Aljo Painter
@aljopainter.bsky.social
Texas-raised French resident. Fighting fascism and technical debt.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
A classified government report showcases shocking weaknesses of the U.S. military.
The editorial board writes that it is time for America to “create a relevant and effective force that can deter wars whenever possible and win them wherever necessary.”
A classified government report showcases shocking weaknesses of the U.S. military.
The editorial board writes that it is time for America to “create a relevant and effective force that can deter wars whenever possible and win them wherever necessary.”
Opinion | Overmatched: Why the U.S. Military Must Reinvent Itself
Investing in the old ways of war leaves America at risk.
nyti.ms
December 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
A classified government report showcases shocking weaknesses of the U.S. military.
The editorial board writes that it is time for America to “create a relevant and effective force that can deter wars whenever possible and win them wherever necessary.”
A classified government report showcases shocking weaknesses of the U.S. military.
The editorial board writes that it is time for America to “create a relevant and effective force that can deter wars whenever possible and win them wherever necessary.”
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jones gas, houston, texas, 1977
December 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
jones gas, houston, texas, 1977
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Icyii…
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug
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The Republican Circus:
When they came for you, did I speak out? "Not me."👻
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Brought to you by the proud and mighty Inner Hive, including long-time member Silver Smurfer and new member Jan Strnad
(join us at bit.ly/theInnerHive)
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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The Republican Circus:
When they came for you, did I speak out? "Not me."👻
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Brought to you by the proud and mighty Inner Hive, including long-time member Silver Smurfer and new member Jan Strnad
(join us at bit.ly/theInnerHive)
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
December 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Icyii…
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NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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Do the Trump administration's lethal strikes on boats at sea constitute war crimes? "If this were a war, this would be a war crime. But because it's not a war, it's just murder," says Reed Brody, an expert on international law and a veteran war crimes prosecutor.
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Do the Trump administration's lethal strikes on boats at sea constitute war crimes? "If this were a war, this would be a war crime. But because it's not a war, it's just murder," says Reed Brody, an expert on international law and a veteran war crimes prosecutor.
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"Depuis sa prison, Nicolas Sarkozy creuse un tunnel vers le Rassemblement national." ➡️ https://l.franceinter.fr/gm6
[Édito politique, Patrick Cohen]
[Édito politique, Patrick Cohen]
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"Depuis sa prison, Nicolas Sarkozy creuse un tunnel vers le Rassemblement national." ➡️ https://l.franceinter.fr/gm6
[Édito politique, Patrick Cohen]
[Édito politique, Patrick Cohen]
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I stood for women who were raped when they were 14 years old, and the president that I fought for called me a traitor for that."
December 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I stood for women who were raped when they were 14 years old, and the president that I fought for called me a traitor for that."
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Duckworth: "It is a war crime. It's illegal. No matter how you put it, it's all illegal. I've been shot down behind enemy lines. Under the laws of war, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual ... you're not allowed to go back in and kill them."
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Duckworth: "It is a war crime. It's illegal. No matter how you put it, it's all illegal. I've been shot down behind enemy lines. Under the laws of war, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual ... you're not allowed to go back in and kill them."
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“We knew very well what we were electing” isn’t a defense of Trump’s actions. It’s an admission of your complicity.
CURTIS: All of us need to wake up every morning & say, 'what am I doing to make immigrants feel welcome' regardless of an individual says
BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage
C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter
BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage
C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“We knew very well what we were electing” isn’t a defense of Trump’s actions. It’s an admission of your complicity.
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Hi! You don’t want to watch someone violently die in front of you. It will never leave you. It will change you.
Their death will play on a loop on the back of your eyelids until your last breath.
xoxo,
a paramedic
Their death will play on a loop on the back of your eyelids until your last breath.
xoxo,
a paramedic
MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
December 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Hi! You don’t want to watch someone violently die in front of you. It will never leave you. It will change you.
Their death will play on a loop on the back of your eyelids until your last breath.
xoxo,
a paramedic
Their death will play on a loop on the back of your eyelids until your last breath.
xoxo,
a paramedic
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December 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
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Tufted Titmouse #Kennebunk #Maine 12/25 #Sony a6700 #Sigma 16-300 @ 450mm Program #birds & wildlife mods. #Photomator #nature #birdphotography #Point’nShootNature
December 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Tufted Titmouse #Kennebunk #Maine 12/25 #Sony a6700 #Sigma 16-300 @ 450mm Program #birds & wildlife mods. #Photomator #nature #birdphotography #Point’nShootNature
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Of course! An Ireland Thinks poll in today's Sunday Independent shows 79% of people support RTÉ's decision not to take part in Eurovision 2026 due to apartheid Israel's participation. Ireland stands with Palestine, always. #BoycottEurovision #BDS
December 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Of course! An Ireland Thinks poll in today's Sunday Independent shows 79% of people support RTÉ's decision not to take part in Eurovision 2026 due to apartheid Israel's participation. Ireland stands with Palestine, always. #BoycottEurovision #BDS
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supreme court to decide whether part of constitution is part of constitution
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
supreme court to decide whether part of constitution is part of constitution
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Trump is just the worst! The National Park Service is reshuffling its free-admission schedule so that visitors get in free on Donald Trump’s birthday next year, while Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth (previously free days) will now require regular entrance fees.
National Parks are now free on Trump's birthday, but not on MLK Jr. Day or Juneteenth
The Trump administration overhauled the list of free National Park days for 2026.
www.axios.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Trump is just the worst! The National Park Service is reshuffling its free-admission schedule so that visitors get in free on Donald Trump’s birthday next year, while Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth (previously free days) will now require regular entrance fees.
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Limerick @ipsc.bsky.social out in solidarity with our Palestinian sisters and brothers. Israel's genocide goes on, with the so-called international community, including Ireland, hiding behind the fake ceasefire to avoid taking action to sanction the apartheid state. #FreePalestine #BDS
December 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Limerick @ipsc.bsky.social out in solidarity with our Palestinian sisters and brothers. Israel's genocide goes on, with the so-called international community, including Ireland, hiding behind the fake ceasefire to avoid taking action to sanction the apartheid state. #FreePalestine #BDS
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Trump spends $300 million on his ballroom, $172 million on Kristi Noem’s private jet, $10 million on promoting his own golf courses.
But working people have to pay more for health care.
Corruption. Plain and simple.
But working people have to pay more for health care.
Corruption. Plain and simple.
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Trump spends $300 million on his ballroom, $172 million on Kristi Noem’s private jet, $10 million on promoting his own golf courses.
But working people have to pay more for health care.
Corruption. Plain and simple.
But working people have to pay more for health care.
Corruption. Plain and simple.
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again, the supreme court did not write the constitution (or the declaration) and—despite what you may think—they don't have the monopoly on the interpretation of those documents.
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
again, the supreme court did not write the constitution (or the declaration) and—despite what you may think—they don't have the monopoly on the interpretation of those documents.
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
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“The League is outraged by the politicization of redistricting and manipulation of voters as political pawns... a dangerous tolerance for authoritarian tactics in how political power is drawn and justified.” bit.ly/3MiAPJU @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvtexas.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
“The League is outraged by the politicization of redistricting and manipulation of voters as political pawns... a dangerous tolerance for authoritarian tactics in how political power is drawn and justified.” bit.ly/3MiAPJU @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvtexas.bsky.social
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Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
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NYC: “I’m born here! Kings County Hospital! Suck my d*ck!”
Trump’s ICE goons grabbing brown and black people. Bounty hunters. Racial profiling is all they do.
Trump’s ICE goons grabbing brown and black people. Bounty hunters. Racial profiling is all they do.
December 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
NYC: “I’m born here! Kings County Hospital! Suck my d*ck!”
Trump’s ICE goons grabbing brown and black people. Bounty hunters. Racial profiling is all they do.
Trump’s ICE goons grabbing brown and black people. Bounty hunters. Racial profiling is all they do.
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The Constitution is very straightforward on birthright citizenship. There's no ambiguity in the language, no other plausible interpretation.
The fact that this is a public discussion at all, and that the Supreme Court is taking it up, is on its own anti-constitutional bullshit.
Read the text👇
The fact that this is a public discussion at all, and that the Supreme Court is taking it up, is on its own anti-constitutional bullshit.
Read the text👇
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The Constitution is very straightforward on birthright citizenship. There's no ambiguity in the language, no other plausible interpretation.
The fact that this is a public discussion at all, and that the Supreme Court is taking it up, is on its own anti-constitutional bullshit.
Read the text👇
The fact that this is a public discussion at all, and that the Supreme Court is taking it up, is on its own anti-constitutional bullshit.
Read the text👇