TriXteR Phillips

Opinion | How the Military Became Another Instrument of Trump’s Power

“It now seems clear that the military will not rescue Americans from Mr. Trump’s misuse of the nation’s military capabilities.”

Martial law by any other name is still dictatorship and rings the death knell for liberty.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...

The ST:TNG episode The Drumhead hits so much harder for me now than it did when it first aired.

Saying slavery was an atrocity and slaveowners were monsters running concentration camps from their pretty villas is only divisive if you're a racist.

Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

Donald Trump hires only the *best* homicidal insurrectionists to work at...

...wait, this can’t be right... the Department of Justice???

Time to revise the history...

She mispronounced "drunken asshole."

The two Democratic traitors were state senators Judith Zaffirini and Juan Hinojosa, who apparently thought it super important that Donald Trump be able to steal the 2026 midterm elections and end American democracy without any meaningful opposition from people who love this country and hate fascism

Yeah, like Thumper's mother used to say: If you don't have anything nice to say, log the fuck off the internet...

Robert Reich Stock Buybacks, Explained | Robert Reich

The SEC once considered stock buybacks to be illegal stock manipulation.

But under President Reagan, stock buybacks were made legal. 

Now, instead of investing profits into people, corporations use stock buybacks (at record levels) to line the pockets of wealthy shareholders.

Okay, crisis averted. Turns out, the note app was being buggy and wouldn't show the list of pages and such from which you can navigate to the pages.

After scraping the bottom of the barrel clean, Fox News had to start drawing "talent" from what it could find under the barrel...

Another one.

A close-up portrait of a woman with a focused expression. She wears a light-colored blouse with a dark lapel and a floral pin. She rests her head onto her hand.

12 August 1913 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Rosine Blitz, was born in Amsterdam.

In August 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

We need more housing.

Every single Senator on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee voted to advance a landmark package to help get more homes built and make the federal government a better partner to local communities.

Let's get this done.

Fuck yeah! That's what I'm talkin' 'bout.

Well, Cuomo asked for a fight. He got it.

Fuck.

Yeah, planning this move is not going to be easy.

Dad didn't really want to be bothered with me showing him how to use the note app I installed on his tablet. Then he got pissed off at the tablet/app because he couldn't figure out how to load one of the pages of notes because he didn't listen to.

Fuck that guy.

Rose of Sharon in bloom next to my fence. There are multiple pink flowers with white centers next to a slat wooden fence

Tiny blue forget-me-nots blooming in my garden

An orange and yellow marigold flower

A bright yellow Squash Blossom from my garden

Anyway, here's some flowers in my yard so you can see something nice today instead of focusing on all the grim stuff.

I’ll be on the Matt McNeil radio show today to talk about RiffTrax Live: TIMECOP at 700+ movie theaters around the USA this Thurs. 8/14 with an encore showing on Tues. 8/19.

Twin Cities: 950 AM 3:30 pm
Chicago: 820 AM 9:00 pm
Seattle: 1150 AM 2:00 am

Streaming: www.am950radio.com/events/the-m...

Just so I can tell if it's as bad as I think or worse, will it likely take CW 2.0 or another nation invading us to save us from these monsters made flesh?

Just banged out a short piece with @ardenthistorian.bsky.social on DHS and once again it's fascism, it's just straight fascism, it's as bad if not worse than you think.

This is a really good point a friend of mine made on Facebook:

cc: @blackcatprose

If we can find housing, we're moving back to the region of Missouri from which me moved away from in April of 2017.

I don't know if it will work but it seems like our best option for relocating. Not sure if it will work out like I'm hoping, though.

Fingers crossed.

Aww! Such a sweetheart.

Though, is it just me or does it look like she was reevaluating her life choices that led to this moment where you putting that hat on her...? :))

You're welcome, man.

A historical black-and-white photograph of a group of uniformed soldiers marching in formation. One soldier at the front carries a flag, while others carry rifles. The setting appears to be an open area with a sparse tree in the background.

12 August 1910 | German Jew Werner Melchiker was born in Berlin. Despite being a former French Foreign Legionary, he was deported from Vernet-en-Arriège via Drancy to #Auschwitz where he arrived in a transport of 1 013 Jews on 6 September 1942. He did not survive.

Thanks to everyone who was kind and supportive for my little girl last week. Things got a lot worse though and yesterday I had to say goodbye. She was the best cat though and, as science proved, the cutest girl. It's only Tuesday but I give you permission to have a drink for Possum today.

Aww. I'm sorry to hear that, Ian. Possum looked like she was the bestest of the bestest.