Mike 🇺🇸🇺🇦
@notkissinger.bsky.social
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Lifting, grappling, competitive shooting, history, loving my wife and pets. Hates fascists.
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notkissinger.bsky.social
Yep, and they’ll feel 0 consequences from this. Not great.
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atrupar.com
Jeffries: "I remind all of these corrupt individuals, these sycophants -- the statute of limitations is five years. The American people want accountability, deserve accountability, and will get accountability."
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veryimportant.lawyer
everyone needs to internalize that this is just how all republicans are and when nancy pelosi said "the country needs a strong republican party" she meant that more people like this should be powerful. they are all like this! they all think just like this and like trump and they love it and it's fun
carlquintanilla.bsky.social
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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atrupar.com
Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.
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politico.com
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
notkissinger.bsky.social
“Are you sure you’re not a fascist” lmaooo these people are wild
notkissinger.bsky.social
I’ve lived most of my life in Podunk, Southern State, so not sure what literary quiz is specifically, but I can honestly say, without any hesitation, you’d be my number 1 pick for any kind of trivia night in existence. I feel like you’d make insane money on Jeopardy lol
notkissinger.bsky.social
Slightly off-topic to your point, but really, it’s incredible how much Dem leadership has gotten wrong in this moment. I look at Biden with Israel, and wow, that guy got gutted by Netanyahu and a nation with a population of like 49 people. It’s incredible we are even in as good a position as we are.
notkissinger.bsky.social
I just didn’t realize how dishonorable seemingly every Republican in America is prior to January 2025.
marcelias.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING: North Carolina became the latest GOP-controlled state to announce it will gerrymander its congressional map to please President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
North Carolina Is Latest Gop-Controlled State To Announce a Gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
notkissinger.bsky.social
I think it’s in part because that is how they work. They are mostly a base of unsophisticated rubes who are only activated when the party apparatus tells them to be mad on the teevee
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ofthebraveusa.bsky.social
No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.

Join the October 18th peaceful No Kings protests. Remind Donald Trump that America is still the land of the free and the home of the brave. @gtconway.bsky.social
notkissinger.bsky.social
You are arguing with 2 lawyers about an area of law they clearly understand much better than you. Might just want to take the L and move on here lol
notkissinger.bsky.social
“Jumped in” [after attacked at Pearl Harbor and after Hitler declared war]
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sky.skymarchini.net
one of the things that the new dem admin will need to do isn't just abolish DHS, but abolish huge swaths of the intelligence apparatus that has accrued post-9/11
usili.bsky.social
And oh hey, it also involves the CIA as well which has also given them expanded authority to "to conduct lethal targeting and carry out covert action in the region"
 The opinion, which was produced by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel and has not been previously reported, argues that the president is allowed to authorize deadly force against a broad range of cartels because they pose an imminent threat to Americans. The list of cartels goes beyond those the administration has publicly designated as terrorist organizations, the people familiar with the opinion said.

The opinion is significant, legal experts said, because it appears to justify an open-ended war against a secret list of groups, giving the president power to designate drug traffickers as enemy combatants and have them summarily killed without legal review. Historically, those involved in drug trafficking were considered criminals with due process rights, with the Coast Guard interdicting drug-trafficking vessels and arresting smugglers.  At the Pentagon, some military lawyers, including international law experts within DoD’s Office of General Counsel, have raised concerns about the legality of the lethal strikes on suspected drug traffickers, sources familiar with the matter said.

Multiple current and former JAGs — military lawyers who are members of the judge advocate general’s corps —told CNN that the strikes do not appear lawful.

Pentagon lawyers, even if they have concerns, cannot overrule the OLC opinion, which is the prevailing legal interpretation of the executive branch. Many DoD lawyers are also reluctant to openly dissent, three current JAGs told CNN.

“The way forward is just to eat it and put your head down and act in accordance with [Secretary of Defense] Hegseth’s new policies,” said one. “No JAG is trying to rock the boat or get noticed.”  The Justice Department opinion forms a key part of the administration’s ramped up campaign against Latin American drug cartels, which also includes expanded authorities for the CIA to conduct lethal targeting and carry out covert action in the region, two people familiar with the matter told CNN. President Donald Trump updated CIA’s authorities around the same time he signed a secret directive ordering the military to begin striking Latin American drug cartels earlier this summer, the sources said.

CNN reported in April that the CIA had begun reviewing its authorities to use lethal force against drug cartels in Mexico and beyond, as the Trump administration moved to make taking on the cartels a major priority for the intelligence agency. The CIA is also already flying surveillance drones that are capable of being armed over Mexico.

A former senior intelligence official told CNN that there is a presidential directive, known as a “finding,” for CIA covert action related to the counternarcotics mission that dates back to the 1980s. That finding, however, is largely considered “open-ended” as far as defining actions the CIA can take, the former official added, noting it has been the subject of significant debate inside the administration since Trump’s second term began.

The administration had been working to update that finding to provide further clarity to CIA on the specific actions the agency needs to take in the region to further Trump’s counter-cartel campaign, the former official said.

The expansion of CIA’s authorities to include lethal targeting against cartel actors, however, is also fraught with risk. In Latin America, there are, comparatively, far more US-born citizens and green card holders — people who might have the standing to sue the US government if they are harmed. And that is a novel problem for the CIA, CNN has reported.
notkissinger.bsky.social
Rubio furiously drawing an Israeli flag, Palestinian flag, handshake emoji, and square box with “Truth Social” written on it so Trump can understand his instructions.
notkissinger.bsky.social
I have a genuine question for you, I believe you are somewhat conservative from what you’ve mentioned in the past. Would you support expanding the court? I know you care deeply about our democracy and was curious if you thought it might be necessary to do so in the future.
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govpritzker.illinois.gov
I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.
notkissinger.bsky.social
That one nails it. Remember when they were furious and wanted scalps because the Surgeon General or whoever was like, “more than 2 beers a night can lead to cancer.” 12 year olds.
notkissinger.bsky.social
Oh yeah, spicy boiled peanuts are where it’s at.
notkissinger.bsky.social
Very dull people with bog-standard ideas? Sounds like Marc Thiessen will be writing a lot for CBS now
notkissinger.bsky.social
Yes, absolutely. Do people think she’ll actually be toiling away in her CBS corner office for 60 hours a week in an effort to “fix CBS” or whatever? Please. She’s there to snitch on CBS, shut down negative press, and get a nice payout.
notkissinger.bsky.social
Okay this is right up my alley.

I will also recommend combining bread with mashed potatoes (gravy optional but often a plus). Any bread, really, works.