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🚨 In 2024, the cryptocurrency industry spent more than $130 million to influence elections nationwide. Their donations and lobbying efforts turned the tables for their risky boom-and-bust business, which is now poised to overtake our entire financial system.
January 29, 2026 at 3:56 PM
🚨 In 2024, the cryptocurrency industry spent more than $130 million to influence elections nationwide. Their donations and lobbying efforts turned the tables for their risky boom-and-bust business, which is now poised to overtake our entire financial system.
🚨 Jared Kushner is involved in plans for a U.S.-backed governing authority over “New Gaza.”
Oh, and he’s also tied to finance firms invested in regional real estate.
Oh, and he’s also tied to finance firms invested in regional real estate.
January 28, 2026 at 11:06 PM
🚨 Jared Kushner is involved in plans for a U.S.-backed governing authority over “New Gaza.”
Oh, and he’s also tied to finance firms invested in regional real estate.
Oh, and he’s also tied to finance firms invested in regional real estate.
Much of detainee medical care is handled by private contractors. Investigators have documented repeated failures to meet medical standards. But federal spending on detention keeps rising.
January 28, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Much of detainee medical care is handled by private contractors. Investigators have documented repeated failures to meet medical standards. But federal spending on detention keeps rising.
🚨 NEW: Trump’s Wall Street regulators just made shareholder communication harder for ordinary investors, while the richest still have clear channels. Less coordination for the many, more power for the few.
January 28, 2026 at 10:45 PM
🚨 NEW: Trump’s Wall Street regulators just made shareholder communication harder for ordinary investors, while the richest still have clear channels. Less coordination for the many, more power for the few.
🚨 ICE agents have a legal shield that makes it incredibly hard to sue them, even in deadly cases. A bill to end that protection already exists — and Democrats now have the leverage to force a vote by tying it to DHS funding. Here’s how. ⬇️
January 28, 2026 at 3:29 PM
🚨 ICE agents have a legal shield that makes it incredibly hard to sue them, even in deadly cases. A bill to end that protection already exists — and Democrats now have the leverage to force a vote by tying it to DHS funding. Here’s how. ⬇️
🚨 NEW: Lawmakers just pushed a bill to make taxpayers pay for a new committee of corporate executives to advise the SEC (the Wall Street regulator). The people who get hurt by corporate abuse aren’t included. The corporations are.
January 27, 2026 at 5:25 PM
🚨 NEW: Lawmakers just pushed a bill to make taxpayers pay for a new committee of corporate executives to advise the SEC (the Wall Street regulator). The people who get hurt by corporate abuse aren’t included. The corporations are.
We are being medically looted, insurers are raking in billions, and a senior Democrat went to Congress to tell their CEOs “this isn’t your fault” — after taking their money. This is corruption in plain sight.
January 27, 2026 at 3:14 PM
We are being medically looted, insurers are raking in billions, and a senior Democrat went to Congress to tell their CEOs “this isn’t your fault” — after taking their money. This is corruption in plain sight.
🚨 NEW: TikTok’s new owners just expanded surveillance on Americans. After the Trump-backed sale, the app reversed location data protections and widened AI data collection. Some top creators are now exiting, pointing to censorship of political coverage.
January 26, 2026 at 6:38 PM
🚨 NEW: TikTok’s new owners just expanded surveillance on Americans. After the Trump-backed sale, the app reversed location data protections and widened AI data collection. Some top creators are now exiting, pointing to censorship of political coverage.
To know that it doesn’t have to be this way, just consider how Republicans would be acting in the counterfactual. As Matt Stoller reminds us:
January 24, 2026 at 10:19 PM
To know that it doesn’t have to be this way, just consider how Republicans would be acting in the counterfactual. As Matt Stoller reminds us:
🚨 ICE is killing people. A tycoon-funded Democratic think tank is attacking calls to cut its funding, while Democrats provide the votes to keep the agency funded.
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
🚨 ICE is killing people. A tycoon-funded Democratic think tank is attacking calls to cut its funding, while Democrats provide the votes to keep the agency funded.
As ICE terrorizes cities and murders people, a tycoon-funded Democratic think tank is criticizing those saying lawmakers should reduce the agency’s funding — all while Democrats provide enough congressional votes to keep ICE flush with cash.
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How Democrats Are Enabling ICE
Trump’s immigration police will not be reined in by a party refusing to mount a real opposition.
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January 24, 2026 at 9:47 PM
As ICE terrorizes cities and murders people, a tycoon-funded Democratic think tank is criticizing those saying lawmakers should reduce the agency’s funding — all while Democrats provide enough congressional votes to keep ICE flush with cash.
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It's so infuriating to have such a notable reason to reshare this today.
🚨Democrats say ICE body cameras improve oversight. But the provision largely benefits Axon, a law-enforcement contractor that spends spends hundreds of thousands of dollars a year lobbying the government.
January 24, 2026 at 9:23 PM
It's so infuriating to have such a notable reason to reshare this today.
Here’s a fun one: What new thing did Google’s AI just learn about you?
A. When you’re ready to buy
B. How much you’ll pay
C. Whether clothes look good on you
D. Which influencers you trust
A. When you’re ready to buy
B. How much you’ll pay
C. Whether clothes look good on you
D. Which influencers you trust
January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Here’s a fun one: What new thing did Google’s AI just learn about you?
A. When you’re ready to buy
B. How much you’ll pay
C. Whether clothes look good on you
D. Which influencers you trust
A. When you’re ready to buy
B. How much you’ll pay
C. Whether clothes look good on you
D. Which influencers you trust
🚨 Industry-backed Democrats helped Republicans turn proposed ICE reforms into a $20 million windfall for the body-camera industry.
January 23, 2026 at 11:45 PM
🚨 Industry-backed Democrats helped Republicans turn proposed ICE reforms into a $20 million windfall for the body-camera industry.
🚨Democrats say ICE body cameras improve oversight. But the provision largely benefits Axon, a law-enforcement contractor that spends spends hundreds of thousands of dollars a year lobbying the government.
January 23, 2026 at 11:28 PM
🚨Democrats say ICE body cameras improve oversight. But the provision largely benefits Axon, a law-enforcement contractor that spends spends hundreds of thousands of dollars a year lobbying the government.
🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court doesn’t normally get involved in foreign policy. But this time, it is.
At Trump’s urging, the Court is hearing cases that could allow corporations to profit from regime change in Cuba.
At Trump’s urging, the Court is hearing cases that could allow corporations to profit from regime change in Cuba.
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court doesn’t normally get involved in foreign policy. But this time, it is.
At Trump’s urging, the Court is hearing cases that could allow corporations to profit from regime change in Cuba.
At Trump’s urging, the Court is hearing cases that could allow corporations to profit from regime change in Cuba.
⚠️ NEW: Trump frames Greenland as a national security issue.
But Silicon Valley’s broligarchy sees something else: a chance to push “network states,” where investors run territory like a startup. ⬇️
www.youtube.com/shorts/8FSVn...
But Silicon Valley’s broligarchy sees something else: a chance to push “network states,” where investors run territory like a startup. ⬇️
www.youtube.com/shorts/8FSVn...
The Broligarchy’s Network State Plan for Greenland
YouTube video by The Lever
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January 22, 2026 at 8:44 PM
⚠️ NEW: Trump frames Greenland as a national security issue.
But Silicon Valley’s broligarchy sees something else: a chance to push “network states,” where investors run territory like a startup. ⬇️
www.youtube.com/shorts/8FSVn...
But Silicon Valley’s broligarchy sees something else: a chance to push “network states,” where investors run territory like a startup. ⬇️
www.youtube.com/shorts/8FSVn...
🚨 NEW: Banks pay savers almost nothing.
Crypto wants to do the same, but without the regulations.
Crypto wants to do the same, but without the regulations.
January 21, 2026 at 4:17 PM
🚨 NEW: Banks pay savers almost nothing.
Crypto wants to do the same, but without the regulations.
Crypto wants to do the same, but without the regulations.
⚠️ ICE k!lls a legal observer. Public support for abolition surges. Congress answers with a bipartisan bill that keeps ICE whole and quietly k!lls reforms to stop deporting U.S. citizens.
January 21, 2026 at 4:04 PM
⚠️ ICE k!lls a legal observer. Public support for abolition surges. Congress answers with a bipartisan bill that keeps ICE whole and quietly k!lls reforms to stop deporting U.S. citizens.
🚨 NEW: Google just made it clear how Gemini will make money: by deciding what you pay and hiding it behind “AI recommendations.”
That should scare everyone.
New piece from Matt Stoller ⬇️
That should scare everyone.
New piece from Matt Stoller ⬇️
January 20, 2026 at 3:23 PM
🚨 NEW: Google just made it clear how Gemini will make money: by deciding what you pay and hiding it behind “AI recommendations.”
That should scare everyone.
New piece from Matt Stoller ⬇️
That should scare everyone.
New piece from Matt Stoller ⬇️
🚨 NEW: Trump says he wants to cap credit card interest rates.
His regulators are in court fighting states that try to do exactly that.
His regulators are in court fighting states that try to do exactly that.
January 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM
🚨 NEW: Trump says he wants to cap credit card interest rates.
His regulators are in court fighting states that try to do exactly that.
His regulators are in court fighting states that try to do exactly that.
🚨 Why does Trump keep attacking the Fed?
David Sirota breaks down the real reason behind Trump’s escalating attacks — and what’s at stake if the Fed loses its independence.
www.youtube.com/shorts/yRIlb...
@davidsirota.com
David Sirota breaks down the real reason behind Trump’s escalating attacks — and what’s at stake if the Fed loses its independence.
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@davidsirota.com
Why Trump Hates the Fed Chair
YouTube video by The Lever
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January 16, 2026 at 4:37 PM
🚨 Why does Trump keep attacking the Fed?
David Sirota breaks down the real reason behind Trump’s escalating attacks — and what’s at stake if the Fed loses its independence.
www.youtube.com/shorts/yRIlb...
@davidsirota.com
David Sirota breaks down the real reason behind Trump’s escalating attacks — and what’s at stake if the Fed loses its independence.
www.youtube.com/shorts/yRIlb...
@davidsirota.com
🚨 NEW: Obama-era Democrats sold a myth of presidential powerlessness to excuse inaction.
Trump is now demonstrating, in real time, how false that myth was.
Trump is now demonstrating, in real time, how false that myth was.
January 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
🚨 NEW: Obama-era Democrats sold a myth of presidential powerlessness to excuse inaction.
Trump is now demonstrating, in real time, how false that myth was.
Trump is now demonstrating, in real time, how false that myth was.