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My first question would be where dis you get that plastic truck stop cowboy hat?

15.03.2026 02:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Of course it is only Democrats that disrespect "The Troops". Simple con artists and grifters now own the GOP.

15.03.2026 02:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Read this. This is God Damn important.

15.03.2026 02:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

with govt insiders betting on nuclear war they've got the potential to become a serious threat to the future of humanity tbh

14.03.2026 02:21 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

In other words, the short term will be an absolute shit show, and I hope your viewers can appreciate that all their problems are caused by someone else.

15.03.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Solidarity with @kschake.bsky.social. The US military gains nothing from this systematic banning of scholars. It snacks of fear of facts- another sign that there is a design of ideological indoctrination.

14.03.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 570 πŸ” 168 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 2

The star of Deuce Bigalow who also was well known as The Copy Guy from SNL taking part in a "riveting discussion on humanity".

(Nixon Voice) Good God.

14.03.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For those of you wondering why all the nerds are pouring one out for this Habermas dude and wondering why he was so important. If you've ever heard or used the terms "public sphere" and "private sphere," you are using Habermas terms.

14.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 290 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3
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Trump claimed yesterday that he doesn’t need Ukraine (spoiler alert: he does), but other countries have requested Ukrainian assistance in building up drone systems, both with offensive and defensive capabilities. The latest requests have come from Japan and Israel.

14.03.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 378 πŸ” 65 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2
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Portland, South Portland police texted with immigration agent during surge operation in Maine Records obtained by the Press Herald reveal how local officials communicated with a federal officer, including on the surveillance of protesters, when more than 200 arrests were made in late January.

These messages, which only came to light through FOIA requests, are deeply disturbingβ€”and a serious betrayal of public trust.

They include veiled threats toward protesters, crude jokes about "shithole countries,” and quips about β€œpissing off the libs.”

This is the toxic culture DHS has created.

13.03.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3

To put this in language that members of this administration can understand: Pete Hegseth is scared of a girl.

14.03.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 793 πŸ” 167 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 2

There's a hauntingly beautiful irony in these morons thinking that carefully crafted American hegemony was actually weak and woke, and they would be the ones who would do Power and Dominance properly, and immediately bringing everything crashing down

14.03.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 6975 πŸ” 1417 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 57
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Sending LOVE to our friend & hero Jello Biafra, pictured here w/our own Spit Stix. This was taken in SF in April of 2018, @ Orphan Andy's restaurant. Last year, Biafra appeared in the video for our song 'The Maker' (which is on his Alternative Tentacles YouTube channel). @alternativetent.bsky.social

14.03.2026 02:04 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

I was just disinvited from the Air War College where I’d been asked to lecture on my book, which is a history of U.S. civil-military relations.

14.03.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 2192 πŸ” 602 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 38

I cannot adequately explain how fucked up the World Cup situation is wihen the president of a host nation *threatens the safety* of one of the participants (Iran).
The USA should be removed as a host nation and if it's not, the games shoud be boycotted and ANYONE WITH A MORAL CENTER should see that.

14.03.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 9303 πŸ” 2241 πŸ’¬ 278 πŸ“Œ 103

so cool how he was warmly welcomed at a semafor event two weeks ago

14.03.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 1106 πŸ” 199 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 4

His whole life, Trump has always had someone else around to bail him out of the messes he creates: his father, Allen Weisselberg, the "adults in the room" in his first term. Now all those protectors are gone and he is openly begging for someone to save him from his own folly.

14.03.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 4815 πŸ” 1668 πŸ’¬ 270 πŸ“Œ 71

Inside the Department of War are two wolves:

"We've shut down the Colleges of War because book learnings are woke, gay, and irrelevant to war fighting."

"How come no one told us the Strait is important, there are different kinds of Kurds, Iran is big, and air power historically doesn't win wars?"

14.03.2026 09:02 πŸ‘ 6682 πŸ” 1733 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 43

The two DBs who voted Republican

14.03.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 166 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0
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"I ASSUMED the US Military had an active plan to open the Strait." How can people who are paid to understand geopolitics be so bafflingly naive?

14.03.2026 14:37 πŸ‘ 4864 πŸ” 942 πŸ’¬ 386 πŸ“Œ 168

Your daily reminder that day drinking hits hard

13.03.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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A man threatened me at my town hall last night. I want to tell you exactly what happened. 🧡

#mepolitics

13.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 573 πŸ” 169 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 20

3.69 in the Burgh today, up from 3.15 on 2 March.

13.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just so we're all clear, this is a war crime and would be punishable by life or death under U.S. law.

13.03.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 10954 πŸ” 3486 πŸ’¬ 746 πŸ“Œ 231

This 6-part 🧡is important reading for all Americans who care about their voting rights.
Thank you @jennycohn.bsky.social for all your research and information about the #DangerousSaveAmericaAct

13.03.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Strait of Hormuz is perfectly safe...

13.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 2459 πŸ” 489 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 19
(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors
or surrender accepted;
(2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such
that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted;
(3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable
ability to accept surrender would exist;
(4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate
forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and
(5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.

(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.

βœ‹ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.

Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:

Denial of quarterβ€”even the declaration of no quarterβ€”is a war crime.

And recognized as such by the US Government.

From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

13.03.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 16095 πŸ” 6920 πŸ’¬ 644 πŸ“Œ 616

I have met a lot of people recently who have convinced themselves that antisemitism is exaggerated and I really don't understand what toxic media a person must swim in to think that just eight years after Pittsburgh

13.03.2026 02:22 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

The boon for Russian oil revenues β€” essential to its war effort β€” came after The Washington Post, CNN and The New York Times reported that Russia is providing Iran with intelligence to target American military aircraft and naval vessels via sophisticated satellite imagery.

13.03.2026 08:01 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Pokemon Go Had Players Capturing More Than They Realized Released in 2016, Pokemon Go quickly became a worldwide phenomenon. Even folks who weren’t traditionally interested in the monster-taming franchise were wandering around with their smartphone…

PokΓ©mon Go has a huge cloud of photogtammetry from in-game "Field Research" quests (go film something & upload it with gps tags). Now Niantic sells that data on the open market. Not quite Palantir levels of Aneristic cabbage-ry, but we certainly live in **interesting times**.

13.03.2026 08:53 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0