loretgs
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January 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
And, so, it begins.
Trump's Day One executive orders were a huge gift to to the Big Pharma, Big Tech, Big Oil, and private prison companies who bankrolled his campaign.
The big losers? Ordinary Americans desperate for lower costs.
The big losers? Ordinary Americans desperate for lower costs.
January 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
And, so, it begins.
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We'll find our heroes in unexpected places over the next four years. We need to recognize their bravery when we find them.
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January 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
We'll find our heroes in unexpected places over the next four years. We need to recognize their bravery when we find them.
www.npr.org/2025/01/21/n...
www.npr.org/2025/01/21/n...
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On ending "birthright citizenship" via executive order:
I am sure the "originalists" on Supreme Court
will throw this out 9-0 the same day it arrives on their desk.
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I am sure the "originalists" on Supreme Court
will throw this out 9-0 the same day it arrives on their desk.
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January 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
On ending "birthright citizenship" via executive order:
I am sure the "originalists" on Supreme Court
will throw this out 9-0 the same day it arrives on their desk.
/s
I am sure the "originalists" on Supreme Court
will throw this out 9-0 the same day it arrives on their desk.
/s
Why do we keep accepting people like this????!!!
AG nom Pam Bondi...
-Didn't investigate Trump University for fraud as Florida AG after receiving a $25k donation from a Trump nonprofit
-Served as lobbyist for massive corporations
-Was part of Trump's impeachment defense team
She's a walking, talking conflict of interest.
-Didn't investigate Trump University for fraud as Florida AG after receiving a $25k donation from a Trump nonprofit
-Served as lobbyist for massive corporations
-Was part of Trump's impeachment defense team
She's a walking, talking conflict of interest.
A ‘Business-Friendly’ Lawyer’s Rise From Lobbyist to Attorney General Pick
Pam Bondi, whom President-elect Donald J. Trump intends to nominate as attorney general, received trips and donations funded by those seeking favors from her Florida office.
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Why do we keep accepting people like this????!!!
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The looters I want to talk about are the ones who stole our safe and stable climate from us. Millennia of planetary harm for individuals' profit. They set the fires.
January 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The looters I want to talk about are the ones who stole our safe and stable climate from us. Millennia of planetary harm for individuals' profit. They set the fires.
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i think opponents of trump also have to resist the temptation of intellectualizing his outbursts or attributing them to some recognizable goal. the fact is that trump is obsessed with greenland because it is big on a map. he wants canada because it is also big on a map. that's it.
January 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
i think opponents of trump also have to resist the temptation of intellectualizing his outbursts or attributing them to some recognizable goal. the fact is that trump is obsessed with greenland because it is big on a map. he wants canada because it is also big on a map. that's it.
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"The lawsuit filed on 6 January in a US district court in the Eastern District of Missouri alleges that the abuse began when Ann Altman was three and Sam Altman was 12" and continued into his adulthood.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman accused of sexual abuse by sister in lawsuit
Tech entrepreneur and family say Ann Altman’s claims that abuse started in childhood are ‘utterly untrue’
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"The lawsuit filed on 6 January in a US district court in the Eastern District of Missouri alleges that the abuse began when Ann Altman was three and Sam Altman was 12" and continued into his adulthood.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Mark Zuckerberg: I built this platform to give the people a voice
Me: okay but actually you built it to rate how hot the woman at your school were
Me: okay but actually you built it to rate how hot the woman at your school were
January 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Mark Zuckerberg: I built this platform to give the people a voice
Me: okay but actually you built it to rate how hot the woman at your school were
Me: okay but actually you built it to rate how hot the woman at your school were
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WTF with FB, which has outsourced content moderators all over the world, pretending they're all in California but going to Texas? I mean Republicans in power are stupid enough to believe this but why is anyone else?
January 8, 2025 at 5:16 AM
WTF with FB, which has outsourced content moderators all over the world, pretending they're all in California but going to Texas? I mean Republicans in power are stupid enough to believe this but why is anyone else?
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Donors to Trump's inaugural fund:
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: $1M
- Amazon: $1M
- Meta: $1M
- Uber & its CEO Dara Khosrowshahi: $1M each
- Apple CEO Tim Cook: $1M
This is chump change to the tech oligarchs, but it sends a clear message that they will do Trump's bidding.
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: $1M
- Amazon: $1M
- Meta: $1M
- Uber & its CEO Dara Khosrowshahi: $1M each
- Apple CEO Tim Cook: $1M
This is chump change to the tech oligarchs, but it sends a clear message that they will do Trump's bidding.
Donald Trump's inaugural fund is getting almost $150 million. Here are some of its donors
Tech giants and Wall Street leaders are writing million-dollar checks despite past conflicts with the president-elect
qz.com
January 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Donors to Trump's inaugural fund:
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: $1M
- Amazon: $1M
- Meta: $1M
- Uber & its CEO Dara Khosrowshahi: $1M each
- Apple CEO Tim Cook: $1M
This is chump change to the tech oligarchs, but it sends a clear message that they will do Trump's bidding.
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: $1M
- Amazon: $1M
- Meta: $1M
- Uber & its CEO Dara Khosrowshahi: $1M each
- Apple CEO Tim Cook: $1M
This is chump change to the tech oligarchs, but it sends a clear message that they will do Trump's bidding.
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Trump's co-president is unhinged.
November 27, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Trump's co-president is unhinged.
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A true populist, a real man of the people, siding with financial behomeths over consumers. This is how oligarchy works.
Elon Musk today calls for the elimination of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created in the aftermath of the Great Recession to protect American consumers who the agency says "behaved responsibly" but "were also lured into unaffordable loans by misleading promises of low payments."
November 27, 2024 at 10:41 PM
A true populist, a real man of the people, siding with financial behomeths over consumers. This is how oligarchy works.
The NYT.. how steep in decline?
1/2 Annals of headline writing:
The column that follows this headline is most forceful on "catastrophically wrong" predictions during pandemic by new nominee to head NIH. (See next item.)
So the headline framing is ... ???
The column that follows this headline is most forceful on "catastrophically wrong" predictions during pandemic by new nominee to head NIH. (See next item.)
So the headline framing is ... ???
November 28, 2024 at 3:12 PM
The NYT.. how steep in decline?
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This guy is a poster boy for mental instability.
Remember, Kennedy is not a vaccine “skeptic.” He has said that there is no safe or effective vaccine. He represents a profound health risk to the nation.
Trump HHS nominee RFK Jr. claimed CNN “lies about” flu deaths “every year.”
RFK Jr.: “I don’t think Sanjay Gupta and Anderson Cooper actually want to lie, but it’s part of their gestalt. …They’re supposed to push the flu vaccine. They’re supposed to scare the hell out of everybody.”
RFK Jr.: “I don’t think Sanjay Gupta and Anderson Cooper actually want to lie, but it’s part of their gestalt. …They’re supposed to push the flu vaccine. They’re supposed to scare the hell out of everybody.”
November 22, 2024 at 6:15 PM
This guy is a poster boy for mental instability.
What IS it with these people? They have so many weird triggers about sex and gender, yet look at The Orange One’s history and, now, his nominees’ histories of sex abuse, misogyny, paid sex.. ah, these fine christian values….
They’re afraid of a trans woman. Someone needs to appoint a therapist.
They’re afraid of a trans woman. Someone needs to appoint a therapist.
johnson working in the proud tradition of his sectional predecessors who tried to keep hiriam revels from being seated as the first black man elected to the Senate
NEW: Speaker Johnson announces anti-trans House, Capitol bathroom ban.
The attacks on Sarah McBride are now leading to policies that would harm her, staffers, visitors — anyone.
The attacks on Sarah McBride are now leading to policies that would harm her, staffers, visitors — anyone.
November 21, 2024 at 4:34 PM
What IS it with these people? They have so many weird triggers about sex and gender, yet look at The Orange One’s history and, now, his nominees’ histories of sex abuse, misogyny, paid sex.. ah, these fine christian values….
They’re afraid of a trans woman. Someone needs to appoint a therapist.
They’re afraid of a trans woman. Someone needs to appoint a therapist.
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Trump is a real working-class hero, right?
Delta’s CEO says Trump has promised to roll back a rule requiring automatic refunds on canceled flights and another requiring airlines to disclose the full cost of a ticket up front
Delta CEO says the Trump administration will reverse government 'overreach' seen under Biden
The chief executive of Delta Air Lines says the incoming Trump administration will be a “breath of fresh air” for airlines after what he called government “overreach” under President Joe Biden.
apnews.com
November 21, 2024 at 4:28 AM
Trump is a real working-class hero, right?
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HR 9495 provides no due process or oversight, creating a tool for political retaliation under the guise of "fighting terrorism."
Trump would abuse this power to retaliate against any org that challenges his agenda.
The 52 Dems who initially supported it must reverse course.
Trump would abuse this power to retaliate against any org that challenges his agenda.
The 52 Dems who initially supported it must reverse course.
Full list of Democrats who voted for bill that gives Trump admin more power
Dozens of Democrats voted in favor of a bill that would give the Treasury secretary power to designate nonprofits "terrorist supporting organizations."
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:50 PM
HR 9495 provides no due process or oversight, creating a tool for political retaliation under the guise of "fighting terrorism."
Trump would abuse this power to retaliate against any org that challenges his agenda.
The 52 Dems who initially supported it must reverse course.
Trump would abuse this power to retaliate against any org that challenges his agenda.
The 52 Dems who initially supported it must reverse course.
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Re-upping from late last night:
What I Did in the Week After the Election — Or, what I learned in Dayton Ohio about the new era of disinformation. Featuring writers from Paul Lynch to Jimmy Carter.
By me; no paywall; Xitter --> Bsky reference at the end.
fallows.substack.com/p/after-the-...
What I Did in the Week After the Election — Or, what I learned in Dayton Ohio about the new era of disinformation. Featuring writers from Paul Lynch to Jimmy Carter.
By me; no paywall; Xitter --> Bsky reference at the end.
fallows.substack.com/p/after-the-...
After the Election: Swimming in the Sea of Disinformation.
“It really is nothing new, but you are watching it happen in your own time and not in a book.” Writers and thinkers on where the denial of reality can lead.
fallows.substack.com
November 17, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Re-upping from late last night:
What I Did in the Week After the Election — Or, what I learned in Dayton Ohio about the new era of disinformation. Featuring writers from Paul Lynch to Jimmy Carter.
By me; no paywall; Xitter --> Bsky reference at the end.
fallows.substack.com/p/after-the-...
What I Did in the Week After the Election — Or, what I learned in Dayton Ohio about the new era of disinformation. Featuring writers from Paul Lynch to Jimmy Carter.
By me; no paywall; Xitter --> Bsky reference at the end.
fallows.substack.com/p/after-the-...
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Something something Make America Healthy Again
November 17, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Something something Make America Healthy Again
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But don’t worry. Oklahoma is buying thousands of Bibles for their public schools.
November 17, 2024 at 4:37 PM
But don’t worry. Oklahoma is buying thousands of Bibles for their public schools.
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Imagine taunting the democratically elected president of a nation that has been brutally invaded by Russia, which has bombed civilian sites killing thousands, occupied territory, and kidnapped children. Elon Musk, have you no decency?
November 17, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Imagine taunting the democratically elected president of a nation that has been brutally invaded by Russia, which has bombed civilian sites killing thousands, occupied territory, and kidnapped children. Elon Musk, have you no decency?