Luke Verseomen

You don't have to read far into the US Declaration of Independence to see that it says, "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government..." It is time to dissolve the United States.

X is the writing-on-the-public-bathroom-stall of social media.

At least 59 people have died in ICE custody since the start of Trump’s second term, the highest number in more than a decade. Many deaths have been linked to medical neglect, including four of five recent deaths at California’s Adelanto Processing Center.

Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when a tablet was brought to her bedside. On the screen was a Zoom call with a judge and several lawyers and doctors. She was in court, a nurse told her. The reason? For failing to agree to a C-section. (Published March)

MUST READ for whistleblowers or If you are thinking about it. You can help save democracy with @govacctproj.bsky.social

Interesting that this article about the housing market doesn't mention capitalism once. It is a taboo topic like population management. You can't deny a system in which every step in the supply chain gives owners more money than the work or product is worth. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

NEW: The Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over oil fields had remained unclear — until now.

25th Amendment.

NYT editors describe this tension between reporting on Trump and describing Trump frankly that I don't think exists. There is a real tension at play though: Describing American politics in 2026 directly versus being viewed as neutral and not being hated by Republicans.

When a politician gains a lot of interest, as they describe solutions that many voters need, news media predictably ask if they have higher aspirations. This opportunistic journalism undermines the politician's legitimacy. @theguardian.com @msnownews.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

When you say, "It's the Economy, Stupid!", who is Stupid referring to? I hope you don't take it personal. So, when I say "It's the Stupidity, Stupid!", I'm not calling you stupid. The problem we have is that there is too much stupidity. Stupidity is wilful ignorance. They are capable of learning.

Never forget that Trump said to his MAGAts that he could “say the stupidest things” and they’d still clap. Never forget that Hegseth threw an axe on live TV, missed the target completely, and hit a soldier behind the target. These guys don't give a sh1t about who they claim to work for.

So Trump Lies on Truth Social that there's an energy ceasefire in Ukraine. No one else has heard of it. Why do you, @theguardian.com, report that it has collapsed? It never existed. You still haven't learned Trump's behavior after all these years? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Notice to jounalists: Trump's posts on Truth Social are not called "Truths". The proper term is "Lies".

TREASON: Trump is helping kill Americans! Trump made a deal that will give Putin $4 BILLION in US dollars for Russian diesel. Trump is funding the murder of Ukrainians. Add to that Russia is helping Iran--so Trump is funding the killing of US service members. He should be tried for TREASON!

This is from a month ago, but Upper Echelon has connected the frontier AI companies to Effective Altruism people and also METR to those AI companies and to EA. I have not previously heard that METR is NOT independent of the frontier AI labs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu59...

SpaceX restricted Ukraine’s Starshield without warning, disrupting military. Ukraine also reported missing allied warnings of Russian missile launches, as Trump threatened to restrict intelligence sharing unless Ukraine stopped striking Russian refineries.

France's unrest exposes the consequences of failing to tax the wealthy. California's billionaire-tax fight raises the same fundamental question about who should pay to make a nation succeed... hartmannreport.com/p/is-gavin-n...

the "long break" bit feels even worse to me. you're still alive and people are forming opinions on you based on things you've never said that an official digital facsimile of you has been posting.

With his popularity tanking and his grip on power growing tenuous, Trump is becoming a decrepit tyrant — and the checks to stop him are failing.

Instagram/META have now barred all my ads concerning the upcoming NY Arab American Comedy Festival on my Instagram account. This has never happened before but we live in a new time where Big Tech oligarchs are focused on making Trump happy. PLEASE help us share info on our fest www.arabcomedy.com

At least 7,000 people in New Delhi were detained on Saturday alone.

As the Trump administration guts disaster aid, it’s time for an extreme weather superfund paid for by fossil fuel firms.

Is there any chance that American farmers and truckers will protest buying Russian diesel? European farmers and truckers drive to capitals en masse in protest. That has been effective at times. They need to know when they have Russian diesel in their tank.

My message to SoD Hegseth, No wackos, no machos, no freakos, No killers, no sadists, no barbarians. Watch your snuff films in the privacy of your own dungeon.

A better term, in the context of #Trump, would be #StupidIntelligence. #SI.

There’s a deliberate scheme to raise your energy costs. Who’s responsible? Trump and Big Oil.

The DHS falsely claimed there were nearly 16,000 noncitizen residents registered to vote in Nevada, a number that dropped to 185, and eventually to zero, just weeks after Trump cited the claim during a campaign rally in a push to purge several states’ voter rolls.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has settled the challenge that he brought with 11 other state AGs to the merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. The deal to settle the suit is both improbable and outrageous. buff.ly/2rmbnaQ

We need SCOTUS transparency, accountability and reform. Full video: buff.ly/14mDO4r

🚨 New: A Ted Cruz-linked super PAC just spent $90K on an AI-generated ad against @abdulelsayed.bsky.social. This seems to be the first time the group, The Front Line Action, has ever attacked a Democrat, despite being founded to fight antisemitism inside the GOP.

America’s defenses are being drained, Ukraine is being abandoned, and Russia and Iran are growing stronger. At what point does incompetence stop being an explanation? hartmannreport.com/p/what-would...

Seems like this should be a bigger deal. 🤷🏼 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Flock cameras, surveillance pricing, surveillance wages, inflation, war, $US 1T defense spending, $US 1T debt service spending, CEO salaries, billionaires are the new millionaires, trillionaires are the new billionaires. US face eating leopard capitalism is out of control. VOTE to pump the brakes!

Haha, a more fitting logo for Google.

The Trump administration is closing research projects that help fight cyclospora, the foodborne parasite giving thousands of Americans diarrhea and pain this summer. Three out of the three government projects that help combat the parasite are effectively shutting down.

Trump’s deeply unpopular war on Iran has helped inject millions of dollars into his personal wealth while saddling everyday Americans with a $72 billion bill, a new report reveals.

Helpful list for next time someone tries to claim Trump (or @MarshaBlackburn) are really worried about “fraud/wasted/abuse”

Costs of plans are way up under Trump, and the number of Americans without insurance is on the rise as a consequence.

In Ep 242, "The Disempowering Politics of 'Inevitability' Part 2: US Empire as Mysterious, Teleological Force," we discuss how circular "inevitability" arguments have long been used to justify expansionism, war and perpetual hostility—most recently against China. With guest @tobitac.bsky.social

I just discovered the scandalous use of AI by Hank Green. That's cancel culture 2.0 level sh1t. I don't use AI but I use the phrases that AI uses. I looked it up. In today's fast-paced world, at the end of the day, that's how I write. It's surprising that some people are really triggered by that.

IF AI data centers and the industry around them fails, then taxpayers are going to have to bail them out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YXD...

I'd like to know if plastics manufacturers have researched the public health and environmental hazards of plastics, including microplastics, and knew about the results before it became public knowledge. Like Big Tobacco's cancer and Big Oil's climate denial. #CorporateCoverUp

An estimated 23,000 people have been subjected to third-country removal so far in Trump’s second term. Nearly all are asylum seekers whose cases were closed without getting a hearing, or immigrants who had won judicial protections barring deportation to their countries of origin. buff.ly/5AmuaaS

Joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway and Canada.

Wow! Admitting they faked polling! Money, propaganda, lies... it's all normalized now.

NEW: Flock has said for years that its cameras "cannot track individuals." We found the code for its new AI tool. It's preloaded w/ prompts like "Find me witness" & "find relatives." One tracks visitors of multiple hotels, another if you visit banks after midnight. www.wired.com/story/flock-...

According to reporting from Bloomberg, more than 30 corporations have been targeted by lawmakers this year over surveillance pricing. This has led to a big lobbying blitz from corporations like Kroger, Uber, and Walmart. Here's what you need to know about the shady pricing practice.

We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.