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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 18h

When told that Hamas had carried out extrajudicial executions in Gaza Trump said it "didn't bother me much".

"They did take out a couple of gangs that were very bad, and they killed a number of gang members," he said.

This from the man who orders extrajudicial murders of Venezuelan boat crews.

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 1d

Hearing reports of Hamas executing dozens, possibly hundreds, of Gazans whom they accused of collaborating with the Israelis.

I'm guessing it won't be long before Netanyahu & his crazy army will seize on that & simply resume the genocide that they call a war.

Can't see peace lasting long at all!

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 1d

First Nepal, now Madagascar.

This is how it's done. Wonder when USA will follow these examples?

All depends on the military, and how they react to Hegseth & Trump's stupid speeches.

Military will bide its time, & may need other events to spark them into action?!?

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Madagascar's president flees country on French plane

Andry Rajoelina flees the country amid widespread protests that saw an elite military unit join demonstrators in opposing the government.

www.abc.net.au

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 2d

Now that the hostages are home, I'm just waiting for Netanyahu to show his duplicity by resuming the war in Gaza.

I would be amazed if he has NOT been playing Trump like a fiddle, and just waiting for the hostages to be released, so he can resume "eliminating Hamas.

He can't eliminate an ideology!

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 2d

Gotta love the "Guest appearance by MEASLES".

With RFK Jr in the healthcare driving seat, and all of the anti-vaxxers in his team, that guest appearance is almost guaranteed.

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 2d

With the ever-increasing levels of violence being perpetrated by the ICE goons & whoever else hangs off their coattails (eg DHS, even local police), I'm surprised at the restraint shown by their victims so far.

Nobody yet has hit back, or even given one of them a good kick in the nuts!

Outstanding

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 2d

What about the level of sheer arrogance and conceit to assume that this is even being contemplated.

Surely SCOTUS would HAVE to deny them flouting the Constitution like that - wouldn't they???

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 3d

Sobering thought for the day:

Trump and his cronies have only been in power for 9 months (yes, I know it feels like forever).

There are still 3 years and 3 months to go - assuming the Constitution holds up - before he goes, leaving the government in ruins and his pockets fuller.

Sigh...!

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 3d

Err - it was January 2021, not 2020.

But Trump was still president then, too.

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 3d

It's Vought, Miller, Carr and co that are the source of most of the evil this administration is doing!

Trump is just the useful idiot front man.

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 3d

Just imagine how much easier & better things might be if Stephen Miller & Russell Vought weren't there to run things from behind the scenes...

Trump, who is just their useful idiot, should be removed anyway, but it's Miller, Vought, Brendan Carr & other Project 2025 loonies who REALLY need to go!

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 3d

Hang on a minute - Biden was NOT the president on Jan 6th 2021 - TRUMP WAS...!

It was then-president (with a small 'p') Trump who incited the insurrection.

Biden wouldn't become President until 3 weeks later.

Trump really HAS lost his marbles in the name of vengeance!

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 3d

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 3d

This is about as low as they can get in terms of lack of any morals or feelings.

This poor bastard spent 43 years wrongly imprisoned, due to prosecutors hiding evidence, and when he gets out of prison, ICE pick him up for deportation.

That is the mental sewage these goons have instead of brains!

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 3d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 4d

Let's see if the hostages are ALL returned on Monday.

Then let's see how long it takes for Netanyahu to resume his stated objective of flattening Gaza to "eliminate Hamas".

Cynical? Moi? Nah - just expecting Netanyahu to be playing Trump like a fiddle - again...!

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe I'm just cynical, but I can't help wondering if the Gaza cease-fire is yet another play by Netanyahu on Trump?

Excuse my morbid doubts, but it wouldn't surprise me if Israel resumed their genocidal flattening of Gaza as soon as the hostages are all released. They still want to wipe out Hamas!

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 4d

Watching from Australia, I just find it so hard to believe that I'm watching this happen in the USA.

Masked thugs, with no ID, & almost certainly no warrants, carjacking and assaulting someone then kidnapping him.

Where are the local police to arrest them?

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4d

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 5d

Re Bullshit Barbie (aka Karoline Leavitt) spouting nonsense about Portland being under siege, riots, etc.

I wonder if she is so thick that she actually believes the bullshit that comes out of her mouth, or if she is just a cynical piece of the mechanism that is pulling Trump's strings?

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 5d

Qatar's bribe of that Boeing 747 looks to be paying off big time for Qatar. Now Trump & Hegseth have announced Qatar will be building a military air base in Idaho

Yes, really. A foreign country's air base inside the USA.

Australia is one of USA's main allies - and we don't have an air base in USA

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 5d

Now I'm confused.

Nobel Peace prize for Machado was nominated by Rubio.
She also thanked Trump for his support. But she is fighting Maduro who is running Venezuela the way Trump is running USA.

Machado thinks Trump wants free & fair elections.

Huh? Wait, what??

thenightly.com.au/world/nobel-...

Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize, dedicates part to Trump

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, dedicating it to ‘the suffering people of Venezuela’ and the US president.

thenightly.com.au

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 5d

With the Nobel Peace Prize taking up all the news feeds, especially pointing out that Trumplestiltskin will NOT be pleased, it would have been easy to miss this:

edition.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, says he’ll push for paper ballots | CNN Politics

Dominion Voting Systems, the election vendor that was falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election, is being sold and rebranded as Liberty Vote effective immediately.

edition.cnn.com

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 5d

The only reason RFK Jr wears a necktie is to stop his foreskin sliding up over his head...!

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 5d

Most of the court cases about deploying troops to various cities have been LOST by the Trump administration. Judges upholding the rule of law & the Constitution.

So why is there no judicial restraint put on the ICE thugs?

How are they still operating as masked-up warrantless gestapo-style goons?

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 5d

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Thoracicus @thoracicus.bsky.social · 5d

Not just a Latina - but a WOMAN. And a DEMOCRATIC woman to boot - fighting against a dictatorship like the one Trump is trying to run.

And from Venezuela - the country Trump is trying to pick a fight with by murdering people in boats from there.

Nobel Committee got this one spot on, for sure!

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