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Friday Nite Videos | October 2, 2026

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Bob Dylan | A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall. The Corruption at Starlink Is Shocking. "60 SECONDS" | AOC Talks Democratic Socialism. Anthropic IPO Documents AI Risks. Pete Hegseth Purges Weirdos and Wimps.

The Corruption at Starlink Is Shocking

The U.S. was supposed to spend $40 billion to build internet in rural America, then Elon Musk got a huge chunk of that money redirected to Starlink.

Friday Nite Videos | December 26, 2025

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Supreme Court Deals Trump Huge Christmas Loss. The Criminals Who Bought Trump. Desi 2025: Trump's Ass-Kissing Cabinet, MAGA's Pope Tantrum. Across the Borderline. I Taught an Octopus To Play Piano.

The Criminals Who Bought Trump

Put $75 million into Trump crypto: SEC probe dropped. Help them make a crypto coin: Pardoned. The Trumps are using crypto to enable brazen corruption at the highest level.

Trump’s New Oligarchy

The New Republic
The elevation of Elon Musk to a key role suggests that right-wing elites are set to embark on a spree of sordid self-dealing.

Where Are They Now? Trump Administration Edition.

Megan K. Stack The New York Times
Current and former government officials, now lobbyists, among the most glorified and vilified characters of these tumultuous years have forged a peace—working together to ensure the world’s wealthiest and most powerful players thrive amid the turmoil

Why Andrew Cuomo Must Resign

Zephyr Teachout The Nation
There is no investigation that can give New Yorkers a governor we can trust not to abuse power and lie.

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Court-Sanctioned Corruption and Plutocracy in America

Michael Hirsch The Indypendent
Successive High Court decisions have done more than enfranchise corporations at the expense of the rest of us. The same logic in the same cases now defines public corruption down: that a direct and palpable quid pro quo must be seen to operate. Absent that smoking gun, the financial elite has no limits on bankrolling campaigns whose candidates then vote their interests. To the nation's founders, that untrammeled influence was the essence of public corruption.
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