Before they were arrested- Vets are demanding an end to the war on Iran at the Cannon Building in Washington, D.C.

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That was kinda fun

Maybe stop showing them videos that depict violent reality of war mixed with Wii style games as promotional entertainment propaganda from the White House

TIL that some people can turn their innie belly buttons to outty at will.
#HumansAreWeird

Sold my first house in 2013. Barely got what I still owed on the mortgage after paying on it 9 years, redoing the roof, redoing the kitchen, and putting in a new a/c. That 2008 crash was pretty rough

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I struggle these days with the focus to Sit And Read, but I’d be very interested in podcasts if anyone knows of some.

Life is really too short to wait on the threat of nuclear war to eat butter.

Eat butter. Use the good dishes.

And while I’m talking algorithms, why does Bluesky tell me every damn day about people’s dead pets? Isn’t there isn’t enough depressing news already? These are not people I know. Show me happy animals, dammit.

My feed is a lot less annoying after muting the Mexican food being over-referenced. I hope 24 hours is long enough for yall to get it outta your systems

ICE Agents Detain Newlywed Spouse of Soldier Training to Deploy

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u... 🎁

“A supervisor was called, followed by an officer from the base’s criminal investigation division, who said he would contact Homeland Security and ICE.

After the call, Sergeant Blank said, the officer told them Ms. Ramos would be detained. “ 😡

Military Naturalization Statistics | USCIS U.S. service members, veterans and their families may be eligible for certain immigration benefits in recognition of their important sacrifices. Specifically, veterans and current service members may ...

You don’t have to be a citizen to serve. About 5% (over 60,000 people) are not.

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34 Former Military Members Were Put on Deportation Track in the Past Year

And I know we said serving was a fast track to citizenship, but we lie a lot.

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This article is a week old

Bette Midler
“It’s time to choose, you fascists bound to lose!”

There’s something not quite right with them calling you an “independent journalist” after @the-independent.com just plagiarized you. It makes it sound like you are a journalist WITH them.

Hackers Expose The Massive Surveillance Stack Hiding Inside Your “Age Verification” Check We’ve been saying this for years now, and we’re going to keep saying it until the message finally sinks in: mandatory age verification creates massive, centralized honeypots of sensitiv…

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Something something states rights 🙄

I believe it to be true. I want it to be prosecuted. And, I don’t think Iran has any moral authority

I also can not find a second source

I really hope the user input is being vetted. Hell yeah, stop ICE! I just don’t want someone with a vendetta targeting allies

They bought the cat a new toy and this was the reaction.. 😂

“Trans children are perfect.”

I don’t know you, but I feel this so much. Literally every other explanation/word I’ve considered is to help someone else label me and feel more comfortable. If I’m not in your bed, it’s not your business.

PRESIDENT CLINTON'S OPENING STATEMENT TO THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY | FEBRUARY 27, 2026 NOTE: ONLY THE COMMITTEE CAN CONPIRM WHAT WAS DELIVERED IN THE ROOM Good morning. Welcome to Chappaqua. I'm here today for two reasons. The first is that I love my country. And America was built upon the idea that no person is above the law, even Presidents-especially Presidents. Democracy requires every person to play their part, and I hope that by being here today, we can bring ourselves a little further away from the brink and back to being a country where we can disagree with one another civilly-where the search for truth and justice outweighs the partisan urge to score points and create spectacle. I'll do my part, and I hope you'll do yours. The second reason I'm here is that the girls and women whose lives Jeffrey Epstein destroyed deserve not only justice, but healing. They've been waiting too long for both. Though my brief acquaintance with Epstein ended years before his crimes came to light, and though I never witnessed during our limited interactions any indication of what was truly going on, I am here to offer what little I know so that it might prevent anything like this from ever happening again. But before we start. I have to get personal. You made Hillary come in. She had nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. Nothing. She has no memory of even meeting him. She neither traveled with him nor visited any of his properties. Whether you subpoenaed 10 people or 10,000, including her was simply not rignt. We began this hearing with me raising my hand and taking an oath to tell the truth. But everyone has a responsibility to be honest with those they represent. Whether you raised your right hand or not, each and every one of us owes nothing less than truth and accuracy to the American people.

PRESIDENT CLINTON'S OPENING STATEMENT (CONTINUED) Now, let me say what you're going to hear from me. First, I had no idea of the crimes Epstein was committing. No matter how many photos you show me, I have two things that at the end of the day matter more than your interpretation of those 20-year-old photos. 1 know what I saw, and more importantly, what I didn't see. 1 know what I did, and more importantly, what I didn't do. I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong. As someone who grew up in a home with domestic abuse, not only would 1 not have flown on his plane if I had any inkling of what he was doing-I would have turned him in myself and led the call for justice for his crimes, not sweetheart deals. But even with 20/20 hindsight, I saw nothing that ever gave me pause. We are only here because he hid it from everyone so well for so long. And by the time it came to light with his 2008 guilty plea, I had long stopped associating with him. You'll often hear me say that I don't recall. That might be unsatisfying. But I'm not going to say something I'm not sure of. This was all a long time ago. And 1 am bound by my oath not to speculate, or to guess. This is not merely for my benefit. but because it doesn't help you for me to play detective 24 years later. Since I am under oath, I will not falsely state that I am looking forward to your questions. But I am ready to answer them to the best of my abilities, consistent with the facts as I know them: the legitimate, the logical, and even the outlandish. With that Mr. Chairman, fire away.

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I insisted that the United States be included in the report for the first time ever in
2011. Because we must hold ourselves not just to the same standard as the rest of the world but to an even higher one. Sex trafficking and modern slavery should have no place in America. None.

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progress, so they became a powerful diplomatic tool to drive concrete action.

But that's not happening. Instead, you have compelled me to testify, fully aware that I have no knowledge that would assist your investigation, in order to distract attention from President Trump's actions and to cover them up despite legitimate calls for answers. If this Committee is serious about learning the truth about Epstein's trafficking crimes, it would not rely on press gaggles to get answers from our current president on his involvement; it would ask him directly under oath about the tens of thousands of times he shows up in the Epstein files. If the majority was serious, it would not waste time on fishing expeditions. There is too much that needs to be done. What is being held back? Who is being protected? And why the cover-up? My challenge to you, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee, is the same challenge I put to myself throughout my long service to this nation. How to be worthy of the trust the American people have given you. They expect statesmanship, not gamesmanship. Leading, not grandstanding. They expect you to use your power to get to the truth and to do more to help survivors of Epstein's crimes as well as the millions more who are victims of sex trafficking.

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Infuriatingly, the Trump Administration gutted the Trafficking in Persons Office at the State Department, cutting more than 70 percent of the career civil and foreign service experts who worked so hard to prevent trafficking crimes. The annual trafficking report, required by law, was delayed for months. The message from the Trump Administration to the American people and the world could not be clearer: combatting human trafficking is no longer an American priority under the Trump White House. That is a tragedy. It's a scandal. It deserves vigorous investigation and oversight. A committee endeavoring to stopping human trafficking would seek to understand what specific steps are needed to fix a system that allowed Epstein to get away with his crimes in 2008. A committee run by elected officials with a commitment to transparency would ensure the full release of all the files. It would ensure that the lawful redactions of those files protected the victims and survivors, not powerful men and political allies. It would get to the bottom of reports that DOJ withheld FBI interviews in which a survivor accuses President Trump of heinous crimes. It would subpoena anyone who asked on which night there would be the "wildest party" on Epstein's island. It would demand testimony from prosecutors in Florida and New York about why they gave Epstein a sweetheart deal and chose not to pursue others who may have been implicated. It would demand that Secretary Rubio and Attorney General Bondi testify about why this administration is abandoning survivors and playing into the hands of traffickers. It would seek out officers on the front lines of this fight and ask them what support they need. It would put forth legislation to provide more resources and force this administration to act.

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