MichaelSweeney1
@michaelsweeney1.bsky.social
Dragon Slayer,World Traveler,5th Infantry Div ♦️Vietnam vet Helmets to Hardhats,Veterans in Piping.The glass is still half full even if it has a little piss in it! 🚫Fascist WTF over! Fire Base C-2
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Onetime billionaire Gary Winnick spent his vast fortune on lavish homes in Bel-Air, Malibu and New York City. But the aftermath of his death reveals a dire financial situation. on.wsj.com/4awYMYa
How L.A.’s Richest Man Went From Billions to Bust
The onetime billionaire spent his vast fortune on lavish homes in Bel-Air, Malibu and New York City. But the aftermath of his death reveals a dire financial situation.
on.wsj.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Onetime billionaire Gary Winnick spent his vast fortune on lavish homes in Bel-Air, Malibu and New York City. But the aftermath of his death reveals a dire financial situation. on.wsj.com/4awYMYa
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Pastor charged for sending sexually graphic photos of himself to a minor on Snapchat
Pastor charged for sending sexually graphic photos of himself to a minor on Snapchat
Prosecutors have formally charged a pastor for allegedly sending sexually graphic photographs of himself to a minor.
www.1011now.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Pastor charged for sending sexually graphic photos of himself to a minor on Snapchat
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L.A.’s entertainment economy is spiraling downward: Work is evaporating, businesses are closing, and the city’s creative middle class is hanging on by a thread. on.wsj.com/48RHS59
L.A.’s Entertainment Economy Is Looking Like a Disaster Movie
Work is evaporating, businesses are closing, longtime residents are leaving, and Los Angeles’s creative middle class is hanging on by a thread.
on.wsj.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
L.A.’s entertainment economy is spiraling downward: Work is evaporating, businesses are closing, and the city’s creative middle class is hanging on by a thread. on.wsj.com/48RHS59
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Some of Generation Z are rethinking the merits of getting a university education and showing interest in skilled manual jobs. We explain why
Ditch textbooks and learn how to use a wrench to AI-proof your job?
Generation Z is becoming less invested in university and more interested in skilled trades
econ.st
December 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Some of Generation Z are rethinking the merits of getting a university education and showing interest in skilled manual jobs. We explain why
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Trump calls the New York Times ‘a threat to national security’ in late night social media rant
Trump calls the NYT ‘a threat to national security’ in late night social media rant
Trump lashed out at the widely-respected newspaper in his latest attack on the media
www.independent.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Trump calls the New York Times ‘a threat to national security’ in late night social media rant
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Stephen Miller wants everyone at 60 Minutes who “engaged in this revolt” (aka told the truth) fired
December 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Stephen Miller wants everyone at 60 Minutes who “engaged in this revolt” (aka told the truth) fired
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SCOTUS just rejected Trump’s illegal deployment of the National Guard in Chicago, confirming what we knew all along - that turning the military on the American people is a disgusting misuse of our armed forces.
We got lucky this time, but our checks and balances remain under immense strain.
We got lucky this time, but our checks and balances remain under immense strain.
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court's order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties' initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term "regular forces" in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Government argues that the term refers to civilian law enforcement officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service.
Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary.
We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress."
18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiftbhzwvn3vgwhqsi7k2paizvdw4t26ailljvovso3chqupnmj364@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
SCOTUS just rejected Trump’s illegal deployment of the National Guard in Chicago, confirming what we knew all along - that turning the military on the American people is a disgusting misuse of our armed forces.
We got lucky this time, but our checks and balances remain under immense strain.
We got lucky this time, but our checks and balances remain under immense strain.
BP nears deal to sell majority stake in Castrol to Stonepeak, WSJ reports - www.reuters.com/business/ene...
BP nears sale of majority Castrol stake to Stonepeak, WSJ reports
BP is nearing a sale of a majority stake in Castrol to investment firm Stonepeak in a deal that values the oil major's lubricants unit at $10 billion, including debt, the Wall Street Journal reported ...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:29 AM
BP nears deal to sell majority stake in Castrol to Stonepeak, WSJ reports - www.reuters.com/business/ene...
AI data centers are forcing dirty ‘peaker’ power plants back into service - www.reuters.com/business/ene...
AI data centers are forcing dirty ‘peaker’ power plants back into service
In Chicago’s working-class Pilsen neighborhood, a 60s-era oil-fired power plant rises up from an industrial lot behind Dvorak Park, which in warmer weather is packed with children climbing on its colo...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
AI data centers are forcing dirty ‘peaker’ power plants back into service - www.reuters.com/business/ene...
US Supreme Court rejects Trump's military deployment in Chicago area, for now - www.reuters.com/world/us-sup...
US Supreme Court rejects Trump's military deployment in Chicago area, for now
The justices let stand for now a judge’s order blocking the deployment of National Guard troops in a legal challenge brought by Illinois officials and local leaders. The Justice Department had sought...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
US Supreme Court rejects Trump's military deployment in Chicago area, for now - www.reuters.com/world/us-sup...
Exclusive: U.S. eyes additional Coast Guard assets to seize fleeing tanker, sources say - www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Exclusive: U.S. eyes additional Coast Guard assets to seize fleeing tanker, sources say
The U.S. Coast Guard is waiting for additional forces to arrive before potentially attempting to board and seize a Venezuela-linked oil tanker it has been pursuing since Sunday, a U.S. official and a ...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Exclusive: U.S. eyes additional Coast Guard assets to seize fleeing tanker, sources say - www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Today on the PREVAIL podcast, one of my all-time favorite interviews: @ebharrington.bsky.social, professor of economic sociology & author of "Offshore: Stealth Wealth & the New Colonialism."
Watch the clip on my Substack; listen to the full episode here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Watch the clip on my Substack; listen to the full episode here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Ultimate Transgression: Kompromat Culture & the Competitive Depravity Olympics
A discussion with economic sociology professor Brooke Harrington, author of "Capital Without Borders" and "Offshore: Stealth Wealth & The New Colonialism"
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today on the PREVAIL podcast, one of my all-time favorite interviews: @ebharrington.bsky.social, professor of economic sociology & author of "Offshore: Stealth Wealth & the New Colonialism."
Watch the clip on my Substack; listen to the full episode here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Watch the clip on my Substack; listen to the full episode here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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2 things abt Trump's motivations for defiling the Kennedy Center with his name are defining characteristics of the rich & powerful:
1. above all, they want to be liked & respected
2. they are terrified of death
They want $ & power mainly to buy likes & escape mortality for as long as possible.
1. above all, they want to be liked & respected
2. they are terrified of death
They want $ & power mainly to buy likes & escape mortality for as long as possible.
When Trump visited Mount Vernon in 2018, he couldn't understand why George Washington didn't name it after himself. “You’ve got to put your name on stuff or no one remembers you.” Reupping this prescient piece from @politico.com which seems pretty relevant today. www.politico.com/story/2019/0...
Trump’s ‘truly bizarre’ visit to Mt. Vernon
The 45th president — no student of history — marveled at the first president's failure to name his historic compound after himself.
www.politico.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
2 things abt Trump's motivations for defiling the Kennedy Center with his name are defining characteristics of the rich & powerful:
1. above all, they want to be liked & respected
2. they are terrified of death
They want $ & power mainly to buy likes & escape mortality for as long as possible.
1. above all, they want to be liked & respected
2. they are terrified of death
They want $ & power mainly to buy likes & escape mortality for as long as possible.
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Crimes crimes crimes crimes crimes.
Why are we letting this evil, incompetent criminals cover everything up?
@lincolnsbible.bsky.social
full episode:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87hd...
Why are we letting this evil, incompetent criminals cover everything up?
@lincolnsbible.bsky.social
full episode:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87hd...
December 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Crimes crimes crimes crimes crimes.
Why are we letting this evil, incompetent criminals cover everything up?
@lincolnsbible.bsky.social
full episode:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87hd...
Why are we letting this evil, incompetent criminals cover everything up?
@lincolnsbible.bsky.social
full episode:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87hd...
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"Reading it today, what jumps out is that the Farewell Address is an admonition (in the 1796 sense of the word). Washington is trying to warn us. And what he tried to warn us about *is happening right now.*"
Sunday Pages: "The Address of Gen. Washington to the People of America on His Declining the Presidency of the United States"
A valediction by George Washington
gregolear.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"Reading it today, what jumps out is that the Farewell Address is an admonition (in the 1796 sense of the word). Washington is trying to warn us. And what he tried to warn us about *is happening right now.*"
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The sinking Russian oil tanker "Valery Gorchakov", hit on December 18th in Rostov.
December 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The sinking Russian oil tanker "Valery Gorchakov", hit on December 18th in Rostov.
Insight: How Brazil's deadliest police raid turned into a bloodbath - www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Insight: How Brazil's deadliest police raid turned into a bloodbath
Officials called the operation a success and promised more of its kind.
www.reuters.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Insight: How Brazil's deadliest police raid turned into a bloodbath - www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni on the year in news - www.reuters.com/podcasts/reu...
Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni on the year in news
Plus we look ahead on what to expect and how to prepare for the coming news cycle.
www.reuters.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni on the year in news - www.reuters.com/podcasts/reu...
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RFK Jr Defunds The American Academy Of Pediatrics, Goddamnit
crooksandliars.com
RFK Jr Defunds The American Academy Of Pediatrics, Goddamnit | Crooks and Liars
twp.ai
December 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
RFK Jr Defunds The American Academy Of Pediatrics, Goddamnit
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December 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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None of us would be here if the long line of people we are from were not survivors. Our bloodlines command us to fight for our survival, not to roll over, give up and play dead. It is our turn to do our part to survive! We the People must fight for our rights to save humanity and our Constitution!
The darkest days of the American Revolution are worth remembering as we face another tyrannical threat to our liberty and freedom, this time from our own government. Will we surrender what our founding fathers established for us without a fight or will we stand up to preserve it against all odds?
December 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
None of us would be here if the long line of people we are from were not survivors. Our bloodlines command us to fight for our survival, not to roll over, give up and play dead. It is our turn to do our part to survive! We the People must fight for our rights to save humanity and our Constitution!
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I wonder how she's feeling about her political career. She sold out everything she once valued, debased herself, placed herself on the side of evil, all in a crude grasp at power, and in return, she got shunted to the side & forgotten. Pathetic, richly deserved, but also, wooooof.
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM