hellarain
@wrightasrain.bsky.social
Equality-seeker/freedom-fighter/dog-lover/bullshit-spotter
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All this to say that Elon is a white supremacist mass murderer and DOGE was not a failure. It functioned as designed. I wish people would cover this accurately. It's not difficult.
November 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
All this to say that Elon is a white supremacist mass murderer and DOGE was not a failure. It functioned as designed. I wish people would cover this accurately. It's not difficult.
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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a PSA: most nonprofit newsrooms right now are probably participating in the NewsMatch program RIGHT NOW. That’s a program funded by a few foundations that “matches” your end-of-year donation.
If you set up $10 monthly, that literally unlocks $120 from NewsMatch.
So who could you support?
If you set up $10 monthly, that literally unlocks $120 from NewsMatch.
So who could you support?
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
a PSA: most nonprofit newsrooms right now are probably participating in the NewsMatch program RIGHT NOW. That’s a program funded by a few foundations that “matches” your end-of-year donation.
If you set up $10 monthly, that literally unlocks $120 from NewsMatch.
So who could you support?
If you set up $10 monthly, that literally unlocks $120 from NewsMatch.
So who could you support?
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NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
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What in the Keyser Söze?
Also, isn't this an area for Senate nerds like Wyden or Warren to take leadership and to document the who, what, when of DOGE for future accountability? Is this already happening?
Also, isn't this an area for Senate nerds like Wyden or Warren to take leadership and to document the who, what, when of DOGE for future accountability? Is this already happening?
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter reut.rs/4abeTdx
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
The Department of Government Efficiency claimed to have slashed tens of billions of dollars in expenditures, but it was impossible for outside financial experts to verify that because the unit did not provide detailed public accounting of its work.
reut.rs
November 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
What in the Keyser Söze?
Also, isn't this an area for Senate nerds like Wyden or Warren to take leadership and to document the who, what, when of DOGE for future accountability? Is this already happening?
Also, isn't this an area for Senate nerds like Wyden or Warren to take leadership and to document the who, what, when of DOGE for future accountability? Is this already happening?
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New at Media Nation: @marisakabas.bsky.social is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi's tale of dysfunction and deceit. There are 42,000 journalists across the U.S., and the vast majority are performing honorably and ethically. dankennedy.net/2025/11/22/m...
Marisa Kabas is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi’s tale of dysfunction and deceit
Colby Hall’s Mediaite commentary about Olivia Nuzzi is winning a lot of praise. The redoubtable Jay Rosen goes so far as to call it “the best thing I have read about her.” Sign up…
dankennedy.net
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New at Media Nation: @marisakabas.bsky.social is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi's tale of dysfunction and deceit. There are 42,000 journalists across the U.S., and the vast majority are performing honorably and ethically. dankennedy.net/2025/11/22/m...
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After reading that “explainer” in the New York Post
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
After reading that “explainer” in the New York Post
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here is my horse: www.lawdork.com
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
here is my horse: www.lawdork.com
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i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
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New York has more undocumented immigrants than any other city, which shows you how arbitrary and performative these ICE raids in Charlotte, Chicago, and literally everywhere else are.
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
New York has more undocumented immigrants than any other city, which shows you how arbitrary and performative these ICE raids in Charlotte, Chicago, and literally everywhere else are.
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well, I read it, and the salient, non-gross part is Lizza alleging, midsentence and without elaboration, that Nuzzi ran numerous “catch-and-kill operations” on RFK’s behalf, which would give her a role in both his appointment and the untold preventable deaths he has abetted in office. Cool.
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
well, I read it, and the salient, non-gross part is Lizza alleging, midsentence and without elaboration, that Nuzzi ran numerous “catch-and-kill operations” on RFK’s behalf, which would give her a role in both his appointment and the untold preventable deaths he has abetted in office. Cool.
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Americans have no idea what socialism means
In the civilized parts of the world it means people have the power to choose to not be screwed over by rapey, greedy corporate thugs. That’s it. That’s all it means
In the civilized parts of the world it means people have the power to choose to not be screwed over by rapey, greedy corporate thugs. That’s it. That’s all it means
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Americans have no idea what socialism means
In the civilized parts of the world it means people have the power to choose to not be screwed over by rapey, greedy corporate thugs. That’s it. That’s all it means
In the civilized parts of the world it means people have the power to choose to not be screwed over by rapey, greedy corporate thugs. That’s it. That’s all it means
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Asawin writes (in part): The fact that the he can proudly, repeatedly endorse the slaughter of 6 duly elected American politicians this week & have it register in our national consciousness & media not as a presidency-ending scandal but as just another Thursday, is a profound indictment of us all.
new from me this am for @zeteo.com
How We Grew Numb to Trump’s Calls for the Slaughter of Anyone He Wants
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How We Grew Numb to Trump’s Calls for the Slaughter of Anyone He Wants
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How We Grew Numb to Trump’s Calls for the Slaughter of Anyone He Wants
Is this what we’ve become, at this failing stage of the grand American democratic experiment?
zeteo.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Asawin writes (in part): The fact that the he can proudly, repeatedly endorse the slaughter of 6 duly elected American politicians this week & have it register in our national consciousness & media not as a presidency-ending scandal but as just another Thursday, is a profound indictment of us all.
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BREAKING: Israel has killed 20 Palestinians, including four children, and injured 83 others in the past 24 hours across the Gaza Strip, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/73c1bj
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November 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
BREAKING: Israel has killed 20 Palestinians, including four children, and injured 83 others in the past 24 hours across the Gaza Strip, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/73c1bj
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
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ryan lizza is asking you to decide if you’re normal sick or willing to pay for this shit sick
November 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
ryan lizza is asking you to decide if you’re normal sick or willing to pay for this shit sick
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this is to say that i disagree that uncovering the network of powerful people who were fine palling around with a known child sex offender is bad for society, and it's not a conspiracy theory.
if there's anyone who hurt public trust, it's the elites who continued to consort with Epstein
if there's anyone who hurt public trust, it's the elites who continued to consort with Epstein
November 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
this is to say that i disagree that uncovering the network of powerful people who were fine palling around with a known child sex offender is bad for society, and it's not a conspiracy theory.
if there's anyone who hurt public trust, it's the elites who continued to consort with Epstein
if there's anyone who hurt public trust, it's the elites who continued to consort with Epstein
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if there’s one lesson for progressives from the MAGA decade, it’s that they shouldn’t be tricked into being the defenders of institutions by virtue of polarisation.
Public trust is not earned by telling people they should trust things, it’s by making something or someone worth trusting
Public trust is not earned by telling people they should trust things, it’s by making something or someone worth trusting
“What I don’t understand is why some Democrats are hopping on this bandwagon. They may believe the Epstein file release will hurt Trump. But they are undermining public trust and sowing public cynicism in ways that make the entire progressive project impossible.“
. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
if there’s one lesson for progressives from the MAGA decade, it’s that they shouldn’t be tricked into being the defenders of institutions by virtue of polarisation.
Public trust is not earned by telling people they should trust things, it’s by making something or someone worth trusting
Public trust is not earned by telling people they should trust things, it’s by making something or someone worth trusting
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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not sure who comes off worse
dem leadership or the whiny billionaires
dem leadership or the whiny billionaires
November 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
not sure who comes off worse
dem leadership or the whiny billionaires
dem leadership or the whiny billionaires
Smitten kitten, he is.
President Trump just now:
“It was a Great Honor meeting Zohran Mamdani the new Mayor of New York City!”
“It was a Great Honor meeting Zohran Mamdani the new Mayor of New York City!”
November 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Smitten kitten, he is.