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What do we learn from Epstein and Andrew? There’s a level of power at which right and wrong no longer exist | Zoe Williams
20.10.2025 17:16 — 👍 204 🔁 70 💬 27 📌 14I think something uniquely corrosive to the US, and not other countries, is that their legislature *effectively does not pass new legislation anymore* and the electorate has spent the last decade plus going absolutely stir-crazy from that fact.
20.10.2025 18:46 — 👍 982 🔁 139 💬 10 📌 12The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.
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LIVE See morxudates from this store By Eric Scenitt and Tyler Pager gorting from Watengon O 10, 2025 20.ET The military commander overseeing the Pentagon's escalating attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea that the Trump administration says are smuggling drugs said on Thursday that he was stepping down. The officer, Adm. Alvin Holsey, is leaving his job as head of the U.S. Southern Command, which oversees all operations in Central and South America, even as the Pentagon has rapidly built up some 10,000 forces in the region in what it says is a major counterdrug and counterterrorism mission. It was unclear why Admiral Holsey is suddenly departing, less than a year into what is typically a three-year job, and in the midst the biggest operation in his 37-year career. But one current and one former US official, both of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters, said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats In a statement on social media, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made no mention of any friction with his four-star commander. "On behalf of the Department of War," said Mr. Hegseth, using the name of the department he now prefers, "we extend our deepest gratitude to Admiral Alvin Holsey for his more than 37 years of distinguished service to our nation as he plans to retire at year's end."
Admiral Holsey reportedly raised concerns about Trump and Hegseth’s orders to conduct illegal strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea. He resigned from his post only months after getting it. His concerns were proven correct by recent revelations Trump has been murdering innocent civilians.
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Yikes — WP reports Rubio turned over gang informants to El Salvador to get that deal to let Trump send immigrants to their hard labor prison without due process.
A lawless regime.
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Statement from Tristan Kern de Gonzales Husband of Jonathan Joss My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done. Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic. When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw. While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired. Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life. Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future. He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other. I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved. To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family. My focus now is on protecting Jonathan’s legacy and honoring the life we built together. If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband. Jonathan saved my life. I will carry that forward. I will protect what he built. Tristan Kern de Gonzales
Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.
I'm so angry.
“The Constitution is clear — and that, of course, is the supreme law of the land — that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion,” Stephen Miller, a top White House adviser, told reporters. “So it’s an option that we’re actively looking at.”
09.05.2025 21:49 — 👍 155 🔁 37 💬 57 📌 35In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
Every Republican in Congress should be asked if they agree with Trump that it’s a “good thing” if truck drivers and dockworkers lose their jobs
08.05.2025 15:48 — 👍 3383 🔁 1009 💬 200 📌 55Resistance is NOT futile
23.04.2025 03:22 — 👍 24659 🔁 4370 💬 586 📌 191Submissions should include sufficient identifiers such as names, dates, and locations.
While the VA Task Force will
review all instances of anti-Christian bias,
it is specifically seeking the following:
WTAF 😳
Accordingly, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is establishing its own Task Force to better effectuate the Department’s internal review. The VA Task Force now requests all VA
employees to submit any instance of anti Christian discrimination to Anti-ChristianBiasReporting@va.gov.
Todays crazy…
Task Force on Anti-Christian Bias On February 6, 2025, President Trump enacted Executive Order (EO) 14202, Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias,
establishing a Task Force to review the
last Administration’s treatment of Christians.
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele heads to the White House to discuss further cooperation with the U.S., including the continued use of El Salvador's supermax prison for deported migrants.
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Hands off St. Paul, MN.
05.04.2025 22:04 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1🚨 FRENCH PRESIDENT MACRON CALLS FOR PAUSE ON FUTURE AND RECENT INVESTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES
(audio translation)
Protest points
50501 rally poster
handsoff poster
US Call to Action against the Trump regime and its fascist coup d'état, if you have breath in your lungs take to the streets on Saturday, April 5.
Events and numbers are rapidly growing. Join now. #3E #FiftyFiftyOne
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The dollar is in free fall, stock market is down, and the price of groceries is up. Is this the “Golden Age” Trump promised you?
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Wild story: the acting Social Security chief was warned that terminating data collection contracts with Maine would increase fraud. But he responded that it didn't matter because it was more important to punish Maine's governor for disagreeing with Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
02.04.2025 13:26 — 👍 3849 🔁 1634 💬 158 📌 138Good trouble. Creative, too.
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I stand 100% with Jack Schlossberg and his Grandfather.
20.03.2025 00:09 — 👍 18690 🔁 5107 💬 294 📌 139Is it at all surprising that a convicted felon would ignore a judge's order?
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Our end of week update.
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