This is a screen capture from a Guardian op-ed about Trump/Epstein. It is so generic.
America does want the truth. Each time, every time. America gets stiffed.
(Crabgrass will not use the image generically, since that goes beyond fair use. Guardian attributes the photo; Kevin Lamarque/Reuters}
Is this one a winner? You decide. Homepage = https://www.votejeffjohnson.us/home
Do I say anything, or let the record stand? First, no Strib or PiPress report, apparently, with the two statewide dailies turning a blind eye. Coverage:
https://knsiradio.com/2025/03/19/former-st-cloud-city-councilman-announces-run-for-governor/
https://knsiradio.com/2025/03/26/733273/
Of interest, I like seeing a guy who's got a few photos up and NONE in a suit.
My understanding is Johnson was a St. Cloud council member who objected to a bloc of Somali immigrants being directed into his community without funding and expansion considerations being adequately planned, and that reminds me of JD and his Haitians in the limited-resource Ohio town.
JD did that pet eating hoax wearing a suit. Also, this Jeff Johnson did no pet eating stuff, but did point out community costs in integrating a bloc of legal immigrants - with that in common to JD.
Walz is the incumbent, and for now seeming to be keeping options open. He's the man to defeat, if he chooses to run for a third term.
There has not been a statewide Republican elected since Pawlenty if memory serves me correctly.
And, last cycle's GOP loser might declare another candidacy, with his unambiguous name recognition. That name recognition is NFL veteran and stout Catholic anti-abortion guy, Matt Birk, who was Lt. Gov. candidate with Dr. What's-his-name.
I looked it up. Scott Jensen, MD. Walz took 52.3 percent of the vote, with Dr. Jensen closer than many expected.
In any event, this candidate, Jeff Johnson of St. Cloud, MN, is now with us, as a declared and filed GOP candidate, with a candidacy web site. Without any strong contender, he has his shot.
(MPR notes Kendall Qualls as a declared GOP Gov candidate, but he's a suit, and has too many l's in his name.) Anyway, expect the DFL to win, and move on.
Those interested in AI might take a break from their prompting favored LLMs and consider:
Regulating eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) May Harm Consumers
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2209.03499
LLMs now predominate discussions and experimentation, but the black box vs glass box consideration is worth the time it takes to think it over.
For context on xAI, this Google Scholar search. Search terms fed Google Scholar = xai explainable artificial intelligence
Nothing special, but the first page of search returns has two IEEE items, a 72page survey, and a DARPA item. Having not read any of the returned items, no comment. Having not fully thought over the somewhat lengthy highlighted item, ditto. Enjoy.
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Readers can click the image to read its text, or simply open the link.
The headline is a topic sentence, mid-item, per Guardian, here. Everyone not a Gazan should be thankful to not be a Gazan under war=-crime siege. Starvation as a tool of ethnic cleansing is extremely inhuman.
Guardian reports:
While Israeli strikes continued in Gaza, Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, led prayers at al-Aqsa mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, provoking outrage among regional powers. Ben-Gvir was among a group of about 1,250 people who prayed at the compound on Sunday under the protection of the Israeli military.
The compound, which Jews call the Temple Mount, is a highly revered site – the holiest in Judaism and the third holiest in Islam. The site is under Jordanian custodianship; under a decades-old agreement, Jews are allowed to visit but not pray there.
Jordan condemned the visit, which it described as “an unacceptable provocation”. Its foreign ministry said it “affirmed the kingdom’s absolute rejection and strong condemnation of the continued unacceptable incursions by the extremist minister Ben-Gvir”.
Ben-Gvir’s visit was in honour of Tisha B’Av, when Jews mourn the destruction of two Jewish temples, and was the first time that an Israeli minister had publicly prayed at the site.
The compound has been the scene of clashes in the past, with Israeli police raiding the mosque in 2023 after Palestinians occupied it in response to reports that Jews were planning a religious ceremony there.
Ben-Gvir called for the annexation of Gaza and for Palestinians to leave the territory while at al-Aqsa on Sunday. He said in a post on X: “A message must be sent: to ensure that we conquer all of the Gaza Strip, declare sovereignty …. This is the only way that we will return the hostages and win the war.”
Benjamin Netanyahu put out a statement after the visit [...]
Ben-Gvir's statement is a confession of ethnic cleansing intent, a war crime, with the IDF carrying out the Netanyahu Cabinet Member's intent. War crime is the only sane conclusion as to starvation and murder at food sites.
The stories tell themselves, all on the topic of Trump and money-sucking from those wanting access/favors -
Fang's post: https://www.leefang.com/p/big-pharma-fingerprints-behind-ousting -- title:
Big Pharma Fingerprints Behind Ouster Of MAHA-Aligned FDA Official
Dr. Vinay Prasad scrutinized a potentially dangerous drug. Then came the public attacks. Behind the scenes, pharma hired lobbyists and paid think tanks.
The Fang detailing of lobbying influence beyond a reasonable level is its own story, within which Fang includes a stock chart -
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jciz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8ef2ef5f-275c-4bc7-b24f-cc43d6c22f23_1235x834.png
There were many who on July 28 knew what was up, and buy low, sell high is good advice, even if you're trading on insider knowledge but expecting to not get caught.
Who should get caught? It is not easy to smoke out insider dealings, but go figure.
If it smells off to you, you have an IQ over 70, but these profiteers off non-public knowledge almost never get caught. Influential names, represent an even lesser likelihood of being caught, and if caughtx, being lightly punished, if punished at all.
Elon Musk gave $5 million to Donald Trump’s super PAC during a dramatic and bitter falling out with the president, new filings show.
The donation to MAGA Inc. was made a month after Musk said he had “done enough” political spending, and he also gave $10 million that same day to help Republicans keep control of Congress.
The contributions came weeks into Musk’s public feud with Trump, as the tech billionaire was slamming Republicans for voting for the megabill that he argued would blow up the deficit. Still, the SpaceX CEO donated $5 million each to the Congressional Leadership Fund, the Senate Leadership Fund and MAGA Inc. on June 27, according to the groups’ filings with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday. Those are the top super PACs supporting the House and Senate Republicans and the Trump political operation.
The next week, the world’s richest man said he would start his own political party.
Musk, who spent $290 million of his own money to boost Trump and other Republicans last year, led the cost-cutting efforts of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency in the first few months of the Trump administration. When he left that role in May, he also suggested he was done with political giving for the time being: “If I see a reason to do political spending in the future, I will do it. I don’t currently see a reason,” he said at the Qatar Economic Forum.
The $5 million donation to the Trump-linked super PAC MAGA Inc. came weeks after Musk had torched Trump on social media, first over policy differences surrounding the president’s megabill, but also in escalating personal attacks. Musk later deleted some posts, but resumed his criticism of Trump, including his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, in July.
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The item has this headline and opening image:
Opinion | Democrats just might find democratic socialism refreshing
It isn’t so different from the progressive populism of the 20th century. Which worked for them.
August 1, 2025 at 6:00AM
"In a climate of political turbulence and fading trust in America’s two major parties, self-described democratic socialists are demonstrating renewed acceptance of progressive populism," Ron Way writes. Supporters of Zohran Mamdani cheer election results as his victory is announced at a Democratic Socialists of America watch party at Brooklyn Masonic Hall in Brooklyn, June 24. (VICTOR J. BLUE/The New York Times)
That image does show cheered young people, and the future of the Democratic Party is in their hands, with Nancy Pelosi a dinosaur who has been instrumental in our nation not having Pharma reform, or Medicare for All. Go with the trend, the trend is your friend. And, yes, the web is full of naysayers.
The naysayers -- What's their alternate agenda, and who's the source of income they rely upon?
Question pundits.
And the URL for that image of joy -
https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/KO573ID6HVHZ7ODAWWTVSK4UGY.JPG
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LINK.
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Also, as an UPDATE, a slightly older DWT post, by a few hours:
PLUS: A day ago DWT kept after the anti-PEOPLE bill Trump's people (AND MY REP EMMER) call big/beautiful. Please do read that item.
And, speaking of EMMER, there is this weeks ago about him and news. It's not as powerful a story as others listed above, but it does have an EMMER image.
Finally, a DWT item from early last month (July 9) that deserved earlier comment, with this lead image:
BOTTOM LINE: Just keep up with DWT posting, it is well worth your time.
Link.
Yeah, that may be news, but hey, look at Blanche - Maxwell and related podcasts. Nothing to hide, but you know, Trump's name is in the Epstein files.
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Also, try a web search=social security new pin number
Is this something DOGE cooked up, a "protection number" or what?
The situation was not researched by Crabgrass, but online, there is this.
MSN carry of a Strib item, without any paywall, about a leech pit:
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Germany in the '40s always found somebody to run the trains to Auschwitz, although that's an unrelated fact. Clearly.
UnitedHealth does not run trains. (Warren Buffet does that although his trains are good trains.)
Luigi is headed toward trial. Jurors will have to balance emotions in that one. He kept a journal.
I'd acquit him, but I'm far from any seat on that jury. Geographically. Attitudinally too. The prosecutors want his head on a platter.. He lacked a pest exterminator's license, of that I'd convict.
UPDATE: Related news. Fraud on top of failed rapaciousness?
