THREAD: An ex-DOGE engineer with no government or medical experience used AI to identify which Veterans Affairs contracts to kill, labeling them as βMUNCHABLE.β
@vernalcoleman.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social and I got the code. Hereβs what it tells us 1/
06.06.2025 14:36 β π 938 π 457 π¬ 24 π 58
Surprise: The βBig, Beautiful Billβ Takes From the Poor and Gives to ICE
According to one analysis, the legislation βwould make all but the top 20% of households worse off.β
Surprise: ICE GETS PAY RAISE
The βBig, Beautiful Billβ Takes From the Poor and Gives to ICE
According to one analysis, the legislation βwould make all but the top 20% of households worse off.β
#MOG8
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17.06.2025 21:07 β π 1842 π 948 π¬ 131 π 54
i want to be as clear as possible: this is a fucking problem
15.06.2025 23:16 β π 2811 π 507 π¬ 88 π 244
Like School Shootings, Political Violence Is Becoming Almost Routine
I am wondering why Lisa Leher from the @nytimes.com did not discuss the data that suggests political violence in the US in the current era mostly comes from the right. Seems like a strange fact to ignore. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...
15.06.2025 11:06 β π 5332 π 1260 π¬ 173 π 99
news story about how the MN shooter and wife operate a private armed security company.
THREAD: The assassinations in Minnesota highlight a dirty secret hardly ever mentioned in the news: U.S. has 1.1 million private police officers. There is an unprecedented footprint of privately organized violence that is doing all sorts of things most people have no idea about.
15.06.2025 13:47 β π 5690 π 2126 π¬ 142 π 117
"Tear gas is banned in international warfare, but it is classified as a 'riot control agent' that law enforcement can use for crowd control."
11.06.2025 01:48 β π 82 π 40 π¬ 0 π 0
So basically the protests were peaceful except that two competing cop departments accidentally went to war with each other
15.06.2025 01:30 β π 3940 π 961 π¬ 61 π 16
Cannot stress enough that the protest in DTLA was completely nonviolent until the local police departments showed up
Been in contact with multiple indies currently on the ground who confirmed this. Cops pushed, then started firing riot munitions indiscriminately
14.06.2025 23:55 β π 3314 π 1296 π¬ 59 π 42
Well dude left a manifesto in the vehicle with a list of names... So we will find out sooner than later hopefully.
14.06.2025 15:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The news isnβt being clear about this but to people hearing about these Minnesota shootings: Melissa Hortman is the Dem leader in the Minnesota House and was Speaker of the House 2019-2025. Sheβs probably the most influential state-level Democrat barring the governor.
14.06.2025 13:55 β π 4363 π 1423 π¬ 54 π 45
Sources say two Minnesota lawmakers have been shot
Sources have told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS' Tom Hauser that two Minnesota Lawmakers have been shot.
Fucking hell: βMinnesota state senator John Hoffman in Champlin and Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman in Brooklyn Park were reportedly shot in their homes by a gunman impersonating a police officer.β
14.06.2025 13:24 β π 3586 π 1474 π¬ 165 π 354
A picture of one of the agents name tag saying βthe othersβ in place of their name.
It really needs to be pointed out. As someone who has been to actions up to and inculdiong the uprising here in 2020 I have never seen every officer wearing fake name badges all with the name βthe othersβ instead of their actual names.
03.06.2025 20:16 β π 1730 π 617 π¬ 54 π 111
The fascist police state is being built piece by piece system by nested system out in the open.
22.05.2025 22:30 β π 29 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0
The freight guys have really started freaking out over the past 48-72 hours:
18.04.2025 01:06 β π 15763 π 4661 π¬ 780 π 828
It's theoretically possible we could get the email or IP address of whoever made the first Q posts on /pol/. If there's something in the data that ties back to Paul Furber, that would be as close to a smoking gun as we'll ever get, though I'm not sure it matters to Q believers.
15.04.2025 23:06 β π 173 π 23 π¬ 9 π 0
we are on the verge of curing maybe the worst cancer of all the cancers but the whole right wing media makes too much money scaring people about "mRNA vaccines" so time to toss that in the trash
17.03.2025 04:27 β π 3161 π 836 π¬ 56 π 17
CHUCK SCHUMER HAS TO GO. Heβs way past his best by date and Iβm not talking about age, Iβm talking about usefulness.
Senate Dems need to step up and have some courage.
13.03.2025 22:08 β π 17632 π 3712 π¬ 776 π 268
The decorum ship sailed a decade ago.
05.03.2025 03:01 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Trump just gave the plaintiffs in the appointments-clause lawsuits against DOGE a smoking gun. He bragged about DOGE "which is headed by Elon Musk". Then Elon Musk took a bow.
This...complicates...DOJ lawyers' claim that Amy Gleason, not Musk, is heading up DOGE.
05.03.2025 02:46 β π 2996 π 550 π¬ 70 π 27
Donβt tell me democracy is at risk and a constitutional crisis is unfolding and the best you got is a modified ping pong paddle.
05.03.2025 02:48 β π 10738 π 1793 π¬ 263 π 102
We need both
05.03.2025 02:47 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I rarely regret getting sober, but tonight is one of those times. Trump's going to do something that will make everything worse. Democrats will shit the bed. BlueSky will throw off sparks and smoke. I will wind up sleepless until the wee hours, trying to figure out how I can move to NZ.
05.03.2025 02:14 β π 206 π 8 π¬ 13 π 2
these people are hopeless. i hope they all get tea partied next year
04.03.2025 21:36 β π 6410 π 753 π¬ 398 π 63
I really want them to stand up and turn their back to him
05.03.2025 02:35 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I am a big fan of standing up and turning my back to the person speaking.
01.03.2025 00:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Hi, former White House intern, DNC communications staffer, and re-election team partner here:
One does not βslipβ into the Oval Office. Does not. Period, ever. Thatβs not a thing.
28.02.2025 22:22 β π 8305 π 2245 π¬ 222 π 82
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