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just a sillymortal man following his sillymortal path. ready to return to our secular liberal democratic roots and totally reject the pull toward Christian nationalism and fascist autocracy underpinned and controlled by the oligarchic derp state. USAF vet
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I block bullshit. Dissenting opinion is fine. Debate is welcomed. Mutual acceptance of sets of facts is required and not optional.
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
“THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman…”
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
“THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman…”
just spitballing here…but i’m guessing that the Afghani who shot the WV NG soldiers and who worked for the CIA in his own country against the Taliban…may have been lashing out because he was being threatened by the Trump junta with deportation back to Afghanistan and a certain retaliatory death.
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
just spitballing here…but i’m guessing that the Afghani who shot the WV NG soldiers and who worked for the CIA in his own country against the Taliban…may have been lashing out because he was being threatened by the Trump junta with deportation back to Afghanistan and a certain retaliatory death.
the fact that we are in the fight of our lives battling the multifaceted authoritarians and our government is hijacked by then now is proof that We The People have let our education slip to dangerous levels. democracy demands we be well educated and engaged. we now must prove we deserve democracy.
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
the fact that we are in the fight of our lives battling the multifaceted authoritarians and our government is hijacked by then now is proof that We The People have let our education slip to dangerous levels. democracy demands we be well educated and engaged. we now must prove we deserve democracy.
west virginia governor confirms that two
west virginia guardsmen have been killed. not only is the shooter directly responsible but i hold the west virginia governor and president trump directly responsible for these needless deaths. the guardsmen were being used as political pawns by trump. a waste
west virginia guardsmen have been killed. not only is the shooter directly responsible but i hold the west virginia governor and president trump directly responsible for these needless deaths. the guardsmen were being used as political pawns by trump. a waste
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
west virginia governor confirms that two
west virginia guardsmen have been killed. not only is the shooter directly responsible but i hold the west virginia governor and president trump directly responsible for these needless deaths. the guardsmen were being used as political pawns by trump. a waste
west virginia guardsmen have been killed. not only is the shooter directly responsible but i hold the west virginia governor and president trump directly responsible for these needless deaths. the guardsmen were being used as political pawns by trump. a waste
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🚨Imagine ICE conducting a raid on your PRIVATE PROPERTY.🚨
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
🚨Imagine ICE conducting a raid on your PRIVATE PROPERTY.🚨
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
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i’m old enough to remember that the ACA/Obamacare really Romneycare implemented in Massachusetts to wild success and conceived of by conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation…but since a black man signed it into law, they hate it. this is why they can’t come up with a replace after repeal
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
i’m old enough to remember that the ACA/Obamacare really Romneycare implemented in Massachusetts to wild success and conceived of by conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation…but since a black man signed it into law, they hate it. this is why they can’t come up with a replace after repeal
i’m old enough to remember that the ACA/Obamacare really Romneycare implemented in Massachusetts to wild success and conceived of by conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation…but since a black man signed it into law, they hate it. this is why they can’t come up with a replace after repeal
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
i’m old enough to remember that the ACA/Obamacare really Romneycare implemented in Massachusetts to wild success and conceived of by conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation…but since a black man signed it into law, they hate it. this is why they can’t come up with a replace after repeal
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Trump has found a terrifyingly effective way to eliminate bad news: delete the data.
From hunger and poverty stats to foreign investment numbers, federal agencies are being gutted—making it harder to measure the impact of his policies.
@crampell.bsky.social reports:
From hunger and poverty stats to foreign investment numbers, federal agencies are being gutted—making it harder to measure the impact of his policies.
@crampell.bsky.social reports:
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Trump has found a terrifyingly effective way to eliminate bad news: delete the data.
From hunger and poverty stats to foreign investment numbers, federal agencies are being gutted—making it harder to measure the impact of his policies.
@crampell.bsky.social reports:
From hunger and poverty stats to foreign investment numbers, federal agencies are being gutted—making it harder to measure the impact of his policies.
@crampell.bsky.social reports:
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
donald fucking trump is so abhorrently awful, he even made darth cheney great (again?)
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
donald fucking trump is so abhorrently awful, he even made darth cheney great (again?)
it makes no difference if 100% of Congress approves the release of the Epstein files and pedoprez signs it. he and his sickophants in the DOJ will never release the unmodified files. whatever they release will be heavily modified to both minimize Trumps name and embellish it with his enemies names.
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
it makes no difference if 100% of Congress approves the release of the Epstein files and pedoprez signs it. he and his sickophants in the DOJ will never release the unmodified files. whatever they release will be heavily modified to both minimize Trumps name and embellish it with his enemies names.
the entire world will celebrate his death
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
the entire world will celebrate his death
gerrymanders can be beaten with turnout as close to 100% as possible. as long as there are more eligible voters not voting than vote for either party, gerrymanders and regressive policies win the day. there’s a reason why we’ve never gotten over 67% since Reconstruction: conspiratorial suppression
November 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
gerrymanders can be beaten with turnout as close to 100% as possible. as long as there are more eligible voters not voting than vote for either party, gerrymanders and regressive policies win the day. there’s a reason why we’ve never gotten over 67% since Reconstruction: conspiratorial suppression
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Far-right pastor Joel Webbon declares that Christian nationalists are allowed to impose their values on everyone "because we're right": "Christians don't have to tolerate degeneracy, and degenerates absolutely must tolerate righteousness or they need to go to jail."
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Far-right pastor Joel Webbon declares that Christian nationalists are allowed to impose their values on everyone "because we're right": "Christians don't have to tolerate degeneracy, and degenerates absolutely must tolerate righteousness or they need to go to jail."
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November SNAP benefits are beginning to flow to Washington households.
Thanks to multiple lawsuits, and repeated court orders, hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians across our state finally have the SNAP benefits they need to put food on the table.
Thanks to multiple lawsuits, and repeated court orders, hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians across our state finally have the SNAP benefits they need to put food on the table.
November 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
November SNAP benefits are beginning to flow to Washington households.
Thanks to multiple lawsuits, and repeated court orders, hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians across our state finally have the SNAP benefits they need to put food on the table.
Thanks to multiple lawsuits, and repeated court orders, hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians across our state finally have the SNAP benefits they need to put food on the table.
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Good grief. This administration is so soft on crime.
November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Good grief. This administration is so soft on crime.
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“He’s having a seizure and they’re trying to rip the baby out of her hands”
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 AM
“He’s having a seizure and they’re trying to rip the baby out of her hands”
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EUROPE The AI dip may not be done reut.rs/491dm9r
EUROPE The AI dip may not be done
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook
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November 7, 2025 at 5:40 AM
EUROPE The AI dip may not be done reut.rs/491dm9r
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America, from its inception, has always and necessarily had a strong socialist streak in it. the Declaration, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution codify a socially democratic spirit. USPS, public libraries, public education, public transportation, roads, fire & police, social security…etc
October 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
America, from its inception, has always and necessarily had a strong socialist streak in it. the Declaration, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution codify a socially democratic spirit. USPS, public libraries, public education, public transportation, roads, fire & police, social security…etc
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Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.
SNAP is taxpayer subsidized corporate welfare
November 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
SNAP is taxpayer subsidized corporate welfare
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This is nowhere close to being true.
Two @ij.org clients are citizens who were arrested & @propublica.org found 168 more.
Plus, we have witness statements from others who--like most of the citizens caught up by Noem's tactics--didn't have their arrests recorded so they didn't make the news.
Two @ij.org clients are citizens who were arrested & @propublica.org found 168 more.
Plus, we have witness statements from others who--like most of the citizens caught up by Noem's tactics--didn't have their arrests recorded so they didn't make the news.
Kristi Noem: "No American citizens have been arrested or detained. We focus on those who are here illegally. And anything you would hear or report that would be different than that is simply not true and false reporting."
October 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This is nowhere close to being true.
Two @ij.org clients are citizens who were arrested & @propublica.org found 168 more.
Plus, we have witness statements from others who--like most of the citizens caught up by Noem's tactics--didn't have their arrests recorded so they didn't make the news.
Two @ij.org clients are citizens who were arrested & @propublica.org found 168 more.
Plus, we have witness statements from others who--like most of the citizens caught up by Noem's tactics--didn't have their arrests recorded so they didn't make the news.