Caffienatedlibrarian

Caffienatedlibrarian

@penguinlibrarian.bsky.social

Twitter/Threads refugee. Library manager, gardener, RVer, and joining the Resistance once again.

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If you think he cares about gas prices, housing costs, home electricity costs, inflation, no jobs, troops getting killed, grocery prices, health care costs, or anything else that would improve the lives of most Americans, you are wrong.

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this is beyond parody, folks. a complete mockery of the DOJ.

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U.S. Suffers Additional Casualties In War It Won Last Week

U.S. Suffers Additional Casualties In War It Won Last Week

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The Oil Tankers Trump Seized Are Costing the U.S. Millions of Dollars

Cool cool. The tankers trump seized are costing us tens of millions of dollars to maintain, and he can't sell the oil without a judge's permission. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

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(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.

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.

Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:

Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.

And recognized as such by the US Government.

From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

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4 hours ago

"Things will go more easily for me when my billionaire friend controls the press."

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21 hours ago

I just did this. Click the link and join me. Even if your senators have come out against this bill ask them to stand their ground.

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President Trump’s Justice Department & Transportation Department Sue to Stop California’s Illegal EV Mandate Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced that the Justice Department, on behalf of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), has filed suit ...

This administration has bollixed the Strait of Hormuz and sent gas prices soaring, yet _still_ wants to wage holy war against fuel-efficiency and emissions requirements? Sheer insanity.

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Rapid Response 47 tweet with a screengrab of a Trump TS post about Larry Summers resigning from teaching appointments "over Epstein ties"

if i was the Trump rapid response dudebros I would simply not highlight people facing consequences for Epstein ties

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IT can’t happen soon enough.

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Sign of cognitive decline #3,007:

Loss of filter for inappropriate languge.

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I don't think this summary is quite right. Cramer wasn't confused about who won the Vietnam War. Clip is below.

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this is...insane???

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I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

1/ Here's what I can share:

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You really need to watch this whole clip. It's amazing.

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Marco Rubio’s Florida Bestie Is an Accused ‘Foreign Agent’ Set to Go on Trial— With Rubio On the Witness List David Rivera and Rubio bought a house in Tallahassee when they were coming up together in Florida politics. But he’s been a headache for the secretary of state ever since, and now he could be one for ...

It gets weirder still. Attorney General Pam Bondi, a former lobbyist for foreign governments herself, ordered a halt to almost all of these "foreign agent" cases. And yet this one has continued, even though it has roped in Rubio ... and her former lobbyist boss.

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...

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Marco Rubio’s Florida Bestie Is an Accused ‘Foreign Agent’ Set to Go on Trial— With Rubio On the Witness List David Rivera and Rubio bought a house in Tallahassee when they were coming up together in Florida politics. But he’s been a headache for the secretary of state ever since, and now he could be one for ...

Oh, and did I mention that Rubio's bestie took millions from Venezuela's state-run oil company, and then paid out a convicted Cali cartel cocaine trafficker? And the Rupert Murdoch of Caracas?

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...

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We are calling on ICE to immediately release journalist Estefany Rodriguez, who has covered immigration, including ICE actions, for the Spanish-language news site Nashville Noticias.

Read the letter we signed with 40 other press freedom and civil society groups: www.freepress.net/news/coaliti...

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Dismantle DHS/ICE.
Prosecute all involved.
Reallocate all funding.

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ICYMI: Republicans BLOCKED my bill to fund TSA.

Republicans are punishing travelers and forcing TSA agents to work without pay because they want to cut another blank check for ICE & Border Patrol.

It's shameful.

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Long security lines at U.S. airports as DHS funding affects TSA staffing Wait times to get through security hit two hours in New Orleans and over three hours in Houston as TSA staffing took a hit amid the partial government shutdown.

The Republican DHS shutdown is causing MASSIVE delays at airports around the country.

Republicans have to stop playing political games.

It’s time to work with House Democrats to enact commonsense reforms to ICE and reopen the government.

www.cbsnews.com/news/houston...

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WALLACE: Why are we at war with Iran?

CHRIS MURPHY: Great question. The simplest explanation might be the one they gave 24 hours in that they've kind of tried to backtrack from since -- that Israel made us do it.

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DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned ‘Illegal’ Orders Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, WIRED has learned.

Scoop: DHS ousted multiple privacy officers at CBP after they questioned orders to purposely mislabel records about government surveillance to prevent their release under FOIA.

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Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

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A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.

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It's difficult to end a war if you don't know why you started it in the first place.

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Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab The Defense Department went on a $93 billion spending spree in 2025.

Some of the frivolous September purchases made under Secretary Pete Hegseth’s stewardship include a $98,329 Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff’s home, $5.3 million for Apple devices such as the new iPad, and an astronomical amount of …

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