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@scottdash

Grognard. Roll initiative. Slava Ukrainii. Crypto-free, DM-free, and happily married. Life is good.

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White Friends, You Can't Be Woke and Silent In my travels around this country, both in person and online, I meet lots of white people who fancy themselves woke.

Too many of my white friends are still doing risk analysis, still weighing the costs of expressing their new revelations, still concerned about what they will lose by speaking out.

The reality is, the risks and consequences of silence are far greater.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/white-frie...

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May 15, 2025 (Thursday) Perhaps in frustration, this season’s writers of the saga of American history are making their symbolism increasingly obvious.

May 15, 2025

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May 14, 2025 On May 8, political scientists Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way, and Daniel Ziblatt published an op-ed in the New York Times reminding readers that most modern authoritarian leaders are elected.

May 15, 2025

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May 13, 2025 While President Donald Trump’s billionaire sidekick Elon Musk has said he is pulling back from his work with the β€œDepartment of Government Efficiency,” he is with Trump today in Saudi Arabia, along wi...

May 13, 2025

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May 10, 2025 Those of us who are truly lucky have more than one mother.

May 10, 2025

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May 9, 2025 Yesterday afternoon, President Donald Trump withdrew his nomination for interim U.S.

May 9, 2025

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Yeah, Kemp's aiming higher. He wants to be the rational GOP (oxymoron, I know) alternative in the 2028 primaries.

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May 3, 2025 I had thought to post a picture tonight and then realized that today was the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby.

May 3, 2025

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A screenshot of two stacked posts on X (formerly Twitter). The first is by U.S. Secretary Marco Rubio, who criticizes Germany, saying: β€œGermany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition. That’s not democracyβ€”it’s tyranny in disguise.” He goes on to defend the far-right AfD party, calling it β€œpopular” and blaming β€œopen border immigration policies” for extremism. He concludes: β€œGermany should reverse course.”

Below, the official account of the German Foreign Office (@GermanyDiplo) replies:
β€œThis is democracy. This decision is the result of a thorough & independent investigation to protect our Constitution & the rule of law. It is independent courts that will have the final say. We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped.”

A screenshot of two stacked posts on X (formerly Twitter). The first is by U.S. Secretary Marco Rubio, who criticizes Germany, saying: β€œGermany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition. That’s not democracyβ€”it’s tyranny in disguise.” He goes on to defend the far-right AfD party, calling it β€œpopular” and blaming β€œopen border immigration policies” for extremism. He concludes: β€œGermany should reverse course.” Below, the official account of the German Foreign Office (@GermanyDiplo) replies: β€œThis is democracy. This decision is the result of a thorough & independent investigation to protect our Constitution & the rule of law. It is independent courts that will have the final say. We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped.”

Grounded!

Well done πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺπŸ’― @germany.diplo.de

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🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣

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May 2, 2025 Yesterday I identified incorrectly the messaging app newly fired national security advisor Michael Waltz was using at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday as the unsecure Signal app.

May 2, 2025:

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<cue Family Guy Skin Color Chart meme>

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May 1, 2025 President Donald Trump waited until the 101st day of his administration to fire national security advisor Mike Waltz, the official responsible for including the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic on an u...

May 1, 2025:

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"Good luck finding some place that will take you."

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April 29, 2025 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt popularized the idea that the first 100 days of a presidency established an administration’s direction.

April 29, 2025

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If you wonder why men *obsessed* with the United States having more children are kidnapping children and sending them to other countries, those children were the incorrect color.

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#americabordersongreatness

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Canada is Greatβ€”and Trump Has Nothing to Do With it I owe Canada an apology.

Yes, it is true that Trump’s completely asinine trade wars, his nonsensical talks of annexing Canada, and never-ending shit stirring with our upstairs neighbors, have partially fueled the election resultsβ€”it would be a gross mistake to ascribe to him any true impact on what has transpired there.

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April 28, 2025 There has been a change afoot in the Democratic Party for a while now as its leaders shift from trying to find common ground with Republicans to standing firmly against MAGAs and articulating their ow...

April 28, 2025

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Dear Canada-
Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever.

❀️ from your neighbors below, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

#MakeAmericaNormalAgain

28.04.2025 19:27 πŸ‘ 59156 πŸ” 10256 πŸ’¬ 1737 πŸ“Œ 530

How often do we see articles about the ongoing purchasing of the federal government by corporations in the mainstream news?

28.04.2025 12:44 πŸ‘ 237 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

"I didn't think the leopards would eat MY face!"

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April 26, 2025 Early yesterday morning, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent three U.S.

April 26, 2025

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April 25, 2025 Today’s major stories must be seen in the context of President Donald Trump’s dramatic losses in court and his plummeting poll numbers.

April 25, 2025

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Uh, Arizona's current governor is Katie Hobbs, a Democrat.

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I recently re-read the Declaration of Independence and noticed these very things. It really was a β€œholy crap” moment.

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April 24, 2025 β€œVladimir, STOP!” wrote President Donald Trump on his social media site this morning.

April 24, 2025

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April 23, 2025 After previously suggesting that the U.S.

April 23, 2025

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