Isabel Jolie
@isabeljolie.bsky.social
Writer, reader, rower, pluviophile. Waiting for Our Waterloo.
Blatant corruption. Make America Russia. That’s the slogan MAGA should paste on their trucker hats.
Around D.C., the new going rate is well-known: $5 million for a one-on-one dinner with Trump, but gov-affairs execs have “no clue where the money is eventually going,” one said. Another told me it’s “outer-borough Mafia sh*t.” My new piece is out @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Donald Trump’s Politics of Plunder
The greed of the new Administration has galvanized America’s aspiring oligarchs—and their opponents.
www.newyorker.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Blatant corruption. Make America Russia. That’s the slogan MAGA should paste on their trucker hats.
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"It isn’t just that Trump has ramped up his own personal self-dealing (though he has). Just as important, his administration is enacting a sweeping set of policy changes that will make it more likely that Americans will themselves be the victims of all kinds of scams." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
A golden age for scammers
The conman in chief remakes the government in his own image.
www.publicnotice.co
July 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"It isn’t just that Trump has ramped up his own personal self-dealing (though he has). Just as important, his administration is enacting a sweeping set of policy changes that will make it more likely that Americans will themselves be the victims of all kinds of scams." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
Making corruption great…and the US a Russian wannabe.
A golden age for scammers
The conman in chief remakes the government in his own image.
open.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Making corruption great…and the US a Russian wannabe.
Great news for writers... www.hiddengemsbooks.com/ruling-opens...
Major Court Ruling Opens New Path for Mobile eBook Sales - Hidden Gems Book Blog
Recent court ruling cracks open the paywall dead-ends and begins to loosen Apple's grip on in-app purchases, leading to easier eBook sales.
www.hiddengemsbooks.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Great news for writers... www.hiddengemsbooks.com/ruling-opens...
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Song of the day: Life During War Time
"This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around."
My nomination for the soundtrack song of 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al5...
"This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around."
My nomination for the soundtrack song of 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al5...
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (live)
YouTube video by forcedcoitus
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May 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Song of the day: Life During War Time
"This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around."
My nomination for the soundtrack song of 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al5...
"This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around."
My nomination for the soundtrack song of 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al5...
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May 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
For the record, you don’t have to be pope to know Vance is wrong. You just had to have, you know, read the book.
May 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
For the record, you don’t have to be pope to know Vance is wrong. You just had to have, you know, read the book.
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...
Defend Public Broadcasting!
Public broadcasting provides Americans with access to local news, educational programming, and independent journalism without corporate and political influence. Public broadcasters like PBS and NPR ar...
sign.moveon.org
May 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...
Defend Public Broadcasting!
Public broadcasting provides Americans with access to local news, educational programming, and independent journalism without corporate and political influence. Public broadcasters like PBS and NPR ar...
sign.moveon.org
May 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...
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Both Rubio's tweet, and the response, are remarkable artifacts. You have a Secretary of State tweeting right wing talking points to defend Neo Nazis, and the country where Nazis originated telling him to sod off.
Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
May 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Both Rubio's tweet, and the response, are remarkable artifacts. You have a Secretary of State tweeting right wing talking points to defend Neo Nazis, and the country where Nazis originated telling him to sod off.
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May 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Trumpty-Dumpty is defunding PBS. What he calls "bias" some of us call "facts Trumpty-Dumpty doesn't like."
May 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Trumpty-Dumpty is defunding PBS. What he calls "bias" some of us call "facts Trumpty-Dumpty doesn't like."
Such a petty small man. He can refuse to hang the portrait of Obama, but time will pass, and one day, this portrait will take its place in the WH, and serve as evidence of a dark time when a small man attempted to rule a democracy.
May 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Such a petty small man. He can refuse to hang the portrait of Obama, but time will pass, and one day, this portrait will take its place in the WH, and serve as evidence of a dark time when a small man attempted to rule a democracy.
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He’s less a president and more a broadcast signal from a dying democracy - static, chaos, and the faint sound of sirens in the distance.
May 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
He’s less a president and more a broadcast signal from a dying democracy - static, chaos, and the faint sound of sirens in the distance.
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🗓️ 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐂𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤!
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May 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🗓️ 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐂𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤!
Every month, we expand our network so more people can access fair prescription pricing while supporting the local pharmacies that keep their communities healthy.
➡️ Get started at teamcubancard.com!
Every month, we expand our network so more people can access fair prescription pricing while supporting the local pharmacies that keep their communities healthy.
➡️ Get started at teamcubancard.com!
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here's today's post: "elderly golfer shits pants, blames Joe Biden"
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elderly golfer shits pants, blames Joe Biden
you don’t get a doll.
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May 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
here's today's post: "elderly golfer shits pants, blames Joe Biden"
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You literally sound like a communist
Stephen Miller: "Children will be taught to love America. Children will be taught to be patriots. Children will be taught civic values for schools that want federal taxpayer funding ... we're gonna make sure these funds are not being used to promote communist ideology."
May 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
You literally sound like a communist
We all know Donald is a whiny, spoiled man child, but my question is—how can one follow him, read all of his posts, and NOT see him for what he is? Are the brain cells not firing??
May 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We all know Donald is a whiny, spoiled man child, but my question is—how can one follow him, read all of his posts, and NOT see him for what he is? Are the brain cells not firing??
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your child will toil valiantly in the factory. it will be masculine. it will restore our national character. it will make america great again. oh my child? my child will run a lucrative rightwing podcast
April 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
your child will toil valiantly in the factory. it will be masculine. it will restore our national character. it will make america great again. oh my child? my child will run a lucrative rightwing podcast
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My statement on the Antisemitism Awareness Act ahead of tomorrow's Senate markup:
April 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
My statement on the Antisemitism Awareness Act ahead of tomorrow's Senate markup:
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Did you vote for cruelty? www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Deported Cuban mother separated from breastfeeding 1-year-old daughter
Cuban mother Heidy Sanchez collapsed into tears as she recalled the moment last week when U.S. immigration officials in Florida told her she would be deported and separated from her still-breastfeeding 1-year-old daughter.
www.reuters.com
April 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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