gcs3.bsky.social

gcs3.bsky.social

@gcs3.bsky.social

USAF Veteran, Retired Chief, Father, Husband trying to enjoy life as I navigate through this crazy world.

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Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia. I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.

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Look at the shabby state and increasingly authoritarian trajectory of the country and ask yourself if we can endure 2 more years of a lawless Trump administration wreaking havoc with no check from Congress, then vote accordingly. This is not the time for a protest vote or purity politics.

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If you are shocked this am that Trump’s government executed a search warrant against a Democratic Member of Congress and ignored a judge’s order then you haven’t been paying attention. Stop saying this isn’t how it works in the US. It is exactly how it works under Trump.

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“Bel was a varsity soccer player for Springfield City School District…He was on the National Honor Society and a member of the Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps”. He was a legal immigrant, and MAGA couldn’t tolerate his excellence, so now he’s dead.

springfieldnewssun.comSpringfield Haitian student takes his own life after being fitted with ICE ankle monitor, advocates sayA 20-year-old Wright State student took his own life on Interstate 70 out of anguish over a required ICE ankle monitor, according to local community advocates.

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These questions have now been asked of Blanche repeatedly & he gives the same bullshit answer each time. Here’s an idea: How about we ask Blanche direct and pointed questions about his noncompliance with court orders from Judge Sullivan compelling him to provide unredacted Epstein Files?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

WELKER: Can you pledge the DOJ will always act independently of the WH? BLANCHE: No, I'm not going to pledge that WELKER: So if the president asked you do to something that you feel crosses an ethical or legal line, would you do it? BLANCHE: He would never do that. He never has. He never will.

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He's just another low-IQ thug in a Trump suit who can barely speak coherently presiding over an agency that murders people routinely while he covers it up. This is an utterly lawless regime of gangsters. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Asked about ICE officers killing people and how they’ll be held accountable, Markwayne Mullin says “we’re turning up the heat on the streets”

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Another "unprecedented" moment in the Trump 2.0 era A US Attorney General nominee has taken the oath for confirmation hearings at the Senate, 36 hours after a judge referred that nominee to the New York bar for disciplinary review

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The biggest story in America is a president who has completely lost touch with reality. Who thinks the FBI let all the January 6 rioters into the Capitol, that he really won the 2020 election, that the Iran War is going well. Who, when occasionally confronted w reality, panics.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

WOW - Trump crashes out & cuts his interview w/ Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged "You're either crooked or you're stupid. I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her" "I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads

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This is why he’s afraid of a free and fair press. It reveals him. And it’s why it’s a top priority for him to destroy them.

Decoding Fox News@decodingfoxnews.bsky.social

I was sort of pushing the limits of Premiere Pro with this one but I managed to get the captions of both Trump and Welker as accurately as possible from “Meet the Press” when the president stormed off the set.

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Hegseth can just never be appropriate or fully respectful. He always has to pull some Hegsethian shit. No matter how hallowed the event or moment. He continues to disgrace us all. Daily.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hegseth uses his D-Day anniversary speech in Franch to take veiled shots at NATO and European immigration policies

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The veteran correspondents staying at 60 Minutes are making the same mistake WaPo reporters did. 60 Minutes fate lies with viewers, not Bari Weiss or any internal deal she cut with them. Viewers will abandon 60 Minutes just as they did WaPo because, for good reason, they no longer trust the owner.

Brian Stelter@brianstelter.bsky.social

Nick Bilton has come in for a LOT of scrutiny, but he gets some credit today — sources say he worked hard behind the scenes to convince the three remaining correspondents to stay. (But the coming weeks/months will be the real test.)x

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Trump’s recent appearances continue to raise serious questions. Difficulty walking in a straight line. Visible hand discoloration. Erratic speech. Missed basic putts despite spending all that time on the golf course. The pattern is getting harder to ignore.

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It looks like we are at this point. What a disaster this guy is with his arrogant incompetence. Cost the American people a fortune, bombed civilians, got US soldiers killed, and accomplished absolutely nothing while making things objectively worse long term.

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Rep. Jason Crow on Trump moving troops out of Germany: "This isn't a decision driven by the best interests of our troops and Americans. It's a decision based on the emotion of Donald Trump."

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Spirit specifically cited why they couldn’t stay in business: skyrocketing fuel costs due to Trump’s war. And the Trump admin is still trying to blame Biden for everything?! It’s May 2026. Trump was the “I’ll make everything cheaper on day 1” guy. The “no new wars” guy. Own your actions.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Sean Duffy on Spirit Airlines: "I think it's important to talk about why we are here today. Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg ... "

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Mexico didn’t pay for the wall, Trump gold cards didn’t balance the budget, there are no $2,000 DOGE or tariff refund checks, and donors aren’t paying for the ballroom.

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Here they are: our two top Iran negotiators. No diplomatic experience. In way over their head. Both with massive financial conflicts of interest, their fortunes tied to the Middle East dictators that make them rich. What a disaster.

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Trump says he canceled a planned trip to Islamabad for his representatives to meet with Iranian officials, citing “too much time wasted on traveling, too much work.” Note: The talks were never scheduled, and Iranian officials have said they had no plans to meet with the U.S.

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ICE has violated almost 100 court orders. Let me say that another way. 100 times ICE was caught brazenly ignoring the law. 100 times a court told them to immediately stop. And 100 times they ignored the order. That's an out-of-control agency that shouldn't get another dime.

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For the record: The Washington Post is run by partisan hacks who think we won't remember that they took the *exact* opposite stance when it was Republicans pushing their own gerrymandering grab in Texas last year -- *without* putting it up for a vote.

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social

For the record: The Washington Post can go fuck itself. Support pro-democracy media that doesn't have its head stuck up Donald Trump's ass. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

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Watch this and share widely please.

DrH@drhaup.bsky.social

Sky News: "While Trump, the so-called leader of the free world, sits rage-posting on SM like a man screaming into a void, France, Japan, Philippines, & UK are quietly, methodically cutting deals with Iran. The world has moved on & US Mainstream Media is not covering a bit of this."

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JD Vance is a corrupted sell-out making American more hated worldwide by the day. This is the bullshit that makes us look like the bad guys to the world. And it’s making us all more hated and less safe by the minute.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance: "Will you stand against the bureaucrats in Brussels? Will you stand for western civilization? Will you stand for freedom, truth, and the God of our fathers? Then, my friends, go to the polls and stand for Viktor Orban!"

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If I were in Trump's Cabinet, I would spend Easter calling constitutional lawyers about the 25th Amendment. This is completely, utterly unhinged. He's already killed thousands. He's going to kill thousands more.

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The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

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This is an excellent summary of current circumstances Kyle Kulinski: “A sundowning president with Alzheimer’s who’s a malignant narcissist is dragging us into WWIII, committing war crimes on a daily basis and crashing the global economy, and nobody is actually grabbing the steering wheel.”

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U.S. bases across the Middle East have been severely damaged. American troops are being hunted by Iranian forces as they relocate to hotels and makeshift sites. And the administration still has not given members of Congress any meaningful briefing on what is happening.

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Russia has been shipping drones to Iran to aid its ally in the war against the U.S. and Israel, according to a Western intelligence report. Ukrainian President Zelensky also claimed on March 24 that Kyiv has "irrefutable evidence" that Russia is helping Iran target U.S. assets in the Middle East.

kyivindependent.comMore evidence of Russia helping Iran with drones revealed, FT reportsSenior Iranian and Russian officials began secretly discussing deliveries of drones, medicine, and food shortly after the U.S. and Israel launched coordinated attacks against Iran at the end of Februa...

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The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

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Hegseth is achieving levels of dipshittery in these press conferences that makes it more and more difficult for Colin Jost to parody. At some point SNL will just play Hegseth.

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Absolutely, flabbergastingly insane.

Chris Murphy@chrismurphyct.bsky.social

5/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open. Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable.

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The loudest chickenhawks usually are not veterans. And Mullin one of many that are particularly loud right now. He, Tuberville, Rubio, many others. Don’t listen to them. And watch them pathetically dance.

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Hegseth is not prepared or suitable for this moment. That’s never been more true than now. And the whole world can see it. Especially our enemies.

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Of course. No one wanted this war. They wanted food and health care and energy prices to go down. Now all those things will cost more. It's a war of folly by a doddering old man who likes when things blow up and needs to distract us from the child sex ring he's connected to.

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The thrill Trump gets from having people blow up & kill other people, and from watching other people fight at UFC, comes from deep insecurity rooted in his personal cowardice. It makes him feel tough. It makes him feel adequate. Things he has never been but always wanted to be.

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"That's the way it is," says the five-time draft dodger to our military families who fear their loved one in uniform could be next. What a disgrace.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

a slurring Trump in new video on American troops killed by Iran: “Sadly, there will likely be more before it ends. That's the way it is. Likely be more.“

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RIP to these service members. Heroes & patriots they are. Prayers for their families. And…fuck Trump. This war is wrong and it’s unconstitutional. A damn shame these warriors were killed.👇

Just Jack@just-jack-1.bsky.social

CENTCOM has confirmed three US service members have been killed, five seriously wounded, by Iran’s retaliatory strikes on US bases in the region.

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"The attack came despite US intelligence assessments that Iran was unlikely to pose an immediate threat to the US mainland within the next decade." So why do it? "A weeks-long lobbying effort by Israel and Saudi Arabia..." Ah. Not just weak, but cheap, too. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

washingtonpost.comPush from Saudis, Israel helped move Trump to attack IranPresident Trump launched a wide-ranging attack on Iran after weeks-long lobbying by an unusual pair of U.S. allies in the Middle East: Israel and Saudi Arabia.