The Blank Check
In July 1991, Leslie Wexner signed over complete power of attorney to Jeffrey Epstein - a man with no degree and a thin resume. That document became the foundation for everything Epstein built.
The AI Deregulation Scam
Trump’s “ONE RULE” AI order eliminates state protections against deepfakes, discrimination, and child exploitation - and replaces them with nothing. Congress already rejected this 99-1.
Netflix Agreed to Buy Warner Bros. for $82.7 Billion. Watch That Word ‘Expects’.
You might have already heard about the biggest media deal of the decade this morning. Netflix just agreed to buy Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion. What you might not have caught is the single word doing all the heavy lifting in the official announcement. Netflix expects to continue releasing Warner Bros. films in theaters. Expects.…
GAO Auditors Created 23 Fake ACA Enrollees. All 23 Got Approved.
Wanna see where my critical thinking essays and current political news collide showing real world consequences? Awesome! Let’s go! On Wednesday, the Government Accountability Office released a report showing that 23 of 24 fictitious applications submitted by auditors were approved for subsidized Affordable Care Act coverage. Eighteen fake enrollees were still collecting over $10,000 monthly…
FBI Arrests Suspected January 5th Pipe Bomber After Nearly Five Years and 40,000 Videos
The FBI arrested Brian Cole Jr. this morning. A 30-year-old from Woodbridge, Virginia. Works at his family’s bail bonds company. Lives with his mom. Allegedly planted pipe bombs outside both the DNC and RNC headquarters on January 5, 2021. Almost five years. The FBI offered a $500,000 reward, conducted over a thousand interviews, reviewed nearly…
Amnesty International Says Alligator Alcatraz Held People in 2×2 Metal Boxes
They built a cage inside a cage. Amnesty International released a 59-page report today documenting conditions at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz detention facility. The findings include toilets overflowing with fecal matter into sleeping areas, food sometimes infested with maggots, stadium lights that stay on 24 hours a day, and detainees forced to unclog toilets with their…
Trump Wants to Revoke Citizenship From Naturalized Americans Convicted of Crimes
On Sunday on Air Force One, Trump told reporters he would absolutely revoke citizenship from naturalized immigrants convicted of crimes. Then came the qualifier: “If I have the power to do it - I’m not sure that I do, but if I do.” Here’s what prompted this announcement. Last Wednesday, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah…
Pete Hegseth Reportedly Ordered ‘Kill Everybody.’ Attacking Shipwrecked Men Is a War Crime.
Under the laws of war, you never attack anyone who is hors de combat: shipwrecked, wounded, defenseless, or already in your power. But on September 2, according to the Washington Post, Pete Hegseth gave an order to do exactly that. The DOD Law of War Manual is explicit about this. Section 5.9 states that persons…
Trump’s Ukraine ‘Peace Talks’ Were a Business Development Scheme for His Donors
Id say you won’t believe this, but Ive said that too many times. The Wall Street Journal dropped a huge investigation yesterday about Trump’s Ukraine peace talks, and the only surprising part is that anyone still calls this foreign policy. What they described was a business development scheme for the presidents friends, donors, and family…
Stop Letting ‘Electability’ Gaslight You Into Defeating Yourself Before Voting
After I posted that I thought AOC could win the presidency if she ran, I got a lot of pushback about how we shouldn’t support another woman candidate because it’s been proven one can’t win. Well, that’s a bunch of bullshit. DO NOT - I REPEAT - DO NOT BE GASLIT INTO BELIEVING THIS - …
Three Years Out and Democrats Are Already Catastrophizing About 2028
Democrats in my comments keep falling into the trap of electability panic about the 2028 presidential election. We’re three years out and people are already catastrophizing about who can’t win. It’s frankly exhausting. Let’s be real. Dem voters didn’t really want Hillary in 2016 - that’s why the party had to put its thumb on…
The $21 Billion Efficiency Disaster
DOGE died 8 months early, says the man running the federal HR office. Senate Democrats counted $21.7B in waste, one group put the chaos at $135B, and gutting the IRS could cost hundreds of billions more. The “efficiency” agency was never about saving money - it was about breaking things.