Joe McLean
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Joe McLean
@jwmclean.bsky.social
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Recovering career political campaign hack, Harley-Davidson long rider. Trying desperately to be retired.
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As soon as the governor signs this illegal bill, Missouri will be sued. I don't bluff and I usually win.
We're officially living in a dictatorship. But Trump may have bitten off more than he can chew in going after Soros.
Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation
www.nytimes.com
Republicans tossed out House election results more than twice as often as Democrats, mostly during Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era. In 2026, it would only take a few election-denying Republicans in to gin up phony accusations of vote rigging and put control of Congress in a contested state.
The Dirty Move Republicans Could Pull to Keep the House
Election-denying Trump allies could use a rare procedural maneuver to overturn a Democratic midterm win in 2026.
www.thebulwark.com
First, he ousted a U.S. attorney who failed to file charges against his enemies. Then he demanded — in public — that his attorney general go after his adversaries and replacing the career prosecutor who did not meet his demands with an inexperienced loyalist.
Despite Trump’s Pressure on Justice Dept., Certain Safeguards Are Beyond His Reach
www.nytimes.com
Donald Trump, like the Bourbon dynasty, has “learned nothing and forgotten nothing.” His defining features—aside from narcissism—are his willful, cringeworthy ignorance and his unremitting hunger for vengeance. Both have been on humiliating display of late.
‘Learned Nothing and Forgotten Nothing’
Trump’s ignorance and hatreds continue to define his presidency
contrarian.substack.com
To say the speech was insane, would distract from how packed with lies it was. How ignorant it was. How much damage it did to our standing in the world—it marked a low point in America’s relationship with the United Nations and the international order we helped create in the wake of World War II.
Trump’s UN Address Was a Tragedy of Shakespearian Proportions
Of course, the president’s main messages today were ones of irrationality and instability, so who knows what the plot points and soliloquies will be tomorrow or next week.
www.thedailybeast.com
The states' authority to define and limit corporate powers has been hiding in plain sight, gathering dust for more than a century, simply because no one thought to look its way. Until now.
Americans want dark money out of politics. We don't have to wait for Supreme Court. | Opinion
Corporations are not born; they are built. And the Supreme Court has always held that the power to build them belongs to states alone.
www.usatoday.com
Trump delivered a screed of racist attacks, anti-science drivel, and cheap self-promotion. He ranted against immigration, warned Europeans they were “destroying their heritage,” and declared green energy was a “con job” invented by “stupid people.” He even used the moment to hawk his campaign hats.
Trump Shreds America’s Global Standing
At the United Nations, Trump replaced statesmanship with hate, turning America from trusted leader into global punchline; and leaving the world to move forward without us.
www.meidasplus.com
The FCC now has one job: dress up Project 2025 partisan hackery as “communications regulation” and “decency.” In the Trump era, the FCC became one more weapon in the MAGA arsenal; a place to shake down networks, threaten licenses, and bully executives into compliance with the whims of Dear Leader.
Mickey To MAGA: Drop Dead
Why Kimmel's return matters.
therickwilson.substack.com
This means every news outlet except NBC will be a Trump regime mouthpiece. Picture all Fox, all the time.
Opinion | The Billionaire Trump Supporter Who Will Soon Own the News
www.nytimes.com
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Just went from a post explaining how to punish Sinclair for keeping Kimmel off the air (calling companies that advertise on their affiliates) to a post about Tylenol defending itself on its website, and holy shit we are ruled by corporations
Ellison believes humanity would greatly benefit from a surveillance society governed by an all-seeing system of artificial intelligence. "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we're constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on." - THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE.
Billionaire surveillance enthusiast set to acquire TikTok's US operations
In the near future, Larry Ellison, an 81-year-old tech oligarch, could be in control of one of the world's most powerful media empires.
open.substack.com