@norcaljerseyjim
American appalled & ashamed at current administration & white nationalist christians. Also Pepperdine MBA, CMO, startup advisor, GTM SME, ASU Sun Devil & home chef. Unapologetically progressive. Based in Silicon Valley. All views my own.
@pepperdine.bsky.social Given the documented relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and Kenneth Starr, it might be time to review renaming the Kenneth Starr Institute for Faith, Law, and Public Service. As an alumni, this is a shameful black eye on the university.
NEW: This is a terrific deep dive into Epstein & Russia by @professorshaw.bsky.social for @thenerve.news which starts with ‘Yachtgate’, Mandelson’s 2008 scandal involving Nat Rothschild, George Osborne & Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska
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In a 15-year David v. Goliath legal battle, homeowners who fell victim to predatory lenders finally prevailed when SCOTUS rejected the bank’s appeal.
I’m joined by the plaintiffs’ lawyers and they discuss why this decision is so important for communities of color.
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Hertz, you charged me 10x my rental’s total bill, and your support call center disconnects you when select the option for a live agent. So much for being a Gold Club Member. Please contact me.
“The Constitution prevents presidents from rewriting the election code by executive fiat and thus provides an additional safeguard against military dictatorship. Americans today should abide by its guidance,” Jeffrey Rosen argues.
The Pentagon is pushing four leading AI labs to let the military use their tools for "all lawful purposes.”
Anthropic has not agreed to those terms, insisting that two areas remain off limits: the mass surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weaponry.
On the night of February 11-12, ordinary Russians committed yet another war crime by attacking the cities Dnipro and Pavlohrad with ballistic missiles. The attack damaged residential buildings and cars and injured at least four people, including two children: a newborn baby and a four-year-old girl.
ICE is coming to an office near you! Great article, @wired.com
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Khanna: "Here we have a sitting cabinet member, Lutnick, who's all over the files as having a business relationship allegedly and personal relationship alleged after Epstein was convicted. He's allegedly lied about his relationship. And there's no consequence. We need to get real in this country."
A historical thingy happened here, but we can't tell you what it is
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
4 months after Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, Forbes reports that Binance now holds $4.7 billion of the $5.4 billion supply of Trump’s World Liberty Financial stablecoin. That is 87%. It is the largest corruption scandal in the history of the US presidency.
#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #ONEV1 #DV1
While addressing child care issues at a press conference, Mayor Mamdani seizes a “woo woo woo” moment.
Lucky you, New York kids. He’ll work for you, even though you are still too young to vote.
Checking in on Mar-a-Lago tonight.
This testimony is so powerful and gut-wrenching. God bless this woman for what she went through.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Please take a moment and watch this testimony to Congress by a disabled woman who was attacked and imprisoned by ICE. It includes video of the attack.
Thoughts and prayers! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Huh. So the one coming after your guns wasn’t Obama, Hillary, Biden, or Kamala.
Who would have guessed that the guy who was taking everyone else’s civil liberties would someday take yours!
That’s some serious irony.
Kudos to Sophie Miller for this on-point review.
Congratulations to my friend and our newest State Senator from Tarrant County, Taylor Rehmet! I met Taylor years ago through labor organizing.
Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.
