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Retired Law Enforcement, Former US Army 4th Inf Div, Enjoy playing Rhythm Guitar Blues, Christian Rock and Classic Rock, Married. #NeverTrump
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This is absolutely brutal

The cruelty and the stupidity is the point

Eliminating Head Start. Laying off all the CDC employs who work on lead poisoning. Discrediting childhood vaccines during a measles outbreak. Cutting funds for school lunches. A look at some of the under-the-radar ways the Trump administration is waging war on America's children: wapo.st/4jcUg2f

Too bad republicans don’t have the spine Miss Jasmine has!

The Justice Department moved to drop charges against a man they had alleged to be a “major leader” of the MS-13 gang – just weeks after publicly lauding his arrest – a move his lawyer says is the first step toward immediately deporting him to El Salvador.

An annual festival in Philadelphia dedicated to celebrating Mexican culture and history has been cancelled, with organizers citing fear that ICE might be present and target attendees.

Attention AZ residents - here’s a webpage to report Social Security disruptions or issues. Thank you @azagmayes.bsky.social www.azag.gov/press-releas...

In years to come, the people who did this will be the ones who will go to jail.

Sometimes I love the internet

Head coach of MMA Australian team Renato Subotic arrived in the US to teach a seminar. Instead he said he was detained at the border: "No clear explanation, no chance to talk to anyone, no rights. They handcuffed me, put me in a car, and drove me to federal prison." www.news.com.au/sport/boxing...

A school-aged child died at a Texas hospital where they were receiving treatment for measles, marking the second death of a minor in the state linked to the ongoing outbreak: cnn.it/4ljCgF1

Also at same time on a competing show, USDA Secretary ROLLINS: We're doing this because uhh Alexander Hamilton recommended it in 1791

Elon Musk’s DOGE is expected to take aim at the Department of Homeland Security in the coming days, seeking potentially major cuts to personnel across its agencies, including the US Secret Service, multiple sources tell CNN. cnn.it/3E6elrU

Yes, prices will skyrocket. Yes, business will go bankrupt. Yes, stocks will crash. Yes, unemployment will rise. But if we hold on, the tariffs will be worth it. If fully implemented we can finally achieve the true American dream: rich people not having to pay ANY taxes.

"Maybe the point is that, just as Orbán sees Budapest as somehow not Hungarian, MAGA sees D.C. as something not quite American." ICYMI @aselrod.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-autocr...

Why would ANYONE worship this? Sweaty McFatbody

He’s tanking the economy, destroying our standing in the world, depriving women and LGBTQ communities of their fundamental rights, attacking the environment, disappearing legal immigrants, gutting Veteran’s benefits and Social Security. And he’s making you pay for his golf trips while he’s at it.

THIS IS TERRIFYING‼️ Dr. Peter Marks, former head of vaccines at the FDA, just had his last day—forced to resign or be fired because he wouldn’t lie about vaccines. He gives a chilling warning: the U.S. is unprepared for biowarfare—because the response team has been gutted.

This one should be an award winner

Imagine how we would respond if our allies treated us the way we have been treating them.

We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy. Third time’s the charm, I guess.

Politico: Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Hey Canada, Lawyers are recommending you leave your main mobile phone at home and buy a burner phone if you need to travel to the US. THIS MEANS YOU SHOULD NOT BE TRAVELLING TO THE U.S.!!!! Pass it on.

Office of Management & Budget Dir. Russell Vought wants to cut federal funds with impunity—and without Congress or the public being able to see what he’s doing. On March 29, Vought announced that OMB would no longer follow the law requiring it to make apportionments public. /1 x.com/PattyMurray/...

DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show www.wired.com/story/doge-t...

BREAKING via WaPo: Mike Waltz and other members of Trump's National Security Council conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, where they held conversations about highly sensitive information, including about military positions, powerful weapons systems, and more

If you were a halfway decent human being and you knew an innocent man was rotting in foreign prison—likely suffering nightmarish conditions—because your administration screwed up and send him there, you’d do something about it immediately instead of shitposting lies all day.

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