WLFI bounced back a bit and is now down 10.4% after unveiling a proposal to buy back some tokens
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WLFI bounced back a bit and is now down 10.4% after unveiling a proposal to buy back some tokens
Memoirs are a popular way for justices to pad their income—
Trump World Liberty Financial’s token is down 16% on day 1 of trading. www.coingecko.com/en/coins/wor...
Email the WH press office sends out nightly to media with the president’s public schedule.
Just in: Trump to make announcement at 2 pm Tuesday, per WH
Sandusky Ohio is very much a red area. We had 100 show up today for a May Day Strong protest. We got more positive feedback than negative. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgQl...
"‘Workers Over Billionaires’ Protests—In NYC, Boston, Chicago, More—Slammed By Trump’s DHS (Photos)" Connor Murray for @forbes.com
Started at over a $9B market cap and was down to under $6B after about 8 hours of trading. Totally not a scam.
Some back story on World Liberty Financial—
Trump World Liberty Financial’s token is down 16% on day 1 of trading. www.coingecko.com/en/coins/wor...
Crazy that companies haven’t learned to ignore these attacks. Capitulating gets them nothing.
Broke kickers, gun-toting liberals and a congressman with a secret helicopter davelevinthal.substack.com/p/broke-kick...
This is what a regular traffic stop looks like in DC now.
Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.
Want to clarify: these Guard were doing NOTHING. They were standing around with long guns.
At least 50 National Guard with long guns around Audi field and Navy Yard metro station as I leave the Washington Spirit soccer game. Free DC.
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The ad placement here is … concerning.
Sandbags are unrelated and always there, folks. The focus here is ICE getting in the DC cop car.
HSI and MPD working together in Shaw
I really hate that Trin is getting out from under her dad’s shadow and then the NWSL account is like “look everybody, it’s the famous boyfriend!” Like, she’s her own goddamn person. I like Ben, and I’m glad he came to the game. Everybody needs to start appreciating Trin for being Trin though
"Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services company led by the sons of US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, is creating a way for investors to bet that President Donald Trump’s signature tariffs will be struck down in court."
it’s not lost on me that the spirit are still(!!) the only professional sports team in dc to issue a statement about the military occupation of our city
Hard to believe Rudy Giuliani may have ever been inebriated. via @1100penn https://www.1100pennsylvania.com/p/the-rudy-giuliani-issue
24/ And, in conclusion, here's Rudy Giuliani in a (wine?)-stained tux on the Benjamin Terrace (apparently the night of Mnuchin's wedding).
That ball was clearly out but either way Sofia Cantore is a brilliant signing. #woso #nwsl #thatsthespirot
Give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize!
Admin performing a public service here #NWSL #woso #thatsthespirit
Damn I miss Sam Staab throw-ins #nwsl #woso #thatsthespirit
Pritzker out here giving a master class in countering the right wing propaganda machine’s efforts to justify further federal invasions and occupations of American cities: he’s effectively reframing the discussion (beyond debates re: crime rates) to one of rising authoritarianism & federal overreach.
IT'S MATCHDAY 🌈 🆚 Chicago Stars 🏟️ Audi Field ⏰ 4pm ET 📺 CBS and Paramount + 🎟️ bit.ly/3HHIAqH #ThatsTheSpirit
The Trump Media board member who led the SPAC merger, Eric Swider, just reported dumping another 5,000 shares.
Lorne Michaels should finally put Marc Maron in SNL’s cast for Season 51. Finally close that narrative loop.
Four months ago. (Spoiler: Nothing has changed.) www.notus.org/policy/fec-c...
Bumper sticker, Irvington, Virginia
Meanwhile, South Park made a show showing a deep fake of the far right President of the United States striding through the desert, stripping naked except for massive Y-fronts, before his tiny penis with eyes makes a statement to the camera.
“Why ‘Born To Run’ Remains A Definitive Classic After 50 Years” Steve Baltin for @forbes.com
Previously—
Looks like entrepreneurs will soon have a new way to help pad Trump’ wallet.
A big difference between Republicans and Democrats is that Republicans understand the science of political communication. Republicans dictate the topics/terms of debate while Dems (and the left) usually burn energy in constant response. Thiel and Co call this mimetics, Lakoff calls it framing.
$DJT
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“Washington, D.C. It's paradise to me It's not because it is the grand old seat Of precious freedom and democracy No, no, no It's not the greenery turning gold in fall The scenery circling the Mall It's just that's where my baby lives That's all”
It is less a mass deportation regime as it is a mass kidnapping and indefinite detention regime
The Trump Media board member who led the SPAC merger, Eric Swider, just reported dumping another 5,000 shares.
My favorite evergreen Molly Ivins quote: "I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."
Love this! #nwsl #woso #thatsthespirit
This is truly one of the best illustrations of what is happening in America.
AJ Soprano
New study by @brendannyhan.bsky.social, @jasonreifler.bsky.social & colleagues demonstrates that prebunking election fraud rumors — by warning about anticipated false claims & filling conceptual gaps that those claims exploit — helps to reduce belief in falsehoods: www.science.org/content/arti...
That. But also, what the hell is she talking about? DMV has some amazing healthcare facilities.
Previously—
Looks like entrepreneurs will soon have a new way to help pad Trump’ wallet.
“Trump Shrank Staffing of National Parks. See How Many Are Struggling” 🎁🔗 @esullivannyt.bsky.social for @nytimes.com
Hero www.bbc.com/news/article...
EXCLUSIVE: Court docs appear to show that married Trump DoD appointee Anthony Tata had a 'casual sexual relationship as well as a professional relationship' with astrology influencer Amy Tripp, aka Starheal, investing in her company, Starheal LLC, for 5 percent equity. www.thecut.com/article/astr...
Art depicting “Sandwich Guy” now at the scene of the alleged misdemeanor.
What a cursed sentence (gift link) “The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
“The Boss Finally Gets a Biopic, Just Not the One We Expected” (It is if you read @warrenzanes.bsky.social’s extraordinary “Deliver Me From Nowhere.”) 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/m...
“[Bill] Pulte got his job in the administration about three years after his wife, Diana Pulte, donated $500,000 to a super PAC backing Trump. The donation was channeled through a Delaware shell company, ML Organization LLC, that Bill Pulte controlled.”
FOX: *plays clip of Gavin Newsom pointing out that crime is higher in Louisiana than in California* FOX: Your response? MIKE JOHNSON: He needs to go an govern his state and not be engaging in this
A federal grand jury has declined to indict another person arrested as part of President Trump's D.C. crime surge. This was the only case we know of in which the National Guard participated in an arrest. After the grand jury declined to return an indictment, DOJ moved to dismiss the case.
Is there a way to mute posts with "now do"?
5/ Also in the files: something I reported earlier this month, about a missing $1.1M ring that belonged to the wife of billionaire Robert Smith, who rented one of Trump's homes as his federal tax investigation heated up. More on that below. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
4/ In 2021, there was a report of another car stolen, this time a blue Range Rover, at the same Trump house across from Mar-a-Lago. 18 minutes after the call, the report notes "VEH LOCATED AT 1100 SOB." 1100 South Ocean Boulevard is Mar-a-Lago's address.
3/ In 2018, during Trump's first term, someone called to say that six jet skis pulled up on the beach and went into an abandoned house. The caller seemed a bit unsure of which property it was, but the address listed on the report is one of Trump's homes.
2/ In 2020, someone reported a $160,000 Bentley stolen out of the driveway of one of Trump's homes. It doesn't look like the car belonged to Trump. A tenant had borrowed it from a friend, then left the keys in the car and the doors unlocked.
1/ I was looking through some police reports connected to properties around Mar-a-Lago last night, and I found a few interesting tidbits.
"Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out" "A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding." 🎁🔗 Nina Agrawal for @nytimes.com
"Inflation Ticked Up Last Month In Line With Forecasts—As Tariff Impact Watch Continues" Ty Roush for @forbes.com
How is Newark Airport’s tech upgrade coming along? www.forbes.com/sites/suzann...
Robert E. Lee killed more U.S. troops in battle than Adolph Hitler and Osama bin Laden combined
Far-flung powers trying to exert authority over Boston haven't fared well historically
I read the saddest fucking stories that tore my goddamn heart out as I looked to confirm certain bits of information for each subjects death. I remember one mother wrote, “My life has ended with the death of my son.” The fuckers in government will never understand that pain. They are wired wrong.
I work in oncology clinical trials. It’s my job to search patient charts for relevant information and file it away. I used to work on pediatric oncology studies and one of them was a trial for a form of pediatric neuro cancer (DIPG). That was the most depressing shit. Those kids deserve the world
Looks like @nickpaultaylor.bsky.social broke this story a few days ago for Fierce Biotech, a B2B-focused outlet.
"Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out" "A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding." 🎁🔗 Nina Agrawal for @nytimes.com
New acting director of CDC Jim O'Neill expressed being pro paid organ donation. "There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused."
if, God forbid, there’s a terrible tragedy, it seems highly likely the president’s conspiracy-minded base will weave Vance into the plot
Ok then.
RFK JR names herpes as new interim CDC director
I often talk about the fact that MAGA does not access the same news as the left wing. I present to you Exhibit A. Dr. Daskalakis’ resignation letter excoriated RFK Jr. and shared that RFK Jr. was lying to the public, manipulating data, and ordering unethical actions. This what Fox News served.
Whoever has been writing headlines at @the-independent.com recently is doing a great job
NEW: The perpetrator fired 116 rounds from a rifle into the Annunciation Catholic church in Minneapolis, police chief says. Mass shooters using AR-15s to cause carnage is a rising trend that accelerated in 2022 and 2023, as I've previously reported 👉 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Thousands of DC residents chanting “fuck Jeff Bezos” outside of the P Street Whole Foods
White House has granted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick a "limited" conflicts-of-interest waiver. New in @notus.org: www.notus.org/trump-white-...
“The Boss Finally Gets a Biopic, Just Not the One We Expected” (It is if you read @warrenzanes.bsky.social’s extraordinary “Deliver Me From Nowhere.”) 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/m...
Next week it'll be September. So far no sign of Republicans standing up to Trump in any meaningful way.
At Free DC rally at Dupont Circle. Several hundred people at least, probably more. Also two guardsmen with long rifles.
“[Bill] Pulte got his job in the administration about three years after his wife, Diana Pulte, donated $500,000 to a super PAC backing Trump. The donation was channeled through a Delaware shell company, ML Organization LLC, that Bill Pulte controlled.”
Uhh... WHAT??? #NWSL (From @justwomenssports.bsky.social 's newsletter today)
_"We’re not just a soccer club, we’re building a culture of belonging, where every fan, every player, every staff member knows they’re valued,” Stone said, explaining that to create it she–and the team as a whole–work toward making this a place for everyone._ www.washingtonblade.com/2025/08/26/w...
NWSL owners/investors owning second team there’s always a bad thing
MediaLab AI is one of the weirdest companies out there. e.g. www.forbes.com/sites/iainma... www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
DC *is* being run poorly... by *Congress* 🙄 Congress gutted DC's budget so that Trump could say the city was in trouble and invade it. We've seen this Trump regime playbook before: break it, and then say it's broken.
The Trump administration says they're the "most transparent" in history. But when I asked the Department of Homeland Security who writes their social media posts, something extremely weird happened: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"The findings confirm that, while Twitter was once the platform of choice for a majority of science communicators, those same people have since abandoned it in droves. And of the alternatives available, Bluesky seems to be their new platform of choice." arstechnica.com/science/2025...
"American Bitcoin, backed by Trump sons, aims to start trading in September" Summer Zhen for @reuters.com