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Cranky GenXer who hates this timeline. Former syndicated political columnist. Coloradoan #copolitics

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One of the four elements of malignant narcissism is sadism.

02.12.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4923    πŸ” 2000    πŸ’¬ 237    πŸ“Œ 107

No fucking flag rank officer is going to throw their entire career away just to warcrime.

01.12.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mr. President, do you think Trump is likely to throw Hegseth under the bus?

01.12.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIf we just stop testing…”

01.12.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll believe it when it happens

01.12.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bad news for all the people solemnly assuring us the military wouldn’t obey illegal orders: every fucking person in the chain of command from Secy Drunken McRapist down to the guy who pulled the trigger had no apparent problem shooting guys in the water

01.12.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's time to talk about putting grampa in a home

01.12.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good Lord, an actual mention of GenX! I may faint

01.12.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alina Habba’s parents emigrated to the US from Iraq citing persecution.

30.11.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 16199    πŸ” 5990    πŸ’¬ 1032    πŸ“Œ 420

BTW, it's actually really REALLY easy to properly appoint US Attorneys. It takes a special level of incompetence to both a) fuck it up and b) triple down on the fuckup

01.12.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Like 30% of the country is absolutely enraged because they thought they were going to be able to be utter shitbirds without anyone being allowed to call them shitbirds, but here we are, calling them shitbirds.

29.11.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6985    πŸ” 1047    πŸ’¬ 107    πŸ“Œ 43

Later, Justice Alito writing for the majority says blowing up fishing boats is legal because the word β€œbomb” does not appear in the constitution

30.11.2025 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a military uniform is sitting in a car and looking out the window . ALT: a man in a military uniform is sitting in a car and looking out the window .
29.11.2025 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He would’ve won with 110% of the vote or nothing

29.11.2025 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Way too many people who should know better prefer to comfort of conspiracy theories to the harsh reality of just how fucked up the American electorate is

28.11.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Disgusting self-absorbed bastard

28.11.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, I mean, I don't have YooToob video or anything peer-reviewed like that...

27.11.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And the 7 million Biden voters who decided to sit it out in 2024

27.11.2025 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

JFC

27.11.2025 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Moron

27.11.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Waiting for him to insist they rename the party after him.

26.11.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

WAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY too many people who should know better are believing this magical legal bullet theory. Even if such a law were passed (the theory being that if it did companies would have to follow it to do business in that state) SCOTUS would invent some BS to strike it down.

26.11.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And then SCOTUS would rule it unconstitutional because of some magical made-up bullshit. There is no magic bullet, folks; we're gonna have to do this the hard way.

26.11.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Blame for this lies entirely with Fani Willis for her sheer incompetence in handing this case over to someone with whom she had a relationship and who had no relevant experience.

26.11.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is...he in a rascal?

25.11.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:

β€œOur American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”

That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition

25.11.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 13124    πŸ” 3765    πŸ’¬ 877    πŸ“Œ 297

Man, them wacky Brazilians, huh?

25.11.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed. Especially considering the most likely Republican nominee (assuming we have elections) is JD Vance who'll only be 44 in 2028.

25.11.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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