Rim Brake Monkey
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“whatever they are legally entitled to” is the tell here - they’re going to hold back the worst of it and come up with some bullshit as to why
Trump: "House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide."
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 AM
“whatever they are legally entitled to” is the tell here - they’re going to hold back the worst of it and come up with some bullshit as to why
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"Businesses from Wall Street to main street are struggling to comply with President Donald Trump’s byzantine tariff regime, driving up costs and counteracting, for some, the benefits of the corporate tax cuts Republicans passed earlier this year" share.google/XqyzMKvnuOTf...
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
"Businesses from Wall Street to main street are struggling to comply with President Donald Trump’s byzantine tariff regime, driving up costs and counteracting, for some, the benefits of the corporate tax cuts Republicans passed earlier this year" share.google/XqyzMKvnuOTf...
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Starting “The Revolutionary War” now and boy, this thing is choppy
By not starting micro and going macro like the makers usually do makes it hard to focus on the story
Happy with the talking heads thus far, at least
By not starting micro and going macro like the makers usually do makes it hard to focus on the story
Happy with the talking heads thus far, at least
November 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Starting “The Revolutionary War” now and boy, this thing is choppy
By not starting micro and going macro like the makers usually do makes it hard to focus on the story
Happy with the talking heads thus far, at least
By not starting micro and going macro like the makers usually do makes it hard to focus on the story
Happy with the talking heads thus far, at least
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Wouldn't put it past these creeps. www.foreignexchanges.news/p/world-roun...
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Wouldn't put it past these creeps. www.foreignexchanges.news/p/world-roun...
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“I can’t release the documents for legal reasons” was Trump’s cop-out on his tax returns. It worked on his base, because they didn’t care about the returns. “I can’t because of legal reasons of my own doing” is much less likely to work on Epstein, for which his allies have stoked enormous demand.
November 17, 2025 at 3:27 AM
“I can’t release the documents for legal reasons” was Trump’s cop-out on his tax returns. It worked on his base, because they didn’t care about the returns. “I can’t because of legal reasons of my own doing” is much less likely to work on Epstein, for which his allies have stoked enormous demand.
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I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. There’s no vote required if he wants to release them!
The only reason the house was voting was because he refused.
This is an obviously cynical ploy and major news outlets are running whole pieces without pointing this out. He could release them tonight.
The only reason the house was voting was because he refused.
This is an obviously cynical ploy and major news outlets are running whole pieces without pointing this out. He could release them tonight.
If he has nothing to hide he doesn’t need a House vote. He can just release everything.
Trump now says House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files “because we have nothing to hide”
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. There’s no vote required if he wants to release them!
The only reason the house was voting was because he refused.
This is an obviously cynical ploy and major news outlets are running whole pieces without pointing this out. He could release them tonight.
The only reason the house was voting was because he refused.
This is an obviously cynical ploy and major news outlets are running whole pieces without pointing this out. He could release them tonight.
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a huge reason the auto industry cannot hire all the mechanics they need is lack of access to the technical education anyone needs to become an automotive technician! cost of this education & failure by corporations to train workers - also a huge factor.
November 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
a huge reason the auto industry cannot hire all the mechanics they need is lack of access to the technical education anyone needs to become an automotive technician! cost of this education & failure by corporations to train workers - also a huge factor.
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Likud decides that the key for continued influence over the US Government lies in a tight relationship with white Evangelical groups previously well known for their malignant anti-semitism. And now it's doubling down on these groups.
Losing the Republican base, Israel pours millions to target evangelicals and churchgoers
Contracts Between Israel and Trump-linked Firms Reveal Campaigns and Plans to Target Millions of U.S. Churchgoers, Deploy Bots, Hire Influencers and Try to Make ChatGPT More pro-Israel
www.haaretz.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Likud decides that the key for continued influence over the US Government lies in a tight relationship with white Evangelical groups previously well known for their malignant anti-semitism. And now it's doubling down on these groups.
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That’s created a de facto soft-budget constraint.
U.S. policymakers have been able to run deficits rather than make tough fiscal choices.
If that goes away — especially if it happens quickly because the idiots running our government destroy the foundations of 💵 dominance — we’re truly fucked.
U.S. policymakers have been able to run deficits rather than make tough fiscal choices.
If that goes away — especially if it happens quickly because the idiots running our government destroy the foundations of 💵 dominance — we’re truly fucked.
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
That’s created a de facto soft-budget constraint.
U.S. policymakers have been able to run deficits rather than make tough fiscal choices.
If that goes away — especially if it happens quickly because the idiots running our government destroy the foundations of 💵 dominance — we’re truly fucked.
U.S. policymakers have been able to run deficits rather than make tough fiscal choices.
If that goes away — especially if it happens quickly because the idiots running our government destroy the foundations of 💵 dominance — we’re truly fucked.
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With Epstein in the news, here are 2 pieces I wrote
From 2018: Epstein's 1980's boss Steven Hoffenberg spent 18 yrs in jail for $475M ponzi scheme - later claimed Epstein was co-conspirator who owed investors $1 Bil, Hoffenberg launched a pro-Trump PAC that claimed to have $50M in-kind donations
From 2018: Epstein's 1980's boss Steven Hoffenberg spent 18 yrs in jail for $475M ponzi scheme - later claimed Epstein was co-conspirator who owed investors $1 Bil, Hoffenberg launched a pro-Trump PAC that claimed to have $50M in-kind donations
Complaint against Jeffrey Epstein for $475M ponzi scheme losses
In 1995 Steven Hoffenberg pleaded guilty to a ponzi scheme. In 2016 he attempted to reclaim money for victims from Jeffrey Epstein.
newstracs.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
With Epstein in the news, here are 2 pieces I wrote
From 2018: Epstein's 1980's boss Steven Hoffenberg spent 18 yrs in jail for $475M ponzi scheme - later claimed Epstein was co-conspirator who owed investors $1 Bil, Hoffenberg launched a pro-Trump PAC that claimed to have $50M in-kind donations
From 2018: Epstein's 1980's boss Steven Hoffenberg spent 18 yrs in jail for $475M ponzi scheme - later claimed Epstein was co-conspirator who owed investors $1 Bil, Hoffenberg launched a pro-Trump PAC that claimed to have $50M in-kind donations
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This is an incredible danger to US science. I haven't been a bench scientist in years, but thinking back to the 1990s, I'm pretty sure this would have denied federal funding to every single researcher in my department of 11 faculty. Chinese postdocs and scientists are essential to US science.
Yikes. Banning people for activities such as co-authorship and advising a graduate student is completely unreasonable in a modern research environment. And a retroactive 5 year ban is wildly unfair.
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This is an incredible danger to US science. I haven't been a bench scientist in years, but thinking back to the 1990s, I'm pretty sure this would have denied federal funding to every single researcher in my department of 11 faculty. Chinese postdocs and scientists are essential to US science.
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Pssst Brits...this is a shakedown. He's threatening to sue the BBC so that they will pay him millions to make it go away like CBS or ABC. Don't give him a pence.
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Pssst Brits...this is a shakedown. He's threatening to sue the BBC so that they will pay him millions to make it go away like CBS or ABC. Don't give him a pence.
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A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK makes severe cuts to its staff and news department. n.pr/4qVulQV
Alaska station that covered devastating storm cuts jobs
A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK makes severe cuts to its staff and news department.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK makes severe cuts to its staff and news department. n.pr/4qVulQV
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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Here was a podcast I did with Alice a few years ago about medicine’s ♿️ blind spot. She was always the most amazing and insightful person. ❤️❤️❤️
blogs.bmj.com/medical-huma...
blogs.bmj.com/medical-huma...
November 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Here was a podcast I did with Alice a few years ago about medicine’s ♿️ blind spot. She was always the most amazing and insightful person. ❤️❤️❤️
blogs.bmj.com/medical-huma...
blogs.bmj.com/medical-huma...
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Continuing their war on poor people, the Trump Regime plans to make all SNAP participants reapply
www.patreon.com/posts/143596...
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Trump Regime To Make Everyone Reapply For SNAP | Matthew Cortland
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November 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Continuing their war on poor people, the Trump Regime plans to make all SNAP participants reapply
www.patreon.com/posts/143596...
www.patreon.com/posts/143596...
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That Lindsey Halligan will be found never to have been lawfully appointed as a US Attorney is pretty obvious at this point. The less certain question is whether she will be allowed to retain her law license following her serial air headed stunts. bsky.app/profile/empt...
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
That Lindsey Halligan will be found never to have been lawfully appointed as a US Attorney is pretty obvious at this point. The less certain question is whether she will be allowed to retain her law license following her serial air headed stunts. bsky.app/profile/empt...
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“As dozens of frog species have declined across Central America, scientists have witnessed a remarkable chain of events: With fewer tadpoles to eat mosquito larvae, rates of mosquito-borne malaria in the region have climbed, resulting in a fivefold increase in cases.”
First, the frogs died. Then people got sick.
An emerging area of research is uncovering hidden links between nature and human health.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“As dozens of frog species have declined across Central America, scientists have witnessed a remarkable chain of events: With fewer tadpoles to eat mosquito larvae, rates of mosquito-borne malaria in the region have climbed, resulting in a fivefold increase in cases.”
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Something very powerful is happening in Voronezh
There is a fire in the area of the Chemical Automation Design Bureau – one of the main centers of Russian rocket engineering, where engines for the "Soyuz", "Proton", and "Angara" rockets are tested.
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There is a fire in the area of the Chemical Automation Design Bureau – one of the main centers of Russian rocket engineering, where engines for the "Soyuz", "Proton", and "Angara" rockets are tested.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Something very powerful is happening in Voronezh
There is a fire in the area of the Chemical Automation Design Bureau – one of the main centers of Russian rocket engineering, where engines for the "Soyuz", "Proton", and "Angara" rockets are tested.
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There is a fire in the area of the Chemical Automation Design Bureau – one of the main centers of Russian rocket engineering, where engines for the "Soyuz", "Proton", and "Angara" rockets are tested.
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NEW: Trump administration takes formal step toward freeing Tina Peters www.9news.com/article/news...
Trump administration takes formal step toward freeing Tina Peters
President Donald Trump has threatened retaliation if Colorado doesn’t release his political ally from prison.
www.9news.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
NEW: Trump administration takes formal step toward freeing Tina Peters www.9news.com/article/news...