how bad he's made everything.
U.S. layoffs set to surpass the Great Recession levels, on track to be worst since Great Depression. Spectre of economic collapse looming. Food lines growing longer across every region. Millions unable to afford basic medication or housing. Next year promises to be worse.
December 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The US Labor Department announces it has cancelled the October PPI inflation report. Trump is refusing to show just how bad he's made everything.
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It’s as if Anne Frank was describing the state sanctioned terror in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
December, 2025
December, 2025
December 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It’s as if Anne Frank was describing the state sanctioned terror in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
December, 2025
December, 2025
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Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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The Peaceable Kingdom: In a time of terrible discord, division and disunity, the image offered to us in the Book of Isaiah provides hope. A meditation on Edward Hicks, William Penn, Pope Leo XIV and Jesus, for the Second Sunday of Advent. www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Peaceable Kingdom: In a time of terrible discord, division and disunity, the image offered to us in the Book of Isaiah provides hope. A meditation on Edward Hicks, William Penn, Pope Leo XIV and Jesus, for the Second Sunday of Advent. www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
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The real problem with “everyone we bombed was on our list” is was the boat they bombed where they repatriated two survivors not on a list?
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The real problem with “everyone we bombed was on our list” is was the boat they bombed where they repatriated two survivors not on a list?
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Anyone else want to put Tom Cotton on top of a capsized boat in international waters miles away from Venezuela and see how helpless he is?
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Anyone else want to put Tom Cotton on top of a capsized boat in international waters miles away from Venezuela and see how helpless he is?
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Y’all made me go look it up… and yes, it really was truly awesome – in every sense of the word! #KennedyCenter
m.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Pe...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Pe...
Jason Bonham Feat Ann & Carrie Wilson (Heart) - Stairway To Heaven
YouTube video by Andi Sjah
m.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Y’all made me go look it up… and yes, it really was truly awesome – in every sense of the word! #KennedyCenter
m.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Pe...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Pe...
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And this is when we blow up the internet with this:
December 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
And this is when we blow up the internet with this:
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BELLINI IS MISSING UPTOWN. Last seen at 900 West 190th Street, Fort Washington Ave and Overlook Terrace. She's 45 pounds and chipped: 985113010381885. If you've seen or found her please call 888-466-3242 and PLEASE RT BELLINI!
December 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
BELLINI IS MISSING UPTOWN. Last seen at 900 West 190th Street, Fort Washington Ave and Overlook Terrace. She's 45 pounds and chipped: 985113010381885. If you've seen or found her please call 888-466-3242 and PLEASE RT BELLINI!
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Breaking: The Supreme Court will hear whether the Trump administration's attempt to undermine birthright citizenship is unconstitutional. Here’s what to know about birthright citizenship, guaranteed by the 14th Amendment:
Birthright Citizenship Under the U.S. Constitution
The 14th Amendment has long been understood to grant American citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.
www.brennancenter.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Breaking: The Supreme Court will hear whether the Trump administration's attempt to undermine birthright citizenship is unconstitutional. Here’s what to know about birthright citizenship, guaranteed by the 14th Amendment:
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All of this makes a lot more sense when you understand some of them are functionally illiterate.
FLORIDA — Woman in scrubs: “I’m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??”
December 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
All of this makes a lot more sense when you understand some of them are functionally illiterate.
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WALZ: “.. Donald Trump’s calling our Somali neighbors ‘garbage’ and calling the state of Minnesota a ‘hellhole’. I’m assuming it’s unprecedented for a United States President. .. We’ve got little children going to school today, their president called them ‘garbage’.”
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
WALZ: “.. Donald Trump’s calling our Somali neighbors ‘garbage’ and calling the state of Minnesota a ‘hellhole’. I’m assuming it’s unprecedented for a United States President. .. We’ve got little children going to school today, their president called them ‘garbage’.”
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Joe Biden really messed up the economy in 2020
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Joe Biden really messed up the economy in 2020
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
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Revoke his clearance. Now.
December 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Revoke his clearance. Now.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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“Leiweke was represented by Trump ally and former Rep. Trey Gowdy…”
President Donald Trump has issued a “full and unconditional pardon” for Oak View Group co-founder Tim Leiweke, who was indicted by the president’s own Justice Department earlier this year, according to a document released online.
Trump pardons former top entertainment executive who was charged by his own Justice Department | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump issued a “full and unconditional pardon” for Oak View Group co-founder Tim Leiweke, who was indicted by the president’s own Justice Department earlier this year, according to a ...
www.cnn.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:34 AM
“Leiweke was represented by Trump ally and former Rep. Trey Gowdy…”
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FEDWATCH: Today’s ADP data “certainly shows a deterioration with a risk of the unemployment rate skewing over 4.5 percent sooner than later.”
December 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
FEDWATCH: Today’s ADP data “certainly shows a deterioration with a risk of the unemployment rate skewing over 4.5 percent sooner than later.”
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One of these things is not like the other. Time from House special election to swearing in (2025):
Patronis R-FL - 1 day
Fine R-FL - 1 day
Walkinshaw D-VA - 1 day
Van Epps R-TN - 2 days (scheduled for Dec. 4)
Grijalva D-AZ - 50 days
Patronis R-FL - 1 day
Fine R-FL - 1 day
Walkinshaw D-VA - 1 day
Van Epps R-TN - 2 days (scheduled for Dec. 4)
Grijalva D-AZ - 50 days
December 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
One of these things is not like the other. Time from House special election to swearing in (2025):
Patronis R-FL - 1 day
Fine R-FL - 1 day
Walkinshaw D-VA - 1 day
Van Epps R-TN - 2 days (scheduled for Dec. 4)
Grijalva D-AZ - 50 days
Patronis R-FL - 1 day
Fine R-FL - 1 day
Walkinshaw D-VA - 1 day
Van Epps R-TN - 2 days (scheduled for Dec. 4)
Grijalva D-AZ - 50 days