Siccarie

Siccarie

@sicarie.bsky.social

Just trying to stay sane in a crazy world.

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This is why I used to drill students on the difference between “preemptive” and “preventive” attack. Unless Israel had intelligence that an attack from Iran was imminent, this was not a preemptive attack.

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CNN reporting that the strikes on Iran tonight are joint US and Israeli strikes. Which means Donald Trump should be impeached for a third time. What he has done tonight is illegal under the US constitution and the UN charter.

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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.” What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.” Funny how that works.

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Important to do this press conference about a mass shooting from behind a comic book convention’s folding table inside the hotel from The Shining.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan

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Another inexplicably vague headline I now must fix. Well, here we go. (📢) BREAKING NEWS: America to Launch Illegal Unilateral War Against Venezuela At Any Moment; Invasion By Land to Commence "Very Soon" to Distract American Voters From Trump-Epstein Pedophilia Scandal

cnn.comTrump says US land action against alleged drug trafficking networks in Venezuela will start ‘very soon’ | CNN PoliticsPresident Donald Trump suggested Thursday that the United States is preparing to take new action against alleged drug trafficking networks in Venezuela, telling service members during a Thanksgiving c...

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I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.

Fat Donald@fatdonald.bsky.social

This is what happens when you put a privileged, 14 year heroin addict in charge of health. Duh

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God is begging you to send these National Guard troops home to be with their families. Stop ruining their lives so that Donald can cosplay fascism.

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Speaker Mike Johnson has reportedly told the White House that most Republicans aren't interested in extending ACA subsidies. Reminder that 57% of ACA Marketplace enrollees live in congressional districts represented by a Republican. They're selling out their own voters.

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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here

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Even if the Senate voted to extend ACA subsidies, the GOP-controlled House is unlikely to allow a vote on them. And there's of course no guarantee that Trump would even go along with a deal. The cruel irony is that this will end up hurting Republican states the most.

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I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation

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American corporations are on pace to spend $1.1 trillion on stock buybacks in 2025, an all-time high. Buybacks don't create more jobs, increase wages, or grow the economy — but they do help juice CEO pay that's often tied to stock performance. Nothing trickles down to workers.

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Rapists gotta stick together.

DrDinD.bsky.social@drdind.bsky.social

Besides the fact that Taylor is a registered sex offender (for sexual misconduct with a 16 yo prostitute) who twice violated reporting requirements, a tax evaded, has a DUI arrest, there is also this: he is 6'3" and Trump is not.

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Sundog, a memecoin by crypto billionaire Justin Sun, just posted a meme depicting its mascot controlling the White House. Sun has spent (or will shortly spend) a total of $213 million on Trump-connected crypto projects.

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Any American journalist who doesn’t *instantaneously* see what this is—Ghislaine Maxwell, desperately seeking a pardon from Trump, negotiating privately to say whatever he wants her to say in public to get a pardon (now or anytime during her twenty-year prison bid)—should quit their job immediately.

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The entire reason we created the ACA and Medicaid expansion is many jobs don’t offer health insurance, and certainly those who work as contractors or consultants are not employees. They all understand this and are just saying crazy shit up there all the time. Ugly bill will hurt entrepreneurship.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JIANG: What is the NEC's estimate for how many people could lose healthcare coverage? HASSETT: The bottom line is the best way to get insurance is to get a job

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Honestly I think this is in large part because Black people know better than anyone that civility and collegiality have long been used to suppress dissent and disagreement

Perry Bacon@perrybaconjr.bsky.social

Justice Jackson is annoying the Republicans on the court and going beyond her fellow Democrats in making very sharp criticisms of recent rulings by the court's right-wing majority. That's leadership. She is the rare Dem in a powerful role meeting the moment. newrepublic.com/article/1975...

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🚨 RIGHT NOW IN DC 🤨 🧊 ICE spotted in Adams Morgan Calverton Apartments on Columbia Rd NW 👀

JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social

⚠️ HEADS UP DMV‼️ 🧊 ICE is very active this morning across the Capital region, especially in Arlington 👀

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"HOW TO DISMANTLE A DICTATORSHIP is a guide to dismantling a dictatorship (surprising, I know) from the perspective of Binding Chaos theory . . . " "Because dictatorships are power structures, and all power structures are endogroups, this is a guide to help you reverse engineer an endogroup . . . "

georgiebc.wordpress.comNew book! How to Dismantle a Dictatorship is here!How to Dismantle a Dictatorship is a guide to dismantling a dictatorship (surprising, I know) from the perspective of Binding Chaos theory. Because dictatorships are power structures, and all power…
FLARE 💥@flareusa.bsky.social

New book by Heather Marsh: “How to Dismantle a Dictatorship” available through the Patreon Bookstore. This hit home. Let’s all keep it in mind for the next arrest. Ask yourself: “why is this really happening?” before buying into their narrative. We can’t do this without solidarity. #BindingChaos

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Whoa! Alligator Alcatraz is going to be complete by Tuesday and open for operation on Wednesday. Am I the only one wondering how Ron DeSantis got this together so fast? Floridians, make sure you remember this the next time a hurricane hits and you can’t get disaster relief in your state.

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The Trump administration has released a three-time felon and five-time deported immigrant because he's going to testify against zero-time felon Abrego - all to cover their tracks for mistakenly and illegally sending Abrego to El Salvador and then lying about it to the court to cover it up.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social

The Trump admin has freed Jose Hernandez Reyes because he can testify against Abrego Garcia. Hernandez, who has been deported 5 times, has also been arrested for: —DUI w/ a handgun; —cocaine possession; —illegally transporting migrants; and —drunkenly firing a gun. Free link: wapo.st/40i4Ttt