cynar.bsky.social
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this is exactly akin to the widespread belief in "ghost voters" -- that the voting rolls are stuffed with fake or dormant names that can be used to throw an election. in quests for these ghost voters teams of volunteers pore over the "cast vote record" or visit suspect addresses in wildcat canvasses
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I think it’s less about saving money and more about generally destabilizing the country.
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I'd like to hear more about the MAHA panel, if you have a little time on the plane. seems important
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DOJ has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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the latter. he is praising the maga audience for 4 years of relentless resistance to reach the sunlit uplands
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he loves his military history. you go "over the top" with "fixed bayonets." the image is from one of his favorite films, Paths of Glory, a WWI trench warfare classic starring Kirk Douglas
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"fixed bayonets"
-- Bannon expert by dint of listening to every single show since June 2020
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so he overpaid for twitter & ruined it as a community, but as a memelord megaphone it bought an election, and with that election he gained access to all data and payments and with that access he will place twitter, now X, as the mandatory platform for payments and communication. a glue trap for all.
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Posobiec described Zelensky's reaction with sadistic glee. Posobiec was a major pizzagate troll. He's the guy who brought a false-flag "rape Melania" sign to a first-term Trump protest gin up outrage. He lurks on the fringes of right-wing media but now is a player in geopolitical realignment.
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thing is, it may not matter. trolling is good and cancel culture is bad.
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So the FAA is doing Dark DEI?
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oh, and he's a well-spoken young pianist who went to Julliard but something happened around 2018 when he left an amazing position with a philharmonic to join the Marines & then ended up street busking Beethoven sonatas. his lawyer is letting him monologue, a sign the testimony was against his advice
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"threat portal" "operation whirlwind"
guy is high on his own supply
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I'm sorry but Bouie is spot-on. are you one of those both-sides AI bots?
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that's endemic across law enforcement & prosecutors. "not cooperating with the investigation" means the person invoked their 5th Amendment right. retaliation is illegal, but the police tell the media, which parrot the line, & prosecutors come perilously close to retaliation in trial questions
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That’s the bet, and they’re clearly winning. US politics is not operating under the rules of a functioning democracy, and people need to recognize that asap. Otherwise you will think there’s some self-correcting mechanism that is simply not there anymore.
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this is for fiscal year 2026. we still run out of money March 14 & there's no consensus on a continuing resolution
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unemployment costs, court costs -- gajillions of lawsuits, all the paperwork for terminations & benefits
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yeah, that's the thing. "here's a list of contracts we're breaking" "here's some bills we plan to stiff"
the trust & faith they're breaking is worth infinitely more than the cash they're withholding
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two words: boxer briefs
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they utterly failed to put guardrails in after Trump term 1, even after his actions created a roadmap of vulnerabilities and exploits