NYT: Howard Lutnick, Trump's billionaire commerce secretary, interacted with Jeffrey Epstein regularly over at least 13 years while they lived next door to one another on Manhattan's Upper East Side, records released by the Justice Department show.
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"Populist politics, online disinformation, cyber warfare, & cryptocurrency were all just scaffolding for his work as a financier and sex trafficker. A way to destabilize the global order, make connections with the world’s elites, and continue enriching himself and preying on vulnerable young girls."
That is quite the opinion
A federal judge has ruled that DHS likely broke the law when it barred members of Congress from visiting immigrant detention facilities without a week's notice.
If you want to understand the philsophy/ideology/plan Tim is referring to, I explain in this post (see Group 3) open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
AOC on Epstein Files: We need to get to the bottom of it. It does not matter if you are a Republican, Democrat, or donor. We are talking about sexual crimes and trafficking.
NYT reports that the partial Epstein Files reference Trump at least 38K times.
Haitians eating cats & dogs propaganda
•MAGA: [clutches pearls]
Somali day care fraud propaganda
•MAGA: [clutches pearls]
Trump 38K times in Epstein Files
•MAGA: THIS PROVES NOTHING!
White narcissism is a helluva drug
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) - Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from ending legal protections for 350,000 Haitians.
Gov. Walz calls out federal officials who described Alex Pretti as a 'domestic terrorist.'
"Sitting behind a keyboard at 2 a.m. and besmirching a V.A. nurse and a son and a co-worker and a friend is despicable beyond all description."
Great time to follow local news
Via Keith Edwards
@keithedwards on Threads
This is amazing.
MN's National Guard has arrived and are distributing donuts, coffee and hot chocolate to anti-ice protestors.
They're wearing reflective vests so protestors know they're not Trump Troopers
Jeff Bezos has more money than any person could possible spend in a lifetime, bought the Washington Post, made the editorial board his personal mouth piece, and is now gutting the rest of the paper.
The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artefacts connected to the Indigenous peoples of Canada to the country's Catholic bishops, offering what it called "a concrete sign of dialogue, respect and fraternity."
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Can you imagine the deportation regime that Labour is going to need to roll out for our country's refugees? Removing people who have settled in our country by force will look a lot like what's happening in the US. The 'temporary' status will also increase harassment and prejudice against refugees.
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
Scoop from @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & me: new docs obtained by @weareoversight.bsky.social show DHS trying to obtain drivers license data from all 50 states to weaponize Trump’s false claims of voter fraud & possibly remove voters from rolls before midterms www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Happpening in women’s sports too. Anywhere we see sports betting, we’re going to see threats and harassment follow.
35 year olds in a chat are kids but 15 year old girls are adults. Got it.
The expansive religious freedom in the U.S. has been greatly exaggerated.
The Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children.
— The New Yorker
War isn’t just fought with guns and ammunition, but also with logistics and mobility
With supporters like you that donate for #NAFO trucks, we’re all helping Ukraine stay mobile and active along the front 🫡
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There has been sooo much going on that it's hard to keep up with all the bavovnas!🤩 Massive Ukrainian drone and missile attacks on military targets and russian oil infrastructure and much more! russia lost TWO fighter jets on their own and here the 1st footage of a black "Liutyi" UAV❣️💙💛 #NAFO
Looks like the Russians like his Russia tie. It’s not red-white-blue either. It’s red-blue-white. Like the Russian flag. For a meeting with Zelensky.
Makes me worry about what they are going to do during the elections.
NYT confirms our reporting from days ago - which the WH said was fake news - that Trump and Hegseth are pulling a stunt to fire artillery rounds over I-5 between SD and LA onto Camp Pendleton as a stunt, one of the busiest highways in America. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
ICE recruitment ad spread on BlueSky by DHS
Soon they may be the only jobs left.
I have this idea and it’s billionaires & corporations actually paying taxes and then the administration having to request money from the federal budget to implement the president’s ideas based on the authorization of the Congress/transparent spending principles …
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
