"my least woke opinion is---" That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania. Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, on the email messages: “All of the times I’ve wondered what Putin had on Trump, and now we find out Jeffrey Epstein was talking to Putin’s ambassador about Trump.”

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"Federal law says they have every legal right to be in the United States, and that ICE should never have put them in a detention center. " www.newsfromthestates.com/article/thre...

My 10 year old and I are reading through the minor prophets at night and came across this powerful summary from Zechariah 7 of how God calls his people to live. An evergreen word, but particularly relevant for today.

The American political class is so disconnected from voters that they don’t realize that regular folks are totally down with a giant pan partisan jail cell holding everyone involved with Epstein’s crimes. #uspoli

One ~182km x ~211km solar thermal plant could provide all of America’s electricity, including a fully-electrified land transport sector. 100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land. That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.

From a statement from faith leaders at Broadview this morning: "God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."

So it wasn’t enough to say AI could be your assistant, friend, therapist, girlfriend, etc. Now they want to say AI can be your GOD?! They really got no idea how much anger this tech inspires. #FuckAI

Shit. Pam Bondi has radicalized Reid Hoffman. 👀

Choose wisely

I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here

In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.

This is a statement I received from a Epstein survivor who is a Jane Doe. Share it widely.

Tesla's car biz (worth only $78 per share vs Tesla's current price of $402) is imploding. Overseas sales in Oct were -33%, the lowest start of Q4 sales on record. US EV sales at carmakers reporting monthly sales were -71% MoM & -49% YoY after Sept EV rush. open.substack.com/pub/bradmunc...

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New York City grocers say sales at their stores dropped by as much as 25% last week because of delayed food assistance benefits due to the federal government shutdown.

Here's a bright spot: today there's a ribbon cutting at UC Irvine, which is opening up the first all electric hospital in America! Awesome! www.ucihealth.org/about-us/new...

#NewWaveNovember i’ll concentrate on the period 1978 - 1982. heading towards being a horrible teenager, glued to TOTP every Thursday, and falling head over heels in love with music 14. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes (1981) youtu.be/EPOIS5taqA8?...

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Here's a reminder to everyone in Massachusetts: we have a statewide I.C.E. hotline. It was founded by a coalition of immigrant-led nonprofit organizations. If you think I.C.E. might be in your vicinity, call 617-370-5023. www.lucemass.org

It’s been 15 years since Congress raised the minimum wage. In that time, costs for rent, groceries, and utilities have soared. Americans deserve a raise.

Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.

This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.

Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract. Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.

They’re all just looting the treasury now

Question: Why is Ghislaine Maxwell in a minimum security camp in Texas with special treatment? Who ordered her to be transferred from Florida where she was serving her 20 year sentence?

People seeking federal pardons generally must file petitions through the Office of the Pardon Attorney. But during Trump’s second term, only 10 of the roughly 1,600 people granted pardons had filed such petitions. By @jeremykohler.bsky.social

*taps mic* If Dems are in “the files,” then they should be prosecuted too. I don’t give a damn how important they are, how much money they have, or what their politics are. If they are in there, PROSECUTE THEM!! It's not complicated. All we want is equal justice. NO ONE is above the law. ⚖️

Stacey Williams: "Karoline Leavitt said the White House is being fully transparent, but they strongarmed Lauren Boebert to pull back her Epstein Files vote. To call this kabuki theatre transparent is incredibly damaging to Jeffrey Epstein's survivors. If there's nothing to hide, just do it."

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year. That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare. Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

Happy #FollowFriday. @bradlander.bsky.social is the real deal. www.huffpost.com/entry/spotif...

BREAKING: Twenty-four survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes have issued an emotional and urgent appeal to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, demanding that Congress vote to release the long-awaited Epstein files. meidasnews.com/news/survivo...

Corporate profits have surged over 35% since Trump announced his tariffs, with companies continuing to hike prices on consumers. Meanwhile, layoffs have exploded to over 1.1M this year — the highest level since the pandemic. This is what a two-tiered economy looks like.

Also, it's clear throughout that Bannon thinks Trump is an idiot, e.g., here's how he talks about advising others to deal with Trump

Here's Epstein casually talking about Trump's strategy for dealing with the threat posed by the Deutschebank subpoena:

Here they are texting about "we build the wall." (Remember that? It led to federal criminal charges, for which Bannon was pardoned + NY state charges to which Bannon pled guilty)

They texted *a ton* about a documentary Bannon was making about Epstein, which Epstein thought would rehabilitate him in the public eye. I think this stream-of-consciousness list is of anecdotes/interviews Epstein thinks should be in the documentary: bsky.app/profile/josh...

There's *so much* in there about Bannon's work to promote the far-right in the US and Europe, e.g., this exchange the usefulness of giving the press and the public an enemy to focus on (specifically, China):

@repmcgovern.bsky.social This isn’t just a sex trafficking scandal anymore. That would be bad enough, but now we know Epstein was sharing information with Putin. That makes it a national security issue. And Epstein had dirt on other politicians as well. How much of Congress is Putin controlling?

“Donald Trump is a pedophile who is starting an illegal war to try to distract the American people from his child raping” ought to be .the. message

Probably nobody will see this but Im going through the Epstein files and thought I should share. The files, for context: oversight.house.gov/release/over...

the newly released Epstein emails are getting coverage on Fox News 👀

Emails from June, 2019. Just about one month before Epstein was arrested: Jeffrey Epstein: “Prince Andrew and Trump today. Tooo funny” “Recall Prince Andrew’s accuser came out of Mara Lago” Steve Bannon: “Can’t believe nobody is making u the connective tissue.”

Epstein “killed himself” six weeks after emailing Steve Bannon this list of names

And there’s lots more!

Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.

UNREPORTED ALERT FROM THE EPSTEIN FILES: Bannon solicited a “girl” from Epstein. Was just reading, and someone had a girl flown over with Epstein to send to a number. That same number mentions being on Cooper360 “from the Vatican” on March 27th, 2019. Bannon was on the show “from Rome,” that night.