🚨 Breaking news 🚨 The press conference has been cancelled due to Andrew McCarthy not being available
🚨 Breaking news 🚨 The press conference has been cancelled due to Andrew McCarthy not being available
This is insanely ahistorical. The Department of Defense was an all new creation in 1947, specially to bring together the disparate armed services. The “Department of War” was really just the army. I hate how stupid Trump’s most performative actions are.
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“Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
My statement on @nadler.house.gov’s decision not to seek re-election next year.
Good morning New York, while you were sleeping this was one of our most read stories. on.ft.com/4p6SUtu
Marco Rubio sold his soul for just a little bit more power.
Damn.😙
JD Vance on Donald Trump: “I’m a Never Trump guy. I never liked him. I don’t think he’s the person. I don’t think he cares about folks. I think that he’s noxious and is leading the white working class to a very dark place.” { ht: @marcofoster.bsky.social }
As our neighbors vanish daily, this serves as a meaningful way to honor them and highlight the extent of this issue throughout the city’s
I wonder why Trump imposed secondary tariffs only on India for buying Russian oil while not caring about all the other countries who buy Russian oil?
Bluesky right now ...
Little kids are having to use their bodies to shield friends from gunfire while armed soldiers are busy picking up trash.
Ashli Babbitt was a grown ass adult who chose to break into an unauthorized area during an insurrection against the repeated warnings of law enforcement. She ignored those warnings and got killed through no one's fault but her own. She was a traitor. She doesn't deserve full military honors.
Dearest Martha, The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover. Yours in glaze,
So many adults have to fail a child before he ends up 10 years old telling CNN about the mass shooting he lived through this morning
This argument is an Absolute Cinema... 👀😅🤣 #cat #catday #bluesky #animals
Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
So is trash duty the "warrior ethos" that Hegseth was talking about when he was advocating the return to traditional military standards?
Shuler: Thirteen billionaires in one picture—four of whom now run agencies of our federal government. If you’ve ever met someone who says the word “oligarchy” is too confusing or too complicated, well, you can explain it with that one photo.
“The 2nd amendment guarantees the right to a militia to guard against federal tyranny. But if a president can use that force against its own state, against the wishes of that state, then it is no militia at all and a clear violation of the 2nd amendment.” -Adam Kinzinger
A truly great leader would rather be argued with than fed bad information. Furthermore, a great leader understands that dissent is a form of respect. www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
The exchanges between Adam and ChatGPT are devastating. This, in my mind, is the worst one. One of his last messages was a photo of the noose hung in his bedroom closet, asking if it was "good." ChatGPT offered a technical analysis of the set up and told him it 'could potentially suspend a human."
More of this Democrats Please
53 cities in Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia had higher crime rates than D.C. in 2024. Despite this, these states deployed their own National Guard troops to help address D.C.'s newly declared "crime emergency."
BREAKING: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore just announced he refuses to authorize National Guard deployment in Maryland. 🧵
"Well, the soldiers have to be quartered SOMEWHERE, right? Might as well be your home" - national political reporters next week, probably
Yes, Wes Moore! More Dems need to get on this trolling train
Still waiting for someone of prominence to admit it was not about eggs.
I trust steak tartare from a food truck with no refrigerator in August more than Ghislaine Maxwell
Remember your oath. “Just following orders,” is not a valid defense for war crimes.
My name is Captain Dylan Blaha, and this message is for members of the National Guard across the USA. I've served in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 12 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and three years on active duty in Europe. What's going on right now is not normal.
Oh yes, I remember that part in history class - Hitler negotiating with Churchill & FDR, then going down to his bunker & celebrating by suicide. Yup. Ok 👍🏻
I don’t hear “Democrats” using these terms. Pelosi? Jeffries? Clyburn? Schiff? Swallwell? Waters? If you mean liberals then provide the alternative word that would be clearer. Or is it that you don’t think the concepts are real? Patriarchy is a thing. If there’s a better word, let’s hear it.
Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
The only thing I can say about this paragraph is read it. Sit with it. Read it again. @michaelharriot.bsky.social
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Former National Guard Vice Chief Major General Randy E. Manner says deploying the Guard to D.C. will ruin how the average American views the military.
Every single Dem-run state should do this.
Hey, look, I don't want to speak out of turn, but maybe, just maybe, these giant military machines shouldn't be deployed on our city streets?
In other words: White people can't possibly be D.C. residents, which is also why we have to bring the full force of a police state down on the District.
It breaks my heart to see Camp Atterbury used for ICE detention. I trained there as a young ROTC cadet. I’m so glad this young man is speaking up 👊🏻
President Trump’s domestic deployment of the military creates legal and ethical jeopardy for troops, and threatens a core democratic principle that the military shouldn't police civilians. Elected officials and retired military leaders are speaking out against this dangerous abuse of power.
#ProudBlue Nazis in Indianapolis yesterday with a police escort. They are getting way too comfortable. Some of those that work forces…you know the rest. Remember, its our job to 🤛 nazis!
This press conference with Trump is so difficult to watch. It's embarrassing how ignorant Trump is and that the American people have given him the keys to the most powerful economy and military in the world for him to just drive it into a tree.
The last time Zelensky was seen in a suit was in his video address shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of the full-scale invasion in the early hours of Feb. 24, 2022. Zelensky has said numerous times that he would wear a suit only after Ukraine wins the war.
Trump & his lackeys pressuring a war time president (Zelensky) to change his appearance to meet their needs says everything you need to know about type of people they are. Showing the world this is no longer a free country - if you want America's help, you must look & act like MAGA wants you to.
Do you know how you counter a powerful bully? You bring all your friends!
Look at their face! 🐯
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The adult version of the TikTok Tide pod challenge. They see this garbage trend about consuming raw milk on the internet so they think it's ok to do it. The people spreading this misinformation need to be held accountable as well.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "Wake the fuck up to what's going on in this country... We're going to put everything on the damn line... People haven't given up yet. We're going to do this. We can win this November. We can win next November, and then we can get this country back on track."
This is how you do it.
This right here. It boils down to this.
Shameful.
One of Trump's many dipshits left behind sensitive documents about the Anchorage summit on a hotel copy machine -- including: names and numbers of U.S. and Russian state leaders, schedule and room locations. Yet another major national security breach. www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
Ready for the ‘ber months now 🍂
Putin: "Today when President Trump says that if he was the president in 2022, there would be no war, and I'm quite sure it would indeed be so. I can confirm it. Overall, me and President Trump have build a very good and businesslike contact."
Wow. Putin is literally shilling for Trump and boosting his ego by agreeing with him that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine in 2022 if Trump was President. Putin knows exactly how to control his mark.
Breaking news: A federal judge convinced the Justice Department to walk back President Trump’s efforts to assert control over the D.C. police and signaled she would issue a temporary restraining order if the changes are not complete by Friday evening.
I am blocking anyone with a, "but remember Newsom is a bad guy" post bc those ppl either thrive on chaos, are fishing for engagement, or are bots. It's like our house is on fire and y'all are debating if one of the fireman is good enough to help put out the fire. GTFOH
This is repulsive. Can you imagine the fodder for propaganda Russia will have for years to come with the image of United States Army soldiers literally rolling a red carpet out for former KGB agent, murderer, invader, internationally wanted criminal Vladimir Putin?
The White House posted a video of armed law enforcement officers arresting the sandwich man
Throwing a sandwich at a cop: felony. Beating a cop unconscious with a flag pole: tourist behavior.
Alright New York, now let's do our part!
It’s wild to me how people get on 24 hour news broadcasts and expose themselves as the biggest cowards this side of a yellow river, and we spend precious time arguing with them like they wouldn’t die the same way as the insurance man in Jurassic Park.
A prescient warning from retired military officials as SCOTUS weighed presidential immunity in Trump v. United States: “Absent the availability of criminal prosecution for a President's violation of the PCA, this important check on military power would be weakened if not eliminated.”
this reminds me of that SNL skit where lada gaga was riding her luggage on the highway to the airport 😂 youtu.be/xu28o7TF8IE?...
Are you guys the only alpha males who can save western civilization or are you afraid of Manhattan Just Can you pick please
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THIS 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Hoagie assault guy, if convicted, will be punished more strongly than J6 folks who beat police officers with poles and other objects and are now walking free (and probably joining CBP)
“A soft lie told in freon.” 😂 This is poetry.
More Americans than ever get their news from social media. This is dangerous—but also an opportunity, argues Jessica Yellin.
this is absolutely brilliant
For the record, our division commander BANNED things called “presence patrols” in Iraq. “If you don’t have a specific task & purpose, your ‘presence’ doesn’t do anything.” National Guard stating they are now doing presence patrols in DC. A complete waste of soldier’s time & effort.
The American press and public really need to figure out how to simply dismiss Trump's pretextual claims for authoritarian attacks and then resist the attack itself, not debate the claim. We have spent months asking "but is the Ivy League really antisemitic?" and now "but is DC really crime-ridden?"
HAPPENING NOW: It's Day 2 of the bench trial in Newsom v. Trump, the suit brought by California over Trump's use of the national guard and marines for immigration enforcement. I'm covering for @lawfaremedia.org. Today we expect testimony from the government's witnesses. 🧵
Considering what happened today in DC - I recommend folks follow this 👇🏻
this dc situation looks pretty horrible. i wish i had more to say except that autocracy is always mundane and petty and vicious and encourages you to look away and be safe. and you can live quite normally under it until you're a direct target
In the ongoing Posse Comitatus Act trial, Major General Scott Sherman — who's spent 33 years in the military — testifies that a (civilian) Trump official questioned his loyalty to the USA after he objected to a request for assistance for the MacArthur Park operation. DOJ objects. Overruled.
🚨NEW: VoteVets Responds to Trump’s Use of the National Guard in DC: “Trump himself refused to activate the Guard when our Capitol was under attack; he should be embarrassed he is activating them now.”
Another day, another “what in the actual fuck is happening”
The Fox News takeover of the United States Government
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SKINNER: We’re closing down the X-files again. MULDER: Because I’m too close to truth! SKINNER: No, a DOGE guy named “Big Balls” got pounded into hamburger by a pack of rowdy teens, so the president is turning you into a traffic cop.
Trump’s mobilization of the National Guard, ICE, and FBI in D.C. has nothing to do with safety. In fact, violent crime has hit a 30-year low in D.C. It’s plain and simple—this is what authoritarians do. The Trump regime is attempting to instill fear, create propaganda, and consolidate control.
Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
“This just shows the lengths that the Trump administration will go to to weaponize Public Service Loan Forgiveness and debt more broadly to achieve their fascist objectives.”
Fight for teachers and education!
Fun little trip in time 📺
Still explaining: How do tariffs work, and who pays?
Laura Loomer is attacking Flo Groberg for being the wrong kind of Medal of Honor recipient—he’s a French-Algerian immigrant—and suggesting the Army posting about him today is an act of disloyalty to Trump. …The Army posted about Flo today because 8/8/2012 was the day he tackled that suicide bomber.
i'm actually dying laughing at "baruck obama"
Peter, on Easter Sunday
Trump has declared war on free minds and free education in order to erase more than a half-century of scholarship and replace it with official triumphal narratives rooted in a brand of pickled patriotism designed to force the past to serve the present. trib.al/OsKGbr7
