Mastodawn

"Congressional Republicans spent years investigating Hunter Biden ... while Hunter Biden’s cash flow was a tiny fraction of that of Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Jared Kushner, Republicans have shown no appetite for looking into the current presidential family’s finances."
#giftlink https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/us/politics/trump-money-plane-crypto.html?unlocked_article_code=1.J08.XtcP.BeTbiYl-7gLv&smid=url-share

Trump Profits Like No Other President, as Outrage Is Muted

The president and his family have monetized the White House more than any other occupant, normalizing activities that once would have provoked heavy blowback and official investigations.

The New York Times

Servelan 8h ago

#GiftLink #EmolumentsClause needs work

'Vietnam ignored its own laws, granting concessions more generous than connected locals receive. Vietnamese officials explicitly stated the project required special support from the top ranks of the Vietnamese government because it was “receiving special attention from the Trump administration and President Donald Trump personally."'

Why Vietnam Ignored Its Own Laws to Fast-Track a Trump Family Golf Complex - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/world/asia/trump-vietnam-golf-project.html?unlocked_article_code=1.J08.V_IE.wSCpJO5EKcOK&smid=url-share

Why Vietnam Ignored Its Own Laws to Fast-Track a Trump Family Golf Complex

As President Trump blurs the lines between politics and business — and threatens steep tariffs on trade partners — governments feel compelled to favor Trump-related projects.

The New York Times

Michael K 16h ago

“The Pedestrians Who Abetted a Hawk’s Deadly Attack

A zoologist observed a Cooper’s hawk using a crosswalk signal as a cue to ambush its prey.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/05/hawk-new-jersey-traffic/682913/?gift=s5hYL9bpoE1-WDl3fVwmBCgAQZWaaVnvjsVlKPnAHds

#GiftArticle #GiftLink

The Most Ingenious Hawk in New Jersey

A zoologist observed a Cooper’s hawk using a crosswalk signal as a cue to ambush its prey.

The Atlantic

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"When he is finally brought before a judge, the Justice Department will prosecute an old man for his role nearly four decades ago in killing scores of innocent people, among them my father—a man whose mission, until his very last moments, was to prosecute killers from four decades earlier." #giftlink https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/magazine/lockerbie-bombing-justice-father.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Jk8.-B4u.8Rb2sUs-Zcmq&smid=url-share

My Father Was a Nazi Hunter. Then He Died in the Lockerbie Bombing.

He was a Nazi hunter — and was killed in the Lockerbie bombing. What does it mean to seek justice for his death?

The New York Times

LilMikeSF 19h ago

#Facebook front office grabbed great publicity from its bold #billion dollar public #pledge to help solve the #BayArea #housing crisis, then after the cameras, clicks and likes disappeared so did it's phony commitment, as #Meta quietly cut the funding teat and #ghosted the topic.

Money did flow at first , as public entities provided matching funds, but #Zuggerfugger's #PaloAlto #SocialMefia #boardroom backed shills quietly cut and run, committing far less than a quarter of the publicly pledged total. The vast majority of money from Meta, a company lacking a corporate charitable arm, came back to their HQ, repaid as low 2% interest rate loans of up to $15m to developers, not actual donations.

5 years after the flurry of #publicity, the unfulfilled propaganda pipe dream went deferred, projects were few and far between, impacts largely lost and untold in a region still desperately in need of more affordable housing.

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/05/23/meta-affordable-housing-donation/?share=sfsrsw3uc3tc3wn0term #GiftLink #SharedStory #SiliconValley #HousingCrisis

Servelan 20h ago

#GiftLink

Readers react to stories of federal workers’ treatment under DOGE - Washington Post

https://wapo.st/3HmYPJe

Readers react to stories of federal workers’ treatment under DOGE

“These stories of real people bring it home”: The Washington Post’s investigation into the mental health of federal workers led to thousands of reader reactions.

The Washington Post

My IRL friends call me Chris 1d ago

It's the moral beauty of others that keeps me going right now. "If you’re frustrated with, or cynical about, the state of the world today, or if you simply want a sure way to get happier, looking for such moral beauty might be just what you need." #GiftLink 🎁 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nyxviptfyic2lvuorkr5yy3y/post/3lpuzioq64k2m

The Beauty That Moral Courage ...

Bluesky

Bluesky Social

LilMikeSF 1d ago

#DJT #RWNL attack force wanted to put beltway's federal workforce into "trauma"... apparently attack is working according to this #WaPo article in latest #BezosPost

https://wapo.st/4dyZcfZ #GiftLink #SharedLink

Michael K 1d ago

“What Are People Still Doing on X?

Imagine if your favorite neighborhood bar turned into a Nazi hangout.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/05/stop-using-x/682931/?gift=s5hYL9bpoE1-WDl3fVwmBCFCHGYgxHyyZS8sJOEXFnw

#GiftArticle #GiftLink

What Are People Still Doing on X?

Imagine if your favorite neighborhood bar turned into a Nazi hangout.

The Atlantic

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Cromley 1d ago

@Danetteb @GottaLaff

Here's a #GiftLink if needed:

https://www.denverpost.com/2025/05/16/colorado-trans-rights-discrimination-bill-signing-jared-polis/?share=s2bnvonnsc2ei5ooroap

Transgender Coloradans receive new discrimination protections as Gov. Polis signs bill into law

Colorado law now explicitly protects transgender people from being “deadnamed” or misgendered in certain places under legislation signed into law Friday by Gov. Jared Polis.

The Denver Post