Elaina McCartney
@fisheyeview.bsky.social
Retired Mars rover camera operator. Lake dweller. Pro-democracy. Pro-science.
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Can We Hold On to Our Sense of Humor?
A Saturday Prompt
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The importance of a sense of humor in a time when non-serious power-hungry clowns deserve ridicule: bravo Zaid and Frost, shoutout to Monty Python.
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I would call Pete Hegseth a war criminal, but we aren’t at war. He’s just a mass murderer.
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I would call Pete Hegseth a war criminal, but we aren’t at war. He’s just a mass murderer.
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Genocide just as Lemkin defined it.
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Putin signs decree formalizing Russification of occupied Ukraine through 2036 - Euromaidan Press
Putin signs decree formalizing Russification of occupied Ukraine through 2036, setting 95% "Russian identity" targets for four oblasts.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Genocide just as Lemkin defined it.
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"'History’s eyes are on the Supreme Court,' she said.
'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
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'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
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November 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
"'History’s eyes are on the Supreme Court,' she said.
'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
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'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
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And we have KILLED 80 supposed low-level smugglers. This is as crazy as it is downright obscene.
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Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
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November 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
And we have KILLED 80 supposed low-level smugglers. This is as crazy as it is downright obscene.
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"If you look at job growth between January and September ... for the past 15 years, it's only been worse once, and that was during the pandemic ... It is the worst first nine months for the labor market in 15 years."
November 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"If you look at job growth between January and September ... for the past 15 years, it's only been worse once, and that was during the pandemic ... It is the worst first nine months for the labor market in 15 years."
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"No one's going to build a factory based on a tariff that's on on Monday, off on... Tuesday, the president's changed his mind by Wednesday, he gets hormonal by Thursday and someone says something nasty in the middle school cafeteria on Friday and they're back on again."
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"No one's going to build a factory based on a tariff that's on on Monday, off on... Tuesday, the president's changed his mind by Wednesday, he gets hormonal by Thursday and someone says something nasty in the middle school cafeteria on Friday and they're back on again."
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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BREAKING NEWS... THIS is all you need to know about the current condition of the UNITED STATES economy.
You DON'T want to know...
You DON'T want to know...
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
BREAKING NEWS... THIS is all you need to know about the current condition of the UNITED STATES economy.
You DON'T want to know...
You DON'T want to know...
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So yes, this pic (and the enlargement) was taken today.
Yikes!
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Yikes!
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November 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
So yes, this pic (and the enlargement) was taken today.
Yikes!
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Yikes!
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Today there was a planned federal operation in lower Manhattan.
We’re closely monitoring the situation, and we will keep working with our partners in government to ensure that New Yorkers know their rights, including those arrested today.
We’re closely monitoring the situation, and we will keep working with our partners in government to ensure that New Yorkers know their rights, including those arrested today.
November 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Today there was a planned federal operation in lower Manhattan.
We’re closely monitoring the situation, and we will keep working with our partners in government to ensure that New Yorkers know their rights, including those arrested today.
We’re closely monitoring the situation, and we will keep working with our partners in government to ensure that New Yorkers know their rights, including those arrested today.
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The House and Senate are both investigating Pete’s war crimes
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The House and Senate are both investigating Pete’s war crimes
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Pete Hegseth's "Kill Them All" Order Constitutes a War Crime!
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Pete Hegseth's "Kill Them All " Order Constitutes a War Crime!
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
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November 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Pete Hegseth's "Kill Them All" Order Constitutes a War Crime!
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trump’s using DOD to murder brown people at sea. tump’s using DHS to harass, beat up, roundup&deport brown people—including US citizens. trump’s using State Dept to betray Ukraine&Gaza. And trump’s using DOJ to persecute his political enemies. Stop me after I list an impeachable/removable offense.
November 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
trump’s using DOD to murder brown people at sea. tump’s using DHS to harass, beat up, roundup&deport brown people—including US citizens. trump’s using State Dept to betray Ukraine&Gaza. And trump’s using DOJ to persecute his political enemies. Stop me after I list an impeachable/removable offense.
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The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela.
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela.
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Six Indiana state senators who have refused to go along with Trump’s redistricting scheme have been subjected to swatting incidents. This is mob rule and it has to end.
November 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Six Indiana state senators who have refused to go along with Trump’s redistricting scheme have been subjected to swatting incidents. This is mob rule and it has to end.
The orders were to murder. The orders were illegal. Those who gave the orders and those who carried they out are responsible. Whiskey Pete thinks he's above military law because he's stupid and has has issues.
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NEWS: Group of Military Lawyers Conclude Hegseth Committed War Crimes, Murder, or Both
A group of former military lawyers have concluded, in a new statement, that Hegseth and anyone under him, have committed war crimes, murder, or both.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The orders were to murder. The orders were illegal. Those who gave the orders and those who carried they out are responsible. Whiskey Pete thinks he's above military law because he's stupid and has has issues.
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"Declaring 'no quarter' is a war crime," argued Brian Finucane, a former State Department lawyer and an editor at Just Security. "Even assuming an armed conflict exists."
"Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing," agreed Just Security co-editor-in-chief Ryan Goodman.
"Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing," agreed Just Security co-editor-in-chief Ryan Goodman.
November 29, 2025 at 6:23 AM
"Declaring 'no quarter' is a war crime," argued Brian Finucane, a former State Department lawyer and an editor at Just Security. "Even assuming an armed conflict exists."
"Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing," agreed Just Security co-editor-in-chief Ryan Goodman.
"Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing," agreed Just Security co-editor-in-chief Ryan Goodman.
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Swiss businessmen gave Trump an engraved gold bar worth more than $130,000. Then he agreed to cut tariffs on Swiss imports.
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A New Era of Crony Capitalism
Washington hasn’t seen graft like this for at least a century.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Swiss businessmen gave Trump an engraved gold bar worth more than $130,000. Then he agreed to cut tariffs on Swiss imports.
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BREAKING: Republican Congressman Troy Nehls (R-TX) announces he will NOT seek re-election
November 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
BREAKING: Republican Congressman Troy Nehls (R-TX) announces he will NOT seek re-election
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