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[Ann @Ann_earthling]

Inhale deeply the GOP Koolaid vape of day, this one is called "Nostalgically Nice Gaslight".

[David Brooks @DavidBrooks224]

Instead of spending the past 3 years on Mueller and impeachment suppose Trump opponents had spent the time on an infrastructure bill or early childhood education? More good would have been done.

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

A Library Dedicated Solely to the Epstein Files Is Opening in New York | WIRED https://t.co/eKWpkuuHsj

[Dave Troy @davetroy]

1/Trump’s Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh is the son in law of Trump’s Greenland whisperer (and major Greenland investor) Ron Lauder. Warsh also was partying with Epstein at Christmas in 2010, two years after Epstein’s conviction.

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

🚨The Supreme Court may be on the verge of further legalizing corruption & expanding Citizens United - thanks to two schemes, including one hatched by @JDVance.

@LeverNews worked with @RBReich & @IMCivicAction on this report exposing the plot.

Watch & pass it on👇

[capitolhunters @capitolhunters]

Hungary's Orban, installed 18 years ago by the same political operatives who pushed Trump and Netanyahu, was the model for MAGA. Today he's out. Powerful men here will be looking at these results and wondering what they can loot before our 2026 midterms 6/
https://t.co/KNGVpuyTtU

[CathyNotToday2 🌿 @Cathy2NotToday]

This is the result of the obscene abuse of school vouchers in Florida… it diverts already underfunded public school money .. and now the unelected Florida AG wants public funds released for religious schools

From a teacher friend :

“This is horrible news. My USF colleague who is a school counselor at Venice Middle School is being laid off. These are limited positions and will exacerbate the caseload of the existing school counselors. The losers in this situation are not just the dedicated professionals who give with the full hearts every day, but are also the students who will be lacking the much needed academic, social, and emotional support in their school settings. Every Sarasota parent should be fighting to bring back funding to our Sarasota County public schools”.

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

🚨NEWS: The prosecutor that Trump's DOJ appointed to investigate the Epstein Files was the chairman of - and has ongoing investments in - one of the major companies that has a potentially huge financial stake in the probe's outcome, according to documents reviewed by @LeverNews.

[Thomas Kennedy @tomaskenn]

The Florida House amended Senate Bill 484 to allow government officials to sign nondisclosure agreements with data center companies

https://t.co/CaCBzturaG

[Luke Goldstein @lukewgoldstein]

Marco Rubio's close friend/political fixer stands accused by DOJ of acting as a FARA agent for Venezuela in a major trial this month exposing an array of MAGA figures who participated in a sprawling foreign influence network featuring drug traffickers, FBI informants, bribes and money laundering reaching the highest rungs of the Trump admin including CoS Susie Wiles and Ballard Partners

[The Lever @LeverNews]

🚨 A Miami trial is exposing a sprawling foreign-influence network tied to Venezuela and pulling in Trump power brokers including Marco Rubio and chief of staff Susie Wiles.

At the center: a $50M lobbying deal, cartel figures, secret meetings, and coded messages.

Our investigation 👇

[The Lever @LeverNews]

Quick H/T to @propublica's new financial disclosure search tool — which helped surface the ethics filing behind our DHS scoop.

A former Anduril Industries insider is now overseeing Department of Homeland Security’s massive biometric surveillance dragnet.

[The Lever @LeverNews]

The official running Homeland Security’s massive database of face scans, fingerprints, and iris data left defense contractor Anduril days before taking the job.

Anduril could profit from the surveillance program he now oversees. And yes, he still holds stock.

https://t.co/57wkhEirMs

[Bette Dangerous @Heidi_Cuda]

Hot Type: How The US-Israel War in Iran Is Also Targeting European Democracy

In @BylineTimes I investigate a key target in the US-Israel war in Iran: European democratic leaders who are damned if they do support the war and damned if they don't

1/

https://t.co/i3niV6QVw3

[capitolhunters @capitolhunters]

Let’s talk about Graham Platner’s Big Lie. In 2009, at the height of the Gulf War, the Marines barred him from active duty. Platner claims it was his forearm tattoos. But his one forbidden tattoo was the Nazi symbol on his chest. He left the Marines rather than give it up. 1/

[Dr Nafeez Ahmed @NafeezAhmed]

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Palantir provided the 'minority report' intel used to justify US-Israeli strikes on Iran - and is now profiting from the war. All three of its top figures publicly advocated for this conflict. One called it an investment opportunity 🧵/1 https://t.co/QYIvfx7ovw

[Dave Troy @davetroy]

Withdrawal from NATO. Abolishing the Federal Reserve. Terminating aid to Ukraine. These are the positions of both Vladimir Putin and Rep. Thomas Massie.

Epstein transparency is good — Massie is not, and shouldn’t be given power.
https://t.co/wMKJzubxz4

[Dave Troy @davetroy]

Difficult to see how crypto markets survive this. BTC will likely collapse in a cascading wave as it pushes through successive levels of support. Saylor likely to go defunct.

If Warsh is confirmed (he should not be; as Ron Lauder’s son in law he is close to the KGB/Epstein network) then he will be beholden to Trump, who wants a weaker dollar, despite the fact it will fuel inflation. Warsh is otherwise known as a “hawk” but may not be if under duress.

Meanwhile China is angling to make the Renminbi a reserve currency, and why not — there appears to be an opening.

But for the dollar to be upended, which is really the Epstein/Putin/Bannon/Xi goal and long-running project, will depend on a compliant Fed chair.

So, Senate: the fate of the US and the dollar is in your hands. Don’t allow a Fed chair that isn’t independent. Block Warsh and don’t settle for anything but an honest analyst loyal to the dual mandate. Anything else is national suicide.

[Brian J. Karem @BrianKarem]

I can't say I'm surprised, but . . .
The Donald just asked ME and anyone who didn't answer his survey if we are ILLEGAL ALIENS. And then? He threatened to have ICE come and track me down.

Maybe we just think you're an asshole.

[Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis]

This is quite an exchange with @DavidAFrench about whether we are witnessing the emergence of a "dual state."

[NoelCaslerComedy @caslernoel]

DHS: ‘Trust us, he was no choir boy’

World: ‘He was in fact a choir boy, Boy Scout, ICU nurse and all around stand up guy who died being a hero at the hands of absolute ICE zeros’.