Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸
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Irreverent antiquity and history enthusiast. Army Desert Storm vet. GENX Midwesterner with a passport full of stamps, a takeout menu collection that rivals my bookshelf, and delightfully eccentric friends.
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When America transforms neighbors into adversaries, the shame many citizens feel isn't unpatriotic it's the clearest expression of genuine patriotism. Those most trapped by their country's actions often love most deeply what it could be, while grieving what it has become.
Former Navy captain understands what Trump's nominee doesn't: shooting survivors in the water isn't strategy, it's a war crime. When a combat veteran grasps laws of war better than your Defense Secretary pick, you're not draining swamps you're filling tribunals.
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Former Navy captain understands what Trump's nominee doesn't: shooting survivors in the water isn't strategy, it's a war crime. When a combat veteran grasps laws of war better than your Defense Secretary pick, you're not draining swamps you're filling tribunals.
A Reichstag moment in the USA is not just political chaos or partisan ugliness. It is a combination of:This is how democracy collapses from the inside legally, theatrically, and with the veneer of “security.” Follow Below:
November 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A Reichstag moment in the USA is not just political chaos or partisan ugliness. It is a combination of:This is how democracy collapses from the inside legally, theatrically, and with the veneer of “security.” Follow Below:
Trump declares Venezuelan airspace closed to fight cartels while pardoning a Honduran president convicted of letting Venezuelan cocaine flow through his country to America. War on drugs meets friends-of-Trump clemency program. The contradictions aren't bugs they're features.
In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions
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November 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Trump declares Venezuelan airspace closed to fight cartels while pardoning a Honduran president convicted of letting Venezuelan cocaine flow through his country to America. War on drugs meets friends-of-Trump clemency program. The contradictions aren't bugs they're features.
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Bash: "Do you believe if there was a second strike to eliminate any survivors that it constitutes a war crime?"
Mark Kelly: "It seems to."
Bash: "If you received that order, would you have carried it out?"
Mark Kelly: "No…Going after survivors in the water is unlawful."
Mark Kelly: "It seems to."
Bash: "If you received that order, would you have carried it out?"
Mark Kelly: "No…Going after survivors in the water is unlawful."
November 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Bash: "Do you believe if there was a second strike to eliminate any survivors that it constitutes a war crime?"
Mark Kelly: "It seems to."
Bash: "If you received that order, would you have carried it out?"
Mark Kelly: "No…Going after survivors in the water is unlawful."
Mark Kelly: "It seems to."
Bash: "If you received that order, would you have carried it out?"
Mark Kelly: "No…Going after survivors in the water is unlawful."
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"No Marines here" becomes "Actually, Marines everywhere improving our radar" faster than you can say "plausible deniability." When your government's story changes mid-week, you're not getting transparency you're getting a masterclass in empire's polite fictions.
Trinidad's leader backtracks and says US Marines are in the country working on airport radar
Trinidad and Tobago's prime minister is backtracking comments where she asserted that no U.S. Marines were currently in the twin-island nation.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"No Marines here" becomes "Actually, Marines everywhere improving our radar" faster than you can say "plausible deniability." When your government's story changes mid-week, you're not getting transparency you're getting a masterclass in empire's polite fictions.
Bronze Star recipient defends the Constitution by exercising it, gets prosecuted by executive order. Turns out some oaths to defend freedom only count when the freedoms exercised don't offend power. Texas v. Johnson didn't burn itself into precedent for nothing.
Attorneys for Army veteran who burned flag claim he is the target of ‘vindictive prosecution’
Attorneys for combat veteran Jay Carey are seeking to dismiss the case with video evidence collected from police-worn body cameras at the incident.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Bronze Star recipient defends the Constitution by exercising it, gets prosecuted by executive order. Turns out some oaths to defend freedom only count when the freedoms exercised don't offend power. Texas v. Johnson didn't burn itself into precedent for nothing.
A student with a boarding pass becomes an "immigration threat" faster than you can say "due process." Nothing says "land of the free" quite like deporting college freshmen in defiance of an emergency court order. The cruelty, as always is the point.
Freshman deported despite emergency court order
A freshman headed home to Texas for Thanksgiving was deported, defying a court order. Her college dreams now hang in balance.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A student with a boarding pass becomes an "immigration threat" faster than you can say "due process." Nothing says "land of the free" quite like deporting college freshmen in defiance of an emergency court order. The cruelty, as always is the point.
Trump freed a man who stole $1.6 billion from 10,000 people veterans, teachers, nurses. He served 12 days of a 7-year sentence. Victims: "I lost my whole life savings." Trump's pardon czar: "deeply grateful." His co-defendant? Still in prison. Justice for the rich. Cruelty for everyone else.
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
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November 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Trump freed a man who stole $1.6 billion from 10,000 people veterans, teachers, nurses. He served 12 days of a 7-year sentence. Victims: "I lost my whole life savings." Trump's pardon czar: "deeply grateful." His co-defendant? Still in prison. Justice for the rich. Cruelty for everyone else.
Let's call it what it is. I'm not against a party I'm against an ideology. I oppose anti-LGBTQ, anti-immigrant, anti-free speech, pro-control, pro-domination, anti-diversity, anti-science, anti-truth, anti-bodily autonomy, anti-Constitutional authoritarianism. Period
November 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Let's call it what it is. I'm not against a party I'm against an ideology. I oppose anti-LGBTQ, anti-immigrant, anti-free speech, pro-control, pro-domination, anti-diversity, anti-science, anti-truth, anti-bodily autonomy, anti-Constitutional authoritarianism. Period
"The President need not personally perform the physical act of affixing his signature to a bill he approves and decides to sign in order for the bill to become law." It adds that using an autopen to "affix the President's signature" or "directing a subordinate" to do so is considered acceptable.
November 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"The President need not personally perform the physical act of affixing his signature to a bill he approves and decides to sign in order for the bill to become law." It adds that using an autopen to "affix the President's signature" or "directing a subordinate" to do so is considered acceptable.
In 2005, the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel under Republican President George W. Bush found that "the President need not personally perform the physical act of affixing his signature to a bill to sign it within the meaning of Article I, Section 7.
November 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
In 2005, the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel under Republican President George W. Bush found that "the President need not personally perform the physical act of affixing his signature to a bill to sign it within the meaning of Article I, Section 7.
Ed Whelan, distinguished senior fellow "Trump is free to revoke all of Biden's executive orders, whether or not Biden personally signed them. But he doesn't have the same freedom with respect to 'anything else' e.g., bills enacted by Congress, pardons that Biden directed be signed by autopen."
November 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Ed Whelan, distinguished senior fellow "Trump is free to revoke all of Biden's executive orders, whether or not Biden personally signed them. But he doesn't have the same freedom with respect to 'anything else' e.g., bills enacted by Congress, pardons that Biden directed be signed by autopen."
Legal analyst Barbara McQuade, former U.S. attorney, told Newsweek: "Any president has the power to revoke any executive order of his predecessor, regardless of how it was signed. The auto-pen issue is irrelevant. Auto-pen signatures are valid."
November 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Legal analyst Barbara McQuade, former U.S. attorney, told Newsweek: "Any president has the power to revoke any executive order of his predecessor, regardless of how it was signed. The auto-pen issue is irrelevant. Auto-pen signatures are valid."
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Trump has a long, well-documented pattern he saves his ugliest attacks for women. Female reporters ask a factual question and he calls them “stupid,” “nasty,” “piggy,” or worse. He sneers he belittles, he tries to humiliate. But the part that haunts me isn’t his cruelty it’s the silence in the room
November 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Trump has a long, well-documented pattern he saves his ugliest attacks for women. Female reporters ask a factual question and he calls them “stupid,” “nasty,” “piggy,” or worse. He sneers he belittles, he tries to humiliate. But the part that haunts me isn’t his cruelty it’s the silence in the room
Confused why Trump's suddenly obsessed with invading Venezuela? If Venezuela defaults on debt, Russia gets to claim Citgoa major U.S. oil company. Trump's destabilizing the country that owes Russia billions. Chaos serves Moscow. It always has with him.
November 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Confused why Trump's suddenly obsessed with invading Venezuela? If Venezuela defaults on debt, Russia gets to claim Citgoa major U.S. oil company. Trump's destabilizing the country that owes Russia billions. Chaos serves Moscow. It always has with him.
New York Magazine: Noem and Lewandowski's relationship is "widely understood" in Trump circles. One official: "worst-kept secret in D.C." Trump himself called her Lewandowski's "girlfriend." The affair isn't the scandal it's that Trump made her DHS Secretary anyway, knowing she'd give him power.
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
New York Magazine: Noem and Lewandowski's relationship is "widely understood" in Trump circles. One official: "worst-kept secret in D.C." Trump himself called her Lewandowski's "girlfriend." The affair isn't the scandal it's that Trump made her DHS Secretary anyway, knowing she'd give him power.
Noem campaigns on "God and family values" while conducting what Trump officials call an open affair with Lewandowski. Trump knows he joked about it, calling her Lewandowski's "girlfriend." Now taxpayers fund their operation: $220M in contracts to firms tied to both of them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Noem campaigns on "God and family values" while conducting what Trump officials call an open affair with Lewandowski. Trump knows he joked about it, calling her Lewandowski's "girlfriend." Now taxpayers fund their operation: $220M in contracts to firms tied to both of them.
Trump officials call it the "worst-kept secret in D.C.": Noem and Lewandowski's affair. Trump himself called her Lewandowski's "girlfriend." He saw advisors witness Lewandowski slap her butt. Now she gave him $220M in no-bid contracts at DHS. Corruption hiding behind an open secret.
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Trump officials call it the "worst-kept secret in D.C.": Noem and Lewandowski's affair. Trump himself called her Lewandowski's "girlfriend." He saw advisors witness Lewandowski slap her butt. Now she gave him $220M in no-bid contracts at DHS. Corruption hiding behind an open secret.
If Venezuela defaults, Russia can legally seize nearly half of a major U.S. oil company Citgo. Trump's cabinet sat on the committee that could block it. His advisors lobbied for the players involved. This isn't conspiracy theory. It's documented history repeating itself.
Letters From the Edge :THE LONG GAME Trump, Rosneft, Citgo, Venezuela, and the Quiet Pipeline of Power
THE LONG GAME: Trump, Rosneft, Citgo, Venezuela, and the Quiet Pipeline of Power
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November 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
If Venezuela defaults, Russia can legally seize nearly half of a major U.S. oil company Citgo. Trump's cabinet sat on the committee that could block it. His advisors lobbied for the players involved. This isn't conspiracy theory. It's documented history repeating itself.
Follow below: Russia has strategic interest in Venezuelan oil. Rosneft loaned PDVSA $1.5 billion in exchange for a 49.9% claim on Citgo If Venezuela defaults, Putin could legally gain partial ownership of U.S. energy infrastructure. This was documented by CBS News, Reuters, FT, and U.S. Treasury.
November 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Follow below: Russia has strategic interest in Venezuelan oil. Rosneft loaned PDVSA $1.5 billion in exchange for a 49.9% claim on Citgo If Venezuela defaults, Putin could legally gain partial ownership of U.S. energy infrastructure. This was documented by CBS News, Reuters, FT, and U.S. Treasury.
2017: Lewandowski lobbied for Russian oil interests in Venezuela. Tried to kill the Russia probe. Now he's back at DHS stealing $220M while Trump threatens war with Venezuela destabilizing the same country Russia wanted to control. The operation never ended. It just evolved.
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
2017: Lewandowski lobbied for Russian oil interests in Venezuela. Tried to kill the Russia probe. Now he's back at DHS stealing $220M while Trump threatens war with Venezuela destabilizing the same country Russia wanted to control. The operation never ended. It just evolved.
They're not even hiding it anymore. Lewandowski lobbied for Putin's oil interests, tried to obstruct the Russia investigation, and now he's Noem's shadow secretary funneling $220M in no-bid contracts. Meanwhile Epstein's victims are exposed while Trump's name gets redacted.
November 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
They're not even hiding it anymore. Lewandowski lobbied for Putin's oil interests, tried to obstruct the Russia investigation, and now he's Noem's shadow secretary funneling $220M in no-bid contracts. Meanwhile Epstein's victims are exposed while Trump's name gets redacted.
In 2017, Lewandowski's firm lobbied for Citgo which owed money to Rosneft, run by Putin's right-hand man Sechin. Trump's Secretary of State Tillerson? Sechin's close friend who got Putin's "Order of Friendship." Now Lewandowski's back, funneling $220M at DHS. The circle's complete.
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
In 2017, Lewandowski's firm lobbied for Citgo which owed money to Rosneft, run by Putin's right-hand man Sechin. Trump's Secretary of State Tillerson? Sechin's close friend who got Putin's "Order of Friendship." Now Lewandowski's back, funneling $220M at DHS. The circle's complete.