Really important story - army officials asked soldiers to identify themselves if they don't agree with Trump's politics that way he'd get only supportive soldiers in uniform during his political rally on base. Heavier soldiers were also barred from participating.

BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.

I think it's very important to note that when you want to run human misery like a business--a business based on rounding up people to ship them to a country they aren't from to work in forced labor camps--you're a slaver.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Josh Kraft has just broken the half-million dollar mark in contributions, with a total of $511,797. Likely a record in Boston history.

Kraft has received contributions of $100 or less from only 25 Boston residents (total $2139).

The story tells itself.

Spokane, Washington

www.reddit.com/r/Spokane/s/...

Since the onset of the full-scale war, I have emphasised that the West’s inability to confront Putin stems from domestic democratic decline - a perspective that faced considerable scepticism. Today, this long apparent reality is becoming unmistakable.

Currently, the U.S. Democrats resemble an orchestra trying to perform in a world in which musical instruments haven’t been invented - powerless, lost, and unable to understand the world around them (which they helped cause).

Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."

the human cost

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

In things that you absolutely saw coming, Federalist and Daily Wire writer who accused drag queens of being groomers arrested for child molestation.

www.dailydot.com/debug/aaron-...

Elon Musk’s staffers have gained access to the computer systems at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), claiming to use that access to search for programs and staff linked to diversity policies.

I'm less concerned with who is at fault for getting us here. I'm far more concerned about what we are planning to do moving forward..

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