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Capt USN (RET); BSChE; ICAF; former naval aviator; ski, scuba, cycle, motorcycle, golf. Actually read news and books, form opinions.
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Last night MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell said Trump was the first U.S. president to “switch sides during a war.” That aptly describes Trump’s betrayal but it can’t begin to convey the depravity of what Trump did in throwing our ally overboard and lying about every facet of Putin’s criminal aggression.

submitted 7 days ago • 140 comments

🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

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submitted 7 days ago • 595 comments

European Parliament member 👇🏽

submitted 7 days ago • 925 comments

Dark Pence is back.

submitted 7 days ago • 4555 comments

I need people to read this and understand the immediate human suffering being experienced by Americans at USAID. www.courtlistener.com/docket/69619... Terry Doe’s situation is horrific and painful and should be unconscionable for any one to support.

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

seriously, fuck this guy

submitted 11 days ago • 395 comments

This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement. The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

submitted 10 days ago • 2110 comments

Great point.

submitted 17 days ago • 1222 comments

Folks, no matter who or where you are, check on your federally employed friends. We are not ok right now. We swore to serve and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic and we meant it. And mean it still. #savedemocracy #saveusaid #saveeducation #savedol #savefbi

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Without treatment, millions of people with H.I.V. would be at risk of severe illness and premature death. The loss of treatment also threatens the emergence of drug-resistant strains of H.I.V.; both outcomes could have a global impact, including in the United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h...

submitted 21 days ago • 65 comments

Good morning and happy Wednesday to everyone except Marco Rubio’s new undersecretary of state for public diplomacy.

submitted 22 days ago • 96 comments

“The Harvard Medical School physician received a stop-work order for a program designing treatment plans for people with the most drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis. Infectious diseases do not know borders, she pointed out. 'It’s terrifying'...” www.propublica.org/article/trum...

submitted 22 days ago • 224 comments

USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency

submitted 22 days ago • 1421 comments

here's today's post: "incompetent imbecile sabotages California’s water supply" — millions of gallons gone, for a pointless photo-op. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

submitted 24 days ago • 574 comments

I am beginning my protest with a proposal. Let us declare January 21st as “Remember the Gulf of MEXICO Day” or (Mt. Denali Day). Geography by Sharpie is for the lame.

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In a stunning move, Trump’s Office of Management and Budget has frozen much of federal financial assistance. The consequences could be catastrophic—jeopardizing vulnerable communities and disrupting the economy. The Big Picture breaks down the decision and what’s at stake once it goes into effect.

submitted 29 days ago • 171 comments

The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics. Because cruelty is the fucking point.

submitted 29 days ago • 435 comments