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Member of Veterans For Peace || Socialist fighting for the Common Good || Aspiring Stoic || Jazz Aficionado
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Today, I claim serenity,
Accepting things not up to me,
Courageously changing things that are,
Wisely discerning the difference,
Acting with justice & temperance.

#Stoicism
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
#VeteransDay Reminder:

As General Smedley Butler noted almost a century ago, #WarIsARacket.

As a veteran, three word advice to young people: #DoNotEnlist
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
#Milwaukee - Join us TONIGHT 11/11/25 - Armistice Day Program via @veteransforpeace.bsky.social Chapter 102

United Central Methodist Church (25th & Wisconsin Ave)

Music at 6:30pm - Program at 7pm

Speakers: Sarah Blum (Vietnam Vet & author) & Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch of @mecaforpeace.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
These Israeli "settlers" ( likely from Brooklyn) must've skipped synagogue the day "Thou shalt not steal" was taught. 👇

Israeli settlers storm Palestinian homes, stealing whatever they find with complete impunity.

Via @presstv.bsky.social (Telegram)
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
9/11 mystery: BBC announced Building 7’s fall while still standing

Archive footage shows the BBC reporting the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7—20 minutes before it actually happened on September 11, 2001.

Via @geopolitics_prime (Telegram)
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Veterans are overrepresented on death row across the United States. The Death Penalty Information Center's new report explores the cases of veterans sentenced to death and the injustices they face in the criminal legal system.
Forgotten Service, Lasting Wounds: Military Veterans and the Death Penalty | Death Penalty Information Center
**Executive Summary** - Though the Supreme Court has rec­og­nized the impor­tance of mil­i­tary ser­vice in cap­i­tal mit­i­ga­tion, the legal...
deathpenaltyinfo.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
What "ceasefire?"

Never. Ever. Trust. #Zionist.

Israeli warplanes launch raids east of Khan Yunis city, south of the Gaza Strip.

Via @stayfreeworld (Telegram)
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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In the wealthiest country in the world, no child should have to hungry. Period.

This is a moral failure. We can and must create a society that honors the dignity of all people.
USDA hasn’t released its data for 2024 yet, but the number of people experiencing food insecurity almost certainly increased again.

And will increase yet again in 2025, which is why Trump canceled the food security reports after this year.

www.stephensemler.com/p/a-couple-c...
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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"Was Robert Sánchez a threat to the United States or to any other country? To ask the question is to understand how insane and vicious our government’s policy is." daniellarison.substack.com/p/the-presid...
The President's Murder Spree Continues
The U.S. military has murdered more than 70 people in the Caribbean and the Pacific over the last two months.
daniellarison.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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More than 200,000 Iraqi civilians were killed in the wake of the post-9/11 wars writes @ishaantharoor.bsky.social, citing our research.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Column | Dick Cheney’s Iraq War legacy lives on
The former vice president is outlived by the cascading consequences of a war he defended to the last, even as Republican politics shifted.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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“None of the legal criteria have been met.”

FCNL's @hbrandon-smith.bsky.social and other experts break down how Pres. Trump is usurping Congress's war powers to carry out his illegal killing campaign in Latin America:
“Weaponizing Grief”—Experts Weigh In on Trump’s Continuing Boat Strikes
With the known death toll now at 67, the strikes are illegal, trample on basic human rights, and threaten further violent escalation.
filtermag.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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"These are the ravings of a dangerous and impulsive leader. We don’t need to pretend that there was anything more to it than that." daniellarison.substack.com/p/trump-has-...
Trump Has No Plan in Africa (or Anywhere Else)
These are the ravings of a dangerous and impulsive leader. We don’t need to pretend that there was anything more to it than that.
daniellarison.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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cc: Pete Hegseth
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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As #COP30 opens, one climate threat remains taboo: #militarism. The U.S. military emits more greenhouse gases than entire nations, yet its 750+ global bases are exempt from climate deals. COP30 must confront this silence!
The Environment: the U.S. Military Bases’ Silent Victim - World BEYOND War
The Culture of Militarism is one of the most ominous threats in the 21st Century, and with the advancement of technology, the threat grows larger and more imminent. With more than 750 military bases…
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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🚨 Sudanese medics accuse RSF of torching corpses and dumping bodies in mass graves to cover up genocide in Darfur.
Sudan medics accuse RSF of burning, burying bodies to conceal ‘genocide’
People fleeing el-Fasher for Al Dabbah tell Al Jazeera many died on the way from wounds or lack of food.
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Nov. 10, 1975 The tradition at Mariners' Church in Detroit is to ring a bell 29 times: To remember each of the 29 men who died on the Edmund Fitzgerald: 30th time: To honor all sailors lost on the Great Lakes: 31st time Added after the death of Gordon Lightfoot in 2023 to honor the songwriter.
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM