idflux
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THE RETURN OF ROCK HOUR:
Picking the invisible hits without authorization (new/cbus/overlooked)
"the raw energy of rock with a twist of weirdness."
https://www.mixcloud.com/weirdscene/
Picking the invisible hits without authorization (new/cbus/overlooked)
"the raw energy of rock with a twist of weirdness."
https://www.mixcloud.com/weirdscene/
Pinned
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The six Republican appointees appear ready to race headlong into a Trumpian future in which no agency or decision is beyond the reach of the president’s political cronies.
SCOTUS's GOP justices are about to hand Trump way more power
The court's right-wing bloc sounds ready to axe independent federal agencies—and the precedents that guard them.
www.motherjones.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The six Republican appointees appear ready to race headlong into a Trumpian future in which no agency or decision is beyond the reach of the president’s political cronies.
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#ICYMI: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detailed the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.
(Published Oct. 2025)
(Published Oct. 2025)
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
#ICYMI: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detailed the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.
(Published Oct. 2025)
(Published Oct. 2025)
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America’s Nero
December 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
America’s Nero
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End Private Equity. End Corporate-Owned Housing.
"Corporations now own a remarkable one in 11 residential real-estate parcels in the 500 urban counties with data robust enough to analyze. In some communities, they control more than 20 percent of properties."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
"Corporations now own a remarkable one in 11 residential real-estate parcels in the 500 urban counties with data robust enough to analyze. In some communities, they control more than 20 percent of properties."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
How Private Equity Is Changing Housing
In some communities, corporations control more than 20 percent of properties.
www.theatlantic.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:45 AM
End Private Equity. End Corporate-Owned Housing.
"Corporations now own a remarkable one in 11 residential real-estate parcels in the 500 urban counties with data robust enough to analyze. In some communities, they control more than 20 percent of properties."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
"Corporations now own a remarkable one in 11 residential real-estate parcels in the 500 urban counties with data robust enough to analyze. In some communities, they control more than 20 percent of properties."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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David Ellison offered assurances to Trump that if he bought Warner, he’d make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump’s ire. Trump has told people close to him that he wants new ownership of CNN as well as changes to CNN programming.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
David Ellison offered assurances to Trump that if he bought Warner, he’d make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump’s ire. Trump has told people close to him that he wants new ownership of CNN as well as changes to CNN programming.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Behind Paramount’s Relentless Campaign to Woo Warner Discovery and President Trump
David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal.
www.wsj.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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David Ellison offered assurances to Trump that if he bought Warner, he’d make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump’s ire. Trump has told people close to him that he wants new ownership of CNN as well as changes to CNN programming.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
David Ellison offered assurances to Trump that if he bought Warner, he’d make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump’s ire. Trump has told people close to him that he wants new ownership of CNN as well as changes to CNN programming.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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China’s Trade Surplus Tops $1 Trillion, Underscoring Its Export Dominance
Milestone boosts Chinese economy even as it fuels global trade tensions
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
China’s Trade Surplus Tops $1 Trillion, Underscoring Its Export Dominance
Milestone boosts Chinese economy even as it fuels global trade tensions
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
China’s Trade Surplus Tops $1 Trillion, Underscoring Its Export Dominance
The historic milestone comes as China adds high-end manufacturing strength to its established dominance in lower-end goods.
www.wsj.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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China’s Trade Surplus Tops $1 Trillion, Underscoring Its Export Dominance
Milestone boosts Chinese economy even as it fuels global trade tensions
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
China’s Trade Surplus Tops $1 Trillion, Underscoring Its Export Dominance
Milestone boosts Chinese economy even as it fuels global trade tensions
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
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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 6:01 PM
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.
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SCOTUS scholar @LeahLitman.bsky.social on the implications of the powers the Roberts Court appears primed to hand Trump — for example, in air travel.
Full interview at All Rise News www.allrisenews.com/p/trumps-fir...
Full interview at All Rise News www.allrisenews.com/p/trumps-fir...
December 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
SCOTUS scholar @LeahLitman.bsky.social on the implications of the powers the Roberts Court appears primed to hand Trump — for example, in air travel.
Full interview at All Rise News www.allrisenews.com/p/trumps-fir...
Full interview at All Rise News www.allrisenews.com/p/trumps-fir...
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Unusual Machines just landed another contact with a company trying to sell drones to the Defense Dept.
Donald Trump Jr. is an advisor to Unusual Machines.
www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
Donald Trump Jr. is an advisor to Unusual Machines.
www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
Oh yeah
The company, Unusual Machines—
In the last 3 months, it's announced $15.2 million in military-linked orders, including a direct U.S. Army buy.
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The company, Unusual Machines—
In the last 3 months, it's announced $15.2 million in military-linked orders, including a direct U.S. Army buy.
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After Unusual Machines Names Donald Trump Jr. To New Advisory Board, Defense Contracts Follow
Donald Trump Jr. once mocked Hunter Biden's "no-show no-experience board seats." Now he's on his second newly activated advisory board—and that company just announced $15 million in contracts.
www.forbes.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Unusual Machines just landed another contact with a company trying to sell drones to the Defense Dept.
Donald Trump Jr. is an advisor to Unusual Machines.
www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
Donald Trump Jr. is an advisor to Unusual Machines.
www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
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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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"The danger is once you compile all this information, then hackers only have to go to one place instead of going to all 50-plus jurisdictions that run elections... It’s a hacker’s dream to have all of this private, sensitive information collected somewhere..."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"The danger is once you compile all this information, then hackers only have to go to one place instead of going to all 50-plus jurisdictions that run elections... It’s a hacker’s dream to have all of this private, sensitive information collected somewhere..."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump just confirmed he'll sign an executive order banning states from regulating AI.
It's a huge victory for Big Tech, which has spent millions lobbying to stop guardrails against AI. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=lA7bwZgq-9DYkij5
It's a huge victory for Big Tech, which has spent millions lobbying to stop guardrails against AI. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=lA7bwZgq-9DYkij5
Big Tech's AI Power-Grab
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Trump just confirmed he'll sign an executive order banning states from regulating AI.
It's a huge victory for Big Tech, which has spent millions lobbying to stop guardrails against AI. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=lA7bwZgq-9DYkij5
It's a huge victory for Big Tech, which has spent millions lobbying to stop guardrails against AI. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=lA7bwZgq-9DYkij5
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A video of Nick Fuentes inciting the mob on Jan. 6 is circulating on X - at a time when fissures have erupted over the influence of Fuentes and his “Groypers” within MAGA.
For more on that specific video, and more, see this piece we wrote:
www.justsecurity.org/95385/twitte...
For more on that specific video, and more, see this piece we wrote:
www.justsecurity.org/95385/twitte...
December 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A video of Nick Fuentes inciting the mob on Jan. 6 is circulating on X - at a time when fissures have erupted over the influence of Fuentes and his “Groypers” within MAGA.
For more on that specific video, and more, see this piece we wrote:
www.justsecurity.org/95385/twitte...
For more on that specific video, and more, see this piece we wrote:
www.justsecurity.org/95385/twitte...
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And Ukrainian journalists, civil society, and legal institutions still work.
The baroque corruption schemes playing out in America and Russia completely outclass the kickback scandal in Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
And Ukrainian journalists, civil society, and legal institutions still work.
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Tucker Carlson has hosted Hitler apologists on his show. Now he says Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor who tried to kill Hitler, was not being Christian. He isn't making a theological argument. He's just morally inverting World War II and the Holocaust, to make space for their villains to rise again.
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Tucker Carlson has hosted Hitler apologists on his show. Now he says Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor who tried to kill Hitler, was not being Christian. He isn't making a theological argument. He's just morally inverting World War II and the Holocaust, to make space for their villains to rise again.
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Read #Strongmen and compare with Mussolini quotes on same subjects...
Elon Musk has tweeted nonstop about white babies, white genocide, population decline, and fertility rates for the past week.
This is what it's all about, folks. The supervillain plot is tweeted in real time.
White supremacy. Fear. Anxiety. Hatred. A loathing of diversity.
This is what it's all about, folks. The supervillain plot is tweeted in real time.
White supremacy. Fear. Anxiety. Hatred. A loathing of diversity.
December 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Read #Strongmen and compare with Mussolini quotes on same subjects...
Will The REAL Rick Wilson Please Stand Up?
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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No community should be forced to bear the weight of a system that profits from human suffering.
Private, for-profit prisons have no place in a fair and free democracy—and especially profiting off the suffering of an inhumane and undemocratic detention system.
Period.
Private, for-profit prisons have no place in a fair and free democracy—and especially profiting off the suffering of an inhumane and undemocratic detention system.
Period.
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
No community should be forced to bear the weight of a system that profits from human suffering.
Private, for-profit prisons have no place in a fair and free democracy—and especially profiting off the suffering of an inhumane and undemocratic detention system.
Period.
Private, for-profit prisons have no place in a fair and free democracy—and especially profiting off the suffering of an inhumane and undemocratic detention system.
Period.
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Silent Middle Child nails it. Again:
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Silent Middle Child nails it. Again:
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"The group rallied amid frigid conditions at the Target store on East Lake Street, alleging it allowed agents to stage raids in the parking lot.
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
December 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"The group rallied amid frigid conditions at the Target store on East Lake Street, alleging it allowed agents to stage raids in the parking lot.
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
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If ICE isnt using attack dogs then what are these injuries from??
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social @gallego.senate.gov
What can be done to make this bs stop? Now they’re setting attack dogs on these poor people!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks
What can be done to make this bs stop? Now they’re setting attack dogs on these poor people!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks
December 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
If ICE isnt using attack dogs then what are these injuries from??
