@politicalpassion.bsky.social
Political junkie. Semi-retired, old fart.
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🚨Russia Paid the Taliban to Murder U.S. Troops in Afghanistan, Investigation Reveals
In this video, we cover The Insider's blockbuster report revealing how Russia’s GRU paid the Taliban $200,000 bounties to murder U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d49Z...
In this video, we cover The Insider's blockbuster report revealing how Russia’s GRU paid the Taliban $200,000 bounties to murder U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d49Z...
Russia Paid the Taliban to Murder U.S. Troops in Afghanistan, Investigation Reveals
YouTube video by The Intellectualist
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January 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
🚨Russia Paid the Taliban to Murder U.S. Troops in Afghanistan, Investigation Reveals
In this video, we cover The Insider's blockbuster report revealing how Russia’s GRU paid the Taliban $200,000 bounties to murder U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d49Z...
In this video, we cover The Insider's blockbuster report revealing how Russia’s GRU paid the Taliban $200,000 bounties to murder U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d49Z...
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California law enforcement to conduct training on "Involuntary Celibate Extremism" later this week
January 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
California law enforcement to conduct training on "Involuntary Celibate Extremism" later this week
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RealPage’s software collects pricing information from multiple landlords and feeds it through an algorithm that then recommends an optimal rent level to landlords who use it — in violation of rules that prohibit collusion, DOJ prosecutors alleged.
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
DOJ Sues Six Large Landlords in Effort to Stop Alleged Price-Fixing in Rental Markets
Federal prosecutors allege that the landlords have used RealPage pricing software to collude and artificially raise rents. The legal action is the latest development stemming from a 2022 ProPublica…
propub.li
January 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
RealPage’s software collects pricing information from multiple landlords and feeds it through an algorithm that then recommends an optimal rent level to landlords who use it — in violation of rules that prohibit collusion, DOJ prosecutors alleged.
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
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It's not physically possible for him to go fuck himself the amount he deserves to. www.yahoo.com/news/mark-zu...
Mark Zuckerberg says users who leave Meta after fact-checking shutdown would be 'virtue signaling'
Mark Zuckerberg is not afraid of users leaving Meta for "virtue signaling."
www.yahoo.com
January 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
It's not physically possible for him to go fuck himself the amount he deserves to. www.yahoo.com/news/mark-zu...
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from today's post —
link is here: bit.ly/4gF7Qdr
link is here: bit.ly/4gF7Qdr
January 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
from today's post —
link is here: bit.ly/4gF7Qdr
link is here: bit.ly/4gF7Qdr
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The Russian disinformation network “Matryoshka” has launched a new campaign on Bluesky. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the first researchers to detect its activity. So far, four Russian-made fake videos have been identified on the platform.
Russian disinfo network “Matryoshka” is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues
The Russian disinformation network “Matryoshka” has launched a new campaign on the Bluesky social network. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the ...
theins.ru
January 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The Russian disinformation network “Matryoshka” has launched a new campaign on Bluesky. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the first researchers to detect its activity. So far, four Russian-made fake videos have been identified on the platform.
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I'm gonna share this cartoon again simply because Jeff Bezos' Washington Post tried to censor it.
January 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I'm gonna share this cartoon again simply because Jeff Bezos' Washington Post tried to censor it.
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THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
January 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
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Such a happy Boi
January 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Such a happy Boi
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nine unelected Law Wizards in silly robes deciding the fate of hundreds of millions of people, and the Wizards can't be fired, you just gotta wait for them to die. seems fake to me
January 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
nine unelected Law Wizards in silly robes deciding the fate of hundreds of millions of people, and the Wizards can't be fired, you just gotta wait for them to die. seems fake to me
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He's not wrong. Diversity is our strength.
January 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
He's not wrong. Diversity is our strength.
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My first principle for the new year: When it comes to issues involving democracy, I do not seek compromise with Republicans. There is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist.
January 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
My first principle for the new year: When it comes to issues involving democracy, I do not seek compromise with Republicans. There is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist.
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More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.
propub.li
January 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
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Time to repost this timeless classic
December 31, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Time to repost this timeless classic
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It's so irritating when the kids experience existential crises on a road trip and there's not a humbling natural landmark for another 60 miles.
December 31, 2024 at 1:30 PM
It's so irritating when the kids experience existential crises on a road trip and there's not a humbling natural landmark for another 60 miles.
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This is so spot-on it’s scary.
December 29, 2024 at 5:46 PM
This is so spot-on it’s scary.
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An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.
Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots
An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.
www.npr.org
December 20, 2024 at 4:29 PM
An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.
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The made-up drone panic, complete with opportunistic cameos by the usual cast of engagement- and clout-chasers on social media, ensnaring adults with the critical thinking skills of toddlers, is such a perfect distillation of this moment in American history
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
In online drone panic, conspiracy thinking has gone mainstream
Authorities are urging calm. But with trust in media and other institutions at all-time lows, fringe theories are winning the day.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2024 at 7:53 PM
The made-up drone panic, complete with opportunistic cameos by the usual cast of engagement- and clout-chasers on social media, ensnaring adults with the critical thinking skills of toddlers, is such a perfect distillation of this moment in American history
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Canadian MP Charlie Angus:
This kind of dismissive, idiotic behavior? I mean, he’s a juvenile.
And I invite Donald Trump to come up anytime in the winter. Donald, try to drive our roads. Try to win an argument with any woman in Canada. We’re pretty tough and resilient people.
This kind of dismissive, idiotic behavior? I mean, he’s a juvenile.
And I invite Donald Trump to come up anytime in the winter. Donald, try to drive our roads. Try to win an argument with any woman in Canada. We’re pretty tough and resilient people.
December 13, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Canadian MP Charlie Angus:
This kind of dismissive, idiotic behavior? I mean, he’s a juvenile.
And I invite Donald Trump to come up anytime in the winter. Donald, try to drive our roads. Try to win an argument with any woman in Canada. We’re pretty tough and resilient people.
This kind of dismissive, idiotic behavior? I mean, he’s a juvenile.
And I invite Donald Trump to come up anytime in the winter. Donald, try to drive our roads. Try to win an argument with any woman in Canada. We’re pretty tough and resilient people.
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Knesset member Offer Cassif has been suspended for his opposition to genocide by the Knesset's ETHICS Committee, if you're wondering what the state of ethics is in Israel right now.
November 12, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Knesset member Offer Cassif has been suspended for his opposition to genocide by the Knesset's ETHICS Committee, if you're wondering what the state of ethics is in Israel right now.
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