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Find someone who didn't work for Blackwater after Nisour and did security work for Trump then.

The only reason you like Platner is because Bernie supports him.

Bernie supported Fetterman too.

And Gabbard.

Both of whom took your money and then went to help Trump.

Judging by the uniforms, I'm guessing commercial vehicles weren't up to the task.

Those buttonholes are SCREAMING.

He was a security contractor for the state department in 2018.

We have an electric heating pad for the Littles.

They thoroughly approve of your statement.

The part that gets me is that they keep saying we shouldn't judge him for what he did 7 years ago, or that KA was a College Republican member 2 years ago, but Kamala Harris being an AG (who cops hated) 15 years ago and Hillary Clinton being a "Goldwater girl" in the 1950s was an unforgivable sin.

The Trump administration is seeking to strip protections for federal workers, and he won’t stop there.

Why? She's the first governor to tell Trump "fuck you, make me" and then she stood up to his mob tactics and got him to back down.

She's loved by her constituents and she's willing to fight to protect people.

And she knows how to win in Maine.

This is just ageism at this point.

I know people who contracted for Blackwater back before they went all psycho and started shooting at Marines and Civilians for fun, early 2004.

But if you joined them AFTER Nisour, your moral compass is so fucked that you can't even find what little integrity you have left.

I have no strong feelings about the Maine Senate primary, but it’s worth noting that she HAS won statewide twice in a row including just 3 years ago.

As for her the age, OK, but Maine also has the oldest average population in the country, so it might be less of an issue than in other states.

I would've added about him working for Mike Pompeo and that the only thing he should be doing in Congress is testifying about his involvement with endangering the lives of the Ukrainian diplomats.

But otherwise, solid read.

Hey yo folks.
Veteran here.
That kid or weekend warrior who may be standing there at the polls in full-battle-rattle WON’T WANT TO BE THERE.
And the reason they will look pissed is because standing there in all that gear SUCKS.
THEY WON’T BE MAD AT YOU. DON’T BE AFRAID OF THEM.

One of the things that is going to make this a very long term issue is that Israeli citizens were betrayed by Palestinians who worked IN Israel.

That to me seems like something that cannot be ignored in the future. And I don't think employing Palestinians will be a popular viewpoint for decades.

That was why Biden kept trying to drive a wedge between Netanyahu and the rest of the Israeli govt.

The problem is that Netanyahu has to placate those to his right while also avoiding a coalition building to his left.

Pretty much all of Israel wants Netanyahu gone now.

Two years after Hamas' attack on Israel, California mourns the lives lost on Oct. 7th and in the days since.

Peace and healing will come only with the safe return of all hostages — and with real action from leaders to deliver the justice that everyone in the region deserves.

Ah, so much better. Thanks for the reminder about editing the feeds.

Appreciate it.

But I like to keep it for when there's drama on my TL. Maybe I can move it down further on the list so I can't accidentally swipe over to it?

Ah, I was wondering why I was seeing a bunch of antisemitic memes and doomerism.

I accidentally moved over to the Discover page.

When your privilege and the work of others have allowed you never to think about elections as "things I need to stay alive" rather than "things I want to be given to me", you say dumb shit like this.

In reality, what you're telling everyone is that you have no principles.

Only a price.

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... have you seen how Americans react when a traffic light goes out?

They'll paw it on occasion (at least mine do), but not really scratch it.

We bought a Sactionals couch almost 5 years ago now with microfiber covers and after nearly 50 cats in the house (fosters) it's never gotten scratched or damaged.

Everything else around it?

Not so much.

Cats don't like velvet or velour.

The weave is too fine for them to get their claws into. So it's bad for maintenance.

Unless they're just assholes and are scratching because they want to.

I liked Google Plus. I enjoyed the idea of being able to add/remove people from circles on particular subjects without having to remove them from all topics altogether.

I mean, anyone who got nomination physically could?

It's probably not too late to stage a vociferous write in campaign for yourself, Dan.

I will point out that

A) this picture was taken in 1992

B) the fires from the LA riots were visible from passenger aircraft overhead

C) the NG deployed there were done so by their GOVERNOR.

Even a riot 100x worse than even Trump's histrionic version of events didn't merit the Insurrection Act.

Schumer: That issue that MAGA Mike keeps talking about—illegal immigrants getting health care. It’s an effing lie. The law says that federal dollars cannot go to illegal immigrants under Medicare, Medicaid, or the ACA.

And I said that to him in the room. I said, You’re lying. He smirked.

The problem (at least in IL) is not that we have a feckless governor or mayor unwilling "to stand up to Trump." The problem is that over 80 years+ we the people have ceded vast powers to the Fed govt for good and necessary reasons and then, last November, we gave all those powers to Donald Trump.

Pritzker: “The Trump administration is following a playbook: Cause chaos, create fear and confusion, make it seem that peaceful protesters are a mob by firing gas pellets and tear gas canisters at them. Why? To create the pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act.”

Meiselas: Trump claimed that he and the leaders of the Republican Party were speaking with Democrats. Is he being truthful, or is he lying?

Jeffries: Well, as far as I can tell, that’s a stone-cold lie

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