The Justice Department said earlier this week that Jeffrey Epstein did not maintain a client list. Here's Mother Jones' story from 2020 on what happened when journalist Leland Nally called every number in the disgraced financier's little black book, which has been circulating since 2009, when a former butler tried to sell it to lawyers representing Epstein's victims.
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It's no coincidence that the Fairshake crypto super PAC has timed its press release announcing they have $140 million ready for the midterms as Congress is considering three crypto bills during "Crypto Week". Pass our bills, or we will spend millions against you in the midterms.
The Minnesota shooter who killed state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband wasn’t a lone wolf, insists a scholar of political violence and extremism.
Violent extremists are almost always part of broader networks. The myth of the isolated madman obscures the networked reality of far-right violence and makes it harder to prevent the next attack.
https://theconversation.com/violent-extremists-like-the-minnesota-shooter-are-not-lone-wolves-259225
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A couple of years ago I wrote a tweet thread about how I'd begun to see people in the crypto and finreg spaces expressing excitement about the traceability of cryptocurrencies.
Thinking back to it as I watch Senators and crypto industry executives talk about how delightfully traceable public blockchains are. No pesky warrant required!
![Molly White
@molly0xFFF
1:33 PM · Feb 14, 2023
the past ~month or so i've suddenly started seeing a bunch of people in crypto and in the financial regulatory/enforcement world who are unironically excited about crypto because of the financial surveillance it could empower, and that scares the shit out of me
the other day i was listening to a conversation about how "algorithms" could detect criminal activity occurring on public ledgers in real time to automatically alert law enforcement, or be programmed into the money itself to stop transactions.
[Screenshot of a text message: "or I'm going to move to a cabin in the woods with a faraday cage built around it"]
anyone know any good welders?
i run into people somewhat regularly who think that because i don't like crypto, i support unfettered government/LEO surveillance of personal finances.
like, no, that's part of WHY i don't like crypto](/proxy/post_attachment/765784/1ad7fdd3c3.png "Molly White
@molly0xFFF
1:33 PM · Feb 14, 2023
the past ~month or so i've suddenly started seeing a bunch of people in crypto and in the financial regulatory/enforcement world who are unironically excited about crypto because of the financial surveillance it could empower, and that scares the shit out of me
the other day i was listening to a conversation about how \"algorithms\" could detect criminal activity occurring on public ledgers in real time to automatically alert law enforcement, or be programmed into the money itself to stop transactions.
[Screenshot of a text message: \"or I'm going to move to a cabin in the woods with a faraday cage built around it\"]
anyone know any good welders?
i run into people somewhat regularly who think that because i don't like crypto, i support unfettered government/LEO surveillance of personal finances.
like, no, that's part of WHY i don't like crypto")
"Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave #NASA under agency push."
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/09/nasa-staff-departures-00444674
"At least 2,145 senior-ranking NASA employees are set to leave under a push to shed staff…The 2,145 employees are those in GS-13 to GS-15 positions — senior-level government ranks that are typically reserved for those with specialized skills or management responsibilities."
#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
Quid pro quo between cryptocurrency firms, the Trump administration, and the Trump family’s crypto ventures.
"The USA today is not the USA I fought and came close to dying for," says 100-year-old Frank Hartzell, who helped liberate the Nazi concentration camp Mauthausen.
His experience offers a warning about the dangers of political extremism:
https://theconversation.com/american-liberators-of-nazi-camps-got-a-lifelong-vaccine-against-extremism-their-wartime-experiences-are-a-warning-for-today-248813
@histodons #Histodons #USPolitics
Dear Mark Carney - in the light of Trump's new tariff letter threatening 35% on basically everything, tell him to fuck off and bring back the digital service tax
Be like Brazil, stand up to the orange asshole - appeasement doesn't work, cut off the potash and watch US farmers freak out
#CDNpoli #USpol #USpolitics #ONpoli #ABpoli #BCpoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-35-per-cent-tariffs-1.7582563
Newsletter: Issue 86 – State power sponsored by Coinbase
Coinbase’s sponsorship of Trump’s military parade angered some in the crypto world, who described the move as “deeply disturbing” and “an insult to everything our industry stands for”. But this is only the latest example of crypto companies aligning with state power.
Earlier this month, the cryptocurrency firm Ripple made a $9.4 million contribution to the San Francisco Police Department to fund a surveillance center outfitted with drones. “We’re going to be covering the entire city with drones,” enthused a SFPD Captain about the donation.
Newsletter: Crypto firms hope putting a blockchain veneer on traditional equities will allow them to sidestep lessons learned in the 1929 Wall Street crash, crypto firms look to become banks, and Congress celebrates crypto surveillance while claiming to outlaw it
The new #SupermanMovie is reminding audiences that #Superman was a refugee — and that his story calls for patriotism, not nationalism.
What’s the difference?
🇺🇸 Patriotism means love of country and its ideals.
🇺🇸 Nationalism means loyalty to just one group, often at others’ expense.
https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-difference-between-nationalism-and-patriotism-208170
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i believe a thank you is in order for the sponsors of today's military action
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CBS and ABC paid over $30M to settle libel lawsuits filed by Trump (funds go to his future presidential library).
Legal experts saw the cases as weak, and the settlements raise concerns about political pressure on newsrooms and the future of editorial independence.
As CBS’s John Dickerson once put it:
“Can you hold power to account when you’ve paid it millions?”
https://theconversation.com/abcs-and-cbss-settlements-with-trump-are-a-dangerous-step-toward-the-commander-in-chief-becoming-the-editor-in-chief-261006
#USPolitics #news #journalism
The scale of Trump's pay-for-access scheme outlined by the Times is mindblowing. Crypto contributions resulting in business deals with the Trump family crypto businesses, oil companies buying influence and later reaping benefits from friendly policies, and a $1 million pardon.
MAGA Sooo Angry......
Trump not interested in naming a special counsel for the Jeffrey Epstein case, White House says
Some of Trump's most prominent supporters had promoted the idea of Trump naming a special counsel to review the case
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews
The House has passed the GENIUS Act stablecoin bill, sending it to Trump's desk where he will sign it. They've also passed the CLARITY Act crypto market structure bill and the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act, both of which still need to go to the Senate.
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FT: "Donald Trump is preparing to open the $9tn US retirement market to cryptocurrency investments ..."
Trump is seeking to direct Americans' retirement funds to a sector in which he and his family are heavily invested.
https://www.ft.com/content/07906211-5ab8-4917-bcad-5397c0bc3170
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#SCOTUS has ruled that #Medicaid patients do not have the right to choose #PlannedParenthood as their health care provider.
Justice Jackson, in dissent: “This Court continues the project of stymying one of the country’s great civil rights laws” – by limiting the scope of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, which was the technical issue at stake here.
https://theconversation.com/supreme-court-rules-that-states-may-deny-people-covered-by-medicaid-the-freedom-to-choose-planned-parenthood-as-their-health-care-provider-259953
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Justice Department asks court to unseal Epstein Grand Jury transcript.
This will do NOTHING.... no new information nor will a single Jeffrey Epstein file or list will be made public - total waste of time.
Will MAGA buy it!?!
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This repugnant tax bill that the GOP is trying to push through will hopefully be the end of the GOP.
Hey everyone,
In regards to ICE agents masking:
The upper partials of someone’s speaking voice are like a fingerprint. If you want to save evidence for future prosecution, record their voices.
(I am a professional who works in music and sound.)
#politics #uspol #uspolitics #ICE #corruption #trump #rights #MaskedThugs #CivilRights #justice
The Forest Service Claims It’s Fully Staffed for a Worsening Fire Season. Data Shows Thousands of Unfilled Jobs.
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DOGE cuts and voluntary resignations have severely hampered the agency as the nation enters the peak of fire season, with more than 1 million acres burning across 10 Western states.
https://www.propublica.org/article/forest-service-staff-fire-season?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
#News #KristiNoem #DHS #Ethics #USPolitics #Government #Nonprofit
Call your Republican Senators RIGHT NOW.
Not later; not tonight; RIGHT NOW. Pick up the phone and dial the switchboard if you don’t know their office’s direct number:
(202) 224-3121
Tell your Republican Senator or Senators that you demand they vote AGAINST the Big Ugly Bill that transfers wealth to the billionaire class at a scale not seen in decades if ever, while ballooning the debt to unimaginable levels.
(They'll pretend to care more about that second part, so include it.)
They’re still going through amendments. There is still time, if you call RIGHT. NOW.
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Newsletter: Crypto bills have passed the House with “2, 3, 4 o’clock” phone calls from Trump to give “a little love” to Republican holdouts, $6.9 million in crypto lobbying, and a $141 million midterm threat. The bills feature few consumer protections and destabilizing loopholes.