Bart Auringer
@shivax.bsky.social
The best known solution to fascism was chambered in .30-06. Added bonus: said solution is also reasonably effective against communism.
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You know how this became utterly predictable and inevitable? When absolutely none of the people responsible for the previous thousand family separations were punished in any way
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 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
You know how this became utterly predictable and inevitable? When absolutely none of the people responsible for the previous thousand family separations were punished in any way
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This is morally and technically correct. We are not at war with Venezuela. Rogue strikes on civilians of non enemy nations isn't anything but murder. It only becomes a war crime to do that second run when there's a war on. But it's not on Fifth Avenue so.
Even if the boat itself was made of drugs, this was still murder.
Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
December 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This is morally and technically correct. We are not at war with Venezuela. Rogue strikes on civilians of non enemy nations isn't anything but murder. It only becomes a war crime to do that second run when there's a war on. But it's not on Fifth Avenue so.
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Even if you assume they're drug runners and even if you think that warrants a death penalty, letting the government simply execute them without trial is a huge problem
December 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Even if you assume they're drug runners and even if you think that warrants a death penalty, letting the government simply execute them without trial is a huge problem
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I'm not fighting the hypothetical. I'm telling you why "it's good for the government to be blowing up drug dealers in the Caribbean" is an idiot's argument; that is NOT authority any government should have.
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I'm not fighting the hypothetical. I'm telling you why "it's good for the government to be blowing up drug dealers in the Caribbean" is an idiot's argument; that is NOT authority any government should have.
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the single tap was also bad!
December 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
the single tap was also bad!
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We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
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The right's anti-empathy shtick has predictably slid into straight psychopathy. At worst these are low-level cocaine smugglers. More likely they're locals trying to make some extra income. Some are likely innocent.
Meanwhile, Trump just pardoned a high-level distributor. And an ex-dealer leads HHS.
Meanwhile, Trump just pardoned a high-level distributor. And an ex-dealer leads HHS.
Megyn Kelly's not only getting more brazen with her xenophobia, far-right conspiracy theories and coziness with antisemites and racists — she's an unapologetic, bloodthirsty cheerleader for war crimes.
She seems nice
December 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The right's anti-empathy shtick has predictably slid into straight psychopathy. At worst these are low-level cocaine smugglers. More likely they're locals trying to make some extra income. Some are likely innocent.
Meanwhile, Trump just pardoned a high-level distributor. And an ex-dealer leads HHS.
Meanwhile, Trump just pardoned a high-level distributor. And an ex-dealer leads HHS.
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what
Trump: "Is Trump in good health? I sit here, I do four news conferences a day. I ask questions from very intelligent lunatics -- you people. I give the right answers. There's never a scandal. There's never a problem. I give you answers that solve your little problems."
December 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
what
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hegseth vows to do more murders
Hegseth: "We've only just begun striking narco boats and putting narcoterrorists at the bottom of the ocean"
December 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
hegseth vows to do more murders
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Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Everyone should read this terrifying thread about Hegseth’s published views wrt war crimes. It’s pretty fucking radical …. We needed to hear about this in his confirmation hearing.
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Trump DOJ official Harmeet Dhillon describes the crackdown on schools & speech in response to alleged antisemitism.
Minutes later, asked about Nick Fuentes, she says: “the antidote to speech that you don't like is more speech. It isn't shutting down speech.”
Minutes later, asked about Nick Fuentes, she says: “the antidote to speech that you don't like is more speech. It isn't shutting down speech.”
December 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Trump DOJ official Harmeet Dhillon describes the crackdown on schools & speech in response to alleged antisemitism.
Minutes later, asked about Nick Fuentes, she says: “the antidote to speech that you don't like is more speech. It isn't shutting down speech.”
Minutes later, asked about Nick Fuentes, she says: “the antidote to speech that you don't like is more speech. It isn't shutting down speech.”
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Too bad Hakeem Jeffries declared an impeachment push for Hegseth of the table.
Too bad Democrats in Congress are useless.
Too bad Democrats in Congress are useless.
Dems should hound Rs relentlessly: Will they exercise oversight on these extrajudicial killings in a serious way? Trump and Hegseth are laughing in Congress' faces. Will Rs really debase themselves to shield the likes of *Pete Hegseth* from scrutiny? Seriously? 4/4
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Too bad Hakeem Jeffries declared an impeachment push for Hegseth of the table.
Too bad Democrats in Congress are useless.
Too bad Democrats in Congress are useless.
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Make America Only Normally Racist And Violent Again
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Make America Only Normally Racist And Violent Again
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The official policy of the Trump Administration is ignorant bigotry. We’re asked, under principles including charity, to assume that people support the administration despite that policy, not specifically because of it. I am increasingly unwilling to extend that charity.
December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The official policy of the Trump Administration is ignorant bigotry. We’re asked, under principles including charity, to assume that people support the administration despite that policy, not specifically because of it. I am increasingly unwilling to extend that charity.
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But it does worry me a little bit to see military officials angry about Bradley being thrown under the bus without a concurrent acknowledgement that he did in fact commit an obvious war crime.
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
But it does worry me a little bit to see military officials angry about Bradley being thrown under the bus without a concurrent acknowledgement that he did in fact commit an obvious war crime.
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the year is 2026. the disney-nvidia merger has been approved. erika kirk is the new head of cbs news. bill kristol is extolling the necessity of a vanguard party and permanent revolution
Is it possible that there are now issues where I am to the right of Bill Kristol??
December 2, 2025 at 2:42 AM
the year is 2026. the disney-nvidia merger has been approved. erika kirk is the new head of cbs news. bill kristol is extolling the necessity of a vanguard party and permanent revolution
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The American Executive took the power it has, because the Legislature unbecame it. And the Judicial allowed it.
Everything broke when the Legislature did. They were supposed to be people of power. And they gave it up to be unaccountable nothings.
Mike Johnson is the ultimate realization of this.
Everything broke when the Legislature did. They were supposed to be people of power. And they gave it up to be unaccountable nothings.
Mike Johnson is the ultimate realization of this.
December 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The American Executive took the power it has, because the Legislature unbecame it. And the Judicial allowed it.
Everything broke when the Legislature did. They were supposed to be people of power. And they gave it up to be unaccountable nothings.
Mike Johnson is the ultimate realization of this.
Everything broke when the Legislature did. They were supposed to be people of power. And they gave it up to be unaccountable nothings.
Mike Johnson is the ultimate realization of this.
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The extent to which the American legislature has been completely bypassed in truly doing anything is one of the most important stories.
The American legislature was supposed to be a functional body that did things, and it does nothing. As the American executive does everything.
For decades.
The American legislature was supposed to be a functional body that did things, and it does nothing. As the American executive does everything.
For decades.
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The extent to which the American legislature has been completely bypassed in truly doing anything is one of the most important stories.
The American legislature was supposed to be a functional body that did things, and it does nothing. As the American executive does everything.
For decades.
The American legislature was supposed to be a functional body that did things, and it does nothing. As the American executive does everything.
For decades.
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I've also mellowed out a *lot* on my policy views, roughly in proportion to how much I've un-mellowed on my views of extrajudicial summary guillotining
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All the same, I've been following Greg for years and agree with at least 90% of his policy positions. And I've never considered myself conservative, Republican, right-wing, or anything of the sort. So if there's not a place for you, it's their loss.
December 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I've also mellowed out a *lot* on my policy views, roughly in proportion to how much I've un-mellowed on my views of extrajudicial summary guillotining
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"We will call the 12th month of the year 'December'... which means 'tenth month.'"
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"We will call the 12th month of the year 'December'... which means 'tenth month.'"
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Whoever is responsible for this should be stabbed.
Let me check something...
...oh. I'm in luck.
Let me check something...
...oh. I'm in luck.
"We will call the 12th month of the year 'December'... which means 'tenth month.'"
December 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Whoever is responsible for this should be stabbed.
Let me check something...
...oh. I'm in luck.
Let me check something...
...oh. I'm in luck.
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It should be your soul that you wager against a moment's entertainment at the suffering of an "enemy."
And yet here you and Hegseth sit, comfortably ensconced in your thrones of prestige and power far away from the violence, asking others to do it for you. Cowards.
And yet here you and Hegseth sit, comfortably ensconced in your thrones of prestige and power far away from the violence, asking others to do it for you. Cowards.
December 2, 2025 at 6:08 AM
It should be your soul that you wager against a moment's entertainment at the suffering of an "enemy."
And yet here you and Hegseth sit, comfortably ensconced in your thrones of prestige and power far away from the violence, asking others to do it for you. Cowards.
And yet here you and Hegseth sit, comfortably ensconced in your thrones of prestige and power far away from the violence, asking others to do it for you. Cowards.