mcktreacy
@mcktreacy.bsky.social
Blue through and through. Veteran. Ohio State. Cal State. Married. Adult kids. Wanderer. Rescues boxers. Washingtonian. #Indivisible
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“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
So many good people in this administration
SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
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C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
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November 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
So many good people in this administration
What achievements?
Trump said he would be prepared to sign legislation to put an end to the Epstein firestorm, if everyone focused on the president’s achievements instead.
Trump Agrees to Release Epstein Files if Everyone Shuts Up
In a stunning about-face, the president said he would be prepared to sign legislation to put an end to the Epstein firestorm.
trib.al
November 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
What achievements?
Why are we paying taxes
This is the most corrupt presidential administration in American history and it’s not even close.
They fought to stop Americans from getting food stamps while pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into their own pockets. www.propublica.org/article/kris...
They fought to stop Americans from getting food stamps while pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into their own pockets. www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Why are we paying taxes
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November 14, 2025 at 5:54 AM
If only you felt that strongly about healthcare
Trump declared an “energy emergency” and canceled clean energy projects. Now Virginians are on average paying $130 more in annual energy costs. I’ve forced votes to overturn this sham emergency. My R colleagues have refused, but I’m going to keep working to lower costs.
November 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If only you felt that strongly about healthcare
Bet he’s glad he has healthcare
November 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Bet he’s glad he has healthcare
Don’t turn away. We must call all of this abuse out. Look through the whole thread.
When I was pregnant, I tried to eat well, stay healthy & protect myself from undue stress because the baby could be affected.
For this reason, ICE had a long time policy not to detain pregnant people.
But now they are detaining them, brutalizing them & denying medical attention.
#ICELawlessness
For this reason, ICE had a long time policy not to detain pregnant people.
But now they are detaining them, brutalizing them & denying medical attention.
#ICELawlessness
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Don’t turn away. We must call all of this abuse out. Look through the whole thread.
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Jeffries: We are not going to be lectured by anyone on the other side of the aisle about fiscal responsibility when the bill that you just passed is the most fiscally irresponsible piece of legislation ever…
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Jeffries: We are not going to be lectured by anyone on the other side of the aisle about fiscal responsibility when the bill that you just passed is the most fiscally irresponsible piece of legislation ever…
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
Taxpayer dollars for Americans.
WATCH — @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social : “My amendment would redirect that $40 BILLION from Argentina to fund the ACA subsidies for two years… a far better use of taxpayer dollars.”
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Taxpayer dollars for Americans.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Morning read
Read Jeffrey Epstein’s newly released emails about Trump
Late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein specifically referenced his relationship with President Donald Trump in writing before Trump was elected to office and in the runup to the 2020 election, ac...
www.pbs.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Morning read
In other words, GOO still has t come home/a health care plan. Ever.
FOX NEWS: So what would Trumpcare look like?
DR OZ: Well, these are all ideas that we're still working on
DR OZ: Well, these are all ideas that we're still working on
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
In other words, GOO still has t come home/a health care plan. Ever.
cooking the books
So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
cooking the books
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November 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Have you learned nothing from this administration or this FOP? Come January, we will be here again. Weaker because of you. Shameful. Leaving senate service and does not give a damn.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Have you learned nothing from this administration or this FOP? Come January, we will be here again. Weaker because of you. Shameful. Leaving senate service and does not give a damn.
Priceless.
Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Priceless.
@democrats.senate.gov Shameful.
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
@democrats.senate.gov Shameful.
@shaheen.senate.gov I’m sorry - you’re not even running again. Shameful. Don’t do the press tour now.
Shaheen: So let me be clear. No one in the senate chamber wants to extend the ACA tax credits more than I do.
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
@shaheen.senate.gov I’m sorry - you’re not even running again. Shameful. Don’t do the press tour now.