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"Most people stayed with me in the bad times, but I had some people who were disloyal. And those people I'm going to destroy. Just for the sake of destroying them. If I ever have the opportunity."
(Donald Trump, Financial Post, March 20, 1993)
(Donald Trump, Financial Post, March 20, 1993)
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Weird how this keeps happening.
December 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Weird how this keeps happening.
This is patently one of the most absurd things Donald Trump has done, and in a way, it is something of an indictment of all of us as well.
Or maybe it’s more of a taunt, or even an accusation — and it’s up to us to decide how we’re going to deal with it.
Or maybe it’s more of a taunt, or even an accusation — and it’s up to us to decide how we’re going to deal with it.
While a bunch of journalists were at the Kennedy Center taking pictures today, I asked the VP of Facilities and Operations at the Kennedy Center a direct question:
“Matt, is this the first time that you’ve defaced a public building?“
Only at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/q-and-a-de...
“Matt, is this the first time that you’ve defaced a public building?“
Only at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/q-and-a-de...
December 20, 2025 at 5:52 AM
This is patently one of the most absurd things Donald Trump has done, and in a way, it is something of an indictment of all of us as well.
Or maybe it’s more of a taunt, or even an accusation — and it’s up to us to decide how we’re going to deal with it.
Or maybe it’s more of a taunt, or even an accusation — and it’s up to us to decide how we’re going to deal with it.
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The women in this 1964 photo of Beatles fans (yes, that's what they used) could not get a credit card at Bank of America without their husband or father cosigning. So, no. The answer, CBS and Bank of America, is no.
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 20, 2025 at 3:56 AM
The women in this 1964 photo of Beatles fans (yes, that's what they used) could not get a credit card at Bank of America without their husband or father cosigning. So, no. The answer, CBS and Bank of America, is no.
You forgot "pure, unadulterated" before "evil."
Mr. Zheng told ICE officials he had tried to kill himself while in detention. "He came here wanting to give his son a different and better life."
DHS spokeswoman:
"We are happy to report we were able to remove the family back to their home country."
Mr. Zheng told ICE officials he had tried to kill himself while in detention. "He came here wanting to give his son a different and better life."
DHS spokeswoman:
"We are happy to report we were able to remove the family back to their home country."
This is evil.
ICE ripped a 6 year old away from his father and sent him to the office of refugee resettlement.
The father had to agree to deportation to China in order to see his child again.
Innocent children being used as leverage.
ICE ripped a 6 year old away from his father and sent him to the office of refugee resettlement.
The father had to agree to deportation to China in order to see his child again.
Innocent children being used as leverage.
Immigration Officials Deport Queens 6-Year-Old and Father Who Fled China
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:55 AM
You forgot "pure, unadulterated" before "evil."
Mr. Zheng told ICE officials he had tried to kill himself while in detention. "He came here wanting to give his son a different and better life."
DHS spokeswoman:
"We are happy to report we were able to remove the family back to their home country."
Mr. Zheng told ICE officials he had tried to kill himself while in detention. "He came here wanting to give his son a different and better life."
DHS spokeswoman:
"We are happy to report we were able to remove the family back to their home country."
From a reddit user, commenting on the words "Defend the Homeland" emblazoned on an ICE vehicle parked in downtown Minneapolis:
"The irony of being parked under the 'You are on native land' banner on the lightpost."
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
"The irony of being parked under the 'You are on native land' banner on the lightpost."
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
December 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
From a reddit user, commenting on the words "Defend the Homeland" emblazoned on an ICE vehicle parked in downtown Minneapolis:
"The irony of being parked under the 'You are on native land' banner on the lightpost."
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
"The irony of being parked under the 'You are on native land' banner on the lightpost."
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
A tow truck driver who towed an ICE SUV that was blocking a driveway while the agents kidnapped Angelanos back in September was just found NOT GUILTY on the only charge against him (theft of government property).
THAT'S ANOTHER WIN FOR "FUCK YOU; MAKE ME"
THAT'S ANOTHER WIN FOR "FUCK YOU; MAKE ME"
Man accused of towing ICE SUV during LA immigration operation found not guilty
A Los Angeles tow truck driver accused of towing a federal SUV during an immigration enforcement operation was found not guilty by a federal jury Friday. Bobby Nuñez, 33, was arrested and charged with...
www.nbclosangeles.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Interesting and instructive. And as an illustration of the changed media environment we reside in at present, at the time of its publishing (1974), sizeable excerpts from Marks' and Marchetti's book on the C.I.A.'s hijinks were widely syndicated in daily newspapers throughout the U.S. and elsewhere.
December 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Interesting and instructive. And as an illustration of the changed media environment we reside in at present, at the time of its publishing (1974), sizeable excerpts from Marks' and Marchetti's book on the C.I.A.'s hijinks were widely syndicated in daily newspapers throughout the U.S. and elsewhere.
"Mr. Freud, please explain to the jury how Ms. Wiles was able to wield outsize influence on Mr. Trump, and by extension, on the members of the Cabinet."
December 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"Mr. Freud, please explain to the jury how Ms. Wiles was able to wield outsize influence on Mr. Trump, and by extension, on the members of the Cabinet."
“‘Because the Kennedy Center is not just a federal institution or a performing arts center, but is a memorial to a slain president, changing the exterior signage feels different,’ Sexton added.”
As with his post on Rob Reiner, just another instance of Trump’s casual willingness to violate the dead.
As with his post on Rob Reiner, just another instance of Trump’s casual willingness to violate the dead.
NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“‘Because the Kennedy Center is not just a federal institution or a performing arts center, but is a memorial to a slain president, changing the exterior signage feels different,’ Sexton added.”
As with his post on Rob Reiner, just another instance of Trump’s casual willingness to violate the dead.
As with his post on Rob Reiner, just another instance of Trump’s casual willingness to violate the dead.
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STRICKLAND: Participate in the UFC White House event?
"Just to go hang out with the fucking Epstein list? I'm good, dude."
"Just to go hang out with the fucking Epstein list? I'm good, dude."
December 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
STRICKLAND: Participate in the UFC White House event?
"Just to go hang out with the fucking Epstein list? I'm good, dude."
"Just to go hang out with the fucking Epstein list? I'm good, dude."
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Christian nationalist Nate Schatzline brags about being part of "The Hill Bible Study" under White House faith advisor Paula White "to disciple the highest leaders": "CIA, FBI, and Hill staffers will come in and encounter the presence of God and learn how to hear the voice of God."
December 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Christian nationalist Nate Schatzline brags about being part of "The Hill Bible Study" under White House faith advisor Paula White "to disciple the highest leaders": "CIA, FBI, and Hill staffers will come in and encounter the presence of God and learn how to hear the voice of God."
“Named the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, it is the sole national memorial to the martyred President…”
The psychological dimensions of Trump’s compulsion to plaster his name on the front of this edifice are interesting, to say the least.
The psychological dimensions of Trump’s compulsion to plaster his name on the front of this edifice are interesting, to say the least.
December 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
“Named the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, it is the sole national memorial to the martyred President…”
The psychological dimensions of Trump’s compulsion to plaster his name on the front of this edifice are interesting, to say the least.
The psychological dimensions of Trump’s compulsion to plaster his name on the front of this edifice are interesting, to say the least.
Andrew Carnegie was no Communist, obvs, but he did speak this in a church appearance in 1892 (riffing on his 1889 essay, "The Gospel of Wealth"):
"Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community from which it was derived."
"Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community from which it was derived."
December 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Andrew Carnegie was no Communist, obvs, but he did speak this in a church appearance in 1892 (riffing on his 1889 essay, "The Gospel of Wealth"):
"Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community from which it was derived."
"Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community from which it was derived."
“In the interview with The Times on Monday, Ms. Wiles took issue with the quote attributed to her about [Musk’s] drug use. ‘That’s ridiculous,’ she said. ‘I wouldn’t have said it and I wouldn’t know.’ But Mr. Whipple played a tape for The Times in which she could be heard saying it.”
December 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“In the interview with The Times on Monday, Ms. Wiles took issue with the quote attributed to her about [Musk’s] drug use. ‘That’s ridiculous,’ she said. ‘I wouldn’t have said it and I wouldn’t know.’ But Mr. Whipple played a tape for The Times in which she could be heard saying it.”
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kyrsten sinema seemingly had a long-term plan to cash out of her senate job by establishing a reputation as someone who was connected to both parties, so at minimum it is good to see her get to find out that her name is mud
December 16, 2025 at 4:59 AM
kyrsten sinema seemingly had a long-term plan to cash out of her senate job by establishing a reputation as someone who was connected to both parties, so at minimum it is good to see her get to find out that her name is mud
Yup, this was a great chat.
@ebharrington.bsky.social: AI is "an instrument of ideology that is wrapped in the trappings of technology... an ideology that says, 'we don't like having to pay people'... it's a cudgel to threaten labor."
The vacuous broligarchy, a paean to the humanities, much more.
@ebharrington.bsky.social: AI is "an instrument of ideology that is wrapped in the trappings of technology... an ideology that says, 'we don't like having to pay people'... it's a cudgel to threaten labor."
The vacuous broligarchy, a paean to the humanities, much more.
Today on the PREVAIL podcast, one of my all-time favorite interviews: @ebharrington.bsky.social, professor of economic sociology & author of "Offshore: Stealth Wealth & the New Colonialism."
Watch the clip on my Substack; listen to the full episode here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Watch the clip on my Substack; listen to the full episode here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Ultimate Transgression: Kompromat Culture & the Competitive Depravity Olympics
A discussion with economic sociology professor Brooke Harrington, author of "Capital Without Borders" and "Offshore: Stealth Wealth & The New Colonialism"
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Yup, this was a great chat.
@ebharrington.bsky.social: AI is "an instrument of ideology that is wrapped in the trappings of technology... an ideology that says, 'we don't like having to pay people'... it's a cudgel to threaten labor."
The vacuous broligarchy, a paean to the humanities, much more.
@ebharrington.bsky.social: AI is "an instrument of ideology that is wrapped in the trappings of technology... an ideology that says, 'we don't like having to pay people'... it's a cudgel to threaten labor."
The vacuous broligarchy, a paean to the humanities, much more.
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“I find it hard to think of any other form of evidence that is more compelling to demonstrate that this is happening, it has been happening for a long time, and we know why, and we understand it, and we can make credible projections” – Torbjörn Törnqvist, Tulane University
A 30-year-old sea level rise projection has basically come true » Yale Climate Connections
Even without today’s advanced modeling tools, scientists made a ‘remarkably’ accurate estimate.
yaleclimateconnections.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“I find it hard to think of any other form of evidence that is more compelling to demonstrate that this is happening, it has been happening for a long time, and we know why, and we understand it, and we can make credible projections” – Torbjörn Törnqvist, Tulane University
Horrible.
“The Wisconsin Deafblind Project, a state program for the families of children with combined vision and hearing loss, made a tremendous difference as they learned to parent Annie, the Garners said…
Then in September, the Trump administration canceled the five-year, $918,000 grant for the program”
Then in September, the Trump administration canceled the five-year, $918,000 grant for the program”
Born Deaf and Blind, She’s Caught in Trump’s Anti-Diversity Crusade
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Horrible.
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"Amazon already has some of the worst working conditions in the [US], but workers go through hell in order to deliver the holidays ... Amazon workers across the [US] are exercising their power by joining the Teamsters. Our new members at DBK1 will be crucial voices as we continue this fight."
Drivers unionize at second Queens Amazon warehouse — Queens Daily Eagle
More than 200 drivers at an Amazon warehouse in Queens announced they were unionizing on Tuesday morning, the second set of drivers to do so in the borough in the last year.
queenseagle.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
"Amazon already has some of the worst working conditions in the [US], but workers go through hell in order to deliver the holidays ... Amazon workers across the [US] are exercising their power by joining the Teamsters. Our new members at DBK1 will be crucial voices as we continue this fight."
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Has anyone written a history of false flag allegations? Robert Welch of the John Birch Society told his followers that church bombing and arsons of the homes of civil rights workers were false flags to make segregationists look bad.
"(((they))) planned it, it's a false flag!" is horrifically anti-semitic. You sound like a Gab poster, fuck off
December 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Has anyone written a history of false flag allegations? Robert Welch of the John Birch Society told his followers that church bombing and arsons of the homes of civil rights workers were false flags to make segregationists look bad.
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I mentioned a few weeks ago that this rhetoric is going to amplify threats and violence against people who work in public health.
I believe that their goal is to throw prominent people who promoted livesaving COVID19 vaccines in jail.
This era will be remembered as one of the US’s darkest.
I believe that their goal is to throw prominent people who promoted livesaving COVID19 vaccines in jail.
This era will be remembered as one of the US’s darkest.
Our FDA leaders are knowingly stoking dangerous forces with their reckless accusations.
If there’s another CDC style attack, here’s what a lot of people are saying.
If there’s another CDC style attack, here’s what a lot of people are saying.
December 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I mentioned a few weeks ago that this rhetoric is going to amplify threats and violence against people who work in public health.
I believe that their goal is to throw prominent people who promoted livesaving COVID19 vaccines in jail.
This era will be remembered as one of the US’s darkest.
I believe that their goal is to throw prominent people who promoted livesaving COVID19 vaccines in jail.
This era will be remembered as one of the US’s darkest.
Democratic Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman, who survived a political assassination attempt this summer in the incident that killed Melissa Hortman, came across the aftermath of an ICE raid at his neighborhood coffee shop on Friday. The cook was taken away — and the shop will likely have to close.
Brooklyn Park coffee shop owner says ICE lied to employee before detaining him
The grill at a Brooklyn Park coffee shop has been left uncleaned since Friday morning, when the co-owner said that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detained his cook after luring him...
www.cbsnews.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Democratic Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman, who survived a political assassination attempt this summer in the incident that killed Melissa Hortman, came across the aftermath of an ICE raid at his neighborhood coffee shop on Friday. The cook was taken away — and the shop will likely have to close.
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It’s very simple. Genuinely very simple. Until Section 230, it was the case that any website that allowed a user to publish any content of any kind could be sued if they said *anything* libelous or bad. That includes web hosts, blogging platforms, social media etc.
December 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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In 1974, largely as a result of Watergate coverage, Walter Cronkite of CBS was rated "most trusted" TV newscaster, and "most objective" by both liberals & conservatives. Interestingly, at the bottom right of the last chart you can see that 19% of conservatives said all anchors were "not objective."
December 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
In 1974, largely as a result of Watergate coverage, Walter Cronkite of CBS was rated "most trusted" TV newscaster, and "most objective" by both liberals & conservatives. Interestingly, at the bottom right of the last chart you can see that 19% of conservatives said all anchors were "not objective."