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I sent one message on Signal asking how to help the Delaney Hall protesters. Within minutes I had a Venmo link and a supply list. The supply list wasn’t water bottles. I followed the Venmo. Then I pulled the 990s. Then it all started to unravel. One message unraveled the entire NJ anti-ICE network. More soon.

When I saw this post about Jane Fonda, I was appalled for many different reasons. I decided to fact check it to be sure and then found out it was categorically false. It has 2.1 million views, no note, and people like Musk saying "wow" on it. Always check what you see online

🚨 BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: I INFILTRATED the Antifa camp at Newark ICE with a hidden camera Tens of THOUSANDS of dollars of equipment, food, and even RIOT EQUIPMENT has been supplied. Hot food delivered every hour. ARREST THE FUNDERS, AND THIS WILL STOP

Engagement farming 101: How to make the Epstein files about you. Shameless grifters.

🚨 BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: I INFILTRATED the Antifa camp at Newark ICE with a hidden camera Tens of THOUSANDS of dollars of equipment, food, and even RIOT EQUIPMENT has been supplied. Hot food delivered every hour. ARREST THE FUNDERS, AND THIS WILL STOP

EXTREMELY HIGH PRIORITY FIVE ALARM FIRE: I cannot believe what I've just uncovered. Did anyone, I mean anyone, ever do a background investigation into Texas Democrat senate candidate James Talarico's finances and the financial corruption involving his organization, Reasoning Mind Inc, which he was the executive director of prior to running for the Texas state legislature? I've never seen financials that look as shady as that of Reasoning Mind Inc and its ties to Russia. Reasoning Mind Inc. funneled millions and millions of dollars to Russia during the time that James Talarico was the executive director, even though Russia had invaded Crimea and posed a grave threat to the United States and was involved with Islamic countries such as Iran while they waged a genocidal jihadist war of terror against Israel. Reasoning Mind ran a large annual deficit in many of the years that Talarico was involved with the organization. Every year of Talarico's involvement with Reasoning Mind Inc, over 50% of the organization's revenue was spent on salaries, wages and inflated executive compensations. Remember, while Reasoning Mind Inc was running huge deficits nearly year of operation, the organization was funneling millions of dollars to Russia. Reasoning Mind's 990 IRS filings state the organization was funding anywhere from 39 to 42 employees in Russia. Another alarming issue is James Talarico's name is not mentioned in any of Reasoning Mind's IRS 990 filings, not even one time, even though he was the organization's executive director. The same year that James Talarico registered to run for the Texas state legislature, Reasoning Mind financially ran itself into the ground, leaving an enormous debt as it sold itself off to another organiztion Imagine Learning. Reasoning Mind was also glued to the hips of Jeffrey Epstein's main squeeze Bill Gates and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2012, the Gates Foundation committed $742,996 to Reasoning Mind Inc. Throughout Talarico's time with Reasoning Mind, the organization was racked with controversy and negative reviews regarding the implementation and effectiveness of the organization's software in public schools, alongside conflict-of-interest concerning Talarico's campaign for the Texas legislature and backlash over Reasoning Mind's math program being costly and ineffective. When Talarico entered the state legislature, critics and political opponents raised conflict-of-interest questions, citing his previous heavy involvement in lobbying and promoting Reasoning Mind to Texas school districts. In 2018, Reasoning Mind underwent multiple rounds of layoffs and was eventually acquired by Imagine Learning, ending its tenure as an independent nonprofit.

SABOTAGE: Epstein pal, Reid Hoffman is reportedly behind the paid effort to pressure artists to pull out of the Great American State Fair. The event was always part of Trump’s America 250 vision but Artists are being told they are participating in a fascist celebration of Trump and his family. Democrats like Hoffman simply hate America and will do anything to prevent the American people from celebrating its existence.

SABOTAGE: Epstein pal, Reid Hoffman is reportedly behind the paid effort to pressure artists to pull out of the Great American State Fair. The event was always part of Trump’s America 250 vision but Artists are being told they are participating in a fascist celebration of Trump and his family. Democrats like Hoffman simply hate America and will do anything to prevent the American people from celebrating its existence.

There are a lot of people on this website with bubblegum for synapses who, not surprisingly, unable to understand this article (or simply not interested in understanding it). But I consider Patrick to be a serious person, which is why I find his take here so puzzling. The article argues close to the opposite of what Patrick describes. It's not about the ethics of killing. Its explicit target is the "exclusively academic track" of ethics instruction that "mistakes sophistication for utility," which it says is often just "an opportunity for an academic to show how well-versed they are in philosophical literature." Katolin's entire thesis is that ethics should be pulled out of the civilian-philosophy classroom and rebuilt as warfighting doctrine measured by combat output. As such, I was amused that so many self-described PME critics on this site didn't like it. It makes the same criticism of civilian education they often do. Anyway, the author, a combat veteran, argues that ethics is operational: trust, cohesion, tempo, policy alignment, and moral resilience under stress. There is one part of Patrick's response that I agree with: his demand for harder examples. But that doesn't invalidate the article's argument, I wish he started from an accurate depiction of what the article actually says.