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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
PublicSquare is another Trump business that enriched Trump’s family while proving less profitable for investors. Trump reported $1.4 billion in earnings last year from memecoin & crypto ventures, but buyers of the memecoin have lost big—as of July, roughly 2/3 of investors were in the red.
wsj.com
Inside the Collapse of a MAGA Marketplace Backed by Trump Jr.
PublicSquare racked up costs—and consulting fees—before shifting into fintech; a 99% stock drop.
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Trump’s “destructive behavior has grown significantly,” said Jerry Brown, the former four-term Democratic governor of California who made climate change a signature cause. “It’s completely against a traditional Republican doctrine of respecting states’ rights.”
nytimes.com
How Trump Is Trying to Crush California’s Climate Policies
At least a half-dozen federal agencies have taken action against the state that has led the nation in environmental protections.
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“The overriding concern is that prediction markets have the potential to monetize a reward for manipulating results and, equally concerning, capitalizing on the anger and frustration by those who lose in these prediction markets.”
wired.com
Election Officials Are Preparing for Prediction Markets to Sow Chaos in the Midterms
From threats to the safety of poll workers to voters who can’t distinguish between odds and results, prediction markets are already scrambling the political process.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
What The Fark Is That Grey Thing.........?
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
1. Mitch McConnell suffered a fall on June 14 and has not been in the Senate for two months. But he's continued to get paid his salary of 174K/year. Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times.
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
why does hegseth still have a job?
theguardian.com
Pete Hegseth dismisses reports of deteriorating conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln
Defense secretary said conditions on aircraft carrier deployed in support of Iran war have been ‘completely misrepresented’
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I am so encouraged by this. In fact, I wish we could replace the actual Senate with these young people.
npr.org
Adults have struggled to set rules for AI in school. These teens figured it out
Should students be allowed to use AI on assignments? What about on tests? Who should teach AI literacy? About 100 teenagers got together to try to decide.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The 6 largest oil companies will collectively rake in $45B in profits in the second quarter of 2026 — nearly double what they made in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Canada, France, and Spain are battling record-breaking wildfires spurred by the climate crisis. Big Oil profits while the world burns.
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Dangerous precedent being declared by ICE
wired.com
ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’
One day after a federal judge ordered an ICE detention center opened to state health inspectors, the agency posted new contract terms that would void state oversight at four facilities.
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
ICE them out, voters
open.substack.com
Every Member of Congress Who Funded ICE (So You Can Vote Them Out)
These 206 names are on the ballot. You can fire them.
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
WTF???? Are we sufficiently freaked out yet?
npr.org
OpenAI blamed a hacking event on its AI models gone rogue. Here is what to know
The incident is stirring debates over the need for stronger AI guardrails and the extent to which AI agents are capable of acting on their own.
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
We can do this!
open.substack.com
The Number of Votes Needed to Change Everything Is Smaller Than You Think
There are long periods of national political-geologic stability in American history. This is not one of them. In this moment, the volcanoes keep erupting.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/07/2026
At least 75 career federal officials who’d played important roles in elections have left, been fired or been reassigned. In their place are roughly two dozen people Trump has installed in positions that could affect elections. Ten of them actively worked to reverse the 2020 vote. (Published April)
propublica.org
Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
and the party of climate denialism plans to punish Canada for this: NYT reports that Republican lawmakers from states affected by the smoke have threatened punitive action against Canada. Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) said he would introduce a bill next week to penalize Canada “for this atrocity.”
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Well said!
substack.com
My Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee Concerning the Nomination of Todd Blanche for Attorney General
As Deputy Attorney General, Blanche fired me for doing my job, then subjected me and my family to months of retaliation. My story is one of many reasons the Senate should not confirm Blanche again.
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
What's next in the Trump Parade of Horrors, the dept of Just ICE? No paywall.
economist.com
Donald Trump’s gutting of the Department of Justice
What the degraded institution means for America
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 15/07/2026
I wish we could take credit for this, but alas, we found it making the rounds on the socials. But HOT DAMN what an absurd timeline we live in!
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Let's never elect a corrupt developer as president again, k?
news.mongabay.com
The US government says habitat destruction no longer counts as ‘harm’ to endangered species
The U.S. government has redefined what "harm" means for endangered species, clearing the path for habitat destruction from development.
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The corruption is staggering. Trump could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and hand out billion-dollar contracts that enrich his family and Republicans would cover their eyes and ears and say "neener, neener, neener."
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
THEY SAY IMMIGRANTS ARE THE PROBLEM.
BUT WE ALL SAW WHO STORMED THE CAPITOL.
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Great history, thanks. I was Mojo's proofreader, sometime fact-checker, News Brief contributor and donor newsletter editor for 4 yrs, starting as an intern to Zina Klapper in 1979. Great way to launch an activist writing/editing career. THank you MoJo for speaking truth to power for 50yrs!
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
When Trump’s authoritarianism is all but underwritten by well-liked public figures and all but ignored by others, its toxic tenets start to look like politics as usual. If Americans begin to accept as normal that it’s just too risky to speak up, then something fundamental has changed in our country.
nytimes.com
Opinion | If These Celebrities Are Democracy’s Last Hope, We’re in Trouble
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Appalled, angry, shocked. The 6 justices behind this have just set us back 100 years.
theguardian.com
Trump finds partner in supreme court in his war against immigration
Recent rulings have bolstered president’s pitiless campaign against people of colour fleeing violence and disaster
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minagolightly.bsky.social @minagolightly.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I made a short link to share also: geni.us/OPPOSEPROPOS...
geni.us
Oppose Proposed Mail-In and Absentee Ballot Regulations | League of Women Voters
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I just can't..... "The United States is putting together bags with a children’s book on so-called reverse racism, and with a document that defends the country’s founding on the basis of slavery." My god.
nytimes.com
A Look Inside the Welcome Bags Planned for White South African Refugees
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
What fresh hell will they think of next? Trump living rent-free on Fed workers' phones sounds to me like a plot to drive people away. Or a plot from a B movie, "The Worst President Ever"
wired.com
Federal Workers Can’t Get the White House’s App Off Their Phones
“I deleted it as a test and it came immediately back,” says one government employee.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/06/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The same man who will pardon you if you ransack the Capitol and smear your feces on its wall will throw you in jail if you wiggle your fingers in the water of the Reflecting Pool.
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Restoring our democratic norms is priority #1, but so is elimating this "rinse, repeat" cycle of doom....
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A summary of where we are.
thehill.com
Resignation is Trump’s last chance at redemption
Donald Trump’s presidency is a morality lesson — he’s a living example of what happens when a man is given power that far exceeds his character. It is time for America to acknowledge the lesson and…
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
So Trump will cut $213mn in AIDS funding for South Afirca, which mostly affects blacks there, while spending an estimated $100mn to bring white Afrikaaners as so-called "refugees" to the US. Not racist at all.
nytimes.com
U.S. Plans to End AIDS Funding for South Africa
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
“At least 75 career officials who once held roles related to election integrity and safety are gone. Two dozen appointees — including many who either worked to reverse the 2020 vote or are associates of such people — have been hired to replace them.“ Trump's preemptive efforts to rig the Midterms.
propublica.org
8 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key ta...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/06/2026
U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy has proposed eliminating the U.S. Forest Service’s airworthiness inspections for aircraft that fight wildfires. The idea itself could benefit Sheehy personally.
propublica.org
A U.S. Senator Pushed to Cut Firefighting Aircraft Inspections the Same Month His Former Company Failed One
Before entering politics, Tim Sheehy ran an aerial firefighting company, Bridger Aerospace. In the Senate, he has sought to cut regulations and expand the government’s use of private aircraft on wildf...
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
No blank checks for trump's war machine
nytimes.com
Trump’s Military Budget Hits Snags Amid Questions on Iran War Costs
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Somehow this is fitting. "The display, which utilizes about 2,250 amps of the dam’s hydroelectricity, will be activated every evening until July 4. Behind it, Lake Mead continues to experience ...severe drought and recent algae blooms have caused portions of the lake to become potentially toxic."
sfgate.com
Enormous flag draped over Hoover Dam as Lake Mead endures severe drought
The display uses about 2,250 amperes of Hoover Dam's hydroelectric power.
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
"China’s policing in the Solomon Islands has gone hand in hand with the growth of its mining and other businesses, and the need for Beijing to protect its interests overseas."
nytimes.com
Inside Xi Jinping’s Strategy to Export Ideas on State Control
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
"The approach is a stark contrast to the way previous administrations responded to outbreaks, during which health care workers and other U.S. citizens exposed to the virus were brought home to be treated at specialized medical units. "
nytimes.com
Trump Administration to Send Americans Exposed to Ebola to Kenya
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I may be hitting the limit on how much corruption and bad deeds I can take from this administration.
npr.org
Trump DOJ mass-deletes info on Jan. 6 riot cases, including violent assaults on cops
The Trump Department of Justice purged government news releases with information about prosecutions of rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol and assaulted law enforcement on Jan. 6, 2021.
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Insanity, parsed.
nytimes.com
How Trump Has Talked About Ending the Iran War
The New York Times analyzed the president’s statements suggesting that the conflict was drawing to a close and compared them with the reality of the moment. Often, there was a wide disconnect.
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
OMG
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Follow the money
politico.com
A mysterious, GOP-linked super PAC is roiling a Texas Democratic primary
It’s the latest in a string of interventions by the new super PAC that appears to be trying to elevate weaker Democrats against Republicans to ease the GOP’s path in November.
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Spot on ...."Trump’s vision of the presidency is authoritarian and kleptocratic: Issue orders, grab money, luxuriate in flattery, erect monuments to oneself. That’s no way to lead a nation through the hazards and difficulties of war."
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Simple Answer to Taxing the Rich Is the Best Answer
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
A Trump effort to exclude Dominion voting machines collapsed after aide failed to deliver proof of vote-rigging
reuters.com
Exclusive: Trump official tried to ban half of US voting machines, citing conspiracy theories
White House adviser Kurt Olsen, a lawyer Trump has tasked with proving widely debunked election-rigging conspiracy theories, pushed the plan to target Dominion Voting Systems machines.
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
They've found another way to upend the economy... “If you thought the economy was bad with Trump’s war driving prices at the pump up … just wait until international travel is halted at some of the busiest airports in the world,” California Governor Gavin Newsom’s press account posted to X.
theatlantic.com
Homeland Security’s Plan to Squeeze International Flights
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told travel executives he may target airports in cities that don’t help ICE.
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
"After the 2014 outbreak, which killed +11,000 people, the world strengthened systems to catch and contain Ebola outbreaks early. Much of that infrastructure has been dismantled over the past year, as the US abdicated its longstanding role as a leader in global health and humanitarian response."
nytimes.com
Opinion | I Survived Ebola. This Is What Scares Me Most About This Outbreak.
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Jeffrey Lebowski @jeffreylebowski420.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I don't care what your politics are, this is bullshit.
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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open.substack.com
Republicans Might Finally Consider Their Legacy
Losing loyalists could use their remaining time in office to do the right thing
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lopot.bsky.social @lopot.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
OMG. So this is how you win wars--build a ballroom!
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The abrupt cuts to USAID in early 2025 are associated with significant increases in violent conflict in regions covering most of the African continent, a new study reports in Science. The sudden, rather than gradual, USAID cuts undermined democratic governance and precipitated civil unrest.
scim.ag
Aiding peace or conflict? The impact of USAID cuts on violence
Less than a week after its inauguration, the second Trump administration issued a blanket stop-work order for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the largest national human...
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