Reading a well-written takedown of a person I have long despised is such a wonderful feeling
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DOJ’s First ‘Weaponization’ Report Is a Bust The document purports to show bias under the Biden administration—and fails spectacularly.

DOJ’s First ‘Weaponization’ Report Is a Bust

“The weaponization report takes the form of a classic Trump two-step: First, claim that normal law-enforcement work, when directed against you or your friends, is illegitimate; then, use that supposed illegitimacy as justification for your own revenge.”

Trump has twice pilfered allocations for barracks and base improvements to divert to border security during first and second admins.

Trump DOJ falsely tells court it doesn't want voter data to purge rolls Agreements suggest DOJ is not just reviewing voter rolls, but attempting to identify problems and directing states, under deadline, to remove voters.

🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice told a federal court Tuesday that it does not intend to use sensitive voter data it collects to remove people from voter rolls — even as its own agreements with states suggest otherwise. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

This means killing people like me. If you’re wondering.

TRUMP: THIS ONE GOES TO 11

Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump STATEMENT OF PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP: Based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so and, upon the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of Pakistan, we have been asked to hold our Attack on the Country of Iran until such time as their leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal. I have therefore directed our Military to continue the Blockade and, in all other respects, remain ready and able, and will therefore extend the Ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other. President DONALD J. TRUMP

⚠️ Trump extends ceasefire but also maintains blockade:

Iran sees the blockade as an act of war and is unlikely to participate in negotiations as long as it is maintained. 🧵⬇️

TL;DR:

THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS STILL CLOSED.

Iran maintains the upper hand because time is its weapon.

I am begging every Senate Democrat to vote against confirmation of this clown. Take a stand. Don't try to triangulate. This is an easy call.

They're kicking a hornet's nest, man.

First saw this story over on Threads, and people really, really, really did not like anyone correcting misinformation about their misreading of the story. We seem to be moving to some sort of post-reality where people just want fake stories that reinforce their beliefs.

This is such sickening perfidy.

Tell Meta: Eyewear, Not Spywear Meta intends to add facial recognition technology to their glasses so anyone wearing the product can immediately and invisibly identify strangers. Tell Meta: Your glasses shouldn’t know our names. Demand privacy protections today.

Meta intends to add facial recognition technology to their glasses, enabling wearers to identify strangers and violate their privacy.

Tell Meta: Stop spying on us with your eyewear.

What a fucking scrub.

Leadership failures led to major Covid outbreak on aircraft carrier, watchdog report finds | CNN Politics The leadership of the USS Theodore Roosevelt failed to put in place measures to stop a coronavirus outbreak on board the aircraft carrier and exacerbated a growing problem by releasing sailors too ear...

The one thing that has taken a U.S. aircraft carrier offline in recent years was not enemy action. It was COVID.

Deciding now to put anti-science culture war signaling over military readiness is a bad idea.

We live in hell

Actual good and hopeful news today. Take that, all the bad and stupid news!

Thread. Power to the people, right on!

11 years later, the Senate Republicans’ open letter to Iran is relevant anew Remember in 2015, when Sen. Tom Cotton and 46 of his GOP colleagues wrote to Iran in order to undermine their own country’s negotiating position?

Remember in 2015, when Sen. Tom Cotton and 46 of his Republican colleagues wrote to Iran in order to undermine their own country’s negotiating position during delicate nuclear negotiations?

As talks in Islamabad continue, I keep thinking about that GOP sabotage effort.
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What will they be eating at the Bootlickers' Prom?

‘Michael’ Review: Frustrating Michael Jackson Biopic Makes You Want to Scream Jaafar Jackson eerily embodies his real-life uncle in a film that remembers the time, but doesn’t look at the man in the mirror

Antoine Fuqua’s MICHAEL exists in an alternate reality where nothing happened to Michael Jackson after 1988 (and Janet Jackson never existed).

The lack of ANY context makes this more vapid and insulting than a lot of other biopics, but Jaafar Jackson is good in it.

My review is at @thewrap.com.

🤔must be 3D chess…

With the US-Iran ceasefire about to expire, could Trump put boots on the ground? The US has deployed more forces since the truce and senior Iranians seem to be relishing the prospect of the fight

47 repeatedly swore he'd never countenance: putting boots on the ground in a deployment that could embroil the US in a Middle East “forever war”.

Now, with a two-week ceasefire in the war with Iran coming to an end, the chances of his breaking that pledge & ordering a ground incursion are rising.

Trump signs memos to boost US fossil-fuel production for ‘defense readiness’ President claims ‘inadequate’ supply presents security threat and orders expansion of oil, coal and gas production

On Monday 47 released a series of memos that doubled down on his support for increasing domestic fossil fuel production for purported “defense readiness”.

Gack.

The power of prayer is strong, Pam!!!🤢🤮(BS)

This idiocy is beyond belief. This sure will put a little dent in military readiness when huge #s of anti-vax "warfighters" come down w/the flu at once.

The flu is not the common cold. It can knock people *down & out* for a good while.

Does Pete intend to pray it away?
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Multiple oil spills are visible from space after Iranian and US-Israeli strikes hit oil facilities and ships in the region, with experts warning of an impending environmental catastrophe. https://cnn.it/3Ovxzwk

This place has the juice, confirmed

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