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GOOD NEWS
The weather forecast for Washington, DC is predicting brutally cold temperatures — in the low teens — on Inauguration Day.
Good.
Pennsylvania program helps overturn 50% of health insurance denials in first year, new data shows the state Insurance Department’s Independent External Review program launched in January 2024 has processed 517 appeal submissions from residents across the Commonwealth in its inaugural year.
U.S. regulators ban the dye called Red 3 from the food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk.
NY Governor Kathy Hochul is proposing free associates degrees at public colleges for most adults. New Yorkers age 25-55 would be able to get an associate degree in multiple fields at SUNY and CUNY schools at no cost. Books and other fees would also be covered by the state.
United States Enters into Agreement with Nigeria to Transfer $52.88M in Forfeited Corruption Proceeds for Uses to Benefit the Nigerian People
Lina Khan @linakhanFTC
When gig workers have tried to collectively bargain, some have claimed they are violating the antitrust laws.
Today @FTC clarified that antitrust laws do not block independent contractors from collectively organizing for better pay or conditions.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has sued Elon Musk, alleging he failed to properly disclose his ownership of X, which allowed him to buy shares at “artificially low prices”
EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY
We need a new word. One that means a combination of an oligarchy, a kleptocracy, and a kakistocracy, because that’s what we’re going to be living under. I can’t think of a word that’s adequate.
#BITCOIN IS RIPPING!!!
President Trump’s SEC to revamp #Bitcoin and crypto policy and may pause enforcement – Reuters
– Hong Kong legislator proposes adding #Bitcoin to national reserves
– Malaysia’s Prime Minister says Bitcoin and crypto “would revamp the financial world. We should not sit idly by and wait, and later be forced to do so after others have done it already.”
99,291.90 USD
New record 62% of all bitcoin didn’t move last year—the coins stayed in the same wallets, not sent in any transactions. This data indicates the growing confidence in bitcoin as a store of value, with a majority of the supply being saved long-term.
@JoeCarlasare
If your plan for bitcoin in 2025 is to “take profits” and buy back lower, here are four things I’d bet on:
1. You’ll get the timing wrong.
2. You’ll sell too early or fail to buy back in.
3. After taxes, you’ll end up with fewer bitcoin than you started with.
4. Five years from now, you’ll regret it.
In 1967, Buckminster Fuller predicted bitcoin. Fuller said, “By the year 2000, there will be a realistic, scientific accounting system. Wealth is not gold of pirates. Wealth is energy. Wealth always increases.”
A high-powered lawyer representing Meta in a copyright case said he was dropping the company as a client due to CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s “descent into toxic masculinity.”
BOOM! The head of Malta’s anti-money laundering police unit gets indicted for corruption. All eyes on Malta. They matter a lot.
Chris Wysopal @WeldPond
I am on the board of The Hacking Games which is dedicated to training and recruiting the next generation of cybersecurity defenders, particularly among Generations A and Z. The focus is on non-traditional talent which won’t have a cybersecurity degree or perhaps any degree.
The Hacking Games is searching for a visionary CTO to lead their AI-powered platform, HAPTAI. THG is tackling the global cybersecurity skills shortage head-on by attracting and training young talent through engaging content and AI-driven skills matching. This is a chance to join a mission-driven, angel-funded startup. As CTO, you’ll drive the technical strategy, oversee platform development, and build a high-performing engineering team. If you’re a hands-on leader with a passion for AI, cybersecurity, and making a real-world impact, you can check out the full job posting here
Now We know and have proof.
Deloitte’s salary data got hacked. Researchers got a hold of the hacked data and discovered Deloitte’s H-1B workers were paid 10% less than American workers.
Yemeni DNA reveals ancient ties to the Levant, Arabia and East Africa
BAD NEWS
Don’t read if you want to stay happy.
WARNING: Google Voice is flagging LEGITIMATE robocalls from insurance companies to their customers in L.A. regarding the fires as spam.
BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDERS! GOOGLE AI DOES IT AGAIN!
When it comes to tech, politicians and the Supreme Court are morons. Details of Meta changes show how Zuckerberg is really a major P.O.S. We always knew this, given that he started Facebook to avoid dates
with “ugly” women. But he’s world class P.O.S. now. And so is Meta.
Apple opts everyone into having their Photos analyzed by AI
Elsevier rewrites academic papers with AI — without telling editors or authors
Project 2025 We spent all that time leading up to the election warning folks about Project 2025, and one of the most dangerous nominees is having his hearing today—yet no one is talking about it. Russell Vought, co-author of Project 2025, is up for Director of the Office of Management and Budget. God complex ring a bell? They’ve prepared over 100 Executive orders for 1/20. Most of them are P25. People need to prepare for the onslaught. They will want people to feel helpless.
!!!! T H I S !!!!! A new FTC report shows that Big Pharma middlemen are jacking up prices by as much as 7,736%. Pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, are marking up the prices of specialty generic drugs and have made over $7 billion in excess revenue in the last 5 years.
Three people —Musk, Bezos & Zuckerberg — now own more wealth than the bottom half of American society. A handful of corporations control what is produced & the prices we pay. Capitalism is broken.
The Jack Smith report is beyond damning. Welcome back to the age of kings. Only 3 historical figures have been elected after a failed coup/takeover attempt — Napoleon III, Hitler & Chavez. All 3 times they ended democracy in their countries.
Serious questions for all the legal beagles out there:
- Given that Trump is still MR. Trump until January 20th, why the hell can’t he be indicted TODAY and charged, based on the wealth of evidence in Jack Smith’s report?
2) Why isn’t DOJ prosecuting all the other members of the Trump Conspiracy?!? NONE of them are immune. Indict every single one of them with highly detailed indictments — and force Trump to shut them down.
Buckle up, America. We’re about to witness the fucking absurdity of a convicted felon in the White House, backed by a Supreme Court that just rolled out the red carpet for presidential impunity. It’s not just a shitshow; it’s a fucking constitutional crisis.
More than 20 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S. died last quarter because of bird flu, – U.S. Department of Agriculture
Justin Sun invites you to join him at Trump inauguration for $50k
New: the vast majority of traffic, something like 90%, to a nonconsensual nudify app is coming from Meta platforms like Instagram. The nudify app pays for Instagram ads, Instagram gets cash, and drives people to the app. Meta directly helping spread it
Pete Hegseth cheated on his first wife then cheated on his second wife with his third wife.
“Pete Hegseth: The Short Course – 13 Steps to National Destruction”
“Trump’s nomination of Hegseth is best understood as part of a decapitation strike against the republic. A Christian Reconstructionist war on Americans le from the Department of Defense is likely to break the United States.”
Timothy Snyder
Pete Hegseth: The Short Course
SNYDER.SUBSTACK.COM
Mary L Trump @MaryLTrump
The capitulation is complete. Jodi Ernst signals her support of Pete Hegseth, an alleged sexual predator. Ernst, a veteran and a survivor of sexual assault, has no principles. She’s chosen to risk our national security by installing an unqualified hack to preserve her power.
Just incredibly depressing that humans spent so long trying to invent cures to diseases, succeeded against the odds, and that progress is now being erased by a small number of people spreading misinformation. Kindergarten Kids aren’t getting their measles vaccinations.
RFK Jr previously claimed his career as the founder and chairman of an anti-vaccine nonprofit was “unpaid” and “the opposite of a profit motive.” But after being nominated by Trump for health secretary, he admitted he had lied — he actually was paid a whopping $1.2 million.
Straight up oligarchy.
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerburg will all attend Trump’s inauguration—and will be seated on the platform with cabinet officials and elected lawmakers.
The next four years will be a massive grift for the wealthiest people in the world.
@RBReich
$10 billion in profits in 2023 while paying its CEO $26.7 million — 284x the typical John Deere employee.
And? Deere’s tax bill dropped by 54% thanks to Trump’s tax cuts, which paved the way for billions in stock buybacks. John Deere is a textbook case in corporate greed.
John Deere has announced more than 1500 layoffs in the last year.
They’re slashing union jobs in Iowa and moving to Mexico.
Paul Manafort Is Back to Wreck the World
Trump’s one-time aide-de-camp and bagman for corrupt foreign regimes is returning to his old stomping grounds
When banks rob people, nothing happens
Capital One stole $2 billion from its customers and will likely only pay a fine, if anything — proving once again that everything is legal for a price if you’re powerful.
Pete Hegseth is a Christian Reconstructionist
– a theocratic movement which advocates execution for violations of biblical law including witchcraft, adultery, homosexuality, blasphemy, & teenage rebellion. Pete Hegseth attends a church that belongs to the CREC, the evangelical denomination founded by Christ Church pastor Doug Wilson WHO SAID …..
IN OTHER WORDS, HOWEVER WE TRY THE SEXUAL ACT CANNOT BE MADE INTO AN EGALITARIAN PLEASURING PARTY.
A MAN PENETRATES, CONQUERS, COLONIZES, PLANTS. A WOMAN RECEIVES, SURRENDERS, ACCEPTS….
TRUE AUTHORITY AND TRUE SUBMISSION ARE THEREFORE AN EROTIC NECESSITY.
SOURCE: DOUG WILSON, “FIDELITY: WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AONE WOMAN MAN”: (CANON PRESS, MOSCOW, IDAHO, 1999).
Republicans keep writing laws that let the government forcibly “inspect” vaginas because Republicans are a party of rapists.
‘Billionaire’s Beach’
An investor who spent $27 million on a mansion that burned down on ‘Billionaire’s Beach’ only expects $3 million from insurance, per FORTUNE.
HOW ELON OWNS YOU
TruthLabs @BoringSleuth
https://x.com/BoringSleuth/status/1879544600722898984
You give Elon your consciousness to use so you can access a subscriptions model that censors your reach by orders of magnitude.
We tried it out and received 5 views in 12 hours.
When we applied to be a Subscriber, we were getting 50k views in 12 hours per post.
Our feed on X shows Subscriber preview posts from all of X’s pushed Influencers, while our post appeared to just 5 people.
@Support
your Message button on your Page doesn’t allow us to DM, per the policy, to request you to remove us as a Subscription Creator. Consider this post our formal request to no longer take part in being a Subscription Creator effective immediately. We do not agree to allow you to use any of our data, voice, image, likeness in any way, forever. Our DM message works, so feel free to free to reach out to us there.
Becoming a Subscription Creator means X will own the rights to your human consciousness forever.
They can use your name, image, voice, and likeness in any technological way forever.
Remember when a bunch of people lost their Creator status a few weeks ago? All theatre in my opinion, to not draw attention to, but also to avoid these new TOS effective in March.
1. Subscriptions Creator Program
You hereby authorize X to use and reuse,
and to grant others acting on X’s behalf
the right to use and reuse, your name,
photograph, likeness (including
caricature), voice, and biographical
information, and any reproduction or
simulation thereof, in any form of media
or technology now known or hereafter
developed (including, without limitation,
film, video and digital or other electronic
media) in connection with X’s promotional
and marketing activities.
We are on the verge of @RealRossU being released from Prison, which President Trump declared he would do Day 1
Below is a Thread of Threads I’ve written showing Blockchain evidence of corruption behind the investigations into the Silk Road and Mt. Gox
Proof: The Criminal Complaint filed on behalf of the US Government vs ex-FBI Corrupt Agent Bridges, who extorted Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht, contained several inaccuracies, including failing to identify and label Bitcoin address’ that would go on to fund the Ethereum ICO and several more ICO’s from 2014 thru Today.
https://x.com/BoringSleuth/status/1850651279007080555
1. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1850651279007080555.html
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