Mastodawn

I wrote about the "anti-weaponization fund" and how the "weaponization" cited basically didn't happen and how there is *actual* weaponization happening at the moment but that the targets of it will never see a single dime for their troubles.
Gift link:
https://www.ctinsider.com/columnist/article/trump-settlement-fund-ct-taxpayers-22266161.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY3RpbnNpZGVyLmNvbS9jb2x1bW5pc3QvYXJ0aWNsZS90cnVtcC1zZXR0bGVtZW50LWZ1bmQtY3QtdGF4cGF5ZXJzLTIyMjY2MTYxLnBocA%3D%3D&time=MTc3OTIyMDI5OTIyMw%3D%3D&rid=OTUyN2NiMjktZDJkMC00YmViLWFmN2ItNzAzNjJiYjMyMWU0&sharecount=MQ%3D%3D

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RockerDoc (Ricardo Ismach)3h ago

What the #GOP wants to let Trump do with his stolen funds - just like 1933 Germany https://emptywheel.net/2026/05/15/trumps-idea-of-charity-terrorists-cop-assailants-and-child-sex-predators/

Trump's Idea of Charity: Terrorists, Cop Assailants, and Child Sex Predators - emptywheel

Just months ago, Trump claimed he would use any settlement from his lawsuit against the IRS for letting a contractor steal his tax returns to give to charity. Yesterday, ABC reported those "charities" include the terrorists, cop assailants, and child sex predators who attacked the Capitol on January 6.

emptywheel

RockerDoc (Ricardo Ismach)5d ago

br00t4c 5d ago

I Saw A Drone Crash at The Border Security Expo and All I Got Was This Lousy Challenge Coin

https://leftcoastrightwatch.org/articles/i-saw-a-drone-crash-at-the-border-security-expo-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-challenge-coin/

I Saw A Drone Crash at The Border Security Expo and All I Got Was This Lousy... | Left Coast Right Watch

“I’ve never been to an event that’s had protesters,” a young vendor representing defense company Anduril Industries nervously said to two other Anduril representatives as they waited to enter the Phoenix Convention Center for the annual Border Security Expo. “NO ONE IS ILLEGAL,” the few dozen protesters chanted in English and Spanish as they banged […]

RockerDoc (Ricardo Ismach)6d ago

Oh. https://scicomm.xyz/@Doug_Bostrom/116569192486289801

Doug Bostrom (@[email protected])

"US officials have said a nuclear detonation would render portions of low-Earth orbit useless for up to a year." Tragically and comically optimistic. Apparently this prediction only includes ionizing radiation problems, not the spectacular cloud of orbit-denying fragments that inevitably will propagate from thousands of "noncooperative" spacecraft with their trajectories shaped by the vagaries of gravity anomalies etc. #OrbitalDebris #OrbitalConflict @[email protected] https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/a-new-us-military-wargame-series-began-by-simulating-a-nuclear-weapon-in-orbit/

A community for scientists and science communicators.

RockerDoc (Ricardo Ismach)6d ago

Jim Crow is back. Watch out for a resurgent kkk, I guess. https://journa.host/@msfreepress/116568156748467858

Mississippi Free Press (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Tennessee is the first state to pass new congressional districts since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week significantly weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minorities. But more Southern states could follow. https://www.mississippifreepress.org/white-tennessee-republicans-erase-states-only-black-us-house-district-after-court-neutralized-voting-rights-act/

Journa.host

RockerDoc (Ricardo Ismach)6d ago

Kriszta Satori 6d ago

#BBCNews - Epstein abused me while under house arrest, survivor tells US lawmakers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clypr378l2wo

Epstein abused me while under house arrest, survivor tells US lawmakers

Roza was among several victims who gave testimony to Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday.

BBC News

RockerDoc (Ricardo Ismach)6d ago

Crap. https://journa.host/@msfreepress/116568392330233617

Mississippi Free Press (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image OPINION: "In a new study published in the journal Science, my colleagues and I found that bird populations are responding in the same way: Their declines are speeding up, particularly in regions dominated by intensive agriculture," François Leroy writes. https://www.mississippifreepress.org/opinion-bird-losses-are-accelerating-across-north-america/

Journa.host

RockerDoc (Ricardo Ismach)6d ago

Lawfare 6d ago

Anna Bower obtained a trove of audio and video from the Fulton County investigation into Donald Trump, including never-before-seen proffer sessions with Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro, and Sidney Powell.

View the materials on Lawfare: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/new-trove-of-fulton-county-case-materials-published

RockerDoc (Ricardo Ismach)6d ago

Meduza in English 6d ago

Latvia is moving to ban all bus service to Russia and Belarus.
https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/05/13/latvia-moves-to-ban-all-bus-service-to-russia-and-belarus-citing-recruitment-risks

Latvia moves to ban all bus service to Russia and Belarus, citing recruitment risks

Latvia is moving to ban all bus service to Russia and Belarus.

Meduza

RockerDoc (Ricardo Ismach)6d ago

Portland Mercury (unofficial)6d ago

Culture vs Cost of Living https://www.portlandmercury.com/i-anonymous/culture-vs-cost-of-living/

Culture vs Cost of Living

[Got an anonymous confession or rant you just have to share with the world? Submit it to I, Anonymous HERE!—eds] My company, a well-known premier outdoor sports gear brand, just announced then quarterly profits and high-level actions and events. A slew of execs from the parent company came to our HQ for meetings. We know this […]

Portland Mercury

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