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To people posting Epstein documents: if you post images or docs, please provide a Bates stamp or the full Bates stamped image
A Bates stamp is at the bottom right hand corner in black text and look like "EFTA[eight digit number with a bunch of leading zeroes]"
This helps weed out misinformation
A Bates stamp is at the bottom right hand corner in black text and look like "EFTA[eight digit number with a bunch of leading zeroes]"
This helps weed out misinformation
December 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
To people posting Epstein documents: if you post images or docs, please provide a Bates stamp or the full Bates stamped image
A Bates stamp is at the bottom right hand corner in black text and look like "EFTA[eight digit number with a bunch of leading zeroes]"
This helps weed out misinformation
A Bates stamp is at the bottom right hand corner in black text and look like "EFTA[eight digit number with a bunch of leading zeroes]"
This helps weed out misinformation
The problem with MAGA and the GOP, besides all the obvious, is that they would rather defend incompetence than defend America
March 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The problem with MAGA and the GOP, besides all the obvious, is that they would rather defend incompetence than defend America
He's crashing the economy in less than 60 days. At last, we found a skill that Donald Trump can execute. Think of America as his seventh bankruptcy.
March 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
He's crashing the economy in less than 60 days. At last, we found a skill that Donald Trump can execute. Think of America as his seventh bankruptcy.
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NEW: Voice of America is in upheaval. Journalists are facing HR investigations for comments critical of Trump. One of VOA's highest-profile journalists was put on leave today after a Trump aide called him a traitor. And the White House bureau chief was reassigned. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...
Voice of America Journalists Face Investigations for Comments About Trump
The broadcaster placed a longtime journalist on leave amid growing concerns about its editorial independence.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
NEW: Voice of America is in upheaval. Journalists are facing HR investigations for comments critical of Trump. One of VOA's highest-profile journalists was put on leave today after a Trump aide called him a traitor. And the White House bureau chief was reassigned. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...
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my superpower for predicting things? paying attention to what people with power say and do
People laughed a few days ago when @jamellebouie.net said we might not have flu shots next year, but:
NEWS: The FDA abruptly canceled its upcoming advisory committee meeting to select the strains for next year's flu shot.
by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social
by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
my superpower for predicting things? paying attention to what people with power say and do
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Jarvis: And as you said, it's his paper. He owns it. He can drive it in the ground, which he's doing, having lost 300,000 subscribers
February 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Jarvis: And as you said, it's his paper. He owns it. He can drive it in the ground, which he's doing, having lost 300,000 subscribers
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Another plane incident in DC:
An American Airlines flight from Boston had to abort its landing at DCA airport this morning to avoid another plane that was taking off on the same runway, authorities said.
An American Airlines flight from Boston had to abort its landing at DCA airport this morning to avoid another plane that was taking off on the same runway, authorities said.
February 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Another plane incident in DC:
An American Airlines flight from Boston had to abort its landing at DCA airport this morning to avoid another plane that was taking off on the same runway, authorities said.
An American Airlines flight from Boston had to abort its landing at DCA airport this morning to avoid another plane that was taking off on the same runway, authorities said.
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New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
February 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
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Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
February 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
Wait until these oligarchs, these incompetent crooks, start using the military to assassinate protestors en masse and then individually.
Unelected agents of a oligarch have seized core services of the state without legal sanction or authorization; yes, that's a coup
it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.
January 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Wait until these oligarchs, these incompetent crooks, start using the military to assassinate protestors en masse and then individually.
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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
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For more, here is Popular Information's story from last week:
A Chinese national, charged with fraud by the SEC, just sent Donald Trump $18 million
Chinese Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun paid $6.2 million for a banana — sold by Sotheby's as conceptual art — and then ate it last Friday.
popular.info
December 7, 2024 at 11:44 PM
For more, here is Popular Information's story from last week:
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Other media outlets finally waking up to this story
"It's hard to have more influence when you're talking about money in politics than someone who just directly gave you eight figures"
"It's hard to have more influence when you're talking about money in politics than someone who just directly gave you eight figures"
December 7, 2024 at 11:43 PM
Other media outlets finally waking up to this story
"It's hard to have more influence when you're talking about money in politics than someone who just directly gave you eight figures"
"It's hard to have more influence when you're talking about money in politics than someone who just directly gave you eight figures"
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Exactly this. The point of the FBI Director having a ten-year term was so that it would cut across presidential terms. "Trump announces FBI pick" is not a normal thing.
This is what has me so crazy about Kash Patel. Everyone has jumped right to the merits of Patel and no one has even paused to say, “Presidents don’t get to fire the FBI director without paying a huge political price.”
There seems to be a vast under-appreciation for the lines we’ve crossed and the world we’re in.
Trump’s win has basically put us in a post-rules world.
People in power don’t feel constrained by rules and any remaining checks don’t feel empowered to be checks.
This reality has not set in yet.
Trump’s win has basically put us in a post-rules world.
People in power don’t feel constrained by rules and any remaining checks don’t feel empowered to be checks.
This reality has not set in yet.
December 2, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Exactly this. The point of the FBI Director having a ten-year term was so that it would cut across presidential terms. "Trump announces FBI pick" is not a normal thing.
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can't stress enough, as someone who has a lot of experience in media, they know what they are doing when they run provocative and/or genuinely dumb takes. they do not deserve your well-intentioned "marketplace of ideas" counterarguments even a little bit!
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“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
December 2, 2024 at 10:50 PM
can't stress enough, as someone who has a lot of experience in media, they know what they are doing when they run provocative and/or genuinely dumb takes. they do not deserve your well-intentioned "marketplace of ideas" counterarguments even a little bit!
bsky.app/profile/aoc....
bsky.app/profile/aoc....
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Do I think all of Trump picks will get through the senate confirmation process? No idea.
4 republican senators can stop a nomination.
I’m not saying they will, I’m just saying they could.
4 republican senators can stop a nomination.
I’m not saying they will, I’m just saying they could.
December 1, 2024 at 1:14 AM
Do I think all of Trump picks will get through the senate confirmation process? No idea.
4 republican senators can stop a nomination.
I’m not saying they will, I’m just saying they could.
4 republican senators can stop a nomination.
I’m not saying they will, I’m just saying they could.
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Trump just nominated Charles Kushner to be AMB to France. Because, hey, screw it, let's not even pretend anymore.
November 30, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Trump just nominated Charles Kushner to be AMB to France. Because, hey, screw it, let's not even pretend anymore.
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We will go out and find the conspirators, not just in government but in the media,” Mr. Patel said. “Yes, we’re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens, who helped….
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/u...
A New Trump Administration Will ‘Come After’ the Media, Says Kash Patel
Donald Trump, who has already promised to use the Justice Department to “go after” his political adversaries, is expected to install Mr. Patel in a senior role if he returns to power.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2024 at 1:20 AM
We will go out and find the conspirators, not just in government but in the media,” Mr. Patel said. “Yes, we’re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens, who helped….
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/u...
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“Those seeking to curry favor with the incoming administration now have the opportunity to donate directly to the winning candidate without their names or potential conflicts ever entering the public sphere. And … foreign nationals are allowed to donate to the transition.”
President-elect Trump is keeping secret the names of the donors who are funding his transition effort, a break from tradition that could make it impossible to see what businesses or wealthy people are helping launch his second term. BensingerFahrenthold www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...
Trump Is Running His Transition Team on Secret Money
Breaking with past practice, President-elect Donald J. Trump has not agreed to disclose the donors paying for his planning effort or to limit their contributions.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2024 at 12:45 PM
“Those seeking to curry favor with the incoming administration now have the opportunity to donate directly to the winning candidate without their names or potential conflicts ever entering the public sphere. And … foreign nationals are allowed to donate to the transition.”
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Matt Gaetz won’t be Trump’s attorney general, but the bipartisan ethics report still needs to be released.
November 21, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Matt Gaetz won’t be Trump’s attorney general, but the bipartisan ethics report still needs to be released.
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A key reason voters don't believe the fascists are fascists is that major media outlets keep normalizing them with cover stories cueing the public they are just like Hollywood celebrities.
Today in "neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party"
Today in "neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party"
November 21, 2024 at 7:30 PM
A key reason voters don't believe the fascists are fascists is that major media outlets keep normalizing them with cover stories cueing the public they are just like Hollywood celebrities.
Today in "neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party"
Today in "neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party"
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Also, trans men who comply are viciously targeted with violence. www.them.us/story/trans-...
This Trans Man Was Just Trying to Pee. He Was Assaulted and Arrested.
He was told to use that restroom by the facility’s owner.
www.them.us
November 21, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Also, trans men who comply are viciously targeted with violence. www.them.us/story/trans-...