30 Aug 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes 
Welcome to the mega “Best of” — a single page that pulls together the most impactful pieces across The Liberty Pear.
Start with the earlier highlight collections, then dive into the curated sections: Movies & TV, a light “Fun” break, and the full Election Reflection series.
Finally, explore the Must‑Reads for cornerstone policy and analysis posts, including Homes For All, Tariffs Part 1, and Nationalize AI.
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Start Here: The Earlier Highlight Collections
Foundational selections from the first two months—AI nationalization, tariffs explained, and early history/econ pieces. The best on‑ramp to the site.
Builds on the themes with a misinformation toolkit, China’s AI surge, and the foreign‑relations lens on tariffs (Part 3).
Movies & TV
All the lists in one place, plus a TV sampler.
Fun
A little palate cleanser — food and travel.
Election Reflection
Must-Reads
An at‑a‑glance dossier of Cuomo’s scandals, donor networks, and abuses of power—with primary‑source receipts you can share.
What actually powered the upset—authenticity, affordability, and organizing—and the simple playbook others can copy.
Zohran Mamdani’s concise primer on social housing models that tackle root‑cause affordability—watch, then share.
A plain‑English primer on who pays (importers/consumers), when tariffs are defensible, and how broad tariffs boomerang into inflation and retaliation.
Frames the stakes of frontier AI and outlines a transparent public model to socialize gains, protect labor, and rein in dangerous incentives.
A friction‑minimal action plan—what to post, how to engage, and when to disengage—to puncture propaganda at scale.
The day’s third collapse, mapped in time and place—context, images, and a quiet history many never saw on TV.
A crisp tour of counterintuitive macro ideas (thrift paradox, composition fallacy, austerity) that trains true second‑order thinking.
China’s fusion record and broader energy projects — and why a unified U.S. moonshot approach matters.
Clear-eyed forecast on tariffs, labor, and the risk of stagflation — with links to the deeper tariff series.
Why more workers don’t mean fewer jobs — a foundational concept for reading modern labor debates.
A practical guide to the unseen costs markets don’t price — with timely examples and why policy must correct them.
Essential quotes for the present — moral clarity on justice, poverty, and courage.
A sharp, secular reflection on modern “Christian” hypocrisy through the lens of Christ’s teachings.
A forgotten story brought to life — underappreciated history with modern relevance.
28 Aug 2025 Reading time: 1 minute
Just like part 1, 2, 3, 4 - these are all movies I have watched, that can make you think - about all kinds of things and how they relate to society and even politics/similar things. I highly recommend each of them. Some of these here are kind of more fun this round. These are on a variety of services.
A team of detectives is torn apart when one of their children is brutally murdered. The ensuing 13-year investigation ends with a shocking secret.
A CIA decoder hunts for his wife’s killers, his intelligence serving as his ultimate weapon.
A routine cash pickup takes a wild turn when mismatched armored truck drivers Russell (Eddie Murphy) and Travis (Pete Davidson) are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by savvy mastermind Zoe (Keke Palmer). As chaos erupts, the unlikely duo must navigate danger, clashing personalities, and one very bad day that keeps spiraling out of control.
Facing eviction in a city her family can no longer afford, a woman plunges into a desperate and increasingly dangerous all-night search to raise $25,000.
02 Aug 2025 Reading time: 6 minutes
These are just some of the scandals and corrupt donor connections that Cuomo and his Super PAC has. Each of these is just a piece of the corruption puzzle.
Please considering sharing this to anyone who is on the fence about the Mayoral election and/or a Cuomo supporter.
🚨 Cuomo Scandals & Abuses of Power
ProPublica: Cuomo Undercounted Nursing-Home COVID Deaths by ~50%
Officials deleted thousands of nursing-home fatalities from public tallies, protecting Cuomo’s halo while families grieved in the dark.
Politico: AG Report Details Pattern of Sexual Harassment
Groping, forced kisses, threats, and a smear machine aimed at the women who dared speak up.
Gothamist: Assembly Report — Staff Ghost-Wrote Cuomo’s $5 M Book
Top policy aides moonlighted as ghostwriters while frontline workers rationed PPE—Cuomo cashed the check.
NBC NY: Taxpayers Stuck With $60 M for Cuomo’s Legal Bills
State picks up the tab while Cuomo’s lawyers rifle through accusers’ medical files.
Politico: Cuomo Lawyers Demand Accuser’s Gynecological Records (Jun 23 2025)
Tax-funded legal team subpoenaed a survivor’s gynecological and therapy records to dig up “dirt.”
NBC NY: Cuomo Drops the N-Word on Live Radio
Blurts the slur, then blames “context.” Bigotry in real time.
Times of Israel: Cuomo on Sukkot — “These People and Their F’ing Tree Houses”
Mocks a Jewish holiday rite as a nuisance—bigotry, unfiltered.
NY Times: Cuomo Killed the Moreland Anti-Corruption Panel
Ethics panel subpoenaed his donors on Monday; Cuomo shut it down by Friday.
NY Focus: Cuomo Hid Lobbyist Bundlers From Disclosure
Six-figure fundraisers filed under “miscellaneous” to dodge NYC rules.
Politico: “Clerical Errors” Hide Lobbyist & PAC Cash
Misspelled names and blank PAC IDs magically erase conflicts.
NY Times: Cuomo & Christie Veto Port Authority Reform (Dec 28 2014)
Bipartisan overhaul killed so cronies keep milking the patronage trough.
Politico: Buffalo Billion Boondoggle Tied to Elon Musk (Mar 22 2025)
In Cuomo’s NY - there are hundreds of millions for billionaires, but nothing for the rest of us
New Yorker: Cuomo’s War on Prosecutor Preet Bharara
Stonewalled, smeared, and tried to kneecap the U.S. attorney who sniffed too close.
Hell Gate: Cuomo Drives Like an Asshole
Speeding tickets, hydrant blocks, crosswalk hogging—rules for thee, not for me.
NY Post: Cuomo Hid $2.6 M in Nuclear-Stock Options (Jun 16 2025)
Preached clean energy transparency while sitting on undisclosed options.
The Intercept: Andrew Cuomo’s Biggest Donors Rake In Millions From ICE
Ethically horrific; Cuomo owned by some of the countries worst people who make money from ICE.
Hell Gate: Cuomo Courts Epstein-Linked Financier Glenn Dubin
Dubin’s Epstein baggage didn’t stop Cuomo from taking six-figure donations.
Capital & Main: Cuomo Took $25K From Weinstein’s Law Firm
Halts Weinstein probe, pockets $25K from the mogul’s defense team—survivors sold out for campaign cash.
Guardian: Cuomo Slipped Nursing-Home Immunity Into Budget After Industry Donated Millions
Immunity for the rich, death for the rest of us.
Streetsblog: Cuomo’s $2 B “Wrong-Way” LaGuardia AirTrain Clears FAA Hurdle
FAA signed off on Cuomo’s $2 billion, 1.5-mile people-mover that drags riders east—away from Manhattan—before forcing a double-back; critics call it a vanity loop that wasted federal time, ignored 47 cheaper alternatives, and was rammed through by Cuomo’s pressure on the agency.
Times Union: Cuomo Team Covered Up Broken Bolts on Mario Cuomo Bridge
Whistle-blowers say hundreds of cracked high-strength bolts were hushed up to keep ribbon-cutting on schedule—Cuomo risked a Hudson River catastrophe for a photo-op.
NPR: Reports — Cuomo Administration Gave Special COVID Testing Access to Family & VIPs
While ordinary New Yorkers queued for hours, state health officials were dispatched to swab Chris Cuomo and other relatives at their homes—pandemic favoritism at its sleaziest.
Politico: Cuomo Withheld Vaccines to Stall Citi Field Mass-Vax Site
Petty feud with Mayor de Blasio? Cuomo sat on doses for weeks, delaying a Queens vaccine hub out of spite—millions in Gotham left waiting while his ego took the wheel.
Observer: “Hospital Hatchet Man” Stephen Berger (Apr 3, 2006)
Berger—tapped for Cuomo’s hospital overhaul—was long known as a hospital “hatchet man” by critics for pushing closures and consolidations.
NY Times: Joseph Percoco, Ex-Cuomo Aide, Found Guilty (Mar 13, 2018)
Cuomo’s closest aide was convicted in a bribery scheme involving state projects (some counts later vacated in 2023); the scandal exposed pay‑to‑play around Cuomo’s economic development machine.
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Audio: Cuomo Counts on Trump’s Help to Win – The New Republic (Aug 19 2025)
At a Hamptons fundraiser (🙄), Cuomo is heard predicting, foreshadowing, and hoping for a Trump (and other top GOP insider) boost for his mayoral bid; telling GOP voters to ditch Sliwa to “stop Mamdani”. Also heard boasting he “knew the president very well,” a far cry from his public posture.
Cuomo Campaign Distances Itself From Right-Wing “Memelord” – City & State NY (Aug 19 2025)
A professional meme-maker with a far-right shitposting feed claimed credit for a Cuomo meme; the campaign scrambled to say he’s “not with us” and “not paid” — while admitting they used one of his suggestions. Embarrassing flirtation with the MAGA meme machine.
NY Daily News: Cuomo’s Campaign Unlocked Matching Funds on Donations from Minors (Sep 10, 2025)
Report: Contributions from minors were used to trigger public matching funds, in apparent violation of NYC Campaign Finance Board rules. Weird, illegal, AND corrupt.
NY Post: Kerry Kennedy Slept in Bathroom to Avoid Cuomo’s Abuse
Biographer Michael Shnayerson recounts that near the end of their marriage, Kerry Kennedy sometimes slept in a locked bathroom to protect herself from Cuomo’s bullying and abuse.
🏙️ Real-Estate & Landlord Money — Rent-Hike Royalty
| Donor & Link | Cash | What They Expect |
| Durst Organization | $100,000 | Luxury-tower landlord banking on weak rent laws that hurt the everyday guy. |
| Peter Fine / Atlantic Development | $250,000 | Unethical bronx developer needing fast rezonings |
| Fisher Brothers | $100,000 | Fisher Brothers epitomizes NYC pay-to-play real-estate corruption. |
| Halmar International | $250,000 | Contract builder eyeing fat infrastructure bids |
| 24 “Doing Business” list Donors | $2,700,000 | Contractors stuffing the war chest for favors |
| Landlord PAC “Housing for All” | $2,500,000 | Built to kill rent control & stabilization, eviction bans, and more. |
| Donor & Link | Cash | GOP / Trump Tie |
| Bill Ackman | $250,000 | Hedge-fund megaphone, Trump & DeSantis booster |
| Ken Langone | $50,000 | Home-Depot co-founder, GOP mega-donor |
| 167 Other GOP Donors | — | Koch-network lawyers, MAGA bundlers, GOP mega money, etc |
💸 Billionaire & Tech Titans — Policy Pay-to-Play
| Donor & Link | Cash | Desired Favor |
| Michael Bloomberg | $8,300,000 | Wall-St tax breaks and soft-pedaled policing legacy |
| Barry Diller | $250,000 | Media titan fighting NYC digital-ad levy |
| Alice Walton | $100,000 | Walmart heiress cheering anti-union signals |
| Reed Hastings | $250,000 | Netflix chief lobbying against streaming surcharges |
| DoorDash | $1,000,0000 | Gig-app giant fighting delivery-worker minimum-pay rules & e-bike regulation |
| Lyft | $15,000 | Lobbying to pay it’s drivers less |
| Daniel Loeb | $250,000 | Hedge-fund raider crusading against millionaire’s tax |
| Matt Hulsizer | $250,000 | High-frequency trader pushing to kill stock-transfer fee |
In November - say NO to Cuomo.
