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[Natalie Winters @nataliegwinters]

REVEALED: China-Linked Influence Group Paid to Cultivate Dozens of U.S. Journalists and Manufacture “Positive” Coverage of the Chinese Communist Party.

CNN. NPR. NYT. WaPo. Reuters. NBC. Bloomberg. Politico. Vox.

Here are their names. 🧵

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

Lets not forget the time Dijonai went on a drunk racist rant against a cab driver. When people show you who they are believe them

[JD™ @LostMyHats]

Young men, don’t let anyone tell you that you aren’t a good capitalist because you rightfully complain about how hard it is to buy a home, pay your mounting bills, buy your family groceries, or keep a roof over your head.

It didn’t always used to be this way, the deck really is stacked against you, and turning you into debt cattle, tax slave, and lifelong renter were the goals of very wealthy and powerful people since they first assigned you a number. Because that’s what you are to them.

Your right to complain about it is written in your sweat and blood. And no. You are not experiencing “capitalism.” You are experiencing exploitation they call “capitalism.”

You are competing for a starter home against global capital with access to money you could never borrow at rates you could never get. You are paying taxes into a system that subsidizes corporations large enough to purchase the politicians who write the rules governing those corporations. You are watching losses get socialized while profits remain private, industries consolidate until “competition” means choosing which logo gets to fleece you, and financial institutions turn necessities like housing, medicine, education, and even food into investment vehicles to be squeezed for maximum yield.

That is not a free market. That is a market with a thumb and an entire federal bureaucracy sitting on the scale.

Real Capitalism requires meaningful competition, private property, enforceable contracts, and honest money. When the powerful can purchase exemptions, subsidies, bailouts, regulatory moats, preferential financing, cheap foreign labor, and political influence, while you get a mortgage at seven percent and a lecture about skipping Starbucks, somebody has rigged the %*#* game.

You work. You produce. You build. You fix. You haul. You create things people need. and then you watch an ever-growing procession of governments, banks, monopolies, middlemen, institutional investors, and politically connected parasites reach into your pocket to take it.

There is nothing anti-capitalist about objecting to that. That is a rigged table where the house writes the rules, deals the cards, owns the casino, lends you the money to play, and then calls you “anti-capitalist” and “unpatriotic” when you notice.

Heck, I’ll even complain *with* you. It’ll be fun. But we’ll have to do it while we work because a single day off might cause cascading financial ruin and then they’ll call us lazy.

[Jeff Dye @JeffDye]

White privilege? 🙄🤔 GTFOH

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

I’ll soon be introducing a bill to withhold all federal funding for cameras used to track American citizens.

[BC @fireboardinem]

@CWilliamson44 Just checked out your feed. So stunning and brave. There aren’t enough male feminists commenting on sports. You go!

[Bret Weinstein @BretWeinstein]

A man in effect sentenced to death for exercising his right to informed consent. That's not an exaggeration given he apparently had willing donors. Oh, and he turned out to be right about the Covid shots, not that it matters

Can you imagine losing your husband or father this way?

[Enes Kanter FREEDOM @EnesFreedom]

After careful consideration and reviewing the current eligibility guidelines,
I’m officially declaring myself a @WNBA prospect.

If simply declaring who you are is all that’s required, then I meet every single requirement necessary to compete in the WNBA.

My team and I have carefully examined the WNBA’s eligibility criteria and governing framework surrounding self-identification and inclusion. Based on the current guidelines, I can and am officially declaring my eligibility for the upcoming WNBA draft in April 2027.

I know my presence on the court will stir up strong opinions.
I am definitely not here to mock, make fun of, or disrespect any community or personal choices.
I’m simply asking that the current rules be applied equally to everyone — the rules that represent the very values many WNBA players and coaches have publicly advocated for.
My team and I are prepared to ensure these guidelines are applied equally, consistently, and without exception, and I look forward to the #WNBA honoring its stated principles.

See you at training camp.

https://t.co/zlwWpVF0Ou

[BC @fireboardinem]

Stop me if you’ve heard this one…

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Accountability is coming.

[BC @fireboardinem]

@SenRandPaul Blah blah blah. He won’t lose a thing or face a single real consequence

[Bobby Weir @BobWeir]

All 𝘞𝘦 know, 𝘠𝘰𝘶 sang a little while and then flew off…
Laugh in the sunshine,
Sing,
Cry in the dark,
Fly Through The Night. ♥️

Our Greatest Gift Was You, Thank You Forever, Bobby.
#nfa #300years

Photo by Chloe Weir.

[BC @fireboardinem]

In his own words

[John Mayer @JohnMayer]

Today marks a year since Dead and Company played our last of three shows in Golden Gate Park helping to celebrate 60 years of @GratefulDead . It would also become Bob Weir’s last appearance onstage. I wanted to take a moment to share with you just how incredible those concerts really were. Bobby’s insistence on standing on that stage in the midst of a complex health battle to perform nine hours of music over three nights was one of the greatest acts of heroism I will ever see in my lifetime. I watched him sidestep every traditional burden of entertainers - ego, superficial pride, vanity, to name a few - and sing his songs with pure heart and grit. He transcended his physical limitations by ignoring them. Bobby Weir, ever the contrarian, laid down his ultimate act of defiance; he was going to play these shows on his terms. He could have explained his situation in one online post, and the crowd would have lifted him like a giant wave up to glory. Fuck that. That wasn’t Bobby. Deal the cards. By the end of Sunday night, we’d created as many musical sparks as we ever had over a three night run. What he had to overcome in order to pull that off won’t ever be fully known to anyone. Some of the songs Bobby would play for the last time were shared with artists he loved and respected, @BillyStrings , #sturgillsimpson, #grahamelesh, @treyanastasio , and they’ve come to serve as a spiritual transfer. A blur between past, present and future. Like it’s always been. To use his own term, those three nights were the star in Bob Weir’s heavenly crown. The man you loved, whose music has given a more expansive inner life to us all, never backed down. In his final shows, after 60 years, he lived up to every measure of a person he’d ever stood for. It’s a master class of a life lesson, and I’ll take it with me forever.

[BC @fireboardinem]

lol hell yeah

[Natalie Winters @nataliegwinters]

REVEALED: Here Are the Mainstream Journalists on China’s Payroll 🚨

I exclusively uncovered the identities of prominent U.S. journalists flown to China by a CCP-linked influence operation seeking “favorable coverage” and “positive messages” about Beijing. 🧵

[BC @fireboardinem]

@libsoftiktok Always in the eyes 👀

[BC @fireboardinem]

@its_The_Dr Why are you stealing @BenBankas shit you fuckhead

[Bryson DeChambeau @brysondech]

Obviously disappointed with the ruling. I don’t agree with it, but it is what it is. This fires me up. Onto the weekend. Let’s get it.

[BC @fireboardinem]

@4KTSwervo What a fkin dork

[BC @fireboardinem]

Hell yeah! Break out the Jimmy Buffett shirts and bucket hats. And cargo shorts. Can’t wait to see the in-depth features on the piss smell and crumbling concourses!

[MLB @MLB]

The 2027 All-Star Game is coming to Wrigley Field!