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ER's avatar

Dang, Marlon!

When that Alito thing came out, I remember thinking: since when do people in power get a pre-emptive strike in a major paper against their own ethics investigations? Weird.

My opinion: only thing worse than Alito is his wife.

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Dave's avatar

I agree. What are odds? And then this happens.

The lawsuit over Signalgate was just assigned to one of Trump’s least favorite judges

Judge James Boasberg will preside over a case alleging that Trump administration officials violated federal recordkeeping laws when they used Signal to discuss military plans.

https://apple.news/ApgjpyAWzStmCwUCwAW5Xug

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Karen Gold's avatar

That's great news!

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Posey Walsak's avatar

No coincidence. Good article. As always, you thread information together and make things easy to understand. Thank you.

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Elise's avatar

It comes down to one soulless monster;Rupert Murdoch. The damage and chaos he has brought into our country for personal sport and wealth is staggering. He is truly depraved.

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Robert Spottswood, M.A.'s avatar

May I argue?

If we live under such an extreme version of capitalism to allow this kind of exploitation, there will always be one or more individuals depraved enough to exploit it.

I.e. solely blaming the depraved individuals may partially serve to protect us from the generational work of adjusting our extreme system and its rules.

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Rick Greenslit's avatar

Those of us without worms in our brains know Alito and Thomas are the two most corrupt justices to ever serve.

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babaganusz's avatar

"more cloud folders and browser tabs than I hope to use"

What I know about finance could barely fill a thimble, and about pay-the-bills-calibre research maybe 3 thimbles, but every iota of that phrase resonates profoundly. Thanks for this! (Thanks for all of it! Hoping to expand my Paid circle when my proverbial ship comes in ...)

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Mary Kay's avatar

Always appreciate you insight Marlon, thank you!

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Christopher Meesto Erato's avatar

#DeportRupertMurdoch #DeportELonMusk

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Marguerite Foster's avatar

I totally agree!

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babaganusz's avatar

"Maybe it’s all a big coincidence. If you believe in that sort of thing."

Coincidence always needs religious treatment. We can take a page from the Church of the SubGenius™.

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Ira Dember's avatar

If you believe in such coincidences, there's a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you. It's conveniently close to Wall Street.

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Jerry Spiegler's avatar

Are you inferring that Americans are receiving information from journalists and oligarchs engaged in a dispute over which side gains the upper hand in influencing public opinion?

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