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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 8m

Who has a harder time sleeping at night; The team ordered to kill people offshore in defiance of laws and proof to the public or the U.S. Sentators who can't seem to vote per the law on a war powers resolution. The JTF that stood up last week is a slow walk to escalation.
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US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 3h

Two key aspects of this whole attempt at press control:
1. It is a complete undermining of a free press (and no I'm not encouraging mishandling classified material).
2. This is effectively prior restraint as policy.

Both have been ruled as rights & protected speech.

www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 6h

*battalion...

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 6h

In related news, Ozempic becomes available in place of motrin at every battalino and above aid station.
thehill.com/homenews/555...

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 20h

I wish I could explain this...

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 21h

Prisoner's dilemma I suppose. They conform to the proposed policy, they lose while everyone else scoops.

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 1d

*but it is avoiding...

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 1d

Two changes could reconcile many acquisition ills:
1. Let people say "yes". No is the easiest word because it sounds like a decision it is avoiding making a decision mostly from fear.
2. Treating innovation like it can be delivered with certainty completely taints exploration.

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 1d

The dog whistling they are doing about it being a "Soros-antifa" event is practically inviting Jan 6-like alumni to show up and counter-protest in a very "stand back and stand by" sort of vibe.

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 1d

Followed by "Critical thinking is a secret sauce!"

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a suit and white shirt says it was my understanding there would be no math

ALT: a man in a suit and white shirt says it was my understanding there would be no math

media.tenor.com

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 1d

That is an excellent point.

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 1d

Miss a paycheck and I can see a general strike of all federal workers, uniformed and civilian, that would rival France.

(Which would be funny seeing certain DHS agencies as everyone points to a corner where they can go protest away from group)

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 1d

Are there ANY questions?

Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Supreme Court granted cert

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 2d

Escabeche this morning. Great way to use veg and peppers that haven't found a home in another dish. Carrot, onion, jalapeño, green tomatoes, toasted garlic cloves.

Escabeche sitting in mason jars on top of an oak and cherry cutting board.

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 2d

Don't elect a man or his party that claims to have "concepts of a plan". We have examples as to why.

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

Nigel’s got a monorail to sell Wales…

Farage promises ‘fresh thinking’ for Wales but says policies will come later

pembrokeshire-herald.com/124234/farag...

Farage promises ‘fresh thinking’ for Wales but says policies will come later

Reform leader hints at major changes ahead of Senedd election REFORM UK leader Nigel Farage has said it is “too early” to set out detailed policies for next year’s Senedd election – but promised his p...

pembrokeshire-herald.com

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 2d

Therein lies my failure. A transplanted Californian in Rochester, NY not given to the trust of the locals to explain the regional ritual.

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 2d

And I drank it one day warm. I've never been the same.

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 2d

And then that poor E-3 gets his notice from DFAS, a couple years down the road when he's out and law and order comes back, that it all has to be paid back.

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 2d

Sweet goodness, Utica Club was what we drank in college after we ran out of Beast, then Genny Light, and finally scratched out enough change in the couch cushions to buy those cheap gold cans of horrible goodness.

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 2d

I'll believe it when they all sign the discharge petition and a majority participate in drafting of articles of impeachment. Instead they'd rather let the monkey the handed a blowtorch and an AK run wild a little longer.

Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 3d

If you look closely, you can see signs of GOP lawmakers fearing the long-term political consequences of paying more attention to Trump's demands than to the voices of their own constituents - or consciences.

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a suit with a blue button on his pocket

ALT: a man in a suit with a blue button on his pocket

media.tenor.com

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 2d

Financial manager.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 3d

For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.

Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...

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Travis Reese (One of Many-Gravity's Rainbros) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 2d

First they came for USAID and then the CDC...
Again...and entirely illegal and impeachable series of actions is how every dialogue on things like this needs to begin.

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 3d

For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.

Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...

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