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Retired commercial aviation
Bethesda
Bethesda
Pinned
Because they are evil, we must stand up to them.
But because they are also stupid, we needn’t be afraid to
-George Conway
But because they are also stupid, we needn’t be afraid to
-George Conway
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More Military personnel are calling legal military non-profit agencies seeking advice for orders they received.
The DOJ has issues a order that all orders are legal & the personnel are immune from prosecution. Right there is the red flag, the prosecution immunity.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
The DOJ has issues a order that all orders are legal & the personnel are immune from prosecution. Right there is the red flag, the prosecution immunity.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Military personnel seek legal advice on whether Trump-ordered missions are lawful
Military service personnel have been seeking outside legal advice about some of the missions the Trump administration has assigned them. The strikes against alleged drug traffickers and deployments to...
www.pbs.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
More Military personnel are calling legal military non-profit agencies seeking advice for orders they received.
The DOJ has issues a order that all orders are legal & the personnel are immune from prosecution. Right there is the red flag, the prosecution immunity.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
The DOJ has issues a order that all orders are legal & the personnel are immune from prosecution. Right there is the red flag, the prosecution immunity.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Someone needs to ask the curator’s office who owns the desk sitting at Mar-a-Lago.
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Someone needs to ask the curator’s office who owns the desk sitting at Mar-a-Lago.
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Murdering humans in the Caribbean Sea. Risking starvation of tens of millions of Americans. Urging abusive federal agents to use deadly force.
Can Americans agree to never again elect a man who could not care less about human life, except for his own?
Can Americans agree to never again elect a man who could not care less about human life, except for his own?
November 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Murdering humans in the Caribbean Sea. Risking starvation of tens of millions of Americans. Urging abusive federal agents to use deadly force.
Can Americans agree to never again elect a man who could not care less about human life, except for his own?
Can Americans agree to never again elect a man who could not care less about human life, except for his own?
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Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?
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Please share the best jokes you’ve heard regarding the acquittal of Sandwich Guy. We will share our favorites in this week’s episode of #SistersInLaw.  My favorite so far is assault with a deli weapon! 🥪🤣 Others?
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Please share the best jokes you’ve heard regarding the acquittal of Sandwich Guy. We will share our favorites in this week’s episode of #SistersInLaw.  My favorite so far is assault with a deli weapon! 🥪🤣 Others?
Russell Crowe is chilling in ‘Nuremberg,’ a flawed but essential film
Heads up Miller Hegseth et al you may want to see this
Heads up Miller Hegseth et al you may want to see this
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Russell Crowe is chilling in ‘Nuremberg,’ a flawed but essential film
Heads up Miller Hegseth et al you may want to see this
Heads up Miller Hegseth et al you may want to see this
A night full of hope
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
A night full of hope
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This is insane…
The Fed Reserve just pumped another $24 billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos (and $125 billion over the last 5 days), amid fears of a liquidity crisis.
This amount far surpasses even the peak of the Dot Com Bubble.
This is crazy.
The Fed Reserve just pumped another $24 billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos (and $125 billion over the last 5 days), amid fears of a liquidity crisis.
This amount far surpasses even the peak of the Dot Com Bubble.
This is crazy.
November 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
This is insane…
The Fed Reserve just pumped another $24 billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos (and $125 billion over the last 5 days), amid fears of a liquidity crisis.
This amount far surpasses even the peak of the Dot Com Bubble.
This is crazy.
The Fed Reserve just pumped another $24 billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos (and $125 billion over the last 5 days), amid fears of a liquidity crisis.
This amount far surpasses even the peak of the Dot Com Bubble.
This is crazy.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The evidence is now in,” David French writes. “The explosive growth in sports gambling is bad for sports, and — most important — it has proved to be bad for the millions of Americans who gamble past the point of prudence and move directly to the point of pain.”
“The evidence is now in,” David French writes. “The explosive growth in sports gambling is bad for sports, and — most important — it has proved to be bad for the millions of Americans who gamble past the point of prudence and move directly to the point of pain.”
Opinion | ‘I’m Shocked, Shocked to Find That Gambling Is Going On in Here’
The N.B.A. should have known this was coming.
nyti.ms
October 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The evidence is now in,” David French writes. “The explosive growth in sports gambling is bad for sports, and — most important — it has proved to be bad for the millions of Americans who gamble past the point of prudence and move directly to the point of pain.”
“The evidence is now in,” David French writes. “The explosive growth in sports gambling is bad for sports, and — most important — it has proved to be bad for the millions of Americans who gamble past the point of prudence and move directly to the point of pain.”
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Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...
October 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...
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The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
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This is an international disaster. They targeted a disabled fishing boat in Colombian territorial waters and killed fishermen.
October 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This is an international disaster. They targeted a disabled fishing boat in Colombian territorial waters and killed fishermen.
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On the eve of #NoKings
The effect of Trump’s policies on health insurance have been revealed
A 60 year couple in Kentucky making $85,000 might pay $23,700 more
In Nevada-$18,100 more
In Minnesota-$15,500
In Maryland-$13,700
It’s absolutely unsustainable
THIS is why there is a Trump shutdown
The effect of Trump’s policies on health insurance have been revealed
A 60 year couple in Kentucky making $85,000 might pay $23,700 more
In Nevada-$18,100 more
In Minnesota-$15,500
In Maryland-$13,700
It’s absolutely unsustainable
THIS is why there is a Trump shutdown
October 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
On the eve of #NoKings
The effect of Trump’s policies on health insurance have been revealed
A 60 year couple in Kentucky making $85,000 might pay $23,700 more
In Nevada-$18,100 more
In Minnesota-$15,500
In Maryland-$13,700
It’s absolutely unsustainable
THIS is why there is a Trump shutdown
The effect of Trump’s policies on health insurance have been revealed
A 60 year couple in Kentucky making $85,000 might pay $23,700 more
In Nevada-$18,100 more
In Minnesota-$15,500
In Maryland-$13,700
It’s absolutely unsustainable
THIS is why there is a Trump shutdown
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The Coast Guard plans to buy two Gulfstream private jets to be used by Homeland Security Department Secretary Kristi Noem and other top DHS and Coast Guard officials at a total estimated cost of $200 million.
DHS to spend $200 million on private jets for Noem, other officials
The new Coast Guard contract for two Gulfstream G700 jets far exceeds the $50 million the Coast Guard had requested earlier this year to purchase a new jet.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Coast Guard plans to buy two Gulfstream private jets to be used by Homeland Security Department Secretary Kristi Noem and other top DHS and Coast Guard officials at a total estimated cost of $200 million.
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(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: As the Trump-Epstein Shutdown Wears On and Tens of Thousands of Public Servants Are Summarily Fired By Trump, "ICE Barbie" Kristi Noem and Her Extramarital Boy-Toy Corey Lewandowski Buy Themselves Matching, $86 Million-Apiece Luxury Jets With Your Tax Money
Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: As the Trump-Epstein Shutdown Wears On and Tens of Thousands of Public Servants Are Summarily Fired By Trump, "ICE Barbie" Kristi Noem and Her Extramarital Boy-Toy Corey Lewandowski Buy Themselves Matching, $86 Million-Apiece Luxury Jets With Your Tax Money
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Small businesses are the engine of the U.S. economy.
"Being a small business owner isn't worth it when your country turns on you."
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/h...
"Being a small business owner isn't worth it when your country turns on you."
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/h...
Small businesses are being crushed by Trump's tariffs and economists say it's a warning for the economy
Small businesses are struggling under President Trump's global trade war, with some warning they may have to close their companies if consumer demand falls.
www.cnbc.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Small businesses are the engine of the U.S. economy.
"Being a small business owner isn't worth it when your country turns on you."
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/h...
"Being a small business owner isn't worth it when your country turns on you."
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/h...
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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How about 12 million Americans protesting on Saturday. That’s 3.5 percent of our population…and the beginning of a real response to the authoritarian disease.
"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org
October 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
How about 12 million Americans protesting on Saturday. That’s 3.5 percent of our population…and the beginning of a real response to the authoritarian disease.
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"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org
October 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org
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Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho
October 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho