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When I think of this guy and his enabler's goals and efforts toward deporting 21,000,000 people, the next thing I think of is
Host: The law requires that every person who is going to be deported gets a hearing first. Do you acknowledge that? Trump: I'll have to ask the lawyers about that. Do you think we can give 21 million trials? Is that what you want us to do? Host: The law is the law, sir
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I like thinking of Iran as Trump's new personal Vietnam: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQcT...
This diagram and explanation of the Android coordinate system is well done: It's from the Bosch BMM150 datasheet at www.bosch-sensortec.com/media/boschs... page 47
There's no possible way this can be "good guys with guns"
I can't support a US sniper nest on the mall. Statistics-base-rate-fallacy-wise, how many folks are we planning on shooting each year, and how many will be mistakes? If they shoot any of the millions who (used to) use the mall, I'd bet they'd be 99.9999999% mistakes. www.npr.org/2026/09/20/n...
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/... Armed gov't folks "guarding" the polls has a penalties 5x more severe than voter fraud:
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How does a group have a strategy? Does a group have noble goals and values? Or do they suborn their values to a charismatic leader's personality?
Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."
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Vizio WatchFree FreeVibes Nature has some #AiArt finger-like flubs. There are fake kayak-oars, broken masts, and criss-cross shadows in the beach scene. If you are going to loop hours of "nature" video on www.vizio.com/en/watchfree..., it should be actual nature, not #GenerativeSlop.
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Replying to @whitehouse.senate.gov
lakemead.water-data.com says: > Pct of Capacity: 26.74%, 188.91 ft below Full Pool (1229'), and down 14.26 ft from a year ago. Water year begins Oct 1st. Depth at Dam: ~400 feet deep, is ~145 ft above Dead Pool (895') and is ~90' above Power Pool (950')
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"Once I realized that talking to lawmakers who don't inherently care about America's children was not a path to catalyze change, I understood we need to elect people who inherently care..." ...proven ones, like a pediatrician:
I love this. Senate candidate Annie Andrews says she decided to jump into the race the day RFK Jr was nominated to lead HHS. She’s a pediatrician. Saw what was coming & decided she couldn’t sit on the sidelines. THIS is what I’m talking about. Feeling called to serve & actually following through.
If the corrupt chump corruptly tariffs the panels, the cells, the ingots, and the polysilicon raw ingredients, what's an American installer, assembler, refiner, supposed to do? Wait for vertical integrators to get on-line before the chump's tariffs expire? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
How do you do tryouts for the Washington Generals? www.progresspond.com/2025/09/23/t...
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If our Supreme Court finds this lawful, we're not really united states anymore.
NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
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If you really want an "AI strategy" for your country, it should be this: wait for the bubble to burst, then buy hardware and talent at fire-sale prices in the wave of ensuing bankruptcies, and use them to extract more performance from free, open source models. 50/
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Give Trump everything he asks for and he'll demand more. Deny Trump anything and he'll demand more. Sign a contract with Trump and he'll break it. Send Trump an invoice and he'll stiff you. For Trump, "the art of the deal" can be summed up in one word: *renege*. 17/
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"Give Trump everything he asks for and he'll demand more. Deny Trump anything and he'll demand more. Sign a contract with Trump and he'll break it. Send Trump an invoice and he'll stiff you. For Trump, "the art of the deal" can be summed up in one word: renege."
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: pluralistic.net/2026/07/22/t... 2/
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Replying to @i-left-xitter.bsky.social
What does complying with a system that deports 6% of the US without trials mean? bsky.app/profile/fact... If there's no trial, can you ever work off your alleged debt to society after the US labels you "worst of the worst" and sells you to some foreign concentration camp? Or do you die in prison?
Host: The law requires that every person who is going to be deported gets a hearing first. Do you acknowledge that? Trump: I'll have to ask the lawyers about that. Do you think we can give 21 million trials? Is that what you want us to do? Host: The law is the law, sir
Did you ever read "Melancholy Elephants" by Spider Robinson? www.spiderrobinson.com/melancholyel... "All her panic and tension vanished, to be replaced by a sadness so great and so pervasive that for a moment she thought it might literally stop her heart."
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Oh the video is perverse: bsky.app/profile/acyn... Nobody wants him there.
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They sent Martha Stewart to jail for 5 months for having a chat with her broker and selling some stock to avoid about $45,000 in losses.
Investment accounts owned by President Trump engaged in more than 300 previously undisclosed stock purchases on April 8, 2025, one day before his surprise announcement that he would pause a number of his “Liberation Day” tariffs, his financial disclosure report says.
Looks like it will be hot in DC: forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php...
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Replying to @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social
They are streamlining the forecast models: bsky.app/profile/drf5... And the replacement forecasts they are switching to aren't quite "available on or about June 9," as promised: www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
Trump's NOAA is cutting weather forecast models on 31 August 2026: www.weather.gov/media/notifi... "The [switchover] will occur on the same day." sounds like a recipe for disaster. I use their 12kmX12km x84 hour forecast every single day. www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/wea...
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Replying to @monarchdiaries.bsky.social
Ha-tf-ha. So that means you could get the alleged 350' long razor-sharp gashes along the seams of Trump's Swamp if you happen to wait more than the "Recoat, max ≤4 hrs" listed on the datasheet: www.rhinoapplicators.com/wp-content/u...
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“We do a Watergate twice a day” is a crazy way to confess your own corruption…
JD Vance: "I think Nixon's historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, and deservedly so. I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story. The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy."
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If you compare it to the pro-fascist rioters of J6 you have to ask how much jail time is a mere stop-the-steal flag should be worth. bsky.app/profile/mari...
NEW — The sentencing of the Prairieland demonstrators shows the brutality of Trump's war on dissent, but it's not without precedent, @kimkelly.bsky.social writes. History shows us the government has always punished anti-fascism. But this time we can change the narrative in real time. Read here:
"Thunder always follows lightning" -- Lightning McQueen www.windy.com/-Thunderstor...
I don't believe my #VA02 Rep #RobWittman. I don't think he understands. I believe he supports Mike Johnson's, Trump's, and this Republican administrations plans to cut, sunset, limit, and retire Social Security. My Mom, Dad, and Sister all depend heavily on their SS, SSDI, and Medicare.
When asked about Speaker Mike Johnson's comments regarding potential Social Security cuts, Rob Wittman (R-VA) makes fake phone call to avoid reporter’s questions.
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