Added 300g of antifascism
Daniel Wisener
@wisenerdan.bsky.social
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Slava Ukraini
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Fed’s gotta cut. 😏
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White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.
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In the middle of Powell's remarks, Trump says he will fire Lisa Cook, a governor, if she doesn't resign over allegations that she falsified bank documents before her tenure at the Fed to obtain favorable terms on a mortgage. It's the latest front in the White House's attacks on the institution
In his final speech as chair at the Jackson Hole conference, Powell sends his strongest signal yet that the Fed is preparing to soon restart rate cuts, highlighting the labor market’s vulnerabilities even as inflation accelerates www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/b... @nytimes.com
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Sloppy, careless, toxic DOGE unfairly targeted an Afghan who was working with the US, and now his family are in Taliban prisons www.propublica.org/article/doge...
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As Erin heads out to sea, a new disturbance (90L) appears poised to develop in its wake and threaten Bermuda on Monday. The latest from @bhensonweather.bsky.social and I; yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/08/hurr...
Hurricane Erin exits stage right as new systems bubble in Atlantic » Yale Climate Connections
Disturbance 90L near the Leeward Islands may develop into a tropical storm that could threaten Bermuda on Monday.
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NEW: The FBI search of John Bolton’s home comes years after Trump accused him of criminality over handling of classified information - but DOJ dropped the matter.
w @joshgerstein.bsky.social @giselleruhiyyih.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
FBI searches ex-national security adviser John Bolton’s house in Maryland
“NO ONE is above the law… @FBI agents on mission,” Patel posted on X.
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A fair, even-handed & informative summary of the FBI. Where it’s been, where it is, & what it may mean for the future.
ICYMI, this piece I wrote becomes more relevant with each passing day (and I wish it weren't) asharangappa.substack.com/p/the-fbi-as...
The FBI As We Knew It is Gone
It took a hundred years to create the Bureau as we knew it. And it took one dinner at the White House to destroy it.
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Idiot.
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Recap -- Divisions within the Supreme Court were very much on show in this shadow docket decision that dropped yesterday:
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Trump administration cuts to National Institutes of Health grants as part of the federal government's campaign against DEI policies.
Amy Coney Barrett was the deciding vote in crafting the mixed decision:
Supreme Court allows Trump's cuts to National Institutes of Health grants over DEI policies
A federal judge had ruled that the more than $1 billion in cuts to research grants, like studies into HIV prevention, violated federal law.
