Chained Melody

Joy is resistance.
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A black and white triptych showing US President John F. Kennedy, Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.

October 27, 1962, was arguably the most dangerous day of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a day when human error, rushed preparations, aggressive tactics, and sky-high tensions could have set off World War III intentionally or by accident at least four separate times.

Here’s what happened (a long thread):

U.S. to photograph Canadian travellers when they enter and exit at all land borders, airports | CBC News The United States is expanding its facial identification program for travellers, with the goal of collecting images of non-U.S. citizens entering and exiting the country by all modes of transport.

If you’re Canadian, there’s a simple way to avoid this:
*never, ever visit the USA.

Why give your money to a dictatorship that wants to destroy our economy so it can annex us?

www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

“I’m just trying to find any clues, ideas, see where they took him, why they took him. And what’s the whole purpose for this?”

Editor’s Note | Mississippi’s Evil Past Still Haunts Us News Editor Ashton Pittman writes about how the response to college student Trey Reed’s death illustrates how Mississippi’s past haunts its present.

When I was 10, one of my neighbors, a Black 17-year-old student at West Marion High School named Raynard Johnson, who was popular with Black and white classmates alike, was found hanging by a belt from a pecan tree in his front yard.

It was officially ruled a suicide. But his family doubted that. 🧵

The next question is, whose order will the California National Guard troops obey? Trump's, or Judge Immergut's? Will the answer be the same for the Texas National Guardsmen? How about the 82nd Airborne Division?

And what will happen after SCOTUS grants permission for states to invade other states?

Trump declares U.S. in 'non-international armed conflict' with drug cartels President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels operating in the Caribbean are unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in a “non-international armed conflict.”

President Trump has declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in a “non-international armed conflict,” according to a Trump administration memo obtained by The Associated Press, after recent U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean. https://to.pbs.org/4nFV8io

We Said “We Will Block Everything” and We Did: Inside Italy’s Strike for Gaza Following a 24-hour general strike on September 22, the country is now gearing up for a national protest on October 4.

As boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla prepared to set sail toward Gaza, a representative of Genoa’s Dockworkers’ Union declared that if anything happened to the flotilla, workers would “block everything.” When the flotilla was attacked, the reaction was swift: a 24-hour general strike was called.

Man Found Hanging in Tree in Vicksburg, Hours After DSU Hanging The body of 35-year-old Cory Zukatis, a homeless man, was found hanging from a tree in a wooded area in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Before he was found hanging in a tree, Cory Zukatis, a homeless man, was devastated when his dog was taken from him, The Vicksburg Post reported.

“When they called the pound on that dog, it just knocked his spirit. When they took that dog, they took everything from him,” Jimmy Dawson said.

Page 1: Flyer from The Heritage Foundation Oversight Project titled “Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violent Extremism (TIVE): Background and FAQs on Need for an FBI Domestic Terrorism Designation.” The page defines “Transgender Ideology” and “TIVE,” outlining beliefs allegedly associated with them. It claims such ideology justifies violence against opponents or frames opposition as violence. The text references the alleged assassination of Charlie Kirk, urging the FBI to classify TIVE as domestic terrorism.

Page 2: Continuation of flyer with a section titled “Recent Instances of TIVE-Motivated Acts of Domestic Terrorism.” Lists multiple violent events from 2018 to 2025, attributing them to transgender ideology. Includes mugshots of two alleged attackers. Followed by a “Frequently Asked Questions and Key Terms” section, addressing whether transgender people are terrorists, comparing TIVE with “Nihilistic Violent Extremism,” and discussing FBI designations.

Page 3: Flyer continues with questions about Antifa and FBI terrorism classifications. States that Antifa and TIVE are separate categories. Lists ways the FBI classifies domestic terrorism and identifies typical characteristics of “TIVEs,” such as targeting Christians, mental illness, and online radicalization. Includes images: a “Trans Antifa” logo, a pink-blue-white-striped slogan image reading “Protect Their Right to Exist,” a photo of Audrey Hale with a firearm, and a close-up of a magazine with the words “Where is your God?”

Page 4: Section titled “Terminology Used by TIVE.” Defines terms including cisgender, deadnaming, Gillick competence, misgendering, “Right to Exist,” “Trans genocide,” and a phrase “You either have a live boy or dead girl, you choose.” Each is presented as terminology used in or associated with TIVE. Page layout is text-heavy, no additional graphics.

Heritage Foundation has released an absolutely insane policy proposal to label all trans people as domestic terrorists. It uses completely made up instances of terrorism and made up statistics but facts don't matter to them.

They want us all eradicated.

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live Jimmy Kimmel on Mass Shooting in Las Vegas

Jimmy Kimmel came out in tears after every mass shooting pleading for change.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruYe...

Opinion | ‘They’ Didn’t Kill Charlie Kirk It insults his memory to blame political opponents for one man’s heinous act.

When you've lost the WSJ Editorial Board, and now....Karl Rove!
"Using Charlie’s murder to justify retaliation against political rivals is wrong and dangerous. It will further divide and embitter our country. No good thing will come of it."
I gifted this article.
www.wsj.com/opinion/they...

Pentagon’s crackdown on Kirk comments stirs fears among troops Some troops and Defense Department employees worry they will face politically motivated punishments for social media posts that are seen as disloyal to President Donald Trump.

"The Constitution take precedence. The President is violating his oath to the Constitution thus making all orders by him illegal."

I don’t think the U.S. should bank on the troops coming to save it, there is a reason they replaced key leadership. Might makes right, not law, is in charge now.

Kimmel came out every night of a mass shooting in tears & pleaded for action.

Last night he poked fun at 47’s lack of grief with videos of his own words.

We are not the same.

I believe this to my core. They're using trans people as a test case to dismantle individual rights in the US.

Speaker Johnson said Gov Newsom should be “tarred and feathered.”

thehill.com/homenews/hou...

E.P.A. To Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters

E.P.A. To Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters...

The data, from thousands of coal-burning power plants, oil refineries, steel mills and other industrial facilities, is the country’s most comprehensive way to track greenhouse gases...

(Free gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...

Extremist Groups Hated Charlie Kirk. They’re Using His Death to Radicalize Others The Oath Keepers are apparently restarting, and extremist groups like the Proud Boys are calling for “state violence” in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death.

The Oath Keepers are apparently restarting, and extremist groups like the Proud Boys are calling for “state violence” in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death. www.wired.com/story/extrem...

A Resounding Rejection of the US DOE’s Sham “Climate Science” Report It is rife with inaccuracies and disinformation.

The comment period for a sham “climate science” report commissioned by the DOE closed earlier this week, and the verdict is in: the scientific community has overwhelmingly and resoundingly rejected the report. UCS submitted comments on the report, and here are the four key points we made:

Imagine if President Bush, also 8 months into his presidency, said “unfortunately the weakness of the previous administration has driven Al Qaeda to attack us.”

COMMENTARY: If this was happening in another nation, we'd call it by name. It's authoritarianism.

Way to go Norway 🇳🇴 🫶🏼✊🏼💙💟☮️

EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS infuriating, deplorable account of what one trans woman in the U.K. has gone through as a result of the country's shifting laws (particularly as they have moved toward explicit hatred this year).

Just read it. My God.