Attic Madman
@atticmadman.bsky.social
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Father, Husband, Retired Lawyer. Lucky. Go figure.
“The press isn’t supposed to seek unity with politicians. It’s supposed to seek the truth. That’s easier to accomplish – and to get the public to believe – when you’re not clinking champagne glasses with the people you’re reporting on.”
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Will the White House press be even more submissive?
When the media seeks “unity” with politicians, we’re all in trouble
https://open.substack.com/pub/stopthepresses/p/will-the-white-house-press-be-even?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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Sam Altman: Human Extinction Is Our "Best-Case Scenario"
Yesterday, I published an article for Truthdig on Sam Altman’s pro-extinctionism. “Few people in the media seem to have noticed Altman’s pro-extinctionist agenda,” I wrote. “The public is largely unaw...
https://open.substack.com/pub/xriskology/p/sam-altman-human-extinction-is-our?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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Anonymous Republicans in Congress are Pushing for a Pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell
Just two weeks after Melania's bizarre press conference, a pardon is on the table.
https://open.substack.com/pub/muellershewrote/p/anonymous-republicans-in-congress?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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Journalist Katie Phang Files Suit Against Justice Department Over Epstein Files Release
Lawsuit alleges violation of law from “inappropriate”, “unexplained” and “incomplete" redactions
https://open.substack.com/pub/macfarlanenews/p/journalist-katie-phang-files-suit?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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“There’s just one problem: This is a stupid idea.”
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This Is the Worst Argument for Prediction Markets - The American Prospect
Putting a market price on some prediction does not make it a ‘truth machine.’
https://prospect.org/2026/04/27/worst-argument-for-prediction-markets-polymarket/
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Assassin Wasn’t on FBI’s Radar, Sources Say
Leaked Cole Allen resume + former friends shed light on alleged attacker
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenklippenstein/p/assassin-wasnt-on-fbis-radar-sources?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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I went to a concentration camp yesterday. We need to call it that.
'Detention' sounds like something America does to people who 'have it coming.' That's the problem.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thecause/p/i-marched-to-a-concentration-camp?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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The Man Who Made America Safer for Measles
A brief history of how crackpot ego became public-health policy
https://open.substack.com/pub/marygeddry/p/the-man-who-made-america-safer-for?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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Palantir’s technofascist manifesto calls for universal draft
Last week, Palantir, a Peter Thiel-cofounded AI company whose technology helps generate automated kill lists for the Israeli and U.S.
https://open.substack.com/pub/oligarchwatch/p/palantirs-technofascist-manifesto?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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Trump has plans to "attack" NATO. America is now a bigger threat to the alliance than Russia.
Despite reports that Moscow is preparing for direct conflict with NATO countries, the near-term danger comes from Washington. The Pentagon is plotting revenge against Europe.
https://open.substack.com/pub/defiance/p/trump-has-plans-to-attack-nato-america?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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April 23, 2026
Yesterday Secretary of the Navy John Phelan spent the day talking to lawmakers about the Navy’s plans for new ships and about the Pentagon’s huge budget request only to get a call from Defense Secreta...
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/april-23-2026?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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Shining a Light on the Shadow President
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Shining a Light on the Shadow President
Russ Vought ought to be stopped
https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/shining-a-light-on-the-shadow-president?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
4 days ago
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Attic Madman
Democracy Labs
6 days ago
Chief Justice John Roberts and His Wife Took $20 Million From Firms He Rules On. Follow the money and see how you can filing for his disbarment.
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@gailwaldby.bsky.social
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The SPLC indictment, the Klan history behind it, and the ignominy of Todd Blanche
Another dark day for DOJ.
https://open.substack.com/pub/chrisgeidner/p/splc-indictment-united-klans-of-america?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
6 days ago
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Death Star: The Multi-Trillion Dollar Bet on American Technocracy
Palantir’s Manifesto provides a road map for the plans of the post-Trump regime
https://open.substack.com/pub/jimstewartson/p/death-star-the-multi-trillion-dollar?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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'Corruption Gala': Paramount CEO Hosting Honorary Dinner for Trump While Trying to Ram Through Megamerger | Common Dreams
Progressive organizations protest Paramount CEO's "corruption gala" honoring Trump, denouncing media consolidation and conflict of interest.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ellison-trump-dinner-protest
7 days ago
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add a skeleton here at some point
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“Oh shitfuck, y’all! Has MAGA been worshiping Satan this whole time, just to stick it to the libs?” 😜
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Is Trump The Antichrist? Well, I'm Not Saying He's *Not*
Sure, let's play this game.
https://open.substack.com/pub/evanhurst/p/is-trump-the-antichrist-well-im-not?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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Jesus Never Told You to Stay and Argue
You are not called to stay where people refuse to listen
https://open.substack.com/pub/jemartisby/p/jesus-never-told-you-to-stay-and?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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Joe Rogan Telling Impressionable Senior Citizens About Drugs Now
He never even knew what drugs were were until Joe Rogan told him!
https://open.substack.com/pub/wonkette/p/joe-rogan-telling-impressionable?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
8 days ago
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The media blackout of Jared Kushner’s historic, ongoing corruption scandal
As Trump's son-in-law returns to Pakistan for more talks with Iran, major news outlets are largely ignoring an egregious conflict of interest.
https://open.substack.com/pub/popularinformation/p/the-media-blackout-of-jared-kushners?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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What Your Cat Understands About Donald Trump That Most Democrats Don't
I offer these posts freely, but your support is necessary and appreciated.
https://open.substack.com/pub/alisav/p/what-your-cat-understands-about-donald?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
9 days ago
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“Research on state capture similarly describes systems in which political and economic elites blur into one another and become locked into collusive relationships that skew how power and resources are distributed.”
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The Usefulness of Monsters
How elite connectedness turns private depravity into public power
https://open.substack.com/pub/marygeddry/p/the-usefulness-of-monsters?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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A LETTER TO LEON BLACK
"Some Things That Will Need to Remain Unknown"
https://open.substack.com/pub/closertotheedge/p/a-letter-to-leon-black?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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“Interpreted literally and straightforwardly, the statements and actions of A.I. executives imply that everyone on Earth — you, me, our friends and families — are in imminent mortal danger. Why shouldn’t we take them seriously?”
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My New York Times Article on Sam Altman
An article that was ready to go but got bumped at the last minute. (1,600 words — apologies for the second article in one day!)
https://open.substack.com/pub/xriskology/p/my-new-york-times-article-on-sam?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
11 days ago
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'Financial Pawn of the Saudi Monarchy': House Judiciary Opens Probe Into Jared Kushner | Common Dreams
"You cannot faithfully represent the United States with billions of dollars in Saudi and Emirati cash burning a hole in every pocket of every suit you own," said Rep. Jamie Raskin.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/kushner-pawn-of-saudi-monarchy
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“They are not simply pursuing war, they are aestheticizing it, turning it into content, a stage on which they can perform masculine certainty and divine purpose. It’s not just about power, they want camera angles.”
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No Glory, Just Thinner Shelves
Behind the swagger, the sermons, and the staged toughness lies the real story: civilian suffering and global fragility.
https://open.substack.com/pub/marygeddry/p/no-glory-just-thinner-shelves?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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Epstein Was Never Properly Investigated in New Mexico Despite Reports to FBI. Follow the Money Far Enough and It Leads to Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, DJT, and a Trillion-Dollar Nuclear Deal.
The Epstein-connected company that paid lawmakers in New Mexico to look the other way employed Ivanka Trump, bailed out Jared Kushner, and is now DJT's partner in a billion-dollar nuclear deal.
https://open.substack.com/pub/alisav/p/epstein-was-never-properly-investigated?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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Epstein Was Never Properly Investigated in New Mexico Despite Reports to FBI. Follow the Money Far Enough and It Leads to Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, DJT, and a Trillion-Dollar Nuclear Deal.
The Epstein-connected company that paid lawmakers in New Mexico to look the other way employed Ivanka Trump, bailed out Jared Kushner, and is now DJT's partner in a billion-dollar nuclear deal.
https://open.substack.com/pub/alisav/p/epstein-was-never-properly-investigated?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
12 days ago
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Attic Madman
My money’s on Pope Bob from the south side 😉
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A note to my readers about a harassment campaign
Over the past several days, a woman named Jamie Bronstein — a tenured history professor at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces — has been appearing in the comments of posts sharing my investigat...
https://open.substack.com/pub/alisav/p/a-note-to-my-readers-about-a-harassment?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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Donald Trump has built the most destructive "WMD" in history. And he's already using it.
There's something scarier than the U.S. president's flirtation with nuclear weapons. He's found another way to destroy the West.
https://open.substack.com/pub/defiance/p/donald-trump-has-built-the-most-destructive?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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1,135 Billionaires vs. 42 million Americans denied food aid
Republicans slash food aid to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/80567575435d48638c483e65708571d5
13 days ago
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The Trump Administration's War on Cuba (w/ Medea Benjamin) | The Chris Hedges Report
The US economic strangulation of Cuba has created unbearable hardships for the population. Medea Benjamin describes what she saw on a recent solidarity delegation and how we can break the blockade.
https://open.substack.com/pub/chrishedges/p/the-trump-administrations-war-on?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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My money’s on Pope Bob from the south side 😉
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If Trump intends to attempt a coup, here are five ways he could do it
Despite the debacle in Iran, a president at war has several pressure points at his disposal to postpone, restrict and ultimately cancel democracy, writes the historian
https://www.thenerve.news/p/donald-trump-coup-five-ways-scenarios-timothy-snyder-midterms-election-survive
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Prominent Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Detained in Kuwait as Gulf Cracks Down on Free Speech During Iran War
Shihab-Eldin, who is a US citizen and long-standing critic of Israel, has been imprisoned for six weeks.
https://open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/prominent-journalist-ahmed-shihab-eldin-kuwait-detained?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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“Her name is Arlit Martinez-Carrada. She has lived in the United States since 2004. More than twenty years. No criminal record. Three children at home. One child dying.”
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NO MERCY
The Death of Decency
https://open.substack.com/pub/closertotheedge/p/no-mercy?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
14 days ago
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Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book
Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-usaid-abortions-barney-nicholas-enrich-into-the-wood-chipper-book-exclusive
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Libido Dominandi: The Great Blasphemer vs. the Augustinian Pope
How Augustine’s warning about the “lust for domination” makes Pope Leo Trump’s most formidable opponent
https://open.substack.com/pub/jimstewartson/p/libido-dominandi-the-great-blasphemer?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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The Car-Crash Conspiracy
High-speed accidents, crooked lawyers, and poor people desperate for cash—it was the kind of scheme that could have been cooked up only in the Big Easy.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/20/the-car-crash-conspiracy
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WagerUP (@wagerupx) on Threads
During a Pittsburgh Pirates broadcast, the crew hilariously recreated a fake Masters-style intro, perfectly mimicking the soft piano music, dramatic aerial shots, and whisper-quiet commentary that fan...
https://www.threads.com/@wagerupx/post/DXDlNLAADTc?xmt=AQF0sOxY5h66CmtXHFIJWx7BnODbZGhieI5HCVlBKru8r2180grOe5L1ULp36g10HPAdkHci
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The Alibi Machine - Coda Story
THE RECKONING PROJECT AND CODA STORY PRESENT Russian officials and propagandists built cover stories for war crimes before those crimes were committed. Lawyers call this an information alibi. And they...
https://www.codastory.com/stayonthestory/alibi-machine/
16 days ago
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Attic Madman
Democracy Labs
17 days ago
Mapping The Casualties From Netanyahu's Endless Wars To Stay Out Of Jail
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Orban: Made in Hungary, America, and Russia
Turns out that self-dealing, serving the Kremlin, wrecking education, and impoverishing the country are not popular governance moves
https://open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/orban-made-in-hungary-america-and?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
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The Enemies He Created: Trump’s Paranoia Spiral
Paranoia metabolizes humiliation into persecution—and shame into grandiosity.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jimstewartson/p/the-enemies-he-created-trumps-paranoia?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
17 days ago
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Wajahat Ali
17 days ago
Russia, Trump, and Netanyahu are sweating, in addition to MAGA. Bannon said Orban was "Trump before Trump."
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The Global Stakes of Hungary’s Pivotal Election
What the fate of Viktor Orbán, a pioneer of strongman politics and a darling of right-wing movements across the world, might mean for Europe, Russia, MAGA, and beyond.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-global-stakes-of-hungarys-pivotal-election
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This Week in Palestine: Israel Kills another Journalist, a Health Worker, and an Elderly Woman
Zeteo's weekly round-up of the stories you may have missed out of occupied Gaza and the West Bank, as Israel continues its genocidal war and apartheid policies.
https://open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/this-week-in-palestine-israel-kills-f0b?r=4hsv&utm_medium=ios
17 days ago
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