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The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this #WestPoint plaque.
It contains these words

Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law

That is precisely what Senator @captmarkkelly.bsky.social
told officers to do.
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Here it is: the Trump Administration "draft proposal" to the University of California. Published bc faculty sued for its disclosure.

Its terms go beyond what Trump demands in similar compacts to other universities.

EVERYONE should read: faculty, students, admins, alumni.
ucop.edu/communicatio...
ucop.edu
October 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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All they had to do to circumvent the 1st Amendment was outsource the censorship to the oligarchs.

The oligarchs have seized control of not only the media but the very platforms and algorithms used to disseminate information itself.

www.thedissident.news/the-oligarch...
The Oligarchs' Coup Against the Free Press Is Happening Now
The American information space is not merely changing; it is undergoing a hostile takeover. It is a deliberate, coordinated campaign by a new class of oligarchs out of Silicon Valley that includes Jef...
www.thedissident.news
September 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper"

anyways, great news! (1/X)
September 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Charlie Kirk was a horrible bigot who spewed dangerous conspiracy theories and misled many young people. He marched for Trump’s authoritarian agenda. None of this justifies violence or murder. Political violence only escalates and makes us less safe.

Sadly, we dont have a leader but an arsonist.
September 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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If only there was a way to prevent all of these shootings....
but wait, didn't Charlie himself say this back in 2023?
www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk...
Charlie Kirk says gun deaths "unfortunately" worth it to ...
The conservative founder of Turning Point USA made the comments following a mass shooting in Nashville last week that resulted in six deaths.
www.newsweek.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Five years ago all this stuff about Trump's serial abuse came up. Women who had been minors at the time told their stories. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020...
Teen models, powerful men and private dinners: when Trump hosted Look of the Year
In the early 90s, Donald Trump judged contestants at the world’s biggest modelling competition - since hit by allegations of abuse. This is how the people who were there remember it
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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The warfighters in DC got the trash picked up, now time to mulch.
August 30, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Inflation and cost of living are way up as Trump appears to be spoiling like a Trump Steak. Also, still no Epstein files. But at least Trump is fighting Cracker Barrel for you.

Feeling great yet, everyone?

https://meidasnews.com/news/trump-white-house-spoke-to-cracker-barrel-about-logo-switch
Trump White House Spoke to Cracker Barrel About Logo Switch
The administration also issued an official press release about the change
meidasnews.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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The last moments to resist are slipping away, and history shows once fascism’s grip tightens, it rarely loosens…

hartmannreport.com/p/welcome-to...
Welcome to the "Chilling Stage" of Tyranny—Where the Tyrant Tightens His Grip
The last moments to resist are slipping away, and history shows once fascism’s grip tightens, it rarely loosens…
hartmannreport.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Louisiana has to build three new natural gas power plants to accommodate the "AI" data center that Meta just crammed through because said center will use *Three Times* as much electricity (and, thus, attendant resources) as the *Entire City Of New Orleans*, every year.

Y'all this isn't sustainable.
La. regulators approve Entergy power plants for Meta’s AI data center
Louisiana Public Service Commissioners voted four to one to approve Entergy’s three new gas plants to power Meta’s largest-ever data center.
www.kplctv.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Of note: they tell you how much it costs for the government to run the free filing system, but they don’t tell you how much it would cost to have a private corporation do it. (Hint: it would cost taxpayers more to have a private corporation do it.)
Treasury is required to produce a report to Congress related to Direct File, the free tax filing option that the current administration intends to kill. They've created a survey with a bunch of leading questions. The survey deserves some responses supportive of the program to counteract its framing:
IRS asks for public input on free tax filing options to inform congressional report | Internal Revenue Service
IR-2025-85, Aug. 21, 2025 — The IRS invites the public to participate in an anonymous feedback survey on tax preparation and filing options, which will run through Sept. 5, 2025.
www.irs.gov
August 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.

On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.

This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.

Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
August 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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JUST IN: A federal judge has blocked Secrretary Noem's move to terminate temporary status for Nicaragua, Honduran and Nepaii immigrants, finding the cancelation was likely rooted in "racial animus." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
August 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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NEW: A newly declassified part of the Durham report shows republicans used a Russian-manufactured email as evidence that Hilary Clinton conspired with Russia. 😂😂😂 gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...
‘Clinton Plan’ Emails Were Likely Made by Russian Spies, Declassified Report Shows
www.nytimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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After being released from Salvadoran prison CECOT, Albert Jesús Rodríguez Parra says he was relieved to be home with his family but felt traumatized.

“There is no reason for what I went through,” he said. “I didn’t deserve that.”

By @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
He Was Asked About His Tattoos and a TikTok Video in Court. Five Days Later, He Was in a Salvadoran Prison.
Albert Jesús Rodríguez Parra was one of more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants the Trump administration sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. After his release, he says he wants the world to…
www.propublica.org
August 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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NEW: As #txlege weighs disaster policies, experts say they're is overlooking part of what made the July floods so devastating: unregulated development in flood-prone areas.

Our interactive map shows some impacted sites in the Austin area were directly in floodways. www.statesman.com/story/news/l...
Experts say Texas is ignoring root cause of deadly July floods: unregulated development
Our analysis of FEMA flood maps in the Austin area show many homes devastated by July floods were in high-risk areas. Experts say the state must …
www.statesman.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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You may not feel it, but the ground beneath you may be sinking.

In fact, the surface of California’s Central Valley is nearly 30 vertical feet lower than it was a century ago.

Why is this happening? Because our planet is rapidly drying. THREAD/
July 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Zia, an Afghan interpreter who risked his life to help U.S. troops, is being detained by ICE in Massachusetts.

He's been living in the U.S. LEGALLY for fear of retribution if he returns to Afghanistan.

Targeting Zia and other Afghan allies is dangerous and wrong.
Ex-U.S. military translator from Afghanistan arrested by ICE in CT. Attorney calls it ‘nonsensical.’
The 35-year-old husband and father of five was taken into custody by ICE agents outside a routine green card appointment in East Hartford.
www.courant.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social
First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
July 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM