James Freeman

Proponent of disruptive technologies that further individual liberty.

[Riley Gaines @Riley_Gaines_]

When Tim Walz says men use tampons, he's explicitly referring to Keith Olbermann

[Disclose.tv @disclosetv]

JUST IN - Brazil seized $3.3 million from X and Starlink bank accounts to "pay for fines" imposed by the country's Supreme Court.

[Gad Saad @GadSaad]

Who is going to cheat more in the upcoming US presidential elections?

[James O'Keefe @JamesOKeefeIII]

Top ActBlue Donor in Colorado Questions $230K in Donations: 'I’ve Been Retired So I don’t Have Steady Income' Amid Fundraising Suspicions

"No, my money’s not being stolen. There’s nothing there to steal," insists Sonia ImMasche, a retired Colorado resident, who has reportedly donated over $230,000 to ActBlue from 2017 to 2023. Living in a retirement home and having been retired for 21 years, ImMasche finds it hard to believe she could have contributed such a large amount. "It’s kind of expensive to live here, and I’ve been retired for 21 years, so I don’t necessarily have steady income," she explains, raising doubts about the legitimacy of these donations in her name.

ImMasche's concerns are compounded by a 2014 @nytimes article that featured her as a top donor for ActBlue, where she remarked, "It can get addictive" to keep donating. Reflecting on her history of contributions, she admits, "I started out giving like $25 a month." However, she has since scaled back, saying, "Now I'm down to $10 and $15 at the most."

Despite her conviction that no one is using her name fraudulently, ImMasche acknowledges that her son was alarmed by the volume of contributions, stating, "My son was having a breakdown. He was tracking my credit card and was going, ‘My God, you're donating way too much to politics.’" While she stands by the small amounts, she admits, "I’ve cut back quite a bit. Living here has kind of cut into my finances."

ImMasche’s situation is part of a larger pattern emerging across the country, where donors are linked to massive sums they struggle to account for.

@pweiser @ActBlue @FEC @ElectionWatchHQ

[Cernovich @Cernovich]

Kamala Harris cast tie breaking votes in her role as VP.

One infamous one, the Inflation Reduction Act, increased inflation.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

To be honest, I really wanted to respond with this Tropic Thunder meme, but I would NEVER do something so rude & irresponsible!

[Cernovich @Cernovich]

It’s true. We can let Israel and Iran fight. We can stay out of it. It’s literally that simple.

[Bret Weinstein @BretWeinstein]

Am I missing something, or has the usual series of post-shooting press conferences simply not materialized?

It seems we don’t even know the basics. How many of these questions have a satisfactory/confirmed answer?

Beyond ‘AR-15’ what weapon, exactly? How was it equipped? What type of ammunition, exactly? How many shots? How many unfired rounds left in the magazine? In the backpack? How many people were hit/grazed? Who are they and what are their injuries. What are President Trump’s injuries? How many fired rounds have been recovered? From where? Is the venue still an active crime scene, and if so, why was the roof being washed? What was the presumptive shooter doing over the several days prior? What was the transmitter for? What else was in the car? Was the shooter in contact with anyone by phone or other device while at the rally? Was the water tower covered? If so, how? If not, why not?

Feel free to provide any answers you think we have official confirmation of. And please suggest other questions that should be readily answerable.

@dbongino

[greg @greg16676935420]

Biden tweets during the debate: 48

Biden tweets after Trump shot: 0

[Kim Dotcom @KimDotcom]

The US Air Force directed the ATACMS missile strike against Russian civilians today. This is an act of war by the US Govt against Russia. Did Joe Biden seek permission from Congress to start a direct war with Russia? Did Americans sign up for this?

[Tim Pool @Timcast]

HOLY SHIT.

I knew Bidenflation was bad but I didn't realize how bad

[Not Elon Musk @ElonMuskAOC]

Joe, you should debate Trump on 𝕏.

Moderated by Tucker Carlson and Joe Rogan.

That way you can’t be spoon fed by CNN.

Thoughts?

[Leading Report @LeadingReport]

BREAKING: Judge will not allow former President Donald Trump to skip court to attend his son Barron's graduation and has threatened jail if he does.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

🚨 Congress gives itself a carve out in the reauthorization of FISA 702 warrantless spying on Americans.

The bill requires the FBI to notify and seek consent from Congress before violating the privacy of Congressmen.

This will persuade many members of Congress to vote yes.

[Michael Shellenberger @shellenberger]

TWITTER FILES - BRAZIL

Brazil is engaged in a sweeping crackdown on free speech led by a Supreme Court justice named Alexandre de Moraes.

De Moraes has thrown people in jail without trial for things they posted on social media. He has demanded the removal of users from social media platforms. And he has required the censorship of specific posts, without giving users any right of appeal or even the right to see the evidence presented against them.

Now, Twitter Files, released here for the first time, reveal that de Moraes and the Superior Electoral Court he controls engaged in a clear attempt to undermine democracy in Brazil. They:

— illegally demanded that Twitter reveal personal details about Twitter users who used hashtags he did not like;

— demanded access to Twitter’s internal data, in violation of Twitter policy;

— sought to censor, unilaterally, Twitter posts by sitting members of Brazil’s Congress;

— sought to weaponize Twitter’s content moderation policies against supporters of then-president @jairbolsonaro

The Files show: the origins of the Brazilian judiciary’s demand for sweeping censorship powers; the court’s use of censorship for anti-democratic election interference; and the birth of the Censorship Industrial Complex in Brazil.

TWITTER FILES - BRAZIL was written by @david_agape_ @elivieira & @shellenberger

We presented these findings to de Moraes, to the Supreme Court (STF), and to the High Electoral Court (TSE). None responded.

Let’s get into it...

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

The most important video of the year was filmed in 1983.

[Michael Malice @michaelmalice]

Let's face facts: if Kyle Rittenhouse had murdered two white people, he'd be in jail right now.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

There are two modern examples (Germany and Korea) where people were in essentially the same starting position, but the country got split along an arbitrary line.

One side went full government (communism), the other side went about half government. A few decades later, the standard of living in the fully government side was roughly 5 times lower. This gap widened further with time.

A good test of which system is better is “who needs to build a wall to keep people in?” – that’s the bad one.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

This week, @xAI will open source Grok