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Lorry :unverified:<p>Glad to see that multi-millionaire MTG is keeping up the MAGA grift, even in a recession.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grift</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MTG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MTG</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OnlyFans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlyFans</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nepotism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
C.<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://spore.social/@yoginho" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>yoginho</span></a></span> </p><p>Rule of thumb: if a company operating in a highly technical scientific space chooses to release its progress reports or results in an "exclusive" with a mainstream media outlet, rather than via a scientific journal, it's not a scientific company. It's a financial grift.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/technical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technical</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/VC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VC</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/VentureCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VentureCapital</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/investor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investor</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/unicorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unicorn</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/BS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BS</span></a></p>
Ehay2k<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>knittingknots2</span></a></span> </p><p>It's all a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a>.</p>
Wokebloke for Democracy<p>No paywall on this editorial-<br>"Mr. Trump is saying there will be no tariff exemptions. But watch that promise vanish as politicians, including Mr. Trump, see exemptions as a way to leverage campaign contributions from business. Liberation Day is Buy Another Yacht Day for the swamp."</p><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-liberation-day-tariffs-protectionism-82d0aa3a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-l</span><span class="invisible">iberation-day-tariffs-protectionism-82d0aa3a</span></a><br><a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grift</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a></p>
Maggie Maybe<p>I feel like an old person screaming at the clouds, but the banks are getting really weird lately.</p><p>If you follow me I’m sure you’ve seen me rant about <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Discover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discover</span></a> card changing what they will allow people to dispute.</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/USAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAA</span></a> lowered my credit card limit &amp; didn’t tell me. I wouldn’t be sure of it if I didn’t have an old statement to look at because it’s the same old limit from a few years ago, but they did.</p><p>I’m also pretty sure that they used to show the running total under the transaction description and amount, and it’s gone now. This is confusing because I just made a payment, that shows pending, and I can’t tell if the new amount is after the payment or not until after it posts, but I’m pretty sure that was the balance before I made the payment. </p><p>And <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Wallgreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wallgreens</span></a> is a pharmacy not a bank, but I still think it’s shady AF that they took the retail price off the pharmacy print out so I have no idea what my medications cost without insurance until I get my EOB. I like knowing what these medication’s cost. Having this information made me decide that getting 10 mg of sumatriptan is absolutely stupid because six of those cost Medicare $800 when it’s less than $80 for six 5 mg &amp; I can just get two of those instead (even though I pay two copays that way they’re only $4.15 so it’s worth it to not drain <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicare</span></a> unnecessarily.)</p><p>Am I just an old person <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/screaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>screaming</span></a> at clouds now? </p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banking</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/CapitalismIsAScam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalismIsAScam</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/@allochthonous" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>allochthonous</span></a></span><br>A word I learned from Paul Krugman — he uses it a lot — kakistocracy: <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakistocracy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakist</span><span class="invisible">ocracy</span></a></p><p>Search "Krugman kakistocracy"; lots of examples. I used to read Krugman's economics papers — for the economics, of course! Then I read his NYT columns for commentary. I thought he became too shrill. Silly me.</p><p>You know the whole trump/musk efficiency thing = BS, when you realize the Make America Great jerk manufactures his dreck in China. Public can rot for all trump cares.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a></p>
William<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lisamelton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lisamelton</span></a></span> Everything is for sale… <a href="https://mast.wmclark.com/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a> <a href="https://mast.wmclark.com/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mast.wmclark.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
Wen<p>Charlatans and liers bid for our money</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ratcliffe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ratcliffe</span></a>, who has an estimated fortune of about £12bn, quit the UK for tax-free Monaco in 2020. He is now urging ministers to help support the club’s vision withpublic funds to regenerate the surrounding area.</p><p>The club has claimed the project – eagerly backed by ministers ] could help deliver a £7.3bn annual boost to the UK economy by 2039. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/22/tax-exiles-half-baked-scheme-jim-ratcliffe-challenged-over-man-utd-plan-to-use-public-funds-for-2bn-stadium-project" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/football/2025/</span><span class="invisible">mar/22/tax-exiles-half-baked-scheme-jim-ratcliffe-challenged-over-man-utd-plan-to-use-public-funds-for-2bn-stadium-project</span></a></p><p>Help is doing a great deal of lifting here.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grift</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GoodMoneyAfterBad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoodMoneyAfterBad</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The current State of the Union boils down to two words.</p><p>Donald Trump, the President of the United States who is also Predator in Chief."</p><p>~ Wendell Griffen</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a><br>/15</p><p><a href="https://wendellgriffen.substack.com/p/the-state-of-the-union-in-two-or" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wendellgriffen.substack.com/p/</span><span class="invisible">the-state-of-the-union-in-two-or</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Noah Berlatsky comments on Trump's pump and dump crypto scheme:</p><p>"If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to live in an authoritarian kleptocracy, this is it."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a><br>/13</p><p><a href="https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-crypto-reserve-grifting-corruption" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">publicnotice.co/p/trump-crypto</span><span class="invisible">-reserve-grifting-corruption</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Grifters looking to siphon money out HUD.</p><p>Propublica: U.S. Housing Agency Considers Launching Crypto Experiment </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/hud-considers-crypto-blockchain-stablecoin-housing-urban-development" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/hud-con</span><span class="invisible">siders-crypto-blockchain-stablecoin-housing-urban-development</span></a></p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hud</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a></p>
wyattFor legal reasons I must state that this chip is in fact blank. I would never do something as illegal and wrong as writing my own ROM chip for hardware I own, that hasn't been manufactured in 30 years, when there's a company (that didn't develop it) which is actively licensing said ROM. <a class="hashtag" href="https://soc.megatokyo.moe/tag/amiga" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amiga</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://soc.megatokyo.moe/tag/cloanto" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cloanto</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://soc.megatokyo.moe/tag/retrocomputing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://soc.megatokyo.moe/tag/eprom" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eprom</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://soc.megatokyo.moe/tag/grift" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grift</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://soc.megatokyo.moe/tag/cbm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cbm</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://soc.megatokyo.moe/tag/commodore" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commodore</a>
Airplanista 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> I have used both eBay and Craigslist for years to off-load stuff, until lately. Craigslist has been taken over by bots, and eBay just produces a flurry of <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/scammy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scammy</span></a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/assholes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assholes</span></a> running whatever <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a> they're into today.</p><p>Someone told me about <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> Marketplace, but when I see loads of 2015 Corvettes for $1, Kawasaki crotch rockets for $50 or Masaratis for $500, I run fast the other way.</p><p><a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> cranked up to 11.</p>
KB Sez<p>Trump was at the super bowl for only 3 and 1/2 hours. It cost $20 million. That's $95,238.09 per minute. $1,587.30 per second. Where’s President Musk’s efficiency bros?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waste</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grift</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SuperBowl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperBowl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Loser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Loser</span></a></p>
65dBnoise<p>So the Chinese spend less than $1000 a year on health care to live a 78 year life, while Americans spend 10x more to live just as long?</p><p><a href="https://substack.com/@etopol/note/c-91675295" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/@etopol/note/c-91</span><span class="invisible">675295</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a></p>
Arp Laszlo • Comics • AuDHD<p>The <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USTreasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USTreasury</span></a> data has been compromised (if not, it's pretty damn close) so here's a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PSA</span></a>:</p><p>FREEZE YOUR <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CREDIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CREDIT</span></a> REPORTS.</p><p>NOW.</p><p>The <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> data is either going to be sold to thieves or used to f people over because that's what Those People do.</p><p>Lock your credit down before you get calls from collection agencies wondering why you haven't made any payments on [something] you didn't know you bought. If your credit can't be freely checked, they can't open new lines of credit to buy swastikas on Etsy or whatever the f they buy.</p><p><a href="https://bricksandclicks.marketing/security/how-to-freeze-your-credit-reports/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bricksandclicks.marketing/secu</span><span class="invisible">rity/how-to-freeze-your-credit-reports/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FinancialFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialFraud</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/IdentityTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IdentityTheft</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grift</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GriftersGottaGrift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GriftersGottaGrift</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"President Trump’s corrupt retribution against the Justice Department is now fully underway, with a series of moves over the past 24 hours that in any other era would be the defining political and legal story of the age. Today, it didn’t even make the front page of the New York Times."</p><p>~ David Kurtz</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <br>/2</p><p><a href="https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/trump-takes-his-corrupt-retribution" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.</span><span class="invisible">com/p/trump-takes-his-corrupt-retribution</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"You simply cannot cover Trump’s second term accurately and responsibly if you are not willing to situate his acts as part of a terrifying descent into authoritarianism, racism, and cruelty.</p><p>And the mainstream political media – for a variety of reasons -- is not willing to do anything of the kind."</p><p>~ Dan Froomkin</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://criticalread.substack.com/p/why-is-trump-coverage-so-feeble" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">criticalread.substack.com/p/wh</span><span class="invisible">y-is-trump-coverage-so-feeble</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The simple truth is that Donald Trump gave a major speech, the first speech of his second presidency, and ignored almost every significant issue facing the working families of this country."</p><p>~ Bernie Sanders</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SuperRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperRich</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/memecoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memecoin</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpCoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoin</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WorkingClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkingClass</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/rices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rices</span></a><br>/5</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/23/bernie-sanders-trump-inauguration-speech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/jan/23/bernie-sanders-trump-inauguration-speech</span></a></p><p>So when all was said and done, the only country that opened [its] prisons and sent crazy</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Donald Trump doesn’t always separate his personal interests from his public obligations, and a howling example is his sudden new status as a crypto billionaire. The President is inviting trouble with what looks like remarkably poor judgment.”</p><p>~ Wall Street Journal</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SuperRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperRich</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/memecoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memecoin</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpCoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoin</span></a> <br>/4</p><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-crypto-token-melania-securities-and-exchange-commission-8cb7abf2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-c</span><span class="invisible">rypto-token-melania-securities-and-exchange-commission-8cb7abf2</span></a></p>