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Praise the Broken Promise of America Friends,

Many thanks to Alison Luterman for sending me her poem. I wanted to share it with you all. robertreich.substack.com/p/praise-the...

James Harvey III, Tuskegee airman, leader of the team that won the US military's first aerial gunnery competition for combat aviators. AKA, Top Gun. James Harvey is a handsome Black man in WW2 uniform with an indomitableble look of calm confidence.

Tom Cruise in an aviation suit and Rayban aviator sunglasses from Top Gun.

Hey, while we're talking about erasing history:

In 1949 the US military held its first Aeriel Gunnery Competition, later known as "Top Gun."

The best of the best competed in dogfighting and other skills. The team that won, was the 332nd: The Tuskegee airmen.

So they refused to announce a winner🤡

BREAKING: President Petro of Colombia has just retweeted this quote from Abraham Lincoln:

“Just as I would not be a slave, I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Truth

Trump’s Illegal Late-Night Purge Suddenly Becomes a Bigger Scandal As Trump offers an absurd defense of his purge of inspectors general that makes it look more corrupt, commentator Jennifer Rubin explains why it’s illegal and will abet more corruption—and suggests wa...

"It is absolutely illegal and I do not expect these inspector generals to go quietly," says @jenrubin.bsky.social. No matter what Trump's GOP toadies say, "the law is the law, and this will be litigated."

On the pod, we dig into Trump's late-night IG massacre:
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Excellent post

#timwise #fdt TikTok video by PissdOffGenXr

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🇸🇾👀 Syrian rebels have entered Assad's palace in Damascus. What Russia has been building in this country for almost 10 years has been destroyed.

‼️ This morning, the rebels announced the beginning of a new era. People in Syria are celebrating in the streets.

I think many people really underestimate how likely a new pandemic is to occur in the next four years.
Even if you think of a pandemic as a once-in-a-century event, that's a 4% chance over the next four years. And I think in the world we live in a pandemic is far from a once-in-100 years event. 🧪

Tesla EVs ranked among the worst in annual reliability survey by Consumer Reports Although EVs and full-size pickup trucks enjoy the hottest demand in the market, they are the "most problematic," the nonprofit organization that evaluates products and services said.

I understand why people bought them years ago.

I do not understand how or why anyone would buy one now.

Many better options, and the CEO is a white supremacist.

“This extreme anti-immigrant agenda, which I think he means every word of” Leading liberal commentator Rachel Maddow tells Richard Engel and Sky's Yalda Hakim what she thinks Trump’s presidency will m... TikTok video by Sky News

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Looks like nominees could be dropping like baby oil bottles at a Diddy party!!

I’m a Never Trumper,and he will definitely get away with this and all of his crimes.

This should terrify every American. It doesn’t matter where you stand on immigration. Using our military as a domestic law enforcement tool at mass scale will destroy its core purpose, turn the American people against them, and damage the institution for decades.

OK Schools Chief Orders Teachers to Show Video of Him Praying for Trump This guy is unbelievable.

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So do I