Jim Snitker
@unf8rd1.bsky.social
Retired military officer and business executive. Oregonian and Virginian now living in Travelers Rest SC. Left leaning never Trumper.
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Cities: Take some of our money and get rural communities electricity, healthcare, internet, and job support.
Rural: No, take those things away, you don’t care about us at all, we hate you.
Cities: This must be because we don’t provide them with enough economic benefits.
Rural: No, take those things away, you don’t care about us at all, we hate you.
Cities: This must be because we don’t provide them with enough economic benefits.
July 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Cities: Take some of our money and get rural communities electricity, healthcare, internet, and job support.
Rural: No, take those things away, you don’t care about us at all, we hate you.
Cities: This must be because we don’t provide them with enough economic benefits.
Rural: No, take those things away, you don’t care about us at all, we hate you.
Cities: This must be because we don’t provide them with enough economic benefits.
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“Trump is doing what he accused Bush of doing. He has launched a preemptive military strike, this time in Iran. He has defended the strike by misrepresenting intelligence. He has prematurely declared the mission a total victory. And he is impugning the patriotism of anyone who challenges his lies.”
Trump’s Team Is Lying About Iran’s WMD
He savaged Bush for distorting intelligence and overselling the military’s initial success in Iraq. Now Trump and his team are doing the same in Iran.
lnk.thebulwark.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
“Trump is doing what he accused Bush of doing. He has launched a preemptive military strike, this time in Iran. He has defended the strike by misrepresenting intelligence. He has prematurely declared the mission a total victory. And he is impugning the patriotism of anyone who challenges his lies.”
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“An Iranian woman who has lived in the United States for 47 years, has no criminal record, and is married to a US citizen was detained by ICE as she gardened outside her New Orleans home.”
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www.nola.com/news/politic...
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Iranian immigrant who has lived in New Orleans nearly 50 years arrested outside Lakeview home
Federal agents arrested an Iranian woman who has lived in the United States for more than four decades outside her Lakeview home Sunday.
www.nola.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
“An Iranian woman who has lived in the United States for 47 years, has no criminal record, and is married to a US citizen was detained by ICE as she gardened outside her New Orleans home.”
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www.nola.com/news/politic...
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www.nola.com/news/politic...
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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
apnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
This is the most dangerous move yet
The canary is gasping for air
open.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
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“We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed,” said Amy Paris, who had been working to help reform the US organ transplantation network. “That is the scariest thing in the world.”
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They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them.
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left behin...
www.propublica.org
February 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
“We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed,” said Amy Paris, who had been working to help reform the US organ transplantation network. “That is the scariest thing in the world.”
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New: @anniewaldman.bsky.social @deldeib.bsky.social
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Elon Musk's son tells Trump, “You’re not the President and you need to go away”
February 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Elon Musk's son tells Trump, “You’re not the President and you need to go away”
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Under the banner of “government efficiency,” U.S.-grown food and lifesaving medicine meant to help the world’s most vulnerable is instead rotting on cargo ships and in warehouses across the globe.
@suzykhimm.bsky.social has the details: www.nbcnews.com/news/politic...
@suzykhimm.bsky.social has the details: www.nbcnews.com/news/politic...
USAID upheaval is paralyzing delivery of food and medicine around the globe
Though humanitarian aid was supposed to be exempt from the Trump-ordered disruption, shipments of lifesaving food and drugs are held up in ports and warehouses.
www.nbcnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Under the banner of “government efficiency,” U.S.-grown food and lifesaving medicine meant to help the world’s most vulnerable is instead rotting on cargo ships and in warehouses across the globe.
@suzykhimm.bsky.social has the details: www.nbcnews.com/news/politic...
@suzykhimm.bsky.social has the details: www.nbcnews.com/news/politic...
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I realized today that I am more powerful than Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.
I can say Fuck You Donald Trump.
They may be richer but I am more powerful. And that is a trade I would make every single day.
I can say Fuck You Donald Trump.
They may be richer but I am more powerful. And that is a trade I would make every single day.
January 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I realized today that I am more powerful than Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.
I can say Fuck You Donald Trump.
They may be richer but I am more powerful. And that is a trade I would make every single day.
I can say Fuck You Donald Trump.
They may be richer but I am more powerful. And that is a trade I would make every single day.
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In a letter to all 100 U.S. Senators, William Webster, the only person ever to lead both the FBI and CIA, wrote that neither Patel nor Gabbard meets the demands of top intelligence jobs. At 100 and still at the top of his game, Webster deserves to be heeded.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Former FBI and CIA head prods Senate to reject Patel, Gabbard
William Webster, the only person to lead both the FBI and CIA, wrote that neither nominee meets the demands of top intelligence jobs.
www.politico.com
December 28, 2024 at 2:54 PM
In a letter to all 100 U.S. Senators, William Webster, the only person ever to lead both the FBI and CIA, wrote that neither Patel nor Gabbard meets the demands of top intelligence jobs. At 100 and still at the top of his game, Webster deserves to be heeded.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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I hope a deal is reached to allow Ukraine into NATO. I hope more countries join NATO too. Putin needs to pay for his actions or he will continue to invade more countries like Hitler did 👇🏽
December 2, 2024 at 9:01 AM
I hope a deal is reached to allow Ukraine into NATO. I hope more countries join NATO too. Putin needs to pay for his actions or he will continue to invade more countries like Hitler did 👇🏽
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If you want to understand the rise of RFK and other crackpot anti-science types in the 21st century, you have to understand the fusion between conspiracy theorists and New Age flummery, as I wrote in the new edition of The Death of Expertise:
November 25, 2024 at 2:58 AM
If you want to understand the rise of RFK and other crackpot anti-science types in the 21st century, you have to understand the fusion between conspiracy theorists and New Age flummery, as I wrote in the new edition of The Death of Expertise:
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Makes me sad re-reading this amazing letter from ex-Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox sent to high school seniors in 1994 after they asked him “What should Americans learn from Watergate?” 20 years later in ‘94.
His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.
His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.
November 25, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Makes me sad re-reading this amazing letter from ex-Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox sent to high school seniors in 1994 after they asked him “What should Americans learn from Watergate?” 20 years later in ‘94.
His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.
His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.