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"Why do they all hate us?"
The US secretly flew an American diplomat out of the UK after he was found with child abuse images during a dawn raid, reportedly without notifying British police beforehand.
mol.im/a/16127415
mol.im/a/16127415
US flew diplomat out of UK after he was found with child abuse images
The ex US serviceman, who was working at the American Embassy in Nine Elms, south London, was allegedly taken from his flat in Putney on August 25.
mol.im
September 16, 2026 at 2:29 AM
"Why do they all hate us?"
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“.. More than six months after the barrage, a damaged Amazon Web Services facility in Abu Dhabi and another one in Bahrain are still mostly offline.”
@wsj.com #$AMZN
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
@wsj.com #$AMZN
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
September 15, 2026 at 6:18 PM
“.. More than six months after the barrage, a damaged Amazon Web Services facility in Abu Dhabi and another one in Bahrain are still mostly offline.”
@wsj.com #$AMZN
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
@wsj.com #$AMZN
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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SCOOP: A group of staffers from the right-wing think tank, America First Policy Initiative, have been detailed to the Census Bureau, where they have access to sensitive data +contributed to a public report that bolsters conspiracy theories undermining trust in elections
www.wired.com/story/a-trum...
www.wired.com/story/a-trum...
The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank
The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal fu...
www.wired.com
September 15, 2026 at 7:07 PM
SCOOP: A group of staffers from the right-wing think tank, America First Policy Initiative, have been detailed to the Census Bureau, where they have access to sensitive data +contributed to a public report that bolsters conspiracy theories undermining trust in elections
www.wired.com/story/a-trum...
www.wired.com/story/a-trum...
SOLIDARITY!
September 15, 2026 at 11:29 PM
SOLIDARITY!
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I love Ossoff too, but if Dems win midterms, there's a high likelihood that Jeffries' role in redistricting and Schumer's in recruiting will be a big part of the reason why -- even aside from their fundraising.
This guy is a big-time badass, and that’s what the Dems need. What we don’t need are @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and Chuckles The Clown 🤡 Schumer @schumer.senate.gov. If we lose the midterms, as unfathomable as that may seem, it will be because Jeffries and Schumer f’n blew it!
While the world burns, and you pay more for everything, your tax dollars become the royal family’s wealth. Because it pays to be a Trump, especially when the whole world knows daddy's a crook.
September 15, 2026 at 10:55 PM
I love Ossoff too, but if Dems win midterms, there's a high likelihood that Jeffries' role in redistricting and Schumer's in recruiting will be a big part of the reason why -- even aside from their fundraising.
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Booker: And yet like a thug, you're going after journalists. You're stonewalling this committee on how you're using govt resources to go after reporters.
September 15, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Booker: And yet like a thug, you're going after journalists. You're stonewalling this committee on how you're using govt resources to go after reporters.
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One thing that happened is other outlets are using Bettina's post whining about the story as their hook to report it.
Every major nightly news show covered the breaking story about a Russian oligarch bankrolling Donald Trump Jr's wedding celebration — except CBS.
September 15, 2026 at 6:27 PM
One thing that happened is other outlets are using Bettina's post whining about the story as their hook to report it.
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Kash claims the law requires he follow EOs.
Which, is assuredly not what the law requires.
Which, is assuredly not what the law requires.
September 15, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Kash claims the law requires he follow EOs.
Which, is assuredly not what the law requires.
Which, is assuredly not what the law requires.
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Ut oh.
Kash is now getting out his index cards and his troll book.
Kash is now getting out his index cards and his troll book.
September 15, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Ut oh.
Kash is now getting out his index cards and his troll book.
Kash is now getting out his index cards and his troll book.
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Blumenthal: Say, are you going to investigate Don Jr getting his wedding party paid for by a corrupt Russian oligarch?
Kash: Never heard of it.
Kash: Never heard of it.
September 15, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Blumenthal: Say, are you going to investigate Don Jr getting his wedding party paid for by a corrupt Russian oligarch?
Kash: Never heard of it.
Kash: Never heard of it.
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Now Sommer is explaining what Jersey barriers are to a judge (the Jersey barriers are WILDLY unrelated to the discovery request she's supposed to be reviewing, bc they are unrelated to DOJ's own description of the investigation).
September 15, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Now Sommer is explaining what Jersey barriers are to a judge (the Jersey barriers are WILDLY unrelated to the discovery request she's supposed to be reviewing, bc they are unrelated to DOJ's own description of the investigation).
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Here's how Sommer explains why the Jan6 criminal purporting to target "antifa" at Main Justice was listed as the author of her work.
It ... doesn't help her argument that Main Justice is not personally involved in this case.
It ... doesn't help her argument that Main Justice is not personally involved in this case.
September 15, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Here's how Sommer explains why the Jan6 criminal purporting to target "antifa" at Main Justice was listed as the author of her work.
It ... doesn't help her argument that Main Justice is not personally involved in this case.
It ... doesn't help her argument that Main Justice is not personally involved in this case.
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Whoa.
Hirono: Where's your answer to questions about your travel.
Kash: It's already public.
Grassley: KASH IS SO TRANSPARENT!!!
Durbin: A letter was just referenced. It is here. It is dated July 20. We on the Democratic side just got it last night.
Hirono: Where's your answer to questions about your travel.
Kash: It's already public.
Grassley: KASH IS SO TRANSPARENT!!!
Durbin: A letter was just referenced. It is here. It is dated July 20. We on the Democratic side just got it last night.
September 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Whoa.
Hirono: Where's your answer to questions about your travel.
Kash: It's already public.
Grassley: KASH IS SO TRANSPARENT!!!
Durbin: A letter was just referenced. It is here. It is dated July 20. We on the Democratic side just got it last night.
Hirono: Where's your answer to questions about your travel.
Kash: It's already public.
Grassley: KASH IS SO TRANSPARENT!!!
Durbin: A letter was just referenced. It is here. It is dated July 20. We on the Democratic side just got it last night.
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Peter Welch: Did you investigate the journalist who reported that you're a drunk.
Kash: I'm entitled to push back and I'm taking her to court.
Welch: That was not the question.
Kash: You hate Trump's success!
Welch: Did the FBI investigate Fitzpatrick.
Kash: No. His time's up.
Kash: I'm entitled to push back and I'm taking her to court.
Welch: That was not the question.
Kash: You hate Trump's success!
Welch: Did the FBI investigate Fitzpatrick.
Kash: No. His time's up.
September 15, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Peter Welch: Did you investigate the journalist who reported that you're a drunk.
Kash: I'm entitled to push back and I'm taking her to court.
Welch: That was not the question.
Kash: You hate Trump's success!
Welch: Did the FBI investigate Fitzpatrick.
Kash: No. His time's up.
Kash: I'm entitled to push back and I'm taking her to court.
Welch: That was not the question.
Kash: You hate Trump's success!
Welch: Did the FBI investigate Fitzpatrick.
Kash: No. His time's up.
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I recommend this post to everyone as an explanation of how we got here.
From last week, in honor of all the good pieces out this week on how corrupt Trump and Jared are.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTod...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTod...
Corruption is a Process
YouTube video by emptywheel
www.youtube.com
September 15, 2026 at 3:32 PM
I recommend this post to everyone as an explanation of how we got here.
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Kash shakes hands with a Grassley staffer who says, "nice, nice, nice" to him.
September 15, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Kash shakes hands with a Grassley staffer who says, "nice, nice, nice" to him.
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Kash Patel is actively lying in his response to @schiff.senate.gov. He knows exactly how many FBI agents were involved in January 6 investigation, bc he demanded a list of them.
@markzaidesq.bsky.social @bradmossesq.bsky.social
@markzaidesq.bsky.social @bradmossesq.bsky.social
September 15, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Kash Patel is actively lying in his response to @schiff.senate.gov. He knows exactly how many FBI agents were involved in January 6 investigation, bc he demanded a list of them.
@markzaidesq.bsky.social @bradmossesq.bsky.social
@markzaidesq.bsky.social @bradmossesq.bsky.social
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Booker is going off, and Grassley is getting cranky at being called out for enabling Kash.
September 15, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Booker is going off, and Grassley is getting cranky at being called out for enabling Kash.
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Boris Johnson was aboard the train hit by a Russian drone near the Polish border today, but he's thought to be unharmed - DerSpiegel
September 13, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Boris Johnson was aboard the train hit by a Russian drone near the Polish border today, but he's thought to be unharmed - DerSpiegel
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FTC rescinds policy requiring health apps to notify customers after a breach cyberscoop.com/ftc-rescinds...
FTC rescinds policy requiring health apps to notify customers after a breach
The FTC has unanimously rescinded a Biden-era policy statement that required health and fitness apps to comply with federal data breach notification regulations.
cyberscoop.com
September 13, 2026 at 6:42 PM
FTC rescinds policy requiring health apps to notify customers after a breach cyberscoop.com/ftc-rescinds...
Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists prospect.org/2026/09/09/a...
Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American Prospect
New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.
prospect.org
September 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists prospect.org/2026/09/09/a...
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As we’re facing one shortage after another, probably a good time to start recognizing how corporate media subtly eases people into consent and acceptance.
We’ve seen this for a long time, normalizing exploitation and brutal precarity while scapegoating people for just wanting to live their lives.
We’ve seen this for a long time, normalizing exploitation and brutal precarity while scapegoating people for just wanting to live their lives.
August 29, 2026 at 3:54 PM
As we’re facing one shortage after another, probably a good time to start recognizing how corporate media subtly eases people into consent and acceptance.
We’ve seen this for a long time, normalizing exploitation and brutal precarity while scapegoating people for just wanting to live their lives.
We’ve seen this for a long time, normalizing exploitation and brutal precarity while scapegoating people for just wanting to live their lives.
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The wealth and oligarchical classes are funding everybody from the GOP to the Democrats to the Far Right Tucker brigade. Sock puppets all the way around. If you’re serious about fighting your way out of this you have to recognize that fact and quit falling for this bullshit.
September 8, 2026 at 2:10 PM
The wealth and oligarchical classes are funding everybody from the GOP to the Democrats to the Far Right Tucker brigade. Sock puppets all the way around. If you’re serious about fighting your way out of this you have to recognize that fact and quit falling for this bullshit.
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The other day I argued Iran was just bleeding out the US to benefit China and Russia.
This lays this out:
Inducing the US to blow through its interceptors
Forcing the US to withdraw from the Middle East
This lays this out:
Inducing the US to blow through its interceptors
Forcing the US to withdraw from the Middle East
New midweek update out (first part free). The US might be running out of Patriot interceptors quicker than people realize--and that will matter more than Iran being deprived money. People have their heads in the sand about the real state of US power. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/midweek-up...
Midweek Update #27: When Will The US Run Out Of Patriot Interceptors?
More And More This Looks Like The End Of An Era; China And Russia Must Be Loving This
phillipspobrien.substack.com
September 10, 2026 at 7:59 AM
The other day I argued Iran was just bleeding out the US to benefit China and Russia.
This lays this out:
Inducing the US to blow through its interceptors
Forcing the US to withdraw from the Middle East
This lays this out:
Inducing the US to blow through its interceptors
Forcing the US to withdraw from the Middle East