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slamphere.bsky.social
@slamphere.bsky.social
Feral Birminghamster
This is even worse when they've also thrown due process out the window.
Setting quotas of arrests per day. You know what happens when you have a quota to meet? Scoop them up and let the court sort it out. They will be grabbing anyone they can. No proof of citizenship on your person? Too bad. That’s an arrest. Look “illegal?” Explain it to the court someday.
January 27, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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January 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Everyone was warned about this, and it’s happening just as we feared.
January 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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raise your hand if you think that is, in fact, what the president “wants”:

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
January 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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The same people having a temper tantrum over DEI just confirmed the least qualified Secretary of Defense in US history because Trump liked him on TV.
January 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Trump is so blinded by hatred for California that he’s considering eliminating an agency that overwhelmingly helps red states.
January 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Pushback made a difference here.

In the face of loud "concerns from lawmakers and veterans advocates over the impact of the hiring freeze" the new admin scaled back its initial assault on the V.A....

cc @rieckhoff.bsky.social

www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...
More than 300k VA health jobs exempted from White House hiring freeze
About two-thirds of Veterans Affairs jobs will be excluded from a White House order blocking new hiring.
www.militarytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget INSURRECTIONIST TRUMP!
January 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
January 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Call your senators ASAP. This man is not at all qualified to oversee the biggest military in the world. If you would like a quick & easy way to contact your elected officials, check out @resist.bot
The US Senate narrowly voted to advance the nomination of Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and military veteran, to be President Donald Trump's secretary of defense, clearing the way for a vote on his confirmation later this week reut.rs/4aCeJdp
Trump defense pick Hegseth narrowly survives US Senate test vote
The U.S. Senate narrowly voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and military veteran, to be President Donald Trump's secretary of defense, clearing the way for a vote on his confirmation later this week.
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January 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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This. From Michael Steele.

"Police officers are on the front line for a reason. As a community or nation, we do not want to embrace the idea that anyone can cross that line and that there are no consequences for doing so. By offering these pardons, Trump has broken that line."
January 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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In light of Trump II’s predictably cruel and bonkers beginning, many people are asking: “What can I do now?” Here are 10 recommendations. robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-c...
What you can do
Ten ways to resist Trump II
robertreich.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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January 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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January 22, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Several experts who study extremism said the extraordinary reversal for rioters who committed both violent and nonviolent crimes during the 2021 attack on the US Capitol, will embolden the Proud Boys and other extremist groups reut.rs/3Wn57gz
Trump's pardons will embolden Proud Boys, other far-right groups, say experts
A day after U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping grant of clemency to all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, America’s far-right celebrated. Some called for the death of judges who oversaw the trials. Others partied and expressed relief. Some even wept with joy.
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January 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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I haven't seen a another paragraph lately that so swiftly cut to the quick of where we are in America. @jamellebouie.net
Yup, @jamellebouie.net has this exactly right. What these guys are celebrating/pursuing/yearning for is not masculine energy, it's *adolescent* energy. Drinking Red Bull, crushing Call of Duty, refusing to clean your room. It is indescribably pathetic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
January 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Does anyone else find themself looking for more feel good entertainment in these troubling times? If you've found it, let me know. What movies/TV do you recommend? I love a good story & good character arc.
January 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM