The Fed is gutting its ability to monitor warning signs of bank failures and slashing rules put in place after 2008 to prevent another financial crisis. Now, big banks are ramping up the same risky behaviors that led to the last economic crash–setting the stage for another one.

EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.

“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.” Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter

CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files? CHRIS MURPHY: So what?

"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which." George Orwell, Animal Farm

Do you really think a Department of Justice that lies to judges about grand jury indictments is going to be open and honest about the Epstein Files?

Abbott’s and Musk’s lawyers fought their release, arguing they would reveal trade secrets, potentially “intimate and embarrassing” exchanges or confidential legal and policymaking discussions. www.kut.org/politics/202...

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance www.the50501movement.org/p/transgende...

JOB POSTING! Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...

Larry Summers’s body double, just in case

Police officers who use excessive force on protesters are not entitled to qualified immunity and cannot use excessive force to prompt compliance, a federal appeals court ruled on Sept. 17.

Sounds like her Miss America speech.

#AcademicSky The University of Nottingham’s council will next week decide the fate of 48 degree courses currently on offer but many staff fear the worst after the university said it would not accept applications for places next year.

I wish we lived in a land where if journalists heard the president call one of their colleges "piggy" or suggest another of their colleagues, who was butchered for what he wrote, in some way had it coming, they would close their laptops, leave as soon as possible, and ask to be reassigned.

Inquiring minds wanted to know. #kiss #kissing www.reuters.com/science/firs...

The official report on Assessing the Saudi Government's Role in the Killing of Jamal #Khashoggi www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/d...

Our tax dollars at work www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...

The GOAT Award goes to Mary Bruce of ABC NEWS! What she did today was totally and unequivocally awesome and amazing! I saw it live. ABC should give her a goddamn raise for this.

Oh they don’t like the whistles? Hey everyone, they don’t like the whistles. If you use them it makes the armed goons sad.

Are you up for some more palaeographical excitement? Then ready yourself for next Tuesday's seminar in London's Senate House where we can offer you not one but two scintillating papers featuring new research from early career scholars. Register here: ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

“Mistakes were made.”

Corporate-speak for #FUBAR

Remember Jamal Khashoggi.

@edgarallandoh.bsky.social “It may be hard to credit now,” Howard writes, “but the route to real literary prestige and advancement once ran through the practice of book reviewing” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Jared Kushner advised Saudi Crown Prince MBS on how to “weather the storm” after his hit squad slaughtered American journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

@nbcnews.com @cbsnews.com @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com Did journalists stand up to defend her? How much is a ride on AF1 actually worth?

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

Treasury secretary too busy spinning fantasies didnt think this through

Narcissistic psychodramas. No thank you. And something tells me that his current relationship may not pass the test of time.

Blowin’ in the #wind www.propublica.org/article/bird...

What’s up guys—are we doing this or what?

The 🇺🇸 American pre-Code  musical black comedy film "DUCK SOUP" directed by Leo McCarey and starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo in his final film appearance) was released in the U.S. #OnThisDay in 1933 🎬 Paramount Pictures

In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning." I chose Larry Summers. Better late than never. Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below. naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...

This man was president of Harvard and influential advisor on the national economy. He serially coerced mentees into sex and complains about career consequences for ”hitting on women” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Epstein survivors call to action. "It's time to shine a light into the darkness." #opdeatheaters

“There are about a thousand of us” is APPALLING‼️

BRIDGEPORT, CT — Bloodroot, the endearing "feminist restaurant & bookstore" in Bridgeport, announced this week that it is closing next month after 48 years. patch.com/connecticut/...

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.

Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.

A coronal mass ejection recorded on Friday could reach Earth and cause geomagnetic storms on Sunday night.

“today it is not the city but rather the [concentration] camp that is the fundamental biopolitical paradigm of the West.” www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

#Epstein #Trump #emails

If you're a professor at Texas A&M, you'll need to receive written authorization from the university president before discussing this incident on campus.