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Ethics matter. Facts matter. Resist the post-fact world being forced on us. I wish I could sleep as soundly as my cat. Slava 🇺🇦 !
Our government is comprised of Trump appointed idiots or civil service workers laying low just trying to get through this garbage www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil
theguardian.com
Data Centers in VA impacted electricity in half of the nation. This is terrifying. It’s time for our legislators to step up and protect us. Midterms are in 3 months — vote accordingly! Say NO to Data Centers. 🛑 1/2
Balint on Hegseth's obsession with testosterone and his attacks on women in combat: "I think it is indicative of the fact that there are so many people in this administration that have some weird, intense, homoerotic, feelings towards men while also being incredibly homophobic..."
𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘦 Texans apparently don't have a problem with spending millions on equipment that allow local police to trace/trail everyone with a cell phone without a warrant.
How Texas Police Spent $4.5 Million on Four Chevy Tahoes
It's hard to make a 2026 Chevy Tahoe cost more than a million dollars. Until you start packing it with military-grade public surveillance technology.
thedrive.com
Rachel Maddow’s description of Juan Sebastian Guerrero killed by ICE in Maine is a must see. She explains what happened w/out being graphic, and somehow that makes it even more powerful. Remember Alex, Pretti, and Renée? There have been no prosecutions. Still no justice. We know how this goes.
Note: in some of the pictures there appeared to be bullet holes in the car, Windshield. It is against ICE policy to shoot into a vehicle.
Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3w agoArea residents in Biddeford, Maine are posting video and photos of what appears to be a Maine who was shot and killed during an interaction with ICE. Developing. imgur.com/a/bEB9pvZ
In case you aren't paying attention to the growing police state. I was at the airport last week. While approaching the TSA agent with my driver's license. The TSA agent confirmed my full name BEFORE I gave her any identity. Real time facial recognition is now up and running and it is fast.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by ICE. His three sons called him “El mundo entero” — the whole world. They watched as their whole world died in a video posted on Facebook. Lorenzo was our neighbor and fellow Texan. He deserves justice.
This post is going to be long but it’s important. One of the least-discussed developments in the Trump administration is the creation of the National Design Studio (NDS). On the surface, it was presented as a project to modernize government websites and improve the user experience.
MAGA is the last spasm of the Civil War. A backward looking cult of ignorance, racism and misogyny. Project 2025 has destroyed much, but we have the means to emerge as a stronger and more equitable Republic. Our goal should not be to rebuild the past but a better future.
The purging of highly qualified generals continues as Hegseth grooms a set of loyalists. I fear this is part of a plan to use our own military to support a false flag 'crisis' for the midterms. abcnews.com/Politics/com...
Commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa set to announce retirement in abrupt move: Official
Gen. Chris Donahue has spent the past 18 months leading U.S. Army Europe and Africa, the command responsible for Army operations across both continents.
abcnews.com
The US-Iran MOU is the greatest strategic defeat in American history. A better argument could be made Vietnam and the War of 1812 being successes than this unconditional surrender. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of...
I was at the movies last night, and right before it began, I was forced to watch the horrifically dystopian vid of our new military. If you have not seen this Orwellian nightmare, you should. It is right out of 1984. One teenager openly said 'WTF' as it ended, and I'm in a red state. www.war.gov
war.gov
We have a minimum wage, but since Eisenhower we have no progressive maximum wage. If minimum and maximum wages were linked we would have no trillionaires and a higher standard of living for all. It's not even hard math. We had it under Eisenhower.
I generally don't like cross-posting from Twitter, but Mike Young absolutely nails how the US wound up with a resurgence of the flesh-eating screwworm decades after it had been eliminated.
We need to add TRUMP's DEFICIT to our talking points. When he is not actively trying to kill/molest our kids by poor Healthcare, no vaccines and sending them into endless wars, he is running up the deficit so we are owned by rich Arab states and China.
I know it is cliche to say Trump is a modern Caligula, but the UFC fighting cage, corruption, sexual assault, narcissism, stupid military adventures and weak Senate that empowers him is pretty damn on brand. History doesn't repeat? I get the feeling it sometimes just spits right in our face.
The one thing I have clung to like a desperate sailor on a piece of driftwood is that reality exists. You can't gaslight the world. Facts matter. Reality exists. No matter what the pedophile President says. Massive income disparity is real. The price of a hamburger is real. Failure in Iran is real.
NATO troops just finished a war games exercise hosted by Sweden with participation of many NATO members, including the US. Ukraine was asked to play the role of an invader from the east. Ukraine's drone strikes overwhelmed the NATO forces so rapidly that they called a reset -- three times in a row
Trump's derangement should spark ABC to revive the 'America Held Hostage' program of the Iranian hostage crisis. Every night Ted Koppel would spend 20 min covering it. In this case, an investigative team would reveal the day's lies on Truth Social, insider trading and his declining mental health.
horrible. this country’s turn away from science based medicine in the name of “wellness” is killing children and will kill a lot more. www.propublica.org/article/more...
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
propublica.org
I keep hearing we can't tax the ultrawealthy bc their wealth is in unrealized gains in equities. Couldn't equity value be calculated each year and taxed appropriately? If it goes up in value...tax. If it goes down...no tax.
The Blue state governors should make it clear that if GA or FL re-district they will also. Otherwise it looks to me like SCOTUS just re-lit the fuse on the Civil War...only this time it will be the Blue states leaving to either join Canada or be a nation.
Interesting that Ukraine has increased strikes against FSB and oil. This indicates to me that UKR is feeling confident about the stability of the front. UKR is slowly turning the tide and all that with Putin controlling PedoPresident.
Honestly, it’s exhausting to have such dumb, corrupt, incompetent, reckless and evil people currently running the country. What a sad expression of the failure of education and morality in a country that once could pride itself on advancing talented and capable people.
🚨 ICE Glasses are coming - specialized smart glasses designed by and for the Department of Homeland Security, documents reveal: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: ICE Glasses
Homeland Security is making “smart glasses” to collect intelligence inside the U.S.
kenklippenstein.com