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He’s not going to be ecstatic that his new Fed chair raised interest rates after he got rid of his old Fed chair for raising interest rates, and the Supreme Court, which likes its money, decided the Federal Reserve is the only independent agency whose heads Trump doesn’t have the power to fire :) (Status Kuo)
Who are you and what have you done with Erick Erickson? Erickson shocked, shocked to find Nazis in the Republican Party. (Erickson)
What is just the right amount of racist Republicans should try to be? (Paul Waldman)
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Oh no I hope the elephants didn’t hurt their … foot … hooves? Ah well nevertheless. (Daily Star)
Another despot who kidnapped and killed another American journalist, in this case Bashar Al-Assad of Syria and Austin Tice of the Washington Post. The BBC found its proof. (BBC)
A better splainer on the crypto bill Democrats (and three Republicans) just killed :) (The American Prospect)
Ever so much more on the Russian oligarch/biker gang leader/extortionist who paid for Don Jr.’s wedding weekend and whom the NYT et al. call “a businessman.” (Craig Unger)
Via a Bulwark podcast — I watched part of a podcast! — here’s Milo’s yuuuuucky divorce filings with his husband. I am with Tim Miller that the deportations are bad except for Milo. I have no ethical qualms on that whatsoever. And while we’re at it, Elon Musk lied all over his immigration proceedings too. That’s a deportin’! (Daily Mail)
I love watching judges wreck their shit, DHS’s stupid lazy new rule capping the time students and journalists can get visas here edition. (Balls and Strikes)
Whew, CEO pay rose again, we’re now making 325x worker pay, SUCKAS! (Economic Policy Institute)
This multimillionaire Texas Republican wants to trick people into retiring his campaign debt by saying it’s an application for your $5000 Trumpmoneys. (The American Prospect)
The Flock cameras are very explicitly capturing people, not just license plates, and your bumper stickers too. (404 Media)
The Norwegians fighting enshittification are back. (This Norwegian antienshittification website)
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