Bruce R
@flitbrucer.bsky.social
Personal account of a recovering Afghan vet, gamer and gadabout. Asst. Editor of a peer-reviewed military journal in my spare time, which I may mention here once in a while
Previously on Twitter as Flit_BruceR, and a blogger of little consequence long ago
Previously on Twitter as Flit_BruceR, and a blogger of little consequence long ago
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Bruce R
@flitbrucer.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Bob Roberts: the end
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"I have sworn on the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man" youtu.be/stIK_uPpVjY via
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If you’re a president with a Supreme Court that makes you a king, you can murder anyone you like without a hint of due process or congressional approval, using the overwhelming force of the US military.
Trump’s been doing it. Nobody stops him, or even questions him seriously about it.
Trump’s been doing it. Nobody stops him, or even questions him seriously about it.
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
If you’re a president with a Supreme Court that makes you a king, you can murder anyone you like without a hint of due process or congressional approval, using the overwhelming force of the US military.
Trump’s been doing it. Nobody stops him, or even questions him seriously about it.
Trump’s been doing it. Nobody stops him, or even questions him seriously about it.
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Collective, racist punishment.
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Collective, racist punishment.
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the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
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Fuck these arrogant millionaires who have the gall to tell ordinary Americans upset about high food prices that they should just substitute lower-quality generic food and quit complaining.
Hassett: "On one of the Sunday shows, the anchor criticized the fact Walmart said the Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper by about $10. Then he said, 'Oh yeah, but they substituted generic stuff,' as if having a generic something is a crime for ordinary folks! It shows how out of touch these people are."
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Fuck these arrogant millionaires who have the gall to tell ordinary Americans upset about high food prices that they should just substitute lower-quality generic food and quit complaining.
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‘I kind of feel betrayed': ICE arrests military spouses at San Diego green card interviews
www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
'I kind of feel betrayed': ICE arrests military spouses at San Diego green card interviews
As ICE continues to arrest people in San Diego during their green card interviews, the final step in a legal pathway, some of the people taken into custody have been spouses of military members and ve...
www.nbcsandiego.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:40 AM
‘I kind of feel betrayed': ICE arrests military spouses at San Diego green card interviews
www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
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It’s not unimaginable. This is the same peace deal the kremlin peddled to Trump in 2016 via Kilimnik. And don’t forget Jared’s multiple Middle East “peace deals” that never included Palestine. There’s been like three of those.
Himes: "This shows Steve Witkoff almost literally sitting side with the Russians on this ... it's unimaginable to consider the fact that you would propose a peace deal that the Ukrainians didn't even know about."
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
It’s not unimaginable. This is the same peace deal the kremlin peddled to Trump in 2016 via Kilimnik. And don’t forget Jared’s multiple Middle East “peace deals” that never included Palestine. There’s been like three of those.
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Well, well, well.
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Well, well, well.
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Trump points a finger at Biden, once again, stating he is the worst president ever for allowing Afghan persons who fought alongside our military in Afghanistan to be allowed to come to the US. But Trump gave this NG shooter asylum this year. But, somehow it is still Biden's fault. Yeah...right.
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Trump points a finger at Biden, once again, stating he is the worst president ever for allowing Afghan persons who fought alongside our military in Afghanistan to be allowed to come to the US. But Trump gave this NG shooter asylum this year. But, somehow it is still Biden's fault. Yeah...right.
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The individual identified as the suspect in the National Guard shooting applied for asylum in 2024 and was granted asylum in April 2025. The Trump administration was in office when the asylum was approved. via CNN/ABC NEWS
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
The individual identified as the suspect in the National Guard shooting applied for asylum in 2024 and was granted asylum in April 2025. The Trump administration was in office when the asylum was approved. via CNN/ABC NEWS
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Trump's speech about the shooting in DC veered into him attacking the Somali community in Minnesota, which of course had nothing to do with the shooting. Gives away his bigoted game.
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Trump's speech about the shooting in DC veered into him attacking the Somali community in Minnesota, which of course had nothing to do with the shooting. Gives away his bigoted game.
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Dear foreign nationals in war-torn countries, terrorism hot-spots, and amidst our enemies:
If you help the United States, we’ll fuck you over and abandon you. Not the individual servicepeople or intelligence officers — they’ll fight for you. I mean the depraved, soulless leadership of the nation.
If you help the United States, we’ll fuck you over and abandon you. Not the individual servicepeople or intelligence officers — they’ll fight for you. I mean the depraved, soulless leadership of the nation.
So now they’re going to be doing individualized re-review of tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees’ cases on TOP of the re-review of 200,000+ refugees who entered under Biden?
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Dear foreign nationals in war-torn countries, terrorism hot-spots, and amidst our enemies:
If you help the United States, we’ll fuck you over and abandon you. Not the individual servicepeople or intelligence officers — they’ll fight for you. I mean the depraved, soulless leadership of the nation.
If you help the United States, we’ll fuck you over and abandon you. Not the individual servicepeople or intelligence officers — they’ll fight for you. I mean the depraved, soulless leadership of the nation.
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Among other things, imposing hard limits on the wealth of the ultra-wealthy is a /politically/ good idea, in that it makes broad based tax increases more palatable to everyone else.
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Among other things, imposing hard limits on the wealth of the ultra-wealthy is a /politically/ good idea, in that it makes broad based tax increases more palatable to everyone else.
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Meanwhile in Nazi America
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Meanwhile in Nazi America
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Insider Trading 101
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Insider Trading 101
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Btw guys the transcript of the Witkoff phone call really is much worse than you think and I do think you should share it with literally everyone you know
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Btw guys the transcript of the Witkoff phone call really is much worse than you think and I do think you should share it with literally everyone you know
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this image was generated with google's latest nana banana pro tool. we have no idea how bad it is about to get.
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
this image was generated with google's latest nana banana pro tool. we have no idea how bad it is about to get.
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yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything
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LSM reports that Latvia plans to dismantle the railway tracks leading to Russia. This measure is being considered as one of the options for strengthening national defense and security amid the tense situation on the eastern border.
eng.lsm.lv/article/econ...
eng.lsm.lv/article/econ...
November 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
LSM reports that Latvia plans to dismantle the railway tracks leading to Russia. This measure is being considered as one of the options for strengthening national defense and security amid the tense situation on the eastern border.
eng.lsm.lv/article/econ...
eng.lsm.lv/article/econ...
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The weaker party is invariably ~forced into pseudo-accepting the pseudo-deal, and the weaker you are, the more this applies, but it is not peace. He has merely dressed capitulations up in nice ways
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The weaker party is invariably ~forced into pseudo-accepting the pseudo-deal, and the weaker you are, the more this applies, but it is not peace. He has merely dressed capitulations up in nice ways
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What Trump negotiates (in Gaza, in Ukraine, and I suspect, in Armenia-Azerbaijan) is not "peace", but a sort of collective deception where one of the parties is essentially given everything they want without question while being asked to pretend in public they've been asked to compromise on ?????
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
What Trump negotiates (in Gaza, in Ukraine, and I suspect, in Armenia-Azerbaijan) is not "peace", but a sort of collective deception where one of the parties is essentially given everything they want without question while being asked to pretend in public they've been asked to compromise on ?????
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For Ukrainians, it is a tragedy, but for some foreigners, it is a gambling game.
A well-known American bookmaker has begun accepting bets on which Ukrainian settlement will be captured next.
t.me/c/1469021333...
A well-known American bookmaker has begun accepting bets on which Ukrainian settlement will be captured next.
t.me/c/1469021333...
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
For Ukrainians, it is a tragedy, but for some foreigners, it is a gambling game.
A well-known American bookmaker has begun accepting bets on which Ukrainian settlement will be captured next.
t.me/c/1469021333...
A well-known American bookmaker has begun accepting bets on which Ukrainian settlement will be captured next.
t.me/c/1469021333...
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"Hence why we will do absolutely fuck all about it"
🇺🇸🇪🇺 At a meeting in Kyiv, U.S. Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll warned European diplomats that Russia is now producing missiles faster than it fires them, creating a growing stockpile that could threaten Ukraine — and potentially other European countries, - NYT
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
"Hence why we will do absolutely fuck all about it"