Prodigal Son

#NaziSCUM #AbolishICE
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The extraordinary spending in Montana is part of a new era of political power for the rapidly growing number of billionaires minted over the past eight years. The Times analysis found that 300 billionaires and their immediate family members donated more than $3 billion - 19 percent of all contributions — in federal elections in 2024, either directly or through political action committees. Five presidential elections ago, before the Supreme Court's 2010 ruling that lifted many remaining campaign finance restrictions, the share of billionaire spending was almost zero - 0.3 percent, to be precise. The billionaire families gave an average total of $10 million each in 2024, an amount roughly equal to what 100,000 typical political donors gave, combined. And that does not count money that billionaires contributed through dark money groups that do not have to disclose their donors.

Since Citizens United, Billionaires’ GOP Donations control US elections.

In 2024, ~300 billionaires gave 19% ($3b!!!) of all reported federal campaign contributions. (In 2008, it was just .3%)

Of $3b, the GOP received $2.5b—or 5/6 of billionaire💵. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u... What democracy?

A global food price shock looms as Middle East war rages on. Here's who will be hit hardest A widening Middle East conflict that disrupts trade through the Strait of Hormuz could ripple far beyond the energy markets, risking a spike in global food prices.

A global food price shock is looming as the Middle East war disrupts the Strait of Hormuz. Analysts warn threats to fertilizer and energy shipments could raise farming costs, cut yields, and drive food prices higher worldwide. #Trump #Iran #War #Economy #RisingPrices
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Iran war causing ‘largest disruption in history’ to oil supplies, says IEA ft.trib.al/XbkdrYZ

GOLDMAN: “.. we now assume 21
days (vs. 10 days prior) of low Strait of Hormuz oil flows at 10% of normal
levels before a 30-day gradual recover ..”

GOLDMAN: “.. higher geopolitical risk weighs on hiring and capex, and .. when shocks to geopolitical risk and oil prices occur simultaneously, the impact is roughly twice as large.” 👀

"Once supply chains are established and economies of scale take effect, there is essentially nothing to prevent sodium-ion batteries from fully taking over the market"

It wasn't long ago that we were told the energy transition would have to slow because the world didn't have enough lithium.

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Kolanovic.

2. In this clip we see Trump's guy Kenneth Jackson and DOGE lawyer Justin Aimonetti speak with MPD Commander Jason Bagshaw. Aimonetti shows Bagshaw paperwork supposedly proving Jackson is in charge. "I'm trying to go in as president and take control of the agency," Jackson says.

Here's a thread featuring clips of key moments from the DC Metropolitan Police body camera footage of the March 17, 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace that I obtained as a result of my FOIA lawsuit:

DOJ refuses to rule out immigration enforcement access to voter data “Your honor, I can honestly say I do not know the answer to that,” a DOJ attorney said.

When asked by a judge whether Attorney General Pam Bondi could use private voter data to see every voter’s legal status and utilize it for immigration enforcement, one DOJ attorney admitted:

“Your honor, I can honestly say I do not know the answer to that.”

The Vitruvian Man as a visual "gauge" or dial. The different arm angles of the figure correspond to labels along a color-coded arc (green to red), similar to a speedometer: REST – arm down (fully green) PET DOG – slight upward angle PET CHILDREN – moderate angle CALL TAXI – arm nearly horizontal CALL WAITER – arm raised high NAZI – arm fully extended upward at a straight angle (red zone)

Now you know.

Sen. Husted can’t testify in person in corruption trial due to 'Iran War,' but did come to Ohio for fundraiser U.S. Sen. Husted can't leave D.C., to testify in the largest public corruption trial in Ohio history due to the "Iran war," the defense attorneys said, but did find time to return for a fundraiser.

Senator Husted can’t testify in person in corruption trial due to '"Iran War," but did come to Ohio for fundraiser

Five years from now, I think this statement will receive the attention it deserves.

Picture of DOGE guy Nate Cavanaugh

Screenshot of my DOGE letter “Dr. Joseph Rezek Dear NEH Grantee, This letter provides notice that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is terminating your federal grant (Grant Application No. FEL29509824) effective April 3, 2025, in accordance with the termination clause in your Grant Agreement. Your grant no longer effectuates the agency's needs and priorities and conditions of the Grant Agreement and is subject to termination due to several reasonable causes, as outlined in 2CFR§200.340. For instance, NEH has reasonable cause to terminate your grant in light of the fact that the NEH is repurposing its funding allocations in a new direction in furtherance of the President's agenda. The President's February 19, 2025 executive order mandates that the NEH eliminate all non-statutorily required activities and functions. See Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, E.O. 14217 (Feb. 19, 2025). Your grant's immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government, including its fiscal priorities. Any objections or appeals to this termination will be managed in strict accordance with the President's Executive Orders,

Last year, this guy (left) from DOGE used ChatGPT to find NEH grants that were too “DEI” for Trump, and canceled them, including mine, as shown by the letter I received last April (right). Huge new NYT article on the back story link below

Why would any Democratic lawmakers attend the pedophile führer's State of the Union address? Why the fuck would y'all legitimize this corrupt, pedo-protecting authoritarian regime? Every motherfucking seat saved for a Democrat should be empty on Tuesday.

Screenshot of error "We're sorry! The post you are replying to has been deleted." when someone tries to reply to me.

If you can't reply to my posts because they're shown as deleted, it doesn't mean I blocked you. There is a weird bug where some people experience this issue. I opened a case with support about this.

Don’t turn on the State of the Union on Tuesday. Make it the lowest rated in history.

Things like this remind of why I married a Ukrainian and had 2 little Ukrainians of our own.
There is an unbreakable spirit that flows through most Ukrainians. Something Russians do not possess

I’m shocked.

‘No one deserves this’: Beaverton father dies after deportation to Mexico A Beaverton family is grieving after the father, who was detained and deported by ICE, has now died.

This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported.

He finally died.

I am so angry.
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The easiest way to understand this is that the charges are consistent with the way the DOJ operates now. Engage in lawfare against the innocent to protect the guilty.

Samuel Alito is reportedly planning to retire this fall, handing Trump another Supreme Court pick to lock in the far-right supermajority for decades, because nothing says "originalist" like gaming the system to protect your legacy.

Remember back in the day when Congress used to be in charge of appropriations?

🚨 Williams et al v. Board of Elections of the State of New York et al Learn more here.

About to go to lunch in New York City. I will be enjoying a tall glass of GOP tears.

Proud of the great work by the lawyers at my firm handling this crucial case. www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...

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The president is burning up the American middle class with the largest tax increase since the early 1990s, which itself is snowballing the price of everything from coffee to clothes to carpets to car parts.

Yet this isn’t a major, ongoing, attention-grabbing story.

Trump added $12.5T to the debt in one term—over a third of all U.S. debt racked up by 44 other presidents combined.

That’s not “fiscal conservatism,” it’s a demolition job on our future.
#TrumpAffordabilityChaos