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"We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests." FDR

Living through the suicide of capitalism
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It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Buyers use climate risk models from First Street/others to assess future climate risk to a property bf purchasing. I used this data on Redfin a few yrs ago. Zillow added it & is already pulling it. Sellers don't like it - of course they don't. Now floated-gvnt intervention to control climate data.
Zillow nixes feature that helped home buyers assess climate risks
Realtors and some homeowners had complained it was hurting sales.
www.motherjones.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Trump’ new Genesis Mission- giving away our federal scientific database to ??? to increase private wealth of billionaires and trillionaires- while we have no health care or ability to buy a home, just huge student debt. Repubs won’t stop selling chunks of the USA on their own. @gilduran.com
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Vance essentially announced that he's running in 2028-per Axios today, he said publicly that he & Trump will talk abt it after the midterms. Good that Trump is a #lameduck, but Vance is the marriage of a tech puppeteer and the theocratic religious right-video on Vance & his puppeteer.
Lossdog on Instagram: "@thetomsosnoff has a bone to pick with Peter Thiel on yesterday's Bad Dog segment. #lossdog #oneluckydog #baddog"
Peter Thiel's vision for America is one of a startup culture where the rich and powerful make the rules and the rest of us are just employees. He wants a president who can move fast and break things, ...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...
Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules
After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
www.levernews.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This makes me absolutely incandescent
November 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Oh wow
October 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Dutch intelligence services cut back on sharing information with U.S | NL Times nltimes.nl/2025/10/18/d...
Dutch intelligence services cut back on sharing information with U.S
The Dutch intelligence services AIVD and MIVD have reduced the amount of information they share with their American counterparts, citing political developments in the United States under President Don...
nltimes.nl
October 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
www.volkskrant.nl
October 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Seeking to curb Moscow's influence, Latvia and Estonia are phasing out the Russian language in education, tightening immigration rules, and targeting Russian-linked organizations.
'Question of self-preservation' — Baltic states move to curb Moscow's sway over their Russian speakers
As Moscow steps up its hybrid onslaught against the Baltic states, local Russian-speaking populations present a potential weak spot to exploit. Russian is the mother tongue of roughly one-quarter and...
kyivindependent.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
French police arrested 4 people in a plot to kill a Russian dissident and previously said Russian intelligence via proxies left pigs’ heads outside mosques around Paris, tagged Stars of David signs to walls around Paris & more. Other countries also allege covert sabotage campaigns. on.ft.com/47gYJfF
French police arrest four people over plot to kill Russian dissident
Vladimir Osechkin, founder of group monitoring Russian prison conditions, confirms attempt on his life
on.ft.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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If you'd like to help inform your neighbors about Tesla, here are a few quick factoids:

Tesla lies about range: www.reuters.com/investigates...

Tesla violates user privacy: www.reuters.com/technology/t...

Tesla owners die at twice the industry average rate: www.roadandtrack.com/news/a629191...
Tesla Has Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Auto Brands: Study
Tesla vehicles suffer fatal accidents at a rate that's twice the industry average, according to a new report.
www.roadandtrack.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Incredible new piece of data journalism from a crack team at Bloomberg, led by @davey.bsky.social and @leonyin.org 🔥

bloom.bg/4jnaKW1
How Popular YouTubers Pushed Young Male Voters Toward Trump
How podcasters like Joe Rogan and Logan Paul turned young men, a once apolitical demographic, into a massively powerful voting bloc
bloom.bg
January 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Good prep & guide to what might happen starting 1/20, and useful tools to protect agnst the it. Having the frame to understand what’s happening and the goal helps.
📄 NEW: "What To Expect When You're Expecting Fascism"
National Emergency, Insurrection Act, PEADs, DOGE, and Debt Default got you down? Here's how to deal with the cognitive overload of the second Trump administration.
america2.news/what-to-expe...
What to Expect When You're Expecting Fascism
The second Trump administration is likely to begin with a series of shock events designed to overwhelm our capacity for sense-making.
america2.news
January 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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New: “Major incident” at U.S. Treasury after alleged Chinese hackers steal a cryptographic key used by vendor BeyondTrust. Government workstations breached.

www.reuters.com/technology/c...
US Treasury says Chinese hackers stole documents in 'major incident'
Chinese state-sponsored hackers broke into the U.S. Treasury Department earlier this month and stole documents from its workstations, according to a letter to lawmakers that was provided to Reuters on Monday.
www.reuters.com
December 30, 2024 at 9:01 PM