Monty Boa
@montyboa.bsky.social
Phone cam photographer, organizational change agent, systems thinker, MacGyverer, and maven of several forms of ritualized combat from chess and debate to troll-stomping and MAGA mockery.
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Looking for an example of illegal orders that should not be obeyed? Hegseth ordered the killing of 2 survivors clinging to the 1st Venezuelan boat sunk in September. Free article here.
#ProudBlue wapo.st/49KbUJ1
#ProudBlue wapo.st/49KbUJ1
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
wapo.st
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Looking for an example of illegal orders that should not be obeyed? Hegseth ordered the killing of 2 survivors clinging to the 1st Venezuelan boat sunk in September. Free article here.
#ProudBlue wapo.st/49KbUJ1
#ProudBlue wapo.st/49KbUJ1
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It should go without saying, but the president has no authority to do this, and anyone reporting the story needs to say as such.
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It should go without saying, but the president has no authority to do this, and anyone reporting the story needs to say as such.
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Offering the survivors of a missile strike no quarter and then ordering a second strike to finish them off puts Hegseth in deep, deep water. He gave an illegal order. This is either murder or a war crime. It doesn't matter what your title is, Secretary of Defense, or Fox Talk Show Host. It's murder.
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Offering the survivors of a missile strike no quarter and then ordering a second strike to finish them off puts Hegseth in deep, deep water. He gave an illegal order. This is either murder or a war crime. It doesn't matter what your title is, Secretary of Defense, or Fox Talk Show Host. It's murder.
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Trump ordered 500 more National Guard troops to DC after two Guardsmen were shot near the White House.
Saying more troops will stop violence is like saying more alcohol will stop drunk driving.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
Saying more troops will stop violence is like saying more alcohol will stop drunk driving.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Trump ordered 500 more National Guard troops to DC after two Guardsmen were shot near the White House.
Saying more troops will stop violence is like saying more alcohol will stop drunk driving.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
Saying more troops will stop violence is like saying more alcohol will stop drunk driving.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
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“I want them to learn about abuse of authority on a breathtaking scale. But I want them to confront something more painful and more dangerous: I want them to see humanity and what we are capable of.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the...
Opinion | Why I require FBI agents to visit the Holocaust Museum
The two key lessons that special agents and intelligence analysts need to learn.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“I want them to learn about abuse of authority on a breathtaking scale. But I want them to confront something more painful and more dangerous: I want them to see humanity and what we are capable of.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the...
Trust Republicans to pull up the ladder after themselves.
November 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Trust Republicans to pull up the ladder after themselves.
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Wrote a thing.
An Insult Is a Confession: Notes on Journalism in the Time of Trump
There's been a lot of fuss about Trump recently calling female journalists "stupid" and "piggy" though there's nothing really new about his misogyny toward that sub-population (I am so old I remember ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Wrote a thing.
"Crushed by his workload"??
This guy just had a month-long vacation to *avoid* the work of — * checks notes * — simply holding a vote on whether to release the Epstein files.
What a whiner.
What's *really* crushing him is the collapsing House of MAGA Delusions.
This guy just had a month-long vacation to *avoid* the work of — * checks notes * — simply holding a vote on whether to release the Epstein files.
What a whiner.
What's *really* crushing him is the collapsing House of MAGA Delusions.
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:41 AM
"Crushed by his workload"??
This guy just had a month-long vacation to *avoid* the work of — * checks notes * — simply holding a vote on whether to release the Epstein files.
What a whiner.
What's *really* crushing him is the collapsing House of MAGA Delusions.
This guy just had a month-long vacation to *avoid* the work of — * checks notes * — simply holding a vote on whether to release the Epstein files.
What a whiner.
What's *really* crushing him is the collapsing House of MAGA Delusions.
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About 40% of SNAP recipients are children. Around half of ALL children in the country are covered by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
About 40% of SNAP recipients are children. Around half of ALL children in the country are covered by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
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It is also important to keep in mind that one of the first immigration actions Trump & Miller took was stranding the next batch of these Afghan refugees who were approved & waiting to come here. Essentially condemning them to persecution & possible torture or death.
this should go without saying but if you were one of the lucky few we did get out of Afghanistan during the withdrawal and we got you out because you'd been working with us, deportation back is likely a death sentence.
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
It is also important to keep in mind that one of the first immigration actions Trump & Miller took was stranding the next batch of these Afghan refugees who were approved & waiting to come here. Essentially condemning them to persecution & possible torture or death.
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"You’re going to have such great health care, at a tiny fraction of the cost—and it’s going to be so easy.”
- Trump, October 2016
“Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated.”
- Trump, February 2017
And 7 years later, 77 millions people voted for this moron.
- Trump, October 2016
“Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated.”
- Trump, February 2017
And 7 years later, 77 millions people voted for this moron.
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"You’re going to have such great health care, at a tiny fraction of the cost—and it’s going to be so easy.”
- Trump, October 2016
“Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated.”
- Trump, February 2017
And 7 years later, 77 millions people voted for this moron.
- Trump, October 2016
“Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated.”
- Trump, February 2017
And 7 years later, 77 millions people voted for this moron.
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This is good news! I hope there are no further appeals and he finally has to pay up! Will he continue to file these ridiculous lawsuits? This should set a precedent for others to counter-sue if they too are targeted!
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
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#USDemocracy
#Pinks
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Krassenstein Brothers on Instagram: "Trump just lost to Hillary Clinton and James Comey! #hillaryclinton #comey #trump"
In a major turn of events, Donald Trump has been ordered to pay a substantial amount of money to Hillary Clinton and James Comey after a lengthy appeals court battle. The court found that Trump and hi...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This is good news! I hope there are no further appeals and he finally has to pay up! Will he continue to file these ridiculous lawsuits? This should set a precedent for others to counter-sue if they too are targeted!
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
www.instagram.com/reel/DRh09fc...
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
www.instagram.com/reel/DRh09fc...
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Not great, dismal.
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Not great, dismal.
Siri, what kind of people would buy a truck that looks like it was designed using cheese wedges?
November 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Siri, what kind of people would buy a truck that looks like it was designed using cheese wedges?
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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Since the ceasefire took effect at noon on October 10, Israel has killed at least 347 Palestinians and injured 889, according to the latest figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Has it even started?
Has it even started?
As first phase of ceasefire nears end, Israel returns 15 more Palestinian bodies to Gaza
As first phase of ceasefire nears end, Israel returns 15 more Palestinian bodies to Gaza
But unrest continued in the West Bank.
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Since the ceasefire took effect at noon on October 10, Israel has killed at least 347 Palestinians and injured 889, according to the latest figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Has it even started?
Has it even started?
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There must be zero tolerance for violence — of any kind — against the brave men and women in uniform who selflessly serve our communities and our country. The shooting of National Guard members in Washington, D.C. is horrific and unacceptable.
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
There must be zero tolerance for violence — of any kind — against the brave men and women in uniform who selflessly serve our communities and our country. The shooting of National Guard members in Washington, D.C. is horrific and unacceptable.
Mr Trump is recreating Nazism.
We are spending 175 billion dollars on ICE to brutalize communities and traumatize children for life.
This is being done in your name, with your tax dollars, on our watch. Don’t look away.
This is being done in your name, with your tax dollars, on our watch. Don’t look away.
November 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Mr Trump is recreating Nazism.
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Anti-ICE commercial from Women's March
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anti-ICE commercial from Women's March
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Zohran Mamdani, the incoming mayor of New York City, has requested the resignations of 179 staff members in Mayor Eric Adams’s administration, Mr. Mamdani’s spokeswoman confirmed on Tuesday.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
In City Hall Housecleaning, Mamdani Asks 179 Adams Staff Members to Quit
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Zohran Mamdani, the incoming mayor of New York City, has requested the resignations of 179 staff members in Mayor Eric Adams’s administration, Mr. Mamdani’s spokeswoman confirmed on Tuesday.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
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"to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed"
— George Washington, Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1789
www.mountvernon.org/education/pr...
— George Washington, Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1789
www.mountvernon.org/education/pr...
Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789
By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed"
— George Washington, Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1789
www.mountvernon.org/education/pr...
— George Washington, Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1789
www.mountvernon.org/education/pr...
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Several soldiers are angry but not surprised this shooting happened. As one who just returned from being deployed to Los Angeles said, “ I knew this would happen”.
And a judge had just ruled against this. And what did Trump do? He ordered more troops.
This is ALL on Trump.
And a judge had just ruled against this. And what did Trump do? He ordered more troops.
This is ALL on Trump.
November 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Several soldiers are angry but not surprised this shooting happened. As one who just returned from being deployed to Los Angeles said, “ I knew this would happen”.
And a judge had just ruled against this. And what did Trump do? He ordered more troops.
This is ALL on Trump.
And a judge had just ruled against this. And what did Trump do? He ordered more troops.
This is ALL on Trump.
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