Jonathan Burden
@sendmegold.bsky.social
Lurking usually but family man, music-making at Edens, art-making sometimes, architecture, and Chicago music history when I get the chance.
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So this confirms that the federal government faked a grand jury indictment against a political opponent in order to create the conditions for a fascist show trial.
Americans have no understanding of how far into the machinery of fascist governance we are.
Americans have no understanding of how far into the machinery of fascist governance we are.
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
So this confirms that the federal government faked a grand jury indictment against a political opponent in order to create the conditions for a fascist show trial.
Americans have no understanding of how far into the machinery of fascist governance we are.
Americans have no understanding of how far into the machinery of fascist governance we are.
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When you assemble a squad of thugs and tell them they're above the law, don't be shocked if they start behaving as if they're above the law.
An ICE employee was among 16 men arrested after trying to solicit a minor for sex in Bloomington, Minnesota, police say
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
When you assemble a squad of thugs and tell them they're above the law, don't be shocked if they start behaving as if they're above the law.
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September 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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They are literally canceling all the comedians because the far-right regime doesn’t like them
JUST IN: Disney’s ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show off the air indefinitely amid a controversy over his recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer. https://cnn.it/3VmUl9n
September 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
They are literally canceling all the comedians because the far-right regime doesn’t like them
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No elected official Democratic party will be as cruel about Kirk's death as Mike Lee was about the death of Melissa Hortman.
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/17/s...
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/17/s...
September 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
No elected official Democratic party will be as cruel about Kirk's death as Mike Lee was about the death of Melissa Hortman.
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/17/s...
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/17/s...
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one of the most important technological revolutions in modern history and you're likely not hearing anything about it because it's making the oligarchs who control our information environment poorer instead of richer
Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪
September 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
one of the most important technological revolutions in modern history and you're likely not hearing anything about it because it's making the oligarchs who control our information environment poorer instead of richer
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anyone: [quotes charlie kirk’s exact own words and nothing more]
their boss: that’s hateful and you’re fired
their boss: that’s hateful and you’re fired
September 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
anyone: [quotes charlie kirk’s exact own words and nothing more]
their boss: that’s hateful and you’re fired
their boss: that’s hateful and you’re fired
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When a right-wing man murdered Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, progressives asked MAGA to tone down the rhetoric to prevent more violence. Within hours of Kirk’s murder, motive still unknown, the right is demanding that the government wage a campaign of violence against their enemies.
September 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
When a right-wing man murdered Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, progressives asked MAGA to tone down the rhetoric to prevent more violence. Within hours of Kirk’s murder, motive still unknown, the right is demanding that the government wage a campaign of violence against their enemies.
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The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
September 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
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Imagine 20 years ago telling someone a notoriously shady buffoon would somehow con his way into the White House, get charged with a bunch of crimes and face possible jail time, the only way out to get elected again, and he does it.
September 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Imagine 20 years ago telling someone a notoriously shady buffoon would somehow con his way into the White House, get charged with a bunch of crimes and face possible jail time, the only way out to get elected again, and he does it.
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September 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Does anyone need a reminder that Alex Acosta, who gave Jeffrey Epstein the notorious "sweetheart deal" the first time his crimes were exposed became Trump's first labor secretary (until he was forced to resign when Julie K. Brown of the Miami Herald exposed the whole thing in 2018).
Former Labor secretary will be interviewed in House Epstein probe
Alex Acosta brokered a deal with the sex offender as US attorney in Miami.
www.politico.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Does anyone need a reminder that Alex Acosta, who gave Jeffrey Epstein the notorious "sweetheart deal" the first time his crimes were exposed became Trump's first labor secretary (until he was forced to resign when Julie K. Brown of the Miami Herald exposed the whole thing in 2018).
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I hope that history records just how bizarre it was that the president sent DOJ's top deputy down to interview a notorious child sex trafficker with nothing new to say for two days just to ask her about her relationship with the president and then publish the results
www.justice.gov/maxwell-inte...
www.justice.gov/maxwell-inte...
Maxwell Interview
www.justice.gov
August 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I hope that history records just how bizarre it was that the president sent DOJ's top deputy down to interview a notorious child sex trafficker with nothing new to say for two days just to ask her about her relationship with the president and then publish the results
www.justice.gov/maxwell-inte...
www.justice.gov/maxwell-inte...
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There's an off-the-record clause for convicted sex offenders?
A couple of interesting things about the Ghislaine Maxwell/Todd Blanche audio recording: it's not one continuous recording. It's broken up into 7 parts on day one, and 4 parts on day two. Further, Todd Blanche says he spoke to Maxwell off the record for several minutes before the recording. 1/
Audio of Blanche’s interview with Maxwell is also available here: www.justice.gov/maxwell-inte...
August 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
There's an off-the-record clause for convicted sex offenders?
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AI COMPANY CEO: "We are entering into a glorious age of trans-humanistic capacity and uninhibited intellectual utopia!"
REALITY: ***guy falls in love with his computer and goes to the hospital after slamming his laptop shut on his penis 100 times***
REALITY: ***guy falls in love with his computer and goes to the hospital after slamming his laptop shut on his penis 100 times***
August 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
AI COMPANY CEO: "We are entering into a glorious age of trans-humanistic capacity and uninhibited intellectual utopia!"
REALITY: ***guy falls in love with his computer and goes to the hospital after slamming his laptop shut on his penis 100 times***
REALITY: ***guy falls in love with his computer and goes to the hospital after slamming his laptop shut on his penis 100 times***
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Honestly, it seems like only thing Silicone Valley has produced in the last 10 years scammy hyped bullshit?
Web 3.0
AR/VR/Metaverse
Blockchain
Crypto
NFTs
and now AI shoved into everything?
So is like Silicone Valley just Scamicone Valley now?
Web 3.0
AR/VR/Metaverse
Blockchain
Crypto
NFTs
and now AI shoved into everything?
So is like Silicone Valley just Scamicone Valley now?
a cartoon character with the words is this a scam on the bottom
ALT: a cartoon character with the words is this a scam on the bottom
media.tenor.com
August 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Honestly, it seems like only thing Silicone Valley has produced in the last 10 years scammy hyped bullshit?
Web 3.0
AR/VR/Metaverse
Blockchain
Crypto
NFTs
and now AI shoved into everything?
So is like Silicone Valley just Scamicone Valley now?
Web 3.0
AR/VR/Metaverse
Blockchain
Crypto
NFTs
and now AI shoved into everything?
So is like Silicone Valley just Scamicone Valley now?
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This represents Displays of Power As Weakness. An over-armed strike force sent to arrest a paralegal who threw a sandwich. Pathetic and deeply insecure.
The White House posted an insane video of the police arresting the sandwich guy in a safe and wealthy neighborhood.
August 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This represents Displays of Power As Weakness. An over-armed strike force sent to arrest a paralegal who threw a sandwich. Pathetic and deeply insecure.
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💰 The New Yorker puts a number on it—
$3.4 billion
That’s how much Trump & his family have profited from his presidency, estimates David Kirkpatrick.
(Mentions my reporting too.)
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
$3.4 billion
That’s how much Trump & his family have profited from his presidency, estimates David Kirkpatrick.
(Mentions my reporting too.)
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
How Much Is Trump Profiting Off the Presidency?
A comprehensive estimate of how much Trump and his family are making, from hotel mega-deals to crypto schemes, has been elusive—until now.
www.newyorker.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
💰 The New Yorker puts a number on it—
$3.4 billion
That’s how much Trump & his family have profited from his presidency, estimates David Kirkpatrick.
(Mentions my reporting too.)
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
$3.4 billion
That’s how much Trump & his family have profited from his presidency, estimates David Kirkpatrick.
(Mentions my reporting too.)
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."
August 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."
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the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back
August 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back
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man who cares if "crime is down" or you have a nice photo of a park. if crime were up and your photo was less pleasant to look at the thing is still that the president shouldn't be sending brownshirts to traipse around our cities
August 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
man who cares if "crime is down" or you have a nice photo of a park. if crime were up and your photo was less pleasant to look at the thing is still that the president shouldn't be sending brownshirts to traipse around our cities
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In Epstein's Manhattan townhouse, there is a framed photo showing Epstein with Donald Trump and his then-girlfriend, Melania Knauss.
The photo was cropped to exclude Ghislaine Maxwell.
Framed photos of Steve Bannon were kept in at least two rooms in the mansion. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...
The photo was cropped to exclude Ghislaine Maxwell.
Framed photos of Steve Bannon were kept in at least two rooms in the mansion. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...
A Look Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan Lair
www.nytimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
In Epstein's Manhattan townhouse, there is a framed photo showing Epstein with Donald Trump and his then-girlfriend, Melania Knauss.
The photo was cropped to exclude Ghislaine Maxwell.
Framed photos of Steve Bannon were kept in at least two rooms in the mansion. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...
The photo was cropped to exclude Ghislaine Maxwell.
Framed photos of Steve Bannon were kept in at least two rooms in the mansion. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...