Keith M. Judge
@optimist-press.bsky.social
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If Democrats politick like Democrats have been politicking for the last 30 to 40 years, I expect they will prostrate themselves, roll over for the jack boots and beg for more. My hope is that Democrats don't do that.
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
If Democrats politick like Democrats have been politicking for the last 30 to 40 years, I expect they will prostrate themselves, roll over for the jack boots and beg for more. My hope is that Democrats don't do that.
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in the midst of our supposed campaign against Venezuelan drug traffickers the President of the United States has chosen to pardon the Former President of Honduras, freeing him from his long prison sentence earned for trafficking more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States
November 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
in the midst of our supposed campaign against Venezuelan drug traffickers the President of the United States has chosen to pardon the Former President of Honduras, freeing him from his long prison sentence earned for trafficking more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States
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"He doesn't talk like other politicians."
"I like that he has no filter."
"He is the funniest president ever."
The cognitive dissonance, confirmation bias, and social identity impulses are real yet no less infuriating.
"I like that he has no filter."
"He is the funniest president ever."
The cognitive dissonance, confirmation bias, and social identity impulses are real yet no less infuriating.
We are rightly concerned now about children's aptitude & willingness to read and underdeveloped critical thinking skills.
Yet we elevate a man to the highest office whose aversion to reading & thinking is so notorious his supporters uncritically boast it as vital to his appeal and relatability.
Yet we elevate a man to the highest office whose aversion to reading & thinking is so notorious his supporters uncritically boast it as vital to his appeal and relatability.
November 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"He doesn't talk like other politicians."
"I like that he has no filter."
"He is the funniest president ever."
The cognitive dissonance, confirmation bias, and social identity impulses are real yet no less infuriating.
"I like that he has no filter."
"He is the funniest president ever."
The cognitive dissonance, confirmation bias, and social identity impulses are real yet no less infuriating.
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The US president asserted that 92 percent of Biden's orders were illegitimate, citing legally dubious autopen claims.
Trump claims he will nullify executive orders Joe Biden signed by autopen
The US president asserted that 92 percent of Biden's orders were illegitimate, citing legally dubious autopen claims.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The US president asserted that 92 percent of Biden's orders were illegitimate, citing legally dubious autopen claims.
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Estimated FY2026 tariff revenue: $207 billion.
Estimated FY2026 individual income tax revenue: $2.6 trillion.
Estimated FY2026 individual income tax revenue: $2.6 trillion.
Trump says he may cut income tax 'completely' because of tariff income reut.rs/4p65j0l
Trump says he may cut income tax 'completely' because of tariff income
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration may slash income tax completely over the next couple of years because of government revenue generated from tariffs.
reut.rs
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Estimated FY2026 tariff revenue: $207 billion.
Estimated FY2026 individual income tax revenue: $2.6 trillion.
Estimated FY2026 individual income tax revenue: $2.6 trillion.
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From Vermont to California, local governments are contracting with the same private prisons doing deportations for Trump. Activists are pressuring local officials to cancel their contracts with brutal prison contractors. From @matthewcook5.bsky.social: trib.al/9pOIVHn
State and Local Contracts Prop Up For-Profit Prisons - The American Prospect
CoreCivic and GEO Group profit from Trump’s immigration policies while also receiving lucrative contracts from state and local governments, including areas controlled by Democrats.
trib.al
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
From Vermont to California, local governments are contracting with the same private prisons doing deportations for Trump. Activists are pressuring local officials to cancel their contracts with brutal prison contractors. From @matthewcook5.bsky.social: trib.al/9pOIVHn
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In other words, Hegseth was outed as a war criminal by a fellow Iraq vet who got the story from presumably high-level military officials inside the Pentagon. In case you were wondering how the military feels about him.
Hegseth should know that he can't trust anyone around him in that building.
Hegseth should know that he can't trust anyone around him in that building.
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In other words, Hegseth was outed as a war criminal by a fellow Iraq vet who got the story from presumably high-level military officials inside the Pentagon. In case you were wondering how the military feels about him.
Hegseth should know that he can't trust anyone around him in that building.
Hegseth should know that he can't trust anyone around him in that building.
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“Words can’t describe the immense relief we have as a family right now.”
Israel Releases 16-Year-Old US Citizen After 9 Months in Detention Without Trial
Mohammad Ibrahim is the first cousin of Sayfollah Musallet, who was killed by Israeli settlers in July.
buff.ly
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“Words can’t describe the immense relief we have as a family right now.”
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3/ "Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight 'would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,' said Huntley, now director of the national security law program at Georgetown Law."
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
3/ "Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight 'would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,' said Huntley, now director of the national security law program at Georgetown Law."
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2/ "Because there is no legitimate war between the two sides, killing any of the men in the boats 'amounts to murder,' said Todd Huntley, a former military lawyer who advised Special Operations forces for seven years at the height of the U.S. counterterrorism campaign."
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
2/ "Because there is no legitimate war between the two sides, killing any of the men in the boats 'amounts to murder,' said Todd Huntley, a former military lawyer who advised Special Operations forces for seven years at the height of the U.S. counterterrorism campaign."
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Update to this story here: obtained another internal DHS document, showing app may be used on people irrespective of citizenship or immigration status bsky.app/profile/did:...
New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
October 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Update to this story here: obtained another internal DHS document, showing app may be used on people irrespective of citizenship or immigration status bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
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 6:13 PM
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
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November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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We created a military state capable of widespread murder and oppression. In the past, that cruelty enjoyed the veneer of respectability, but what’s being exposed now is what this has always been and what cannot be allowed to continue.
If the U.S. was at war, Pete Hegseth's order would be a war crime, a military lawyer said. Instead, it might just be murder. wapo.st/49KbUJ1
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 6:47 PM
We created a military state capable of widespread murder and oppression. In the past, that cruelty enjoyed the veneer of respectability, but what’s being exposed now is what this has always been and what cannot be allowed to continue.
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It's useful to think of the culture of Trumpism (esp. the even more aggressively cruel culture of Trumpism 2.0) as a permission structure that encourages people to be their worst selves. There is no underlying and essential "American character" that unfolds through history...it's always malleable.
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It's useful to think of the culture of Trumpism (esp. the even more aggressively cruel culture of Trumpism 2.0) as a permission structure that encourages people to be their worst selves. There is no underlying and essential "American character" that unfolds through history...it's always malleable.
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This seems relevant here. bsky.app/profile/seth...
How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This seems relevant here. bsky.app/profile/seth...
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Am I saying that US “democracy” operates colonial systems of plunder & violence both within & beyond its borders? That “the border” constitutes an ideological weapon it deploys in both “domestic” & “foreign” spaces? Yes, yes I am.
What Is Fascism If Not Colonial White Supremacy Persevering?
Fascism grows out of colonialism. Stopping fascism means embracing anti-imperialism.
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Am I saying that US “democracy” operates colonial systems of plunder & violence both within & beyond its borders? That “the border” constitutes an ideological weapon it deploys in both “domestic” & “foreign” spaces? Yes, yes I am.
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Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
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And liberals want to make it about when he got asylum? As if that doesn't play right into Miller's narrative? This is a consequence of a bipartisan military complex and addiction to brutality. Grow up.
November 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
And liberals want to make it about when he got asylum? As if that doesn't play right into Miller's narrative? This is a consequence of a bipartisan military complex and addiction to brutality. Grow up.
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The term BLOWBACK was originally coined by the CIA back in 1954 to describe the unintended, negative, and often deadly consequences of its covert operations abroad. And just to be clear, CIA covert operations abroad more often than not did not have the best intentions to begin with...
National Guard Shooter Reportedly Fought in CIA-Backed Paramilitary Unit in Afghanistan | The Associated Press reports on what we do and don’t know about the shooting of 2 National Guard members in DC.
National Guard Shooter Reportedly Fought in CIA-Backed Paramilitary Unit in Afghanistan - Bucks County Beacon
The Associated Press reports on what we do and don’t know about the shooting of 2 National Guard members in DC.
buckscountybeacon.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The term BLOWBACK was originally coined by the CIA back in 1954 to describe the unintended, negative, and often deadly consequences of its covert operations abroad. And just to be clear, CIA covert operations abroad more often than not did not have the best intentions to begin with...