John Kaster
@jkaster.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Why are billionaires buying up media outlets?
As a media mogul, you can effectively hedge against democracy by suppressing criticism of yourself and other plutocrats and discouraging any attempt to tax away your wealth.
Here's what we need to do about it. robertreich.substack.com/p/billionair...
As a media mogul, you can effectively hedge against democracy by suppressing criticism of yourself and other plutocrats and discouraging any attempt to tax away your wealth.
Here's what we need to do about it. robertreich.substack.com/p/billionair...
A toxic combo: Trump, Billionaires, and the Media
What to do about it
robertreich.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Why are billionaires buying up media outlets?
As a media mogul, you can effectively hedge against democracy by suppressing criticism of yourself and other plutocrats and discouraging any attempt to tax away your wealth.
Here's what we need to do about it. robertreich.substack.com/p/billionair...
As a media mogul, you can effectively hedge against democracy by suppressing criticism of yourself and other plutocrats and discouraging any attempt to tax away your wealth.
Here's what we need to do about it. robertreich.substack.com/p/billionair...
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Something Big Changed In Texas Politics
Texas Democrats Close To A Full Slate
Texas Democrats recruited candidates to run in every federal and state race, the State House, State Senate, Congress, all Statewide seats, all the way to the State Board Of Education.
open.substack.com/pub/lonestar...
Texas Democrats Close To A Full Slate
Texas Democrats recruited candidates to run in every federal and state race, the State House, State Senate, Congress, all Statewide seats, all the way to the State Board Of Education.
open.substack.com/pub/lonestar...
Will Texas Democrats Have A Full Ticket?
We’ll know in 14 Days.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Something Big Changed In Texas Politics
Texas Democrats Close To A Full Slate
Texas Democrats recruited candidates to run in every federal and state race, the State House, State Senate, Congress, all Statewide seats, all the way to the State Board Of Education.
open.substack.com/pub/lonestar...
Texas Democrats Close To A Full Slate
Texas Democrats recruited candidates to run in every federal and state race, the State House, State Senate, Congress, all Statewide seats, all the way to the State Board Of Education.
open.substack.com/pub/lonestar...
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A member of Congress could literally bet on their own vote and profit 10x. A White House aide could bet on a tariff decision before it’s announced. Theres ZERO oversight. This isn’t innovation, it’s legalized insider trading on democracy itself. Ban Kalshi politics
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Kalshi Is a Corruption Time Bomb—and Congress Is Sitting on It
A platform that lets insiders (and legislators) gamble on their own behavior is a threat to democracy.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A member of Congress could literally bet on their own vote and profit 10x. A White House aide could bet on a tariff decision before it’s announced. Theres ZERO oversight. This isn’t innovation, it’s legalized insider trading on democracy itself. Ban Kalshi politics
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Thanks to Trump and Republicans in the Senate, turkeys will cost 26.6% more this year.
Their reckless policies keep driving prices higher while families get squeezed.
Americans can't afford a Trump Economy.
Their reckless policies keep driving prices higher while families get squeezed.
Americans can't afford a Trump Economy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Thanks to Trump and Republicans in the Senate, turkeys will cost 26.6% more this year.
Their reckless policies keep driving prices higher while families get squeezed.
Americans can't afford a Trump Economy.
Their reckless policies keep driving prices higher while families get squeezed.
Americans can't afford a Trump Economy.
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Meiselas: If Trump was just some crappy, scummy billionaire who lived in Florida, do you think I'd give a crap? My issue is this freaking loser, this con artist, this grifter, this scammer has brought his life of scamming, bankrupting and destroying to the American people, who are now suffering.
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Meiselas: If Trump was just some crappy, scummy billionaire who lived in Florida, do you think I'd give a crap? My issue is this freaking loser, this con artist, this grifter, this scammer has brought his life of scamming, bankrupting and destroying to the American people, who are now suffering.
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In the wake of the Trump admin’s USAID destruction, reporting found that MILLIONS of dollars in taxpayer funded food commodities were discarded or left to spoil. The admin has yet to provide details into this unacceptable waste.
RM @meeks.house.gov & Vice RM @amo.house.gov are demanding answers.
RM @meeks.house.gov & Vice RM @amo.house.gov are demanding answers.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
In the wake of the Trump admin’s USAID destruction, reporting found that MILLIONS of dollars in taxpayer funded food commodities were discarded or left to spoil. The admin has yet to provide details into this unacceptable waste.
RM @meeks.house.gov & Vice RM @amo.house.gov are demanding answers.
RM @meeks.house.gov & Vice RM @amo.house.gov are demanding answers.
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MAGA DOJ still dodging and hiding on Epstein, hoping we forget that judges said there was nothing new in the grand jury materials, and the mass of Epstein’s files were in DOJ’s possession available to release.
U.S. Again Asks New York Court to Release Epstein Grand Jury Materials
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
MAGA DOJ still dodging and hiding on Epstein, hoping we forget that judges said there was nothing new in the grand jury materials, and the mass of Epstein’s files were in DOJ’s possession available to release.
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NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Electricity costs have risen 11% since January, more the three times the rate of inflation. Americans are struggling and need relief. Thankful that @governor.pa.gov continues to work with PA utility companies to protect our most vulnerable as cold weather arrives.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Electricity costs have risen 11% since January, more the three times the rate of inflation. Americans are struggling and need relief. Thankful that @governor.pa.gov continues to work with PA utility companies to protect our most vulnerable as cold weather arrives.
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Fuck this guy and the whole Putin backed party he rode in on.
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Fuck this guy and the whole Putin backed party he rode in on.
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😡💔
“Jeffrey Epstein is not unique,” writes a child sex trafficking expert. His case is a classic example of how powerful, often wealthy men exploit vulnerable children – and how low prosecution rates, victim-blaming and systemic failures let trafficking persist.
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#news #Epstein #polisky
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#news #Epstein #polisky
‘Jeffrey Epstein is not unique’: What his case reveals about the realities of child sex trafficking
Child sex traffickers are typically white, wealthy men who often insulate themselves from detection and charges, according to a sexual exploitation scholar.
buff.ly
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
😡💔
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This is a man whose wife was SHOT IN THE HEAD having to act even-keeled when the President of the United States tries to incite violence against him. Trump has to go, right now.
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This is a man whose wife was SHOT IN THE HEAD having to act even-keeled when the President of the United States tries to incite violence against him. Trump has to go, right now.
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actively trying to harm california?
Today the Department of the Interior announced they will hold the six offshore lease sales across off of California. I wrote about Reagan’s Interior Secretary James Watt opening up 80 million acres of offshore waters to oil and gas about a year ago. The last offshore lease in California was 1984.
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 AM
actively trying to harm california?
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A New Jersey fraudster who was pardoned by President Trump in 2021 was sentenced to 37 years in prison this month for running a $44 million Ponzi scheme, one of a growing number of people granted clemency by Trump only to be charged with new crimes.
A Fraudster Pardoned by Trump Gets 37 Years for Running Ponzi Scheme
A New Jersey man convicted of defrauding investors of roughly a quarter-billion dollars is among a growing number of people granted clemency only to to be charged with new crimes.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
A New Jersey fraudster who was pardoned by President Trump in 2021 was sentenced to 37 years in prison this month for running a $44 million Ponzi scheme, one of a growing number of people granted clemency by Trump only to be charged with new crimes.
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How *dare* you take this as a sign that Trump and Musk and Thiel are planning to steal state and national elections using AI tech
Breaking news: The Trump administration is drafting an executive order that would direct the Justice Department to sue states that pass laws regulating artificial intelligence, according to a copy reviewed by The Post.
White House drafts order directing Justice Department to sue states that pass AI regulations
The draft order comes after Republicans in Congress failed to pass a federal ban on state AI regulation, as more lawmakers raise concerns about the technology.
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 AM
How *dare* you take this as a sign that Trump and Musk and Thiel are planning to steal state and national elections using AI tech
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Also this:
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
Jeffrey Epstein Pursued Swiss Rothschild Bank to Finance Israeli Cyberweapons Empire
Epstein to Ehud Barak: “[Ariane de Rothschild] said to me, if Ehud wants to make serious money, he will have to build a relationship with me. take time so that we can truly understand one another.”
www.dropsitenews.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Also this:
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
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Came out 2 weeks ago and I still dont understand why it isn't bigger news.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
Jeffrey Epstein Helped Israel Sell a Surveillance State to Côte d’Ivoire
Leaked emails show the details behind talks between Cote d’Ivoire and Israel shepherded by Ehud Barak and Jeffrey Epstein
www.dropsitenews.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Came out 2 weeks ago and I still dont understand why it isn't bigger news.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
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"The media outlets and tech platforms that settled with Trump chose to give him money because they *wanted* to. They could have fought and won, since Trump’s lawsuits (and his lawyering) are universally terrible."
CNN shows that when media orgs fight Trump, they win
Take this grift and shove it.
www.publicnotice.co
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"The media outlets and tech platforms that settled with Trump chose to give him money because they *wanted* to. They could have fought and won, since Trump’s lawsuits (and his lawyering) are universally terrible."
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Stephen Miller said the Chicago building was “filled with TdA terrorists.”
DOJ prosecutors have not filed criminal charges or shown evidence that anyone arrested in the raid belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
DOJ prosecutors have not filed criminal charges or shown evidence that anyone arrested in the raid belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Stephen Miller said the Chicago building was “filled with TdA terrorists.”
DOJ prosecutors have not filed criminal charges or shown evidence that anyone arrested in the raid belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
DOJ prosecutors have not filed criminal charges or shown evidence that anyone arrested in the raid belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
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BREAKING🚨🚨:
The House just voted 426–0 to REPEAL the multimillion-dollar payout @SenatorCollins snuck into the latest spending bill.
Democrats and Republicans are united in rejecting the corrupt Collins bailout.
The House just voted 426–0 to REPEAL the multimillion-dollar payout @SenatorCollins snuck into the latest spending bill.
Democrats and Republicans are united in rejecting the corrupt Collins bailout.
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
BREAKING🚨🚨:
The House just voted 426–0 to REPEAL the multimillion-dollar payout @SenatorCollins snuck into the latest spending bill.
Democrats and Republicans are united in rejecting the corrupt Collins bailout.
The House just voted 426–0 to REPEAL the multimillion-dollar payout @SenatorCollins snuck into the latest spending bill.
Democrats and Republicans are united in rejecting the corrupt Collins bailout.
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Hear, hear! Love Rep. Jamie Raskin.
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Hear, hear! Love Rep. Jamie Raskin.
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We just delivered a mandate to get justice for the victims.
Release the Epstein files. bit.ly/4poVjiy
Release the Epstein files. bit.ly/4poVjiy
Despite congressional action, quick release of Epstein files is in doubt
The legislation calling for the release of Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein includes major loopholes. The department has said little about its plans.
bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We just delivered a mandate to get justice for the victims.
Release the Epstein files. bit.ly/4poVjiy
Release the Epstein files. bit.ly/4poVjiy
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Jill Lawrence examines which Democrats are most likely to pass the "SOB test." Jay Kuo explains how the MAGA movement is coming apart in real time. And tomorrow, Todd Beeton details the state of the redistricting battles that Trump increasingly finds himself on the losing side of.
This Week In The Big Picture
Over the summer, Donald Trump instructed Texas Governor Greg Abbott to find him five more GOP seats to help ensure Republicans maintain their House majority after next year’s midterms.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Jill Lawrence examines which Democrats are most likely to pass the "SOB test." Jay Kuo explains how the MAGA movement is coming apart in real time. And tomorrow, Todd Beeton details the state of the redistricting battles that Trump increasingly finds himself on the losing side of.