Mark

@mhajjar.bsky.social

What was it like aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln? -Sailors ran an underground economy as stocks ran low. -Energy drinks that cost $3 at the ship store were being resold for $5 to $10. -A 40-day stretch the Wi-Fi went out, severing all ties to families back home. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Weary US Sailors Lay Bare War’s Strain During Thailand Shore Leave

A brief respite for the USS Abraham Lincoln’s exhausted crew underscores the challenges of fighting a Middle East war while maintaining readiness in the Pacific.

bloomberg.com

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents

hello bsky, can someone who is an esteemed expert of hetero culture please explain to me — what in the f’ck did i just watch??

Orwellian. An ICE agent shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. He had lived peacefully in this country for 35 years. The Trump regime then lied, claiming drugs were in his vehicle at the time he was killed. There were no drugs. They are murdering migrants - and trying to murder the truth.

Harris County DA confirms that the substance found in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s van tested negative for narcotics/illicit drugs.

I said long ago that ICE specifically looks for guys with a history of domestic violence/violence against kids to hire because the administration knows they're asking them to ignore all the laws in the name of hurting and torturing people and that requires a piece of trash to have the stomach for it

Jacqueline Sweet@jsweetli.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NEW: A second ex-wife of David Brouillette, the ICE agent who killed Joan Durán Guerrero in Maine, Lucinda Brouillette, issued a statement this morning. "If you were to ask me whether I believe David Brouillette is capable of this level of extreme violence, my answer is unequivocally yes." /

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

It is genuinely heartbreaking to see all of the people losing SNAP benefits. In West Virginia, 14,000 SNAP participants have lost their benefits. In Arizona, it’s 500,000. That’s not a typo. Half a million people in AZ no longer have nutrition assistance. Republicans strike again.

14K West Virginians have lost food assistance because of Big Beautiful Bill changes • West Virginia Watch

With some exceptions, recipients of SNAP have been required to do at least 80 hours per month of work, training or volunteering.

westvirginiawatch.com

ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.