John Armenta
@johnarmenta.bsky.social
Not quite a failed academic.
I study US military veterans, gender, and patriotism...not necessarily in that order. I also teach public speaking to community college students...and no, I'm not good at that either.
I study US military veterans, gender, and patriotism...not necessarily in that order. I also teach public speaking to community college students...and no, I'm not good at that either.
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This is a gift. Thank you to @siembranc.bsky.social for sharing this new toolkit with what they did when Border Patrol showed up in NC: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - share far and wide especially with our comrades in MN and LA (New Orleans esp).
Toolkit: how we dealt with Border Patrol
In November 2025, Border Patrol announced it would be coming to Charlotte, North Carolina. We only had a few days’ notice. Just like in Chicago and Los Angeles, they weren’t coming to “keep the peace....
docs.google.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is a gift. Thank you to @siembranc.bsky.social for sharing this new toolkit with what they did when Border Patrol showed up in NC: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - share far and wide especially with our comrades in MN and LA (New Orleans esp).
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Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classics including "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour" during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died. He was 84. n.pr/48zf0gD
Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies
Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classics including "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour" during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died. He was 84.
n.pr
December 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classics including "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour" during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died. He was 84. n.pr/48zf0gD
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Every Democrat going on air should take the first question and then say something like “Before I answer that I need to express my outrage and disgust at the president’s bigoted and vulgar insults about the Somali people. There is something seriously wrong with him. He is a sick man.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Every Democrat going on air should take the first question and then say something like “Before I answer that I need to express my outrage and disgust at the president’s bigoted and vulgar insults about the Somali people. There is something seriously wrong with him. He is a sick man.”
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There is a way in which Trump is the most honest US president. Who else would admit that this country is super racist, commits war crimes and atrocities, that this whole place is soaked in blood and plunder. But he thinks these are its virtues.
December 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
There is a way in which Trump is the most honest US president. Who else would admit that this country is super racist, commits war crimes and atrocities, that this whole place is soaked in blood and plunder. But he thinks these are its virtues.
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6-fold ward against AI-induced psychosis
November 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
6-fold ward against AI-induced psychosis
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Want to show love to your artists while also calling out Spotify for airing I.C.E. ads? Welcome to Spotify Unwrapped, get your downloadables here: spotifyunwrapped.net
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Want to show love to your artists while also calling out Spotify for airing I.C.E. ads? Welcome to Spotify Unwrapped, get your downloadables here: spotifyunwrapped.net
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The thing about all the anti-trans sports panic: people argue this stuff while talking about elite level sports, but because there aren't actually a ton of superhuman trans women blowing away the competition, the people actually affected end up being those who play sports for fun/socialization
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The thing about all the anti-trans sports panic: people argue this stuff while talking about elite level sports, but because there aren't actually a ton of superhuman trans women blowing away the competition, the people actually affected end up being those who play sports for fun/socialization
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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I wonder if there is a more succinct term for unpopular right wing populism. like some kind of authoritarian state that masquerades as the will of the people as it unleashes incompetent thug violence and corruption.
Opinion: The right is out of touch with the public on birth rates, the lockdown and, above all, Brexit, Janan Ganesh writes on.ft.com/4iDDQAD
December 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I wonder if there is a more succinct term for unpopular right wing populism. like some kind of authoritarian state that masquerades as the will of the people as it unleashes incompetent thug violence and corruption.
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We're doing pogroms in America now
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
We're doing pogroms in America now
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Very similar to the trans-kids panic, where the prestige media narrative is that it's far too easy but you talk to any trans person, expert or parent and it's obvious that it's way too hard.
Once again, no one making these claims seems to understand the enormous hurdles in the way of getting a kid the help they need - in this case - I dare anyone suggesting this to go through an IEP process.
December 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Very similar to the trans-kids panic, where the prestige media narrative is that it's far too easy but you talk to any trans person, expert or parent and it's obvious that it's way too hard.
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I don't know what the point of saying this is—but he has no legal authority whatsoever to do any of that. There's is no AUMF for any strikes on any of these parties. Moreover, these would be strikes on sovereign States that we are not in a state of armed conflict with.
Trump: "We're doing start doing those strikes on land too. You know, the land is much easier."
December 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I don't know what the point of saying this is—but he has no legal authority whatsoever to do any of that. There's is no AUMF for any strikes on any of these parties. Moreover, these would be strikes on sovereign States that we are not in a state of armed conflict with.
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Let me get this straight: we trained this guy to be an elite killer, abandoned his country to the Taliban, isolated him, arbitrarily banned him from working and so left his family unsupported.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work newrepublic.com/post/203784/... via @newrepublic.com
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work
The National Guard shooting suspect felt abandoned by the CIA after working together for so long, his fellow unit member said.
newrepublic.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Let me get this straight: we trained this guy to be an elite killer, abandoned his country to the Taliban, isolated him, arbitrarily banned him from working and so left his family unsupported.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
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Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
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Federal Government Announces Racial Profiling Campaign, Explains It’s Because of the President’s Personal Bigotry
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Federal Government Announces Racial Profiling Campaign, Explains It’s Because of the President’s Personal Bigotry
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I don’t know if a country can be good. Probably not. But a country can be better than this.
December 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I don’t know if a country can be good. Probably not. But a country can be better than this.
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Suckers losers etc etc is less a trumpism than a general zeitgeist on the right now
there is just absolutely no inkling that someday we might want the LOAC to protect our guys too
Fox’s Greg Gutfeld on double tap boat strike: “It's just better for us to kill them in the ocean, make them shark feed, be done with it”
December 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Suckers losers etc etc is less a trumpism than a general zeitgeist on the right now
Since Vietnam there has been a certain contingent of right-wingers who argue that the reason we don’t win wars is because we don’t do enough war crimes. And then, at the same time, they praise the US military for having rules of engagement in the first place.
there is just absolutely no inkling that someday we might want the LOAC to protect our guys too
Fox’s Greg Gutfeld on double tap boat strike: “It's just better for us to kill them in the ocean, make them shark feed, be done with it”
December 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Since Vietnam there has been a certain contingent of right-wingers who argue that the reason we don’t win wars is because we don’t do enough war crimes. And then, at the same time, they praise the US military for having rules of engagement in the first place.
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that's a great picture to use for that headline
FBI under Kash Patel has become ‘internally paralyzed by fear’, new report reveals
Leaked assessment based on confidential accounts from 24 FBI sources describes organization as a ‘rudderless ship’
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
that's a great picture to use for that headline
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The fact that this is a surprise to Bradley, presumably Fenton, and a whole bunch of large adult son SOF officers is a justifiable reason alone to fire everyone at SOCOM, just for being fucking stupid
WAPO: “.. Officials in Congress and the Pentagon said Monday they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill two survivors of a targeted strike ..”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
December 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The fact that this is a surprise to Bradley, presumably Fenton, and a whole bunch of large adult son SOF officers is a justifiable reason alone to fire everyone at SOCOM, just for being fucking stupid
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I am sorry but if you are a combatant commander and you get outmaneuvered this badly in a bureaucratic knife fight with Pete fucking Hegseth you need to go ahead and do The Honorable Thing
WAPO: “.. Officials in Congress and the Pentagon said Monday they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill two survivors of a targeted strike ..”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I am sorry but if you are a combatant commander and you get outmaneuvered this badly in a bureaucratic knife fight with Pete fucking Hegseth you need to go ahead and do The Honorable Thing
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god, listening to the ads on the radio is so depressing, almost every ad is just 'GAMBLE GAMBLE GAMBLE!! BINGO!!SCRATCHCARDS!!BETTING!! DESPERATE FOR MONEY?? THIS IS THE ONLY WAY!! TAKE UP GAMBLING TODAY!!' and the only other type of ad is 'Are you in crippling credit card debt? Call us today...'
November 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
god, listening to the ads on the radio is so depressing, almost every ad is just 'GAMBLE GAMBLE GAMBLE!! BINGO!!SCRATCHCARDS!!BETTING!! DESPERATE FOR MONEY?? THIS IS THE ONLY WAY!! TAKE UP GAMBLING TODAY!!' and the only other type of ad is 'Are you in crippling credit card debt? Call us today...'
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This is probably one of, if not the greatest thing I'll ever write in my life. I'm also extremely proud of the photoshop.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ends in horror when robe of Baby Yoda balloon falls open, revealing massive genitalia
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade ends in horror when robe of Baby Yoda balloon falls open, revealing massive genitalia
"I think we can all agree this kind of thing is why realism in art has always been a mistake.”
www.thebeaverton.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This is probably one of, if not the greatest thing I'll ever write in my life. I'm also extremely proud of the photoshop.