Gidget Fuentes
@gidgetfuentes.bsky.social
Freelance writer military etc DIY NYer SoCal living optimistic realist em dash fan We need more original reporting.
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Gidget Fuentes
@gidgetfuentes.bsky.social
· Oct 16
Support your local blood banks #DonateBlood Do it for the free snacks. It's ice cream for me, plus free shirt this month #SanDiego Blood Bank
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"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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“A leaked internal memo shows UPS' entire fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo planes will be grounded longer than expected because they need more extensive repairs than previously thought.”
(The reason for these repairs and maintenance is the recent deadly crash near Louisville.)
(The reason for these repairs and maintenance is the recent deadly crash near Louisville.)
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
“A leaked internal memo shows UPS' entire fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo planes will be grounded longer than expected because they need more extensive repairs than previously thought.”
(The reason for these repairs and maintenance is the recent deadly crash near Louisville.)
(The reason for these repairs and maintenance is the recent deadly crash near Louisville.)
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Airbus is rolling out a critical software update. Around 6,000 A320 aircraft have been grounded. The reason: solar radiation can cause failures in the onboard computer. Recently, an A320 experienced an uncontrolled down “pull” while the autopilot was engaged.
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Airbus is rolling out a critical software update. Around 6,000 A320 aircraft have been grounded. The reason: solar radiation can cause failures in the onboard computer. Recently, an A320 experienced an uncontrolled down “pull” while the autopilot was engaged.
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This is a lot of words to say, “Yikes! That Washington Post story about us illegally killing survivors on the open seas was 100% correct!”
November 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This is a lot of words to say, “Yikes! That Washington Post story about us illegally killing survivors on the open seas was 100% correct!”
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China's military, coast guard conduct patrols around Scarborough Shoal, Xinhua says reut.rs/3XryE9d
China's military, coast guard conduct patrols around Scarborough Shoal, Xinhua says
China's military and coast guard organised patrols around Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Saturday to "resolutely safeguard its sovereignty, maritime rights and interests", the official Xinhua news agency reported.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:35 AM
China's military, coast guard conduct patrols around Scarborough Shoal, Xinhua says reut.rs/3XryE9d
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The killer the CIA made. Weird how war comes hone to roost long after they are over. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
The National Guard shooting suspect was in one of the CIA’s ‘Zero Units’
The man charged with shooting two National Guard members in D.C. is an Afghan national who came to the United States in September 2021 and worked with the CIA.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The killer the CIA made. Weird how war comes hone to roost long after they are over. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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It's time to acknowledge that Steven Miller is basically a mass shooter with access to federal resources.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It's time to acknowledge that Steven Miller is basically a mass shooter with access to federal resources.
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🎁 link to the WSJ editorial that made Stephen Miller so mad.
"It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees...
"Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer."
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
"It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees...
"Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer."
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | The Ambush on the National Guard
The alleged shooting by an Afghan ‘partner’ shouldn’t condemn all who assisted the U.S. and now live here.
www.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🎁 link to the WSJ editorial that made Stephen Miller so mad.
"It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees...
"Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer."
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
"It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees...
"Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer."
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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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 will stop me from defending our freedoms.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
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Latest episode just posted (featuring @justin-br0nk.bsky.social):
Ukraine and NATO Reject Trump's Latest Peace Plan
YouTube video by Ward Carroll
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Latest episode just posted (featuring @justin-br0nk.bsky.social):
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Ward Carroll does an in-depth look at the recent peace plan for #Ukraine with @justin-br0nk.bsky.social that it’s well worth a listen.
Latest episode just posted (featuring @justin-br0nk.bsky.social):
Ukraine and NATO Reject Trump's Latest Peace Plan
YouTube video by Ward Carroll
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Ward Carroll does an in-depth look at the recent peace plan for #Ukraine with @justin-br0nk.bsky.social that it’s well worth a listen.
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This is absolute bullshit.
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is absolute bullshit.
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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Follow the money right into Trump and his buddies pockets.
"Former Honduran President Hernandez was bribed by the country's prominent Rosenthal family, which owned a "massive" group of businesses in the Central American country, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday"
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
"Former Honduran President Hernandez was bribed by the country's prominent Rosenthal family, which owned a "massive" group of businesses in the Central American country, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday"
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Ex-Honduras president bribed by prominent family, U.S. prosecutors say
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was bribed by the country's prominent Rosenthal family, which owned a "massive" group of businesses in the Central American country, U.S. prosecutors s...
www.reuters.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Follow the money right into Trump and his buddies pockets.
"Former Honduran President Hernandez was bribed by the country's prominent Rosenthal family, which owned a "massive" group of businesses in the Central American country, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday"
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
"Former Honduran President Hernandez was bribed by the country's prominent Rosenthal family, which owned a "massive" group of businesses in the Central American country, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday"
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Wait, so he plans to pardon the Honduran President for drug trafficking, but he’s blowing up boats at sea because he thinks they’re trafficking drugs?
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran President Hernandez for 2024 drug trafficking sentence
President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 ye...
apnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Wait, so he plans to pardon the Honduran President for drug trafficking, but he’s blowing up boats at sea because he thinks they’re trafficking drugs?
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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In a Black Friday news dump, Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case.
Donald Trump is OK with major drug trafficking by fascists. This is necessary background to his contention he is killing Venezuelans because they are “drug traffickers.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Donald Trump is OK with major drug trafficking by fascists. This is necessary background to his contention he is killing Venezuelans because they are “drug traffickers.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
In a Black Friday news dump, Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case.
Donald Trump is OK with major drug trafficking by fascists. This is necessary background to his contention he is killing Venezuelans because they are “drug traffickers.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Donald Trump is OK with major drug trafficking by fascists. This is necessary background to his contention he is killing Venezuelans because they are “drug traffickers.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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He’s going to fight drug trafficking by pardoning them?
Trump announced “a Full and Complete Pardon” for former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was found guilty by an American jury last year of conspiring to import cocaine into the US.
Trump announced “a Full and Complete Pardon” for former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was found guilty by an American jury last year of conspiring to import cocaine into the US.
November 29, 2025 at 12:09 AM
He’s going to fight drug trafficking by pardoning them?
Trump announced “a Full and Complete Pardon” for former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was found guilty by an American jury last year of conspiring to import cocaine into the US.
Trump announced “a Full and Complete Pardon” for former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was found guilty by an American jury last year of conspiring to import cocaine into the US.
#Gardening Late November in southern California 🌱 homegrown garden, fruit trees are productive.
November 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
#Gardening Late November in southern California 🌱 homegrown garden, fruit trees are productive.
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Tule fog fills California’s Central Valley.
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Tule fog fills California’s Central Valley.
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Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
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
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
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Would this have happened to a white resident? Asking for the First Nations.
November 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Would this have happened to a white resident? Asking for the First Nations.
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If you’re shopping today @usni.org is running a big holiday sale with 50% most books, including On Tactics, On Operations, and 21st Century Ellis.
www.usni.org/press/books
www.usni.org/press/books
November 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If you’re shopping today @usni.org is running a big holiday sale with 50% most books, including On Tactics, On Operations, and 21st Century Ellis.
www.usni.org/press/books
www.usni.org/press/books