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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 12h

Bluesky if it was a person

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 12h

lol I forgot back in the day when Instagram shit the bed and they all decided to pop over to Twitter for the day….

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 13h

screen shot of a People article talking about his wish to be heaven bound

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 14h

I’ve been away from this app for a week and 1/2 for some work and personal shit and coming back in tonight it’s like walking into a fucking buzzsaw. There really should be some kind of online merge lane or something so I can get a minute to pick up speed with the traffic

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 9d

you know it honestly wouldn’t surprise me at all if Hegseth ordered them to actually parachute into Portland because he’d think it’d be tough or cool or whatever

Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 9d

The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show

A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 10d

Nazi Hunters, Campus Edition. More of this please.

Spooky Scott Kelley Ernest, BSPH 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #mtpol @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 10d

Mob of students chases person accused of Nazi salute at UW | FOX 13 Seattle
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Mob of students chases person accused of Nazi salute at UW | FOX 13 Seattle

YouTube video by FOX 13 Seattle

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 11d

this fucking guy has never known a moment of interpersonal violence in his life. He has no idea what it feels like to get punched in the mouth. If I mad dogged this bitch in a hallway he’d literally shit pants.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Stephen Miller: "All that bullshit is done, over, it's finished. The gangbangers you deal with- they think they're ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they're tough? They have no idea how tough we are. They think they're hardcore? We are so much more hardcore than they are"

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 12d

it’s a cult, part infinity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Sen. Katie Britt: "Donald Trump won the hearts and minds of the American people. He won their confidence. And we're going to enact his vision."

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 13d

tbf the “we should promote him because he can run really fast” predates these idiots but these idiots without question represent THE perfectly distilled version of that mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging mindset

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 13d

I can't get over how the right-wing doesn't understand modern militaries, with the majority serving non-combat roles. You think the best IT security & logistics personnel spends two hours in the gym every day to look like the cast of 300? They're at furry conventions and model train shows.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

Hegseth: "I don't want me son serving alongside troops who are out of shape or in combat units with females who can't meet the same combat arms physical standards as men"

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 13d

the US military is absolutely Russia’s adversary, that’s just in the US military’s DNA, period. That said understand your point re: Trump and the Putin dance and think we’re fully aligned that this meeting invites bad shit by bad actors, kinetic or otherwise

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 13d

one would hope so but who knows with these half wits

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 13d

a giant pool of adversaries where all of this could happen but also could be kinetically curb stomped and that’s also pretty bad

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 13d

there is a concept called tactical spread loading which ensures you dont centralize your leadership in a way that could compromise your command and control. This dumbass fucking meeting gift-wraps that. Again, they won’t do it, but any military professional is intrigued by the opportunity.

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 13d

I doubt the Chinese or Russians are super interested in listening to Pete Hegseth slur some half baked high school football coach motivational speech to a bunch of generals but I think we’re in agreement that it’s generally a terrible idea to do this

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 13d

the rationale would be “they gift wrapped knee capping their entire political-military capability for a decade +”. They won’t do it obviously but my point is this the exact hubris that will ensure we lose whatever war we fight with them in charge

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 13d

honestly tho, honestly no bullshit, it’s just gotta be so tempting for them. Like, it’s right there. A nation-crippling gift just put on a tee for them to swing away. It’s gotta be insanely tempting.

JB stan account @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 13d

Tomorrow we get to find out if Russia is going to take the obvious opportunity for a decapitating nuclear strike

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 14d

this is fucking terrifying

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 14d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 14d

walked off the metro at eastern market and there were 9 armed natl guard kids standing in a circle with their hands in their pockets bullshitting and wanted to toss a hackey sack in the middle of them so they’d have something productive to do. Still such a fucking joke.

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 15d

drinking my old fashion tonight with hardened cubes of frozen water because fuck that other name

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 15d

all these guys are so fucking cringey pathetic it’s just unreal.

Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 15d

zuckerberg trying for John Wick this Halloween but ending up more ghislaine maxwell

Zuckerberg in a black suit and a wig that's a thick, black bob

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 16d

this median normie lib right now

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 16d

I think if I was a 3 star general stationed in Japan and I got dragged back to DC just to listen to some 50 year old frat boy bark at me about standards or whatever I’d prob just show up in board shorts and flip flops because fuck him

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 16d

This is going to end up being the most pointless and expensive "this meeting could have been an email" in history.

The Washington Post
WP Exclusive

New details emerge on Hegseth’s unusual mass gathering of top brass
The defense secretary is expected to lecture about the “warrior ethos” for less than an hour, according to multiple people familiar with the event. But top generals are bracing for possible firings or demotions.

4minutes ago

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 19d

psssh, 5D chess. Please. Bro I’m playing 6D chess over here. Catch up losers.

Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 19d

Latest checkmate just dropped

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 19d

you’re just a pawn, Shoe. Just a pawn.

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DCRiff @dcriff.bsky.social · 19d

the key piece on the board is the horsey. It’s all about that weird moving horsey

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