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emastro.bsky.social
White cishet male, but it's not my fault, I was born this way. Occasional social justice rogue (archer/ranger) Grumpy, middle aged cat dad. Cyber security professional, which I still can't believe is a real job these days. #NAFO expansion is not negotiable
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"An EU peace force on the border will be unable to resist when we resume our offensive in a few years!"

If everyone is VERY lucky, Trump's #US will end up like the crashed #Delta jet in #Toronto - some got hurt, everyone survived and the right wing exploded.

This is what I was talking about last week.

Bearing grudges is an art form in Italy. "Guelfi merda" (Guelfi are shits) refers to the fight between Guelfi (pro-Pope) and Ghibellini (pro-Emperor) factions between the 1100s and the 1300s in most Italian city-states.

Alright, I’m resolving the debate. All of these are simultaneously true: 1) Dems are the minority in Congress, greatly limiting their institutional power 2) Congressional Dems can and should be doing more 3) Some Dems are actually doing opposition, drawing public attention, etc 4) Not enough are

This is what oligarchy looks like.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/w...

I repeat…

This is what used to be called "Fuhrerprinzip", isn't it? The idea that what the, well, the Fuhrer does *defines* the law. No prize for guessing who invented it.

This is probably the most accurate take.

"Barmaid is threatened by a robber and shoots him" "Right on! That's what criminals deserve!" "But the robbber was a white American..." "DEI probably forced him out of a honest job..." "...and the barmaid is Mexican" "Death penalty! Give her the death penalty!"

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I'm not religious so I'm not sure I understand how these things work, but couldn't they ask the Holy Spirit to fix her heart while he was in there?

A sad story in 4 acts (jokes aside, @muellershewrote.bsky.social is there anything that can be done for people in his situation?)

Meaning, he found only 3 that he understood. Which, tbh, beats my expectations.

This is just one of thousands of harrowing stories told about the U.S. Government abandoning Americans abroad in the USAID shutdown. This is Benghazi times a million. 1/

It appears that an AP reporter has been banned from the White House for deadnaming the Gulf of America. Talk about woke snowflakes...

"Pride and Prejudice" will not be banned from US schools, but the title will be amended to "White Pride and Rational Objections to Over-Representation of Minorities"

Russian theatre. Russian troops shot down their own Eleron-3 drone, painted a 🇺🇦 flag on it to claim rewards instead of punishment—then added a Balkenkreuz (a WWII German military symbol) for extra effect. Their mistake? Leaving Russian-language markings on the wing. Classic.

The trump administration has been hit with more restraining orders than Matt Gaetz at a skating rink. USAID Treasury OPM NIH Impoundment Fork in the Road FBI list of names Trans inmate transfer Birthright citizenship That’s off the top of my head. I’m sure I’m missing some.

BREAKING: Judge Beryl Howell has ruled that the FBI will have to release documents related to Trump's mishandling of classified documents in a FOIA case brought by Jason Leopold. From Kyle Cheney: www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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For trumpers, "merit" means being white, so there's no difference from segregation