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@brucealeksander

TV Lighting Designer (retired), Columnist, concerned citizen. I believe that diversity, inclusion, and equity are good, that science trumps superstition, and that truth matters.

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Subpoena all of it. And him, too. The FBI found this witness credible enough to interview her four times. Enough with this cover up.

07.03.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 2923 πŸ” 913 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 21
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Keystone Kash Patel Fired Iran Experts Just Days Before Trump’s War The FBI director’s revenge cull decimated a global espionage unit.

β€œEverything going according to planlessnes.”
Only the best?

www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-director...

03.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kaine Statement on Trump’s Illegal War with Iran | U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, released the...

β€œHas President Trump learned nothing from decades of U.S. meddling in Iran and forever wars in the Middle East? Is he too mentally incapacitated to realize that we had a diplomatic agreement with Iran that was keeping its nuclear program in check, until he ripped it up during his first term?"

02.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe they'll have to go so far down the list they'll tap former Fox "News" hosts to fill the positions.

02.03.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think we can rule out this being a hicky.

02.03.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We, the people who actually paid for these tariffs, will almost certainly never - see - a - dime.

02.03.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
This is only one of many examples. There is a style, cadence, and word choice to DoD press releases in this somehow-still-young administration that provide a fascinating, if largely uncomplicated glimpse at the type of limited, childish ghouls currently in charge of the world’s largest military. There are warriors and warfighters everywhere; there is lethality, and force, and strength; there is a sneering dismissiveness of anything else the sprawling military apparatus engages in besides pointing guns at people and shooting them. The releases are the way a Fox News Pentagon talks, what they assume Secretary of Defense John Wayne would sound like.

This is only one of many examples. There is a style, cadence, and word choice to DoD press releases in this somehow-still-young administration that provide a fascinating, if largely uncomplicated glimpse at the type of limited, childish ghouls currently in charge of the world’s largest military. There are warriors and warfighters everywhere; there is lethality, and force, and strength; there is a sneering dismissiveness of anything else the sprawling military apparatus engages in besides pointing guns at people and shooting them. The releases are the way a Fox News Pentagon talks, what they assume Secretary of Defense John Wayne would sound like.

This isn’t, of course, purely an exercise in misdirected machismo in language. Mixed in with the president’s clear imperial and expansionist goals, the fact that the DoD brass talk like someone likely to pull a gun on anyone who knocks on the door is a huge β€œwarfighting” alarm bell. They don’t want the US military to be some big peacekeeping force that builds dams and shakes hands with locals; they want to invade β€” somewhere, anywhere β€” and blow shit up.

This isn’t, of course, purely an exercise in misdirected machismo in language. Mixed in with the president’s clear imperial and expansionist goals, the fact that the DoD brass talk like someone likely to pull a gun on anyone who knocks on the door is a huge β€œwarfighting” alarm bell. They don’t want the US military to be some big peacekeeping force that builds dams and shakes hands with locals; they want to invade β€” somewhere, anywhere β€” and blow shit up.

I wrote this about him and the new DoD almost a year ago

"They want to invade β€” somewhere, anywhere β€” and blow shit up."

www.jezebel.com/pentagon-pre...

02.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 418 πŸ” 123 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 6

Narrator: There was no plan

02.03.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 1258 πŸ” 215 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 4

Operation Epstein Distraction continues.

02.03.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This regime has quickly transformed the gold-standard institution for health and turned it into a farce. The only thing they've shown is their complete incompetence.

02.03.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I see that we've abandoned any process for making the case for this war or laying out the justifications that might enlist international support. I'm not unhappy to see the horrible Iranian regime weakened, but I would sure like to know what the plan is before we commit US lives and treasure.

01.03.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump Documents released by the Justice Department briefly mention a woman’s unverified accusation that Donald J. Trump assaulted her in the 1980s, when she was a minor. But several memos related to her account are not in the files.

Breaking News: The Justice Department did not release key records in the Epstein files about a woman who made an unverified accusation against Donald Trump. In 2019, the woman said she had been sexually assaulted by Trump and Jeffrey Epstein decades earlier, when she was a minor.

25.02.2026 17:16 πŸ‘ 638 πŸ” 268 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 54

And guess who paid for his jock sniffing trip?
We Americans did.
I'd like a refund, please.

23.02.2026 15:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pump and dump - Bitcoin edition.

22.02.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sticking with the party that isn't fascist.

22.02.2026 04:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Huckabee's been saying and doing provocative things since he was appointed. This isn't new. It simply hasn't been challenged or checked.

22.02.2026 03:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We should be helping save Ukraine now so they can help save Europe later.

22.02.2026 03:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump deported a VETERAN.Β 
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You heard that right. ICE & CBP are out of control–exiling the very men who fought for our freedom and risked their lives for our country.

22.02.2026 03:10 πŸ‘ 840 πŸ” 362 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 10

If he's forced to write checks to refund the tariffs to Americans, watch him try to spin it as his personal gift to them right before the midterm elections.

20.02.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every time he speaks, it's appalling, insulting, and embarrassing.

20.02.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This win protects academic freedom and affirms every student deserves to be seen and included. Many thanks to the @aclu.org, @neatoday.bsky.social , & @centerblacked.bsky.social for fighting back.

19.02.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every accusation was a confession of their own intent.

19.02.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In other words, β€œShow me the man and I'll show you the crime.” That was the infamous boast from Stalin's deputy premier.

19.02.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What's next? Changing the official name to Trump Department of Justice?

19.02.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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CATO: β€œ.. In short, seven independent research teams have now examined the β€œwho’s paying” question and have reached essentially the same answer: We are.”

@cato.org @scottlincicome.bsky.social
www.cato.org/blog/white-h...

19.02.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 1986 πŸ” 654 πŸ’¬ 102 πŸ“Œ 60

I'm betting we see this in a vindictive prosecution motion from Abbe Lowell within a month.

19.02.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 298 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yoon Suk Yeol: Who is the South Korean president jailed for life for leading an insurrection? His short-lived martial law declaration in December 2024 threw the country into months of turmoil.

Somewhere in here is a lesson for the US.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

19.02.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s How to Turn Forgotten Family Photos, Home Movies, and More Into Digital Memories That box of grimy family photos and old cassette-tape recordings of your grandparents’ oral histories deserve to be memorialized for future generations. Here’s how to preserve, store, and digitize family memories so you can honor your loved ones and ensure their legacy lives on.

That box of grimy family photos and old cassette-tape recordings of your grandparents’ oral histories deserve to be memorialized for future generations. Here’s how to preserve, store, and digitize family memories so you can honor your loved ones and ensure their legacy lives on.

19.02.2026 04:40 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

The damage to our communities and our republic is deeper than we can see today. The scars from this regime will extend for years.

19.02.2026 04:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman in a blue tank top is drinking from a mug ALT: a woman in a blue tank top is drinking from a mug
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