Mug of Glop

Because she was working with a federal task force, she was considered a federal officer, and thus protected by SCOTUS rulings making it all but impossible to sue federal cops, even for egregious abuse.

Now consider what this means for Trump's immigration thugs.

Democrats had two years to fix this.

Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran The FBI director gutted a specialized, global espionage unit of counterintelligence agents, just days before Operation Epic Fury.

Patel "targeted an elite counter espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specializes in Iran" days before the US attacked Iran.
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

This is via @daveweigel.bsky.social, from a Third Way event happening today.

This is so malignant and unserious. That these groups have to put their thumb on the scale so egregiously to get the results they've pre-ordained tells you everything you need to know about them. x.com/daveweigel/s...

So there was like literally no planning for this whole Iran war beyond like the first hour, was there.

Classic narcissist being super susceptible to love-bombing.

Fucking why???

Putting Charlie Kirk on the Department of Education is like putting the Pinkertons on the Department of Labor.

lol, come on, man.

1. Iraq and Iran are different countries?
2. Dude died because his tank fell into a river!

Lmao sour cherries are American what is she on?

My dude!

BREAKING: Israeli air strikes have targeted Blat and Wadi Barghouti in several attacks across southern Lebanon’s Iqlim al-Tuffah region, marking the latest violation of a ceasefire reached in November 2024 between Israel and Hezbollah aje.news/rfb3rn

The point there was that the USSR knew it was active and it was a deterrent. In this stupid hypothetical, there are already missiles in the air and some anti-woke strong general is begging the chatbot for scorched earth.

Not for nothing, but it’s a real glimpse into the minds of these Pentagon leaders that they’d be happy to destroy the Earth on their hypothetically certain way out.

Why else would Altman say it then? And why else would Amodei reject the deal? They absolutely could negotiate for higher prices - this government has no compunction about pinching pennies. They don't value human life, but the people they need to sell to do.

Just like how you saw public sentiment about ICE change almost overnight once they went (as portrayed in the media) from roughing up people that looked like Mexicans to murdering people that looked like Americans.

It's disgusting that Americans by and large don't grand personhood to Palestinians or value to their lives. But they're going to be very turned off by the AI company trying to sell them products double taps a wedding in Corpus Christi.

They still have a profit motive. They see public sentiment turning against them and they see business sentiment turning against them. Their AI pulling the trigger that turned a school full of kids into marinara will make the product and whole concept absolutely toxic to even business assholes.

I think they do legitimately fear the backlash from their AI models - which they know is buggy and ridden with hallucinations - murdering a lot of the wrong people when given ultimate kill authority. They especially fear it given how much public sentiment has already turned against them.

Wait wait wait, you're saying this bed - the one I made - is the one I have to sleep in?!?

Absolutely. They don't value human life, but they know they depend on people who do.

I completely missed when I first read that comment (due to brain death) that they think Trump is more iconic than Washington, who may as well be the personification of the country. Completely wild to revere a failed steak salesman like that.

These people are all absolutely (and correctly!) terrified that their shitty AI will be the one that directs a Reaper drone loitering over the Gulf of Mexico to destroy a preschool in Sarasota.

"Distressed human asset" is such great bloodless language for disgusting business assholes who aim to hire the dregs of humanity for their project of amassing wealth at the expense of any remaining morality in society.

I'm not above blaming my failed Wordle today on my COVID brain fog.

This is in the first chapter of the 21st century authoritarian playbook: use regulatory pressure to force independent media to be sold to plutocrat regime cronies.

Noem’s luxury ‘deportation’ jet is the tip of the ICE-berg Kristi Noem's DHS has acquired at least nine new aircraft in recent weeks, with another one on the way. Half are luxury jets.

SCOOP: Noem's DHS has acquired at least NINE new jets in recent weeks, with another one on the way.

Half are luxury jets.

gillianbrockell.ghost.io/noems-luxury...

The second you leave this country for even a few days, you realize the place you call home is decaying at an almost exponential pace. The realization that you don't have to live like this is stark, and that nobody in power is taking tangible actions to fix it in your lifetime is even starker.

Trump looks like a Make-a-Wish kid meeting Iron Man and Mamdani looks like he's being forced by kidnappers to show proof of life for a ransom.

Looking forward to every single sign at every single national park saying simply “That looks/sounds/was pretty cool, eh?”