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Stu Thurston
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Clinical Lab Scientists, father of twins, Army medic vet, comics, sci-fi, & fantasy nerd. I like hypnogogic jerks, all other jerks, not so much. No DMs, porn, or crypto
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The Revolution will be AI-icized
February 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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🚨If YOU live in 1 of these REPUBLICAN districts, these are the MOST vulnerable R's whose seats will be FLIPPED next year if they vote YES to cut Medicaid.

Please CALL your representative the vote is TOMORROW & help SAVE this program. YOUR voice does matter and does make a DIFFERENCE. 202-224-3121.🚨
February 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.

Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Donny Trump is Elon's little bitch.

Listen to the new pod episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiG7...
February 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Trump just issued an executive order titled: ADDRESSING EGREGIOUS ACTIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

It says "the United States shall promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation"
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
February 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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The removal of the Jan. 6th database “signals the Trump administration’s intention to not only spare the president’s supporters any further consequences for their role in the riot, but to erase the event from the record…”

www.propublica.org/article/janu...
Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?
The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of cases against Capitol riot defendants places those who seek to preserve the historical record in direct opposition to their own governme...
www.propublica.org
February 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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My personal theory is that Trump doesn’t give much of a shit about anything except winning, staying out of prison, pardoning his loyalists and getting revenge on people. I think he’s relieved to let Elon do whatever he wants with the government
something that stands out for me at the almost-2.5-week mark is that Musk priorities are actually happening and Trump priorities are not.
February 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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“I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire.”

Brilliant.
"The decline of America’s creditworthiness has been a stop-start process every time the debt limit approaches. But now, DOGE will get it done for good because the teenagers tracking the US government’s credit card balance have killed countless Neuralink monkeys."
Here at DOGE, We’ve Streamlined Every Aspect of America’s Collapse
"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency access to the federal payment system la...
buff.ly
February 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous.

I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.

🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
There’s a sort of Trump apologist, a relatively small but loud subset, who probably don’t realize or intend to be, but are so attached to a previous hyperbolic claim that they deny anything important changed.

-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
November 15, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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"A 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments, tax returns, and more"
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls So...
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code prohibits the unauthorized disclosure of tax returns and tax information.

Violation of this law is a FELONY.

I’m demanding answers on if Elon Musk is already violating the law.
February 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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February 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Associating immigrants with contagions historically leads to very dark places. Which they know. Which means they’re leading us to dark places purposefully.
Breaking News: President-elect Trump’s advisers are said to be trying to identify a disease that could help them justify closing the U.S. border with Mexico. They have spent months trying to find the right disease to build their case.
Inside Trump’s Search for a Health Threat to Justify His Immigration Crackdown
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s advisers have spent months trying to identify a disease that will help them build their case for closing the border.
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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"it's an election-interference case, not a 'hush money' case, motherfuckers," she muttered, pouring her coffee
January 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Surrogates advised to stop saying migrants will be placed in camps.

“…avoid terms, like ‘camps,’ that can be twisted and used against the president, yes,” says one close Trump ally. “Apparently some people think it makes us look like Nazis.”

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Allies Were Told to Stop Saying They'll Put Migrants in 'Camps'
Trump’s plan to expel millions of migrants would require massive new camps. His advisers are pressing allies not to call them “camps”
www.rollingstone.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Lolololololol! Right, too rich to be self-serving?!? Simping for the billionaire class is as repugnant and it is pathetic.
BASH: One of the concerns is that Elon Musk has billions tied up in govt contracts. You don't see a conflict of interest?

CHRIS SUNUNU: Everyone has a conflict of interest

BASH: But that's a pretty big one

SUNUNU: He's so rich he's removed from the potential financial influence
December 29, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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Legacy media is telling us that what we see happening isn't really happening.
December 21, 2024 at 6:32 PM
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THIS is how it’s done, folks.
December 14, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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This place was built it large part by a wave of trans early adopters and it’s a fucking insult that the mods here are letting a deliberate troll like Singal set up shop here to bully and harass them.

This isn’t a hard call, guys. Not at all.
December 13, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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When Trump instituted his inhumane family separation policy

Immigrant children were put in detention centers, abused and even died

It is estimated there are now 4.4 million kids in the US whose parents are undocumented

If Trump deports the adults

The damage to these families will be catastrophic
December 13, 2024 at 4:27 PM
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UPDATE: the snitch not only can't get the NYPDs $10k because she apparently called 911 instead of Crimestoppers... She has been fired from her job after the McD franchise was FLOODED with negative reviews. Live and learn!
December 11, 2024 at 7:31 PM
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Wow, this guy gets it. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/o...
December 11, 2024 at 6:54 PM
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Sold.
December 9, 2024 at 8:48 AM