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Time for the main event: The Midterms. Donate *directly* to Democrats today!
Note: I plan on reposting my diary daily/near-daily until next November. If you have a problem with that, you could simply, y’know, ignore the diaries. As many of you may know, for the past several election cycles I’ve been running a Democratic...
Brainwrap 11/30/2025 3
10 Gems of Bluesky Today - Day 177
Sound up Holy Shit! This is where my story ends. Anything between this and the comments has nothing to do with me. ZT
ZenTrainer 11/30/2025 35
Sleazy Slenderman and the post-war looting of Ukraine is more about oligarchic crony capitalism
How do oligarchies and their crony capitalists manage to dominate our lives: Five points on the current treachery First, the WSJ story highlights all of the downsides to Trump’s brand of start-up diplomacy. Both Witkoff and the Russians had little...
annieli 11/30/2025 5
Making the National Guard into Mall Cops, gardeners. Trump goes fuzzy, calling reporters 'stupid'
Making the military into media production extras, Trump can do things in DC he hasn’t been able to do elsewhere in the country. We deport. You decide. Original RIFF on original Nothing in her mission suggested she would die on a street corner while...
annieli 11/30/2025 37
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Of Venezuela, AI, and...Duke?
We begin today with� Heather Cox Richardson �writing for her “Letters from an American” Substack about the seeming avalanche of challenges to the Trump regime from the Republican Party. In the ...
Chitown Kev 11/30/2025 355
The Medicare Advantage Scam: Wendell Potter Reveals How Insurers Drain Public Funds
Whistleblower Wendell Potter reveals how Medicare Advantage denies care, inflates costs, and enriches Wall Street while draining the Medicare trust fund. Wendell Potter: The Medicare Advantage ...
Egberto Willies 11/30/2025 8
Ukraine Invasion Day 1,380: a new Kushner-Witkoff grift resembles a 2018 "Marshall Plan" grift
It’s always about the money, unfortunately US/Russian money. The war will end when Russia leaves. And crony capitalism will be all the more wealthier. Trump, Kushner, and Witkoff tried to sell out Ukraine, the U.S., and Europe for money. It's so bad...
annieli 11/29/2025 42
WYFP? Trump declares a no-frass zone over Venezuela
American Psycho satirizes the narcissism, greed and insecurity of the corporate world, and the murders are a metaphor for the frenzy of the territorial male. Trump is turning the nation against him. Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term...
annieli 11/29/2025 35
Dr. Richard Wolff Exposes Trump’s Tariffs and the Rise of Nationalist Capitalism
Richard Wolff explains why Trump embraced tariffs and how nationalist capitalism signals U.S. economic decline. A powerful breakdown of globalization, China, and worker power. Dr. Richard Wolff Exposes Trump Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here....
Egberto Willies 11/29/2025 3