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Retired US Army LTC - MA National Security Affairs, Political-Military Analyst; FSI, NSA, CENTCOM, Vietnam Vet; OCS grad, 🪂🎖️ violin maker Winston Salem #wethepeople #nafo 🫡🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 #VetsResist If I can’t comment on your posts I’ll block.
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submitted 12 hours ago • 856 comments

Trump's EPA just moved to reverse state and local bans on toxic "forever chemicals" that can lead to birth defects and cancer.  So much for "Make America Healthy Again." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/05/trump-pfas-toxic-forever-chemicals

submitted 7 hours ago • 234 comments

The United States is the richest country in the history of the world. But who benefits from those riches? Consider: the richest 10% of Americans hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth – while the bottom 50% hold just 3%. See the problem?

submitted 3 hours ago • 291 comments

#MAGA

submitted 2 hours ago • 5 comments

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - President Lyndon B. Johnson

submitted 1 day ago • 483 comments

“these are not the jobs you are seeking”

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submitted 12 hours ago • 12 comments

Even Hitler could be charming.

submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change. Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes. See links below: PDF: drive.google.com/file/d/1I38i... WaPoLink: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

He’ll retire same day Trump does.

submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

Challenge his ass.

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

Love it. FAFO for sure.

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1/2: Greg Pearre, a career civil servant who led an IT team working on the agency's data systems, was removed for his opposition to a DOGE plan to cut off immigrants from key financial services. The scheme cooked up by DOGE falsely lists thousands of migrants as 👇 l.smartnews.com/p-kgv4Mhr/fY...

submitted 4 hours ago • 2 comments

IVE SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE. DOGE embedding their guys in each Federal Agency with the power to hire/fire and inform on employees political leanings. They are the EMBEDDED POLITICAL OFFICERS in Soviet authoritarianism. It was Putins specialty. Now it’s TRUMPS “RED OCTOBER”

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

5 things Trump did this week: 1. Said economic pain is like taking medicine 2. Had energy company managers pose as coal miners 3. Tanked the stock market, panicked, then folded 4. Kept the Epstein files safe another week 5. Tried to take his open umbrella onto Air Force One

submitted 1 day ago • 66 comments

This seems right, and all of this is WRONG.

submitted 23 hours ago • 1108 comments

The Trump regime is working to deter dissent. Anyone who goes against Trump could end up on a target list. This is having a chilling effect on five major pillars of society — universities, science, the media, the law, and the arts. It's straight out of the fascist playbook.

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submitted 17 hours ago • 127 comments

Keep talking about the Signal security lapse at the Pentagon. The media may have forgotten about it, but the voters have not.

submitted 1 day ago • 830 comments

Rep. Ryan Mackenzie on measles: "Many of these instances that are coming into our country are from illegal immigrants."

submitted 1 day ago • 1675 comments

Trade partnerships create security relationships. Trump is chipping away at partnerships of all sorts-both Trade and Security. China and Russia are pleased to make adjustments that leave USA out of the picture. Globalism IS Security.

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments