@wtpickens.bsky.social
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From a sharp friend:
“I left the room before they killed him”
is the new “I did not have sex with that woman.”
“I left the room before they killed him”
is the new “I did not have sex with that woman.”
Dig your grave deep, Pete.
Hegseth Says He Did Not See Survivors of Boat Attack Clinging to Wreckage www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Hegseth Says He Did Not See Survivors of Boat Attack Clinging to Wreckage www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Hegseth Says He Did Not See Survivors of Boat Attack Clinging to Wreckage
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
From a sharp friend:
“I left the room before they killed him”
is the new “I did not have sex with that woman.”
“I left the room before they killed him”
is the new “I did not have sex with that woman.”
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“Russian President Vladimir Putin has underlined his true intentions by issuing a presidential decree calling for an escalation in efforts to eradicate all traces of Ukrainian identity from the approximately 20% of Ukraine currently under Kremlin control.”
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...
While Trump talks peace, Putin is escalating efforts to erase Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a decree this week calling for an escalation in efforts to erase all traces of Ukrainian identity from the approximately 20 percent of Ukraine currently und...
www.atlanticcouncil.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
“Russian President Vladimir Putin has underlined his true intentions by issuing a presidential decree calling for an escalation in efforts to eradicate all traces of Ukrainian identity from the approximately 20% of Ukraine currently under Kremlin control.”
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...
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A Democratic win in TN-7 is a long shot, but not impossible.
This is a district that was created when they gerrymandered the state to take away the Democratic seat in Nashville, and it was one Trump won by 22 points a year ago.
If the GOP squeaks by with say 5-7 points, that's a red alarm.
This is a district that was created when they gerrymandered the state to take away the Democratic seat in Nashville, and it was one Trump won by 22 points a year ago.
If the GOP squeaks by with say 5-7 points, that's a red alarm.
December 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
A Democratic win in TN-7 is a long shot, but not impossible.
This is a district that was created when they gerrymandered the state to take away the Democratic seat in Nashville, and it was one Trump won by 22 points a year ago.
If the GOP squeaks by with say 5-7 points, that's a red alarm.
This is a district that was created when they gerrymandered the state to take away the Democratic seat in Nashville, and it was one Trump won by 22 points a year ago.
If the GOP squeaks by with say 5-7 points, that's a red alarm.
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This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
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⚡️ Ukraine’s state arms giant Ukroboronprom just cracked the world’s Top 100 weapons makers for the first time, landing at #52 with a massive 41 percent surge in revenue.
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
December 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
⚡️ Ukraine’s state arms giant Ukroboronprom just cracked the world’s Top 100 weapons makers for the first time, landing at #52 with a massive 41 percent surge in revenue.
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
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The roots of Iran’s water woes echo those in many other parts of the world,decades of over extraction,aging,leaky infrastructure, a proliferation of dams erected across rivers,mismanagement,accusations of corruption,it all runs the thread of climate change. www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/c...
Taps may run dry in this country, where the water crisis is so severe it can be seen from space | CNN
Tehran is grappling with a water crisis so severe the Iranian president has suggested people may need to evacuate, and the situation goes well beyond the capital. The weeks tick by, still the rains do...
www.cnn.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
The roots of Iran’s water woes echo those in many other parts of the world,decades of over extraction,aging,leaky infrastructure, a proliferation of dams erected across rivers,mismanagement,accusations of corruption,it all runs the thread of climate change. www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/c...
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"..practiced by Japanese forces in brutally attacking helpless survivors of a torpedoed vessel and demands effective assurances from the Japanese Government that such criminal acts, which are contrary to all standards of civilized conduct, will not be repeated in the future"
bsky.app/profile/rgoo...
bsky.app/profile/rgoo...
Worth remembering now
Protest by the United States Against Attacks by Japanese Naval Forces on Survivors of Torpedoed American Merchant Vessels June 1944
"The United States Government protests most emphatically against this inhuman form of warfare ..."
Protest by the United States Against Attacks by Japanese Naval Forces on Survivors of Torpedoed American Merchant Vessels June 1944
"The United States Government protests most emphatically against this inhuman form of warfare ..."
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"..practiced by Japanese forces in brutally attacking helpless survivors of a torpedoed vessel and demands effective assurances from the Japanese Government that such criminal acts, which are contrary to all standards of civilized conduct, will not be repeated in the future"
bsky.app/profile/rgoo...
bsky.app/profile/rgoo...
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Beşiktaş Denizcilik,a Turkish owner of the Mersin oil tanker damaged near Senegal,is ceasing all Russia-related voyages,-Reuters
"The security situation in the region has escalated considerably.After a thorough assessment,we’ve concluded that the risks posed to our vessels have become untenable
"The security situation in the region has escalated considerably.After a thorough assessment,we’ve concluded that the risks posed to our vessels have become untenable
December 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Beşiktaş Denizcilik,a Turkish owner of the Mersin oil tanker damaged near Senegal,is ceasing all Russia-related voyages,-Reuters
"The security situation in the region has escalated considerably.After a thorough assessment,we’ve concluded that the risks posed to our vessels have become untenable
"The security situation in the region has escalated considerably.After a thorough assessment,we’ve concluded that the risks posed to our vessels have become untenable
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My question now is, will Trump's announcement for the Oval Office today at 2pm be about land strikes in Venezuela and, if it is, will this be like the order for the 2nd boat attack, where Hegseth will say that he didn't order it, that it was the Fleet Admiral's call?
December 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
My question now is, will Trump's announcement for the Oval Office today at 2pm be about land strikes in Venezuela and, if it is, will this be like the order for the 2nd boat attack, where Hegseth will say that he didn't order it, that it was the Fleet Admiral's call?
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@radiofreetom.bsky.social
This is untuckingbelievable! Hegseth is now saying that Admiral Bradley made the "combat decisions" during the attacks. This man is the Secretary of Defense! He doesn't possess the competence to lead a Boy Scout patrol! Blaming a subordinate is a fucking disgrace.
This is untuckingbelievable! Hegseth is now saying that Admiral Bradley made the "combat decisions" during the attacks. This man is the Secretary of Defense! He doesn't possess the competence to lead a Boy Scout patrol! Blaming a subordinate is a fucking disgrace.
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 AM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
This is untuckingbelievable! Hegseth is now saying that Admiral Bradley made the "combat decisions" during the attacks. This man is the Secretary of Defense! He doesn't possess the competence to lead a Boy Scout patrol! Blaming a subordinate is a fucking disgrace.
This is untuckingbelievable! Hegseth is now saying that Admiral Bradley made the "combat decisions" during the attacks. This man is the Secretary of Defense! He doesn't possess the competence to lead a Boy Scout patrol! Blaming a subordinate is a fucking disgrace.
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In other words: Turn the scope of the $$ into the way to villainize ICE.
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In other words: Turn the scope of the $$ into the way to villainize ICE.
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A big attack, but not the worst fascist Russia has carried out. Death toll 2 so far, lots of damage to residential buildings in Kyiv, but power is back now at least here in the west of the capital. Ukraine is holding on, but needs more military and economic aid to be able to defeat fascist Russia.
November 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A big attack, but not the worst fascist Russia has carried out. Death toll 2 so far, lots of damage to residential buildings in Kyiv, but power is back now at least here in the west of the capital. Ukraine is holding on, but needs more military and economic aid to be able to defeat fascist Russia.
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💔 A hole in the place of the apartment - Kyiv, left bank, this is what the capital's Comfort Town residential complex looks like now, during the day, after the attack by the "Shaheds".
🤬 Russians also destroy large lyceum in Dnipropetrovsk region with a guided bomb
🤬 Russians also destroy large lyceum in Dnipropetrovsk region with a guided bomb
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
💔 A hole in the place of the apartment - Kyiv, left bank, this is what the capital's Comfort Town residential complex looks like now, during the day, after the attack by the "Shaheds".
🤬 Russians also destroy large lyceum in Dnipropetrovsk region with a guided bomb
🤬 Russians also destroy large lyceum in Dnipropetrovsk region with a guided bomb
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Drone attack threat declared in several Russian regions. One UAV spotted over Tatarstan.
November 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Drone attack threat declared in several Russian regions. One UAV spotted over Tatarstan.
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It's amazing how so many billionaires - who have WAY more money than they could possibly need in 500 lifetimes - REALLY want to avoid paying small slivers of tax money to benefit a common good like social safety services for less fortunate countrymen within the society that made them billionaires.
November 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It's amazing how so many billionaires - who have WAY more money than they could possibly need in 500 lifetimes - REALLY want to avoid paying small slivers of tax money to benefit a common good like social safety services for less fortunate countrymen within the society that made them billionaires.
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I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
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Somebody in Japan chose Monday morning violence and I am here for it.
December 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Somebody in Japan chose Monday morning violence and I am here for it.
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issuing correction on previous orders of mine, regarding an alleged narco boat. you do not, under any circumstances, gotta “kill everybody"
This is great, now Team Trump is acknowledging that illegal orders were given to kill survivors of the initial strike, the only question is who gave them? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pete Hegseth denies he gave orders to ‘kill everybody’ on alleged ‘narco-boat’
Defense secretary called reports about his role in strike as ‘fake news’ intended to discredit US military
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
issuing correction on previous orders of mine, regarding an alleged narco boat. you do not, under any circumstances, gotta “kill everybody"
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Let us hear the infamous story about the necessity of a “land swap” again..
These Ukrainians will be demoralized, tortured and men will be forced to fight on Russia’s behalf. Don’t be naive or romantic about it.
EU, the people you leave with Putin, will be forced to kill your citizens. Wake up.
These Ukrainians will be demoralized, tortured and men will be forced to fight on Russia’s behalf. Don’t be naive or romantic about it.
EU, the people you leave with Putin, will be forced to kill your citizens. Wake up.
November 30, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Let us hear the infamous story about the necessity of a “land swap” again..
These Ukrainians will be demoralized, tortured and men will be forced to fight on Russia’s behalf. Don’t be naive or romantic about it.
EU, the people you leave with Putin, will be forced to kill your citizens. Wake up.
These Ukrainians will be demoralized, tortured and men will be forced to fight on Russia’s behalf. Don’t be naive or romantic about it.
EU, the people you leave with Putin, will be forced to kill your citizens. Wake up.
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It’s not hypothetical either. My relatives went through Holodomor. I grew up hearing about that and about WWII.
November 30, 2025 at 5:54 AM
It’s not hypothetical either. My relatives went through Holodomor. I grew up hearing about that and about WWII.
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Today, one of my supporters wrote:
“It’s humbling that you have the time and energy to show us these things while putin is trying to destroy all it stands for.”
I felt deeply grateful.
I don’t hear this often.
Many forget where I create all of this.
Night-night from Kyiv.
“It’s humbling that you have the time and energy to show us these things while putin is trying to destroy all it stands for.”
I felt deeply grateful.
I don’t hear this often.
Many forget where I create all of this.
Night-night from Kyiv.
November 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Today, one of my supporters wrote:
“It’s humbling that you have the time and energy to show us these things while putin is trying to destroy all it stands for.”
I felt deeply grateful.
I don’t hear this often.
Many forget where I create all of this.
Night-night from Kyiv.
“It’s humbling that you have the time and energy to show us these things while putin is trying to destroy all it stands for.”
I felt deeply grateful.
I don’t hear this often.
Many forget where I create all of this.
Night-night from Kyiv.
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I spoke to @thewalrus.ca EIC Carmine Starnino about Victoria Goldiee, fake reporters, and what the hell journalists are supposed to do in this AI slop era. thewalrus.ca/the-phantom-...
The Phantom Writer Who Fooled the Internet | The Walrus
The bot-assisted fake journalism of “Victoria Goldiee” and why editors should be very worried
thewalrus.ca
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I spoke to @thewalrus.ca EIC Carmine Starnino about Victoria Goldiee, fake reporters, and what the hell journalists are supposed to do in this AI slop era. thewalrus.ca/the-phantom-...
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If Senator Mark Kelly does not win the Democratic Nomination for President he should be the Senate Minority/Majority Leader. He is what a leader looks, talks and acts like….
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
If Senator Mark Kelly does not win the Democratic Nomination for President he should be the Senate Minority/Majority Leader. He is what a leader looks, talks and acts like….
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It shouldn’t take a slur that impacts you personally, or losing your healthcare or SNAP, or being forced to sell your farm, or having to watch a loved one get unjustly detained and deported...to walk away from a madman.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
It shouldn’t take a slur that impacts you personally, or losing your healthcare or SNAP, or being forced to sell your farm, or having to watch a loved one get unjustly detained and deported...to walk away from a madman.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
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Lawmakers are too scared to be lawmakers. LegalEagle is right: the Constitutional crisis is over and we lost
If You Are Afraid To Do Your Public Service Job, You Need To Resign Immediately…..
November 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Lawmakers are too scared to be lawmakers. LegalEagle is right: the Constitutional crisis is over and we lost