Ankur Sheth
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When the public finally learns the full accounting of the damage done in this war, it’ll probably be too late to hold anyone in the Trump administration accountable.
But this is insane. And they’re lying to the American people.
But this is insane. And they’re lying to the American people.
CBS News Exclusive: New photos reveal widespread damage at multiple U.S. positions across the Middle East caused by Iranian attacks.
New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks
The images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity.
cbsn.ws
September 16, 2026 at 1:24 PM
When the public finally learns the full accounting of the damage done in this war, it’ll probably be too late to hold anyone in the Trump administration accountable.
But this is insane. And they’re lying to the American people.
But this is insane. And they’re lying to the American people.
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My fellow Americans, this is being done in our name.
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Alligator Alcatraz detainees were put in small cages, DHS watchdog report finds
The Florida facility’s staff referred to the enclosures as “calming areas.” Investigators said their use violated federal standards and did not align with “standards for humane treatment.”
wapo.st
September 14, 2026 at 5:18 PM
My fellow Americans, this is being done in our name.
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wapo.st/4h1hNmT
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There’s this one weird trick called LEGISLATION
September 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM
There’s this one weird trick called LEGISLATION
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(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track.
@nbcnews.com
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September 7, 2026 at 3:38 PM
(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track.
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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Federal minimum wage in:
2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25
2024: $7.25
2025: $7.25
2026: $7.25
Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25
2024: $7.25
2025: $7.25
2026: $7.25
Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
September 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Federal minimum wage in:
2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25
2024: $7.25
2025: $7.25
2026: $7.25
Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25
2024: $7.25
2025: $7.25
2026: $7.25
Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
"...and their proxies are preparing us to swallow the damage that they are now anticipating."
Privatize the profits, socialize the risks and the losses. That's modern capitalism for us, the masses.
garymarcus.substack.com/p/pause-open...
Privatize the profits, socialize the risks and the losses. That's modern capitalism for us, the masses.
garymarcus.substack.com/p/pause-open...
Pause OpenAI, now
Quite simply, they can no longer be trusted.
garymarcus.substack.com
September 4, 2026 at 10:05 PM
"...and their proxies are preparing us to swallow the damage that they are now anticipating."
Privatize the profits, socialize the risks and the losses. That's modern capitalism for us, the masses.
garymarcus.substack.com/p/pause-open...
Privatize the profits, socialize the risks and the losses. That's modern capitalism for us, the masses.
garymarcus.substack.com/p/pause-open...
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So
1. Hrs right. There is nothing magic about $40 trillion. It’s just a number.
2. He’s delusional. He’s paying >5.2% to borrow at 30 years. GDP grew 1.5% in Q2. His math isn’t mathing.
1. Hrs right. There is nothing magic about $40 trillion. It’s just a number.
2. He’s delusional. He’s paying >5.2% to borrow at 30 years. GDP grew 1.5% in Q2. His math isn’t mathing.
Bessent downplays the national debt: "There's nothing magic about the $40 trillion number. We can grow our way out of that."
August 20, 2026 at 3:11 PM
So
1. Hrs right. There is nothing magic about $40 trillion. It’s just a number.
2. He’s delusional. He’s paying >5.2% to borrow at 30 years. GDP grew 1.5% in Q2. His math isn’t mathing.
1. Hrs right. There is nothing magic about $40 trillion. It’s just a number.
2. He’s delusional. He’s paying >5.2% to borrow at 30 years. GDP grew 1.5% in Q2. His math isn’t mathing.
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You can’t talk about debt without talking about how we got into a bad predicament, and there’s only one correct answer: tax cuts enacted this century
August 19, 2026 at 9:13 PM
You can’t talk about debt without talking about how we got into a bad predicament, and there’s only one correct answer: tax cuts enacted this century
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I think it's bad the Commander in Chief is either in denial or just lies about the facts on the ground regarding the Strait of Hormuz on the daily.
Maybe it's me.
Maybe it's me.
August 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I think it's bad the Commander in Chief is either in denial or just lies about the facts on the ground regarding the Strait of Hormuz on the daily.
Maybe it's me.
Maybe it's me.
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“No one truly appreciates the scope of Trump’s clusterfuck”
Evergreen sentence right there
Evergreen sentence right there
Not only does the Trump administration lack a solid strategy to win the war in Iran, it has no capacity to handle any of the second or third-order effects of the war. No one truly appreciates the scope of Trump’s clusterfuck. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
Donald Trump Gives Up on American Foreign Policy
His administration cannot win in Iran and he is not even trying anywhere else.
danieldrezner.substack.com
August 18, 2026 at 1:44 PM
“No one truly appreciates the scope of Trump’s clusterfuck”
Evergreen sentence right there
Evergreen sentence right there
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Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures.
Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025."
In ONE year.
The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.
Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025."
In ONE year.
The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.
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Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too.
A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI:
ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too.
A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI:
ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
July 2, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures.
Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025."
In ONE year.
The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.
Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025."
In ONE year.
The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.
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A central part of why it seems like powerful, rich people live in a consequence-free world is that the social incentives to hold them to account have withered.
www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
𝟏𝟐-𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞-𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬
www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
𝟏𝟐-𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞-𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬
August 6, 2026 at 2:55 AM
A central part of why it seems like powerful, rich people live in a consequence-free world is that the social incentives to hold them to account have withered.
www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
𝟏𝟐-𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞-𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬
www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
𝟏𝟐-𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞-𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬
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Well, I mean, it was nonsense
I spoke with 10 CNNers about David Ellison's essay in The NYT, in which he tried to convince the public he'll be a good steward of CNN.
Suffice to say, no one at the network is buying what he's selling.
“We all have eyes and ears and see what’s happening at CBS."
www.status.news/p/david-elli...
Suffice to say, no one at the network is buying what he's selling.
“We all have eyes and ears and see what’s happening at CBS."
www.status.news/p/david-elli...
The Ellison Credibility Crisis
The Paramount boss tried to convince the public he can be trusted with CNN. But staffers inside the network torched his Times essay in brutal comments to Status, pointing to his disastrous record at C...
www.status.news
August 5, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Well, I mean, it was nonsense
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The tricky part for a future Dem Admin is going to be finding a way to divest the US govt from these companies without tanking their stock price & hurting them over the long term. What Trump is doing is a fundamental tenet of communism while he distracts by claiming Dems are.
August 3, 2026 at 12:36 PM
The tricky part for a future Dem Admin is going to be finding a way to divest the US govt from these companies without tanking their stock price & hurting them over the long term. What Trump is doing is a fundamental tenet of communism while he distracts by claiming Dems are.
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This is a story about the President and several of his hand-picked appointees all committing crimes and blatantly lying to the public while stealing public funds and abusing the criminal justice system, but the NYTimes describes the situation like they're recapping a soap opera.
Another example of the problem with the fixation with Trump’s putative emotions: here a story about the Trump administration’s corruption, incompetence, and venality is framed as one about Trump’s “wrath.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
In Dropping Reflecting Pool Case, Pirro Draws Trump’s Wrath
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, blamed shoddy construction, contradicting President Trump’s pet theory. Mr. Trump said he disagreed “100%” with her.
www.nytimes.com
August 2, 2026 at 12:24 PM
This is a story about the President and several of his hand-picked appointees all committing crimes and blatantly lying to the public while stealing public funds and abusing the criminal justice system, but the NYTimes describes the situation like they're recapping a soap opera.
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It’s worth repeating on a regular basis: the Trump administration’s corruption is truly unprecedented.
I get why Trump is seeking bribes. What I’m less sure about is how the bribers think this will end.
danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-corrup...
I get why Trump is seeking bribes. What I’m less sure about is how the bribers think this will end.
danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-corrup...
The Corruption Is the Point
An awful lot of folks are okay with bribing Donald Trump, his family, and his administration. What will the reckoning look like -- or will it happen at all?
danieldrezner.substack.com
July 31, 2026 at 11:55 AM
It’s worth repeating on a regular basis: the Trump administration’s corruption is truly unprecedented.
I get why Trump is seeking bribes. What I’m less sure about is how the bribers think this will end.
danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-corrup...
I get why Trump is seeking bribes. What I’m less sure about is how the bribers think this will end.
danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-corrup...
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BOUIE: ".. Musk spends a large part of his free time fomenting violence and spreading .. hateful ideology ..
".. It is that fact, and not the cars he builds or the rockets he launches, that ought to define his place in public life."
@jamellebouie.net
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
".. It is that fact, and not the cars he builds or the rockets he launches, that ought to define his place in public life."
@jamellebouie.net
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary?
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2026 at 2:26 PM
BOUIE: ".. Musk spends a large part of his free time fomenting violence and spreading .. hateful ideology ..
".. It is that fact, and not the cars he builds or the rockets he launches, that ought to define his place in public life."
@jamellebouie.net
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
".. It is that fact, and not the cars he builds or the rockets he launches, that ought to define his place in public life."
@jamellebouie.net
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
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Today, in violations of the rule of law that would be sufficient for impeachment in any other American presidency but aren't in this one because pathological partisan loyalty has rotted the constitutional order:
NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024.
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Today, in violations of the rule of law that would be sufficient for impeachment in any other American presidency but aren't in this one because pathological partisan loyalty has rotted the constitutional order:
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One more time:
While many people insist they need to stay on Twitter to keep informed about the real world, staying on Twitter is more likely to misinform you about the real world.
Stop marinating your brain in the right-wing fever swamp. It's actively making you dumber.
While many people insist they need to stay on Twitter to keep informed about the real world, staying on Twitter is more likely to misinform you about the real world.
Stop marinating your brain in the right-wing fever swamp. It's actively making you dumber.
Worst part of the new @status.news report is that the Bari Weiss team appears to get its view of what is actually happening in the world from Twitter.
They were asking Vega to include things that *weren't real* b/c they didn't know any better.
www.status.news/p/cecilia-ve...
They were asking Vega to include things that *weren't real* b/c they didn't know any better.
www.status.news/p/cecilia-ve...
July 24, 2026 at 4:57 PM
One more time:
While many people insist they need to stay on Twitter to keep informed about the real world, staying on Twitter is more likely to misinform you about the real world.
Stop marinating your brain in the right-wing fever swamp. It's actively making you dumber.
While many people insist they need to stay on Twitter to keep informed about the real world, staying on Twitter is more likely to misinform you about the real world.
Stop marinating your brain in the right-wing fever swamp. It's actively making you dumber.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar just out there cutting everything down to their essence.
July 22, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar just out there cutting everything down to their essence.
