The evidence
@agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov posted about Amazon price fixing suggests the e-commerce giant has artificially inflated prices for Americans.
A Trump administration genuinely committed to driving prices down for consumer would use this evidence to pursue accountability.
TBD what Bezos gets.
@bencollins.bsky.social told CNN.com that the new InfoWars “will be as “a digital platform and comedy network” that feature independent comedians who “don’t have a mountain to climb in the comedy world. We want to give them that mountain.”
Could get awesome fast, given @theonion.com community/brand.
The word of the President has not just been devalued in 2026, but degraded to the point of distrust.
With Trump, it’s not “trust, but verify.”
It’s “distrust, then verify.”
That’s an epistemic disaster for public health, public safety, global trust in the US, & national security.
Worse to come.
Maybe.
He views himself as someone everyone should be loyal to, as opposed to the Constitution, & has adopted extreme rhetoric that reflects that position, as opposed to the legal standard he may be guilty of violating.
When you’re Apple, you ensure @nytimes.com knows about your succession plan: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/t... instead of announcing it in a tweet by Tim Cook (or his ghostwriter) & a press release:
www.apple.com/newsroom/202...
John Ternus does not post online, but I expect an account for that, too.
Today, PM Netanyahu expressed far more concern & condemnation about an Israeli soldier photographed hammering a statue of Jesus in Lebanon than he ever has for the IDF murdering an American citizen, or hundreds of other journalists Israel’s bombing killed in Gaza.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/w...
Both could be appropriate.
Best would be all 4 former Presidents making a group appearance to speak out about the importance of press freedom & 1A.
In a post on his personal website, Trump called ALL Democrats — tens of millions of Americans, all of whom he serves, & hundreds of elected representatives in Congress — “traitors”.
Treason is a capital offense.
Deadly serious.
Trump should retract, & apologize.
But he won’t.
Impeachment warranted.
In a “truth” that will endure in infamy, President Trump claimed that American journalists informing American citizens about a war he’s waging are “anti-America” & “rooting for Iran to win” & are “unpatriotic people.”
The WHCA should rescind its invitation to him for its dinner unless he apologizes.
The indefatigable @bencollins.bsky.social
told @nytimes.com they’ll help raise $ for Sandy Hook families with merchandise sales.
@timheidecker.bsky.social would serve as “creative director” of the new site & plans to parody @RealAlexJones™ — like @stephencolbert.bsky.social once did Bill O’Reilly.
2026: @TheOnion.com proposes licensing Infowars & its IP. Fictional CEO is claiming it’s theirs: theonion.com/at-long-last... but infowars.com hasn’t changed — yet.
77M voted for him, of ~245M eligible voters in a nation of ~341M humans. Might be closer to 20% at this point, given erosion in public support?
And yes, “alternative facts” fueling bespoke, baroque conspiracies do seem to be animating acts of GOP elites.
Bad info diets lead to a sick body politic.
Not to my knowledge.
You don’t know that, either. (Neither do I.)
He’s infamously arrogant & felt disrespected his entire career.
Unless you have had direct access to him & his thinking, & have observed him over time,
unclear why you are able to confidently assert dependence or that he’d respond to her ordering him.
Ah, I see. Thx. Didn’t make the connection to NBC/Today Digital.
@tyleressary.bsky.social may have an account, but I see it’s not linked. www.tyleressary.com/about
Do you know who the photographer is?
I assume it’s not you, but it’s not in the caption.
How do YOU know she didn’t?
Authoritarians inoculate partisans against the truth by clouding their minds with doubt, denial, distraction, & disinformation (false information intended to harm) & misinformation (misleading information that may or may not be believed by those spreading it). civic-texts.ghost.io/how-journali...
Authoritarians inoculate partisans against the truth by clouding their minds with doubt, denial, distraction, & disinformation (false information intended to harm) & misinformation (misleading information that may or may not be believed by those spreading it).
civic-texts.ghost.io/how-journali...
The much-vaunted DOJ "Weaponization Working Group" released its very first report last week on supposed DOJ abuses under the Biden administration. The report shows ... not very much.
Screenshot of tweets from 2019: Alexander B. Howard Y @digiph... 7/21/19 • The @washingtonpost interviewed 26 people, including @whitehouse aides & @GOP lawmakers, to report out this story: washingtonpost.com/ politics/he-al... @realDonaldTrump brazenly lied to the public about it, claiming the sources don't exist. Autocrat's playbook: discredit & delegitimize press. whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to share behind-the-scenes details. "Send her back!': Crowd at Trump rally chants about Rep. Omar The crowd at President Trump's rally in Greenville, N.C., on July 17 chanted "Send her back!" as Trump spoke about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). (The Washington Post) On Sunday morning, Trump tweeted that 2 せて5 3 Donald J. Trump © @realDonaldTrump The Washington Post Story, about my speech in North Carolina and tweet, with its phony sources who do not exist, is Fake News. The only thing people were talking about is the record setting crowd and the tremendous enthusiasm, far greater than the Democrats. You'll see in 2020! 7:58 AM • 7/21/19 • Twitter for iPhone 6,437 Retweets 26.8K Likes ill 企 Alexander B. Howard & @digiphile X.com This is reprehensible dishonesty. It's also part of a long-term strategy that Trump has intentionally deployed, building on existing distrust of the media. Imagine how it will play out if an armed conflict breaks out with Iran, or a pandemic spreads. GOP lawmakers are accountable 10:52 AM • 7/21/19
2019: Imagine how presidential dishonesty by default will play out if a conflict breaks out with Iran or in a pandemic.
2020: Trump lies to Americans about a deadly airborne virus, spreads medical misinformation. 1M+ die.
2026: Trump launches illegal war in Iran without Congressional approval.
How do you know she didn’t?
I don’t think history turned on her telling him that, given how many electoral variables were at play on 2023-2024, but opinions on hypotheticals vary.
No: the nation of Israel is not “synonymous” with the Trump family.The current PM of Israel is close to Trump; his coalition is ideologically aligned with Trump’s party.
Again, the Democratic Party is a heterogeneous group, with a wide variety of views across rank & file Members.
Opinions != facts
“Numerous Atlantic pieces over the past two years have characterized Director Patel as unqualified, dangerous, corrupt, or mentally
unstable.”
Fact-check: true.
The authors of the complaint are clearly aware they must show malice to prevail.
But discovery may not lead to an outcome Patel wants.
“these 5 scandals show how corrosive this 2nd Trump administration has been to the most basic fundamentals of good governance, and how hard — but necessary — it will be to restore principles of impartiality, ethics, and personal conduct going forward.”— @vermontgmg.bsky.social
Some researchers are skeptical that Fuentes's increasing visibility will translate into political power. Extremism researchers at Rutgers University's Network Contagion Research Institute have argued that Fuentes is simply skilled at "algorithm hacking," exaggerating his importance through viral rage-bait. And Jared Holt, a senior researcher as the influence-monitoring group Open Measures, said he suspects Fuentes has merely gotten better at building a digital fandom rather than developed real-world appeal. "His successes have come through biting the heels of mainstream politics and grafting a certain amount of support off," Holt said. "He hasn't organized any real political action from his followers. His impact on politics seems to be largely indirect." But the parasocial loyalty of Fuentes's fans may give him a tangible leverage that extends beyond political power, said Aidan Walker, a researcher who studies internet culture. Donors see Fuentes not just as an entertainer but a truth-teller, someone whose validation they'll pay and perhaps fight to obtain. The money "marks a commitment, like they've got skin in the game," Walker said. "They see him as their representative. These people don't have a platform themselves." In June, Kasubienski told Fuentes in a superchat that she had been diagnosed with Stage 3 pancreatic cancer. In her last superchat, 18 days before her death in January, she told Fuentes she missed him and had taken a trip to Florida knowing she had only a little bit of time left to live. "No TV. Just seeing the beauty of world," she wrote. "I pray daily for the safety of u & my groyper family. I luv u all. Will be home soon."
"We're an invisible empire," Fuentes replied to one donor's message during a January stream. "We're building a cadre of professionals, money people, bureaucrats, and we need them to all be waving the flag, but quietly, ideologically, loyally. ... We've got to be underground." Fuentes's superchat revenue throws a spotlight on the crisis now engulfing the American right, where some leaders fear a new blitz of agenda-setting online firebrands will alienate more moderate voters or empower a platform of racist and misogynistic rule. His critics in the Republican Party have said they believed Fuentes's popularity would fade as more Americans learned his repugnant views. But the superchats show he has instead found a still relatively small but die-hard audience eager to support him, extending him a financial incentive to build his following even more. The funding also shows how fringe online platforms have helped create perpetual hate machines for the social media era, allowing provocateurs whose work is too controversial for mainstream platforms, or too noxious to advertise around, to reap the rewards of online outrage. Fuentes frequently uses his streams to advertise his "America First Plus" chatroom membership club and merchandise store, where he sells $39.99 shirts depicting him holding a flaming katana and $69.99 sweatshirts modeled after one worn by Jeffrey Epstein. Fuentes has defended the late sex offender by saying age of consent is a "feminist artifact" that the "gynocracy" has used to stop men from pursuing teenage girls.
The @washingtonpost.com continues to use the expired frame of online activity vs the “real world” — even in their story that *shows how the livestreams & posts of a neofascist pundit is influencing offline populations so much* they’re sending him $$$.
Do better!
civic-texts.ghost.io/end-the-digi...
Smart, innovative use of tech to gather data to inform this story. (Data journalism is NOT just about visualizations or Silver’s statistics & probability frame.)
But the @washingtonpost.com still is unable to distinguish conservatives from far-right nationalists — much less ID them as fascists.
What does that mean, exactly? Why are you posting it as a reply?
No: neither the Democratic party nor all Democratic politicians “work for Israel.”
All Democrats absolutely do not work for the Trump family, which is self-evident to anyone who speaks with any of them or follows their work.
Criticism of Israel’s influence on our politics is fair.
That is not.
This is what a corrupt autocratic regime looks like...