@lrfrail.bsky.social
Not altogether new but important:
Power to the few - rich get richer.
Power to the few - rich get richer.
How Trump's latest crypto launch enriches his family
The president and his sons made $5 billion on paper as their cryptocurrency started trading — highlighting the extraordinary degree to which they are personally profiting from Trump's return to the Ov...
www.npr.org
September 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Not altogether new but important:
Power to the few - rich get richer.
Power to the few - rich get richer.
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I stand with PBS.
I stand with NPR.
I stand with Stephen Colbert.
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
I stand with the First Amendment.
PERIOD.*
*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
I stand with NPR.
I stand with Stephen Colbert.
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
I stand with the First Amendment.
PERIOD.*
*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
September 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I stand with PBS.
I stand with NPR.
I stand with Stephen Colbert.
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
I stand with the First Amendment.
PERIOD.*
*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
I stand with NPR.
I stand with Stephen Colbert.
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
I stand with the First Amendment.
PERIOD.*
*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
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Colleges and universities are going way too soft on policing AI, Tyler Austin Harper argues. “Institutions of higher learning can abandon their centuries-long educational project,” he writes. “Or they can fight.”
Universities Can Abdicate to AI. Or They Can Fight.
Too many school leaders have been reluctant to impose harsh penalties for unauthorized chatbot use.
bit.ly
September 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Colleges and universities are going way too soft on policing AI, Tyler Austin Harper argues. “Institutions of higher learning can abandon their centuries-long educational project,” he writes. “Or they can fight.”
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September 10, 2025
September 10, 2025
Last night, Polish forces shot down 19 Russian drones that invaded Poland’s airspace during a massive Russian air attack on Ukraine.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
September 10, 2025
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Detained Korean workers have been released from a Georgia facility before their flight home, South Korea says.
South Korea president says Korean companies will hesitate to invest in US without better visa system
South Korea’s president says that South Korean companies will likely hesitate to maintain direct investments in the United States if the U.S. fails to improve its visa system for Korean workers.
bit.ly
September 11, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Detained Korean workers have been released from a Georgia facility before their flight home, South Korea says.
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We make them president here.
September 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
We make them president here.
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The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.
Texas A&M University System orders audit of all courses after gender identity lesson goes viral
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
September 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.
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Putin just loves having Trump in the White House.👇
September 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Putin just loves having Trump in the White House.👇
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Several anti-ICE protestors on the Ohio-Kentucky border.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
September 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Several anti-ICE protestors on the Ohio-Kentucky border.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
Truth is to be denied
Trump says Mayor Muriel Bowser “must immediately stop” reporting DC’s actual crime figures or “bad things will happen.”
This is peak authoritarianism. Do not normalize it.
This is peak authoritarianism. Do not normalize it.
August 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Truth is to be denied
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NEW: The FBI raided the home of John Bolton, Trump’s former national security advisor turned vocal critic, in an investigation over whether he shared classified information. The move marks escalation in the DOJ’s retribution campaign against perceived enemies of the president.
FBI Raids Home of Trump Critic John Bolton in Major Weaponization Escalation
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
NEW: The FBI raided the home of John Bolton, Trump’s former national security advisor turned vocal critic, in an investigation over whether he shared classified information. The move marks escalation in the DOJ’s retribution campaign against perceived enemies of the president.
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“On Tuesday afternoon, ChatGPT encouraged me to cut my wrists.” Lila Shroff reports on how the chatbot was easily prompted to offer instructions for murder, self-mutilation, and devil worship:
ChatGPT Gave Instructions for Murder, Self-Mutilation, and Devil Worship
OpenAI’s chatbot also said “Hail Satan.”
bit.ly
July 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
“On Tuesday afternoon, ChatGPT encouraged me to cut my wrists.” Lila Shroff reports on how the chatbot was easily prompted to offer instructions for murder, self-mutilation, and devil worship:
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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz after touring "Alligator Alcatraz": "These detainees are living in cages. The pictures you've seen don't do it just. They are essentially packed into cages. 34 detainees per cage...they get their drinking water & they brush their teeth where they poop, in the same unit"
July 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz after touring "Alligator Alcatraz": "These detainees are living in cages. The pictures you've seen don't do it just. They are essentially packed into cages. 34 detainees per cage...they get their drinking water & they brush their teeth where they poop, in the same unit"
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Senator Mullin’s call to deport babies born in the US to undocumented parents is a blatant disregard for constitutional birthright citizenship. Time to crack open the rulebook and remind him: the law isn’t a suggestion. #BirthrightCitizenship
June 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Senator Mullin’s call to deport babies born in the US to undocumented parents is a blatant disregard for constitutional birthright citizenship. Time to crack open the rulebook and remind him: the law isn’t a suggestion. #BirthrightCitizenship
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Under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, America's poorest families lose about $1600 per year.
The richest households gain about $12,000 per year.
It's Reverse Robin Hood. (Via CBO)
The richest households gain about $12,000 per year.
It's Reverse Robin Hood. (Via CBO)
June 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, America's poorest families lose about $1600 per year.
The richest households gain about $12,000 per year.
It's Reverse Robin Hood. (Via CBO)
The richest households gain about $12,000 per year.
It's Reverse Robin Hood. (Via CBO)
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Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
June 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
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"Even if it went to the point of setting a car on fire, that's not a domestic insurrection. That's a protest that is engaged in some illegality. And we have civil means to punish it without the armed forces.”
The ‘Long-Term Danger’ of Trump Sending Troops to the LA Protests
President Trump’s deployment of more than 700 Marines to Los Angeles—following ICE raids and mass protests—has ignited a fierce national debate over state sovereignty and civil-military boundaries.
wrd.cm
June 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
"Even if it went to the point of setting a car on fire, that's not a domestic insurrection. That's a protest that is engaged in some illegality. And we have civil means to punish it without the armed forces.”
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I would love a drone footage of these troops guarding the federal buildings against no one. @dprzygoda.bsky.social know anyone?
This is actually perfect. The emptiness makes it look as ridiculous and wasteful as it is.
June 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I would love a drone footage of these troops guarding the federal buildings against no one. @dprzygoda.bsky.social know anyone?
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West Point grads got some rambling advice today on selecting a trophy wife after their second divorce from a draft dodger in a red campaign hat before he hauled ass to play golf.
May 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
West Point grads got some rambling advice today on selecting a trophy wife after their second divorce from a draft dodger in a red campaign hat before he hauled ass to play golf.
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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
May 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?