CookieDuster
@sdurgin.bsky.social
Fan of Frank Zappa, atheist, TV editor. Not necessarily in that order.
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I try not to overhype this stuff, but this might be the biggest government opsec failure in history.
NEW: TeleMessage, the Signal knockoff used by Mike Waltz and potentially other gov officials to archive group chats in plaintext, has suspended all services after it was hacked *at least twice.* @404media.co reported a hack last night; a different hacker also broke in and gave me evidence.
TeleMessage suspends services after hackers claim breach
The app was seemingly used by Mike Waltz in last week's cabinet meeting, according to a photograph published by Reuters.
www.nbcnews.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I try not to overhype this stuff, but this might be the biggest government opsec failure in history.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday he was ending the Defense Department’s Women, Peace and Security program which he termed a ‘Biden initiative’ that was enacted by President Donald Trump in his first term.
Hegseth announces he’s ending Pentagon involvement in Trump initiative empowering women championed by Ivanka Trump and Rubio | CNN Politics
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday he was ending the Defense Department’s Women, Peace and Security program which he termed a ‘Biden initiative’ that was enacted by President Donald Trum...
www.cnn.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday he was ending the Defense Department’s Women, Peace and Security program which he termed a ‘Biden initiative’ that was enacted by President Donald Trump in his first term.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boasted that he dismantled a program supporting women on security teams — and may not have realized the program he tried to break was not a “woke” Biden-era initiative but instead a celebrated program signed into law by his boss, President Trump. via AP:
Hegseth boasts about ending ‘woke’ program on women and security that Trump had signed into law
The program Hegseth just tried to break was signed into law by Trump.
www.denverpost.com
April 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boasted that he dismantled a program supporting women on security teams — and may not have realized the program he tried to break was not a “woke” Biden-era initiative but instead a celebrated program signed into law by his boss, President Trump. via AP:
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"CNN Poll: Trump’s approval at 100 days lower than any president in at least seven decades"
www.cnn.com/2025/04/27/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/04/27/p...
CNN Poll: Trump’s approval at 100 days lower than any president in at least seven decades | CNN Politics
Donald Trump won back the Oval Office and took charge of the government amid the strongest poll numbers of his political career, but as the 100-day mark of his presidency approaches, Americans’ views ...
www.cnn.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
"CNN Poll: Trump’s approval at 100 days lower than any president in at least seven decades"
www.cnn.com/2025/04/27/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/04/27/p...
This guy must go - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...
Demand Defense Secretary Hegseth Resign
The Pentagon is in chaos as distrust spreads under Defense Secretary Hegseth’s leadership. Now the Trump administration is scrambling — including emerging reports that the White House is considering s...
sign.moveon.org
April 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This guy must go - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...
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Good Lord. It's clear he's never heard of this quote or this concept. The potus.
This is a pretty remarkable exchange from Trump's interview with Time Magazine
April 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Good Lord. It's clear he's never heard of this quote or this concept. The potus.
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BTW as soon as he mentions VAERS — and he will — you can know he's full of shit. That's a "vaccine harm" database that is completely unmoderated, so if you die in a car crash someone can blame vaccines. Literalyl.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine...
April 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
BTW as soon as he mentions VAERS — and he will — you can know he's full of shit. That's a "vaccine harm" database that is completely unmoderated, so if you die in a car crash someone can blame vaccines. Literalyl.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine...
This is telling.
Full List of Countries Not Hit by Reciprocal Tariffs
Belarus
Burkina Faso
Canada
Cuba
Mexico
North Korea
Palau
Russia
Seychelles
Somalia
Vatican City
www.newsweek.com/reciprocal-t...
Full List of Countries Not Hit by Reciprocal Tariffs
Belarus
Burkina Faso
Canada
Cuba
Mexico
North Korea
Palau
Russia
Seychelles
Somalia
Vatican City
www.newsweek.com/reciprocal-t...
The 11 countries that avoided Trump tariffs
Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs for 180 countries.
www.newsweek.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is telling.
Full List of Countries Not Hit by Reciprocal Tariffs
Belarus
Burkina Faso
Canada
Cuba
Mexico
North Korea
Palau
Russia
Seychelles
Somalia
Vatican City
www.newsweek.com/reciprocal-t...
Full List of Countries Not Hit by Reciprocal Tariffs
Belarus
Burkina Faso
Canada
Cuba
Mexico
North Korea
Palau
Russia
Seychelles
Somalia
Vatican City
www.newsweek.com/reciprocal-t...
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This image will go down in infamy: Kristi Noem using abused El Salvadoran prisoners—some of whom she illegally deported in the dark of night, without due process—as props in a Trump ad in which she sports a $60,000 Rolex
These men have already been left in a hole to die—was that not enough for her?
These men have already been left in a hole to die—was that not enough for her?
March 27, 2025 at 5:37 AM
This image will go down in infamy: Kristi Noem using abused El Salvadoran prisoners—some of whom she illegally deported in the dark of night, without due process—as props in a Trump ad in which she sports a $60,000 Rolex
These men have already been left in a hole to die—was that not enough for her?
These men have already been left in a hole to die—was that not enough for her?
The Heaven's Gate suicides were discovered in the San Diego County suburb of Rancho Santa Fe on this date in 1997. That event remains as sad testimony to the dangers of believing in wacky ideas.
March 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The Heaven's Gate suicides were discovered in the San Diego County suburb of Rancho Santa Fe on this date in 1997. That event remains as sad testimony to the dangers of believing in wacky ideas.
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Remember when people used to say the warnings about Trump were alarmist? He’s now explicitly saying US citizens who damage private property that’s linked to one of his oligarch cronies will be sent to prisons in El Salvador.
Trump threatens to put American citizens on deportation flights to a slave prison in El Salvador
March 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Remember when people used to say the warnings about Trump were alarmist? He’s now explicitly saying US citizens who damage private property that’s linked to one of his oligarch cronies will be sent to prisons in El Salvador.
Sign the petition to demand Mahmoud Khalil be immediately released and threats against his legal status be dropped! And call on members of Congress and university leaders to protect and defend the right for students to organize and protest. sign.moveon.org/petitions/fr...
Free Mahmoud Khalil and protect students exercising their First Amendment rights!
Sign the petition to demand Mahmoud Khalil be immediately released and threats against his legal status be dropped! And call on members of Congress and university leaders to protect and defend the rig...
sign.moveon.org
March 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Sign the petition to demand Mahmoud Khalil be immediately released and threats against his legal status be dropped! And call on members of Congress and university leaders to protect and defend the right for students to organize and protest. sign.moveon.org/petitions/fr...
Any way the wind blows is the norm, may as well grab the nazi leaning audience as well
#dumpmusk
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#dumpmusk
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Hollywood Studios Are Buying Ads On X Again Amid Elon Musk’s Political Ascension
Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, Apple, Amazon, Comcast and Lionsgate, among others, have resumed advertising, some starting last year.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Any way the wind blows is the norm, may as well grab the nazi leaning audience as well
#dumpmusk
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#dumpmusk
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.
March 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.
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These morons look so happy. It must be so joyful to be a complete moron.
March 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
These morons look so happy. It must be so joyful to be a complete moron.
Seth is not wrong.
I suspect the speech tonight will be one of the great abominations in American history.
We’ll see how that prediction goes. I pray I’m wrong.
We’ll see how that prediction goes. I pray I’m wrong.
March 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Seth is not wrong.
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"He Can't Just Do That"-America's Tombstone 1776-2025
March 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"He Can't Just Do That"-America's Tombstone 1776-2025
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NASDAQ plunges to pre-election levels as Trump‘s tariffs set to take effect. Nearly 60% of Americans believe Trump’s tariffs will be inflationary despite his gaslighting.
March 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
NASDAQ plunges to pre-election levels as Trump‘s tariffs set to take effect. Nearly 60% of Americans believe Trump’s tariffs will be inflationary despite his gaslighting.
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I truly believe today is the lowest point in American history.
And the terrifying thing is, I don't think we're going anywhere but down—unless We The People decide we will not.
And the terrifying thing is, I don't think we're going anywhere but down—unless We The People decide we will not.
March 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I truly believe today is the lowest point in American history.
And the terrifying thing is, I don't think we're going anywhere but down—unless We The People decide we will not.
And the terrifying thing is, I don't think we're going anywhere but down—unless We The People decide we will not.
This.
I say again: any Republican in congress with an ounce of integrity would switch parties immediately. They are complicit, sadistic cowards. Every single one.
March 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This.
@takethatdarwin.bsky.social Come back!
February 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
@takethatdarwin.bsky.social Come back!
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Ready for it?
A reporter for a Russian state-owned news agency was present at the Zelensky-Trump meeting today.
AP and Reuters were barred.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/...
A reporter for a Russian state-owned news agency was present at the Zelensky-Trump meeting today.
AP and Reuters were barred.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/...
A Russian state media reporter gained entry to the Oval Office for Trump-Zelensky sit-down | CNN Business
A member of Russia’s state-owned news agency gained access to the Oval Office on Friday to cover President Trump’s sit-down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – even as the AP and Reuters wer...
amp.cnn.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Ready for it?
A reporter for a Russian state-owned news agency was present at the Zelensky-Trump meeting today.
AP and Reuters were barred.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/...
A reporter for a Russian state-owned news agency was present at the Zelensky-Trump meeting today.
AP and Reuters were barred.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/...
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Trump is such a effing disgrace. 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Trump is such a effing disgrace. 🇺🇦
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No, this is the most ashamed you've felt as an American *so far*.
February 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
No, this is the most ashamed you've felt as an American *so far*.
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The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world.
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world.
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”