SLC

SLC

@samlecure.bsky.social

Archaeologist turned fish wrangler. Who-Dey!

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So, the real question: will HBO (part of Skydance) still stream Alex Gibney's "Musk" documentary, now that Musk is an investor in Skydance...

Semafor@semafor.com

🟡 SCOOP: Elon Musk makes $1 billion investment in Ellison’s Skydance, providing a much-needed financial injection as the company looks to cut costs and bolster its stock price. www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

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Replying to @mehdirhasan.bsky.social

How much organic support does someone like Matt have? When he posts anywhere that’s not Twitter he gets zero traction. No one quotes any of his articles. I don’t believe people subscribe to his Substack. He exists only as a scion of corporate, Dem opinions. He’s a paid operative not a journalist.

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The Roads Have Eyes! 👁️ Turn on the Surveillance Layer in Map Options to see known license plate readers from Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions (Vigilant), Genetec, Axis Communications, Axon, Leonardo (ELSAG), Neology, Rekor, PlateSmart, Ubicquia, Verkada, and other outdoor surveillance cameras.

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it’s amazing that there’s no crime anymore. if you do crime you’re actually just the victim for getting caught. the people who catch you are the criminals

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“.. The department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor’s office that investigated the famed Watergate break-in committed misconduct ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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There needs to be a stronger distinction between "support" and "vote for." When you support a politician you donate, attend rallies, canvas, put out signs. When you're voting, by contrast, you're making a choice between two outcomes. You're not picking a person, you're picking an estimated result.

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The #NFL is replete with examples of systemic racism. Head coaches are banging married reporters. Half-a-dozen (that we know of) owners are in the #TrumpEpstein files. But Mikey is doing journalisms about a rookie not hanging on the Vegas strip. Brilliant!

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OSSOFF: I expect tonight's speech to be equal parts pathetic and dangerous. I think we will hear from the world's most famous sore loser, a prime time presidential sour grapes address reheating, debunked conspiracy theories about an election in which he was soundly defeated.

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If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250

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Replying to @marisakabas.bsky.social

there are still many, many reasons to be skeptical and worried because ICE is fucking evil and could pivot, but this is a MAJOR defeat for trump. even the reddest of red areas were like fuck no we don't want a concentration camp in our town. it became politically untenable bc people fought back.

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Inflation is at a three-year high. Everything costs more — groceries, gas, healthcare, a plane ticket. The math is simple. Every American dollar spent overseas on war is a dollar that could’ve been spent here at home to pay for a dignified life. It's time we change the equation.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Fox Host: Not great news today when it comes to inflation. Up at 3.8%, so far a 40% spike in terms of grocery prices. Those numbers are up. Certainly not good news Mike Johnson: Not good news. We are keenly aware of it

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BURGUM: When the sun goes down, solar produces zero electricity HUFFMAN: I want to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of -- it's a battery

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The whole Iran war is looking more and more like a gimmick to drop energy sanctions on Russia and pressure Europeans to do the same. A war to make Russia’s much larger war easier and possible to sustain.

Phillips OBrien@phillipspobrien.bsky.social

Worth noting that Donald Trump just announced the end of NATO and the Special Relationship in one tweet.

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Jack Smith thought Trump intended to exploit national security secrets for profit. Trump's second administration is suddenly a machine of trading on national security secrets. These are two scandals—but really just one. And the great powers re-evaluating America's role in the world are watching.

offmessage.netExpose ALL Of Trump's War ProfiteeringIt can serve as a downpayment to the world on our commitment to restore accountable democracy to America.

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Trump’s team of Epstein class advisors says it out loud more often than you’d think: “consumers are the last of our concern right now”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hassett: "If the war were to be extended, it wouldn't really disrupt the US economy very much at all. It would hurt consumers, and we'd have to think about what we'd have to do about that, but that's really the last of our concerns right now."

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It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire. 1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.

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A DOJ source says FBI agents found the woman who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her as a child to be credible: "They would not have interviewed her four times if they thought she was lying."

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IL is on the verge of electing a Senator far more aligned with Trump, MAGA power brokers & ICE infrastructure expansion than the values of a deep-blue state. Here’s what Raja Krishnamoorthi hopes you don’t know about him & how we elect someone better.

qasimrashid.comWARNING: Illinois Is About to Elect a MAGA-Aligned SenatorBut it's not too late -- here's what we need to do to prevent a catastrophic failure and instead elect someone whose record aligns with our values

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BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

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I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social

So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?

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HOW IT WORKS IN MOVIES: 1. Government lies 2. Brave heroes release video showing the truth 3. Press says “the government is lying!” HOW IT APPARENTLY WORKS IN REAL LIFE 1. Brave heroes release video showing the truth 2. Government lies 3. Press says “Oh no, what now? So confusing! So hard!”

Exactly what Republicans and their voters wanted. Right?

Texas Public Radio@texaspublicradio.bsky.social

The expiration of tax credits that made health insurance affordable for nearly a quarter of a million middle-income people in Bexar County may put healthcare coverage out of reach for many. Read More👉 ebx.sh/FSoCGW

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Abolish ICE. Really.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "

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Replying to @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social

The Trump administration has no interest in helping the democratic, economic, or humanitarian ills confronting Venezuela and will not seek to fundamentally alter the country's current trajectory.

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shit like this is the core of the damage the social internet has done to us we have replaced actual expertise with "some dude with a podcast who makes you feel like his buddy while he bullshits into a microphone" and now a ton of people think that measles and chicken pox are the same

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social

Yeah, this dum dum is talking about chicken pox. Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.