<p>Ed Martin, Trump's pick for D.C. U.S. District Attorney, ghostwrote online attacks against an Illinois judge with whom he was in a legal dispute.</p><p>We obtained emails that show Martin bought a laptop for the woman who made the posts and coached her on how to make them look organic: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ed-martin-trump-interim-dc-us-attorney-secret-judge-attacks?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ed-martin-trump-interim-dc-us-attorney-secret-judge-attacks?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ed-</span><span class="invisible">martin-trump-interim-dc-us-attorney-secret-judge-attacks?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/dc/" rel="tag">#DC</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/ethics/" rel="tag">#Ethics</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
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<p>When <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> became president I setup a <a href="/tags/ghost/" rel="tag">#Ghost</a> website but I don't have time to add posts to it</p><p>It's inspired by Molly's <span class="h-card"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@web3isgreat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>web3isgreat</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://trumpisgoinggreat.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>trumpisgoinggreat.com</a></p><p>Maybe some people on here feel a calling for posting all chaos Trump has caused so far on here?</p><p>Kind of a sum up of all that is happening since it's so much.. <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/mstdn.social/sad_cat.png" class="emoji" alt=":sad_cat:" title=":sad_cat:"> </p><p>DM would be fine</p>
<p>Maybe, instead of haphazardly deploying armed troops on US city streets, <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> should be deploying them at <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a> embassies and consulates across Amerikkka to keep them from 🔥BURNING🔥. <a href="/tags/globalsumudflotilla/" rel="tag">#globalsumudflotilla</a></p>
<p>“We Will Fight Back”: Aid Workers Fear Closing a Camp on the Arizona Border Will Endanger Migrants<br>—</p><p>For the past two years, religious and humanitarian organizations have provided food and aid to migrants at a camp near Sasabe, Arizona. Just before Donald Trump took office, volunteers were told to clear off federal land. </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/aid-workers-migrant-camp-arizona-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/aid-workers-migrant-camp-arizona-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/aid</span><span class="invisible">-workers-migrant-camp-arizona-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/aid/" rel="tag">#Aid</a> <a href="/tags/migration/" rel="tag">#Migration</a> <a href="/tags/migrants/" rel="tag">#Migrants</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>Nix zu verbergen<br>Nothing to hide </p><p><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#EpsteinFiles</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/cartoon/" rel="tag">#cartoon</a> <a href="/tags/karikatur/" rel="tag">#karikatur</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#resist</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/jeffreyepstein/" rel="tag">#jeffreyepstein</a> <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#epstein</a> <a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#epsteinfiles</a> <a href="/tags/ghislainemaxwell/" rel="tag">#GhislaineMaxwell</a> </p><p>Epstein and Maxwell's VICTIMS!<br>Epstein and Maxwell's VICTIMS!<br>Epstein and Maxwell's VICTIMS!<br>Epstein and Maxwell's VICTIMS!<br>Epstein and Maxwell's VICTIMS!</p>
<p>How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save<br>—</p><p>The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/how-doge-irs-cuts-will-cost-more-than-savings-trump-musk-deficit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/how-doge-irs-cuts-will-cost-more-than-savings-trump-musk-deficit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/how</span><span class="invisible">-doge-irs-cuts-will-cost-more-than-savings-trump-musk-deficit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/irs/" rel="tag">#IRS</a> <a href="/tags/federal/" rel="tag">#Federal</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#Economy</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump<br>—</p><p>More than 300 career employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: resign or work for an administration that plans to radically reshape the EPA while reversing environmental protections.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-workers-resign-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/epa-workers-resign-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/epa</span><span class="invisible">-workers-resign-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/dei/" rel="tag">#DEI</a></p>
<p>Linda McMahon, the Secretary of Education, sent a letter to Harvard. They responded by grading it.</p><p>Honestly, this is the level of petty I aspire to.</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/fucktrump/" rel="tag">#fucktrump</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/harvard/" rel="tag">#harvard</a></p>
<p>Senior <a href="/tags/state/" rel="tag">#State</a> Department official sought internal communications with <a href="/tags/journalists/" rel="tag">#journalists</a>, <a href="/tags/european/" rel="tag">#European</a> officials, & Trump <a href="/tags/critics/" rel="tag">#critics</a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> appointee Darren Beattie requested records regarding a large list of high-profile names, organizations, & <a href="/tags/rightwing/" rel="tag">#RightWing</a> buzzwords for a “<a href="/tags/twitterfiles/" rel="tag">#TwitterFiles</a>” style document dump about alleged conservative censorship.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/firstamendment/" rel="tag">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="/tags/freespeech/" rel="tag">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="/tags/freepress/" rel="tag">#FreePress</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/infosec/" rel="tag">#InfoSec</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/revengepolitics/" rel="tag">#RevengePolitics</a> <br><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/01/1115988/senior-state-department-official-sought-internal-communications-with-journalists-european-officials-and-trump-critics/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/01/1115988/senior-state-department-official-sought-internal-communications-with-journalists-european-officials-and-trump-critics/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.technologyreview.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">05/01/1115988/senior-state-department-official-sought-internal-communications-with-journalists-european-officials-and-trump-critics/</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> announced <a href="/tags/hamas/" rel="tag">#Hamas</a>’s consent to the deal before Hamas actually said yes, then brought in Turkey to ensure the ‘yes’ stuck.<br><a href="https://www.ian-leslie.com/p/the-emperors-new-diplomacy" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ian-leslie.com/p/the-emperors-new-diplomacy"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ian-leslie.com/p/the-emper</span><span class="invisible">ors-new-diplomacy</span></a></p>
<p>Elon <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> has just called himself “Dark Maga” during a rally with <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>. How can science or European government institutions still justify being active on X, a de-facto right-wing extremist propaganda platform?</p>
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<p>What the Trump Administration’s Videos From a Chicago Immigration Raid Don’t Show<br>---</p><p>The Trump administration’s slickly produced videos of an immigration raid at a Chicago apartment building in September showed federal agents rappelling from a helicopter and banging down doors. These are the stories of the people who were inside.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-raid-apartment-building-venezuelans-stories?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/chicago-raid-apartment-building-venezuelans-stories?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/chi</span><span class="invisible">cago-raid-apartment-building-venezuelans-stories?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> <a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a></p>
<p>Internal VA Emails Reveal How Trump Cuts Jeopardize Veterans’ Care, Including To “Life-Saving Cancer Trials”<br>—</p><p>Despite a congressional mandate to expand care for veterans, internal Veterans Affairs messages obtained by ProPublica paint a stark portrait of how chaotic cost cutting has already imperiled tests of treatments for cancer, opioid addiction and more.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-veterans-affairs-budget-staff-cuts-jeopardize-cancer-research?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-veterans-affairs-budget-staff-cuts-jeopardize-cancer-research?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-veterans-affairs-budget-staff-cuts-jeopardize-cancer-research?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/veterans/" rel="tag">#Veterans</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#Cancer</a> <a href="/tags/addiction/" rel="tag">#Addiction</a> <a href="/tags/homelessness/" rel="tag">#Homelessness</a></p>
<p>Tomahawk </p><p><a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/tomahawks/" rel="tag">#Tomahawks</a> <a href="/tags/cartoon/" rel="tag">#cartoon</a> <a href="/tags/karikatur/" rel="tag">#karikatur</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> Republicans & Their Billionaires Are WHY <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#America</a> Isn't The Greatest Nation--Not Even Close </p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/blueamp/p/maga-republicans-and-their-billionaires?r=j0lyx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.substack.com/pub/blueamp/p/maga-republicans-and-their-billionaires?r=j0lyx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/blueamp/</span><span class="invisible">p/maga-republicans-and-their-billionaires?r=j0lyx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/substack/" rel="tag">#substack</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/stockmarket/" rel="tag">#stockmarket</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#china</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#musk</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/influencergate/" rel="tag">#InfluencerGate</a>:</p><p>oh look the russian agents trying to influence the election are using <a href="/tags/cryptocurrency/" rel="tag">#cryptocurrency</a> (this is my not-shocked-at-all face)</p><p>also popular YouTube influencers Lauren Southern, Tim Pool, <a href="/tags/laurenchen/" rel="tag">#LaurenChen</a>, and one of Benny Johnson/Dave Rubin "unknowingly" agreed to work for Russia for large sums of money ($100,000 per youtube video or a few million/year): <a href="https://x.com/ariehkovler/status/1831413692409487766" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="x.com/ariehkovler/status/1831413692409487766"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/ariehkovler/status/18314</span><span class="invisible">13692409487766</span></a></p><p>in particular the russian agents seem to have moved money through <a href="/tags/lithuania/" rel="tag">#Lithuania</a> and used <a href="/tags/bitpay/" rel="tag">#BitPay</a> to buy domains. i wrote a bunch about the Lithuanian central bank's attempts to shut down Russian money last year; it's here (an US company Crypto[.]com is involved): <a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/cryptocom-or-crypto-dot-con" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="cryptadamus.substack.com/p/cryptocom-or-crypto-dot-con"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cryptadamus.substack.com/p/cry</span><span class="invisible">ptocom-or-crypto-dot-con</span></a></p><p>DOJ affidavit: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-09/doppelganger_affidavit_9.4.24.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.justice.gov/d9/2024-09/doppelganger_affidavit_9.4.24.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.justice.gov/d9/2024-09/dop</span><span class="invisible">pelganger_affidavit_9.4.24.pdf</span></a></p><p>taking bets on whether Virtual Currency Exchange 1 ("VCE-1") is <a href="/tags/binance/" rel="tag">#Binance</a> or <a href="/tags/cryptocom/" rel="tag">#CryptoCom</a></p><p><a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/election2024/" rel="tag">#election2024</a> <a href="/tags/2024election/" rel="tag">#2024election</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="/tags/putin/" rel="tag">#Putin</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/vladímirputin/" rel="tag">#VladímirPutin</a> <a href="/tags/timpool/" rel="tag">#TimPool</a> <a href="/tags/bennyjohnson/" rel="tag">#BennyJohnson</a> <a href="/tags/laurensouthern/" rel="tag">#LaurenSouthern</a> <a href="/tags/daverubin/" rel="tag">#DaveRubin</a> <a href="/tags/changenow/" rel="tag">#ChangeNow</a> <a href="/tags/tenetmedia/" rel="tag">#TenetMedia</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a></p>
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<p>"We won 3 Supreme Court seats Tuesday. We won the Bucks County, PA, DA's race. No biggie, Dems have won it before. In 1891.</p><p>So went PA, which Fetterman betrayed days later. Fetterman's the guy you thought was when you first looked at him<br><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/schumer-and-eight-senate-democratic" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/schumer-and-eight-senate-democratic"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/schumer-and-e</span><span class="invisible">ight-senate-democratic</span></a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politiics/" rel="tag">#politiics</a> <a href="/tags/shutdown/" rel="tag">#shutdown</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#democrats</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/snap/" rel="tag">#snap</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a></p>
<p>NEW SUBSTACK: Go Read The Rest Don't Forget To SUBSCRIBE: <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/end-stage-democracy-has-a-mascot" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/end-stage-democracy-has-a-mascot"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/end-stage-dem</span><span class="invisible">ocracy-has-a-mascot</span></a> </p><p>"And now, we’ve arrived at the logical conclusion of all this—Eric <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>, the barking embodiment of dumb-son nepotism. A laughable lout with inherited intellectual necrosis and the empathy of a Terminator wrapped in designer smugness.</p><p>In Eric we have the heir to a <a href="/tags/political/" rel="tag">#political</a> dynasty so corrupt it saddens Tammany Hall, b/c they’re not here to stand and clap. A guy whose gums allow you to shelter-in-place during EF4 tornadoes. Whose existence makes it so when you say the “the dumb Trump son,” you’re somehow not talking about Don Jr." </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#washington</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#maga</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#china</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a></p>
<p>REVEALED by Correspondent <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@stevanzetti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stevanzetti</span></a></span>: We identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/ice-pros</span><span class="invisible">ecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#extremism</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#border</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>
<p>House Committee Leader to Investigate Agency for Preferential Treatment of Politically Connected Startup<br>—</p><p>The probe comes in the wake of a ProPublica investigation that revealed the General Services Administration was eyeing a tech firm with strong ties to the Trump administration to remake a massive, $700 billion federal credit card program.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/investigation-ramp-gsa-smartpay-trump-peter-thiel-gerald-connolly?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/investigation-ramp-gsa-smartpay-trump-peter-thiel-gerald-connolly?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/inv</span><span class="invisible">estigation-ramp-gsa-smartpay-trump-peter-thiel-gerald-connolly?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/fintech/" rel="tag">#Fintech</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.<br>—</p><p>The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/noaa-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/noa</span><span class="invisible">a-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/michigan/" rel="tag">#Michigan</a> <a href="/tags/ohio/" rel="tag">#Ohio</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/noaa/" rel="tag">#NOAA</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#Water</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>
<p>Apparently, Canadian journalist Dean Blundell got the goods... <a href="/tags/letter/" rel="tag">#letter</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> </p><p>This IS exactly as described in the WSJ article, complete with "Donald" being used as pubes. The letter made up a page in a leather-bound book of birthday wishes, collected by Ghislaine Maxwell for <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#epstein</a> 's 50th birthday, in January 2003... one year before the real estate squabble that caused the friendship to break up.</p><p>h/t: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cryptadamist</span></a></span></p>
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<p>As useful as it is for US <a href="/tags/dictator/" rel="tag">#dictator</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> to invade US cities with military power, or to meet with the Russian dictator, as a means of distracting from <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#epstein</a> let's not forget who's who. Here's a simple picture:</p>
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<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> and <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> will lead to the fall of the house of <a href="/tags/saud/" rel="tag">#Saud</a>. For each of us you kill, ten of us will return to vanquish you. We see you <a href="/tags/gcc/" rel="tag">#GCC</a>. We are coming for you. You cannot escape now. Your evil has sown the seeds of your own demise.</p>