Wilhelmus Janus
@wilhelmusjanus.bsky.social
Pondering about a 4th culture-concept; Asia = shame-culture, Arab/muslim = honor-culture, West = guilt-culture, Russia = blame-culture.
+ 'Pathological Altruism' (Barbara Oakley, Oakland University)
+ Hanlon's Razor driven in Reverse, Biting you in the Ass
+ 'Pathological Altruism' (Barbara Oakley, Oakland University)
+ Hanlon's Razor driven in Reverse, Biting you in the Ass
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Sergei Pugachev: ‘I personally brought Putin to power’
The once powerful Russian oligarch and now exile claims Putin is orchestrating a campaign to ruin him
www.ft.com
Sergei Pugachev: ‘I personally brought Putin to power’
“He told me he may not live, but that I would be a witness to how the Chekisty [members of the secret police] would destroy the country”
Catherine Belton / July 23 2015
www.ft.com/content/5b24...
archive.ph/ZpRIC
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“He told me he may not live, but that I would be a witness to how the Chekisty [members of the secret police] would destroy the country”
Catherine Belton / July 23 2015
www.ft.com/content/5b24...
archive.ph/ZpRIC
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Elon Musk & Trump bragged that DOGE would cut $2 TRILLION in fraud/waste, and they'd cut everyone a $5k check.
The exact opposite happened. They fired thousands of federal workers, cut resources for the poorest and most vulnerable, and wasted taxpayer dollars. What a disgrace.
The exact opposite happened. They fired thousands of federal workers, cut resources for the poorest and most vulnerable, and wasted taxpayer dollars. What a disgrace.
‘That doesn’t exist’: Doge reportedly quietly disbanded ahead of schedule
‘That doesn’t exist’: Doge reportedly quietly disbanded ahead of schedule
Statement by Trump administration confirms longstanding suspicions that Musk-led agency is on its way out
The “department of government efficiency” (Doge) has apparently been dissolved with eight months still remaining on its contract, ending a drawn-out campaign of invading federal agencies and firing thousands of federal workers.
“That doesn’t exist,” office of personnel management (OPM) director Scott Kupor told Reuters earlier this month when asked about Doge’s status, adding that it was no longer a “centralized entity”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Elon Musk & Trump bragged that DOGE would cut $2 TRILLION in fraud/waste, and they'd cut everyone a $5k check.
The exact opposite happened. They fired thousands of federal workers, cut resources for the poorest and most vulnerable, and wasted taxpayer dollars. What a disgrace.
The exact opposite happened. They fired thousands of federal workers, cut resources for the poorest and most vulnerable, and wasted taxpayer dollars. What a disgrace.
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Dozens of high-engagement accounts on X, including some pro and anti-Trump users, have been accused of misleading users following the roll-out of a new transparency feature that shows user locations.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts
Dozens of pro-Trump accounts are being accused of misleading followers after the social media site began showing user locations.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Dozens of high-engagement accounts on X, including some pro and anti-Trump users, have been accused of misleading users following the roll-out of a new transparency feature that shows user locations.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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Waters: This is an important press conference that is being held to let you know what we're all doing: resisting this lowdown dirty no good filthy president
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Waters: This is an important press conference that is being held to let you know what we're all doing: resisting this lowdown dirty no good filthy president
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I’m begging everyone to take just over 7 minutes of your life to watch President Biden’s full turkey pardon speech from last year below. 👇 It’s worth it. Then remember the comparison when you are around your Trump supporting relatives over the holidays. 😒 🖕 www.youtube.com/live/p2A5uGK...
President Biden Pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey in a Ceremony on the South Lawn
YouTube video by The Biden White House
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I’m begging everyone to take just over 7 minutes of your life to watch President Biden’s full turkey pardon speech from last year below. 👇 It’s worth it. Then remember the comparison when you are around your Trump supporting relatives over the holidays. 😒 🖕 www.youtube.com/live/p2A5uGK...
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So GOP senator Justice can owe back taxes for over 15 years and just recently get civilly sued by the IRS and immediately pay $5.1 to settle, but Hunter Biden got charged criminally after he had already paid his back taxes back? And Justice had been a billionaire for a good part of the time?👇😒
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
So GOP senator Justice can owe back taxes for over 15 years and just recently get civilly sued by the IRS and immediately pay $5.1 to settle, but Hunter Biden got charged criminally after he had already paid his back taxes back? And Justice had been a billionaire for a good part of the time?👇😒
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Recent 60 Minutes report on Trump’s pardon of Changpeng Zhao, his firm Binance and the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm World Liberty Financial
bsky.app/profile/60mi...
bsky.app/profile/60mi...
President Trump’s pardon of Changpeng Zhao came shortly after Zhao’s company, Binance, helped catapult the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm, World Liberty Financial, into international recognition. The firm is a major source of the Trump family's fortune. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday. 60Minutes.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Recent 60 Minutes report on Trump’s pardon of Changpeng Zhao, his firm Binance and the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm World Liberty Financial
bsky.app/profile/60mi...
bsky.app/profile/60mi...
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The Crypto Industry’s $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’
As Trump champions crypto, funds from scammers and other criminal groups flow onto major crypto exchanges - such as Binance, OKX and others - last month Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
As Trump champions crypto, funds from scammers and other criminal groups flow onto major crypto exchanges - such as Binance, OKX and others - last month Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
The Crypto Industry’s $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Crypto Industry’s $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’
As Trump champions crypto, funds from scammers and other criminal groups flow onto major crypto exchanges - such as Binance, OKX and others - last month Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
As Trump champions crypto, funds from scammers and other criminal groups flow onto major crypto exchanges - such as Binance, OKX and others - last month Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
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NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
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NEW: Trump has offered his personal support to MAGA influencer Nick Sortor and invited him to the White House as a star journalist. While Sortor was at an event with Trump, Bondi, Patel and Noem, a warrant for his arrest was active in Kentucky.
jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/maga-influ...
jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/maga-influ...
MAGA influencer invited to White House as a favorite Trump "journalist" has an active warrant for his arrest
A woman said he stole her dog, then assaulted her after she rebuffed his sexual advances. Now Nick Sortor is facing arrest in Kentucky for violating his probation.
jacquelinesweet.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: Trump has offered his personal support to MAGA influencer Nick Sortor and invited him to the White House as a star journalist. While Sortor was at an event with Trump, Bondi, Patel and Noem, a warrant for his arrest was active in Kentucky.
jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/maga-influ...
jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/maga-influ...
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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In 2023 Luminar CEO Austin Russell tried to buy Forbes - the deal failed but Russian-born Magomed Musaev claimed he was the buyer
bsky.app/profile/wend...
bsky.app/profile/wend...
Sanctioned Russian Suleiman Kerimov appearently invested in Luminar Technologies through proxies
Luminar CEO Austin Russell was recently replaced after an ethics inquiry
In 2023 Russell tried to buy Forbes - deal failed but Magomed Musaev claimed he was buyer
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Luminar CEO Austin Russell was recently replaced after an ethics inquiry
In 2023 Russell tried to buy Forbes - deal failed but Magomed Musaev claimed he was buyer
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Russian tycoon claims he is behind Forbes purchase, audiotapes show
A Kremlin-connected tycoon claims he is the buyer of Forbes, according to audio and video tapes. The U.S. tech founder organizing the deal says there is no Russian involvement.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
In 2023 Luminar CEO Austin Russell tried to buy Forbes - the deal failed but Russian-born Magomed Musaev claimed he was the buyer
bsky.app/profile/wend...
bsky.app/profile/wend...
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"AlphaTON Capital Submits Strategic Offer to Acquire Majority Stake in Forbes Media Holdings"
Not clear who offer submitted to, or terms of the offer etc.
AlphaTon, led by ex Cambridge Analytica exec Brittany Kaiser, is active w/Ton coin and Telegram network
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
Not clear who offer submitted to, or terms of the offer etc.
AlphaTon, led by ex Cambridge Analytica exec Brittany Kaiser, is active w/Ton coin and Telegram network
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
AlphaTON Capital Submits Strategic Offer to Acquire Majority Stake in Forbes Media Holdings
Offer aims to leverage the brand for verified AI data licensing, verifiable and accurate financial news, and anchor a new global digital assets news...
www.globenewswire.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"AlphaTON Capital Submits Strategic Offer to Acquire Majority Stake in Forbes Media Holdings"
Not clear who offer submitted to, or terms of the offer etc.
AlphaTon, led by ex Cambridge Analytica exec Brittany Kaiser, is active w/Ton coin and Telegram network
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
Not clear who offer submitted to, or terms of the offer etc.
AlphaTon, led by ex Cambridge Analytica exec Brittany Kaiser, is active w/Ton coin and Telegram network
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
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AlphaTon Capital announced they submitted offer to acquire majority stake in Forbes Media Holdings (not clear who offer was submitted to)
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
Ex Cambridge Analytica exec Brittany Kaiser is CEO of AlphaTon, which I reported has links to people who worked in Russia
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
Ex Cambridge Analytica exec Brittany Kaiser is CEO of AlphaTon, which I reported has links to people who worked in Russia
Former Cambridge Analytica executive Brittany Kaiser's latest gig is CEO of crypto firm AlphaTon Capital - new research shows multiple people linked to this business have connections to Russia, and a company co-founder was a Brexit supporter, my latest:
Former Cambridge Analytica executive Brittany Kaiser’s latest gig is CEO of crypto firm AlphaTon Capital – which has several links to people from Russia
Former Cambridge Analytica executive Brittany Kaiser is now CEO of AlphaTon, a crypto company with several links to Russia.
newstracs.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
AlphaTon Capital announced they submitted offer to acquire majority stake in Forbes Media Holdings (not clear who offer was submitted to)
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
Ex Cambridge Analytica exec Brittany Kaiser is CEO of AlphaTon, which I reported has links to people who worked in Russia
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
Ex Cambridge Analytica exec Brittany Kaiser is CEO of AlphaTon, which I reported has links to people who worked in Russia
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It will be interesting to learn who was given the penalty and which sanctioned Russian was involved
Have no idea if this is related - Russian oligarch Boris Rotenberg's wife Karina owned property in Atlanta, sanctions were lifted on her earlier this year
www.occrp.org/en/news/us-l...
Have no idea if this is related - Russian oligarch Boris Rotenberg's wife Karina owned property in Atlanta, sanctions were lifted on her earlier this year
www.occrp.org/en/news/us-l...
US Lifts Sanctions on Wife of Russian Oligarch Boris Rotenberg
Born in Russia, Karina Rotenberg is also a U.S. citizen, OCCRP previously revealed.
www.occrp.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
It will be interesting to learn who was given the penalty and which sanctioned Russian was involved
Have no idea if this is related - Russian oligarch Boris Rotenberg's wife Karina owned property in Atlanta, sanctions were lifted on her earlier this year
www.occrp.org/en/news/us-l...
Have no idea if this is related - Russian oligarch Boris Rotenberg's wife Karina owned property in Atlanta, sanctions were lifted on her earlier this year
www.occrp.org/en/news/us-l...
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US Treasury imposed a penalty of $4,677,552 on a US person, acting through Atlanta, Georgia real estate company King Holdings LLC in 2023-2024, for violating OFAC's Russia sanctions by mortgaging, renovating & selling property owned by a blocked individual
ofac.treasury.gov/media/934781...
ofac.treasury.gov/media/934781...
ofac.treasury.gov
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
US Treasury imposed a penalty of $4,677,552 on a US person, acting through Atlanta, Georgia real estate company King Holdings LLC in 2023-2024, for violating OFAC's Russia sanctions by mortgaging, renovating & selling property owned by a blocked individual
ofac.treasury.gov/media/934781...
ofac.treasury.gov/media/934781...
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When Kash Patel tries to claim his Target List is hyperbole to sell his book, don't believe him. He's a Flynn Digital Soldier & associate of Ivan Raiklin who has his own 'Deep State Target List', which he says is for extra judicial raids & executions of 'enemies within.' Senators better be ready.
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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(PS) Cannot wait for this coward prosecutor in Georgia to be offered a cushy new job in the Trump administration.
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
(PS) Cannot wait for this coward prosecutor in Georgia to be offered a cushy new job in the Trump administration.
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Let me tell you what the upshot is from the now-dropped Georgia January 6 case:
A rich white man can with impunity plot to overthrow our government with 18 co-defendants—in a plot with a death toll—if a Black woman involved in the investigation had inadvisable sex.
*That* is how racist America is.
A rich white man can with impunity plot to overthrow our government with 18 co-defendants—in a plot with a death toll—if a Black woman involved in the investigation had inadvisable sex.
*That* is how racist America is.
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Let me tell you what the upshot is from the now-dropped Georgia January 6 case:
A rich white man can with impunity plot to overthrow our government with 18 co-defendants—in a plot with a death toll—if a Black woman involved in the investigation had inadvisable sex.
*That* is how racist America is.
A rich white man can with impunity plot to overthrow our government with 18 co-defendants—in a plot with a death toll—if a Black woman involved in the investigation had inadvisable sex.
*That* is how racist America is.
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This is what Goggle AI says:
Trump is seen pointing out women to Epstein. He appears to comment on one woman to Epstein, "Look at her back there – she's hot"
Trump says something into Epstein's ear that causes Epstein to double over with laughter.The specific words spoken at moment are hard to tell
Trump is seen pointing out women to Epstein. He appears to comment on one woman to Epstein, "Look at her back there – she's hot"
Trump says something into Epstein's ear that causes Epstein to double over with laughter.The specific words spoken at moment are hard to tell
November 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This is what Goggle AI says:
Trump is seen pointing out women to Epstein. He appears to comment on one woman to Epstein, "Look at her back there – she's hot"
Trump says something into Epstein's ear that causes Epstein to double over with laughter.The specific words spoken at moment are hard to tell
Trump is seen pointing out women to Epstein. He appears to comment on one woman to Epstein, "Look at her back there – she's hot"
Trump says something into Epstein's ear that causes Epstein to double over with laughter.The specific words spoken at moment are hard to tell
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Per NBC, Trump said something like “Look at her, back there... She's hot". Trump then whispered …in Epstein's ear, & caused Epstein to laugh heartily. The specific content of this 2nd inaudible whisper is unknown.
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Per NBC, Trump said something like “Look at her, back there... She's hot". Trump then whispered …in Epstein's ear, & caused Epstein to laugh heartily. The specific content of this 2nd inaudible whisper is unknown.
Or what made Diane Feinstein's face go so ashen white, in that short press-moment, shortly after being briefed by some intel-committee behind closed doors.
Must have been about Krasnovian collusions....
Must have been about Krasnovian collusions....
Or his little walk with Justice Kennedy where Kennedy was taken a back
By what was said
By what was said
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Or what made Diane Feinstein's face go so ashen white, in that short press-moment, shortly after being briefed by some intel-committee behind closed doors.
Must have been about Krasnovian collusions....
Must have been about Krasnovian collusions....
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He's just filling his diaper
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
He's just filling his diaper