CaptainCook

Rock n' roller with a passion for post-punk, raised on new wave, ongoing affair con synthpop, got drunk with punk, worked industrial; alternative state of mind

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

This is what leaders do when they don’t want free and fair elections. I’ve studied these activities in other countries moving towards autocracy.

[JerryRigEverything @ZacksJerryRig]

I'm voting for whoever promises to put these 9 people in jail... forever.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Donald Trump bought between $1 million and $5 million of Axon stock on Feb. 10.

Axon makes things like tasers and body cameras.

Two weeks later, ICE posted a notice seeking a five-year, $220 million taser contract, enough to more than quadruple its current inventory.

The notice seeking a contract doesn't name Axon, but experts say the specifications only match Axon products.

https://t.co/8U8UrgN0Dz

[Janus Films @janusfilms]

It's that time of year

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

The Supreme Court has dubbed Trump our King.

And just days before our nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4th no less.

It might sound like I’m exaggerating — but I’m not.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

NEW: Peter Thiel is funding a plan to build privatized city-states everywhere from Gaza and Venezuela to small towns in California.

The goal is to replace governments with for-profit companies.

We investigated how Thiel's scheme is already reshaping democracy across the world.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

We cannot consider #AI to be morally neutral. In reality, every technical tool embodies choices and priorities through what it measures, ignores, and optimizes, and how it classifies people and situations. Ethical discernment cannot be limited to asking whether we are using a system for good or bad purposes. It must also examine how that system is designed and what vision of the human person and society is embedded in the data and models that guide it. #MagnificaHumanitas

[Save Your Cinema @SaveYourCinema]

It's hard to believe Arclight Hollywood has been abandoned for 6 years. 14 screen multiplex on Sunset Blvd just sitting empty frozen in March 2020... It was the highest grossing theater in USA. So strange. @ArcLightCinemas

[Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff]

"Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles appointed by President Trump, is desperately trying to crowdsource proof of voter fraud after Republicans’ defeat." https://t.co/KRLhS4pcBQ

[Variety @Variety]

Conan O’Brien has partnered with cybersecurity AI firm Adaptive Security for a 15-part training series on spotting cyber threats emerging in the AI age.

The series will cover risks including deepfakes, voice cloning, impersonation, phishing and physical safety.

https://t.co/w1oGKeITRh

[CaptainCook @captaincook]

Idiocracy

[Scott Nover @ScottNover]

NEW: The White House is closing its doors to reporters on Sunday, the day of the big UFC fight on the South Lawn, unless UFC lets them in.

In a rare move, the White House is ceding control of all press credentialing to the mixed-martial-arts company.

https://t.co/Y4ly0HlVPt

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Project 2025 architect praises Trump for implementing Project 2025:

"We proposed 1,913 recommendations for Project 2025. 1,055 have been implemented."

[New York Magazine @NYMag]

In January, at the World Economic Forum, Jared Kushner presented a “Master Plan” for the future of Gaza. Kushner’s slideshow featured glossy images of coastal skyscrapers, a new tourism district with 180 towers, an airport, a seaport, and industrial complex zones. A phased reconstruction timeline promised to transform “New Rafah” and “New Gaza” into modern metropolises. The Master Plan was shared as part of the establishment of President Donald Trump’s so-called Board of Peace.

“Tellingly, the Davos slideshow just briefly mentioned basic services like water, electricity, and sewage for Palestinians in war-decimated Gaza,” writes Mohammed R. Mhawish. “Kushner’s presentation mentions Palestinians in the context of ‘demilitarization principles,’ claiming this process will be ‘led by Palestinians, internationally verified.’ The Palestinian public were not involved, not even consulted, in the drafting of these visions. Almost every decision about where they will live, how they will move, and what kind of life they may rebuild was made without them.”

From the perspective of Nour Alsaqqa, a media and communications officer in Gaza, it’s obvious that the Board of Peace’s proposals aren’t meant to restore life in Gaza. Rather, they serve interests that are mostly American, Israeli, and Gulf in character.

Over the past several months, Mhawish spoke with U.S. officials, legal scholars, and political analysts to understand the hierarchy of power within the Board of Peace and how its decisions are being made. Read his full report on what the proposals really mean for the future of Palestine: https://t.co/Pyi1e20q9h

[Julianne McShane @JulianneMcShane]

“[Pratt] was really able to vocalize for his community in the Palisades & the frustration there. But at one point he was worth $10 million — he blew through that. I don’t know how he’s supposed to handle a budget,” an ex-Hills producer tells @LAMaterial__:
https://t.co/ohDVWS9vd2

[Ric Torres @RicTorresII]

When “Faux Billionaire Progressive” @TomSteyer and MAGA Foo @spencerpratt both run for office at the same time. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 #BecerraEra

[John Fugelsang @JohnFugelsang]

We talk about how the J6 criminals meet the dictionary definition of “terrorist.”

But we as a nation still don’t talk enough about how these lawless quislings are also amoral unmanly racist little bitches.

Look at what Decomposing Man-Baby is forcing you to reward, with your tax $.

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

In leaked audio recordings, Peter Thiel revealed he told JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral issues, including the development of ethical AI.

Calling Leo XIV the “woke American pope,” he also suggested the American pope was a tool of the Antichrist.

Now, Pope Leo XIV is releasing what’s expected to be an historic encyclical addressing AI tomorrow morning. https://t.co/i3RoHOhJQM

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Donald Trump Jr is a paid strategic advisor for Kalshi, and a major investor and advisor for Polymarket.

The Trump administration is using taxpayer money to sue to protect their family’s investments.

This is what corruption looks like.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

This is the first day in a world without CBS News Radio, which had been broadcasting since 1927.

Through eighteen presidential administrations, nine popes, five British monarchs, and numerous wars.

Nearly 100 years of journalism, gone like that.

Bari Weiss killed it.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

How did I only just discover that Don Jr is marrying the daughter of a prominent Epstein enabler?

Her late dad, a banker, wrote Epstein a reference letter calling him "a gentleman of the highest integrity" to help get him tax breaks &… his island.

Can’t make this stuff up.