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NEW: One of my favorite columnists, @jenrubin.bsky.social has left the WaPo, to join with Norm Eisen in launching a new publication: The Contrarian. In a parting kick in the nuts to Bezos, the tagline is: “Not owned by anybody.” Rubin told CNN it's pro-democracy, with two dozen contributors aboard.

Thank you, Suzy, so much for those kind words. You have always been “there” for me. I am definitely not giving up, and I appreciate your big big hugs!

Dear BlueSky family, esp. my cancer friends:
Then & Now.Unfortunately my CT scan on Jan. 6 showed much progression & metastasis. After 3 1/2 yrs. of continuous chemotherapy, I will start a new one, gratefully.But my prognosis is bleak.I may remain here, but I want you all to know I APPRECIATE you.🩷✝️

So sorry for everyone affected…including you, our dear Mark. 💔

Hard to process the devastation I’ve witnessed in the last two days. Still in a state of shock for those who have lost so much in such a short period of time. #NoWords 💔

This

Chip Carter, the son of former president Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn, on his parents:

"He was held up and propped up and soothed by an amazing woman, and the two of them together changed the world, and it was an amazing thing to watch from so close."

My eyes won't stop watering.

😭

@sandibachom.bsky.social Thank you so much for the follow back!

TRAILER: True Believers at the Insurrection - Road to the Capitol One journalist's eyewitness to the attack on American democracy

📌📌📌 This is the trailer to my award winning documentary about how we got to January 6th. I will never stop telling the truth about that day!

Can’t even MAGA see how destructive & obscene this is?

@mcuban.bsky.social
Mark, Just want to say I am so glad you are here. Your voice is needed!
Thank you for engaging!

‘In a new realm’: China’s escalating cyberespionage leaving the U.S. ‘so vulnerable’ On Friday, the U.S. announced sanctions on China’s Integrity Technology Group, a cybersecurity firm linked to the Chinese hacking group Flax Typhoon, which has been accused of carrying out a litany of cyberattacks on Americans in recent weeks. China’s escalating cyberespionage campaign against the U.S. and its allies is one of the more overlooked stories, yet its stakes are intensifying. As cyber-attacks ramp up, top China cybersecurity expert Samm Sacks argues that the U.S. must decide whether to take a hardline approach in regulating critical industries vulnerable to attack. “Our system is so vulnerable,” says Sacks, we could find ourselves “essentially rebuilding it from scratch.”

ICYMI, China carried out a cyber-attack on 9 telecom giants, including Verizon and AT&T -- giving them access to your calls and texts.

We're “in a new realm here," says cybersecurity expert Samm Sacks. “We have to look at cyber-attacks as an extension of military power." #Velshi

Happy Saturday!😂

I’m with Harry.

Why I'm quitting the Washington Post Democracy can't function without a free press

Bravo, @anntelnaes.bsky.social.

I guess the new slogan for the Washington Post ought to be:

“Newspapers die in cowardice.”

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

Do you agree with Liz?

Anybody know what Erik Prince is up to these days?

I would LOVE to know.

The Militia and the Mole Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.

He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.

propub.li/3DGXECO

The population of Plains, Georgia is 573. Jimmy Carter knew his neighbors and they turned out to bid him a final farewell. 🇺🇸

Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.

He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.

Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

Thank you President Carter

These pallbearers are the agents sho protected him for decades

Thank goodness for people like former WAPO cartoonist @anntelnaes.bsky.social, American hero. This may only be the rough of the cartoon she planned to run before she was told she couldn't, but it speaks volumes, perhaps, especially in this form.

They are also paying Trump extortion money to ward off threatened retaliations for not spreading his propaganda enough, reprisals that include restricting/regulating their businesses and/or breaking them up.

I think we all wish they were better actors as a group. And the anti trust actions will hopefully clean some things up. Just realize they all look at this as their own version of Survivor. They each know that any of them could be the next IBM. A once dominant company turned into an afterthought

They just know they can’t let Trump write an executive order or make a move that changes the balance of AI power. And honestly, despite all the things to despise (and admire ) about each, it’s in the interest of national security and our economy for the dominant AI companies to be American

They don’t care about Trump. But they can’t let him put his “thumb on the scale “ and push them back, or one of the others forward.

Giving millions and kissing a ring when trillions are at stake, is nothing.

The Ring Kissers truly don’t know where AI will take their businesses or the world.

Why are Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk, Pichai and Tim Cook visiting and giving money to Trump ?

Because they are in “The Race “ to become the dominant platform in the world.

Amazon/Anthropic vs FB/LLama vs Google/Gemini vs Twitter/Grok, vs IPhones/ChatGpt is the penultimate global power war ever.

God help us!

To have a rich Civics Ed. Program in all our schools is fundamental. And with Trump planning to discard the Dept. of Education, we can look forward now to the most absurd state curricula, including banning classic books, installing Christian education, & obliterating sex education.