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The ties between Trump and Hamas keep proliferating.
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The ties between Trump and Hamas keep proliferating.
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Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
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November 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
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Turns out the deal Trump bragged about, the one where China would buy 12 million metric tons of US soybeans by year end, was never an actual deal.
It was a “concept” of a deal.
It was a “concept” of a deal.
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Turns out the deal Trump bragged about, the one where China would buy 12 million metric tons of US soybeans by year end, was never an actual deal.
It was a “concept” of a deal.
It was a “concept” of a deal.
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The clubby deal-making and moral racketeering of the Epstein class is now the United States’ governing philosophy.
The irony is that the vaunted “retribution” Donald Trump promised his followers may end up being turned on him and fellow plutocrats.
jameslbruno.substack.com/p/weekly-min...
The irony is that the vaunted “retribution” Donald Trump promised his followers may end up being turned on him and fellow plutocrats.
jameslbruno.substack.com/p/weekly-min...
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The clubby deal-making and moral racketeering of the Epstein class is now the United States’ governing philosophy.
The irony is that the vaunted “retribution” Donald Trump promised his followers may end up being turned on him and fellow plutocrats.
jameslbruno.substack.com/p/weekly-min...
The irony is that the vaunted “retribution” Donald Trump promised his followers may end up being turned on him and fellow plutocrats.
jameslbruno.substack.com/p/weekly-min...
If you’re new here, you might enjoy following the Spotlight on Christian Nationalism starter pack.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
If you’re new here, you might enjoy following the Spotlight on Christian Nationalism starter pack.
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Putin launched Europe’s biggest war since WWII — killing civilians, kidnapping children, and eliminating political opponents. Yet Mr. Witkoff says he’s “not a bad guy.” Diplomacy requires engaging with dictators, but that doesn't mean we have to check our values at the door.
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Putin launched Europe’s biggest war since WWII — killing civilians, kidnapping children, and eliminating political opponents. Yet Mr. Witkoff says he’s “not a bad guy.” Diplomacy requires engaging with dictators, but that doesn't mean we have to check our values at the door.
[Eliot Higgins noted, X’s architecture turns what should be an information ecosystem into a performative one. “Actors aren’t communicating; they’re staging provocations for yield. The result is disordered discourse: signals detached from truth, identity shaped by escalation, and a feedback loop…”]
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
[Eliot Higgins noted, X’s architecture turns what should be an information ecosystem into a performative one. “Actors aren’t communicating; they’re staging provocations for yield. The result is disordered discourse: signals detached from truth, identity shaped by escalation, and a feedback loop…”]
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The best pear tart you’ll ever eat.
With a little side of food history, but this is all about the tart!
Poires à la Bourdaloue
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With a little side of food history, but this is all about the tart!
Poires à la Bourdaloue
jamieschler.substack.com/p/poires-a-l...
Poires à la Bourdaloue
Pear and Almond Tart
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November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The best pear tart you’ll ever eat.
With a little side of food history, but this is all about the tart!
Poires à la Bourdaloue
jamieschler.substack.com/p/poires-a-l...
With a little side of food history, but this is all about the tart!
Poires à la Bourdaloue
jamieschler.substack.com/p/poires-a-l...
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Of course Jared 2 billion dollars Kushner is now involved with the Ukraine-Russia deal….but who is he really representing and how much is he getting for it?
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Of course Jared 2 billion dollars Kushner is now involved with the Ukraine-Russia deal….but who is he really representing and how much is he getting for it?
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There’s a show on in NYC of Monet’s Venice paintings, and it’s pretty great to see his Venetian canvases collected from museums and private collections around the world. But the highlight for me was a bunch of Sargents gathered as part of the “other guys who painted Venice” part. Sargent is my boy.
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 AM
There’s a show on in NYC of Monet’s Venice paintings, and it’s pretty great to see his Venetian canvases collected from museums and private collections around the world. But the highlight for me was a bunch of Sargents gathered as part of the “other guys who painted Venice” part. Sargent is my boy.
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And the cowardice of political journalism has just been depressing
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Op-Ed: Why Are So Many Of Us Cowards?
What are journalists willing to give up in order to retain access?
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November 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
And the cowardice of political journalism has just been depressing
toomuchtv.substack.com/p/op-ed-why-...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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There’s a clear path to notoriety in this industry, but I’ve chose the tougher road of precision and honesty. If you respect that route, subscribe now:
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I think @dinfontay.com summed up the moral fracture in journalism really well: “I feel cliché referencing George Carlin, but after a week like this what else can you say? There is a big club, and we aren't in it.”
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I think @dinfontay.com summed up the moral fracture in journalism really well: “I feel cliché referencing George Carlin, but after a week like this what else can you say? There is a big club, and we aren't in it.”
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We saw on Friday elite solidarity rather than professional solidarity when Trump called a female reporter “piggy” and not a single one of her colleagues came to her defense—presumably because they didn’t want to threaten their own proximity to power.
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
We saw on Friday elite solidarity rather than professional solidarity when Trump called a female reporter “piggy” and not a single one of her colleagues came to her defense—presumably because they didn’t want to threaten their own proximity to power.
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As the wise @karenho.bsky.social told me for this piece: “Any journalist of color I know with a tough childhood would not be given a book deal to write about blowing up their life and career to sext with a Kennedy and then a job at Vanity Fair.”
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
As the wise @karenho.bsky.social told me for this piece: “Any journalist of color I know with a tough childhood would not be given a book deal to write about blowing up their life and career to sext with a Kennedy and then a job at Vanity Fair.”
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Through Nuzzi’s interview and book excerpt, we are to understand that her journalistic malpractice was excusable because it was underpinned by genuine emotion. She was the victim of her emotions, and not of the way she behaved as a result of them. But how many others are afforded that privilege?
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Through Nuzzi’s interview and book excerpt, we are to understand that her journalistic malpractice was excusable because it was underpinned by genuine emotion. She was the victim of her emotions, and not of the way she behaved as a result of them. But how many others are afforded that privilege?
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Reading Nuzzi’s glossy tale of woe told from a Mustang in Malibu while there are so many talented, ethical journalists struggling to make ends meet is an indictment of how far this profession has fallen to elite control. Success has become more of a riddle than a road map.
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Reading Nuzzi’s glossy tale of woe told from a Mustang in Malibu while there are so many talented, ethical journalists struggling to make ends meet is an indictment of how far this profession has fallen to elite control. Success has become more of a riddle than a road map.
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My mind has been spinning the last few days as multiple crises of journalism converged—the Nuzzi book, Epstein’s emails revealing journalists hid information, Trump berating a reporter with no consequence—and it occurred to me they all stemmed from the same source: elite impunity.
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
My mind has been spinning the last few days as multiple crises of journalism converged—the Nuzzi book, Epstein’s emails revealing journalists hid information, Trump berating a reporter with no consequence—and it occurred to me they all stemmed from the same source: elite impunity.
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
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Never forget who dove head first into defending this. Remember them every time we hear about a kid who dies of whooping cough.
![Ben Smith shows his ass (with Max Tani)
Scoop w @maxwelltani
Bloomberg killed the PR rollout of Olivia Nuzzi's show after random Democrats on X upset about a Biden feature got mad at her about old, out-of-context jokes. Nuzzi's thoughtful response included[.]
Felix Salmon dives in to say "my ass is also out."
I feel like this is clearly gendered? Look at how Bloomberg treated @Olivianuzzi and @jpressler vs how they treated @MarkHalperin or even @TheStalwart, who trolls so much harder than Olivia does](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5mrvwpwtpd5h7wvozn5hl56w/bafkreifb5u6capcctpmwviiugnn6q4jga642co4pkav2cft3t7e6qxxdqe@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Never forget who dove head first into defending this. Remember them every time we hear about a kid who dies of whooping cough.
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Dan Maurer, retired Army Lt. Col. and judge advocate:
The President and Defense Secretary issued an illegal order; that order propagated down the chain-of-command; plans were formulated, mission orders were issued, and the targets were destroyed.
www.justsecurity.org/121167/us-se...
The President and Defense Secretary issued an illegal order; that order propagated down the chain-of-command; plans were formulated, mission orders were issued, and the targets were destroyed.
www.justsecurity.org/121167/us-se...
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Dan Maurer, retired Army Lt. Col. and judge advocate:
The President and Defense Secretary issued an illegal order; that order propagated down the chain-of-command; plans were formulated, mission orders were issued, and the targets were destroyed.
www.justsecurity.org/121167/us-se...
The President and Defense Secretary issued an illegal order; that order propagated down the chain-of-command; plans were formulated, mission orders were issued, and the targets were destroyed.
www.justsecurity.org/121167/us-se...