David Moore
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How many Democrats realize that House Dems could have passed the Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act anytime 2019–2022, and sent it to the Senate?

Under Pelosi / Jeffries / Schumer / Durbin, Dem leadership keep decision-making closed-off, as they control the party's massive fundraising arms.
DSCC Took Lobbyist Bundles From Firms Reaping Rewards Under Trump
Senate Democrats’ campaign arm quietly received donations in the first half of this year from lobbyists for Palantir, Andreessen Horowitz, and SpaceX, according to a new disclosure.
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The Anti-Corruption Act, first introduced by progressives in August 2018, would have:

- applied conflict-of-interest laws to POTUS & VPOTUS
- required executive branch officials to financially recuse
- banned lawmakers owning crypto & securities

But Dem leadership never brought the bill to a vote:
Congressional Leaders Warning of ‘Insider Trading’ Could Have Banned Officials From Stock Trading
Banning members of Congress and government officials from trading stocks is highly popular, even among many rank and file lawmakers—but not among the congressional leaders who control which bills adva...
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments tomorrow over whether or not to totally gut the Voting Rights Act. If it does so it would decimate political power for racial minorities, particularly Black people, and help Donald Trump lock in one-party rule www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
The Supreme Court Could Grant Trump His Dream Of One-Party Rule
If the court’s conservative supermajority guts the Voting Rights Act, they will crush minority political power.
www.huffpost.com
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nicholsuprising.bsky.social
Bernie Sanders on out-of-touch Democratic Party leadership:

“… the Mamdani campaign is a crystallization of that. And if the Democratic leadership can’t support the Democratic nominee, what is the Democratic Party? Who’s the Democratic Party?”

www.thenation.com/article/poli...
People Are Furious With Democrats. Bernie Sanders Knows Why.
Democratic Party leadership is way out of touch with where the American people are, and it’s almost frightening to see the kind of anger and contempt that people feel toward it.
www.thenation.com
davidrussellmoore.bsky.social
Defense spending is fascinating because tens of billions in public $$ gets funneled to private weapons companies with amazingly little visibility into which companies, exactly.

We scoured a defense resource, and the top firm in Israel arms approvals is...
Boeing’s Arms Sales Thrive on Gaza Genocide
With $26.7 billion in approved Israel arms sales since October 7, 2023, Boeing stands out as a top beneficiary of the Gaza war.
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Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?
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This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss
The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.
www.theatlantic.com
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In this piece, I tried to pull together the forces and agendas flowing through megabillionaire Larry Ellison, who is quickly becoming the newest face of US oligarchy in the Trump era. It's all deeply alarming.

For @truthout.org.
From AI to TikTok to TV, This Pro-Israel Billionaire Is Expanding Power in US
One of Trump’s advisers once called megabillionaire Larry Ellison a “shadow president of the United States.”…
truthout.org
davidrussellmoore.bsky.social
Boeing's stock price is up in 2025 due to weapons sales to Middle East.

If your retirement fund invests in ETFs like the Vanguard S&P 500 or mutual funds like Fidelity 500 Index, your profits are fueled in part by Boeing's weapons sales to Israel, especially bombs used in air strikes on civilians.
Boeing’s Arms Sales Thrive on Gaza Genocide
With $26.7 billion in approved Israel arms sales since October 7, 2023, Boeing stands out as a top beneficiary of the Gaza war.
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NEW: Boeing is the top weapons contractor in Israel arms approvals since the start of the war in Gaza, selling tens of billions of dollars of weapons like F-15 fighters and "bunker buster" bombs used in attacks on civilians documented by human rights groups.

readsludge.com/2025/10/13/b...
Boeing’s Arms Sales Thrive on Gaza Genocide
With $26.7 billion in approved Israel arms sales since October 7, 2023, Boeing stands out as a top beneficiary of the Gaza war.
readsludge.com
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somewhere at Public Radio International lives a filename aeroplane_intro_loop_longer_use.wav
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Marketplace Morning Report used "In the Aeroplane" as bumper music
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In two years, the US spent at least *$38 billion* sending weapons to Israel, protecting it against counterattacks, and fighting a regional war on its behalf.

$52 million per day, $2 million per hour. www.stephensemler.com/p/us-has-spe...
The US has spent at least $38 billion on Israel since October 2023. The single column chart shows $38.2 billion in US military spending on Israel from October 2023 through September 2025, including: $18 billion arming Israel, $6.1 billion defending Israel, $14.1 billion waging war on Israel’s behalf. Data: Pentagon financial records, enacted legislation, media reports, author analysis. Figures are conservative estimates in constant 2025 US dollars.
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newsjennifer.bsky.social
WHAT THE HELL

Just one day after a federal court judge ordered ICE to stop using force against Chicago journalists, here is ICE using force against a Chicago journalist.
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BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
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This could have been part of the lasting, clear-to-all successes of De Blasio’s second term, but his perma-crisis city management left an atrophied NYC DOT for Eric Adams, who minimized the agency. De Blasio should recognize now that transit and safe streets would have greatly helped his reputation.
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“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
www.economist.com
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The Trump administration is working to dramatically expand school choice, moving kids to a range of private & religious schools or homeschooling. Ultimately, what percentage of children would remain in public schools? A Moms for Liberty co-founder told me: “I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.”
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
www.propublica.org
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TODAY: @tomscocca.bsky.social on learning new things in an unfamiliar and only partially legible place. “The longer we wandered the garden, the more affection I had for the signage.” flaminghydra.com/roots-of-und...
Roots of Understanding
a fiery writer-owned cooperative
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davidrussellmoore.bsky.social
Chatter on here recently about how driving makes people antisocial and irate, posing mortal danger on the roads.

New Yorkers can ask their @council.nyc.gov if Speaker Adrienne Adams and others made the right decision in 2023 by decimating outdoor dining for private car storage on city streets.
After Passing Legislation That Decimated Outdoor Dining, NYC Council Demands to Know What Killed Outdoor Dining
Councilmembers and DOT officials traded blame at a hearing on Wednesday, while both sides said they’d be open to making changes to the program.
hellgatenyc.com