@kathykadane.bsky.social
The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.
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On top of the stink of whatever it is Putin has on Trump, this rotten deal adds the odor of more looting by the billionaires.
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
On top of the stink of whatever it is Putin has on Trump, this rotten deal adds the odor of more looting by the billionaires.
#KASH's cash.
Democracy Forward seeks travel records, use of government credit cards for hotels, resturants etc on Kash Patel's trips to Nashville, proof he reimbursed the govt for personal trips since Oct 1 2025, and all flight logs that include his girlfriend Alexis since February 1, 2025
Waste fraud abuse
Waste fraud abuse
Our new filing is part of a larger investigation into a related pattern of Dir. Patel possibly using government resources on his relationship with Wilkins, including travel to see each other on the government’s dime.
November 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
#KASH's cash.
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If a new D president doesn’t name a Special Counsel to investigate these crimes and fumigate the Pentagon by 1pm on Inauguration Day, that D president will be a failure.
On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If a new D president doesn’t name a Special Counsel to investigate these crimes and fumigate the Pentagon by 1pm on Inauguration Day, that D president will be a failure.
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BREAKING: At least 18 Palestinians have been killed in a spate of Israeli drone and missile attacks throughout northern and central Gaza, hospital sources have told Al Jazeera.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/iw6mmd
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/iw6mmd
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
BREAKING: At least 18 Palestinians have been killed in a spate of Israeli drone and missile attacks throughout northern and central Gaza, hospital sources have told Al Jazeera.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/iw6mmd
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/iw6mmd
EVERYONE WHO READS
THE NEW YORK TIMES
IS.
➡️BREATHLESSLY⬅️
WAITING FOR THIS.
"...at a time when there is renewed interest in how politics shapes pop culture."
I'M JUST *DYING* TO KNOW!!
pagesix.com/2025/08/29/s...
THE NEW YORK TIMES
IS.
➡️BREATHLESSLY⬅️
WAITING FOR THIS.
"...at a time when there is renewed interest in how politics shapes pop culture."
I'M JUST *DYING* TO KNOW!!
pagesix.com/2025/08/29/s...
Exclusive | New media power couple: Vanity Fair editor Mark Guiducci and NYT’s White House correspondent Shawn McCreesh are dating
The duo were spotted rubbing shoulders with an elite crowd at an extravagant French wedding weekend in Paris.
pagesix.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
EVERYONE WHO READS
THE NEW YORK TIMES
IS.
➡️BREATHLESSLY⬅️
WAITING FOR THIS.
"...at a time when there is renewed interest in how politics shapes pop culture."
I'M JUST *DYING* TO KNOW!!
pagesix.com/2025/08/29/s...
THE NEW YORK TIMES
IS.
➡️BREATHLESSLY⬅️
WAITING FOR THIS.
"...at a time when there is renewed interest in how politics shapes pop culture."
I'M JUST *DYING* TO KNOW!!
pagesix.com/2025/08/29/s...
FIRST DELIBERATE USE OF
#ICE AGAINST
#ELECTION WORKERS??
(PETITION SIGNATURE GATHERERS ARE ELECTION WORKERS.)
Because this is coming.
Beware and Prepare.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
#ICE AGAINST
#ELECTION WORKERS??
(PETITION SIGNATURE GATHERERS ARE ELECTION WORKERS.)
Because this is coming.
Beware and Prepare.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Missouri AG Now Siccing ICE on Gerrymander Referendum Signature Gatherers
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
FIRST DELIBERATE USE OF
#ICE AGAINST
#ELECTION WORKERS??
(PETITION SIGNATURE GATHERERS ARE ELECTION WORKERS.)
Because this is coming.
Beware and Prepare.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
#ICE AGAINST
#ELECTION WORKERS??
(PETITION SIGNATURE GATHERERS ARE ELECTION WORKERS.)
Because this is coming.
Beware and Prepare.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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🤣🤣🤣
Pls help spread this!! 🙏🏼
Virginia Giuffre’s most violent abuser, the “well-known prime minister*,” is to speak at the NYT DealBook Summit on 12/3/25!!!
Tell Andrew Ross Sorkin and NYT about this if you agree it should NOT be allowed!!!
@redpencilscript.bsky.social
Pls help spread this!! 🙏🏼
Virginia Giuffre’s most violent abuser, the “well-known prime minister*,” is to speak at the NYT DealBook Summit on 12/3/25!!!
Tell Andrew Ross Sorkin and NYT about this if you agree it should NOT be allowed!!!
@redpencilscript.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
🤣🤣🤣
Pls help spread this!! 🙏🏼
Virginia Giuffre’s most violent abuser, the “well-known prime minister*,” is to speak at the NYT DealBook Summit on 12/3/25!!!
Tell Andrew Ross Sorkin and NYT about this if you agree it should NOT be allowed!!!
@redpencilscript.bsky.social
Pls help spread this!! 🙏🏼
Virginia Giuffre’s most violent abuser, the “well-known prime minister*,” is to speak at the NYT DealBook Summit on 12/3/25!!!
Tell Andrew Ross Sorkin and NYT about this if you agree it should NOT be allowed!!!
@redpencilscript.bsky.social
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Hmmm 🤔
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Hmmm 🤔
Escalation in Sudan is not inevitable—but ending the fighting will “require a much bigger push from the White House,” writes Alex de Waal.
Terror Returns to Darfur
Only American pressure can stop the killing in Sudan.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Escalation in Sudan is not inevitable—but ending the fighting will “require a much bigger push from the White House,” writes Alex de Waal.
Terror Returns to Darfur
Only American pressure can stop the killing in Sudan.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Escalation in Sudan is not inevitable—but ending the fighting will “require a much bigger push from the White House,” writes Alex de Waal.
a beautifully-done but distressing article here
it tells you about the future SCOTUS might plunge us under in just a mere few months, if not less — be sure to read it
it tells you about the future SCOTUS might plunge us under in just a mere few months, if not less — be sure to read it
If SCOTUS conservatives gut VRA protections from election discrimination, it won't just threaten POC seats in Congress. It is more often used to protect local elections — like in Fayette, TN, where officials used racist voting maps to ensure an all-white county board:
boltsmag.org/voting-right...
boltsmag.org/voting-right...
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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NEW: Arizona’s AG asks the state Supreme Court to revive the criminal case she brought against Trump’s inner circle. It’s the third time in two weeks a court or prosecutor breathed life into a case stemming from Trump’s 2020 election gambit.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Arizona attorney general asks state supreme court to revive case against Trump’s 2020 allies
It’s the third time in recent days that local courts or prosecutors breathed new life into criminal cases stemming from Trump’s 2020 election effort.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
NEW: Arizona’s AG asks the state Supreme Court to revive the criminal case she brought against Trump’s inner circle. It’s the third time in two weeks a court or prosecutor breathed life into a case stemming from Trump’s 2020 election gambit.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
#SLAPP BACK INITIATIVE
The SLAPP Back Initiative is the first-of-its-kind database tracking strategic lawsuits against public participation, potentially meritless or malicious legal actions that chill speech and deter scrutiny.
A project by @nyu.edu's First Amendment Watch.
Learn more at slappback.org.
A project by @nyu.edu's First Amendment Watch.
Learn more at slappback.org.
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
#SLAPP BACK INITIATIVE
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Latest piece out in @theatlantic.com . Trump's "peace" plan for Ukraine, which he at this very moment trying to force on the country with threats and intimidation, is grotesque. The US president is admitting what too many refused to admit, he wants Putin to win. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump’s Devastating Plan for Ukraine
The White House is giving Putin permission to try again.
www.theatlantic.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Latest piece out in @theatlantic.com . Trump's "peace" plan for Ukraine, which he at this very moment trying to force on the country with threats and intimidation, is grotesque. The US president is admitting what too many refused to admit, he wants Putin to win. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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In the past decade, billionaires have been more empowered than ever before to spend money to influence American elections.
Here are the billionaires who make up the top 20 political spenders:
Here are the billionaires who make up the top 20 political spenders:
The top 20 billionaires influencing American politics
The group has spent nearly $5 billion on elections since 2015.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In the past decade, billionaires have been more empowered than ever before to spend money to influence American elections.
Here are the billionaires who make up the top 20 political spenders:
Here are the billionaires who make up the top 20 political spenders:
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"Unless Congress acts, the presidency will acquire a second, hidden budget: slush funds drawn from corporations and foreign governments with no external oversight. The power of the purse anchors Congress’s independence, keeping the legislature from becoming a spectator to executive power."
President Trump is building a “shadow budget” outside of Congressional control. @scott-levy.bsky.social explains why it is unlawful and how Congress should respond:
www.justsecurity.org/125302/shado...
www.justsecurity.org/125302/shado...
How to End Shadow Budget, Protect Congress’s Power of Purse
Unless Congress reasserts control over federal spending, the balance the framers designed could collapse into a self-financing presidency.
www.justsecurity.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"Unless Congress acts, the presidency will acquire a second, hidden budget: slush funds drawn from corporations and foreign governments with no external oversight. The power of the purse anchors Congress’s independence, keeping the legislature from becoming a spectator to executive power."
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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In which a former CDC staffer, sadly, advises the public to avoid the CDC website
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
One of CDC’s final blows. And what it means for you.
Where to find trusted health information now?
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In which a former CDC staffer, sadly, advises the public to avoid the CDC website
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
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SZ: Properly understood, the 28-point peace plan offered by Trump but written by Putin has little to do with Ukraine. Its principal purpose is to put an end to US leadership of NATO and to demonstrate contempt for America's European allies
Trumps Friedensplan für die Ukraine kommt einem Scheidungsantrag an Europa nahe
Donald Trump hat die Europäer bei seinem Friedensplan für die Ukraine nicht einbezogen. Die Inhalte widersprechen direkt ihren Sicherheitsinteressen.
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
SZ: Properly understood, the 28-point peace plan offered by Trump but written by Putin has little to do with Ukraine. Its principal purpose is to put an end to US leadership of NATO and to demonstrate contempt for America's European allies
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NATO joins with Ukraine in saying "no" to the Trump-Putin peace plan. www.newsweek.com/russia-ukrai...
Ukraine and Europe reject Trump's Russia peace plan—Live updates
Ukraine is digesting the White House's 28-point draft plan for peace with Russia. Follow Newsweek's live coverage.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
NATO joins with Ukraine in saying "no" to the Trump-Putin peace plan. www.newsweek.com/russia-ukrai...
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This is known as spoliation of evidence in a pending case. It means that the court will now be permitted to draw the inference that the evidence, had it not been destroyed, would show precisely what the plaintiffs contend.
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
This is known as spoliation of evidence in a pending case. It means that the court will now be permitted to draw the inference that the evidence, had it not been destroyed, would show precisely what the plaintiffs contend.
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ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated.
ICE Suddenly Loses Key Evidence One Day After Being Sued
ICE says the evidence disappeared in a “system crash.”
trib.al
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated.
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The essence of Trump's engagement on Ukraine is this: (1) it is circular, not linear, always returning to the exact same points. And (2) it is always driven by Putin, who has converted Trump into his sock puppet.
A Trump Peace Plan for Ukraine—or Just a Phantom?
Reasons for skepticism.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The essence of Trump's engagement on Ukraine is this: (1) it is circular, not linear, always returning to the exact same points. And (2) it is always driven by Putin, who has converted Trump into his sock puppet.