Trump has raked in at least $30 million…from his own cabinet. 20 members have funneled millions right into Trump’s pockets through political donations, visits to his properties, stock holdings in his companies, and other donations. The grift never ends.

Keep in mind that Pete Hegseth's reported Pentagon spending spree happened just months after Trump and Republicans made devastating cuts to the social safety net in exchange for huge tax cuts for the rich. And defense spending may soon hit a record $1.5 trillion. Priorities.

"Part of the problem is that the number of people who are insiders is very large," @denniskelleher.bsky.social tells me. “We are incentivizing lots of people to use their knowledge of classified information for their own benefit.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...

Two veteran journalists produced a documentary that showed evidence of war crimes in Gaza. But the BBC refused to air the film. This week on Reveal, we team up with @kcrw.com to tell the story of the film the BBC didn't want you to see:

Pinning your hopes on police orgs breaking with ICE is not sound thinking. sherrilyn.substack.com/p/whether-it...

WW3 without any allies is going to be grim.

This guy is a legend Expressing the collective thoughts of the world.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Article: ICE terorrist lies about murdering someone: abc7.com/post/homelan...

The Trump administration's National Security Strategy rejects the values of the post-1945 international order, argues Kori Schake.

Glad we’ve reached the Putin shirtless horse selfie phase of the hybrid regime

Fascism is not an electoral project. It does not need to win at the ballot box. It does not need majority support. It does not care about democracy. It doesn't even care about society. It only recognises a blunt racial animus of violence. Stop treating fascists as if you can defeat them by voting.

Trump didn't want to tell you he was going to pardon and free all the worst drug dealers, rapists, and child traffickers. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

U.S. Military Documents Indicate Plans to Keep Troops in Caribbean Through 2028 "As rumors of a U.S. war on Venezuela swirl, military documents show plans to feed a buildup of troops in the region for years" by @sambiddle.com and @nickturse.bsky.social theintercept.com/2025/11/25/t...

The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Free speech? Freedom of the press? Not if you cross Orange Julius Caesar

"Unless Hegseth and Bradley face criminal penalties for their illegal order," writes @attackerman.bsky.social, "the bottom will drop out of military ethics."

Dozens of Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza since a US-brokered ‘ceasefire’ deal came into effect last month, according to Unicef.

Ben Gvir promotes head of unit involved in executing two Palestinians, and calls for an end to investigations into the killings of Palestinians

given how unpopular Trump is, it’s insane that civil society/universities/law firms are still asking themselves “how do I stay on Trump’s good side” rather than “how do I avoid facing consequences for complying with Trump’s illegal demands”

Israeli soldiers on Thursday appeared to kill a pair of Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank after they had surrendered to troops, drawing Palestinian accusations that the men were executed “in cold blood.” The Israeli military said it was investigating. https://to.pbs.org/4pbKwsi

Not only is food more expensive, it is much more likely to make you sick and harm you, or give your baby botulism

The GOP push to prevent trans people from deciding their own names threatens all Americans www.sfchronicle.com/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

9/10 If you want a deeper explanation of how states learned to override cities, block their laws, punish local officials, and prepare for takeovers, our explainer breaks it down clearly. Here is the video: youtu.be/oNasCInTJ6I

If this isn’t fascism, I don’t know what is

Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

always remember that the median elected Dem thinks ICE is peachy-keen and just wants them to do what they're doing politely and unobtrusively they hate the part that looks like the SS storming somebody's house but they like the SS disappearing the untermenschen

Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.” www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

BIG: FBI spied on Signal group chat of immigration activists CourtWatch, classifying them as violent terrorist extremists for quietly sitting in on court cases, as revealed in intel bulletin we obtained & shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Senators push for probe into Trump-linked crypto firm over token sales tied to North Korea and Russia | CNBC www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/s...

We should follow Europe’s example and add sunlight to our political dark money miasma

Charlotte and NC folks: The ACLU of NC has an app called Mobile Justice NC that allows you to record and report police interactions in real time.

The culture of disposability around criminalized people set us up for this moment, and to fight fascism, we are going to have to rage against that culture of disposal. Submitting to it (or hiding behind it) is an egregious form of surrender.

okay so why is this post still up & account still existing? actual question. the account isn’t even verified like some of the other fed gov accounts either, but also it shouldn’t matter when they post “we will kill you” along with videos of them killing people.

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

People need to understand that Chicago is a preview, not a culmination.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.

NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected. And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.* Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

Building liberty (figuratively & literally) takes work — but it’s so freaking worth it. Community coming together for our biggest art build yet. See it in person in Times Sq at #NoKings 10/18 11am. @indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social

Nothing to see here folks…

Forty one new sponge species! Nature is bloody brilliant www.odt.co.nz/southland/re...

When politicians say that they want a "mature" or "sensible" or "reasoned" discussion about something, they are saying that if you disagree with their pov, you are being immature, foolish and unreasonable.

Cuts to seismic warning systems is irresponsible and will cost lives. My conclusion: they want vulnerable people to die. I’ve heard harrowing stories of the rescues in L.A. harbor after the Great Alaska earthquake of ’64 from my dad, a firefighter on duty that day en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Al...

What the hell are we doing?

Thoughts on Dems throwing a game they were winning. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...

When the shit-for-brains over at Fox News forget to remove the audio while trying to glorify ICE 🤣🤣🤣 #foxnews #usa #trump #epstein #funny