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OldParatroop

@oldparatrp.bsky.social

Retired U.S Army, former Federal Employee, Environmental activist Chatter Social: @oldparatroop 🚫DMs #veterans #military #dogs #ncpol #politics #ukraine #chatter

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JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social · 2m ago

😲 WHITE HOUSE BANS MEDIA deemed hostile from the grounds, including CNN, MSNOW & Politico. Obama briefly excluded FOX News from some briefings in 2009, was (rightfully) pilloried for the move, and backed off. He was wrong then, and Trump is wrong now.

Obama Administration Takes On Fox News

The White House is taking direct aim at Fox News, the news organization that is the home to the most potent collection of its conservative critics. The network also happens to be the nation's top-rate...

npr.org

OldParatroop@oldparatrp.bsky.social · 1h ago

“There are around 630 individual freight railroad companies operating across nearly 140,000 miles of track in the United States” “Virtually all major U.S. freight trains run on diesel” “An average fully loaded U.S. freight train burns roughly 5 to 20 gals of diesel per mile.”

OldParatroop@oldparatrp.bsky.social · 1h ago

“The U.S. has about 480,000 to 483,000 yellow school buses and approximately 133,000 total active public transit vehicles (including transit buses, railcars, and vans tracked by the APTA Fact Book).” More than 90% run on diesel.

NYCBlueLady@newyorkcitygirl.bsky.social · 2w ago

Gloria Steinem, lodestar of the modern women's movement, dies at 92 "In my heart, I think a woman has two choices," she said. "Either she's a feminist or a masochist." My sincerest condolences 💐 to family and friends. May she rest in peace, and continue to live in her loved ones hearts? ♥️🕊️✨

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Stars and Stripes@starsandstripes.bsky.social · 4w ago

The U.S. military killed two people in a strike Sunday against a suspected drug boat in the Eastern Pacific. The death toll from the campaign of bombing boats off Latin America’s Caribbean coast and in the Eastern Pacific now exceeds 210 after more than 60 strikes.

US military strikes suspected drug boat in Eastern Pacific, killing 2

The death toll from the campaign of bombing boats off Latin America’s Caribbean coast and in the Eastern Pacific now exceeds 210.

stripes.com

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 4w ago

Trump has destroyed US credibility to the point that no one can make a deal with America even if they think the terms sound good, because they can’t trust the US to honor it. The U.S.-Canada trade arrangement Trump now claims is unacceptable was the one he negotiated and signed in his first term.

Andrew Sabl@andysabl.bsky.social · 4w ago

Full text of Mark Carney’s speech yesterday. Here’s a line that few are reporting but that seems crucial: because the US no longer can make—or wants to make—credible commitments, it’s kneecapped its own ability to reach agreements. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...

Our government understood, before many, that America would transform all its commercial relationships. That it would put a series of tariffs on its closest allies and use economic integration as a weapon. That its signature was written in pencil. [Last sentence emphasized by poster.]
OldParatroop@oldparatrp.bsky.social · 4w ago

Every single day, it’s some new disgusting vanity project. Naming a ship after a 5 time draft dodger is a stain on the storied History of our Navy. www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p...

Exclusive: Navy weighs renaming carrier slated to honor Black war hero, potentially switching it to Trump | CNN Politics

The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, three sources familiar wit...

cnn.com

Congressman Greg Casar@repcasar.bsky.social · 4w ago

ICE just arrested a 5-year-old on his way to a soccer game in Austin. His name is Liam, just like the little boy from Minnesota. He should be in kindergarten this week. Instead he's in a trailer prison in the desert. Release Liam. Release these kids. Close the Dilley children’s prison.

OldParatroop@oldparatrp.bsky.social · last mo.

I believe a large part as to why folks stayed home & did not vote is because @democrats.org had 4 years to hold these criminals accountable & failed so they gave up.🤷‍♂️ How will anything be different if Dems take Congress? Especially with Schumer & Jeffries, both shill for Israel.