Pete
@virgilkane.bsky.social
Father of twin daughters, retired FDNY Lt. Walk out of any doorway
Feel your way, feel your way like the day before
Maybe you'll find direction
Around some corner where it's been waiting to meet you Bob Hunter
Feel your way, feel your way like the day before
Maybe you'll find direction
Around some corner where it's been waiting to meet you Bob Hunter
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"Bondi and company are sorely mistaken if they think breaking the law and giving Congress a middle finger will make the Epstein scandal go away."
The regime's new Epstein coverup will backfire
They're buying time but not fooling anyone.
www.publicnotice.co
December 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"Bondi and company are sorely mistaken if they think breaking the law and giving Congress a middle finger will make the Epstein scandal go away."
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“If any memorial is erected to me, I know exactly what I should like it to be. I should like it to consist of a block about the size of this (putting his hand on his desk).... I want it plain without any ornamentation, with the simple carving, ‘In Memory of ____’.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The other FDR Memorial
On April 12, 1965, a small group of people gathered at the triangular plot on Pennsylvania Avenue near the National Archives Building in Washington, DC. They were family and close friends of Presid…
prologue.blogs.archives.gov
December 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
“If any memorial is erected to me, I know exactly what I should like it to be. I should like it to consist of a block about the size of this (putting his hand on his desk).... I want it plain without any ornamentation, with the simple carving, ‘In Memory of ____’.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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New frontiers in fraudulence. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
New frontiers in fraudulence. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Today's news brief is HERE:
As Stefanik Flees Congress, Bessent Implodes In Public, and DOJ Roasted For Epstein Files Failure, Trump’s Fragile Grip On Power Shows Cracks Too Big For His Regime To Patch Over
And more great news that’s bad for Trump
www.dworkinsubstack.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Today's news brief is HERE:
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Sadly the best news piece I’ve seen about Memphis recently was not by a local org. This is a good read though and was enough to get me to donate to Indivisible Memphis.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Sadly the best news piece I’ve seen about Memphis recently was not by a local org. This is a good read though and was enough to get me to donate to Indivisible Memphis.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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This is very good reporting from @pattynieberg.bsky.social. This story is worth your time.
Military families are ‘pissed’ after IVF coverage cut from defense bill trib.al/ZHaMgbk
Military families are 'pissed' after IVF coverage cut from defense bill
Congress slashed military insurance coverage for IVF treatments in the defense bill, angering spouses who feel let down.
trib.al
December 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is very good reporting from @pattynieberg.bsky.social. This story is worth your time.
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It’s good to see local superintendents and media saying the thing I have been saying for years.
The Missouri GOP supermajority has schemed to defund public schools and send the money to private religious schools. This will close the rural schools in my state.
The Missouri GOP supermajority has schemed to defund public schools and send the money to private religious schools. This will close the rural schools in my state.
December 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It’s good to see local superintendents and media saying the thing I have been saying for years.
The Missouri GOP supermajority has schemed to defund public schools and send the money to private religious schools. This will close the rural schools in my state.
The Missouri GOP supermajority has schemed to defund public schools and send the money to private religious schools. This will close the rural schools in my state.
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Our latest report shows how Trump could fix this affordability disaster: www.citizen.org/article/expo...
Exported Energy Affordability: How Trump’s Failed Energy Policy Is Driving America’s Energy Affordability Crisis - Public Citizen
One in six Americans—21 million households—are behind on their energy bills, but the U.S. is sending mass qualities of LNG overseas.
www.citizen.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Our latest report shows how Trump could fix this affordability disaster: www.citizen.org/article/expo...
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The Brown University shooter was found. And yet, little is fixed. Our country is awash in guns and a community is forever changed.
Survivors will carry fear into lecture halls, unimaginable grief, and trauma long after the cameras leave. This is the legacy of gun violence America keeps ignoring.
Survivors will carry fear into lecture halls, unimaginable grief, and trauma long after the cameras leave. This is the legacy of gun violence America keeps ignoring.
December 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The Brown University shooter was found. And yet, little is fixed. Our country is awash in guns and a community is forever changed.
Survivors will carry fear into lecture halls, unimaginable grief, and trauma long after the cameras leave. This is the legacy of gun violence America keeps ignoring.
Survivors will carry fear into lecture halls, unimaginable grief, and trauma long after the cameras leave. This is the legacy of gun violence America keeps ignoring.
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There’s a big difference between an economy that’s growing more slowly and one that’s stalled. A stall means job creation barely keeps up with population growth—or not even that. That’s why unemployment is drifting up and folks can feel the ground shifting under them.
December 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
There’s a big difference between an economy that’s growing more slowly and one that’s stalled. A stall means job creation barely keeps up with population growth—or not even that. That’s why unemployment is drifting up and folks can feel the ground shifting under them.
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Good lede, @peterbakernyt.bsky.social “It all might make more sense if he actually were drinking.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Shouting, Ranting, Insulting: Trump’s Uninhibited Second Term
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Good lede, @peterbakernyt.bsky.social “It all might make more sense if he actually were drinking.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
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Rachel Lu revisits some of the mediocre Volkish ideologists who fueled Nazism, whose enthusiasms included back-to-nature cults, revival of guilds and medieval community, and reclaiming art and theology for nationalism. Cities were suspect, as was classical economics (“the Jewish science”).
The Grifters Behind the Nazis – Rachel Lu
George Mosse's work introduces readers to the second-rate thinkers who paved the way for Nazism.
lawliberty.org
December 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Rachel Lu revisits some of the mediocre Volkish ideologists who fueled Nazism, whose enthusiasms included back-to-nature cults, revival of guilds and medieval community, and reclaiming art and theology for nationalism. Cities were suspect, as was classical economics (“the Jewish science”).
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This is bonkers
Police are investigating a link between the Brown University shooting and the killing of an MIT professor, AP sources say.
Police are investigating link between Brown shooting and killing of MIT professor, AP sources say
Authorities are investigating a connection between the mass hooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor, according to three people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity.
bit.ly
December 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is bonkers
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Trump used a prime-time address—normally reserved for national emergencies—for lies, grievance, and division. No empathy. No plan. Just 18 minutes of noise. If only I could get that time back.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Trump’s Address Was Exactly What You Expected—and Worse
A rally speech masquerading as leadership
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Trump used a prime-time address—normally reserved for national emergencies—for lies, grievance, and division. No empathy. No plan. Just 18 minutes of noise. If only I could get that time back.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Good explainer on Trump’s proposed military bonus: he is repurposing already appropriated housing relief funds for the military. So yes, the money is there, but for a different purpose, and paying it as a bonus likely makes it taxable.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Trump Withholds Money From Service Members
When a bonus is a bad thing
substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Good explainer on Trump’s proposed military bonus: he is repurposing already appropriated housing relief funds for the military. So yes, the money is there, but for a different purpose, and paying it as a bonus likely makes it taxable.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Suozzi: "In my district, if you make $130,000 & you're a family of 4, you now pay 8.5% of your income for health insurance - $10k to $11,000 a year. That's gonna go up to $30k a year, which means your premium is going to increase $1,500 a month. That's crazy. People are not gonna buy the insurance"
December 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Suozzi: "In my district, if you make $130,000 & you're a family of 4, you now pay 8.5% of your income for health insurance - $10k to $11,000 a year. That's gonna go up to $30k a year, which means your premium is going to increase $1,500 a month. That's crazy. People are not gonna buy the insurance"
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Besides software, private equity has also made repairing and replacing fire trucks pricier through consolidation that raises prices while extending delivery timelines.
The consequences became visible during the LA wildfires, when capacity mattered most.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/did-a-priv...
The consequences became visible during the LA wildfires, when capacity mattered most.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/did-a-priv...
Did a Private Equity Fire Truck Roll-Up Worsen the L.A. Fires?
During the LA fires, dozens of fire trucks sat in the boneyard, waiting for repairs the city couldn't afford. Why? A private equity roll-up made replacing and repairing those trucks much pricier.
www.thebignewsletter.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Besides software, private equity has also made repairing and replacing fire trucks pricier through consolidation that raises prices while extending delivery timelines.
The consequences became visible during the LA wildfires, when capacity mattered most.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/did-a-priv...
The consequences became visible during the LA wildfires, when capacity mattered most.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/did-a-priv...
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When an Omaha mother discovered high levels of lead in her son’s blood, she looked up EPA soil tests and discovered potentially harmful levels of the metal in her yard.
City officials said her home didn’t qualify for a government-funded cleanup.
With @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
City officials said her home didn’t qualify for a government-funded cleanup.
With @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
The EPA Was Considering a Massive Lead Cleanup in Omaha. Then Trump Shifted Guidance.
The Trump administration says it will speed cleanups, but residents of the largest residential lead Superfund site worry fewer properties will be remediated.
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
When an Omaha mother discovered high levels of lead in her son’s blood, she looked up EPA soil tests and discovered potentially harmful levels of the metal in her yard.
City officials said her home didn’t qualify for a government-funded cleanup.
With @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
City officials said her home didn’t qualify for a government-funded cleanup.
With @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
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Lawrence: Trump seemed ‘angry at the truth’ as he read a ‘teleprompter full of lies’.
Lawrence: Trump seemed ‘angry at the truth’ as he read a ‘teleprompter full of lies’
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Lawrence: Trump seemed ‘angry at the truth’ as he read a ‘teleprompter full of lies’.
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Trump's opening words: "11 months ago, I inherited a mess and I'm fixing it"
Wall Street Journal from 2024: "The next president inherits a remarkable economy"
Who do you believe?
Wall Street Journal from 2024: "The next president inherits a remarkable economy"
Who do you believe?
The Next President Inherits a Remarkable Economy
The high quality of recent economic growth should put a wind at the back of the White House’s next occupant.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Trump's opening words: "11 months ago, I inherited a mess and I'm fixing it"
Wall Street Journal from 2024: "The next president inherits a remarkable economy"
Who do you believe?
Wall Street Journal from 2024: "The next president inherits a remarkable economy"
Who do you believe?
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They're Hiding It.
open.substack.com/pub/americam...
open.substack.com/pub/americam...
They're Hiding It.
The Trump administration keeps canceling economic reports for one reason and it’s not good news.
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
They're Hiding It.
open.substack.com/pub/americam...
open.substack.com/pub/americam...
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One of the highlights of my very productive year was producing NO ONE DOES IT SOLO ONLY by Layers of Meta, a band led by my old friend @xianlandia.com Christian Crumlish.
A lovely collection of songs, odd in the most delightful way. His players are great, and I brought in some excellent ringers...
A lovely collection of songs, odd in the most delightful way. His players are great, and I brought in some excellent ringers...
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
One of the highlights of my very productive year was producing NO ONE DOES IT SOLO ONLY by Layers of Meta, a band led by my old friend @xianlandia.com Christian Crumlish.
A lovely collection of songs, odd in the most delightful way. His players are great, and I brought in some excellent ringers...
A lovely collection of songs, odd in the most delightful way. His players are great, and I brought in some excellent ringers...
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