Lucky Luciano-born into democracy 83 yrs ago and I miss it

might not be long ...

No TRUMP?? - him actually in the news???

4 days I haven't seen any NEW news stories WITH him ....

No TRUMP?? - him actually in the news???

4 days I haven't seen any NEW news stories WITH him ....

No TRUMP ???

3 days I haven't seen NEW news stories about him ....

No TRUMP ???

3 days I haven't seen NEW news stories about him ....

No TRUMP ???

3 days I haven't seen NEW news stories about him ....

Your American health chief, folks! 🙃🇺🇸

US forces seize oil tanker off Venezuela coast Grainy footage uploaded to X by the attorney general shows US forces landing on the helicopter – in a major escalation of Trump’s pressure campaign

US forces seize oil tanker off Venezuela coast
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Follow live: Venezuela accuses US of 'piracy' after tanker seized off coast Donald Trump says the ship is the

The US says it has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela
www.bbc.com/news/live/cy...

"We've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, a large one... the largest one ever seized actually", US President Donald Trump told reporters at a White House event

Influence Mitch McConnel had over choice of Supreme court justices

Used procedural power to significantly shape Court's composition.

Merrick Garland (2016) - McConnell refused hearings or vote on Obama nominee - seat open til Trump got Neil Gorsuch in 2017.
and 3 or 4 more, research or ask AI

Easy...
Influence Mitch McConnel had over choice of Supreme court justices

Used procedural power to significantly shape Court's composition.

Merrick Garland (2016) - McConnell refused hearings or vote on Obama nominee - seat open til Trump got Neil Gorsuch in 2017.
& 3 more justices

Political calculation - Court appointments energize the Repub base and represent lasting legacy achievements
Institutional power - Demonstrating the Senate Majority Leader's ability to shape the judiciary
McConnell himself has called his handling of judicial appointments his proudest achievement.

His motivations likely included:

Ideological goals - Creating a conservative Supreme Court majority that would shape law for decades
Republican Party priorities - The Court's composition is a major concern for conservative voters on issues like abortion, gun rights, and regulatory power
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Amy Coney Barrett (2020) - McConnell rushed Barrett's confirmation in Oct 2020, weeks before the election while voting was already underway.

Brett Kavanaugh (2018) - McConnell pushed the confirmation through despite controversy, keeping his caucus unified.

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Influence Mitch McConnel had over choice of Supreme court justices

Used procedural power to significantly shape Court's composition.

Merrick Garland (2016) - McConnell refused hearings or vote on Obama nominee - seat open til Trump got Neil Gorsuch in 2017.
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More than $70tn of inherited wealth over next decade will widen inequality, economists warn Expert panel says report on gap in global wealth between rich and poor highlights need for intervention by G20

More than $70tn of inherited wealth over next decade will widen inequality, economists warn.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

EVERYTHING you know - YOU learned. What was once news - is now advertising for one side or the other. Companies learned that advertising works - "Wheaties, the Breakfast of Champions", etc sold a lot of cereal. Billionaires took that a step further and began buying Radio and TV conglomerates.

Amazon now has more than 1 million robots in its facilities—nearly matching the number of human warehouse workers, as the company employs about 1.56 million people globally, most of whom work in warehouses

Hercules robots can lift and transport up to 1,250 pounds of inventory.
Pegasus robots that use precision conveyor belts to handle individual packages
Proteus, mobile robot navigates open areas alongside employees while moving heavy carts
Vulcan, robot with touch sensitivity.

Amazon now has more than 1 million robots in its facilities—nearly the number of human warehouse workers, as the company employs about 1.56 million people globally, most of whom work in warehouses CRE Daily.
Roughly 3 in 4 Amazon global deliveries are currently assisted in some way by robotics

Bless All The People Boycotting Disney Thou shalt defend free speech.

Goodbye, Disney+!

AI will make the rich unfathomably richer. Is this really what we want? | Dustin Guastella The ‘knowledge economy’ promised cultural and social growth. Instead, we got worsening inequality and division. Artificial intelligence will supercharge it

It's about to get far worse. "valuations of AI startups are predicated on idea this technology has the power to eliminate the very need for human labor. And the business of layoffs is very lucrative."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

AI will make the rich unfathomably richer. Is this really what we want? | Dustin Guastella The ‘knowledge economy’ promised cultural and social growth. Instead, we got worsening inequality and division. Artificial intelligence will supercharge it

AI boom could represent the most efficient UPWARD redistribution of wealth in modern history.

valuations of AI startups is predicated on the idea technology has the power to eliminate need for human labor. business of layoffs is lucrative.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

here it is
bsky.app/profile/atru...

Too many replies here suggesting he is unique. He and MANY others are being groomed. There's a post here on bsky Fox news host saying "homeless? lethal injection, just kill them". They are using AI to track all of us. I'm getting seriously worried.

Here is a nice compilation of his viewpoints:

Welcome to 1984. Big brother informs us all.

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."