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Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · 23h

"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"

* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window

US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement operation in LA, reports say

A U.S. Marshal was shot while assisting an immigration enforcement operation, according to several reports.

www.kktv.com

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Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 23h

Called it

youtu.be/4vfiCcgW2F4?...

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Tony Brenize @tonybrenize.bsky.social · 1d

Well, at least we have competent people over at the FDA and Department of Agriculture who can test for and weed out any infected beef.

[Checks on current state of the FDA and Department of Agriculture]

We're so fucked.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Amazon controls over a third of the global cloud computing market.

Its customers include Capital One, United Airlines, and the US Army.

Today's outage should be a wakeup call: Dependence on a handful of powerful corporations is a threat to economic and national security.

Morning Brew ☕️ @morningbrew.extwitter.link · 2d

BREAKING: Amazon Web Services

A massive AWS outage early this morning sent major websites and apps down for several hours

Tracking site Downdetector has received over 8 million reports around the globe

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Tony Brenize @tonybrenize.bsky.social · 1d

Or just rename it after Obama.

It's cheaper than rebuilding it and just as much of a "fuck you" to Trump.

Tony Brenize @tonybrenize.bsky.social · 1d

But at least he'll look passable in those heels.

Provided it's last call at the drag bar and the observer is extremely drunk and desperate.

Tony Brenize @tonybrenize.bsky.social · 1d

Not only is a special tax on expression/speech just plain wrong (as well as difficult to implement for something as difficult to define as porn) but this seems like something a bunch of bitter, red-pilled incels would do to punish OF girls for refusing their advances.

www.goerie.com/story/news/p...

Pa. senators' bipartisan plan for online porn tax would generate revenue for state

Two state senators plan to introduce legislation that would pull an additional 10% from the pockets of people who profit from adult content online.

www.goerie.com

Tony Brenize @tonybrenize.bsky.social · 1d

So disappointing for all the Kylo Ren fan out there, but it sounds like Adam Driver has gotten over it.

Tony Brenize @tonybrenize.bsky.social · 1d

I think he means far into the future, after everyone who doesn't own a piece of the AI-fueled, fully-automated mega-corporation that comprises the entire economy has been liquidated by android soldiers.

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Tony Brenize @tonybrenize.bsky.social · 1d

Well, that would lower beef prices.

But are all those job losses, bankruptcies, and accompanying suicides worth it?

I mean, *I* don't think so but others might support it so long as they can save a few cents on their cheeseburgers and not think about why they got cheaper.

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Tony Brenize @tonybrenize.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah but gasoline is cheaper so it's all worth it because I prioritize feeding my gas-guzzling pavement princess over feeding my family.

Especially my children, whom I plan to sell into slavery.

I mean, "an everlasting unpaid internship" or whatever the rendering plant wants to call it.

Tony Brenize @tonybrenize.bsky.social · 1d

Translation: "I hope Trump withdraws the nomination so I don't have to be seen voting for a raging bigot and antisemite, which I'll do because I'm Trump's bitch."

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Tony Brenize @tonybrenize.bsky.social · 1d

Dem establishment: Well, it's not quite half yet so we should still keep uncritically supporting everything Israel does and take as much money as they're willing to give us.

Me: What percent would it take for you to stop supporting Israel's genocide? 100?

DE: Still a little low don't you think?

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Tony Brenize @tonybrenize.bsky.social · 1d

And who wants to bet those funds go through contractors owned by/linked to the Trump Family?

And that the end product will be a low-quality (yet somehow wildly over budget) mess with tons of problems that will require hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds to fix?

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Tony Brenize @tonybrenize.bsky.social · 1d

Trump nominated a racist bigot to lead the Office of Special Counsel?

Well I for one am shocked, shocked I say!

Who would have ever thought that Donald "no Black applicant could possibly be more qualified than a White one" Trump would nominate someone who was racist towards Black people?

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Tony Brenize @tonybrenize.bsky.social · 3d

"Damnit guys, who's been in my closet. I told you that was off-limits, along with the folder on my desktop labelled 'taxes'."

- Dave Taylor's initial reaction

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5d

"Technologies purchased by ICE in recent weeks include spyware that can hack into smartphones remotely and cellphone location software that can enable the tracking of a phone’s movements without a court warrant..."

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5d

Cops led us into the street as the new “protest zone” and then beat us repeatedly.

Got hit in the face with a baton. Leaving to pick up my friends who were arrested.

Stay safe out there.

This picture is from about 5 minutes after being hit. A visible bruise is forming on my right cheekbone and by my right eye.

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Tony Brenize @tonybrenize.bsky.social · 5d

So, pray tell John, what else is driving up those premium costs?

Could it be cuts to Medicaid and hospital emergency care reimbursement?

Or maybe it could be due to staffing shortages because some orange idiot and his goblin minion thought it was a good idea to deport all the support personnel?

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 5d

After yesterday's hearing, Roberts can rest assured that his reputation as the "most
destructive chief justice" in American history is safe.

Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it

"Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice."

www.motherjones.com

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Tony Brenize @tonybrenize.bsky.social · 6d

Weird how conservative White people (but mostly men) get infantilized when they get caught doing something wrong (in order to absolve them of any responsibility for their actions).

It's also weird how conservative White people do the opposite to their victims, many of whom are often children.

Tony Brenize @tonybrenize.bsky.social · 6d

Better headline:

White House budget director Russ Vought justifies plan to eliminate CFPB by citing its ineffectiveness since he crippled it; Wall Street scammers rejoice.

Reuters @reuters.com · 7d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

reut.rs

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Tony Brenize @tonybrenize.bsky.social · 6d

Seems to me like they're asking someone to develop empathy/a conscience, but then again I'm not a lying Nazi POS.

Tony Brenize @tonybrenize.bsky.social · 7d

Conservatism's core was always that people (specifically the common/working kind) cannot be trusted to govern themselves and must be ruled over by an "enlightened" upper-class.

It was also created as a reaction to the excesses of the French Revolution (more the an-soc stuff rather than beheadings).

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Tony Brenize @tonybrenize.bsky.social · 8d

Obamacare was designed to fail in the same way a car is designed to fail: if you don't provide them with money/fuel, they stop working.

Now, who forgot to fill up the tank Mike?

Who was it?

[Angry goose meme]