Why does everyone call him Jason Bourne? I get why he thinks that’s his name, that’s the first passport he saw and he has an apartment in that name in Paris. But even his handlers call him Bourne. They know his real name and that he was Kane on his last mission. Weird.

yelling that Trump is doing something "against the law" is meaningless if there are no consequences

I'm about to sign off for the year - actually, I was ready to do it yesterday, but then I happened upon a brief piece of writing that was so perfect that I decided I'd do one more edition of Pluralistic for 2025. 1/

In a world where the real economy generates $105 trillion/year, the financial derivatives market adds up to *$667 trillion/year*. This is "the biggest business in the world" - and it's useless. It produces nothing. It adds no value. 16/

What I'm saying is, "We just can't figure out if crypto is violating finance laws" is a statement that can only be attributed to someone very stupid, or in on the game. 16/

You know the rule…

Sydney Sweeney reminds me of Greta Scacchi.

Today's economic growth doesn't come from making stuff, it comes from extraction, buttressed by law. 48/

This is also the heyday of corporate "finacialization," when companies stop concerning themselves with how to make and sell superior products more efficiently, and devote themselves to financial gimmicks that allow shareholders to extract wealth from the firm. 45/

I know I sound like a broken record but it’s just not fair that the whole country ganged up on Biden and pushed him out over concerns that he didn’t have enough stamina to be president and now the mainstream media and press sit idly by while trump does this. I bet they tried to

What exactly constitutes "The Epstein Files?" A thread.

For the sake of the movie industry, George should step aside and pass the torch.

"The message is not that Trump is innocent, it's that *everyone is guilty.* Everyone assaults women & cheats on their taxes. Propriety & following the rules? That stuff is for suckers. In a world of grift & graft, the most corrupt man should be king."

You had to be inside Republican politics at a high level to appreciate the dangerous absurdity of Steve Bannon. Like so many of the freaks in Trump world, Bannon was constantly trying to get inside Republican presidential campaigns. Nobody would let him in. This grotesque

@CrookedMedia So @RubenGallego thinks there's no point in policy that helps the country & only cares about optics & @RepJayapal shits on the policy she previously claimed to support. Fuck both of y'all.

For clarity: this is fraudulent. I did not write the words attributed to me. They are fucking AI slop. To the operators of @sterio_media: "Fuck off. Then keep fucking off. Fuck off until you come up to a gate with a sign saying ‘You Can’t Fuck Off Past Here.’ Climb over the

The real story isn’t Andrew—we all know he’s a sleazy, entitled idiot. The real scandal is why the media is hell-bent on ignoring everyone else who visited Epstein’s properties. Andrew, the unlikable, is the distraction. Who are the other rich and powerful men being protected?

The movie Deja Vu with Denzel Washington had a villain that was too unstable to join any armed forces. Trump made a new force for people like that.

If you’re cheering for bloodshed, you’re not actually “Christian.” And if you’d read the Jesus parts, you’d know He’s actually a pretty big fan of the meek. And He’d forgive your spelling, too.

That means that if Trump (a man who never met a grievance too petty to pursue) orders Tim Cook (a man who never found a boot he wouldn't lick) to remove apps from your country's app store, you won't be able to get those apps from anyone else: https://t.co/RMjnmPyxIs 7/