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<p>ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-financial-disclosures-steve-feinberg" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-financial-disclosures-steve-feinberg"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-administration-financial-disclosures-steve-feinberg</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#usnews</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a></p>

<p>They&#x27;re costing the world, not just the USA. Fossil fuel subsidies are killing us all.<br><a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#War</a> <a href="/tags/corruption/" rel="tag">#Corruption</a> <a href="/tags/greed/" rel="tag">#Greed</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> </p><p>&quot;The Oil and Gas Industry Is Costing American Taxpayers, Consumers, and Communities:<br>By Jessica Maher, Virginia Palacios &amp; Tyson Slocum Oct. 9, 2025.&quot;<br><a href="https://ssir.org/articles/entry/fossil-fuel-subsidies-taxpayer-costs" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ssir.org/articles/entry/fossil-fuel-subsidies-taxpayer-costs"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ssir.org/articles/entry/fossil</span><span class="invisible">-fuel-subsidies-taxpayer-costs</span></a></p>

<p>NEW EPISODE 🚨 </p><p>Can 150 random Europeans actually solve the EU’s biggest problems?</p><p>We sent Wojciech to Brussels to find out how these Citizens’ Panels work - and whether they’re worth the hype (and the cost).</p><p><a href="https://www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes/can-a-group-of-strangers-solve-europes-biggest-problems" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes/can-a-group-of-strangers-solve-europes-biggest-problems"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.europeanspodcast.com/all-e</span><span class="invisible">pisodes/can-a-group-of-strangers-solve-europes-biggest-problems</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#policy</a></p>

<p><a href="https://x.com/kevinbolk/status/2038747614540181556/history" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="x.com/kevinbolk/status/2038747614540181556/history"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/kevinbolk/status/2038747</span><span class="invisible">614540181556/history</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/twitter/" rel="tag">#Twitter</a> <a href="/tags/hivemind/" rel="tag">#hiveMind</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/hate/" rel="tag">#hate</a> <a href="/tags/division/" rel="tag">#division</a> <a href="/tags/community/" rel="tag">#community</a></p>

<p>Tequila Talk w frmr <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> Congressman Joe Walsh &amp; me; <a href="/tags/orban/" rel="tag">#Orban</a> losing? <a href="/tags/jdvance/" rel="tag">#JDVance</a> &#x27;s sad Orban crush (worked out great!), how Orban is <a href="/tags/putin/" rel="tag">#Putin</a> &#x27;s bitch.. Will be interesting at <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#NATO</a> this week!</p><p>Watch👇the rest!<br><a href="https://api.omarshehata.me/substack-proxy/articles/substack-com-blueamp-note-p-193720619.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="api.omarshehata.me/substack-proxy/articles/substack-com-blueamp-note-p-193720619.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">api.omarshehata.me/substack-pr</span><span class="invisible">oxy/articles/substack-com-blueamp-note-p-193720619.html</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/hungary/" rel="tag">#hungary</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#france</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#uk</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/italy/" rel="tag">#italy</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a> <a href="/tags/straitofhormuz/" rel="tag">#straitofhormuz</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#iran</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#israel</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#middleeast</a> <a href="/tags/lebanon/" rel="tag">#lebanon</a></p>

<p>BAM Substack-A-Palooza! 12-Hr Midterms Marathon Video Recap!</p><p>CHECK IT OUT! <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/bam-substack-a-palooza-12-hour-midterms?r=j0lyx" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/bam-substack-a-palooza-12-hour-midterms?r=j0lyx"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/bam-substack-</span><span class="invisible">a-palooza-12-hour-midterms?r=j0lyx</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#iran</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#israel</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#middleeast</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a></p>

<p>&quot;My Front-Row Seat to the Making of Michael Wolff—and the <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#Epstein</a> Predators&quot;</p><p>I attended their schools, went to their parties ..It’s time to talk about what I saw. Some may get mad, I’m naming names. If they do, too fucking bad. They took a path that&#x27;s brought us to the brink </p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/my-front-row-seat-to-the-making-of?r=j0lyx" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/my-front-row-seat-to-the-making-of?r=j0lyx"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/my-front-row-</span><span class="invisible">seat-to-the-making-of?r=j0lyx</span></a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#epsteinfiles</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#iran</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#israel</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#middleeast</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#china</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/stockmarket/" rel="tag">#stockmarket</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a></p>

<p>Our top story: Industrial facilities now account for 50 to 60% of the city’s total <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#water</a> consumption—reflecting the scale at which industrial demand now operates within a system never sized for prolonged drought at this level of consumption. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-water-crisis-climate-projections/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-water-crisis-climate-projections/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/corpus-c</span><span class="invisible">hristi-water-crisis-climate-projections/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/corpuschristi/" rel="tag">#CorpusChristi</a> <a href="/tags/gulfcoast/" rel="tag">#GulfCoast</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#Protest</a> text/graphic for tshirts, posters, etc </p><p>I came up with the design using the <a href="/tags/libreoffice/" rel="tag">#LibreOffice</a> Writer word processor and sent it to a vendor on Etsy to make a 2-sided <a href="/tags/tshirt/" rel="tag">#tshirt</a>. (Anyone interested in getting this shirt can go to <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1690766536/personalized-text-design-shirt-custom" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.etsy.com/listing/1690766536/personalized-text-design-shirt-custom"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.etsy.com/listing/169076653</span><span class="invisible">6/personalized-text-design-shirt-custom</span></a> and ask for a &quot;Tax The Rich&quot; tshirt based on order <a href="/tags/4008923866/" rel="tag">#4008923866</a>. Specify front or front and back.)</p><p>Here is a link to a PNG file on WikiMedia Commons if anyone wants to use it.<br><a href="https://w.wiki/Kzuj" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>w.wiki/Kzuj</a></p><p><a href="/tags/defendfreespeech/" rel="tag">#DefendFreeSpeech</a> <a href="/tags/abolishice/" rel="tag">#AbolishICE</a> <a href="/tags/stopgovernmenttcutbacks/" rel="tag">#StopGovernmenttCutbacks</a> <a href="/tags/taxtherich/" rel="tag">#TaxTheRich</a> <a href="/tags/letcubalive/" rel="tag">#LetCubaLive</a> <a href="/tags/noarmstoisrael/" rel="tag">#NoArmsToIsrael</a> <a href="/tags/endwarwithiran/" rel="tag">#EndWarWithIran</a><br><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/graphicdesign/" rel="tag">#GraphicDesign</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> <a href="/tags/cuba/" rel="tag">#Cuba</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a></p>

<p>Raw Story:<br>&#x27;The vibes aren&#x27;t great&#x27; at the White House as Trump chaos grows: Politico</p><p>Politico’s Dash Burns claimed White House insiders admit things are not going well on multiple fronts.</p><p>Speaking with the hosts of “Morning Joe,” Burns claimed Trump insiders are dismayed at how badly things are going...</p><p>“Listen, the vibes aren&#x27;t great,” ...<br><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-chaos-vibe/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.rawstory.com/trump-chaos-vibe/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.rawstory.com/trump-chaos-v</span><span class="invisible">ibe/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p>Front page of the Scottish paper The National today</p><p>( Full story here: <a href="https://www.thenational.scot/news/25536879.nationals-front-page-today-genocide-happened/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thenational.scot/news/25536879.nationals-front-page-today-genocide-happened/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thenational.scot/news/2553</span><span class="invisible">6879.nationals-front-page-today-genocide-happened/</span></a> )</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#palestine</a> <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#gaza</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#israel</a> <a href="/tags/zionism/" rel="tag">#zionism</a> <a href="/tags/palestinianholocaust/" rel="tag">#palestinianholocaust</a> <a href="/tags/gazagenocide/" rel="tag">#gazagenocide</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>