Billionaires added record $2.2tn in wealth in 2025 Just eight billionaires accounted for a quarter of the gains, led by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison and Larry Page The richest 500 individuals in the world added a record $2.2tn to their wealth in 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with just eight billionaires accounting for a quarter of the gains. The gains increased their collective net worth to $11.9tn, bolstered by billionaire Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory and booming markets in cryptocurrencies, equities and metals. Continue reading...

Billionaires added record $2.2tn in wealth in 2025

Fentanyl smuggling: Most seizures occur at ports of entry where U.S. citizens are the primary smugglers - American Immigration Council Most fentanyl enters the U.S. through ports of entry, not via migrants. U.S. citizens are the primary smugglers, often recruited by criminal networks. Effective solutions focus on better screening at ...

A reminder tonight that Venezuela has nothing to do with fentanyl. The vast majority of the fentanyl supply begins as precursor chemicals in China, is manufactured in Mexico, and makes it to the U.S. by land, mostly smuggled by U.S. citizens hiding it within lawful trade and traffic at entry points.

Whatever anyone thinks of rank, experience, or interpersonal respect, “don’t ask questions” is terrible leadership.

An admiral leading an entire combatant command probably knows some things. And such a person will sometimes need to ask things to do their job well.

Can’t believe I have to say that.

An anonymous $50M gift will cover some tuition for medical lab students at University of Washington An anonymous donation expected to exceed $50 million is helping cover tuition costs for medical laboratory science students at the University of Washington for the next half-century.

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Love the person who gave these UW seniors aspiring to be med-techs or scientists free tuition -- and for paying it forward!

SSECRETARY OF WAR

Pete Hegseth's nameplate during today's cabinet meeting featured an unfortunate error.

(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)

Please add "puppy killers" to your proposed travel ban.

WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.

I can't get over the fact that they scheduled a televised Cabinet meeting, hyped it as a major event, planned it all out to show how active and in control Trump is ... and then he dozed off in the middle of it. Repeatedly.

Chain of Command, American Values Guide US Military Profession Lately, there’s been talk about soldiers not being bound to follow illegal orders.

Sharing a thoughtful essay on the moral injury to soldiers, and to the nation, when leaders allow/promote illegal/unjustified actions in war. By retired Lt. Gen. Jim Dubik.

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The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

Under Trump, the NIH is giving fewer grants to fewer scientists. The grants awarded are smaller and scientists have less time to spend them.

Projects in cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorder, and more are going unfunded.

“Make America Healthy Again.”

I aced the cognitive test. Also, drug prices are coming down 700 percent.

This lawsuit is so fuckin embarrassing for everyone involved

Also great job orgs that were like yeah we'll just pay him the bribe I mean uh settlement and surely he'll go away and leave us alone and not develop an even larger appetite, no I've never read If You Give a Mouse Cookie what's that

Reader, I choked up

Me: I'm leaving my job and going to take some time off.
Also me: But this DNI-Obama thing makes me mad so I'm going to install a WordPress instance and write about it.
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Heckuva job, Kristi.

This is the kind of excessive force case DOJ routinely prosecutes. They should open an investigation here, based on the misconduct not the victims status.

they’ve gone from “clearly uniformed” to “partially uniformed” to “in no way identifiable” in like three weeks

McGovern: "This is not a governing philosophy. It is a scam. I wasn't sent here to vote for trash. I can't understand why you'd choose a career of public service to do this -- to rip away the healthcare & food assistance of working & middle class Americans. Is that really what you came here to do?"

i don't consider myself an expert on healthcare or insurance, or many other things that i write about. i consider myself very attentive to detail and good at accurately describing events after learning about them. you'd be sick if you knew how many editors have paid me for this skill over many years

at this point I am tapping the "absolutely none of this has ever been about protecting American Jews" sign roughly five times a day

Man @craigsilverman.bsky.social is really the best in this business and I’m excited to see what he does here! indicator.media

Joe, my brother and my friend

You’ve led with strength and heart through every storm. Now we stand with you. Praying for healing, peace, and continued courage. You are not alone.
With love and respect,

– Bennie

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#booksky

Small black dog in a beach, sand on her face, tongue out, bright orange ball at her feet, waiting in anticipation of her next throw/retrieve.

Ruby getting some throws in at the beach… before the rains came.

Journalism wins the Preakness! NBC's Mike Tirico summed it up: "After being defeated" at the Derby, Journalism prevails, "resilient, undeterred – and eventually rewarded."

When shooting your dog in the face isn’t the worst thing you ever did.

$45 million would fund gender-affirming care in the entire U.S. military for the next decade.

I had missed this. But I’m adding it as a new entry into the category of video clips that need no additional commentary, it speaks for itself

This slippery slope is steep as hell.

Justice Sotomayor called it: if the government can strip birthright citizenship from kids born here, what stops them from stripping gun rights too? Remember this later; Trump and Republicans opened the door.

Watch til the end…