Soletrain

Soletrain

@soletrian.bsky.social

USMC veteran, writer, gamer. Grumpy old man before I'm forty.

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I'm going to preface this little rant by saying I AM NOT ADVOCATING ANYTHING. Just observing. And get to the end, I have a point, I promise. Thanks to the Victorians claiming a New Rome mantle and then using Latin for their legalese, we have the incorrect idea that our laws are based on Roman Law 🧵

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🚨BREAKING: Don Lemon arrested by Trump’s DOJ The Trump admin is snatching people off the streets. Killing protestors Threatening invasion of allies Seizing ballots. And now arresting journalists. This is Trump’s America. THIS IS HOW DEMOCRACY DIES. Are we going to just let him destroy us?

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Tillis says he will continue to oppose any of Trump’s nominees to the Fed due to Trump’s sham criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell

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Has anyone seen the charging instrument? Interested in how they got it.

Popehat@kenwhite.bsky.social

The charges against Don Lemon are ridiculous. He’s a target because he’s black, because he’s media, and because he’s a Trump critic, and because Trump and his minions cannot accept any dissent. It’s deeply pathetic, unamerican, and lawless.

As grim and dire as things are, I do have to say that it's kind of hilarious seeing Rubio standing behind someone he KNOWS is a moron listening to him pretend that oil companies are willing to go into Venezuela

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Then the spouses, who generally manage the household finances, will have to figure out whether to use that lump sum on groceries, which they cannot afford, or to actually use it towards housing, which they cannot afford. Masterful plan.

David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social

OK, so the warrior dividends come from a housing allowance supplement that was in the Big Beautiful Bill, it has nothing to do with tariffs. That housing allowance for off-base expenses has been seen as inadequate, which necessitated the increase. www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...

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Today, during the execution of a combat mission to repel a hostile attack, the crew of a Mi-24 helicopter from the 12th Separate Army Aviation Brigade was killed. Eternal memory! 🫡 Source: AviVector #News #UkraineNews #russiaMustPay

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Trump’s tariffs just cut US growth forecast from 2.8% to 1.6%. A blanket 10% tax on all imports - highest since 1938. They promised strength. Delivered stagnation. This isn’t policy - it’s economic self-harm.

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HAPPENING NOW: Senator Cory Booker and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are holding a sit-in on the steps of the US Capitol to protest the Trump administration’s cuts to essential programs. They are encouraging anyone to join them so if you are in the DC area head over there NOW!!!

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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 43 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

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And more… 😢 In annexed Crimea, Russian authorities have opened courses to prepare children for mobilization. The "School of Young Commanders" has started in Bakhchisarai - a course for 120 children from Crimea and part of the Kherson region under Russian control. Over the

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One of the most important things is that the people getting out in the streets are making space for their reps to be bolder. And it's a positive feedback loop. Lots of signs quoting Cory Booker today

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Bennet: Did you know the President’s Middle East advisor was in Moscow on this thread? This sloppiness, this incompetence, this disrespect for our intelligence agencies and the personnel who work for him is entirely unacceptable. It's an embarrassment

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I am BEGGING people to frame this properly. The issue here is not one colossal blunder where a reporter got info. The issue is it’s clear these people are all routinely ignoring the most absolutely basic security protocols, and WE HAVE NO IDEA what breaches this has already enabled.

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