Daren Afshar
@darenafshar.bsky.social
President of Winery Productions, an entertainment production company based in Japan. Also, Executive Director at One Young World Japan, the Japan arm of the largest platform for young leaders in the world…ONE YOUNG WORLD.
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“The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
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Opinion | A sickening moral slum of an administration
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
“The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
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This is regular news now, out there in the public eye. Pay Trump, get a pardon. How many have there been now?! This is ridiculous!
Nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz was sentenced in April to three years for defrauding the government of $38 million.
Seven months later, President Trump pardoned him, but the White House denies a lobbying tie.
Seven months later, President Trump pardoned him, but the White House denies a lobbying tie.
The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
Nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz was sentenced in April to three years for defrauding the government of $38 million. Seven months later, Trump pardoned him, but the White House denies a lobbying t...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This is regular news now, out there in the public eye. Pay Trump, get a pardon. How many have there been now?! This is ridiculous!
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A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
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October 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
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WTF?!?!
The Department of Homeland Security has begun targeting unaccompanied children in the immigration system with what they call a “voluntary option” to return to their countries of origin. via @laist.com
DHS begins targeting unaccompanied children with 'voluntary' deportation offer
Children asked to waive right to see a judge in exchange for $2,500
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October 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
WTF?!?!
How is this legal? Are there no anti-trust laws left in the world? Crazy!
Paramount Skydance will acquire the Free Press, an online publication, and install its iconoclastic founder, Bari Weiss, as editor in chief of CBS News, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Bari Weiss to be named top editor at CBS News
Paramount Skydance will acquire the journalist’s publication, the Free Press, which she started after quitting the New York Times in 2020.
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October 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
How is this legal? Are there no anti-trust laws left in the world? Crazy!
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Swear her in.
October 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Swear her in.
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🗣️“The root cause of this war is very simple. And the root cause is that russia is not abiding by this, the UN Charter. It's really that simple. It is trying to violate the independence, the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Ukraine.” -Finnish President Alexander Stubb
September 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🗣️“The root cause of this war is very simple. And the root cause is that russia is not abiding by this, the UN Charter. It's really that simple. It is trying to violate the independence, the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Ukraine.” -Finnish President Alexander Stubb
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For Trump's ultra-wealthy donors, fascism is just good business. zeteo.com/p/ice-no-bid...
ICE Gives No-Bid SUV Contract to Republican Donor with a History of Fraud
The $2.25M award for ICE recruitment vehicles seemed to go around normal contracting procedures.
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August 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
For Trump's ultra-wealthy donors, fascism is just good business. zeteo.com/p/ice-no-bid...
This is the part I fear the most; armed conflict. 😱
“If someone is legitimately confused about who is detaining them, then that could cause the person to legitimately respond with force or other reactions that escalate a situation and put everyone at risk.”
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“If someone is legitimately confused about who is detaining them, then that could cause the person to legitimately respond with force or other reactions that escalate a situation and put everyone at risk.”
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Experts explain your rights – as an immigrant or a bystander – if you’re caught up in an ICE raid | CNN
CNN asked immigration and legal experts and Trump administration officials to explain the rights of witnesses and immigrants during an ICE encounter. Here’s what we learned.
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August 27, 2025 at 6:52 AM
This is the part I fear the most; armed conflict. 😱
“If someone is legitimately confused about who is detaining them, then that could cause the person to legitimately respond with force or other reactions that escalate a situation and put everyone at risk.”
edition.cnn.com/2025/08/23/u...
“If someone is legitimately confused about who is detaining them, then that could cause the person to legitimately respond with force or other reactions that escalate a situation and put everyone at risk.”
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ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.
(Published 2021)
(Published 2021)
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes,…
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August 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.
(Published 2021)
(Published 2021)
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Like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires, Dunn and Wilks want to slash regulations and taxes.
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.
Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide.
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August 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires, Dunn and Wilks want to slash regulations and taxes.
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
July 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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“They don’t want anyone to see how they treat people. They want to be doing this”—their deportations—”with no witnesses.”
ICE agents are harassing the courthouse volunteers who assist besieged immigrants
"They want to be doing this with no witnesses."
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July 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“They don’t want anyone to see how they treat people. They want to be doing this”—their deportations—”with no witnesses.”
100% agree.
"Russia is pouring everything into a renewed effort to break the West’s resolve because they can’t break Ukraine’s lines. Ukraine continues to hold at great cost. If we falter we risk sending a signal that America no longer stands with those who fight for freedom."
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If We Don’t Stand With Ukraine, What Do We Stand For?
The decision to cancel a weapons shipment is a sign of weakness.
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July 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
100% agree.
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President Trump's financial disclosure shows more than $630 million in income from 2024 including tens of millions from cryptocurrency and Trump-branded products touted on the campaign trail.
How does President Trump make his money? Real estate, hospitality and his name
President Trump's financial disclosure shows more than $630 million in income from 2024 including tens of millions from cryptocurrency and Trump-branded products touted on the campaign trail.
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June 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
President Trump's financial disclosure shows more than $630 million in income from 2024 including tens of millions from cryptocurrency and Trump-branded products touted on the campaign trail.
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The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re being shafted.
Know the truth.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re being shafted.
Know the truth.
June 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re being shafted.
Know the truth.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re being shafted.
Know the truth.
Iran is a distraction. Ukraine is of utmost importance to show Russia and other authoritarian regimes that agression will not be tolerated. This is the conflict to resolve now.
💔 Dear world leaders, governments, lawmakers, politicians.
Do you sit comfortably while watching these Ukrainian children & their families covered in blood after being hit by russian missiles while simply traveling on a train through cities in the heart of Europe?
Where are you? What are you doing?
Do you sit comfortably while watching these Ukrainian children & their families covered in blood after being hit by russian missiles while simply traveling on a train through cities in the heart of Europe?
Where are you? What are you doing?
June 25, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Iran is a distraction. Ukraine is of utmost importance to show Russia and other authoritarian regimes that agression will not be tolerated. This is the conflict to resolve now.
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“Musk clearly has a conflict of interest and should recuse,” one ethics expert said.
“Therefore an employee of his ... who stands to keep his job only if he supports Musk’s personal interests, should not be working for DOGE.”
“Therefore an employee of his ... who stands to keep his job only if he supports Musk’s personal interests, should not be working for DOGE.”
Musk Adviser May Make as Much as $1 Million a Year While Helping to Dismantle Agency that Regulates Tesla and X
Records show that Chris Young is simultaneously working as a political adviser to Musk while serving in the Department of Government Efficiency, helping to gut the Consumer Financial Protection…
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May 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
“Musk clearly has a conflict of interest and should recuse,” one ethics expert said.
“Therefore an employee of his ... who stands to keep his job only if he supports Musk’s personal interests, should not be working for DOGE.”
“Therefore an employee of his ... who stands to keep his job only if he supports Musk’s personal interests, should not be working for DOGE.”
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After-tax income under the Trump/GOP budget:
-People making less than $17/k year: LOSE $1000
-People making between $17k and $51k/yr: LOSE $700
-People making over $4.3M/year: GAIN $389,000
This is what class warfare looks like.
-People making less than $17/k year: LOSE $1000
-People making between $17k and $51k/yr: LOSE $700
-People making over $4.3M/year: GAIN $389,000
This is what class warfare looks like.
May 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
After-tax income under the Trump/GOP budget:
-People making less than $17/k year: LOSE $1000
-People making between $17k and $51k/yr: LOSE $700
-People making over $4.3M/year: GAIN $389,000
This is what class warfare looks like.
-People making less than $17/k year: LOSE $1000
-People making between $17k and $51k/yr: LOSE $700
-People making over $4.3M/year: GAIN $389,000
This is what class warfare looks like.
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Just a reminder for any member of Congress who seems to have forgotten...
May 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Just a reminder for any member of Congress who seems to have forgotten...
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Do your job, Sean.
May 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Do your job, Sean.
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None of this story goes to the core problem of "cost." It only mentions that the procedure can cost as much as $180K. That is the main problem.
One of my family members had a procedure that cost over $275K with VERY little of it actually going to the surgeons and their skill sets.
One of my family members had a procedure that cost over $275K with VERY little of it actually going to the surgeons and their skill sets.
Insurance companies aren’t just players in the fight with doctors over money; they’re also the referees.
They produce their own guidelines on when to pay claims. If a doctor appeals a denial, insurers make all the initial decisions.
By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social
They produce their own guidelines on when to pay claims. If a doctor appeals a denial, insurers make all the initial decisions.
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“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
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April 20, 2025 at 4:50 AM
None of this story goes to the core problem of "cost." It only mentions that the procedure can cost as much as $180K. That is the main problem.
One of my family members had a procedure that cost over $275K with VERY little of it actually going to the surgeons and their skill sets.
One of my family members had a procedure that cost over $275K with VERY little of it actually going to the surgeons and their skill sets.