James Gleick

Here is a shameless handout of taxpayer cash to Mike Flynn, Trump's crony and co-conspirator. Flynn was GUILTY. He pled guilty. Trump pardoned him.

Imagine if Biden had shifted $1.25 million to some crony of his.

The NY Times knows this, but they can't help themselves. They accept the transparently bogus framing: that this is a "settlement"; that it "puts to rest a lawsuit"; that it provides "legal relief."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/michael-flynn-doj-settlement-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WFA.5F5b.c4yW21bL2pNI&smid=url-share

Justice Dept. Settles Flynn’s Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $1.25 Million

The agreement was an extraordinary example of how the Trump administration has offered legal relief to those aligned with the president.

The New York Times
Mar 26 at 11:28amWeb
Show threadclonedhuman4d ago

@gleick I hope we can all remember these organizations most guilty of sane-washing pus-dripping corruption until it sounds normal. I hope we can remember the names of the people who wrote things like this.

I hope we make it to a time when memories like that will matter.

Show threadcobalt4d ago
@clonedhuman @gleick Hear hear.
Show threadWesDym4d ago

@gleick Why are there so many confident fools online who don't understand the most basic things about how reporting works?

Take 30 days, chump. And also take a Media Studies course, if you can figure out how.

Show threadWesDym4d ago
@gleick Oh, it's YOU again. Yeah, you know what? Take FOREVER off. It's clear you're never going to learn things you need to, but you're never going to stop blasting your ignorance for eveyrone else to have to hear. Good thing we can perma-block hopeless fools.
Show threadswggrkllr3rd4d ago

RE: https://toad.social/@jimstewartson/116212809394357743

@gleick https://mastodon.world/@jimstewartson@toad.social/116212809573756727