Brian Lehigh, of the Indiana Lehighs
@blehigh.bsky.social
Crazy cat guy; guitar music lover; endless scroller; perpetual goofball
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Trump became the presumptive GOP nominee on March 12, 2024, and within days, he started creating new companies and slapping his name on products.
He hasn't stopped since. The tally now stands at 81 new businesses—36 since taking office (he started two more while I was drafting this report)
He hasn't stopped since. The tally now stands at 81 new businesses—36 since taking office (he started two more while I was drafting this report)
Trump incorporated dozens of new companies in lead up to second term—and never stopped - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Trump filed a financial disclosure in June revealing he brought in more than $2.2 billion in revenue during 2025. We found that more than a third of that revenue came from dozens of companies Trump ha...
www.citizensforethics.org
September 16, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Trump became the presumptive GOP nominee on March 12, 2024, and within days, he started creating new companies and slapping his name on products.
He hasn't stopped since. The tally now stands at 81 new businesses—36 since taking office (he started two more while I was drafting this report)
He hasn't stopped since. The tally now stands at 81 new businesses—36 since taking office (he started two more while I was drafting this report)
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"To avoid surrendering McConnell’s seat, his staff and Thune’s Senate majority office are engaged in an ongoing, elaborate cover-up." — @schaller67.bsky.social
Retire in peace
McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.
www.publicnotice.co
September 17, 2026 at 3:12 PM
"To avoid surrendering McConnell’s seat, his staff and Thune’s Senate majority office are engaged in an ongoing, elaborate cover-up." — @schaller67.bsky.social
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I really need journalists to learn that every time OpenAI or Anthropic or xAI says that their model has broken containment and could destroy humanity that it’s a marketing pitch by companies running out of cash with high overheads and no profitable business model wanting more investment.
September 17, 2026 at 9:33 AM
I really need journalists to learn that every time OpenAI or Anthropic or xAI says that their model has broken containment and could destroy humanity that it’s a marketing pitch by companies running out of cash with high overheads and no profitable business model wanting more investment.
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Yes, people like the woman in that clip being insulted, bullied and pushed around by comfortable, middle aged wankers has been the entire selling point of right wing politics for *at least* two decades. “We will harm people you irrationally hate and make them cry” is most of the sales pitch.
Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum.
Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.
Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.
September 17, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Yes, people like the woman in that clip being insulted, bullied and pushed around by comfortable, middle aged wankers has been the entire selling point of right wing politics for *at least* two decades. “We will harm people you irrationally hate and make them cry” is most of the sales pitch.
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The Great American Bustout
New: Donald Trump is worth $7 billion—"an estimated $2.7 billion richer than when he won the 2024 election"—per new Forbes estimate.
by @danalexander21.bsky.social
by @danalexander21.bsky.social
The Definitive Net Worth Of Donald Trump
What’s Donald Trump really worth? Forbes picks apart the president's balance sheet to uncover the answer.
www.forbes.com
September 16, 2026 at 2:16 PM
The Great American Bustout
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I think this thread is very important. Free would be great but the stark reality is different. Workers at every level need to be paid. Operating costs matter as well. One final thing. Independent media matters more than ever.
Sometimes we receive complaints from people who want to read Flytrap content for free. We understand the frustration around paywalls in an increasingly dire financial landscape for many folks, so we also want to be honest about our financials. Let's talk about what it costs to run the Flytrap.
September 17, 2026 at 12:29 AM
I think this thread is very important. Free would be great but the stark reality is different. Workers at every level need to be paid. Operating costs matter as well. One final thing. Independent media matters more than ever.
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What makes this obscene is the building Trump's threatening to demolish if he doesn't get his way, is a *memorial* to a loved president who served his country and was assassinated while in office (two things Donald is yet to accomplish). It is like Trump threatening to jackhammer JFK's gravestone.
September 16, 2026 at 11:56 PM
What makes this obscene is the building Trump's threatening to demolish if he doesn't get his way, is a *memorial* to a loved president who served his country and was assassinated while in office (two things Donald is yet to accomplish). It is like Trump threatening to jackhammer JFK's gravestone.
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In a normal, functioning democracy, this would end his presidency tonight.
Trump: "We spent more than $2 billion in FEMA funding. You're waiting for some additional funding. I'm gonna get that to you. Now if Michael loses, I'm not sending it."
Crowd: *groans*
Crowd: *groans*
September 17, 2026 at 12:40 AM
In a normal, functioning democracy, this would end his presidency tonight.
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Brennan Center published a nice article about the dual strategy of disputing established polls and putting out low-quality or biased polls to muddy the waters on leading candidates. One worry is how this might mesh with GOP efforts to contest election results if/when they lose.
In the past six days six right-aligned pollsters have begun "flooding the zone," releasing eighteen polls in eleven battleground Senate races.
While they've done this before the pace and intensity of this effort is unprecedented, a reflection of their desperation. 1/
While they've done this before the pace and intensity of this effort is unprecedented, a reflection of their desperation. 1/
September 17, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Brennan Center published a nice article about the dual strategy of disputing established polls and putting out low-quality or biased polls to muddy the waters on leading candidates. One worry is how this might mesh with GOP efforts to contest election results if/when they lose.
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New: Federal officials acknowledge that Trump's planned 250-ft-tall arch will harm nearby historic sites, but say it must proceed.
The “adverse effects cannot be fully avoided,” Park Service officials wrote in a document obtained by The Post.
The “adverse effects cannot be fully avoided,” Park Service officials wrote in a document obtained by The Post.
Trump’s arch will harm historic sites but must proceed, federal officials say
National Park Service officials acknowledge that President Donald Trump’s planned arch would harm dozens of historic sites but say it must move forward anyway.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 16, 2026 at 6:50 PM
New: Federal officials acknowledge that Trump's planned 250-ft-tall arch will harm nearby historic sites, but say it must proceed.
The “adverse effects cannot be fully avoided,” Park Service officials wrote in a document obtained by The Post.
The “adverse effects cannot be fully avoided,” Park Service officials wrote in a document obtained by The Post.
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Trump is literally a wrecking ball.
September 16, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Trump is literally a wrecking ball.
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The world needs fewer Kennedys and more Brian Deers
![In November 2004, Channel 4 broadcast a one-hour Dispatches investigation by reporter Brian Deer; the Toronto Star said Deer had "produced documentary evidence that Wakefield applied for a patent on a single-jab measles vaccine before his campaign against the MMR vaccine, raising questions about his motives". 27][68][69]
In addition to Wakefield's unpublished initial patent submission, 681 Deer released a copy of the published patent application.?! On page 1, the first paragraph of this stated:
The present invention relates to a new vaccine/immunisation for the prevention and/or prophylaxis against measles virus infection and to a pharmaceutical or therapeutic composition for the treatment of IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease); particularly Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis and regressive behavioural disease (RBD).
Before describing the research in Wakefield's 1998 paper in The Lancet, at the same page this patent explicitly states that the use of the MMR vaccine causes autism:
It has now also been shown that use of the
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September 16, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The world needs fewer Kennedys and more Brian Deers
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Gas was about $3.70/gal when he tweeted this, by the way.
September 16, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Gas was about $3.70/gal when he tweeted this, by the way.
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❗️ "Shaheds" destroyed the warehouse of the Foundation of the First Lady Olena Zelenska in Kyiv: as a result of the attack, generators, household appliances, laptops, tablets, e-books, medical equipment were completely burned out.
September 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
❗️ "Shaheds" destroyed the warehouse of the Foundation of the First Lady Olena Zelenska in Kyiv: as a result of the attack, generators, household appliances, laptops, tablets, e-books, medical equipment were completely burned out.
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this is illegal, certainly under international law *binding on the united states*, on so many levels. and it's also yet another reason why the failure to close gtmo and to hold its originators to some account reverberates today.
This is APPALLING. The Trump administration is detaining multiple random Somali immigrants with no criminal record at Guantanamo Bay, seemingly because the White House ordered ICE specifically to detain Somalis at Gitmo as part of its effort to punish an ethnic group Trump has attacked.
September 16, 2026 at 7:56 PM
this is illegal, certainly under international law *binding on the united states*, on so many levels. and it's also yet another reason why the failure to close gtmo and to hold its originators to some account reverberates today.
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As I said the first time Trump proposed tariffs: this is precisely why he likes them! It makes everyone come to him on bended knee, begging for exemptions. It makes economic survival dependent on his whim. That, not any economic theory, is the whole attraction. Mafia boss thinking.
While Sen. Katie Britt was publicly defending Trump's tariffs, she was privately seeking exemptions for 4 companies operating in Alabama that could be hurt by tariffs, according to emails between her staff & Trump's US Trade Representative, obtained via FOIA by @wsj.com. www.wsj.com/opinion/kati...
September 16, 2026 at 3:50 PM
As I said the first time Trump proposed tariffs: this is precisely why he likes them! It makes everyone come to him on bended knee, begging for exemptions. It makes economic survival dependent on his whim. That, not any economic theory, is the whole attraction. Mafia boss thinking.
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It's official: Per MS NOW's Mychael Schnell, the House is canceling tomorrow's votes.
They're going home until after Election Day, to avoid voting on Thomas Massie's impeachment resolution against Pete Hegseth.
They're going home until after Election Day, to avoid voting on Thomas Massie's impeachment resolution against Pete Hegseth.
September 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
It's official: Per MS NOW's Mychael Schnell, the House is canceling tomorrow's votes.
They're going home until after Election Day, to avoid voting on Thomas Massie's impeachment resolution against Pete Hegseth.
They're going home until after Election Day, to avoid voting on Thomas Massie's impeachment resolution against Pete Hegseth.
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something i learned about journalism during the iraq war: all the outlets who had "access" to key figures - people like bush, cheney, rice, senior dems, etc - these are all the people who got the story wrong. it was the reporters working outside the system, usually far from dc, who got it right.
September 16, 2026 at 3:31 PM
something i learned about journalism during the iraq war: all the outlets who had "access" to key figures - people like bush, cheney, rice, senior dems, etc - these are all the people who got the story wrong. it was the reporters working outside the system, usually far from dc, who got it right.
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DOJ’s gutted Civil Rights Division is rebuilding with lawyers steeped in conservative advocacy and Republican politics with a new mission to wage partisan fights and defend gun rights, a @bloomberglaw.com analysis found.
With @suzannemonyak.bsky.social: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
With @suzannemonyak.bsky.social: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Civil Rights Recast Under Trump’s Vision of Justice Department
The Justice Department’s gutted Civil Rights Division is rebuilding with lawyers steeped in conservative advocacy and Republican politics with a new mission to wage partisan fights and defend gun rights, a Bloomberg Law analysis found.
news.bloomberglaw.com
September 16, 2026 at 3:18 PM
DOJ’s gutted Civil Rights Division is rebuilding with lawyers steeped in conservative advocacy and Republican politics with a new mission to wage partisan fights and defend gun rights, a @bloomberglaw.com analysis found.
With @suzannemonyak.bsky.social: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
With @suzannemonyak.bsky.social: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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This is why they wanted Pentagon reporters to sign an oath promising to seek approval before publishing anything. They wanted to lie without pushback.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Dozens of aircraft, hundreds of buildings: US loss to Iran attacks revealed
The Pentagon watchdog's report paints a picture of significant losses to US forces and facilities in the region.
www.aljazeera.com
September 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM
This is why they wanted Pentagon reporters to sign an oath promising to seek approval before publishing anything. They wanted to lie without pushback.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
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Reminder: Pro-authoritarian billionaire Robert Kraft's wife Dana Blumberg is among the Trump-appointed members of the Kennedy Center Board who voted to put Mobster Trump's name on the memorial & to also shut it down.
Robert Kraft & Dana Blumberg are who Ed Sheeran CHOOSES to associate himself with.
Robert Kraft & Dana Blumberg are who Ed Sheeran CHOOSES to associate himself with.
The Kennedy Center was a beloved Washington institution, enjoyed by millions of people. It has been destroyed for no real reason. Just vanity, carelessness, indifference.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
September 16, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Hello. This is your reminder that the Russians secretly paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s private island wedding reception.
The entire family is on the take and they believe the American people are suckers who won’t care.
We care.
The entire family is on the take and they believe the American people are suckers who won’t care.
We care.
September 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Hello. This is your reminder that the Russians secretly paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s private island wedding reception.
The entire family is on the take and they believe the American people are suckers who won’t care.
We care.
The entire family is on the take and they believe the American people are suckers who won’t care.
We care.
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Immigrants are being denied or given redacted copies of their immigration records, documents which they need to prove their legal status in court. In some cases, the Trump Administration is even saying these records don’t exist even when lawyers know they do.
This is illegal.
This is illegal.
Immigrants’ Lawyers Say U.S. Is Redacting Documents Proving Legal Status
Many noncitizens need immigration records the government has to prove their legal stay and resist deportation. The government is redacting and withholding those documents, lawyers say.
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Immigrants are being denied or given redacted copies of their immigration records, documents which they need to prove their legal status in court. In some cases, the Trump Administration is even saying these records don’t exist even when lawyers know they do.
This is illegal.
This is illegal.
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
September 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank
September 16, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank