Amy Wren

Here’s my cliff notes summary of Pete Hegseth’s big military address today

Hegseth addresses top commanders at Quantico, puts focus on warfighting: ‘Era of the Department of Defense is over’ President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed hundreds of top commanders from around the world.

“I’ve never walked into a room so silent before,” Trump said…He told generals and admirals they could do anything they wanted from applauding to walking out of the speech. “If you don’t like what I’m saying, you can leave the room. Of course, there goes your rank, there goes your future.”

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Relaxing Tea Better Fucking Work

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Today’s tragedy was driven by the deadly mix of easy access to weapons of war and a broken mental health system. Anyone trying to turn this into an attack on the trans community is spreading hate and distraction. The trans community is not to blame; guns and lack of care are.

This is how I understand it happened. Early retirement was approved then later rescinded.

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Ro Khanna to a trans veteran: "There are some people in my party who think we should just talk about the price of eggs and groceries and inflation. But you know what I think really moves people in this country? When you talk about our values. We cannot throw the trans community under the bus."

I will not be watching it live. Chances are, most of it will be mis/disinformation. And everyone will be talking about it afterwards anyways. I'll be watching something else on another channel.

Dear God. I almost feel sorry for anyone who allows themself to be fooled by this guy.

Yes, the deportees were in shackles. The crime they committed was having no documentation. That is not violent criminals.

All D senators — except Fetterman — sponsor resolution condemning pardons for those who assault led Capitol Police on Jan. 6.

And this…

@mcuban.bsky.social Many people are seeking an alternate social medial platform that supports private group engagement that is simple & streamlined. Similar to FB but obviously not. Many stay there only because of their groups but are conflicted doing so. Thoughts?

Trump now moves to talk about EOs:
- Troops to the southern border
- Alien Enemies Act of 1798 for cities
- Oil Drilling EOs
- End of EV mandate
- Tariffs
- End of "government censorship" (No word on book bans)
- End "social engineering" of race/gender
- End legal recognition of transgender people

My energy for the next four years. ✊🏼

This is the GOP’s long con on full display.

Is this going to be a way for the new Administration to control what content is made out of Hollywood and with what messages, etc? This is supremely messed up.

Michelle Obama Confirms She Will Skip Rest Of Decade

Michelle Obama Confirms She Will Skip Rest Of Decade
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Just so we’re clear -
Any party telling you who you can love, what gender you are, which medicine you can take, which books you can read, which history you can learn, what prayers you should pray and what you can and cannot do with your own body, doesn’t give a fuck about freedom.

Some say too many transgender kids are given hormones. Data finds otherwise. A new study found less than .1% of transgender and gender-diverse teens are prescribed puberty blockers or gender-affirming hormones.

Only .1% of children ages 8 to 17 who identify as transgender or gender-diverse were prescribed gender affirming hormones or puberty blockers, according to study…

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