Mark Affleck
@flick131.bsky.social
USAF RET (24 yrs), Cornhusker at heart, NC by choice. Married animal wrangler: 3 dogs, 6 cats, 3 guinea pigs & a turtle. 65 & just getting started!
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Trump shitshow continues:
Meanwhile I’m conducting advanced research on the structural integrity of my recliner while running experiments with the TV remote. Controlled indoor environment, no vegetation required.
Meanwhile I’m conducting advanced research on the structural integrity of my recliner while running experiments with the TV remote. Controlled indoor environment, no vegetation required.
Democrats keep fighting a knife fight with a rulebook while Trump and MAGA fight like there are no rules at all. I’m DONE with the timid approach. You can’t win a street fight with polite statements. This is democracy on the line act like it.
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Democrats keep fighting a knife fight with a rulebook while Trump and MAGA fight like there are no rules at all. I’m DONE with the timid approach. You can’t win a street fight with polite statements. This is democracy on the line act like it.
Wow, another totally accidental ‘declassified’ China threat map in the NYT right before budget season. I’m sure it has nothing to do with pushing Congress to spend billions more. Just a friendly reminder from the Pentagon that the answer is always: not enough money.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
a group of men are sitting around a table with a sign that says canada
ALT: a group of men are sitting around a table with a sign that says canada
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Wow, another totally accidental ‘declassified’ China threat map in the NYT right before budget season. I’m sure it has nothing to do with pushing Congress to spend billions more. Just a friendly reminder from the Pentagon that the answer is always: not enough money.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Alina Habba heroically resigns from a job multiple courts already said she couldn’t legally hold. Truly a profile in courage: illegally appointed, ruled ineligible, then spun as a dignified exit to ‘protect the integrity’ of the office. Sure, guys.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
a bald man making a peace sign with the words sure if you say so
ALT: a bald man making a peace sign with the words sure if you say so
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Alina Habba heroically resigns from a job multiple courts already said she couldn’t legally hold. Truly a profile in courage: illegally appointed, ruled ineligible, then spun as a dignified exit to ‘protect the integrity’ of the office. Sure, guys.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Russia promises big cash to soldiers, skims half, delays the rest then shakes down widows for “processing fees.” The corruption is the system.
www.newsweek.com/russia-has-h...
www.newsweek.com/russia-has-h...
Russia Has a History of Extorting Its Own Soldiers for Money
The secretary of the Union of Committees of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia noted complaints of soldiers being asked to pay for weapons they lost in battle.
www.newsweek.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Russia promises big cash to soldiers, skims half, delays the rest then shakes down widows for “processing fees.” The corruption is the system.
www.newsweek.com/russia-has-h...
www.newsweek.com/russia-has-h...
SCOTUS has gone lawless. On the shadow docket, Kavanaugh made “Kavanaugh stops” legal allowing immigration stops based on ethnicity, language, or work. No hearings, no full opinion, no accountability. This isn’t judicial review, it’s raw powe
December 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
SCOTUS has gone lawless. On the shadow docket, Kavanaugh made “Kavanaugh stops” legal allowing immigration stops based on ethnicity, language, or work. No hearings, no full opinion, no accountability. This isn’t judicial review, it’s raw powe
Pete Hegseth goes full Colonel Klink in the Situation Room, calling a second strike like it’s Hogan’s Heroes fan fiction while Trump plays Sgt. Schultz: I know nothing! Somehow this is real policy, not cable reruns. 👉 apnews.com/article/e686...
December 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Pete Hegseth goes full Colonel Klink in the Situation Room, calling a second strike like it’s Hogan’s Heroes fan fiction while Trump plays Sgt. Schultz: I know nothing! Somehow this is real policy, not cable reruns. 👉 apnews.com/article/e686...
The IG report says it plainly: Hegseth shared live strike details on an unsecured Signal chat. Any junior enlisted would be destroyed for that OPSEC breach. He’s not a leader he’s a reckless incompetent who put U.S. troops at risk for no reason.”
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Hegseth Risked Endangering Troops With Signal Messages
An inspector-general report finds that the defense secretary violated his department’s policies.
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The IG report says it plainly: Hegseth shared live strike details on an unsecured Signal chat. Any junior enlisted would be destroyed for that OPSEC breach. He’s not a leader he’s a reckless incompetent who put U.S. troops at risk for no reason.”
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Judge Cannon is still trying to bury Jack Smith’s sealed report, but the 11th Circuit and the FOIA lawsuits won’t let this stay hidden forever. Trump’s own lawyers are scrambling to keep it sealed, which tells you everything. This thing will break daylight in 2026.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Judge Cannon is still trying to bury Jack Smith’s sealed report, but the 11th Circuit and the FOIA lawsuits won’t let this stay hidden forever. Trump’s own lawyers are scrambling to keep it sealed, which tells you everything. This thing will break daylight in 2026.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
U.S. law sets the chain of command: President → SECDEF → SOUTHCOM CINC. So why was SOUTHCOM cut out of the boat strike? If Hegseth & Bradley ran a shadow chain, that’s not “fog of war.” It’s illegal. You don’t bypass Title 10 for convenience. wapo.st/3DQFDpo
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December 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM
U.S. law sets the chain of command: President → SECDEF → SOUTHCOM CINC. So why was SOUTHCOM cut out of the boat strike? If Hegseth & Bradley ran a shadow chain, that’s not “fog of war.” It’s illegal. You don’t bypass Title 10 for convenience. wapo.st/3DQFDpo
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I’m also gonna start posting stuff I don’t have the authority to order.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Trump keeps bragging he “ended” 2 wars… or 3… or all of them… depending on the day. Incredible talent: ending zero wars but losing count of the imaginary ones. The press really should ask him to list even ONE.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Trump keeps bragging he “ended” 2 wars… or 3… or all of them… depending on the day. Incredible talent: ending zero wars but losing count of the imaginary ones. The press really should ask him to list even ONE.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Pete Hegseth is lying like a rug.
WaPo spoke to multiple senior defense officials AND reviewed an internal ops timeline showing he gave a verbal directive to “kill them all.”
Pete now claims he “left for another meeting.”
Yeah sure.
WaPo: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
WaPo spoke to multiple senior defense officials AND reviewed an internal ops timeline showing he gave a verbal directive to “kill them all.”
Pete now claims he “left for another meeting.”
Yeah sure.
WaPo: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Pete Hegseth is lying like a rug.
WaPo spoke to multiple senior defense officials AND reviewed an internal ops timeline showing he gave a verbal directive to “kill them all.”
Pete now claims he “left for another meeting.”
Yeah sure.
WaPo: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
WaPo spoke to multiple senior defense officials AND reviewed an internal ops timeline showing he gave a verbal directive to “kill them all.”
Pete now claims he “left for another meeting.”
Yeah sure.
WaPo: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Incredible: a Truth Social dump of ranting nonsense gets treated like a presidential stress test. We don’t even know if Trump typed it — could be staff, AI, or a hamster on Adderall. But hey, why report facts when you can cosplay as a neurologist? 🤡
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s night of 160 posts on Truth Social fuels debate about US president’s stamina
The 79-year-old president’s social media blitz included conspiracies, attacks on political foes and self-praise
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Incredible: a Truth Social dump of ranting nonsense gets treated like a presidential stress test. We don’t even know if Trump typed it — could be staff, AI, or a hamster on Adderall. But hey, why report facts when you can cosplay as a neurologist? 🤡
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Wild how the “deep state” didn’t even need to show up for this one — a normal appeals court ruled Habba was unlawfully appointed. But don’t worry, SCOTUS can bail Trump out by doing his favorite move: refusing to take the case so he can pretend he never lost.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
a group of judges pose in front of a red curtain with the words deal with it
ALT: a group of judges pose in front of a red curtain with the words deal with it
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Wild how the “deep state” didn’t even need to show up for this one — a normal appeals court ruled Habba was unlawfully appointed. But don’t worry, SCOTUS can bail Trump out by doing his favorite move: refusing to take the case so he can pretend he never lost.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
Trump’s Pentagon turned a drug bust into a slaughter. Hegseth allegedly said “kill everybody,” and Adm. Bradley reportedly followed through ordering a second strike to finish survivors in the water. This is state-run butchery.
Link: archive.is/2025.11.28-2...
Link: archive.is/2025.11.28-2...
archive.is
November 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Trump’s Pentagon turned a drug bust into a slaughter. Hegseth allegedly said “kill everybody,” and Adm. Bradley reportedly followed through ordering a second strike to finish survivors in the water. This is state-run butchery.
Link: archive.is/2025.11.28-2...
Link: archive.is/2025.11.28-2...
Trump rambles nonsense in the Oval Office and the press pool treats it like normal. It’s not. They’re normalizing behavior that’s clearly incoherent. He can’t express a coherent thought it’s nonstop word salad, and we shouldn’t pretend otherwise. www.mediaite.com/media/podcas...
Doctor Lays Out ‘Concerning’ Case About Trump’s Health, From ‘Incoherent’ Rambling to ‘He’s Confused a Lot’
A doctor has outlined several points of concern about President Trump's cognitive decline, days after an eye-opening report in the New York Times about the commander in chief's health.
www.mediaite.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Trump rambles nonsense in the Oval Office and the press pool treats it like normal. It’s not. They’re normalizing behavior that’s clearly incoherent. He can’t express a coherent thought it’s nonstop word salad, and we shouldn’t pretend otherwise. www.mediaite.com/media/podcas...
FYI: Ordering troops to kill survivors, shipwrecked people, or anyone who’s surrendered is legally a war crime under the Geneva Conventions, ICC Article 8, and 18 USC §2441. ‘No survivors’ orders aren’t tough
they’re illegal. archive.is/2025.11.28-2...
they’re illegal. archive.is/2025.11.28-2...
archive.is
November 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
FYI: Ordering troops to kill survivors, shipwrecked people, or anyone who’s surrendered is legally a war crime under the Geneva Conventions, ICC Article 8, and 18 USC §2441. ‘No survivors’ orders aren’t tough
they’re illegal. archive.is/2025.11.28-2...
they’re illegal. archive.is/2025.11.28-2...
Trump now claims he can wipe out every Biden signing because of “the autopen.” 😂 That’s not how law works. Presidents can’t mass-void legislation, and every EO has to be undone one by one. More empty bluster for his base zero legal reality behind it.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
Trump says he's canceling all Biden orders that were signed using an autopen
"Any document signed" by Biden with an autopen "is hereby terminated," President Trump said.
www.cbsnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Trump now claims he can wipe out every Biden signing because of “the autopen.” 😂 That’s not how law works. Presidents can’t mass-void legislation, and every EO has to be undone one by one. More empty bluster for his base zero legal reality behind it.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
Trump’s people approved the shooter’s asylum:
Kristi Noem at DHS, Trump’s USCIS director, and his asylum division.
Career officer stamped it under THEIR rules.
The same clowns now screaming “Biden’s fault.”
Trump can’t even blame the deep state it was HIS state.
Kristi Noem at DHS, Trump’s USCIS director, and his asylum division.
Career officer stamped it under THEIR rules.
The same clowns now screaming “Biden’s fault.”
Trump can’t even blame the deep state it was HIS state.
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Trump’s people approved the shooter’s asylum:
Kristi Noem at DHS, Trump’s USCIS director, and his asylum division.
Career officer stamped it under THEIR rules.
The same clowns now screaming “Biden’s fault.”
Trump can’t even blame the deep state it was HIS state.
Kristi Noem at DHS, Trump’s USCIS director, and his asylum division.
Career officer stamped it under THEIR rules.
The same clowns now screaming “Biden’s fault.”
Trump can’t even blame the deep state it was HIS state.
GOP formula:
1. Create the crisis
2. Make it worse
3. Send troops
4. Pretend Democrats did it
5. Hope voters forget who broke everything
Same playbook every time.
Link: youtu.be/J9IOpA77mso
1. Create the crisis
2. Make it worse
3. Send troops
4. Pretend Democrats did it
5. Hope voters forget who broke everything
Same playbook every time.
Link: youtu.be/J9IOpA77mso
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
GOP formula:
1. Create the crisis
2. Make it worse
3. Send troops
4. Pretend Democrats did it
5. Hope voters forget who broke everything
Same playbook every time.
Link: youtu.be/J9IOpA77mso
1. Create the crisis
2. Make it worse
3. Send troops
4. Pretend Democrats did it
5. Hope voters forget who broke everything
Same playbook every time.
Link: youtu.be/J9IOpA77mso
Trump dismantles DOJ/FBI, lets violent extremists slip through, then deploys troops to DC for instability HE caused—yet somehow Fox will say it’s all “Democrats’ fault.”
Peak authoritarian blame-shift.
Link: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Peak authoritarian blame-shift.
Link: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.
The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Trump dismantles DOJ/FBI, lets violent extremists slip through, then deploys troops to DC for instability HE caused—yet somehow Fox will say it’s all “Democrats’ fault.”
Peak authoritarian blame-shift.
Link: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Peak authoritarian blame-shift.
Link: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump granted asylum to the DC shooter in APRIL, guts counter-intel, fires career agents, floods the country with guns… and the GOP will STILL blame Democrats for the chaos THEY created. Olympic-level spin.
Link: youtu.be/J9IOpA77mso
Link: youtu.be/J9IOpA77mso
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Trump granted asylum to the DC shooter in APRIL, guts counter-intel, fires career agents, floods the country with guns… and the GOP will STILL blame Democrats for the chaos THEY created. Olympic-level spin.
Link: youtu.be/J9IOpA77mso
Link: youtu.be/J9IOpA77mso
After this weekend, Trump will:
✔️ Scream louder
✔️ Claim victimhood
✔️ Blame Democrats
✔️ Pretend to consider “tough measures”
✔️ Demand loyalty
✔️ Pressure DOJ/DHS
✔️ Rage on social media
✔️ Spin it as a reason to give him more power
The cycle continues
✔️ Scream louder
✔️ Claim victimhood
✔️ Blame Democrats
✔️ Pretend to consider “tough measures”
✔️ Demand loyalty
✔️ Pressure DOJ/DHS
✔️ Rage on social media
✔️ Spin it as a reason to give him more power
The cycle continues
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
After this weekend, Trump will:
✔️ Scream louder
✔️ Claim victimhood
✔️ Blame Democrats
✔️ Pretend to consider “tough measures”
✔️ Demand loyalty
✔️ Pressure DOJ/DHS
✔️ Rage on social media
✔️ Spin it as a reason to give him more power
The cycle continues
✔️ Scream louder
✔️ Claim victimhood
✔️ Blame Democrats
✔️ Pretend to consider “tough measures”
✔️ Demand loyalty
✔️ Pressure DOJ/DHS
✔️ Rage on social media
✔️ Spin it as a reason to give him more power
The cycle continues
Trump’s “ballroom” is only possible because the White House is exempt from historic-preservation law a loophole nobody imagined a president would exploit. Bulldozing the East Wing isn’t leadership, vandalism. When Dems return, this gold-plated disaster goes. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.
The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Trump’s “ballroom” is only possible because the White House is exempt from historic-preservation law a loophole nobody imagined a president would exploit. Bulldozing the East Wing isn’t leadership, vandalism. When Dems return, this gold-plated disaster goes. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Tyson closing the Nebraska plant? Shocking! It’s almost like shrinking the cattle supply with tariffs and choking off the workforce with immigration crackdowns has consequences. Who could’ve guessed? 🙃
reuters.com/business/tys...
reuters.com/business/tys...
reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Tyson closing the Nebraska plant? Shocking! It’s almost like shrinking the cattle supply with tariffs and choking off the workforce with immigration crackdowns has consequences. Who could’ve guessed? 🙃
reuters.com/business/tys...
reuters.com/business/tys...