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I live in Wisconsin. He/him/his

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This deserves more than firing because it was done, at best, recklessly. We had safeguards in place to (imperfectly) prevent exactly this kind of thing and Hegseth/Trump bragged about how they were removing those safeguards.

12.03.2026 17:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know you know, but Black folks aren't the target. It's giving cover to white folks who can feel like they're not being racist because they voted for the Black guy.

10.03.2026 15:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wait, oils pressed from seeds or nuts? I thought seed oils were the worst thing and that's why we need tallow fries.

10.03.2026 15:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Men who are strangers do not overwhelmingly say hello back to perfunctory small town-like greetings. If it were merely about politeness he wouldn't be calling out women.

08.03.2026 23:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It worked against ABC and CBS.

07.03.2026 13:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That says he acts less like he's running for POTUS when cameras aren't on. It's actually pretty normal for people to act more relaxed when they aren't being filmed.

That's not to say either is better, just different.

06.03.2026 02:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It helps that their risk tolerance hasn't been explicitly tied to their past willingness to snort drugs off of toilets.

06.03.2026 01:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't fund an illegal war with no strategy that establishes assassinations as acceptable tactics. It's that simple!

05.03.2026 12:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Following the US Constitution is letting the terrorists win.

05.03.2026 00:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What a silly question. Same reason. Gotta go potty.

04.03.2026 22:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Poe's law - Wikipedia

Pretty sure you're running up against Poe's Law here. It's a slight twisting of common "personal responsibility" commentary.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s...

03.03.2026 15:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But his is artisanal, handmade spamming. Not like those spambots he rails against.

02.03.2026 17:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fair. But some messages to elected officials are to remind ourselves or serve as notice.

But obviously that won't mean anything enforcement wise while we allow our law enforcement adjacent paramilitary to kill with impunity.

02.03.2026 16:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reports say they ejected safely and have been recovered.

www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-...

02.03.2026 16:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We should let our lawmakers know that we expect whoever decides to give LLMs authority to kill without oversight is personally responsible for those deaths.

02.03.2026 14:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Or an avocado!

01.03.2026 18:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They're breaking the law to do military strikes overseas. Isn't that a good reason to overlook the fact that they're also breaking the law here?

Diverting from one atrocity by committing another (while still continuing the first) has become standard practice for our government.

01.03.2026 16:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The way they offer half a dozen pretexts (that contradict their other recent claims) for why they violate the Constitution and their supposed selling points?

Yeah, you're right. Trump and his ilk hate America.

01.03.2026 05:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So the only ones actually shooting at DHS goons were the military?

Are they part of the resistance now?

28.02.2026 01:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Take a beat. I have been in these conversations and gotten flustered with someone before.

The person asking you these questions is being sarcastic, suggesting that the press should be asking Trump similar questions but framing them as follow-ups to Clinton for comedic effect.

27.02.2026 15:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also, even if you were that regular, I'm pretty sure the actual day of the month will drift because (and I'm not a doctor here, but) most ovaries aren't aware of the fact that January has 31 days but February only has 28 or 29.

26.02.2026 18:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 23 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes. And throwing around baseless charges to try to intimidate protesters and especially people just trying to live their lives is even messier.

And shooting people just trying to help someone up or trying to drive away is even messier than that.

26.02.2026 17:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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DHS arrests for assaulting ICE agents rarely charged, regularly dismissed In dozens of cases involving assaults on federal agents during immigration operations, federal prosecutors have declined to file charges, dismissed the case, or failed to obtain a grand jury indictmen...

Just piping in to provide the direct link instead of filtered through Google.

www.fox9.com/news/dhs-arr...

26.02.2026 17:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The arrest and conviction record of Trump's DOJ and DHS speaks for itself.

26.02.2026 13:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sure, but when you consider all the inflation that has happened as a result of his policies (and as a result of what we needed to do to mitigate poverty and avoid a depression from the pandemic, partially because we didn't mitigate the pandemic itself) a gallon of gas costs fewer eggs!

25.02.2026 21:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

<Looks at calendar> Ah, I get it. February 28th is a Saturday. There's no Jeopardy on Sundays.

25.02.2026 18:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes! MEASLES SHOULD NO LONGER EXIST.

25.02.2026 15:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Except he explicitly says he doesn't respect them and his administration repeatedly defies court orders. Most recently he did so with tariffs.

And no, the balance of payments doesn't exist to the degree to act as a fig leaf for his current scheme.

25.02.2026 04:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's wild because if the person who made this were a Christian you'd think there would be a foundational level of God or Jesus and only the incarnation would be built on Judaism.

If they weren't they'd skip the Jesus layer.

I don't understand how people don't see through this.

24.02.2026 12:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But not a domicile address.

23.02.2026 13:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0