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Philanthropy and fintech. Interested in policies & politics, markets & securities, and most sports.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The old punch line,"I don't have to run faster than them. I have to run faster than you."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
Kash Patel: "Applicants who have engaged in beastiliaty means they were victims of beastility because they were forced to do so. At this FBI we are not going to criminalize and prevent victims from serving."
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Republicans do things TO people, not FOR people.
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
As news hits about the new U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal, never forget: Michael Flynn was literally sitting on the Capitol steps during the 2017 inauguration texting business partners that a multi-billion dollar Middle East nuclear deal was “good to go.” Receipts. 🧵👇 www.cbsnews.com/news/michael...
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Whistleblower claims Flynn texted about nuclear plan at inauguration
The top Republican on the committee wasn't too interested in pursuing the matter
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
After 50 years, I remember it well.
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I was in Lafayette Park on July 3, 1976 counter-protesting a Neo-Nazi rally. This is a greater desecration.
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Good time to remember that Maine's primary is in five days. And, that Janet Mills is still on the ballot. wgme.com/news/beyond-...
wgme.com
Gov. Mills reminds Maine voters she remains on Senate primary ballot
Mills suspended her campaign in late April, citing "financial resources" as the driving force behind the decision.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
It’s probably nothing. 🤡 @dkthomp.bsky.social
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
What are the chances the admin put the #pezeshkian report out to goose the market on the last day of the quarter.
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Ouch, this looks like a problem. venturebeat.com/technology/c...
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Claude Code's source code appears to have leaked: here's what we know
The leak provides competitors—from established giants to nimble rivals like Cursor—a literal blueprint for how to build a high-agency, reliable, and commercially viable AI agent.
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Very clever.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/03/2026
We invaded Venezuela, kidnapped their leader and installed a puppet, and are now pillaging the country's resources just like the fascists in the 1930s did, and somehow this has already been normalized and isn't being treated as the crime it is
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U.S. brought back $100 million of gold from Venezuela, Interior Secretary Burgum says
The Interior secretary said Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, wants foreign investment in the country's mining sector.
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Donald Trump has done more to energize the EV market worldwide than any other individual, it seems. ICE vehicle sales will never be the same.
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#ImpeachTrumpNow @trumps-a-moron.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
And the award goes to Walter 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 @WutTheWut.bsky.social
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Considering they had done it successfully in the US, they likely thought they could get away with it.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Fetterman lied.
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
How could you 'plan' an attack on Iran without first filling the SPR? I mean come on.
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
JP Cooney seems to be a political talent, watch him. Put a pin in this one.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The Epstein money trail leads straight to 45*! 45* sent FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE (4725) wire transfers to Jeffrey Epstein. They totaled over $1.1 billion. 😱
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
It is as if many didn't read Niemöller, "First they came for the Communists..." and don't now read "First they came for the immigrants." Anyone who thinks they will stop at immigrants is delusional.
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
You couldn’t make this up. Trump is the most corrupt president in US history. By far
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
all Dems should join Massie in demanding Luttnick resign
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 06/02/2026
Trump said he would fight for “forgotten Americans.” I didn’t know that meant Jeff Bezos. Despite making $89.5 BILLION in profits last year, Amazon paid just 3.1% in taxes. This is what Republicans’ SNAP & Medicaid cuts were for. Guess that ‘Melania’ doc really paid off.
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Trump’s New Tax Law Saved Amazon Billions
Breaks for investment and research lowered the company’s payments to the U.S. government.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
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Hayden Center @haydencenter.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
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Major US ally launches probe into whether Jeffrey Epstein was working as a Russian spy
Polish authorities will dig into possible links between Jeffrey Epstein and Russian intelligence after the US Justice Department’s latest dump of Epstein files included multiple mentions of V…
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
🚨 Declassified FBI memo reveals Trump “compromised by Israel” and that Kushner was running a parallel State Department. Epstein and Dershowitz likely co-opted Mossad agents. Plus more Russian interference and sketchy ties www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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Sergio Codespoti @codespoti.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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Tesla's own Robotaxi data confirms crash rate 3x worse than humans even with monitor
Tesla’s nascent robotaxi program is off to a rough start. New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of...
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
TIL
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America Is Divided @petrep.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
In case you haven't been paying attention to the news overnight: Here is Senator Jon Ossoff about the FBI raid of the Fulton County Elections Office in Georgia. 🗽
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The job of our police is to keep people safe, not enforce fed immigration laws. I want them preventing homicides, not hunting down a working dad who contributes to Minneapolis and is from Ecuador. It’s similar to the policy your guy Rudy had in NYC. Everyone should feel comfortable calling 911.
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Havoc @havoc147.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Great headline!
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
This picture was taken March 31, 1929 at the Easter Parade. Six months before the Crash of 1929.
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saskatquach.bsky.social @saskatquach.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Reviews of Melania
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump. Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command'
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Straight up murder. Where the hell is Congress? We can't find a half dozen GOP Reps who don't want a fascist government? We can't wait another ten months for elections.
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
This ought to be great for tracking people. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
wired.com
TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The Framers always expected Congress to fill this role. The idea that this cabinet is going to do it is unimaginable.
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
1938 was the year that the Nazis had 75000 prisoners in THEIR concentration camps. I guess we know what happens from here, if we don't do something to stop it.
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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
A real “tell your parents” paper (since everyone on Bsky is canonically 38). Review of 21 studies of ppl over 50: • Shingles vax associated w/47% lower risk of Alzheimer’s, 24% lower risk of any dementia • Pneumonia vax had 36% lower risk of Alzheimer's • Tdap had 33% lower risk of any dementia
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Association between vaccinations and risk of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
AbstractImportance. Dementia is a highly prevalent issue in older people. Whilst the prevention of dementia is a public health priority, the role of vaccin
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ES @ericswerdlin.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
So very on brand. www.wral.com/news/nccapit...
wral.com
North Carolina woman sues former US Sen. Kyrsten Sinema over alleged affair
Heather Ammel of Raeford alleges that Sinema had an affair with her husband, who served as a security guard for Sinema while she was in office.
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 10/01/2026
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven lie. More than 140 police officers were injured. Trump then pardoned the attackers. He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.
Front pages from January 6. Image: Walter Olson
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Trump is weak at home, and he can be stopped – so long as the domestic political logic of foreign intervention is recognized and turned against him. This act of war is about regime change in the United States. It only succeeds if Americans allow it to do so. snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
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Venezuela: The Precedents
And America: The Future
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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 03/01/2026
Trump’s actions are blatantly unconstitutional. There is no dispute that Maduro is a brutal dictator — but only Congress has the power to declare war. If Congress does not begin reasserting itself — immediately — our constitutional order will be permanently transformed.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
I don't know why anyone takes Matt seriously. Pure propagandist for sale. Matt Taibbi's Not-So-Secret Russian Past www.huffpost.com/entry/matt-t...
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Matt Taibbi's Not-So-Secret Russian Past
Matt Taibbi's Not-So-Secret Russian Past
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